Thought for the Day: Our Coach Brooks
August 12, 2003
First things first:
Herb Brooks, 1937-2003
I was deeply saddened when I learned that Coach Brooks had passed yesterday, in a car accident no less. "The Miracle" means so much to me, despite not having a first-hand memory of it, and I will always be grateful to what Coach Brooks did in 1980 (and how close he got the U.S. in 2002!). It seems like he was a good guy and he will be missed.
'Minnesota lost its head coach today'
Brooks' death leaves hole in hockey, beyond
Career Highlights
Frei: Brooks' impact on U.S. hockey great at all levels
Kennedy: A fountain of youth
Master motivator Brooks recalls U.S. victory
Tigers Incompetence Metrics as of August 12, 2003:
Detroit 30-86 .259 winning percentage (1.0 games ABOVE the Throneberry Line)
Detroit team's batting average: .233
Detroit opponent batting average: .277
Detroit's on-base percentage: .294
Still need 11 Wins to Beat Infamy
(41 wins would give them a winning percentage above the .250 of the 1962 Mets.)
Benoit provides relief for Rangers against Tigers
To be honest, until the Postgame Alert came in, I didn't remember that they were even playing last night.
MLB denies report of Rose's reinstatement in 2004
I just like that Baseball Prospectus broke this story.
Clarett/Jackson Fraught Watch
Clarett: Clarett expects to be back at practice this week
Jackson: Michigan's Jackson pleads not guilty, still practicing with team
Kiper: Michigan can't afford to lose Jackson.
Thank you Mel for stating the obvious.
Pro Football Hall of Fame reduces inductees to six per year
But at least they have a logical induction procedure.
Actor Ben Affleck Defends 'Bad Movie' Gigli
Ben, you can defend it all you like, but you're still going to be razzied to heck and back.
Random Futurama Quote(s):
Hail Atlanta!
(My favorite non-sentimental episode was on in reruns last night)
Amy: So Fry, Atlanta was an American city in your time?
Fry: I think it was just an airport. They had a place where you could by nuts.
Umbriel: No, Ancient Atlanta was more than just a Delta hub! It was a vibrant metropolis, the equal of Paris or New York.
Fry: [patronizingly] That's right honey, whatever you say.
Umbriel: Look at these fabulous ruins. Turner Field, the Coca-Cola bottling plant, the uh, the airport.
Leela: But tell us. How could a city with such a...fabulous airport, end up underwater?
"The Deep South"
Bonus quotes:
Donovan [on screen]:
"Atlanta was a city, landlocked, hundreds of miles from the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean. Yet so desperate the city's desire for tourism that moved offshore to become an island and a bigger Delta hub.
Until the city overdeveloped and it started to sink.
Knowing their fate the quality people ran away.
Ted Turner, Hank Aaron, Jeff Foxworthy, the guy who invented Coca Cola, the magician and the other so called gods of our legends, though gods they were - and also Jane Fonda was there.
The others chose to remain behind on their porches with their rifles, and one day evolve into mermaids, and sing and dance and ring in the new."
Mermaids [on screen]: Hail Atlanta!
Leela: The magician?
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Leela: Fry, what about us? What about your life on the surface? You don't belong down here.
Zoidberg: She's right, sure they got the Braves but it's a third-rate symphony.
Today's Phrase that Can Never Lead to Any Good:
"Rap artist-actor Snoop Dogg is being sued by two Louisiana women who say they were offered drugs during Mardi Gras 2002 to flash their breasts for pictures that later appeared on a cover of the video series Girls Gone Wild."
Snoop Dogg Sued by Teens for Racy Video
Today's Installment of "I'm shocked. Shocked..."
"Chances seem good that when the two rivals meet again Nov. 22 there will be Rose and/or Sugar Bowl implications on the line for at least one of them."
SI's 2003 Big Ten Preview
What's that you say? The OSU/Michigan game may have bowl implications? Wow!
That's all for today, until tomorrow,
I am Craig Barker, way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
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