If you don’t have credibility, you aren’t getting plowed out

Chris Bosch is a left-handed 6-foot-11 center for the Miami Heat, and against the Lakers he was dropped a perfect pass down on the block and got to do his gooney bird wop chop dunk - which is fine - but the stare down like he was a tough I found laughable. I like Bosch; he is smart and appears to be a good guy and the only thing more menacing than a 6-foot-11 guy dunking is one who can’t. Now that guy would be scary. I used to tell my excited, soon-to-graduate-from-high-school seniors, “Graduating from high school is pretty routine stuff; it is actually more notable if you don’t.” I had a high school friend who went by the moniker “Blub,” a really smart guy. In the fall of his senior year he scored a 1450 out of possible 1600 on his SATs, then dropped out of school. Said it made him more interesting and no one could argue with him.

Post-game presser - After every NFL game there is a press conference for each team in a small room leading to the locker room. Usually the head coach and the quarterback and two other notable players show up. These sessions are cool the first couple of times, then it’s better to beat the traffic and read the emailed quotes, which you could write yourself, at home. In real life, more people step off than ever step up, and no one controls his own destiny because life deals jokers to everyone. Eli Manning showed up for the press conference after the loss to Eagles and only one news guy showed up; everyone else with an access pass was over in the Eagles’ room. Eli, by the way, is the goofy good guy he appears to be, and if you look up “interception” in a sports dictionary you will see Eli’s picture.

Join a gym - I have several theories about people in gyms. There are a few general classes of gym regulars. There are those who talk of workouts and nutrition and most of the time have no real background in athletics; then there are former athletes fighting back increased size and girth, and then some others whose purpose seems to be drinking from water bottles and chatting up anyone civil enough to endure chatter that would be dull even by Facebook standards. I “hit the gym” at least four days a week since like forever but at least I don’t look like it. My motto is “overfed and undertrained,” but I’m strong enough to execute a five-point takedown and near fall on almost anyone; however I will need help getting up.

Sussex snow syndrome - I can tell you if you haven’t built up some type of real credibility on the redneck Rolodex wheel of fortune, you ain’t getting a hydraulic snowplow on a pickup or Bobcat to come to your neighborhood. And the more antsy and impatient you are, the less likely your needs will be met.

I write this column in my house, snowed in at the end of a street off a country road as the winter’s first big snowstorm tapers off. I have a friend coming later today, but if he doesn’t get here I’ll figure his reason was a good one. I don’t much need an explanation.

Snippets - The Cape boys’ basketball team returns to action at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29, when they play James Hubert Blake High School of Fine Arts and Humanities at the Wicomico Civic Center Court 2.

Eubie Blake, born in Baltimore, was a ragtime pianist and composer. A musical in his honor was on Broadway in 1978. He wrote the song, ”I’m Just Wild About Harry” - kind of odd lyric for a guy to write. The team is currently 2-4 so unless a musical breaks out, Cape has a chance.

Speaking of all that jazz - a special thanks from me to the Delaware State Police in appreciation for the professional way they go about serving Delaware’s citizens.

The Cape girls are scheduled to play powerhouse Houston Christian Tuesday, Dec. 28, at St. Elizabeth’s in the Diamond State Classic tournament. That game may be changed because of the snowstorm in the Northeast.

The Cape wrestling team will be at the Wetzel Classic Wrestling Tournament Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 29 and 30, in the event you are looking to hide in plain sight.

There was a quintuple header of NBA games on Christmas Day, and Hubie Brown as an analyst was totally over the top, like all the rest of them who explain to us that what we saw requires way more intricate decision making than we could ever have imagined. I can’t be the only person who uses the shuffle song feature on the iPod when I watch basketball. The average rookie salary in the WNBA is $36,000 a year, much less than a first-year teacher. Veterans with three years’ experience receive a $50,000 minimum average salary. Many NBA stars make between $15 million and $20 million per season with a team payroll of $56 million as opposed to $750,000 in the WNBA.

In the real market economy down through college and including coaching salaries, there remain significant gender inequities because “minor sports” that average 250 spectators for weekday games make no money. I’m just saying.