Spartan For Life

Posted 6/16/2010 1:58:00 AM

I feel like Tiger Stadium has been saved…a classic preserved. Tom Izzo announced last night that he will not take the Cav’s job and will remain at MSU for life. Phew!
It is good to see a man of character stand up for what is right rather than chase the money. Spartan fans had flashbacks of Nick Saban. A coach who went with the big paycheck and abandoned a program that was starting to get on track. In this case coach Izzo had already established himself as one of the elite college coaches and I couldn’t blame him if he wanted to take on a new challenge. But after witnessing his style, prowess and success over the past 15 years, it would have been heartbreaking to see him go. The man is good at what he does. He is a motivator, an instructor of young men. Not a babysitter of ...

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Nebraska Rocks

Posted 6/15/2010 3:20:00 AM

Nebraska joining the Big 10 would be cool…Nebraska featuring the E Street Band would be off the charts.
A full band version of Nebraska? I would love to hear this version… Nebraska was one of those albums that took awhile to grow on me.

From Pulse.com…

Max Weinberg confirmed that the long-rumored full E Street Band version of Bruce Springsteen's 1982 solo acoustic album Nebraska does exist. Weinberg revealed to Rolling Stone, "The E Street Band actually did record all of Nebraska and it was killing. It was all very hard-edged. As great as it was, it wasn't what Bruce wanted to release. There is a full band Nebraska album, all of those songs are in the can somewhere."
Weinberg also shed some light on Springsteen's long-promised Darkness On The Edge Of Town box set, saying, "I don't really exactly know what the stage of thinking is relating to that ...

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Nobody's Perfect

Posted 6/4/2010 3:17:00 AM

So Wednesday night during the Tigers/Indians game pitcher Armando Galarraga missed out on a rare perfect game due to a bad call by umpire Jim Joyce. It sucks, it hurts, but I believe changing the decision would be wrong. Since instant replay isn’t currently being used, changing the decision would open up a can of worms involving countless questionable calls from the past across the league.
I’m not sure I’m ready to have the human element taken out of the game of baseball. You certainly couldn’t have instant replay on balls and strikes, that zone is interpretive. Some say it’s just progress, we need to go there to bring the game into modern times. I like replay in football… not sure it’s right for baseball.
Anyway, the manner in which both men handled this very unfortunate situation should be an example to all. Admit and be apologetic when your wrong…and ...