Defecting to NY

I’m picturing Petr Nedved coming over from his native Czech to Canada for the World Juniors and defecting, hiding in Canada and never going back, becoming a Canadian citizen. I don’t want to make light of that, because what Nedved did was extremely courageous and serious. But I can’t help but imagine all these Boneheads parachuting into town this weekend for tomorrow’s Boneheadpalooza and deciding to never go back from whence they came. Anyway, I must sadly say that I’m working all weekend at Yankees-Mets and will not be attending the official function in Tribeca Friday night. Byfuglien. I still hold out hope that the game ends quickly and I can get there late, but it’s doubtful. Usually we get out of the stadium around 12:30 or later. By the time I got downtown and parked it would probably be close to 1:30, and this ain’t the good old days of knocking back Tequilas until 4 a.m. These are the bad old days of trying and failing to stay ...