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Friday, April 22, 1988
METRO FINAL CHASER
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MITCH ALBOM
THE LIVE ALBOM
Copyright (c) 1988, Detroit Free Press
LET'S TAKE A BALK ON THE WILD SIDE
THE LIVE ALBOM:
* Well now, let's-- BALK!
* begin wit-- BALK!
* some baseb-- BALK!
* Never mind.
* Tiger Mike Henneman is strong in short elief. ButI enjoyed him as Chevy
Chase in Comic Relief.
* Listen. Please. I'd rather not talk about Willie (Guillermo) Hernandez
anymore. Willie (Guillermo) and I get along now. I wish Willie (Guillermo)
well. And I will try to spell his name (names) right.
* It's Friday. The Orioles must be 0-15.
* BO SCHEMBECHLER'S FIRST DAY AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:
BO: YOU CALL THIS A DESK? WHAT KIND OF *$!*! DESK IS THIS! YOU! PAPER
CLIPS! GET THE HELL IN THE DRAWER!
CLIPS: Yes sir!
BO: STAPLER! DROP AND GIVE ME 20!
STAPLER: Yes, sir!
BO: PENS! OVER HERE! TAPE! OVER THERE! NONE OF YOU WILL EVER PLAY A DOWN
ON A MICHIGAN DESK . . .
* Many people admire St. Louis Blues coach Jacques Martin for the way he took
over the team last year. I admire the way he finishes the game and gets back
to the studios in time to do the Bernie Smilovitz sports segment on Channel
4.
* It's nice to hear Jacques Demers and Steve Yzerman say that Yzerman could be
back by the next playoff round. But until a doctor says it -- and until a
doctor says it with the words "no risk" -- any decent coach would keep Yzerman
right where he is.
* And this is from a sports writer who thinks Yzerman is terrific.
* A puck knocks out Glen Hanlon. A goalpost knocks out Yzerman. A teammate
knocks out Shawn Burr. Geez. I thought it was the opponents you were supposed
to worry about.
* I have been waiting to say this for three years: In trading for Kansas
City's first two draft picks Wednesday, THE LIONS FRONT OFFICE ACTUALLY MADE
A GOOD MOVE!
* Boy, that felt good.
* The only thing that worries me about that trade is the Raiders' Al Davis, a
man who does not like to be outmanuevered. If I were the Lions, I wouldn't
accept any mail that was ticking.
* Not that I would accept it as anyone else.
* How come every table I sit at in a fast food joint has one leg shorter than
the rest, so that it wobbles? I mean, is that a requirement or something?
* Pistons. Playoffs. Coming. Finally.
* Oh that Chuck Daly. He's such a Joker.
Mitch Albom will sign copies of his book, "The Live Albom," today noon to 2
p.m. at Little Professor Book Center, 1445 W. Fourteen Mile, Madison Heights;
today 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Book Break, 44720 Ford, Canton; Saturday 10 a.m.
to noon at the Book Stall, 113 E. Main, Flushing; and Saturday 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. at iBrowse, Orchard Lake and Northwestern Highway, West Bloomfield.
CUTLINE:
Mikey as ... Chevy?
Martin sez: We've got . . . highlights!
Chuck.... Chuck?
COLUMN;HUMOR