Today's tour takes you to see Amare on the mend, Bartolo Colon on the injured list and NBA executives with high tops and bling-bling. Keep arms and legs inside the bus at all times, and please pardon the undulations. We'll encounter lots of Yankee road kill during the next 2 minutes.
As if the tight schedule, ridiculous travel demands, jet lag, a five-game war with the evil empire and an identity crisis brought on by the name Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim weren't enough to overcome, ace pitcher Bartolo Colon was left off the roster for the ALCS because of a bum shoulder.
Anyone else see former Dodgers skipper Jim Tracy introduced as the new manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates? He's sporting the black and gold garb and looks like an even bigger loser already.
Driller has friends in New York who say it's lovely this time of year. When the moon is out on an October evening and the baseball season is over, they say there's this moment of total silence when Yankee fans actually stop yapping.
Minor surgery turned into microfracture surgery. That doesn't mean Amare Stoudemire's career is over, but it might mean the budding 22-year-old Phoenix Suns star is finished as a freakish talent with more potential than anyone this side of LeBron.
This procedure ended Jamal Mashburn's career, stole Penny Hardaway's potential, wrecked Allan Houston's knee and robbed Chris Webber of his ability to jump. In case it gets ugly with Amare, Driller wants to note that this kid made the jump out of high school, won the NBA Rookie of the Year award that year and averaged 37 points against San Antonio in the conference finals last season.
The new NBA dress code requires players to slip into suits and ties, but wouldn't it be funnier if we made all the old guys at NBA headquarters wear baggy jeans and throwback jerseys. What's that, Mr. Commissioner, you don't like being told what to wear? Oh, never mind.
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