Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Chad Finn mentioned yesterday that Jarrod Saltalamacchia has a higher slugging percentage than Giancarlo Stanton this season. I had to look that up to double check. While it may have been true so far this season it is certainly not close for their careers. Stanton now sits at .439 and .533 for his career while Salty's numbers are .447 and .423 respectively (not that anyone outside of baseball geeks care about this)...  Excellent point! If the NCAA lets Johnny Manziel slide then Dez Bryant should sue the NCAA for everything they have in the bank!... I know this is post Shark week but I wonder if remoras were called "cuddle fish" instead - would that change the way you look at their relationship to sharks? Would it change the way you look at cuddling in bed?...  25 things that turned 25 this year... 29 years ago Ronald Reagan joked about outlawing the Soviet Union. Today the Russian President just thinks his US counterpart is the joke... Howie Carr on the conviction of Whitey Bulger (audio)... The blacksmith who makes the weapons for Hollywood. It must eat him up a little that he doesn't work on Game of Thrones...

Jeff Ireland and Dez Bryant

I agree with Mike Silver's take on the Jeff Ireland questioning of Dez Bryant 100%.

There are two possibilities:

A: Ireland really did think that Bryant's mom was a prostitute. If that was the case there are many ways to get the information you are looking for without being a classless ass. "We're a family here in Miami. What's been your experience with family?" "Tell us about your relationships with the authority figures in your life."

B: Ireland wanted to get a reaction. Congrats Jeff - you did get a reaction but maybe not the one you expected. The public outcry reaction may cost you your job (or at the least it has outed you for being a complete A-hole).