Tuesday, February 13, 2007

This old man, He played Flank.....


I've heard rumors that Skinstad is set to play for the Sharks this weekend. This will finally settle the question as to whether 30 year olds should still be allowed to play. It's been quite a year for geriatric comebacks, Rocky came out of retirement to fight one last time (hopefully), Sting and the Police reunited and Anton Leonard jumped out of his wheelchair to help the Bulls. All of these attempts were valiant (if not overly successful.) but none of them managed to inspire the same emotion as the first time around. To be fair, it's rare that someone comes out of retirement better, or at least as good as they were, Jordan, Lomu, all tried, all failed. Except, that is, for George Foreman.

For all you younger readers out there, Yes, the fat guy who sells grilling machines. Foreman Attained the rank of World Heavyweight Champion in 1973 beating Joe Frazier. He retired in '77, became a preacher, only to re-enter the ring in 87. He kept losing title fights until 1994 when he knocked out Micheal Moorer in the 10th despite trailing badly on the cards, to take the WBO World heavyweight title at the ripe old age of 45. So before we start making jokes about pensions and reruns of Matlock. We should remember what George Forman said: "This Grill will knock the fat outta that piece of meat!!" Where was I going with this?

Oh yeah, good luck Skinstad, you show those neigh Sayers.

Posted by CounterRuck @ 2:33 PM