Notes From RFK While Waiting for Ovechkin
1) Something the Redskins probably don't have to deal with: at this morning's D.C. United training session, an unruly gent wandered out onto the playing field. "Any of you white [bleeps] got a cigarette?" he asked. "[Bleep] you, you white [bleeps]," he said. "Any of you white boys want to try me one-on-one? Any of you?"
There were no takers. Assistant coach Tom Soehn told the guy he was on private property. Eventually he left.
2) Spotted: Freddy Adu wandering around RFK carrying a Ryan Zimmerman bat. "That's my boy," he said.
3) Spotted: Cristian Guzman being given a ride on a golf cart through the lower bowels. Not surprisingly, they didn't hit anything.
4) Did something happen involving T.O. today?
(Here's the police report. For the commenters below who were actually criticizing the man, settle down for a second. I don't actually have opinions about many things, but one of them is that you might not want to criticize or make fun of people who are ill. Read this. And yes, I still say the TV coverage is absurd, and yes, I have the guy on one of my fantasy football teams.)
5) Spotted: United defender Bobby Boswell parading around RFK wearing a John Deere trucker hat, to the delight of his teammates. He apparently wore the hat to dinner last night.
"Some girl actually asked me at dinner if I owned a tractor," he said. "I told her yes. I was just kidding, I thought she was making fun of me. She said 'So does my dad, what kind do you have?" I was like, 'I was just kidding, I don't actually have a tractor,' and she's like 'oh, you're rude.'"
6) United forward and fantasy football commissioner Alecko Eskandarian
(more on that later) recently saw a sneak preview of the Borat movie. He'd like you to know that it ranks up there with "Wedding Crashers" and "Dumb and Dumber" in humor value. Also, that there's a scene in which one of Borat's friends speaks in Armenian, and the subtitles are inaccurate. So be warned.
7) United midfielder Ben Olsen, like me, watches "Project Runway." Last night he watched a repeat of the black-and-white episode. More from Ben:
"I'll tell you, here are two things I'm going to tell people reading your blog to do. One, go to the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery. Upstairs there's a portrait competition. Beautiful stuff, right? Ok? I'm dead serious. And go see a movie called 'Half Nelson.' Put it in the blog. It's about a teacher caught smoking crack by a student; he's a white guy in an inner city school. E Street Cinema. And 'Little Miss Sunshine;' I mean, one of the best movies I've seen in years. I thoroughly enjoyed it from the first second to the end; it was one of the best movies I've seen in several years. I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theater and enjoyed the experience as much as I did with 'Little Miss Sunshine.' But if you want a little bit more....'Half Nelson''s pretty real, very graphic, kind of like 'The Wire.'"
8) United defender Bobby Boswell would like you to go eat at Filomena in Georgetown. ("Almost like that guy Filomeno," he said, referring to departed United forward Lucio Filomeno. Boswell's attempt to give Sietsema a run for his money:
"Great ambience. Don't put me saying big words like that, I don't want my readers thinking I'm intelligent. My readers, that's right. Ok, Filomena, make sure you're hungry, or you can go and get a meal for two days, you can eat that night and save it for tomorrow. I like the ravioli and some kind of penne pasta. The appetizers are amazing; appetizers are 'whoooo.' I've had 'em all, I did actually have 'em all at one sitting. The first time we went, he brought every appetizer, one of each. It was me, Alecko [Eskandarian] and Devon [McTavish]; we all tried every appetizer on the menu. Ben Olsen ventures there a lot, Alecko goes there a lot, I go when I can."
"Good for a date?" I asked.
"I don't date," he said.
"Married?" I asked.
"Married to being single," he said.
By Dan Steinberg |
September 27, 2006; 2:28 PM ET
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Posted by: Kim | September 27, 2006 02:46 PM
Terrell who?
Bozilla rocks.
Posted by: King Ballz | September 27, 2006 02:49 PM
Benny's right - Little Miss Sunshine is a great movie. Half Nelson was good, too. Man, he's got good taste.. AND good looks.
Posted by: Michael N. | September 27, 2006 02:58 PM
the guzman line was quality.
and how alarmed should i be that i'm not going to a nats game with playoff implications in order to stay home and watch project runway? cause i gotta tell you, i'm concerned.
Posted by: bryc3 | September 27, 2006 03:01 PM
So, is this now the DC Sports and Dining Bog by Bobby Boswell?
Posted by: Kim | September 27, 2006 03:08 PM
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby
Didn't your Mom teach you no hats at the dinner table? (besides, with all that product in your hair you'll get hat head! ;-p)
Posted by: SEKim | September 27, 2006 03:22 PM
Tell Ben to wear a helmet when he rides his bike! Especially on 14th Street where the drivers are nuts. And also tell him that he can afford to buy new t-shirts.
Posted by: Todd | September 27, 2006 03:40 PM
"Married?" I (Dan Steinberg) asked.
"Married to being single," he (Bobby Boswell) said.
RESPECT!!!!!
PS With the exception of CP and Gilbert Arenas; do you also think the DC United players are the most fun and candid players to interview/quote in DC?
Posted by: BOOYAKASHOT | September 27, 2006 03:47 PM
Is Esky playing Saturday?
Posted by: eskyfan | September 27, 2006 03:51 PM
What was George Allen doing at a United practice?
Posted by: Dave | September 27, 2006 04:05 PM
Dave,
George Allen was obviously welcoming DC United to America.
Posted by: Kim | September 27, 2006 04:19 PM
I love this, but I need to know what Ben thought about Project Runway. Was he glad to see Angela and Vincent go, too?
And can you ask Bobby Boswell who gives him clothes? In the Post Magazine's spending feature, he said that he slurges on restaurants and saves by getting free clothes from guys on the team that have endorsement contracts, but I can't figure out who on the team would have an endorsement contract and be tall enough for Boz to wear his pants. And I really, really, want to know.
Posted by: MM | September 27, 2006 04:51 PM
Kim,
Then why was he doing it in a place where residents don't have representation?
Never mind. I just answered my own question.
Posted by: Dave | September 27, 2006 05:03 PM
Would you be impressed if I told you I watched the Project Runway season one finale in Wendy Pepper's basement? You know you would. Neener.
Posted by: Maggie | September 27, 2006 06:28 PM
Somebody should tell Bobby that "I have a tractor" line never works. Great stuff, can't wait for more.
Posted by: Kinney | September 28, 2006 04:21 AM
Was the girls whose dad a tractor a looker or a bigun? Would Bobby have played along if she was at least an 8?
Posted by: Bryan76 | September 28, 2006 09:09 AM
I've had appetizers that were totally like 'Whoooo!' before. Thanks for the coverage. I'll follow DC united even if these guys were all humorless jerks, but it's nice to know that they're not.
Posted by: Will | September 28, 2006 09:21 AM
I'm not shocked Bennie has such great taste in movies, he's CLEARLY the indie cult-hero of DC United.
Bobby on the other hand... yeah, I see him emceeing Ben's roast somewhere in the near future.
Posted by: Riz | September 28, 2006 09:29 AM
Benny's got a career as a film critic after soccer. Say, did you happen to ask them about playing soccer at all?
Posted by: Skippy | September 28, 2006 10:10 AM
Who was the vagrant? Did anyone refer to him as Rocket Roy?
Posted by: Bryan76 | September 28, 2006 11:51 AM
Vagrant was obviously Ben Iroha. Or Not Ben Iroha. I get them confused.
Posted by: David | September 28, 2006 03:30 PM
great stuff!
Posted by: rick | September 28, 2006 05:32 PM
I gotta say...Bobby Boswell and Ben Olsen are probably two of my favorite people EVER. That's right, ever. With the exception of Abraham Lincoln. But seriously, they definitely take second and third.
P.S. I love Devon McTavish! You really don't hear about him much (he's been out with knee problems), but he's very cool.
Posted by: Liz D. | October 9, 2006 12:12 AM
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Great stuff Dan.
Goff never tells about this stuff.