Thursday, October 09, 2008

Birthday Wishes of Happiness

A special happy birthday goes out to Tony "T-Dawg" Zumpano, who turns the big 3-0 today. As many of you may or may not know, he is recovering from a bout with bacterial meningitis (yes, the same bacterial meningitis that can cause such maladies as brain damage or death), and I hope his recovery is going well. We were all pretty worried there for a while, until the day after he went into the ICU a few weeks ago, when he woke up around 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning. His wife, Megan, was spending the night in his room, and Tony mustered the strength to ask her the following heartfelt question: "Can you tell Adam to make my picks for me?" Of course Adam didn't have Tony's NFL pick 'em password ("bosco" didn't work), so it was all for naught, but at least his head was in the right place. But the weekend wasn't a total loss for Tony. Leave it to the man in the hospital with a potentially deadly condition to lead his Yogurt Slingers to a convincing 102-68 fantasy victory over the outmatched, outcoached -- and out-hustled -- Show Me Your TD's. Get well soon, sweet prince.

Oh, and next week I promise a Midwestern Eavesdropping.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh, he may stray. But he will always return to his dark master. The cocoa bean.