Let’s tie up a few loose ends before you fall asleep in front of the TV due to tryptophan, I tuck you in, and head off to watch either NFL Network or Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Jaime Diaz may have saved the best for last this year after this great retrospective of Johnny Miller appeared in the December issue of GD. Diaz is a formidable writer with a great vocabulary. He paints a vivid scene.
I’ll add one story to your collection, Jaime. My favorite Miller story is the one where his dad would take him out into the woods and drop a bucket of balls and have him hit between the gaps in the trees. He said it made him a much straighter iron player.
I got the same practice, but not by intent:)
GD also releases a press release full of Mark Steinberg’s hagiographic hero worship of his client. Steinberg thinks that the steroid/PED rumors that swirl around Woods aren’t going to catch up with him andf that we’ll all readily accept St. Eldrick back into our good graces. From the article:
“I think we live in a society that is about second chances,” Steinerg told Rovell. “And if he conducts himself the way he has been, continues his rehabilitation and performs on the golf course, I do believe he’ll be back where he was before.”
Guess again. The hurricane winds of steroid use howl in two different directions: first Dr. Galea, and second Keith Kleven, the Woods trainer linked directly to BALCO. Plus there’s the “Name off your phone Remix,” “Would you like a golden shower,” the bombshell allegations of being with prostitute Jaimee Jungers when his father died…the list is endless.
Show me a person willing to forgive just those “transgressions” – let alone the myriad others like seducing the teen-age babysitter – and I’ll show you a money-grubbing, power-worshiping, jock-sniffing, knob-polisher.
In fairness, Steiney did make one true comment:
“Steinberg also deflected criticism about Woods’ crisis management. “There was no playbook to the situation that was in front of us. Regardless of how everything was handled, there would be questions. What gets lost is that there was a family dynamic involved and dealing with that was paramount to everything.“”
Finally, will someone please tell Rory McIlroy – a super guy and a great player – someone please tell him he’s getting confused with pictures of Phil Spector? Hey Rory! Phyllis Diller called. She wants her wig back!
I mean really, who was advising him about style, Patricia Hannigan?
Meanwhile, Spector released a statement in support of the blond electric shock treatment-chic look McIlroy is sporting. “I like cute blonds,” Spector said. “Tell her she should come over to my place for drinks and rifle practice.”
Hmm…I hope I got those captions right:)
