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Who needs Don Fehr and Gary Bettman?
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Or Steve Fehr and Bill Daly, for that matter?
The NHLPA has to get Daniel Alfredsson as its representation in CBA discussions. And working for the league should be ... well, yours truly.
When Alfredsson said in an e-mail Thursday that he would not be going to Thunder Bay to play in next week?s charity game ? that he was sticking with the plan to go on a family trip instead ? an idea instantly popped into my head.
?Can I come along and cover your vacation?? I asked him. ?Sounds a lot more exciting than sitting at the Sensplex by myself, like I did this morning.?
(Yes, it seems the locked-out union brothers changed their routine this week, probably because they played in Cornwall on Monday, and at least one of us didn?t get the memo.)
?We could always use someone with your experience to babysit,? Alfredsson replied.
What the heck, I?ve had worse jobs.
?It?s going to cost you $4.25 an hour,? I answered after thinking back to the last time I paid a sitter. ?Does that work for you??
Said Dan: ?Only if you drive and can change diapers.?
It?s been awhile ? my own boy is now 21 ? but I?m sure I can remember how to change a dirty diaper. It?s gotta be easier than figuring out escrow.
?I?m a little disappointed you won?t fly me down, but okay, I?ll take care of my own travel arrangements,? I told Alfredsson. ?Deal.?
See how easy negotiations can be? The Senators captain and I have to make a pit stop on our way to the sunny south.
I?m sure we?d be able to sort out all that crap in New York.
A MORE SERIOUS NOTE
Like almost every other PGA Tour player, Brad Fritsch was disappointed in Tuesday?s election results. Barack Obama and his taxes are tougher on guys who make a lot of money than Mitt Romney. ?I?m a Republican, what can I say,? Fritsch, who grew up in Manotick, proclaimed from his home in North Carolina. Regarding his immediate future, Fritsch has elected to attend the final stage of Q-School, Nov. 28-Dec. 3 in La Quinta, Calif. ?Just based on my last two or three months of play, I think my chances are pretty good,? said Fritsch, who added that the
decision wasn?t a tough one. ?I just have too much to gain. I?m going to be playing in a tournament where I can make money, and I have to go there for the (PGA Tour?s rookie orientation) the next day, anyway. There won?t be as much pressure. My status can?t get worse, and I?m on the PGA Tour next season. It?s all top 17 or bust.? Because he can?t slip below the 35th-place standing among Web.com Tour and Q-School players when early tournaments round out fields in 2013, Fritsch admitted he might be a little more aggressive than he normally would be in La Quinta. ?I am going to enjoy the feeling of teeing it up with not a huge consequence,? he said. ?You rarely have that feeling.? ... Don?t expect Ottawa?s CFL team to have interest in recently fired Edmonton Eskimos GM Eric Tillman. There?s no questioning his managerial skills ? and the former Renegades boss (2002-04) did love living in Ottawa ? but the fact Tillman was charged with sexually assaulting a Saskatchewan 16-year old in 2009 (he was granted an absolute discharge and ordered to pay a $50 fine) would not be something the team wants mentioned in stories about its top football guy.
TOLD YA SO
Not many even continue their careers after being inducted into a Hall of Fame, but Sun Media?s baseball guru, Bob Elliott, just keeps getting better and better. You want a good sports bet? Bet that Elliott will have the scoop on the next Jays manager ... On Sept. 20, I wrote that Tyler Graovac would score 30 goals, despite the fact he never had more than 10 in his previous three seasons with the 67?s. The Wild prospect now leads the OHL with 18. Knew I should have said 40 ... Why the new Real Sports Bar & Grill in the Byward Market (the grand opening is Thursday) could be a hit: It promises to have everything that?s in the one next door to the Air Canada Centre except all those annoying Maple Leafs fans.
don.brennan@sunmedia.ca
Twitter: @sundonib?
Would you hire Don Brennan as a babysitter?
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