I missed this part of last night's TV coverage, when Dennis Leary stopped by the broadcast booth to make a fundraising plug for New Orleans firefighters, and ends up riffing on Mel Gibson and Kevin Youkilis. Poor Remy doesn't seem to know whether or how to shut him up.
EDIT: credit where its due: Deadspin and Seth Mnookin. Mnookin clues me in the guy with Leary is Lenny Clark who is a recovering alcoholic, hence Leary's reference at the end to 'you've been there yourself'.
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Did none of them read Moneyball? "Greek God of Walks," anyone?
Did none of them read Moneyball? "Greek God of Walks," anyone?
Clearly an omission on their part, although Youklis isn't actually Greek. According to his Wikipedia page Youk is Romanian by ancestory, Cincinnatian by birth.
In Moneyball the Greek thing comes from the As staff (specifically Paul DePodesta) observing that Youk's name is phonetically 'Euclis', which I guess sounded Greek to him.
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