Sometimes you feel like a note, sometimes you don’t. …
The Rockies are playing in Fenway so, of course, I had my spies on the lookout for anti-Yankee T-shirts. This year’s selection includes, among other gems, “Jeter Drinks Wine Coolers,” “A-Rod: Mr. April, Miss October,” “Stray-Rod” and “Johnny Damon: Wanted for Treason and Crimes against The Nation.” Then there’s the obligatory “‘I Don’t Brake for Yankees Fans” bumper sticker. …
Which brings us to the best T-shirt ever hawked outside Coors Field: “Bichette Happens”. …
So much for T-shirts and bumper stickers. What I want to know is when does Crocs come out with its signature- model Billy Donovan flip-flops? …
Broncos assistant head coach/defense Jim Bates on the team’s D line: “There’s nothing like competition going into the preseason. It’s great to have this young blood and some real good veterans. It’s going to be an interesting camp.” For the record, he said that before Sam Adams and Jimmy Kennedy arrived. …
The Bronx traded up to draft Jarvis Moss, then packaged three picks to get Marcus Thomas. So which one looks more ready to contribute as a rookie? At the moment, neither of the above. Their most impressive young lineman has been second-rounder Tim Crowder. Said Bates, “He’s showing good technique and he’s very intense. He’s done a real good job.” …
Sure, Adams and Kennedy figure to be impact players. Then again, I give you Daryl Gardener, Luther Elliss, Raylee Johnson and Marco Coleman, big names one and all whose tanks proved empty after arriving at 5280. …
Mike Heimerdinger, Mike Shanahan’s right-hand man on offense, on bringing in a new starting tailback (Travis Henry) and tight end (Daniel Graham): “A quarterback has to make plays, but you’ve also got to do some things around him. If not, it doesn’t matter how good they are. John (Elway) was pretty darn good, but when T.D. (Terrell Davis) got in there, it took the pressure off him. … The surrounding cast has to fall into place, too.” …
That’s the baseball biz, folks: The Brewers, 22 hits Sunday afternoon, none Tuesday night. …
The more things change in the NBA, the more they remain the same. As in, team basketball was, is and always will be the way to play. Or maybe you didn’t notice the Spurs don’t have any player among the league’s top 10 playoff scorers. …
How bad are the Cavs? I’ll take the ’86 Celtics over them any day. And most of those guys are in their 50s. …
Ex-Nuggets guard Otis Smith, now GM of the Magic, telling reporters about his off-season coaching search: “We started this off-season targeting two guys and actually hired them both.” …
Stunbelievable: The Performers Formerly Known as White Sox hitting .231 as a team. …
Think Major League Baseball is embarrassed by Bud Selig’s refusal to commit to being on hand for Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run. What if Bonds isn’t on the N.L. team for the All-Star Game, scheduled to be played in his hometown? Bonds recently dropped out of the top three in voting among outfielders, meaning he would have to be added to the team by manager Tony LaRussa. …
On second thought, hold off on that statue of Jack Cust outside the ballpark in Oakland. The ex-Rockie hit eight homers and drove in 20 runs in his first 13 games with the A’s. He has no homers and two ribbies since then, with 25 strikeouts in 53 at-bats. …
Ex-CU and NFL offensive lineman Jay Leeuwenberg and CU sports-info director Dave Plati collaborating on a book, “Tales of Colorado Football,” due out next summer from Sports Publishing, Inc. …
Now that they’ve inched toward the .500 mark, you wonder what the Rockies would do if they ever started hitting. To wit: They scored double-digit runs 21 times in 2006, matching their average for their first 14 seasons. They’ve done it three times this year, putting them on pace for eight.
Jim Armstrong can be reached at 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
