Summary of the Jim Rome Show for Tuesday, Dec. 15th.

MLB
   Jim started "off the board" to talk about baseball. Big trades were made yesterday. The Phillies landed Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee landed in Seattle. Jim felt it was a great move for Philly saying, "Cliff Lee is a tremendous pitcher. Cliff Lee is filthy. Halladay is even better. Lee is one of the best pitchers in the majors. Halladay's probably one of the best pitchers ever.

LA Angeles
Rome: "...They may have a plan. I just don't see it!" (The Angeles missed out on Roy Hallady and on keeping John Lackey. They did acquire Hideki Matsui.)

NFL

Randy Moss
   Jim told the story of Patriots' coach, Bill Bellichick responding to what Carolina Panthers players said about Randy Moss. Rome: "Bellichick made what I think was his first pulbic statement about anybody in ... I don't know...five years ...ten years...ever! The 'hood man' talking junk." Bellichick said on tape, "My response would be: That's a lot of conversation coming from a team that just lost another game."

Tiger Woods
   A Dr. who "may have been providing athletes with performance enhancers" also worked with Tiger.
Later a caller suggested that race was involved in certain sponsors dropping Tiger Woods. The caller said Michael Jordan "did the same thing" but wasn't dropped. The caller said the difference was due to Michael Jordan having an African American wife while Tiger has a white wife.

Interview

Thomas Jones (New York Jets)
   He hit the 1000 yard mark for the 5th year in a row. Thomas said it means a lot. He prides himself on consistency. He recalled the example of hard work by his parents who both worked in the coal mines. He admits he is not flashy. He wants to represent his family and his parents well. They later talked about Thomas' hard work in the gym and his dedication to being physically fit.

Gym Guy
   An E mailer wrote comparing Thomas Jones to "Gym Guy". Jim Rome disagreed. He said Thomas Jones is a professional athlete whose body is his livelihood and he wouldn't be asking you to "work in" at your local gym.

Interviews

Joey Porter (Miami Dolphins)
   They are back in the playoff hunt. For the last few weeks it has been like "win or go home". They spoke of him being listed as "probable" for the game against Jacksonville. Joey said he was ready to play but took days off during the week as "maintenance" for his knee.

Brian Kelly (Notre Dame Football)
   He has had a busy first week as the Notre Dame head coach. They talked about building a staff. Brian said some people would come from existing Notre Dame staff, some from Cincinnati, and some from outside of those two programs. Brian said he still believes in the uniqueness of Notre Dame and came for that reason and not money. Jim asked if Notre Dame should relax its academic standards. Brian said, "No. Absolutely not."

Text Contest Selections

"War KB and Rome doing McGuire/Sosa double fist pound and punch to the gut after crushing '5 Hour Energy's'."

"Yo Romey. Go easy on "Gym Guy". He would've made it to the NFL if I wouldn't have hated him so much. Regards, his high school football coach." Emilio Textavez

Triple U Sponsor: "The office skank who puked on my managers kitchen floor
                          at our Christmas party last Saturday." Lee in Vancouver

Actual Triple U: "I would smoke any fool in a footrace as long as you hang a
                        pizza from a fishing pole in front of me. Signed, Andy Reid."

Result: "You're BLOCKED! all you're doing is calling that guy fat. You're
            blocked.


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