Where was Leccese?

I'll start off by saying thanks to Ken for filling in for me while I was away on vacation...Now on to my "Where was Leccese?" questions...Where was Leccese when he was picking Indy over Tennessee on Monday night? He must have been drinking some dead pond water somewhere with that outstanding pick...Thanks for nothing Kenny...The second "Where was Leccese?" question is, Ken I didn't see you on the field at Lake George High School at Bearskin Bowl III, did you play? I didn't even have the chance to hit you once...Maybe next year...I want to send out a special thank you to the Bearskin Bowl folks for the invite again this year...If you'll have us again, we'll be there...Now on to the NFL...The Morning Club's picks for this week...Pete & I both like the Bills & the Giants to win...Pete likes the Pats and I like the Colts to win on Sunday night...The Monday nighter we disagree...Pete likes the Steelers and I like the Skins...You know, for about 2 hours on Wednesday night, I was 17 again, playing some football and forgetting that I was a 43 year old grandfather...I was back to being Danny Miner for 2 hours...Thanks...See you on the radio...Dan

Thanks

I'm taking a few days off to go to do what I call "catching"! Most others call it "fishing". Not me. I'm letting Ken do my football picks for this week, so I'll let him get you up to date on the picks for the weekend. On the topic of football, coming up on Wednesday night under the lights at Lake George High School at 6pm, a bunch of old guys, some older than others, that are the faculty of the Warrensburg and Lake George schools will be getting together to play some flag football to benefit a Lake George family that has a bad run of it in the past year and to benefit Operation Santa Claus from Warrensburg and Lake George. I'm switching teams this year, I was part of a "trade" with Mark Bliebtrey, a fellow Whitehaller. It doesn't matter which team I'm on. Getting out for the night, playing some football, seeing some old friends and raising some money for some folks is more than enough for me. Playing football is something I've always enjoyed from the time I was a little kid in Troy playing Pop Warner, to playing for The Ticonderoga Sentinels in middle school, to playing for The Whitehall Railroaders and winning the 1982 Super Bowl versus Mechanicville at East Field, playing football Sunday afternoons at the playground in Whitehall for more years than I can remember and coaching at Whitehall for a few years. Even at 43, I've got to send a special Thank you out to all of my coaches, my teammates and my players that have been with me all these years. Thanks to all of you. While on the topic of thanks, my 11th anniversary at WCKM is Monday October 27th. In radio, 11 years at the same station is almost unheard of. Some of my best friends in the world I get to work with on a daily basis. Pete, Festus, Ken, Brian, Mike, Mark, Max & Steve as well as everyone else at the ranch, thanks for making the last 11 years very memorable ones. I also want to send out sincere thanks to all of our loyal listeners and sponsors. Without you, I don't have a clue what I'd be doing. Keep your fingers crossed that I'll be able to walk on Thursday and that Ken doesn't get in my way. See you on the radio...Dan

What is Ringo thinking? Bubba behave!

We, Pete & I, have had alot of fun at Ringo Starr's expense...My question all week long has been, "Is there that much demand for Ringo's autograph that he has to warn people not to ask for an autograph?"...Why did he have to bother to issue a statement or do a youtube video...I'm warning you with Peace & Love...John Lennon is probably tolling over in his grave with laughter...I know he was the drummer for the greatest band in the history of rock n roll but he has flipped his lid...He should be somewhat thankful that anyone still remembers him enough to ask him for an autograph...The least talented of all the Beatles demanding all this attention...This makes me almost wish Paul was back in the news with what's her name...Don't worry Ringo, I've made my last request with Peace & Love...Another thing We had fun with this week was Brian Delaney's voice mail message calling off on Monday night after a hard night of Livin' La Vida Loca...Ricky Martin must be rolling over in his grave after Brian's call(I know he isn't dead yet, but I'm getting a head start on the rush)...Like my grandma used to say, "If you're going to pee with the seat down, you'll have a wet seat next time?"...No, the one I was thinking of was, "If you're gonna play, you're gonna pay!!!"...Thanks Brian for some fun at your expense...We've been pals for 25 years and you still crack me up...If you haven't checked out Brian's Blogs yet, do so...They are funny...As far as the Morning Club's football picks for the week, Pete & I agree on all of them...The Giants, The Jets, The Buc & The Patriots...I can't remember about the Bills/Chargers game...I don't think it matters much...With Peace & Love, I''ll see you on the radio...Dan

The Club's picks for another week

Last week, we, Pete & me, picked our games for the weekends NFL games and they were the same...Boring...This week it's not as bad...The Jets take on the Bengals and we both pick the Jets to win...You notice, we didn't say we both like the Jets...Sunday night, the team we both root for, the New England Patriots, go out west to take on the San Diego Chargers...I took me awhile before I agreed with Pete that we will both pick the Pats...The Monday night match-up has the NY Giants at Cleveland to take on the Browns...I'm staying on the Giants bandwagon until they take a dumper but Pete thinks this is the week the G-men go down to the Browns...Go Giants...That's all I've got for now...See you on the radio...Dan

Are you worthy of a Fist Bump?

Monday night TV viewing and dvr-ing is a scream at my house...From 8 til 10, both CBS & NBC are dvr-ed...I usually watch the CBS shows live because at half-an-hour a pop, I can commit to watching and I know there will be a quiz with both Ken & John Pratt...Last night during "How I Met Your Mother", Barney was in New Jersey with the rest of the crew and he had a very lame pun and was looking for the Fist Bump...The art of the Fist Bump is something that men & women that participate in the art of the Fist Bumping should know the rules...If you are lame and request a Fist Bump, you should be left hanging and have your Fist Bumping privileges taken away...Men & women Fist Bump way too much...We have the NY Yankees to blame for this cultural epidemic...During their great run in the late 1990's & 2000's, Joe Torre & the team took the Fist Bump to artistic greatness...Now I have people around the ranch that want to Fist Bump for the littlest thing..Ken wanted me to Fist Bump the other day for something like breathing...Brian wanted a Fist Bump for doing his job...Another staffer(who shall remain nameless) wanted a Fist Bump for showing up on time...Mike wanted a Fist Bump for saying hi to a lady...Enough is enough...You'll get a Fist Bump when you deserve one...Until then, I'm going to leave you hanging...Here's to your arm being sore for awhile...See you on the radio...Dan

Trying to hold off on the heat and more

I tried to hold off on turning the heat on at our house as long as I could but on Friday night when the temperatures hit the low 40's, my cement head had to give in to my wife...Lisa wins every time...She's just much smarter than me...If there is one chore I hate doing, it's raking leaves...I try not to do it...I usually take out the lawn mower and put the bag on it and mulch them and put them in the barrel and put them out front...I' not looking forward to doing it...I think my godson, LT, will be making a couple of bucks from his Uncle Dan...Now onto the Morning Club's picks for the NFL this week...Not alot of fun here this week for Pete and me...We agree that the Giants will beat the Seahawks...The Cards will bounce back and beat the Bills...The Pats go out west and take out the 49ers...And we both like the Saints at home Monday night over the Vikings in a slugfest...Sorry about that...Hopefully I won't be the sorry one come Monday when Pete & I check out our pool standings...The Curse Of Cloutier is sleeping this weekend I hope...One more thing, Happy belated birthday Dave Thomas, you old coot...That's it for now...See you on the radio...Dan