| 01 March 2010
My latest at Mlive has gone, well, live. In my weekly post at Mlive's "It's Just Sports" blog, I take on your typical Detroit sports clichés. Clichés that are no longer valid.
The Knee Jerks welcomed the return of one of our favorite guests, Detroit and New York City sports broadcasting legend Bob Page. Bob was as opinionated as ever, leaving scorched earth all around. We covered the greatness that is the Olympic hockey tournament, why NHL owner mouthpiece Gary Bettman would want to end their Olympic participation, Rich Rodriguez and Michigan's "major violations", MSU's discipline problems, the silliness of all conference expansion (including the Big 10), and the possibility of Curtis Granderson being eaten alive by the NYC media hordes.
After Bob went back to sipping scotch on the rocks down in Florida, Greg Eno and I took on the topics of the day in Detroit.
Tigers: Their preferred lineup for opening day, Jim Leyland's falling for utility man Don Kelly, Carlos Guillen finally becoming full-time DH.
Pistons: The rumors of an investment consortium showing interest in the Pistons, and the decreasing possibility the Pistons franchise will accomplish anything positive while the ownership and front office situation is in total flux. Considering the sale of the team could drag out for the next couple of years, the odds aren't good.
Lions: The silliness of fans getting worked up over the meat market known as the NFL scouting combine, not getting hopes up regarding a trade of the 2nd overall selection (due to to the insanity of rookie contracts; which is why the Lions won't find any takers) or for Antonio Cromartie (teams don't trade cornerbacks...unless there are underlying major issues), and the Lions improving the offense instead of the defense due to the presence of Matthew Stafford.
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As to where I've been for the past week plus, this picture I snapped in the middle of last week should help explain things...
This is not Steve Yzerman's eye after he was hit by a slapshot...but is sure looks like it.
I've been continuing to battle vision issues, which are just now beginning to improve. It's been hard to write when the laptop screen is blurry, eye floaters are everywhere, and you are spending your time in a doctor's waiting room...in order to have a syringe full of steroids stuck into your eye. (Wasn't fun, trust me...)
The other day I took a swipe at what I thought was a bug...turned out it was one of the floaters in my eye. But those pesky eye floaters are a good thing, as it means the scar tissue is breaking up, and my sight is improving. Doing so slowly, but improving to the point where I can read what I'm typing. So I'm expecting my online activity to ramp up shortly, as it's no longer a PITA to try to see.
So that's the latest from TWFE HQ. Expect more form me as the week goes on, and thanks for your patience!
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