For people who know about Kenny Rogers(World Series)[Ignore if you don't]

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Oct 25 2006, 4:28 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/061023

As exciting as all of the NFL action was yesterday, the biggest story of the day in sports was Game 2 of the World Series and the mystery over the brown substance that was visible on the hand of Tigers starter Kenny Rogers.

So in order to cover that baseball story while at the same time meeting my commitment to write a football column, I mined my list of contacts from throughout the NFL to get a take on what they

As exciting as all of the NFL action was yesterday, the biggest story of the day in sports was Game 2 of the World Series and the mystery over the brown substance that was visible on the hand of Tigers starter Kenny Rogers.

So in order to cover that baseball story while at the same time meeting my commitment to write a football column, I mined my list of contacts from throughout the NFL to get a take on what they thought about the controversy surrounding Rogers. Here is a sampling of what I was told.

(Just a minor note first: I wasn't able to get through to anyone last night because it was pretty late after the Tigers-Cardinals game. So what follows is just a guess about what players would have told me. I'm confident it is accurate, though.)

"I don't see what the big deal is. Back in college I used to have brown stuff on my hands all the time." -- Najeh Davenport, RB, Steelers

"There's no excuse for that. You have to keep your hands clean. I wash mine all the time because I know where they've been." -- Matt Leinart, QB, Cardinals

"I can understand why Rogers would do that. Sometimes I vomit on the ball in hopes opposing cornerbacks won't want to intercept it." -- Donovan McNabb, QB, Eagles

"It's no big deal. Stuff like this used to happen all the time back when I started playing because dirt was still pretty new and everyone wanted to try it out." -- Morten Andersen, K, Falcons

"I'll give Rogers the benefit of the doubt because strange things can happen during the course of a game. For instance, sometimes I touch my face when I'm playing and get handsome all over my hands." -- Tom Brady, QB, Patriots

"I hope he did have something illegal on his hands and it erupts into a huge controversy that lasts for months because that might keep Detroit fans distracted from our wretchedness through the end of the NFL season." -- Rod Marinelli, head coach, Lions

"Hey! Hey! Look at me! Look at me! I just smeared something on my hands, too! Look! Give me some attention! Look over here, everybody!" -- Terrell Owens, WR, Cowboys





DJ Gallo is the man.

Oct 25 2006, 4:33 pm
"I don't see what the big deal is. Back in college I used to have brown stuff on my hands all the time." -- Najeh Davenport, RB, Steelers

Ew dude, use toilet paper.

"There's no excuse for that. You have to keep your hands clean. I wash mine all the time because I know where they've been." -- Matt Leinart, QB, Cardinals

Thats gross.
Oct 25 2006, 4:42 pm
Yeah, big BIG news over here in St. Louis. Personally, I'd like to see the Cardinals get smashed and rub it in the faces of Missourians around me. =D
Oct 25 2006, 5:48 pm
Hah, I don't even know anything about sports and I still found those quotes funny.

Kenny Rogers has so many great accomplishments it's hard to pick a favorite. Maybe it's the Christmas album he made with Dolly Parton. Or maybe the TV-movie of "The Gambler" in which he (quite accurately) points out to the angry mob that, yes, he can only shoot two of them with a Derringer, but which two of them want to step up? I just wish I'd gotten a chance to eat at one of his restaurants before they closed up.
Oct 27 2006, 5:31 am
That is some of the funniest stuff I've ever heard. But I don't understand what everyone was crying about. Even after the "brown" was off his hand, they didn't hit much off of him.