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Wait for it… Kelsey Grammar back as Dr. Frasier Crane.
Yup, life has returned to normal again.
Love those days where there’s snow on the ground and the temperature hits 60.
There’s only one looming question, keeping me through the boredom of pandemic winter…
What will happen first: the end of the pandemic, or a new name for the Washington Football Team?
Today we hear the three words that’ll cheer us out of the darkest winter…
Pitchers and catchers.
Happy George Washington Day, everyone!
That’s how we do it in Virginia.
I think.
I don’t even really know anymore.
Much has been made recently concerning the great Tom Brady and his potential status as the Greatest of All Time. (Henceforth known as GOAT.)
Brady’s got seven Super Bowls and three MVPs. He’s the greatest football player of all time.
But in all sports?
Consider the following.
Wayne Gretzky finished his career with 2,857 points. That’s 936 ahead of the man who’s number two. (That would be Jaromir Jagr.) For those of you who appreciate the math lessons I try to bring to this blog, Gretzky’s career points total is 48.7% higher than Jagr’s. That is, nearly half again as much.
Doesn’t sound impressive yet?
If Barry Bonds beat Hank Aaron’s career home run record by the same factor he wouldn’t have finished with 762. He’d have finished at 1,123.
Pete Rose wouldn’t have 4,265 hits. He’d have 6,233. Kind of like completing a Hall of Fame career… twice.
If LeBron James wants to take over the NBA’s all-time scoring lead some day he’ll have to score 3,482 more points. To top Kareem Abdul-Jabbar by the Gretzky factor he’ll have to score 18,703 more than that.
That’s eight and a half more years, 82 games a season, at his career pace.
And Tom Brady?
Well, if he plays next year (I have no doubt he will), in a few games he’ll pass Drew Brees on the all-time NFL passing yardage list.
All he’s got to do then is pass for 39,154 more.
Lost in the shuffle of Super Bowl discussion was the very real fulfillment of the “Tampa Bay double,” referenced several times in various incarnations on this site.
The city of Tampa holds the two coveted trophies in sports right now: Super Bowl and Stanley Cup.
The Los Angeles double? Baseball and basketball? That was so October.
And to think it was nearly a triple, courtesy of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Wow.
Tampa Bay?!
As a matter of fact it wasn’t just my local Food Lion. It was an ill-designed logo seen everywhere that looked like a Roman numeral 54 instead of a 55.
They say there’s no “I” in team.
There should be one in an LV either.
And the game itself was just about as interesting.
One of the more amusing aspects of the S—- B— each year is the way retailers refer to “the big game” without actually mentioning its copyrighted name.
Most amusing this year has been my local Food Lion, who is offering great specials for those looking to celebrate the playing of said game #LIV.
Let the record show this year’s edition is #LV.
Actually I’d love to see LIV again.
Better yet–let me place a wager on the thing!