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Deceptive headline of the day?
2007-02-21 11:51
by Bob Timmermann

"Blue-collar pitcher: James back to mound after installing windows"

He could have just bought a Mac or asked a more computer-savvy friend for help.

 

Comments
2007-02-21 12:00:46
1.   dianagramr
Maybe he was just looking for a new vista?
2007-02-21 12:23:29
2.   D4P
You people think you excel at word play...
2007-02-21 12:59:26
3.   dianagramr
2

That's not a very nice outlook on life, is it?

2007-02-21 13:01:58
4.   El Lay Dave
James had to set his alarm for 6 a.m.... staying at [a project] as long as there was daylight. James would usually get home around 8 p.m., giving him a couple of hours to eat dinner, work out and spend time with his new wife before he headed to bed.

If I'm a 25-year old ballplayer who made $327,000 last year and will probably make something like $400,000 this year, I'm spending a little more time with that "new wife".

2007-02-21 13:18:18
5.   dianagramr
4

The heck with the $ involved in that passage .... he spends time with his new wife ... THEN heads to bed?

Hmmmm .... guess I'm being too literal today?

2007-02-21 13:36:04
6.   ToyCannon
That whole story is funny. The pool story trumps the snake story.
2007-02-21 16:12:02
7.   El Lay Dave
5 New. As in newlyweds, I assume. They use the whole ballpark, so to speak.

Given the snake story, if you were Braves management, would you be worried how long it would be before Mr. James admitted to the staff that his elbow or shoulder had been hurting?

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