Potpourri For $100, Alex

1) Pete Rose says he bet on the Reds every night. 3 points...

a) An entire generation of sports fans will know Pete Rose only for this. Nice legacy, Pete.

b) Every night? Even when "Boom Boom" Tommy Hume was taking the mound? Pete didn't have a gambling problem. He had a brain problem.

c) The real reason he said this? Because by claiming to bet on the Reds every night, he's clinging to the hope that people will think this wasn't a big deal. Pete, FTT gives you 7-to-2 that ship has sailed. Did you bet the same amount every night, with the same guy? If not, did you manage the bullpen a little differently on the light night?

That's why gambling is worse than roids, drugs, and Bud Selig. As in 1919...

2) Phil Jackson claims the NBA is out on a witch hunt for Kobe "Elbows" Bryant.

First off, he's probably right. Reggie Miller did stuff like this for, oh, 15 years, with no issues.

Secondly, we love it when the Zen Guy goes all obvious with his media manipulation. It's this kind of genius that has got all of those rings on his fingers. Plus hanging out with Jordan, Shaq and Kobe. That helped, too.

Third and last, which foreign guard will he get next? Our money is on Leandro Barbosa, only because he's scared of Raja Bell.

3) 10,000 slots are open for World Series of Poker.

Good grief, people. FTT likes a nice friendly neighborhood game as much as the next guy, but please -- you are not athletes, no one should care, and if you're watching this, don't you have gutters to clean?

FTT remembers a time when you actually had to work for a living, rather than win a karaoke contest, be the biggest jerkface on an island, or win the endurance ass-sitting and lying session. (Not like us, of course. We've *earned* that massive ad campaign and clothing line. Yahtzee!)

4) A-Rod wants to stay in New York...

and... zzz.... um, he does know that no one outside of New York could give a flying fuck at a rolling donut, right? No, of course not.

FTT wants A-Rod to go Steve Carlton on us, and would be happy to contribute to a fund, managed by a dozen Illuminati Jewish bankers in Zurich, to make it happen.