Drabble by Kevin Fagan for February 15, 2015
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February 16, 2015
Transcript:
Ralph: Another missed free throw! I can't believe it! There's no excuse for missing free throws! You're only 15 feet away, everyone else has to stand still, and you can practice in your own driveway! Free throws are important! Lots of games are decided by a point or two! Back in my day, when a guy missed a free throw, he'd hang his head in shame and wait to be traded! Today when you miss a free throw, your teammates give you high-fives! What's that all about?? Would you high-five a golfer for missing a three-foot putt?! I'm not even a basketball player and I practice my free throws!! June: I still might trade you!
Proginoskes almost 10 years ago
And there’s no excuse for THROWING A PASS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD on 2nd and goal at the 1, when you have two time outs left, great runners, and three shots at the end zone!!!
(The only way I can see any logic in this decision was that Seattle thought it was so stupid that no one would expect it.)
spazmaticcelery almost 10 years ago
I don’t think Honeybunch will get many offers.
dbartley53 almost 10 years ago
The best explanation I have seen for the pass instead of the run is that whoever scored the winning touchdown would be MVP. Wilson throws winning TD. Wilson is MVP.Mashawn Lynch runs winning TD. Lynch is MVP. Lynch’s contract is up for negotiation this year. Wilsons is not. A combination of economics and who do you want to be the hero.
YatInExile almost 10 years ago
Ralph and I are two great minds that think alike. I grind my teeth every time I see a missed free throw.
bigsnooze almost 10 years ago
He hit the nail right on the head. Yesterday Ohio St. lost to Michigan by 3 and went 5 for 13 from the line. Pathetic.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 10 years ago
guys and gals who are good free throw shooters aren’t that way because they’re extra talented. It’s , just as the cartoon states,‘you can practice in your own driveway’A basketball player who is a poor free throw shooter is just lazy and it’s the coaching’s fault as well
Fido (aka Felix Rex) almost 10 years ago
Did Ralph ever see Wilt Chamberlain at the free throw line?
Saddenedby Premium Member almost 10 years ago
as a coach – i have to agree – it is frustrating to lose by 10 points and less and then realizing you are shooting 50 to 60 percent from the free throw line. especially when it is 1 and 1 and the first one is missed again and again and again – just keep fouling their players and you WIN!!!! AAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Saddenedby Premium Member almost 10 years ago
and they spend a LOT of time supposedly practicing – but they have to be serious in practicing and most don’t take it seriously like you want
K M almost 10 years ago
After the death of a long-time and much-beloved TV news anchor more than 25 years ago, the news team gathered on the set to reminisce. Sports guy talked about being on the golf course with the anchor and a hack who had about a four-foot putt for quadruple bogey. Anchor was said to be a guy who wouldn’t say a bad word to anyone — at least not to anyone’s face — but as hack left his four-foot putt about two feet short, anchor leaned over to sports guy and said sotto voce, “That’s funny, most guys would have gone for that.” Sports guy collapsed on the green laughing hysterically. Said he knew hack thought he was laughing at him; but he was laughing at anchor’s crack on the hack’s poor putting.
Jaythor 10 months ago
Take the trade, Ralph! Wherever you go will be better….