February 21, 2008
Link-O-Rama
Pretend or not, that "Aaron Gleeman is young and talented" quote from Alex Rodriguez may find its way on to my resume. I'm by far the least-known of the two dozen or so media members mentioned in the article, so I'm guessing that someone at The Onion is an AG.com reader and decided to throw me a bone (although I'm not thrilled about playing on the same team as Mike Lupica and Buster Olney).In a spring showdown between two venerable organizations that will battle one another daily during the 2008 regular season, the New York Yankees are scheduled to play a nine-inning game Sunday against their greatest rivals: the media.
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The upcoming game poses a challenge for many players, including Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez, who tends to try too hard when facing the media.
"The media has a great team with a proud tradition of excellence, professionalism, and fairness," Rodriguez told members of the media Tuesday. "Tim Kurkjian has electric stuff, NBC Sports writer/blogger Aaron Gleeman is young and talented, and The New York Post's George King is one of the greatest defensive centerfielders I have ever seen. To be honest, I wouldn't mind being a part of the media someday."
The show gets going with me comparing a post-surgery Francisco Liriano to the original Rocky and there's a Frank Stallone joke in there somewhere, so it's worth watching.
Slice is packing arenas and making plenty of money by beating up opponents who present little threat, but hopefully at some point he'll have a matchup against someone capable of presenting a challenge.
If nothing else, check out the drummer at the 32-second mark (trust me, you won't be disappointed).