Blinebury

The Chron (unlike the DFW papers) has some of the worst sportswriters in this state. So I was a little surprised to see this relatively decent column from Fran "I'm not drunk Ossifer!" Blinebury (whose colorful, weird metaphors really don't mask his inadequacies) -- at least as far as puff pieces on the new baseball manager go. But then he has to go and muck it up with this cliche of a conclusion:

What the Astros clearly need is teeth and you get the feeling Jimy Williams, despite the jokes, eventually will show everybody his.

Gee, Fran, I didn't see THAT coming. *vomit*

At least the Chron occasionally runs Randy Galloway's FW Star-Telegram column. That sort of makes up for not having any star-quality local sportswriters.

Just as an aside, a google search on "Fran Blinebury Drunk Driving" doesn't turn up a thing. That's unbelievable.

[Posted at 23:53 CST on 03/17/02] [Link]