THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL RHETORICALLY SPEAKING.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Which of these Milton Bradley games do we pull out from the closet now: Mr. Mouth, Risk, Outburst, Battleship, Hang In There, Don't Spill the Beans, Ants in the Pants Ants in the Pants is a game designed by insect-theme game designer William H. (Herb) Schaper. The game was originally produced in 1969 by Schaper's company Schaper Toys; it is currently produced by Hasbro. , Axis & Allies, Moods, Don't Break the Ice Don't Break the Ice is a game manufactured by Milton Bradley, a subsidiary of Hasbro. The game is designed for two to four players, aged three and up. The game is set up by placing plastic "ice" blocks in a tight-fitting, raised stand with space for 36 blocks arranged in a square. , Weakest Link (the home version), Taboo (the platinum edition), Hot Potato or Trivial Pursuit? Where does John Wooden get off trying to control the exploitation of his own name? What are the odds of Matt Leinart tweaking an ankle because of breaking out some mad hot ballroom move while he's dancing in the pocket? Drew Olson? Ben Olson? Would Karl Dorrell throw it open to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen? Is that the strong scent of a Cy Young candidate coming out of the O.C., or is it just Bartolo Colon's cologne? How jealous must Lisa Guerrero be, having to endure hubby Scott Erickson's Elvis-impersonator-type performance in Vegas (1-3, 6.99 ERA in five starts) and sweating out a September callup, all the while Alyssa Milano and Carolyn Hughes are allowed to jet around on Dodger road trips, loading up on some high-end room service with their boytoys? Can we finally mop up the remnants of this batboy bat·boy n. A boy who is employed by a baseball team to look after its equipment, especially the bats. milk-chugging controversy by just calling it Penny unwise and gallon foolish? How does the Harris Poll get sidetracked from asking housewives about their favorite laundry detergent to enlisting Terry Bradshaw to help decide the next national college football champion? And why haven't more voters bowed out because of this revelation? How long will it take the New York media covering the upcoming U.S. Open to fan this smoldering smol·der also smoul·der intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders 1. To burn with little smoke and no flame. 2. Andy Roddick-Maria Sharapova love match? Can luck be a lady if Danica Patrick's fourth-place finish at the Indy 500 was followed up by 13th-, 10th-, ninth-, seventh-, 19th-, 20th-, 16th- and eighth-place finishes? Considering that Danny Sheridan's posted odds of the San Francisco 49ers n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 1021. 2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1036. to 1, might the team suggest he take some sensitivity training? Love him or loath him, but Steve Lavin, University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] coach? And who's got a hug saved up for Bobby Huggins? Who's the first to get addicted to the new Showtime series ``Weeds,'' Randy Moss, Ricky Williams or 70 percent of the NBA? Couldn't Ron Cey get a ``special adviser'' credit in ``March of the Penguins''? Mario Lemieux? When did Dwight Gooden go bad and badminton become good? Since any semblance of a Seminole in and around Florida State is cool with the nickname, and it's since been removed from the NCAA list that's deemed to be abusive or hostile, can we finally focus some serious attention to the freakin' Fighting Irish of Notre Dame? If we told you the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. have to play 30 games over the last 30 days of the regular season, would you naturally assume it's the result of some poppycock pop·py·cock n. Senseless talk; nonsense. [Dutch dialectal pappekak : pap, pap (from Middle Dutch pappe, perhaps from Latin pappa, food) + kak, ESPN promotion? If David Wells suspects baseball players continue taking steroids despite all the risks, do we have to look far to find baseball players who continue to overeat o·ver·eat v. To eat to excess, especially habitually. and overdrink O`ver`drink´ v. t. & i. 1. To drink to excess. despite all the risks? Shouldn't the Padres be publicly thanking Phil Nevin for heaving a Molotov cocktail - shaken, not stirred "Shaken, not stirred" is a famous catch phrase of Ian Fleming's fictional British Secret Service agent, James Bond and his preference for how he wished his martini prepared. - at the deal that could have sent Sidney Ponson staggering into San Diego's rotation? You're gonna vote Raffy Palmeiro on the new MLB gimmick ``Latino Legends'' team, right? Oh, so Keith Hernandez was better. What's the price of gas when Roger Clemens' ERA is half of what you pay for self-serve unleaded? How do the Frenchie newspapers get off on recycling cycling controversies? Seriously, has anyone seen that Lance Armstrong urine sample I bought on eBay back in '99 and tucked away in my freezer behind the lemonade juice bars? CAPTION(S): 8 photos, box Photo: (1) Milton Bradley may never wear a Dodgers uniform again after tearing up his left knee. Is this the way we all want to remember his time with the team? Rick Stewart/Getty Images (2) COLON (3) LEINART (4) BRADSHAW (5) JEFF FRANCOEUR (6) BOB HUGGINS (7) LAWRENCE PHILLIPS (8) -- Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, after a Florida Marlins batboy who accepted his $500 bet to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour without throwing up (he couldn't do it) was suspended by the team for this homestand. Penny has said he'll compensate the batboy, who has since been offered a job with a minor-league team and an endorsement from the Milk Advisory Board. Box: SUNDAY PUNCH - Tom Hoffarth - Rich Hammond |
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