• Natalie Gulbis posed with Michelle Wie in front of the Washington Monument, but mistakenly referred to it as the Lincoln Memorial on her Twitter page. She apologized later for the error then corrected herself by stating it was the "Washington Memorial." Stay pretty. [Dogs That Chase Cars]

• Goose Gossage and his twirl-able mustache has an opinion about steroids: "The integrity of the Hall of Fame and the numbers and the history are all in jeopardy," said Gossage, inducted two years ago. "I don't think they should be recognized. Here's a guy Aaron, we're talking about the greatest record of all records. And he did it on a level playing field. He did it with God-given talent. And the same with Maris, absolutely. These are sacred records and they've been shattered by cheaters." Hear that? Sacred. In related news, Bert Blyleven is still sad. [SI]

• The latest "30 for 30" clip is up and it's all about how vicious the Knicks/Pacers rivalry was during the era when Reggie Miller broke the hearts of Knicks fans each time he entered The Garden and Oakley and Mason broke the faces of any man who tried to drive the lane. [ESPN]

• Fed Ex Forum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies, was briefly evacuated after a water pipe busted in the third quarter, setting off the fire alarms in the arena. Play resumed and the Grizzlies marched to soggy victory over the Clippers. [Baltimore Sun]

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Good morning. It's Wednesday. Find a new hobby, make a new friend.

At issue is an incident on Thursday in which Chamberlain became somewhat demonstrative — pumping his fist and so forth — after striking out the Indians' David Dellucci.

"That's just not the Yankee way, what Joba did. Let everyone else do that stuff, but not a Yankee," Gossage said by telephone on Saturday. ... "there's no one to pass the torch anymore, no one to teach the young kids how to act. The Mets did a lot of that [celebrating] last year, and look how it came back to haunt them."

Is Gossage predicting a similar collapse by the Yankees? Well, first they have to GET to first. I'm not sure where I stand on the concept of old players coming back and telling current ones how to behave. Isn't that the manager's job? Joe Girardi needs to put a clamp on those antics stat, if that's the kind of team he wants. On the other hand, it's Goose freakin' Gossage, who could still probably kill you with a fresh dinner roll from 20 yards away. I'd probably listen to what he had to say.

Klapisch: Goose Tells Joba To Act Like A Yankee [The Record]

Rice garnered 72.2 percent, not quite enough to make it, but awfully close. He was followed by, in order, Andre Dawson, Bert Blyleven, Lee Smith, Jack Morris, Tommy John, Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Alan Trammell, Dave Concepcion and Don Mattingly. Congrats to Goose, who finally got better in 2007. Excellent improvement there.

Unfortunately, the contestants are limited to those who have had something to do with sports in New York City. And that's fine, NYC is a good place to start if you're looking for the best in hairy upper lips, but representatives from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and much of the midwest would like to take on the winner. Rollie Fingers is just waiting to kick anybody's ass.

We're down to the Sweet 16 today, with 1 seeds Goose Gossage, Keith Hernandez, Bobby Nystrom, and Walt Frazier (my pick) still alive. Darkhorse candidate John Starks and his penciled-on mustache, I'm sorry to say, didn't survive the first round.

Mustache Madness: Sweet Sixteen [Keyboard Quarterbacks]