Ned Flanders

Twenty five years ago today, the longest game in baseball history started, Rochester vs. Pawtucket...33 innings. Lots of good stories from that game...official scorecard now in Cooperstown. Rochester third baseman? Cal Ripken. His counterpart at the hot corner: Wade Boggs.

Dave in VA?!?!? Christ, I thought you were dead!

Linky Greed of the Burgundy and Gold Thursday, April 13, 2006; Page A20 When the Washington Redskins kick off against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football, it will mark the first time in 40 years that neither my father nor I will be in the stands. Redskins season tickets have been in my family since the 1960s, but as a single parent and a teacher, I can no longer afford them. When my father passed the tickets to me in 1997, the season tickets cost $440. The bill for this year: $2,100. The upper deck used to be called the cheap seats. Now it's just the upper deck. My reward for supporting the team through the Norv Turner era, the Marty Schottenheimer year and the glory of Steve Spurrier is to be priced out of my seats. And my understanding is that the Redskins were the most profitable franchise in the NFL before this increase. At RFK Stadium I sat next to the same people for 30 years. I knew them and their kids by their first names. Yet so many tickets are scalped now that any sense of community is gone. The high cost of tickets necessitates people selling some of theirs off. Shouldn't the owner of the most profitable team in the NFL focus on creating a winning environment? How about showing some love for what he calls "the most loyal and dedicated fans in all of sports"? From obstructed-view seats, to denying pedestrian access to the stadium, to $35 parking and $8 beer, to charging admission to view practice, to trying to restrict season-ticket purchases to a Redskins credit card, Daniel Snyder seems intent on bleeding the cash cow dry. Redskins fans have always been loyal and dedicated. It's too bad the same cannot be said of the team owner. I may bleed burgundy, but I'm afraid I'm bled out. I wish the Redskins had an owner who cared more about the burgundy and gold and less about the green. STEVE RAGSDALE Bethesda

Ever try getting propane in February? I'm always asked the same thing: "You grill out in the winter?!?!" Learned several years ago to always stock up by late October...

Final Four, followed by baseball's Opening Day, followed by the Masters...together with the coming of good weather...a great week indeed. Master's Pick: David Howell

Or Danny Wegman...if he isn't still stinging from the Bills getting rid of Flutie...

Saw that over the weekend...Sammy is one we should have pulled out the stops to keep. Reminds me of Robb Riddick in all he can do.

Rumor has it, Rockpile was a season ticket holder...

Soccer Socialism The Metric System What are three things Europeans love but we can do without, Alex. And oh yea, mods please move to appropriate board, whichever that is...

This is especially true this year, with NBC getting a say on late-season Sunday night games. Expect times of games in the second half of the season all to be listed as 'TBD.' (No, not 'Two Bills Drive!') I believe the NFL Network made a big deal on the official schedule announcement last year, in that they carried it live, etc. Some outlets, however, leaked the schedule before the 'official' announcement. (I think I remember the NY Daily News leaked the Jints/Jets sched a few days before they were 'official.')

And why isn't Marge's hair three feet tall and blue? And why isn't everyone yellow? Amateurs...

First big seed to fall: Tennessee (2) loses to Winthrop (15)

Oh....by your intro, I was hoping the 'Friends' spinoff was mercifully cancelled.

I do like that they have Cal Thomas on some mornings, usually around 7:50 AM...and they get Russert to talk about the Bills sometimes during football season. Will be interesting to see what 1500 turns into once WTWP hits the airwaves.

I always wondered...there's gotta be some town between Rochester and Syracuse, where "pop" ends and "soda" begins...could it be Weedsport?

Very prophetic...all around! Got tonight's lottery numbers?

Always thought he was over-rated...besides I remember one game, the 1999 Sunday nighter at RWS, where Ted Washington ate him alive...Big Ted toyed with Mawae that game.

Abstinence Everyone over 14 years of age is bound to observe the law of abstinence. Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays within the season of Lent and Passiontide and on Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, everyone over 18 and up to the beginning of their 60th year is also bound to observe the law of fast. On these two days, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs; but together they should not equal another full meal. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, therefore, are the only days of both fast and abstinence. It should be noted also that "the Fridays of the year outside of Lent remain days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial or personal penance: this may be physical mortification or temperance or acts of religion, charity or Christian witness." Link

Oh, it's coming, maybe not this year, maybe not next...but it's coming. First thing I notice about a hockey game on Classic is the clean, white boards and the playing surface being ad free. Cripes, look at the AHL...the rink, and the players, look like NASCAR vehicles. Remember the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl? Now it's the "Insert Coroprate Name Here" Bowl. In fact, I believe next year, the Chik-Fil-A Peach Bowl will be just the Chik-Fil-A Bowl...the Georgia Peach will be nowhere to be found. Cash-register hound Tagliabue and his ilk (Jones, Snyder, Kraft) will certainly spoil the fields, uniforms, and image of the NFL within our lifetime.

I was thinking the same thing, it's Dennis Weaver. Dennis Weaver dies

Christ, this is a 5-11 team...we need Marv to "warn" us of the fact that we have a loooong way to go before even smelling the playoffs?

I read the article twice to see if I missed something...nope. Jeeziz, why is it always "us against them" when it comes to Bills coverage, refs, the cap, taking fried bologna off the RWS menu, etc, etc.... Granted we've had our share of "just give it to 'em(s)." But cripes, why is everything "WE GET NO RESPECT." Calgon, take me away....

The game I most remember him calling was game six of the 1975 World Series...a true classic.

I really like Steve Rushin...I think he's the best part of SI...and everytime I start to think of letting the subscription run out, they do a photo spread like a couple of weeks ago, when they did a two-pager on the pond hockey tournament...I musta gawked at that pic for a good twenty minutes. Sporting News I let run out when they started to feature NASCAR. If NASCAR's a sport, so is driving to work.

Haven't seen the clip yet, but you know there will be some Leon Lett comparisons...