Peter King Thread No. 57

[Songbird]

Searched posts with "Peter King" in the title and 3 pages worth popped up ...

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... and wasn't quite sure which of the 56 to post this in.

So why not start Peter King Thread No. 57 with Peter's homage to Dad.

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[maumann]

I'm guessing Heinz should be the required interstitial ad on this thread.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[Songbird]

 

[maumann]

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Now do Jason Whitlock.

 

[Songbird]

Now do Jason Whitlock.

Can't really, he wore 68.

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

Just make sure that he wears the dark slacks.

Annoying Shopping Note of The Week:

Before a late flight to Greenbay on Saturday I decided to get up early and do a little Christmas shopping. I had noticed that Walmart was selling a DVD player for $6:50 and decided to get a few for the family and Brett.

The alarm went off at 4:45 am . Got out of bed quickly dressed and headed down stairs. As I headed out I noticed Mary Beth and the tight end were on the couch stretching. They must be headed out for early run I thought.

Stopped by to local 24 hour Starbucks and grabbed a venti egg nog latte with double whip cream-- $ 9.50 - what a country. It cost more to buy a latte then it does to buy a dvd player.

Pulled into the Walmart parking lot at 5:20. There was already a long line at the door which did not open till 6am. Got in line - the man in front of me had on his Nutley High School Football letter jacket. He had to be in his late 50's. Why does every one in Jersey still wear their letter jackets after they graduate.
By 5:40 the latte had run through me and I needed the bathroom. went to manager at door and said I'm Peter King I need to use the Mens room. The manager did not seem to recognize me and said I would have to wait. Good thing I had dark slacks on.

Finally the door opened at 6 am and there was a huge rush to the door. As I got inside I hear "Peter King what's up" It was Freddy Mitchel former receiver for the Eagles now the official greater for Walmart. I quickly said hi and told him I would see him on way out. I wanted to get a few of those DVD players before they were all gone.

Got to the electronics isle and noticed there was only one player left. A boy of 10 was pushing his grandmother in a wheel chair in direction of player. I needed that DVD more than she did. I stuck my foot out and tripped the boy and as he went down let go of the wheel chair and sent his grandmother careening into a candy cane display. Quickly grabbed the last DVD player and headed to check out.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

He’s retiring.

FMIA: It's Time. Who's Complaining? Not Me.

 

[Webster]

The most important sports column of the internet era?

 

[poindexter]

The most important sports column of the internet era?

Not sure there is a close second.

 

[SixToe]

1. good for him, and happy next chapter

2. geez, what a long fking column

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Peter always wrote long, and given he felt this might be his last one, it's no surprise he did it in spades. It's really two columns, his post-Super Bowl column and his farewell. He wanted to make acknowledgements, and those are always space eaters, let alone when you've known and worked with as many people as he has.

 

[justgladtobehere]

1. good for him, and happy next chapter

2. geez, what a long fking column

Peter King going long? I'm shocked.

 

[TigerVols]

I did get a kick out of his (no doubt beleaguered) editor suggesting an earlier deadline and a much shorter column, and he replied, Nope.

 

[Chef2]

Can't really, he wore 68.

Coincidentally…….jersey number and waist size…..both the same.

 

[Webster]

Surprised no Dr. Z reference in the final column.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Man, there was a lot of great stuff in that final column but my favorite was this part in his "I think I won't miss" section ...

Trying to write something meaningful between the draft and training camps. I’ve always thought May 1 to July 15 should be a dead time. Ten weeks or so to get away, recharge. And that’s how it should be. But my time at The MMQB for those 10 weeks was filled with stuff, mostly pablum, to fill empty days. The media’s been conditioned to keep throwing logs on the fire, day after day after day when absolutely nothing is happening. I am thrilled to not contribute to that anymore.

 

[Small Town Guy]

The most important sports column of the internet era?

Guess it comes down to definition of important. For influential I'd put Simmons' Page 2 stuff above PK.

Happy retirement to Peter, or pseudo retirement depending on what he does next. Obviously MMQB is what he's been known for forever, but if you stumble upon or search out his old print stuff in SI there's a ton of fantastic pieces.

 

[playthrough]

The piece from Madden's bus trip across America really was terrific.