From Bill Simmons' mailbag column this week, after Bill was asked if he would accept, if offered, the GM job with the Sixers:
"Running an NBA team is my dream job. And I'd have a built-in competitive advantage, being one of the only GMs with any semblance of common sense. I think I'd have a 95 percent chance of succeeding as long as I didn't suffer a head injury. Plus, the chance to become a lifelong hero in a city as bitter as Philly would be too enticing to pass up. It would be like dating a girl who had just had 39 consecutive horrible boyfriends over the past 10 years. How could you lose?"That bitter city almost had a reason to be bitter again tonight, after the Phils beat Washington in 13 innings to avoid a third straight loss, and keep the Dodgers' wild card lead at 1.
What a weird game. It was horribly played by both sides, at bat, in the field, and on the mound, and most strangely of all, half the crowd or more seemed to be Phillies fans, and the Nats fans lookd like they all went home after the 9th. One Philly sportswriter noticed today that earlier in the series, Pat Burrell had achieved the rare feat of being booed for striking out in another team's stadium. (After Thursday, the Phils will finish the regular season in Florida, where there are expected to be next to no fans of either team in the stands).
In other news, the Twins and Tigers both lost, keeping the gap at 1- and the Twins really need to drop Carlos Silva from the postseason roster before he ruins the season completely.
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 28, 2006 01:31 AM