New Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham is excited to be positional buddies with Luke Willson in Seattle. They’ve even got a nickname!
Longtime NFL veterans know ‘Bash Brothers’ from ‘Mighty Ducks’ and not McGwire/Canseco. P.S. You’re old
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Jimmy Graham with some fun quotes after practice. Said he and Luke Willson refer to themselves as "The Bash Brothers.''
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) August 3, 2015 But hey, wait: haven't there already been athlete pals with that nickname?
Yes, there have: But Graham and Willson are too young to have heard of them.
Jimmy Graham says he, fellow TE Luke Willson calling themselves the "Bash Brothers." Graham had no idea who Jose Canseco/Mark McGwire were
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) August 3, 2015 You see, Graham is 28, born in 1986. By the time Canseco left the Oakland A's (hence ending the "Bash Bros" combo), Graham was not yet six years old. You expect him to know the name of a combination of players in a sport he doesn't play that ended when he was five?
No, of course, they’re referring to the Bash Brothers from D2: The Mighty Ducks, the children’s movie that came out when they were children:
(The headline writers from D2: The Mighty Ducks remain the worst headline writers in sportswriting history.)
And Willson, at just 25, is younger than Graham. And I’m younger than Willson! You’re very old! Even well-established athletes are much younger than you! And you’ll never be able to recapture your lost youth -- it’s all downhill from here!
Have a good Monday.
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