THE 'GREAT 8' .... WE KNEW HE WAS SCORING MAGICIAN, BUT ...

 They Said It … not always sure why ...

“He has mastered the art of hiding in plain sight.” 

Hockey Night in Canada’s KYLE BUKAUSKAS was 

talking about … ALEX OVECHKIN? Don’t ask.

Why did DANIELLE STERN of The Other Pregame 

Show (CBS Sports Network) have a great 

Thanksgiving? “Three of my four favorite ‘F’ words: 

Family, Football and Food,” she said.

To whom was PHIL MUSHNICK (New York Post) 

referring when he wrote … “He was known to insiders 

from four networks as the most disloyal, greedy, 

demanding and ungrateful person they ever dealt 

with.” Oh, no, say it wasn’t so. JOHN MADDEN?

“People ask me, ‘Why were you such a great relief 

pitcher? … and I tell them … ‘I had a short memory,’” 

said Baseball Hall of Fame 2008 inductee GOOSE 

GOSSAGE.

“He’s the overalls, hard hat, lunch pail, digging the 

fence with you type dude.” Army offensive coach

 CODY WORLEY on QB BRYSON DAILY.

More Gossage, when BOB COSTAS (MLB Network) 

asked why BILLY MARTIN “at his best … was the 

best manager?” ... “Next question. Billy and I didn’t 

get along. Period … We got off on the wrong foot in 

spring training when he asked me to hit a guy … I said, 

‘This guy* has never done anything to me.’ He asked 

me to hit him in the head. And I said, ‘I’m not going to 

do it.’ … In hindsight, I think it was Billy’s way of 

testing my loyalty to him … and it was the wrong way 

to go about it. I said, ‘Whatever he’s done to you … 

that’s between you guys. I’m not going to fight your 

fights …’ And, we almost fought in the outfield, right 

then and there.’”

* It was prior to the first exhibition game of the spring … 

and “this guy” was JMU alumnus BILLY SAMPLE of 

the Texas Rangers … who played for Martin with the 

Yankees.

Until next time ...