Only 5-ish hours to nab this amazing photo of Bill Walton. $14.99 for the opening bid seems like quite a bargain at twice the price if you ask me.
No sportscaster has ever made such a dramatic leap from the top of my All Hate team to the top of my "I Hope He Is Calling This Game" team. I can't pinpoint exactly when this happened, but I am sure that it was at some point during the Rockets championship years when his irrational hate for Robert Horry began to surface. He would get all over Big Shot Rob on a simple first quarter inbounds play:
"What is Robert Horry doooooooooooing? He is singlehandedly inbounds passing theRockets out of this series. He is lucky that Olajuwon plays the game the rightway."
Big Shot Rob hits clutch go-ahead 3 pointer:
"Noooooo. Terrible shot selection! You have to feed it down low in thatsituation. Horry is just terrible, he has a hall of famer on the blocks, give itto the big man!"
Can you beat Walton and Snapper Jones in the booth? Good luck. My buddy Greg has a great catch phrase that he ripped directly from Walton that is perfect for any awkward social situation. During some random game a player (probably Eric Montross) gave about 5 pump fakes before getting rejected, and Walton delivered this pot of gold:
(After long silent pause) "Too many pump fakes!"
I can just see him shaking his head in disgust. Did you know that he has a great show on Sirius, if you like the Grateful Dead.
I always secretly hoped that he would show up as Dick Butkus' replacement on "Hang Time" to mercilessly teach fundamentals to the kids of Deering High.
"Danny Mellon I don't care what Coach Butkus or Coach Reggie Theus taught you.You are playing for Deeeeeeeeeering High. You must feed the post the right way.George Mikan is spinning in his graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave right now."
Incidentally I would love to see a complete dvd box set of "Hang Time" and "City Guys" at some point. Saturday mornings have never been the same.
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