BRH

If Miami wants Travis, then fine. They can have him and we can start thinking about who we'll take with the second pick in the draft. Otherwise Miami can go :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: themselves.

Don't forget, that was the season after the Patriots missed the playoffs. When they turned it around in mid-2003 and the Bills hit the iceberg, the first rat off our sinking ship was T-Bone. I recall it well.

Any so-called "die-hard fan" who owns another team's attire can hardly be called a die-hard fan. Every time my son gets attire of another NFL team as a gift (I married into a Giants family and still have family and friends in St. Louis) it goes right into the donations box.

I didn't call you anything.

The amazing thing is that Bledsoe has a better record against the Patriots than Manning does.

All I can say is I'm going to be a huge Steeler fan next Sunday and next Sunday only.

The thing is that if that Tennessee game had occurred in the last couple of years, Home Run Throwback never would have happened. Does anyone think Lindell could have made a 41-yard FG?

Terrapin Station being the example rising first and shining best.... although often crickets and cicadas sang a better tune.

Also, Rob Halford leaving Judas Priest and the Priest trying to soldier on without him.

Springsteen dropping the E Street Band in the late '80s. I liked the stuff he put out during that period, but as far as live shows go, he needs the E Streeters -- and not just any band -- backing him.

Marv Throneberry or Dick Stuart.

I like it. The only problem is that today's players would go with the blue top and blue pants for home games. I hate that look.

The answer is no. I wish the answer was yes.

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe

Blue Öyster Cult. clang clang clang clang clang clang clang

All I'm going to say is this: remember how wide open Antwaan Randle El got on Terrence McGee two Sundays ago? That would have been Reggie Wayne on Sunday.

USMC, can you find a cheap flight from Myrtle Beach to Atlanta? On Hooters Air?

I'd drive 20 hours each way if I had to for that. Probably more.

I do, but since Dallas has our first-rounder this year, I ain't complaining.

Roseland rocked. I remember the coaster was called The Comet. I still think the Jackrabbit at Seabreeze is the best coaster around. And I have fond memories of stumbling around the Goofy House half-baked, and standing in front of the mirrors cracking up for what seemed like hours but was probably 30 seconds.

Nobody's mentioned Seabreeze! Or Roseland. Those were the parks of MY youth.

I think that if Hernandez hadn't snorted and smoked his way into an early retirement, he would have easily reached 3,000 hits and won about fifteen consecutive Gold Gloves. That's not an argument for him to get into the Hall though. My argument for him rests on his defense. Nobody played first base like Keith Hernandez. Nobody since him has played it like him either. Mattingly was an outstanding defensive first baseman, but Hernandez was simply nonpareil. He was to first basemen what Ozzie Smith was to shortstops. Offensively, he was the quintessential #3 hitter. Let's not forget that unlike Mattingly, Hernandez played just about his entire career before home runs started to explode in 1987, and he was a lefthanded hitter without the short porch Mattingly enjoyed. Hernandez was a clutch hitter, too, and I'm not talking about the GWRBI stat in which he usually led the league before it was mercifully shitcanned. I'm talking about the fact that he was ALWAYS the guy you wanted at the plate with runners on in a tight spot -- and the fact that he usually seemed to save a good portion of his 15-18 home runs -- and a hell of a lot of doubles -- for spots like those. He has nobody but himself to blame for the fact he's not in the Hall. He let his body go to hell and he was just done at an age where guys today seem to be almost just getting started. But if you talk about a healthy Keith Hernandez and a healthy Don Mattingly for 20 years, well, I hardly think the discussion would be "not even close."

It's not like A.J. Smith doesn't have experience with paying two quarterbacks far above their worth.

I doubt it because that would probably mean someone on the MNF crew gets a vote, which would mean that Manning would have won 46-1-1... with the other one going to Tom Brady.

Thanks for putting words in my mouth. I don't think Puckett is an "automatic" HOFer. On the other hand, he DOES have two World Series rings that the Twins wouldn't even have sniffed if it weren't for him. Do I think Puckett deserves it before Mattingly? Of course. And anyone not blinded by the pinstripes would agree. I also think that, strictly based on production, Keith Hernandez is a HOFer way before Mattingly. He didn't have the power that Mattingly displayed for about five or six years, but he established the defensive benchmark for that position, won an MVP, and, oh yes, won two World Series rings. He has only himself to blame for the fact he was done by age 35, and I really don't think he's a HOFer, but again, he gets in way before Mattingly.