A couple of items from this morning’s Sideline Chatter in The Seattle Times:
- The police box score from this year’s annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota reads 388 arrests — 188 for drunken driving, 162 for drug misdemeanors and 38 for drug felonies — and 1,250 citations, AP reported.
“In other words,” wrote Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press, “it’s like a Portland Trail Blazers season, only with Harley Davidsons.”
- Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun, on Rafael Palmeiro’s dwindling credibility: “Right about now, Raffy could tell us Roger Clemens has a good fastball, Alex Rodriguez can hit for power and the outfield grass is green — and we’d have to go for a second opinion.”