PM Roundup: Francesa Screams About Rules, Brady's Dad Cries Framegate, Manny's Viagra Cocktail
By Jason Lisk
Welcome to the PM Sports Roundup. This is an idea we will be experimenting with over the next few months. What can you expect? Well, we see lots of content as we work through our day. Some of it we may not be something that needs more detail to be discuss, some of it is newsworthy but not worth standing alone, some of it is funny. Expect this between 4 & 5 PM Eastern Time each day.
THEY HAVE RULES! THEY HAVE RULES! THEY HAVE RULES!
FrameGate, Dadghazi
Papa Brady talked to USA Today after his son was mentioned in a document this afternoon.
"“The league had to cover themselves,” said Brady Sr. “The reality is they had no conclusive evidence. “This was Framegate right from the beginning.” … “How can Tommy defend himself? It’s impossible,” Brady Sr. said. “This is so distorted. To have something come out like this and say it’s more probable than not? What does that mean?"
[I’ll leave this wikipedia link on various standards of proof including preponderance of the evidence, here for dad then we can discuss whether Brady is entitled to “beyond the reasonable doubt” for an employer action later.]
A Quick Break for Deflated Balls–I Would Rather Hang Out With a Talking Horse on a Beach
[from “Jeter Allowed Girlfriend Hannah Davis to Work Grubby Kentucky Derby Watch Party,” via Busted Coverage]
English Tabloid Headline (Probably): Luis Suarez Unlawfully Practices Medicine Without License
Manny Being Manny, But If It Lasts as Long as a Red Sox/Yankees Game, Call Your Doctor
The Red Sox taking shots during the 2004 playoffs is well-documented, when Kevin Millar said Boston drank Jack Daniels. Back in 2013 Pedro Martinez said the drink was actually a Dominican cocktail called Mama Juana, that includes roots mixed with gin (or rum), honey and wine.
Last night Pedro Martinez provided a few more details, telling Meyers that Ramirez put three 100 milligram Viagra tablets in the drink. Ellis Burks, who wasn’t on the active roster, volunteered to drink it. “It seemed like it worked,” Martinez told Meyers with a laugh. [H/T SportsGrid]
REAL TIME ANIMATION OF THE SPORTS AFTERNOON FROM NOON TO 5 PM
Miscellaneous: Andrea Kremer on Britt McHenry: “look, everybody can have a bad moment, but she pulled the TV card.” … Politicians trying to get Daily Fantasy into Casinos … I’ll just leave Evander Holyfield on Mayweather-Pacquiao at the Player’s Tribune here and walk away for the day. Good night! Let’s do it again.