This must be the 6th time this season that a Jerry Green "get off my lawn article" has been posted so we can whack at the pinata. I'm a 56 year old Detroiter and i can't remember a time that he wasn't at the Detroit News. Hell, for all I know he was at the Detroit Times. it's tedious to keep on sniggering at old people who miss Angela Lansbury. (After my initial post i looked it up and he wasn't at the Detroit Times -- he was with the AP when the Times shutdown in 1960. The point stands

Well, his name is "Jerritol".

Heck, Angela Lansbury is in Wes Anderson's newest movie. I wouldn't be surprised to see her open on Broadway this winter with Betty White in Waiting for Godot.

Davis ended up having a fine career, if an odd one; he seems to have been helped enormously by the lowering of the mound in 1969.

He was, but he also made a change in his approach in 1969: shortening his stroke and going up the middle and gap-to-gap instead of pulling everything and delivering a whole lot of warning track fly balls.

Heck, Angela Lansbury is in Wes Anderson's newest movie. I wouldn't be surprised to see her open on Broadway this winter with Betty White in Waiting for Godot.

She was in Moonrise Kingdom? I totally missed that.

Yes. He came home piss drunk the night before the 1-game with the Twins. His wife smacked him around a bit and Dombrowski had to pick him up from the police station. He subsequently got thrown out at the plate giving a solid 20% effort to lose the game.

I know about that, but I don't see how that qualifies as "drunken driving." A crucial element is missing. I mean, I don't know how he got home from the bar, but he was arrested at his home (and eventually wasn't charged with anything).

When someone mentions "his various drunken driving escapades" you would expect to find more than one.

I know about that, but I don't see how that qualifies as "drunken driving."

Fair enough. I only registered the "drunken escapades" part of it.