This week I celebrated my 20th anniversary here at The Post. I’ve told this story often and it’s true: My father used to bring the old afternoon Post home from work on the LIRR every day, so from the time I was 7, there was but one job I ever wanted, and beginning on Nov. 10, 2002, in a press box at the old Metrodome, I actually, miraculously, began it.
It’s been quite a run, and I thank you for joining me every step of the way. To celebrate, I can think of no better vessel to remember the last two decades than borrowing a favorite Billy Joel melody (plus, it’s a good warm-up for my Christmas carols, which’ll be here before you know it!).
“I Didn’t Start the Fire”
Derek Jeter, Jason Kidd
Johnny Damon’s Yankees lid
Brothers Manning, A-Rod banning
Knicks are in the tank
Rex Ryan, Aaron Judge
Belichick still holds a grudge
Favre’s a Jet, Buck’s a Met
Phil’s Baltusrol shank
Mets pitchers smoking pot
Tiger in the parking lot
Strahan sacking, Torre packing
Knicks’ Linsanity
Justify, Jason Bay
Fans all-in on Harvey Day
David Wright, Bobby Knight
Another Jets calamity!
I didn’t start the fire
Or the title-yearning
Or the team-heartburning
I didn’t start the fire
No, I didn’t light it
But I loved to write it
Phil Jackson’s fading zen
Darrelle Revis back again
Bet the Derby, hang with Serby
Coughlin in the chill
Pete Alonso, Daniel Jones
Both Patrick and Pat Mahomes
Puma, Sherman, Schwartz and Berman
CC on the hill
Devils won the Cup with Marty
Giants went down south to party
Endy’s catch, Sampras’ match
With old Agassi
Henrik came so very close
Last day at Shea, quite morose
Aaron Boone, Yankees swoon
Daboll’s stones are brassy
I didn’t start the fire
Or the stomach-churning
Or the tides-a-turning
I didn’t start the fire
No, I didn’t light it
But hell yeah, I’ll write it
Citi Field! Holyfield!
Bobby Vee (Not Steve? Why me?)!
Spit bits! Eli sits!
Curry, Kay, Marakovits!
Jeff Van Gundy! Thibodeau!
Sell the team, Jim! (I won’t go!)
John Tavares, Jake deGrom
(Lock the door after you’ve gone)
Gary Cohen, Howie Rose
Clicker and O’Connor’s prose
Keyshawn leaving, Astros thieving
Pats 18 and 1
Sterling yelling “Yankees win!”
Barry Trotz and David Quinn
McAdoo and Shurmur too
KD/Irving ballyhoo
I didn’t start the fire
Or the angst returning
Or the dues-paid earning
I didn’t start the fire
No, I didn’t light it
But damn right, I’ll write it
Buttfumble on Turkey Day
Serena blows the field away
Geno, Rapinoe
American Pharoah
Fare thee well, George Thomas Seaver
And to Tug his ace reliever
GMS III, and Ali
Godspeed, Barbaro.
Yankees beat the Phils in six
Knicks could use a draft-day fix
Calloway! Blown away!
When he texts run to Green Bay!
I didn’t start the fire
Or slow QB-learning
Or draft-day disturbing
I didn’t start the fire
No, I didn’t light it
But it’s fun to write it
Dolan, Cohen, Mara/Tisch
KD’s near-heroic swish
Pass to Plax, Jake & Max
Every Sunday, more Vac’s Whacks!
Kenyon called the Knicks “fugazi”
Rest in peace, Anthony Causi
Isles fans scream “Yes! Yes! Yes!”
Igor cleans the Rangers mess
Devils look like ’95
Johnnies’ time to re-revive
Hopeful Jets! Upstart Nets!
Let’s go Yankees! Let’s go Mets!
Ticker-tape parades in store
In ’23 or ’24
I’ll be there just like before
Lift a glass to 20 more!
Vac’s Whacks
I’m pretty sure that any fan of “Breaking Bad” can agree that our favorite college hoops player to watch this year will be Boston U.’s Walter Whyte, who dropped 27 Monday in the Terriers’ season-opening, 72-63 win over rival Northeastern.
Keith Hernandez is not on the Contemporary Baseball Era ballot for the Hall of Fame and Rafael Palmeiro is? That’s got to be a joke, right?
Still, here’s hoping Donnie Baseball gets the votes this time around.
The HBO documentary “Say Hey, Willie Mays!” is so good I’ve already watched it twice, and I don’t think I’m done.
Whack Back at Vac
Joe Palumbo: Happy that my Devils weren’t included in your list of teams hated by their own fans, thanks. And unless you count the Red Bulls and NYCFC, the Devils were the only team not on the list.
Vac: And the way they’re playing this year they are in no hurry to join that list!
Dennis Daly: I love the Philly Big Five and the Palestra. I am so jealous. If only Rose Hill was double in size: St. John’s, Fordham, Manhattan, Iona and Columbia/Hofstra.
Vac: I still say a rotating cast of those six plus a St. Francis and Stony Brook would make a terrific four-team kick-off tournament every year that could alternate between the Garden and UBS Arena. Name it after the late, great AP hoops maven Jim O’Connell.
@knishboy: If 81-year-old Pete Rose ever gets into the Hall of Fame, it will be one hell of a weekend in Cooperstown, and I’ll be there for the overdue party … which of course will be co-sponsored by DraftKings and FanDuel.
@MikeVacc: I’ll be sitting right next to you.
Alex Burton: According to Joel Sherman, Michael Conforto’s agent, Scott Boras, claims Conforto’s recovery from shoulder surgery is going well and that he is now “throwing up to 120 feet.” Linda Blair would be very proud.
Vac: Well, can now cross “Exorcist” reference in “Whack Back at Vac” off my professional bucket list.
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