Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...
The hilarity continues in the Colin Kaepernick saga. Ravens’ owner Steve Bisciotti, speaking before a group of fans, said of the reports of team interest in Kaepernick, “Your opinions matter to us . ... We’re very sensitive to it, and we’re monitoring it, and we’re trying to figure out what’s the right tack. So pray for us.”
Pray for us? I’m no theologian, but if Ravens’ fans are devoting valuable prayer time to asking the Lord to guide this football team in its quest for a backup quarterback, your life and your world are in terrific shape.
The Ravens signed a backup QB from an indoor football league. “Hey, we’ve got some arms, what about us?” said the Ultimate Frisbee League.
Who’s the mystery ring seller? Reader Dwayne Newton forwards an online ad: “Pickup (sic) the greatest keepsake this Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend, a Super Bowl ring!! Past enshrinee bringing a former teammate to Canton this weekend.” Price: $35,000. It’s a ring from the ’82 Super Bowl (’81 season), the 49ers’ first Super Bowl win. I did some legwork for you. HOFers on that team: Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Fred Dean. The “past enshrinee” could also be Steve Young (joined team in ’87) or Jerry Rice (’85).
The Warriors’ widespread love of golf (Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr, others) won’t do much to change the Dubs’ so-not-street image. Oh, well. As they say in basketball, “Scoreboard!”
Can anyone top this non-pro father-son power golf foursome? Dell and Stephen Curry, and Jerry and Jonnie West. Jerry West at one time held a non-competitive course record at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Oddly, the four have never played together.
Fun fact: Scientists and statisticians say that on the opening day of NFL training camps every season, the total amount of weight lost by NFL players in the offseason exactly matches the total amount gained by other players.
The Cubs, apparently seeking some kind of closure, say they will present a World Series ring to Steve Bartman, the fan often blamed for the team’s 2003 playoff collapse after reaching for and deflecting a pop foul. Suggestion: In a special pregame ceremony, toss him the ring in the stands.
It must have been hard for A’s fans not to wince at Sonny Gray’s beaming reaction to his Escape from A’s-catraz. Can’t blame him. Some players would give their right arm to jump from the sloggin’ A’s to the glory-bound Yankees, but all Sonny had to give up was his scraggly beard.