Thursday, January 08, 2004

For baseball fans like me, this moment is both a definitive point in its history and the biggest "I told you so" moment since Darryl Strawberry was pciked up, arrested and forgiven more times than a Bush twin.

Pete Rose Admits to Betting on Baseball on ABC

Cincinnati Reds icon Pete Rose admitted to his wrongdoing during an interview with Charles Gibson on Primetime Live after 15 years of denying it. And during the half-hour long special, ABC allowed sports fans to submit questions to be asked to the Rose (who with his book deal and new found publicity came out smelling like one) during an online interview and a televised interview on "Good Morning America." I think you can see where I'm going with this.

I actually submitted these to ABC's "Good Morning America" interview for Friday, January 9. You can submit your own questions, both serious and otherwise here. Please keep them within the boundaries of good taste. I don't want ABC to put me on their hit list, I'm still trying to get the WB off my back for my famed "Michigan J. Fried Frog Legs" incident.

1) Would you be willing to star in a movie sequel called "Eight Men Out Plus One"? If not, how about a sitcom? Then you could call it "Eight and a Half Men Out."

2) Can you spot me five bucks? I bet against the Jaguars when they played the Saints for the playoffs and I'm a little short.

3) You said in your interview about the business of baseball "the seats are for asses. You gotta have an ass in a seat every night." How many asses would you charge for John Madden?

4) What brand of weed whacker do you use to cut your hair?

5) If you and Jim Gray were banished to live alone on a remote island together, what three items of medieval torture or weaponry would you bring with you?

6) I'll bet you never thought it would end like this, huh? I meant that literally. Someone gave me three to one odds on it.