Classless super stars: LeBron James and Dwayne Wade mocking Dirk Nowitzki for being sick with a 101 degree temperature.
Favorite restaurant: Are you kidding? Murray’s.
Best meal at home: Anything followed by large quantities of Peanut M&M’s.
Best way to start the morning: Watching Dan Patrick on TV, or reading his column in Sports Illustrated.
Best way to end the day: With a margarita on the deck.
Worst habit: Paying too much attention to both the past and future.
What I love about Canadian native Justin Morneau: He drinks maple syrup and hangs out with bears.
Things I don’t get about the Twins: What is Bert Blyleven’s “California math?” How come the team caps say TC? Are they the Twin Cities Twins?
Joe Mauer’s chances of being booed upon his return to Target Field: Slim but I won’t say none.
Most unforgettable call from a World Series: Jack Buck’s famous words following Kirby Puckett’s winning home run for the Twins in game six, “And we’ll see you tomorrow night.”
Best quarterback I ever saw: Brett Favre, 2009 vintage playing for the Vikings.
Stats I can’t forget: Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in a single game. Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak.
Appalling statistics: America’s big city school systems graduate less than 50 percent of their students. It’s not just the systems that need to improve, the parents and kids need to step up, too.