DLR is at it again

Within this article lies one of the greatest David Lee Roth quotes of all time. 

 

Rocket surgery. 

 

BTW, Dave, I'm through holding my breath for the Van Halen reunion.  You teased us in '96, and we've been getting jerked around since. 

Another Robertson Rant

Hey all you right-wing hyper religious freaks, keep hitching your wagon to this guy, and see which high cliff he leads you off.  At the end of the day, blind allegiance to this guy isn't all that much better or different than blind allegiance to the Taliban or other extremist religious leaders/organizations. 

Bonds = Prick

Read through the entire story.  A military guy catches Bonds 713th jack, and Bonds - more or less - blows him off.  The signature exchange is the most stomach churning part. 

Fool Rips Ford

The Motley Fool absolutely destroys FoMoCo for their myFord publication that went out to some/all Ford vehicle owners.  This is a must read.  While I didn't get this particular copy, I've seen these before.  It's epic. 

 

What's also pretty darn funny and sad is that I still get quarterly flyers in the mail for my 'Suburban Ford Dealers'.  Only these dealers are in Michigan, which I moved away from over three years ago. 

Why Golf is Harder than Baseball

This one is sure to awaken my co-blogger from his springtime slumber. 

 

This came to me today from a former manager - a list of quips about the game of golf:

 

21.  Ken Harrelson:  "In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence.  Nobody cares.   In golf everything has got to be right over second base."

 

And therein lies the reasoning why it is harder to hit a golf ball than a baseball.  Sure it's easier to *make contact* with the golf ball.  It's lying still, and all you have to do is hit it.  But consider that you have a 90 degree window in which you can make successful contact with a baseball.  Consider also that you do not necessarily have to hit the ball straight on its intended path, or hit it all that well.  Baltimore chops, bloops, and even drag bunts can be successful in baseball. 

 

But never has a good golfer drag bunted his way to success.  To successfully hit a golf ball, you have to hit it square, and you have to hit it straight.  And sometimes it is harder to set up over a shot and pull the trigger than it is to instinctively react.  Look at a guy like Rick Barry, who could make jump shots from all over, but struggled endlessly at the foul line. 

 

So I once again restate my case: it is harder to successfully hit a golf ball than it is to successfully hit a baseball. 

 

Hawkins Calls 'Shenanigans' on Daly's Debts

Golf Digest's John Hawkins points out a few inconsistencies in John Daly's story, and leads the reader to the inescapable conclusion that Long John has a strange affliction with the 'whole truth'. 

 

Whether it's $60mil., or $6mil., the fact remains that the 'long-ball rebel' has a problem. When you three-jack in a playoff to lose a WGC event to Tiger, then hop on a plane and sink $1.6mil. into some Vegas slot machines, you've got issues.  Major issues. 

What is Jack without Chloe?

No Top Ten today - just a hypothetical '24' question or two. 

 

What would Jack be without Chloe?  Sure, he could kick some ass, but he'd never know where to go to kick that ass.  And that would be fine if he was just a random ass kicker, but he's not.  He's Jack - a former and perhaps current federal agent, once an industrial worker in extreme southern California.  Without Chloe, Jack would be a bouncer.  All the ass he needed to kick would come right to him. 

 

Now...What is Chloe without Jack?  I say she's nothing more than a say anything, high-tech, taser-using, super-judgmental tech dork.

Morgan/Neyer Doubleheader

There's not many things as ironic as a Joe Morgan ESPN.com chat back-to-back with a Rob Neyer ESPN.com chat.  And the comedy gods have given this gift to us yet again today. 

 

We start off with the closed-minded, small ball, run manufacturing component, and follow it up with the statistical based, reality based insightful (and sarcastic) one.  I hope Rob drinks decaf before reading Morgan's chats.