Whistle Stops

True to form, fans at Yankee Stadium were rude and obnoxious to Cliff Lee's wife, Kristen (back row, far right, you could have done much better, Cliff).  Hopefully that's just enough to keep him out of the Bronx.  Stay classy, Yanks fans.

The raid on the Indians pantry continues as Charles Nagy has been named as the Diamondbacks new pitching coach.  It was a pleasure to have Charlie with the Clippers for a season.  I foresee much success for him in his new position.

Bengie Molina gets a ring regardless of who wins the series.  Recall that he started the season with the Giants.  It's rumored that he might even get a winner's share ($) if Frisco wins.

Tony Romo will be out 6-8 weeks with his fractured collarbone; no surgery will be necessary.  The play he was injured on was uncomfortable to watch.

The Browns have released James Davis, because their running back cup overfloweth.  Hillis or bust, baby!   Added was former practice squader and Patriot, Thomas Clayton (who?).  Also, Yamon Figurs, after 1 game and -4 yard rush, is gone, replaced by another former Ravens wideout, Demetrius Williams.

Lastly, Jim Rome has my back.  His take on Queen James new Nike spot -

You’ve probably seen LeBron James’ new, ‘What should I do?” Nike spot. You probably liked it and bought it.  I don’t.
And to answer the question, what should you do; you should have just apologized for the decision and for jamming Cleveland as hard as you did.  It would have saved you a ton of abuse and Nike a lot of time and money producing and running this spot.  Then again, in order to apologize, usually, you have to be sorry, and you’re not.  Or you wouldn’t have told Cleveland just last week, that they need to just get over it.
Nothing like humiliating someone and stabbing them in the back and telling them they need to get over it.  Apologize??!  That entire spot was in essence, a defense, for what he did; he’s asking, “What should I have done.” ???  And he doesn’t think it was a mistake to let his crew go all amateur hour and talk him into the decision, saying, “They’re my friends.”
The spot was slick and entertaining, but the words would mean a lot more if they came from him and weren’t written for him by Nike or an ad agency.  A spot won’t rehabilitate his image, but an apology would have. And since that’s obviously not coming, he needs to win a ring. Right now. Winning fixes just about everything. Commercials don’t. A spot like that is designed to generate some buzz, and win James some sympathy. Sympathy he doesn’t deserve because he’s not sorry and still doesn’t think he did anything wrong.

 I'd give you the audio. but Jim wants me to pay for it.  Yeah, right.