When two veteran, highly respected football scribes like Felger and Curran get together you would think their off air conversation would be about oh say….FOOTBALL!

Not the case. Before the show and during commercials the discussion was, "is fish oil good for you?" Curran had been to the gym before coming in to do the show. He sat at my desk with a row pills in front that would give the idea he was on his deathbed. No need to be concerned, they were vitamins. One of the pills was a fish oil pill. Tom did not look so good when had to swallow it. Felger of course thought Curran was nuts. Then Curran explained that fish oil pills are healthy and can help you keep your weight down. Now, Felger has been on the bowl of salad diet nightly. I give him credit. He has been very disciplined. But, when Felgy heard about the miracle weight loss pill known as fish oil it was as if he discovered the fountain of youth.

These two were yacking so much about this stuff I thought I had been transfered to The View.

Fish oil?! No thanks. Just have a piece of fish instead of a hamburger and the weight will fall off.

See what I have to put up with?

Talk to you Monday.

I hate it when people try to be funny and tonight I hate myself. I violated my own rule. Never TRY to be funny. If it happens naturally, great. Other than that..skip it.

Tonight Felger hung me out to try when I made a joke about his weather talk. I said he will have the five day forecast and we will send him down to cover the storms in Florida.    Crickets. Come on…help me out with a fake TV laugh.

One of our camera photogs (short for photograher..TV term) Barry Alley says that I have the best TV laugh around. This is a fake laugh so someone who has said something that is not funny doesn’t feel like a fool. Of course, no one was there to help me tonight. That’s it - I am done with my TV laugh. If I don’t get a chuckle to bail me out…I refuse to bail out anyone.

Yes, my joke that Tony Romo should put Simpson on the back of his jersey bombed. Late Edition producer, Nate Long, said the material was fine but the delivery was not.  Since it was at the end of the show maybe I got lucky and  you switched over to McCain.

Joe Haggerty was in tonight. I asked you at 6:30 if you liked Gresh’s red shirt. So, I will ask you tonight, "do you like Joe’s sideburns?" The jury is still out for me. Not sure. I think he may be trying to hard for the Elvis or Johnny Cash look. There might be a Dwight Yoakam influence there as well.

The Gresh monster loves his new red shirt. He always sports the large garb when appearing on Sports Tonight. What do you think? Let us know if the Red works the Gresh. Lady’s comments are especially welcome.

Hey, Tanguay’s Take makes the big time! You know you have made it when you get your own elevator (TV term).

An elevator is a promotional graphic that rises up from the bottom of the screen and tonight you saw me looking smooth with the coat tossed over my shoulder. I have know idea when that picture was taken. I hate it. I never walk around with my jacket over my shoulder. It looks like a bad graduation picture. If I were you I would think that Tanguay guy was a jerk because of that picture. Of course, I am too lazy to go bug the internet geeks to change it.

Old age is setting in with PAPA Tanguay. I called the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim the California Angels. Is Gene Mauch still the manager?

Producer man Jim thought it was a good show tonight. What did you think? Let us know.

Talk to you after the Late Edition.

Tough night last night during the Late Edition at 10pm. At the end of the show I announced that Greg and his lovely and very patient wife, Shannon welcomed a healthy baby boy, Cole into this world. I then said "mother and DAUGHTER are doing fine." It’s on tape and because of this Cole Dickerson will hate me for the rest of his life. His old man will be sure to show him at every birthday how I called him a girl when he was two days old.

Mother and son are doing fine. Greg is bouncing of the walls and no doubt will be a wonderful playmate for Cole. Btw…Cole is a great name don’t you think?

Felger is the king of stirring it up. Tonight he said Daisuke’s outing this afternoon was horrible. And then he pulled the old put words in our mouths routine at 10pm. He said I used the word"encouraging" when describing Daisuke’s outing. I did not say that. For an outing in which Daisuke struggled, I said that it was not a a terrible performance. I am glad Felger got me ticked for the 10pm. Sometimes that’s what it takes to keep me awake so I can drive home. Being the PAPA of Comcast SportNet the Late Edition for me is the Late Late really Late Edition. So on that note, I am going home and going to  bed. RIght after I stop by the 24 hour CVS to buy Pampers, soap and shampoo. See what you have to look forward to Greg?

If you want to eat a lot of great southern cooking and just hang out head to Charleston, SC. Grits with diced ham and scallions covered melted blue cheese…need I say more?

Not to totally gross you out….but during a visit to the doctor’s office with some skinny camera thing stuck up my nose and down the back of my throat, my doctor said, "I like my job." I tried to say without choking to death, "so do I." That’s why coming back from vacation is never a big deal. I am one of the few that looks forward to coming to work after vacation. It’s not as if I don’t like the time off or spending time with the fam, it’s just that when it is over I am ready to get back at it. Lucky me.

Felger and I were just talking. Sometimes we feel that we act like Regis and Kelly. You figure out who is who. Either way, it’s not a compliment. Just don’t call me Gelman. Ya know, when they interview some big star they alternate questions. I feel Felgy and I have been doing too much of that. We have to stop being so polite and say what we think instead of making sure the guest feels  at home. Oh my god! Am I becoming Dickerson?!

You may or may not have noticed at home but I said that James Sanders was in his third year when, as our lower third graphic showed you, he is in his fourth. Of course Gresh and Salk were NO HELP when I said thirty seconds before the show "This Sanders third year right?" Of course, those two turkeys said absolutely. Still, I should have looked it up to be sure before the show. This may seem minor to you, but mistakes like these drive me &*%# nuts.

By the way, a lower third graphic is a TV term for the name or fact seen on the bottom of the screen pertaining to the player that is speaking.

I will let you in on a little secret. Our C-block was taped tonight because of studio logistics. In other words, the set could not be moved during commercials if we did it live. Yes, Gresh did stumble when he said, "your polls results,"" at the end of the segment. He almost stopped and wanted to do the segment over. It was our third take and one of the cardinal rules in the bizz is do not stop talking when you are close to finishing a segment. If you do, the technical crew will beat you silly. Yes, they would have pounded on 6′5" 300 pounds of Gresh Flesh.

Yes, I almost said something stupid like, "Byrd will play the birds," when looking ahead to Paul Byrds’s Sox debut versus againt the  Blue Jays. I am glad I didn’t.

Why do I speak like I am eighty years old? Tonight on the Late Edition I said "Hold the phone," meaning hold your horses or wait a minute. This is something by late great parents would say. I am one of the oldest guys around here and every time I say something like "Hold the phone," or make a Dick Van Dyke Show or I Love Lucy reference the twenty somethings around here look at me like I should be taken to the home.

Dickerson was back tonight and he always make me say something I don’t want to. For example i did not want to be critical of Rodney Harrison tonight. But, Greg said that Rodney was close to his form of 2004. Come on, not even Rodney would agree with that. Because of injury and time there is no way Rodney can be the player he was in 2004. He was awesome in 04. Steve DeOssie even said that Rodney had lost a step but because of Rodney’s brain power he can anticipate what the offense is going to do. Of course, Greg is trying to make it out that I said Rodney is over the hill. He is not over the hill, he is just not the guy he was in 2004.

I would love to see John Lynch with the Patriots. He and Rodney can still hurt people. Can you imagine going over the middle and getting crushed by both of them? Sanders and Merriweather can learn a ton from those two veterans.

Am I the only person that thinks that Michael Phelps and Mike Vrabel could be twins if Vrabs dropped 100 pounds?

Sergio Garcia is headed for Greg Normanville. When asked if he was disappointed about losing the his lead and the PGA championship to Paddy Harrington he got snippy at reporters and said it was a positive experience.Lighten up Sergio. There was nothing positive about your performance at the PGA. You had a a chance and you blew it. Take some advice…admit the obvious and move on. Besides, there is no reason to snap at the golf media. These reporters are easy to work with. IT’S GOLF! Spend a day in the Red Sox club house and you will treat the media better. Now, Norman was not known to bark at the media. His post tournament press conferences were like a trip to the psych couch.

Time to pat myself on the back…which I enjoy doing greatly. I told you last year in spring training that the Red Sox were going to win the World Series and they did. I told you this year during spring training that the Sox would not repeat and they won’t. OK, before you e-mail in all of my incorrect predictions I admit I am wrong much more than I am right. To be serious, it is obvious this Sox team does not have the magic. It’s all Angels baby.

The trade of Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers was one out of pure necessity, and if you ask me, it was absolutely hands down the right thing to do. There’s just so much unruly behavior a team of adult men can take, this isn’t Little League anymore Manny, this is the bigs.

At first I was skeptical, a bit wheezy over the idea of dealing the automatic Hall of Famer, but after watching him jog down the first base line during Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim starting pitcher John Lackey’s no-hit bid Tuesday, July 29, I couldn’t help but gasp at what I saw. For me, his elementary school gym class jog down the line was it! Enough was enough!

I know the Sox are losing a .313 career hitter that has 513 lifetime bombs. I know Manny is one of the best hitters to ever grace a baseball diamond and I know that Manny was a true catalyst in both of Boston’s World Series championships. But the venom that he spewed on a daily basis was filtering through the clubhouse like a flood. The constant lack of effort was at an all-time high and the immaturity level towards his contract options was that of a first grader begging for a different color star on his spelling exam.

By all means, I loved Manny, I was one of his biggest advocates, but the writing on the wall could be seen for miles. His departure was inevitable, and the fact that his own teammates reportedly lobbied for his exit is a true telltale sign of the end.

I am so happy that a football game is being played Thursday night. If I have to talk about the secondary, Jerod Mayo or the Patriot running backs one more time my head is going to pop. The theory is not everybody sees every show so you may be seeing us talk about the cornerbacks for the first time when we have beaten the topic to death by discussing it three for four nights in a row. Let’s us know if we need to freshen up our topics. Believe me, your input matters.

We had smooth shows tonight. No major mistakes. I did forget my graphic pages for the 10pm. These are not scripts as our show is never scripted but simply the numbers that you see on the screen printed on a sheet of paper. Even with glasses I have to squint to see the numbers off of our in studio monitors. Sometimes, I have to walk off the set and go right up the stupid monitor. Being the one of only two members of the crew over forty is tough. My new nickname is PA PA. Of course, Felger came up with that one. By the way, it is Felgy’s birthday today. 39 baby…one away from the forty mark. Felgy, always the optimist, stated his life is half over. I try to avoid that thought.