First, from humorist/author Dave Barry on our nation's pasttime, and the eternal mystery of women's priorities:
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base."
Get in front of the damn infant, Dorn! Don't be giving me this Ole bull$#*+Since it's June, obviously everyone's attention turns to hockey. Or not. But anyway, last night's game was one of the classics - a triple overtime Penguin victory to send the finals back to Pittsburgh for Game 6. So, from Warren Zevon and his ode to the hockey goon, "Hit Somebody" (featuring David Letterman as the coach yelling the refrain):
"He was born in Big Beaver by the borderline
He started playing hockey by the time he was nine
His dad took the hose and froze the back yard
And Little Buddy dreamed he was Rocket Richard
He grew up big and he grew up tough
He saw himself scoring for the Wings or Canucks
But he wasn't that good with the puck
Buddy's real talent was beating people up
His heart wasn't in it but the crowd ate it up
Through pee-wee's and juniors, midgets and mites
He must have racked up more than six hundred fights
A scout from the Flames came down from Saskatoon
Said, "There's always room on our team for a goon
Son, we've always got room for a goon"
There were Swedes to the left of him
Russians to the right
A Czech at the blue line looking for a fight
Brains over brawn-that might work for you
But what's a Canadian farm boy to do?
Hit somebody!"
Today's Photo Quiz: One of these sets of Hanson brothers are hockey goons from one of the best sports comedies of all time. The other set of Hanson brothers were Omaha youngsters who lit up the charts (and our hearts) with MMMBop, their wistful time about lost love. Can you tell which is which?
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