Second thoughts
Scully announced in August that we would return for the 2016 season, although it will likely be his last. So it seems unlikely he will enter the record books a third time for having the longest career as a sports broadcaster.
That honor goes to Bob Wolff, the former Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins radio and TV voice who at 93 is still working for a Long Island TV station.
Tweet and learn
Some athletes apparently don’t think before they use Twitter.
Notre Dame defensive tackle Jay Hayes could have used that advice before he fired off negative tweets criticizing his coaching staff Wednesday.
It seems Hayes was displeased with the amount of playing time he was receiving, so he took to Twitter to let out a little frustration. The tweets have since been deleted, but, of course, nothing ever leaves the Internet.
“When a coach stops coaching you..that’s when you jus gotta move on,” was just one of Hayes’ misguided tweets.
Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly announced Thursday that the sophomore won’t be playing this weekend because of his poor social media skills.
“You have to think before you hit send, and what you have to do is knock on my door instead of hitting the send button,” Kelly told reporters, according to ESPN. com. “If he has a job at Google and talks about his boss that way, he probably is not going to have a job the next day.”
Social media can be fun, but Hayes can attest that someone is always watching.
Mad stare
San Francisco Giants lefthander Madison Bumgarner had a long staredown with umpire Joe West after walking a batter in the bottom of the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres on Thursday night.
West is the kind of umpire who isn’t afraid of drawing a little attention to himself.
Bumgarner clearly wasn’t amused after the call, so West removed his mask, likely hoping the pitcher would give him a reason to eject him.
Instead, he got an ice-cold gaze that lasted over 17 seconds, according to ESPN.
Viking on vacation
Look what Seattle’s Kam Chancellor has started.
Chancellor rejoined the Seahawks earlier this week after skipping training camp and the first two games during a holdout for a new contract.
Ragnar the Viking — the bearded, motorcycle-riding mascot of Minnesota’s NFL team — missed his first home game in 21 years Sunday over a salary dispute. Joe Juranitch, the man inside the costume, was seeking a 1,230 percent raise — from the $1,500 per game he was getting to $20,000.
Juranitch won’t get a chance to end his holdout. In football terms, the Vikings told Juranitch to take a hike.