Road Trips and Dinner Invitations
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
Road Trips
Mr. Bunch mentioned he was leaving us for a few days to visit his grandparents, so Denelle and I will try to take up the slack. I'm just returning from a roadtrip myself. My wife and I made a weekend trip to visit friends in Houston and watch the 'Stros play a couple of games.
Astros Update
We got to see Roy Oswalt and Roger Clemens pitch in back to back games. There aren't many pitching duos as good as those two. Unfortunately, the Astros only won one out of two as the bullpen couldn't hold the lead for Clemens. I'm beginning to think it may have been better for Houston if Clemens wouldn't have come back. Either the offense doesn't score or, in the case of this past weekend, the bullpen blows the lead. They must have something against the guy!
The Astros have a lot of ground to make up and I was hoping management would help the team out today before the trade deadline and pick up a new player or two, but there was no such move. Looks like they have confidence in the existing players to do what they've done the past two years. They better get busy, though. Time is a tickin' away.
No, Thanks
How many of you would turn down dinner with the president because of your job? Nick Saban did. The former LSU coach who is now coaching the Miami Dolphins, turned down a supper invitation from President Bush because training camp is in full swing.
"It was really a tough decision," Saban said. "I feel like my first responsibility is our team. That in no way disrespects the importance of the opportunity I would have loved to have had to spend dinner with the President."
I'm sure a lot of people will find Saban's decline of the invitation disrespectful, but that just proves how seriously the man takes his job.
In a related note, espn.com ran a poll asking readers who they would most like to have dinner with. Michael Jordan was the reader's first choice, getting 37% of the vote. President Bush was a distant second with 21%. W barely beat out Tiger Woods and the SportsCenter combo of Stuart Scott and Scott Van Pelt, who garnered 19% each. It was a hard choice, but I did vote for the Pres.
Road Trips
Mr. Bunch mentioned he was leaving us for a few days to visit his grandparents, so Denelle and I will try to take up the slack. I'm just returning from a roadtrip myself. My wife and I made a weekend trip to visit friends in Houston and watch the 'Stros play a couple of games.
Astros Update
We got to see Roy Oswalt and Roger Clemens pitch in back to back games. There aren't many pitching duos as good as those two. Unfortunately, the Astros only won one out of two as the bullpen couldn't hold the lead for Clemens. I'm beginning to think it may have been better for Houston if Clemens wouldn't have come back. Either the offense doesn't score or, in the case of this past weekend, the bullpen blows the lead. They must have something against the guy!
The Astros have a lot of ground to make up and I was hoping management would help the team out today before the trade deadline and pick up a new player or two, but there was no such move. Looks like they have confidence in the existing players to do what they've done the past two years. They better get busy, though. Time is a tickin' away.
No, Thanks
How many of you would turn down dinner with the president because of your job? Nick Saban did. The former LSU coach who is now coaching the Miami Dolphins, turned down a supper invitation from President Bush because training camp is in full swing.
"It was really a tough decision," Saban said. "I feel like my first responsibility is our team. That in no way disrespects the importance of the opportunity I would have loved to have had to spend dinner with the President."
I'm sure a lot of people will find Saban's decline of the invitation disrespectful, but that just proves how seriously the man takes his job.
In a related note, espn.com ran a poll asking readers who they would most like to have dinner with. Michael Jordan was the reader's first choice, getting 37% of the vote. President Bush was a distant second with 21%. W barely beat out Tiger Woods and the SportsCenter combo of Stuart Scott and Scott Van Pelt, who garnered 19% each. It was a hard choice, but I did vote for the Pres.
