Friday Fryer (August 17, 2007)

But no, this has not occurred. Instead, Pacman is now engaged in the professional wrestling industry and has a hip hop song coming out at the end of the month. Supposedly the song is about having a lot of money. Hey Pacman, keep this act up, and you will not have any money, or a life left.

Pacman is a real fool. God gave him talent that could have earned him millions. Instead of making the most of it, he is acting to destroy his life entirely. Nonetheless, these immature acts does get me yet another Friday Fryer Chair nomination.

His last crash nearly killed him. It is never good when the Indy Car that you are driving goes airborne and flips a few times. Then the car is hit by other racers. Nonetheless, Dario walked away from that crash.

This week however, he crashed after the race had finished! After everybody else was slowing down, Franchitti didn't realise he'd just passed the chequered flag, and continued on regardless, crashing into the back of one of the drivers.

Auto racing is an inherently dangerous sport. At times, luck is the only thing that saves a driver. Dario has used two of his lucky chances up in the past two weeks. Lets hope he has many more, for he only gets a nomination and not the Friday Fryer Chair this week.

This week, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pled guilty to federal charges stemming from gambling. This included gambling on games he personally refereed and by passing on insider information about basketball games. The NBA image has been forever tarnished because of it. Yes, it is true that no other referee or player has been named in this debacle. But one has to wonder if there are other gambling rings that have yet to be discovered.

Also this week, Rick Tocchet was sentenced to probation for running a sports betting business in New Jersey. Tocchet was an assistant coach in the NHL when he was charged for this crime. It is being quietly reported that Tocchet wants to coach again in hockey. Lets hope the NHL says “NO!”

Donagy and Tocchet have both danced with the devil. This has resulted in people questioning the integrity of the sports that they were associated with. Really, both of these two deserve the Chair, but lucky for them, someone else deserves it more so. Hopefully, they didn’t bet that they would win the Chair this week.

The pitch was a fast ball and hit Offerman in his leg. Offerman, in response, charged the mound. He never dropped the baseball bat in his hands. Instead, he used it like a weapon. Essentially, Offerman went caveman on both the pitcher and the catcher. This resulted in the pitcher getting a broken finger and the catcher sustaining a concussion.

For going caveman, Offerman was thrown out of the game and suspended indefinitely by his league. He was also criminally charged with assault. More than likely, this was the last baseball game Offerman will ever play in the United States.

What surprises me is that this has not occurred more often. In a society that supports, if not encourages violence, you would think a baseball player would have gone caveman already. Heck, there is going to be a show about caveman on network TV come the Fall. Nonetheless, what Offerman did was disgraceful. He truly deserves the Friday Fryer Chair. Lets just hope this is the last time we ever hear of him.

Until next Friday, AMF!