The Final Score

Unless it goes off and shoots you in the leg.

Memo to Brooks Simpson: Jim Baumbach is innocent.

I realize that can be taken in several ways but in this case it applies to Jim missing Saturday night's Islanders game because the mean old Sunday editor made him labor all day - on his day off - on that bizarre about Plaxico Burress, the Fastest Gun in the East.

Jim was pretty gung-ho about it before noon. But as the story dragged on and he began realize that he was going to miss his chance to worship (with Brooks) the Al Arbour 1500 banner at Nassau Colisum, he got so cranky that we had to put him down for a nap. Oh, wait, that was me who got cranky. Jim was a real trouper.

So, blame me for making Jim miss his play date with you and Sparky the Dragon.