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We take a trip off of the Sports Page and wander over to the Arts Column for today’s meeting with, Frankie McCune and Tony Catalano, Co-authors of the run away best seller “From Then to Zen, the Neo-Art of Temper Restraint”. A 365 page novel that depicts in great detail numerous ways of self discipline with the end goal of temper control and peaceful living. “Frank, I love this place is it a new Florida Room? I mean with all the window walls and cushion chairs it’s a pretty warm environment complete with Espresso Machine.” “Yeah Jeff, it’s new but I don’t call it a Florida Room, it’s my Ken doll room” “Ken doll room?” “Yeah, like a Ken doll get it - its got no asshole and don't need one.”
“Frank, lets get right to it…why the self help novel?”
“It’s not a self help novel for others; this is my self help novel” “last year, when my penalty minutes skyrocketed, I realized that I’m only hurting myself and my chances of winning the scoring title.” “I see, so you decided what exactly?” “Basically, that I can’t control how much of an asshole the rest of you are Only how furious my reaction is to all of your stupidity. If I was going to be in the box Jeff, then I needed to feel better about it.” “Amazing Frank, really amazing…”
“And Tony, I was surprised at your involvement in this masterpiece, can you tell me how that came about?” “Yeah, I can’t remember when it hit me first… but it was probably right before I ran someone into the glass and in my rage I decided that its dumb to let my blood pressure rise due to the careless actions of people who like to be victims, and I just couldn’t do that anymore.” “Victims?”
“Yeah, victims, you know, people who mistakenly think they’re the injured party just because you smash the shit out of them. What they fail to see is how they’re at fault because they did something that pissed me off. Those people are their own worst enemy. Mad at me? Are they crazy? I just feel sorry for them that they’re blind to the pain their own stupidity causes them to endure usually at the hands of other innocent aggressors like myself.” “Outstanding Tony, really good stuff there.” “Frank lets start with Chapter 1, the introduction called “Forgive Yourself” “Well Jeff, we’re all human and most of you are going to screw up so when you find yourself overwhelmed with rage and you realize that there’s a good chance that you just broke the other guys ankle with a really wicked smart two hander probably because he might have looked at you funny …then you have to realize that your own forgiveness starts from within.” “…from within Frank?” “Yeah Jeff, while serving your initial two minutes you have some time to reflect and maybe even try some deep breathing exercises and some mantra’s that I’ve discovered that help me.” “Mantra’s?” “Certainly, for example… Within your two minutes you can easily repeat thirty times or so... ‘ he had it coming – you did the world a favor’ ‘people will thank you for your contribution.’ … it really clears your head of any lingering guilt you might erroneously feel.” “That leads me right to Chapter 4 – ‘It’s Not Me It’s You’ “Oh, great chapter, but first I do have to acknowledge That we did have some guest consultants working With us and I feel its right to give some kudos to them.” “That’s very benevolent of you” “Did you utilize Dr. San Lorenzo?” “Nah, we called him but he called us a couple of yokels” “Nope, Jim Barrigen helped us out with that chapter.” “He explained to us that when you’re pissed off you may feel isolated especially if you’re in the box for a double minor or maybe you’re not sat next to in the locker room, but you have to remember that its not you, and that you’re not alone. I’m telling you, it’s always the other guys.
They’re oblivious to how much they’re pissing you off. That by doing your over the top reaction, even if it’s just an eye-roll to tell them that they’re a sub-par hockey player, that its for their own benefit if only to keep them grounded in their below average abilities. Again, its all about freeing a guy up from the unnecessary feeling of guilt that can come with acting out of rage, regardless of the whether or not you’ve hurt or damaged another person” “It’s all senseless guilt that used to weigh me down.”
“What about the chapter… ‘There Are No Bad Passes Just Bad Players’? “Same concept Jeff, just a different circumstance. We tried to utilize chapters to demonstrate examples for our readers so that they don’t feel as alone as we have, and can recognize that if they’re in a rage that it’s never they’re fault and there is always another person to blame.” “Lots of help from Joey Alsop in this chapter, facts about poor lighting, shoddy ice conditions and some really good stuff on unnecessary shots on goal too.”
“Very enlightening, I can see that you guys are opening up some healthy doors for a lot of people out there.” “Hey, the book’s for us, but if other people get something out of it I don’t mind as long as they pay their $15.99 for hard cover.” “Tony, what about Chapter 11 – ‘Road Rage/Workplace Violence and Fights At the Movies”? “Again, it’s another recognition chapter whose purpose is To show that rage can happen anywhere and again it’s not your fault. You could be on the road or at work or even just at the movies and some does anything to piss you off.” “Perfect, that speaks to me” “Absolutely, but the chapter takes it further and tells the reader That it’s not only ok, but moreover that it’s their duty to society to rectify the situation and in my opinion the response you choose should be equal to how pissed off you are.
If someone’s talking during a movie it’s a good chance that the persons probably done it before and I’d imagine someone has whispered shhh or asked them to be quiet before and obviously that hasn’t worked.
Well in the chapter it says that you have to be the better person and think of everyone when you bury your fist in the back of that persons head sending the message that it’s no longer acceptable to talk during a movie.
Stupid acts by other people call for maybe a couple of hours in an emergency room or a few stitches in the head that will act as a reminder not to do that anti-societal behavior again.” “Super Tony – you seem like you’ll be training a new branch of social policemen out there, I love it.”
“Hey, anything I can do to help others you know.” “Frank?” “Yeah Jeff, I love that chapter.
Listen I may have lost a 9 iron or two out there on the course parking lot but I tell you what…, when I was burying one of them thru the windshield of a car in the parking lot, all I can think of now was the good I was doing for that guy. You know who I’m talking about – the guy who felt it was alright to talk loudly on the tee box that was only 40 yards away from the green I was putting on. What I did by making him replace his windshield was an act of kindness really by giving him a reason to think about his rude actions.” “Just fantastic stuff guys” What about Chapter 16; “Zero to 60 and back again”
“Oh that’s Diez’s chapter” “Danny Diez helped you Frank?” “Yeah, he stepped right up.” “Mike Smith contributed too.” Tony, Smitty helped you guys too?”
“Oh hell yes, when word slipped out that we were writing a book to help others better understand our violent acts, our phones rang off the hook.”
“You see, those two guys are great examples of going from Zero to 60 and back again. It’s a chapter that teaches you how a person can go from complete calmness to unspeakable violence and back to calm in literally seconds, all done for the good of their fellow man. Both are nice guys, but all it takes is one accidental hook or chop, or imagine if you break one of their sticks!!! Then its Wham-o, you get a nice return elbow and a trip to the dentist for your trouble. But when you get up off your knees, with teeth in the palm of your hand and you see is one of those guys gently skating up the ice without a care in the world you realize what happened and that the favor they just did was all for you.” “Remarkable” “They’re idols, true idols of the what good the game can bring about in people. And you can see people following in their footsteps in the likes of Scotty Dunn, Paul Hopkins, Greg Marin just to name a few. Those are guys who’d go out of their way just to slash you a good one to remind you that your own behavior, even if you were minding your own business, might be offensive to some people. We owe them all a big round of applause.”
“Ok guys that’s all the time I have, but I really want to thank you both for the gift you’ve given us.”
“Anything else you want to add?”
“Yeah to anyone interested in not only buying the book, but having it autographed by either of us, we’ll be at our lawyers office at Maxwell and Murphy on Jan. 28th and 29th, then over to Brown Chiari the weekend before Valentines Day and finishing up our local tour at Cellino and Barnes the whole week of February 20th.”
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Down the Stretch… Well with 6 weeks left the standings remain tight… 1. Dibble Judi’s with 24 2. Larry Judi’s with 24 3. Marin’s with 20 4. BA with 18 5. National with 15 6. Q’s with 14 7. Irv with 13 8. Marra with 10 If the top teams go .500 the rest of the way then it looks like 30 points will be needed to win the league this year, which would leave the top four (4) teams in mathematic contention…with lots of spoiler roles to play for everyone.
· Dale closes out with Judi’s, Grinders, Marins, AAA, National and again with Marins · Larry has Dale, Q, AAA, National, Marins and AAA · Marins has the tough road with BA, National, Dale, Grinders, Larry and Dale again · BA’s path has Marins, AAA, National, Q, Grinders and again National
This weeks games jump right into it with Marin’s v. B’s in the mid-slot and the top two both Judi’s facing off in the late game. Things could definitely get log jammed soon depending on next Tuesday.
The early lines have…(please see your local rep to place action on the games)
Visitor Over/Under Home Spread (for home team) National 8 goals Q’s +1 Marins 6.5 goals BA’s +1.5 AAA 6.5 goals Grinders EVEN Dale 7 goals Larry EVEN
When talking to Captains at the top half…. Dale added how he felt the rest of his team has let Bucky down and hopes that the good lord might be able to split his time between both Tebow and Bucky this week.
Captain Larry pressed that his offseason camping/cross training trip was starting to show signs of paying off…to quote…”So the team doesn’t run out of gas in late January we go up north mid-summer and drink hard steadily for a week, trying to rush the effect of drinking 3 nights a week during the 5 months of hockey season into one solid week. Then we press ourselves to eat as much crap as we can and when fully bloated and tired we still manage to get up and maybe fish and its at that point where we’re sitting stillest, full of beer and food and exhausted that I feel best simulates the speed that some of our guys skate at…
When we approached Captain Rogers he simply shook his head, extended his middle finger and walked away muttering something about “it’s unbelievable how much time you have on your hands“ and something about “never call me at work again.”
Now Captain Ash said ”…to win this thing, we’ve got to run the table and
that’s a good thing. What this team needs is pressure…like a good
crockpot.” “We’ve got some great vocal leaders in this lockerroom like
Trethaway, Zaninovich, Hulub and Jenkins; you know the guys who aren’t
afraid to push you up against a wall and get right in your face” “I tell
you there’s nothing better than watching a leader like Jeff Trethaway
stand up, kick over a cooler full of beer and start screaming at the top
of his lungs about a few bad plays we’ve exhibited. Now granted,
sometimes he’s confused and those were plays from a few weeks ago or
last year maybe or even a game he saw on tv in the 80’s, but still, its
his passion that’s inspiring and might be enough to carry us through.”
Quick notes out of last weeks Annual Winter Rules and Trade Meeting...
As far as trade talks go it was noted that a few captains/GM's paired
up for discussions as the half way mark approached...
Before tonights fixture we caught up with some Captains to ask them their thoughts ten games in the year. --------------------------------------------- Front runner Corsaro…no losses so far through 10 games, what do you attribute that to? “Well we got games coming up against 3 time champions AAA and our nemesis Judy’s II so I’d hate to speak out of turn and have us flop like the Bills did” Nothing to say about your astounding start? “I guess maybe balanced scoring; yep that’s it, One line with balanced scoring.” Well maybe its goaltending keeping you atop the charts with a GAA of a little more than 2 against. “Uh…no, that’s not it” replied Corsaro sharply.” Key player tonight Larry? “I’d say – Goggles Piazan, he’s been on a hot streak and Cappy can only score so much”? ------------------------------------------------ Next we caught up with Captain Dibble and asked him a similar question about being only 2 points out of the lead. “You see we have games coming up against the #1 and 3 teams in the standings the next two weeks, but we have Bucky” You mean they should be good games? “No, I mean that after December 6th we’ll be in first because we have Bucky, I thought I was pretty clear on that.” Key player tonight Dale? “I thought I was clear on that too-JesusChrist?” You mean Bucky? “Yeah, right, Bucky or Jesus – whatever you want to call him.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Captain Rogers- any comment about your two road games coming up versus Judys II and Mr. B’s? You are in third place and with the numbers one and two playing each other on the 6th you’re assured to move up with a few wins? “where do you get all this information from?” asked Captain. The league website. “Website? Road games? They’re all at fucking Hyde Park? How much time do you have at your job? Somebody ought to be checking up on you or something; we’re just here to play hockey on Tuesdays and drink beer maybe score a few goals and a scrap or two – it does say Marin’s on the jersey” Key player tonight Sean? “Key player??? What the fucks wrong with you…askin me key player – its god damn Tuesday night hockey you idiot” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Captain McCune !!!! Tied for 4th, 1 point out of 8th what can you say? “As soon as I say Smitty and T-Ball’s picture on the cover of the NF-Old Man Hockey-2011-12 Draft Preview, I said to myself ‘oh boy, here's the jynx’” “I can’t say which gave me the willies the most that picture of those two on that magazine cover or Louie’s emails in the summer; but I’d probably have to say Louie’s cuz his was full of willies, which I still don’t get……why he’d….I just can't figure him out.” Key Player Chris? “Uh – I’d have to go with Enroth” I meant your game tonight. “Oh hell our game? Hell if I know, its different week to week – good question though I’ll tell you after the game” ---------------------------------------------------- Captain Ash – a moment:?!?!? “Yeah”? Unusual pregame skate practice today Captain, was that dancing I saw? “Well I saw the Bills game and that dance that one darkie did in the endzone and I figured our problem was just that –we don’t have no dances” “and No dances means no goals” “I sat the boys down and we watched the new Footloose and I’ll tell you for the most part I was su-prised at some of the moves these boys had.” “ Of course then Dave gave out a few more pointers so I’m sure by tonight we’ll have some tight steps for the fans to see” But you play against-----“Don’t care who we play – we just go out and beat ourselves anyway so it don’t matter none who the opponent is.” Key player tonight Brian? “Oh hell – I guess Gordie probably” But he plays for – nevermind. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Captain Marra was reached by phone… …his response was short. “Shit – its Tuesday isn't it? Uh, I gotta go.” ------------------------------------------------------------- Captain Irving thoughts? “Pace” Pace? “Yep, all about pacing ourselves – don’t want to burn out too fast” “We’re just laying low in the bushes now and soon BAM.” Bam …. Paul? “Yep Bam – Win streak” “You’ll see” and he departs after giving me the double finger guns and a wink. I shout out ‘key player tonight???’ Irv shouts back “Shaky – its his beer night” ---------------------------- Captain Buchman – big game tonight huh? “Well, they’re all big you know.” But you might go from 8th to 4th place tonight and put yourself 2 points out of 3rd place by 10 o’clock? “Well now I’m not sure what jersey to go with; whether its our pastels or prints” Any strategy tonight? “Um, well when you’re up against B’s team there’s always a lot of scraps and shoving and yelling, and you know what – No matter what they do to each other you just have to concentrate on your own game and not drawn into their drama.” “You see two guys on the other squad slugging it out and its easy to get knocked off your game – Hell 2 weeks ago we were scouting them and there was the niftiest little check and elbow thrown in the offensive zone and it wasn’t something to see Cosmo get away from Tolli and Marra it was the fact that he had to knock BA off the puck to do it.” “Concentrations the key tonight I tell you, we’re used to playing 5 on 5, but B’s, shit most shifts for them its 3 on 7 depending on who’s got the puck for them, and if you listen to Gagne talk half the game he’s the only guy in their defensive zone.” “That’s a team right out of Sparta I’m telling you, Ash’s all about the conditioning for a late March run – so maybe we’ll get them tonight.” Good insight Tim, key player tonight? “I’d have
to say Max; with Dunn and McCune and Catalano and San Lorenzo and Labonte
and Wojton out there its probably best we have an attorney on the ice.”
MARINS SHOCKS B’S in 9-6 DRUBBING! J.J. JOSEPH SHINES, STOPPING 4 OF 10! Dateline: Tuesday October 11, 2011 In a tilt that had fans expecting a stalwart showdown between Marc “Brick and Mortar” Gagne and Johnny “The Butcher” Joseph, the Tuesday Night League once again provided shock, surprise and entertainment to all. G.W. Woodley burned out the goal lamp by pushing the on button 4 times and Dave “The Hilti-Hammer” Hilts punctured all hopes of a B’s comeback with a crushing blindside hit. That hit has the Commissioners Triumvirate (McCune, Dibble and Corsaro) still reviewing tape looking for reason to invoke the new 2011 Kaifas Rule, but this reporter thinks that Joel Roering just got caught watching the paint dry. Needless to say, reporters gathered around the locker of the three time Daughters of the American Revolution Centerfold Model of the Year, Marc Gagne, who’s known to wear the blessed stars and stripes and donned his Old Glory uniform once more this night. Questions came rapidly at Gagnes face at a pace which reporters figured he’d be used to after this particular game and personal life style. “Ce qui s'est passé “ came the first question from the reporter from the Sundowner Sun Sentinel. Gagne replied “In English please, I don’t feel like translating for you Frogs all night long (never looking up from untying his asbestos laces). “What happened?” repeated the reporter in English. “What happened?” repeated Marc. “What happened?????” (his face looks up now at the reporter) “You’re an idiot, that’s what fuckin happened, next question.” “Marc, can you go through the goals for us please?” requested the cub sports writer from The North East Coast Chimneys and Ladders Daily Review… “Well, on the first goal I have to lay blame square on the shoulders of the league. 7pm games never take into account my pre-game prep and the time that’s needed to get ready for games of this magnitude. (Gagne waves an open hand in a circular motion in front of his face, chest and body - over and over again)…and declares…”…you see all this here---this just doesn’t happen – I have a responsibility to my fans to be a masterpiece. I put all this together. If the Sistine Chapel wasn’t made ready in 15 minutes why do you think I should be?” You’re an idiot, next question!” “Marc;-the rest of the goals… please” cried the room in unison. Gagne sighs “Fine, I’ll give you dogs a bone.” “…the next two goals, the short handers’, proves that I’m not a one man team back here and this squad needs to stop relying on me as one. “The Rogers goal, as I’ve told Captain time and time again, I can’t have people in my crease – you’d have thought we’d have learnt from Tolli last week. But noooooo, I tell you what, the next time an opponent stands in my crease left alone I’m going to just spread my legs so wide that Louie’d not know whether to try to finally score or shoot it for a magazine. “ “Um…and the third goal, maybe you better ask any one of the guys on the ice” Gagne turns to toward the Mints Monthly Magazine reporter and said…”Seriously, forget the goal, you should probably stick around and talk to one of these guys about club dancing….you ever see the Swedish Porn Pole Dance? Stick around its not what you think it is.” “You know what, lets skip these goals and just address all the Woodley goals.” Gagne takes off chest protector and throws it on the floor “……………..all lucky shots” “Lucky shots Marc???” “Yeah, everyone. Lucky shots.” “four of them? Lucky???” “Yeah fuckin lucky, like Scotty Dunn will be if his big surgery holds. How many lucky shots you think he had so why can’t Woodley do the same? Lucky you know. Shots!..get it? Now next question. ….fuckin’ idiot” “oh Jesus, fine, the other goals…umm on Wrazins’ goal I remember the last thing I saw was the score-girl standing up, not that I watch much, but at a moments glance I noticed that she had on a black cardigan that I happened to have seen in this months’ Bon-Ton catalogue on page 43, mid section, left hand side with embroidery on the sleeves and a double stitched neckline and well I guess Ricky’s shot might have blended in perfectly with it and with this shitty lighting I couldn’t see it and so again not my fault” “Piaseckis goal? Jesus, did he score too? (‘fuck me’ whispered Gagne lowering his head to kick off his skates) “Oh hell, who knows it was probably San Lorenzo’s fault.” “Why? … just because at one time in this life it just has to be.” “What about the other goals?” “What the fuck - why don’t you go and ask Pinder why he’s not scoring more” “4 games and 5 goals doesn’t a Canadian make, ask Pauly he’s got a dozen or so” “He needs to focus more on hockey and lay off the domestic shit.” “Who the fuck cares what favors you give to wedding guests…or what flowers match a tux in June; if he wants a favor I’ll take him to Alexanders and get him a favor he won’t soon forget.” “Whats that?” Gagne fired back… “Hilt’s goal?” “Yeah I fuckin saw it-what the hell kind of question is that? What’s wrong with you idiots” “And that one was Cosmo’s fault all the way” “What?” “oh yeah sure…Cosmo pushed him to the outside?” “I don’t give a fuck if he pushed him outside or off the ice its Dave Hilts we’re talking about” “I had the angle, gave him maybe a half a puck width or less and he put a lucky curve-drop shot or something stupid they teach in Sanborn Starpoint or west texas or wherever he’s from” “Maybe he’s got an illegal stick, why don’t you ask Cosmo why he didn’t block it” “I’m sick of it – the last few games I’m seeing more rubber flying at my face than…nevermind, forget I said that, I’m not bringing Zimmer into this, he’s a good guy and works with tires everyday and your readers would take that quote all wrong” “The last goal???” “You mean the empty netter?” “Yeah yeah, that’s my fuckin fault too isn’t it, right, what the hell is wrong with you people, “I’m Marc Fuckin Gagne!- ------ and I am the Triple A” “if You want a measuring stick I’ll introduce you to my dentist, but if you want to measure goalies look no further than right here.” “anyway the showers safe now”… and Gagne departs This reporter turned his head to find Captain Ash, who was sitting in quiet peace…beer in hand, just staring at his goalie walking by. Then he sighs, lifts an eyebrow and with a shake of his head exhales “what an idiot.”
In looking to this weeks Fixture we discussed the upcoming games and spoke to a few Captains… When Captain Dibble was asked if he thought his team might be looking past the 0-2 Grinders and if he felt it might be a trap game with Judy’s #1 coming up next week, he said…”We’re playing Grinders this week, didn’t realize that, I know we’ve got Judy’s coming up…I wonder if Bucky knows?” When Paul Irvings’ Grinder newcomer Joe “Nuke LaLoosh” Urban emerged from a sweet smelling yet smoky locker room he was asked about his 1st goal in the Tuesday night league he responded that “It feels out there. I mean, it's a major rush. I mean, it feels radical in kind of a tubular sort of way, but most of all, it feels out there.” Judy’s #1 Captain – Larry Corsaro was asked about his tough back to back schedule vs. Mr. B’s McCune, then on the road against Judy’s #2 – Dibble and retorted that “his team doesn’t ever “overlook any opponent” and the fact that “Cosmo wasn’t skating with Cappy” had nothing to do with him only registering 1 point last week. In fact, Cappy’s lack of production might be because his attention seems to be pointed at new found labor issues, now that Larry has settled his Verizon troubles and moved directly onto and spoken with Cappy’s employee’s and issued everyone his own Sally Field autographed copy of Norma Rae. Captain Marra walked up to the mic shortly after and said that he’s still disappointed with this years schedule and so many games not being at 9:40, especially this weeks match up with BA was still a little early and he in fact was expecting that at least 7 guys would probably show up, limiting his ice time and that he may actually have to have guys other than him and Tolli skate their minimum of two shifts per period. To remedy the problem Joe did admit that he has distributed some old 2010 schedules so there is more hope for some no shows in the future. He did add later that he hoped the new construction would improve airflow and temperature regulation so that there weren’t cold spots for those players who preferred to air dry. In a battle of 0-2’s this week, Marins’ heads up against Niagara National and someone’s going to jump out of the cellar and commenting on that was Marin’s Captain Sean Rogers who said…”if you lollygag in the back end and you lollygag in the neutral zone and then lollygag in the offensive zone, you know what that makes you…” and when the response was “lollygaggers” Rogers fired back “No!, that puts you on Q-balls team this year, and we’re not about that here anymore so we’re going to hustle and fill the damn net and get in the win column.” …when informed of Roger’s comments Niagara National Captain Tim Buchman said that he’d address that later but was still lamenting the previous weeks loss to BA’s when he burst out and said…”The damn B’s team are what we thought they were. Th-they're what we thought they were. We played them in preseason. I mean, who the hell takes the third game of the preseason like it's bullshit? Bullshit! We played them in the third game, everybody played two periods... Mr. B’s are who we thought they were! That’s why we took the damn ice! Now, (*hits microphone*) if you want to crown them, then crown their ass! But, they are who we thought they were, and we let them off the hook!”… After Buch stormed off, this left Mr. B’s captain Brian Ash a little reserved and when asked to comment on last weeks game all he said was…”well, we made some adjustments you know----when Cosmo gave them their 4th goal, his 4th minus by the way, I decided to make the move to drop him back on D and thereby reduce his opportunity to feed Buch’s team directly in the slot” “We chose for continuity and silence, to move Cosmo down to the back side of the bench away from the forwards and told him it was for the teams good, which he always buys”. Then “I know before the game there wasn’t a lot of room so we moved him from his original seat and into the next room, but when that team came in, we just put him in the hallway”. “After the game, in the locker room he was handing out beers but I guess we ran out and he passed out the last one without keeping one for himself” When pressed how Cosmo took it BA replied…” I don’t know, he kept mumbling something about him not being Milton and wanting his Red Swingline Stapler, and not moving him to the basement next or something about burning the building down”…”I don’t know, he’s goofy, but he’ll bounce back next game- I saved him an extra beer.”
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"Cohesiveness????" muttered B's Captain,
Brian Ash at Monday's preseason skate, "I say Fuck Cohesiveness!!!"
"We were a friendly locker-room last year and look where that led us" - "No where. No new wins, no new title, no new nothing and I'm not standing for it." When asked to expound upon that thought B.A. followed with... "I was watching the Dirty Dozen the night before the draft and just said fuck it, if we didn't win by being friends last year then we're going to be just like the Championship Bruins and maybe a little like the World Series Red Sox this year so I'll assemble a team that fits".
"Hell
Pauly bought us new logo's this year, doing away with the old B and
replacing it with one giant middle finger straight up."
"You
know what??? I got a dog this summer who kept pissing on the floor and my
wife was saying how we need to be patient and positively reward small
behaviors and I just didn't know what to do until one Wednesday night, I
heard Endo say to somebody 'if you throw it up the middle again I'll put
my foot in your ass' and I went right home and knew what to do and that
dogs pissed either outside or on my wifes shoes every since."
...and
stop looking for a cookie or a pat on the ass every time - we're not
Judi's you know, where you get a free beer now and then, we're B's, where
you pay your way and your just happy you Jhave a sweater to wear." "....shit if I could have I'd have drafted the Rogers brothers, Deitz and Matt Shiavi too, but that might have made my intentions a little too obvious." "...what do I think about Tuesday night???" "....I guess I'd say if you want a feel better hug - buy Cosmo another beer, otherwise they're not coming from me this year." |
