Short people have no reason to live, according to Randy Newman and Bill Belichick.
Now, the 5-foot-11 Belichick is no mountain of a man, thanks of course to hours and hours of highlighting football notes while walking on a treadmill set at 3.2 (is there any other way to stay fit these days?). But the Excellence of Excitement is never afraid to have a little fun on the sidelines at the expense of others. Here’s the exchange between Belichick and offensive coordinator/tattletale Josh McDaniels before last Sunday’s game against the Steelers, just prior to the Red Sox being honored for winning the World Series at Gillette Stadium.
McDaniels: “Some of those baseball players, they’re like congregating in our lunch room right now.”
Belichick (legit pissed off): “Oh, really.”
McDaniels: “Those guys are tiny.”
Belichick: “Oh, I know. They’re little.”
McDaniels: “It’s unbelievable.”
Belichick: “Pedroia’s like 150 pounds.”
McDaniels: “Victorino is like 20 pounds less than Amendola.”
Belichick: “Ya.”
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Tom Brady: “They must be going, jeez these guys are huge.”
Belichick: “Oh, I know … They’re so little.”
Brady (sells joke like BB is Louis CK 2.0): “Ha, ha!”
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