Sports Figures in Our Lives: Pets

This is probably the strangest sport-pet naming story you will ever hear. I was watching NFL Primetime with my dad and my older brother, I was 7 at the time. We had just gotten our new dog, a 1-year-old American Eskimo (big, white and fluffy). We could have with Snowy or Fluffy, but no. About 15 minutes into Primetime, Chris Berman goes into another set of highlights for a game at Jack Murphy Stadium, or the Murph as Berman called it. We named our dog Murphy. I have every intention of naming my future dog one of a few names: Brady, Seymour, Bruschi (I have friends that have a pug with this name), Dylan, or Troy. I am completely serious. I think I need professional help.

Good story.

I got a weed plant named Elija. BTW, you promised a story about Mr. Dukes Manny. What do ya got to say now? "I have a fish" Who cares? Slow sports day, eh? We hang on your every word and this is what we get? Christof, nice comment about nothing. What happened here?

1st of all "HE" said it in front of a judge. 2nd, who didn't drink a beer today? 3rd, if you aint done with Elija yet, the Rays better be. 4th, if this is cleaning your plate, you're finished. 5th, I'm sure we all admit to smoking dope daily and dishonor a contract to stay clean with a team that feeds us and all of our estranged children. Eh? 6th, well, I could go on.

Angry isn't what it's all about. If he's smoking dope, it aint enough to settle him down. Conduct outside of sports is what I'm getting at. Just ask Vick. The NFL seems to be responding. Responsibility and owning up for the actions and the children you put on the earth is far more important than hitting .190. If you're a close confident, I'll ask 1 more question, "Would you leave him alone with your woman?" Didn't think so.

If you can help him, I'd admire that. Really. But a ghetto boy from Hillsborough needs more than some blog writer to make him change. For now, if you really think you're close to him, kick him in the ass and tell him to jump off that high horse he thought he was on. In reality, he might be no better than you or I. But he had the chance to be a little more special than just a couple of guys like us that sit behind a screen and say, "he could have been..." I see what he is. At his age, he chooses to smoke dope and disregard the mother of his childern. No matter how many of them there are. I lost count.

I'm sure you know this came from,

Sean McCarthy

BTW, a high school dropout could dissect one of your college drop out writings*. I hope THE AMERICAN THING doesn't resemble you in the future. Since you offer nothing better in your non sports rants,(complaining about fuel without a solution and shunning one of this countries best cash crops) You just complain. Any tobacco farmer will agree. Many of us have children like you and try to teach them better before we let them out of the house. Better yet, I monitor their use on the internet better than your parents still should be doing for you right now. Your rambling on is summed up by the first reply to "what happened to you, America" . Thank you megecasst110. I'm not alone, and don't even get JTJ started here! Been smokin' with that Dukes kid lately Manny? My last name is also McCarthy, but as an AMERICAN! JFC! Joe McCarthy maybe on to something? WTF are "you" on today? Correct if I'm wrong. You are NOT talking sports here. NOT Joe McCarthy the Yankees manager. But the McCarthy, the senator, that was told not to speak in the land of free speech. Right? More than 1 McCarthy would like to, as you say "SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD." I have family too. {disclaimer}...(this is in no way a threat for those of you too young to understand what is happening here at the chair) You're next comment is outright rediculious. "You're goinna like it and want more?" The "WTF" is right on. At least I read it on my paid break where I didn't loose valuable time to see crap like that. "Some Clarity" you provided here means nothing and there is a fact you overlook. Tank Johnson is a punk. (from a Chicago fan) and the rest of what you wrote is just ... well I can't believe you said, "I don't like the NFL because I'm an American damnit!" Manny, please never write about the NFL again. Obviously, you have disqualified yourself. Your opinion should not count. I bet an "administrator" takes this off here ASAP. I'm not here to just bash Stiles. I give Manny props for some of his writing. He has harnessed the intrest of many young minds. His adjectives are sometimes overwhelming. But when he calls to ask "what happened to America?' I say, "Here's my free speech Manny, "I would love to have saved any dog Mick Vick killed and I could care less about your fish named Johnson."

How could I forget Schotzie? Or the Cursing Billy Goat?

wow this thread took a really strange tangent... Either way my family used to have a beagle named Norman as my father was a big fan of the choking Aussie.

Of course i had a pet bald eagle named Kotite... I kept flying into walls so I euthanized it...it was what was fair, to him, bald eagles and bald eagle fans everywhere...

I haven't been able to have a pet every since the tragedy...

Wow this is a great freakin article- perhaps I will share mine soon with you all-