81. And increasingly, they stay in better shape year-round, so they come to training camp each year with a better baseline of fitness. 82. And the North Korean propaganda machine has busied itself for years with the near-deification of the younger Kim. 83. And Wayne Gretzky still had the touch if not the statistics in his last years with the Rangers. 84. And Skoog wanted to make a film that looked at those years with gravity and realism. 85. And the way he handled the situation earlier this year with Ford was a disgrace. 86. And yet, both are flourishing in their first year with the Detroit Tigers. 87. And the danger has intensified in recent years with the rise of new strains of common microbes that are resistant to antibiotics. 88. And, of course, I missed time last year and this year with my current toe situation. 89. And, surely, there have been years with as many injuries as this when nobody was good enough to take advantage. 90. Another player-turned-GM is Bob Gainey, who pulled his job out of the fire this year with the Dallas Stars. |