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Seventh Inning Stretch: Watch Evan Grant Judge a Food Competition

Earlier today, Evan was a celebrity judge at the Southwest Foodservice Expo in Dallas. The Celebrity Chef Smack-down was a showdown between Dallas boy Tre “Top Chef” Wilcox vs Rory “Next Food Network Star” Schepisi. I know it was a tough gig for Evan because he basically likes everything and the chefs cooked all of his favorite things: steak, Gouda mac and cheese, salmon, and shrimp etouffee. Stand up and stretch your legs and mind–there is no cooking in this video, only eating and really bad jokes by emcee, Gary Cogill. Way to go, Evan.

Update: Eric Nadel Out With a Torn Retina

Ouch. Just got off the phone with Eric Nadel who had eye surgery this morning and is already back on his couch in Dallas. It sounds like Eric could be out of the booth for two weeks. Ouch, again. He sends this report:

I had laser surgery this morning in NY for two tears in my retina. The surgery was successful, but I will have a follow-up tomorrow in Dallas and maybe more lasering.

This all came on very suddenly. Yesterday I was seeing black dots circling my head with my right eye, then eventually the vision in my right eye got very cloudy. I broadcast most of the game from Yankee Stadium last night off the tv monitor. By the end of the game, I could barely see the ball when I looked at the field, and the players were very blurrred. (more…)

Dick’s Pics

InsideCorner staff photographer, R.P. Washburne, just handed me some photos to upload. I’ll pick a few and post.

Rangers radio broadcaster Eric Nadel on former president Bush:

He [Bush] said the reason he threw the pitch from the front of the mound instead of the rubber ws because now that he is not president, he doesn’t have to go up to the top of the mound anymore. He also said he expects to go to a lot Rangers games, and to watch on tv and listen on radio. But that he has no interest in getting involved in baseball anymore. No interest in the commissioners job if it becomes open. I suggested he be the third man in a broadcast booth and he said that might be fun to do.

George W. Bush: Just One Of The Boys

Randy Galloway and Jim Reeves make a Star-T sandwich with GWB. (photo by Nancy Nichols)

W: The Schedule

According to sources, after he throws out the first pitch former President George W. Bush will tour the Press Box. He is scheduled to stop by and do the bottom of the second inning on the radio with Eric Nadel and Dave Barnett. He is also supposed to do a half inning on TV with Josh Lewin and Tom Grieve, though exactly what inning hasn’t been determined. And after that, he’s tentatively scheduled to do a little blogging for InsideCorner. Or maybe that last part was canceled after our cover shot of him in bermuda shorts.

When Evan Met Molly: The Sonic Chick Talks Baseball

Owen Wilson In The Rangers Bullen

The Dallas-reared actor is at Rangers camp today researching his role for a movie (please no cheap jokes that it must either be a comedy or a tragedy, oops, dang it.). He is sitting in the Rangers bullpen in a pale blue long-sleeved oxford shirt and a pair of khakis. He is talking with Andy Hawkins, but Josh Rupe is lurking. If a little of Rupe gets into Wilson’s interpretation, I’m sure Southern-Fried hijinks will ensue.

Wilson did not address the media. Apparently, he heard that I wanted my money back for You, Me & Dupree.

Also, I maintain that Owen Wilson will throw out the first pitch during the next post-season series in Arlington. Unless, of course, Matthew McConaughey suddenly announces an affinity for the Rangers.