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SABRES, PENS, SHOTGUNS & METS |
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Rex O'Rourke
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THE MAYO CLINIC, MN- Today is my 46th birthday and I decided to celebrate it by getting bronchitis, nevertheless I must play hurt. After all, we’re all “Day to Day”, aren’t we? Am I really going to let a minor thing like not getting enough air stop me from delivering my weekly diatribe. It got me thinking about great performances in sports history while injured or infirmed and I realized there are quite a few. Willis Reed limping out onto the Garden floor to hit two quick jumpers, igniting his team and the crowd, immediately comes to mind. With the current state of the Knicks there aren’t too many gutsy performances, although I believe Stephon Marbury once scored 11 points against the Clippers after a particularly grueling tattoo session. Legend has it Lou Gehrig played with broken fingers; no doubt afraid someone would “Wally Pipp” him. For shear drama, one has to hand it to Kirk Gibson and his one legged (or was it no legged?) home run in the 1988 World Series. Jack Youngblood played in the Super Bowl with a broken leg. I can only imagine what the trainers were shooting him up with back in those days. If you’ve seen “North Dallas Forty” you’ve probably got an idea. Gordon Banks, legendary English goalkeeper only had one eye. Jim Abbott pitched in the majors for years (and threw a no-no) despite not having a right hand. Ken Venturi won the 1964 U.S. Open (when they played 36 on Sunday) despite nearly collapsing from heatstroke. George Brett played in a World Series (insert joke here) while suffering from Hemorrhoids. Some folks theorize that Manny Ramirez is putting together a Hall of Fame career without the use of a brain, thus disproving Yogi Berra’s theory that “90% of the game is mental, the other half physical”. You know how I feel about the Olympics, but you have to give it to Kerri Strug for sticking that landing on one leg in the Atlanta Games. His Airness hit all the right notes playing Jazz while suffering from the flu. Hockey, ah hockey… where do I begin? Has any puckster ever gotten stitches and NOT returned by the third period? There is NOTHING soft in a hockey rink. Peter Forsberg is still playing and I think he’s been pronounced dead two or three times. Ya gotta love a sport where severing your Carotid artery is a possibility. I’ve played rugby for twenty five years and these guys make me look, to borrow a song title from The Smiths, like a “Vicar in a Tutu”. Also, one has to recognize the BBB… the Bad Body Brigade. David Wells, William Perry, Mickey Lolich, Sid Fernandez, John Daly, Sonny Jurgensen, Cecil Fielder, John Kruk, and Tony Gwynn just to name a few! Think it was easy running out there day after day with those lumpy physiques? Anyway, I’m sure there are other notable acts of sports bravery that I’ve overlooked. Feel free to contribute a few.
I’d like to say Happy Mother’s Day to me mum, “E”, and wish her many happy returns.
I’m going to lie down… Getting a little loopy from the drugs… I hope I’m not as think as I sick I am!
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Cookie
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Rex... Thank you for not mentioning that big, uber Republican Red Sux cry baby and his frickin' little bleeding stitches during the ALCS a few years back. It would have: 1) ruined my Mother's Day, and 2) make me puke all over my computer-- ruining a perfectly good, and beloved Mac.
Big props for mentioning a Smiths song. I often wonder if Morrissey got laid-- if we'd have the great lyrics he penned.
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Rex O'Rourke
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| Looked like ketchup to me! Also snuck in another Smiths song title. Did you spot it! By the way Morrissey and his pent up quiet English desperation are laughing all the way to the bank! |
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Grote2DMax
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| Rex - Some hits and misses there. Jack Youngblood was the best example of 70's athletes who gave it their all for very little in return. The word pride meant something to those guys. On the other hand, Jordan with the flu exemplifies how the media turned 80's athletes into prima donna's fawning over things that most people have to do without a second thought and being made bigger than life for doing it. |
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Janet
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| Happy Birthday, Rex! Big kisses from deep in the heart of Jersey! This is your best post yet - you gave us a birthday present on your day! |
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vincent
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| Grote2DMax - Jordan was on IVs and getting pumped full of fluids while playing with a a102 fever against a VERY hungry Stockton and Malone at home in the Mormon Dome. And NOBODY ever accused Jordan of being a prima donna. They guy played hard at the shoot-arounds for christs sake... Birthday Boy Rex had it right - you had it wrong. Nice job Rex! Happy B-Day. |
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