Rochester Calendar Search Party Recap, Security at NFL Games and Ozzie Smith
The crew had quite a time at the Rochester Calendar Search Party over the weekend. No one knew how DJ Jazzy Jim had gotten home, because no one had been able to reach him on Sunday morning when they were to leave Rochester. Jim was supposed to get up at 6:15 so he could make his 8:00 bus to Buffalo, NY where he was flying out of. Jim set up an alarm on his cell phone and also a wake up call through the hotel. He did not wake up to either and the hotel eventually sent a bus boy or someone up to his room at 7:40. Jim then missed his bus and in turn missed his flight but was able to make it back to Chicago.
DJ Jazzy Jim also apparently caused some troulbe on Saturday night. When they left the bar, Rover bought a $60 case of beer, they then went back to the program director’s house. Jim began to show off his “karate” moves and broke some stuff in the guys house. Jim also rode to the guy’s house in someone’s trunk when there was room to ride inside the car. Duji, who never goes out and parties, did find someone’s wallet and called Blockbuster to get it returned to them. What a good samaritan.
The Chicago Bears are stepping up security at their games this season. They will be patting everyone down this season as they enter Soldier Field. The Park District of Chicago is suing the Bears over this move, saying that it violates personal privacy laws. With all the terror alerts and crazy fans, Rover thought that this is a good move on the part of the Bears. Duji and Dieter did not agree. It is definitely a hassle to pat-down every single fan, when there are thousands of people waiting in line. On the other hand, it only takes one crazy person to kill thousands of people. There was a lot of mixed feedback on this issue and it will be interesting to see what happens in the courts.
Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was on Rover’s Morning Glory this morning. Ozzie is in town promoting the DHL: Hometown Heroes program. The program is set up to recognize the most outstanding player from each MLB franchise. Ozzie is of course hoping to win in St. Louis. Ozzie got to take a look and was pretty impressed by last years Miss Morning Glory Calendar. Ozzie is no longer married (he quit baseball and got divorced in the same year). Rover tried to ask Ozzie questions on several controversial topics such as Ozzie Guillen, Pete Rose and fighting. Ozzie avoided direct answers for all three. He did sign a baseball for Rover’s personal collection though.