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14A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008
GIANNOTTO
From Page 12A
Panchero's offers a fresh-made
tortilla every time you step into the
place. And that's before you take
into account that, asa customer, you
get to see and choose exactly what is
being put into your burrito.
Meanwhile, over at BTB or Can-
tina or whatever it's called these
days, you have a packaged tortilla
that gets put on a grill for less than
a minute. Oh yeah, and the ingredi-
ents in the burrito? It's pretty much
up to BTB to decide that.
You can argue with me if you
want about this, but I won't listen.
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
Anyone who likes BTB over Panche-
ro's doesn't really deserve to have a
conversation with me.
- Speaking of Ann Arbor res-
taurants, the Quickie Burger logo
is offensively awesome, and who-
ever wants it removed should go to
another school.
" Don't think I forgot about the
Interfraternity Council and the
debacle they call a social policy. A
disclaimer: I am a member of the
Greek system, but in no way con-
done what the idiots who run the
system do.
When you think about it, the
social policy is almost as dumb as
Pacman Jones, the infamous Ten-
nessee Titans cornerback, who tried
to "make it rain" in a strip club last
year.
Pacman thought "making it rain"
with more than $80,000 was an
awesome idea. He had money to
spare, and the masses could indulge
in his excess - a victory for both
sides. The IFC thought having peo-
ple bring their own booze would be
good for both sides, too. Partygo-
ers wouldn't have to fear the jungle
juice being served to them, and the
fraternities would no longer be held
liable for some freshman passing
out drunk in their house.
Now if you remember the Pac-
man incident, "making it rain"
meant people got shot, paralyzed
and arrested. And now Pacman
can't play football, and has spent
thousands in legal fees.
This new social policy won't
result in any shootings, but it will
end up in arrests and lots of extra
money. Let's try to remember who
attends fraternity parties: 18- and
19-year-olds. That means the IFC
wants its own members to illegally
obtain fake IDs and somehow go
buy booze. The end result: possibly
getting arrested
And then, there are those that
don't want to attend frat parties
anymore because of the stupid
bring-your-own-booze rule. They
will likely turn to Ann Arbor's bar
scene for their alcoholic needs. That
means more money is beingspent.
Do we, as a school, really want
to be associated with Pacman
Jones? oups, I forgot, we already
are. Rich Rod was his coach at
West Virginia.
- I play pick-up basketball at
both the CCRB and IM Building
a lot. I also covered the Michigan
men's basketball team the past
two seasons.
This is going to scare some of
you John Beilein believers, but
I've been having a debate in my
head for some time now. Would a
castofthebestthegeneralstudent
population has to offer be able to
hang with - and maybe defeat
- our men's basketball team?
The fact that I'm torn says alot
about the state of our program. I
think the Wolverines would win,
FELLOWS
From Page 12A
Matt Duprey, who was the head
manager at the time and is now
the basketball video coordinator,
remembers Fellows's time with
the team.
"It's tough that first year, but he
was there early to set up for prac-
tice and then stuck around late,"
Duprey said. "We were short for
help that fall and just having him
there was a real benefit for us, even
if it was for that short time."
During the season, as Fellows
watched the basketball players run
up and down the court, he remem-
bered how much he loved to com-
pete - and how much he missed
baseball.
He decided to give baseball
another shot. Living on North
Campus his freshman year, Fel-
lows had little access to a baseball
field, so he decided to hit the gym.
"I worked hard and got into
the weight room to give myself
an opportunity to make the team
the next year," Fellows said. "For-
tunately, (Michigan) coach (Rich
Maloney) took a chance and gave
but I also thought they'd be better
than 10-22 this season. We need
to plan this and it needs to be tele-
vised, just in case Michigan loses to
a bunch of pick-up players. Put iton
WOLV-TYVor something.
" The only thing worth mention-
ing from the Ann Arbor News's
"in-depth investigative report" on
athletics and academics is my own
idiocy for not being as smart as our
athletes and taking a class with Pro-
fessor Hagen.
I've seen numerous people over
my four years here try to pick fights
with Michael Phelps. I know he's
from Baltimore, the worst city incthe
country in this Maryland native's
book, but you've got to be kidding
me.
In fact, I saw someone try and
start something with the Olym-
pian swimmer just this weekend at
Rick's.
Think about it for a second here.
The guy is about to go to a commu-
nist country that has been accused
of supporting genocide and kick
everybody's ass in swimming. He's
basically an American hero. You,
on the other hand, lost in Mudbowl
three times in a row.
You should be buying the guy
drinks, not trying to injure him.
Actually, I take that back. No booze
for Phelps until after the Beijing
Olympics. Just stop picking on him.
It's not a fair fight, because if he
wins, it's national news. And say
you win - you're basically support-
ing every evil country in the entire
world.
" I still don't understand why the
members of the Men's Glee Club
wear tuxedos in the Diag to pro-
mote their concerts every year. You
look ridiculous - as if being in the
Glee Club wasn't ridiculous enough.
And yes, bring on the hate mail once
again.
+ And last, but certainly not least,
I had to address the graduation
issue.
It wouldn't have really bothered
me graduating on another campus
because I'm just not a nostalgic guy.
I was more concerned with having
to drive to graduation because that
would eliminate my ability to get
falling over drunk beforehand.
For all the seniors out there, the
end of the year is supposed to be fun
and carefree. Ina matter of months,
you aren't going to be able to get
away with showing up to some busi-
ness meeting wasted beyond belief.
Graduation is your last chance to
do that. I encourage everyone to get
a little wild on April 26. I'm crossing
my fingers that someone will shout
out something lewd and inappropri-
ate to Mary Sue Coleman.
It will make my love for this place
that much stronger.
- Giannotto wants to thank
everyone who read the Daily over
the past four years. He can be
reached at mgiann@umich.edu.
me an opportunity to come out for
the team in the fail."
Although Fellows still wasn't the
most talented player, there was one
thing he had over his competitors
that prompted Maloney to give him
another shot - speed.
"(Maloney) told me my arm
wasn'tgreat,Iwasn'thittingtheball
real great, but I had some potential
in my speed," Fellows said,
In the offseason, Fellows did
everything he could to improve his
speed and quickness, looking up
different speed drills on the Inter-
net.
When Fellows returned to cam-
pus the next fall, he was the fastest
player at the tryouts and earned a
spot on the team.
At first, Fellows felt a little
strange around his new teammates.
He wasn't a big scholarship athlete
and couldn't jack the ball out of the
park like some of them.
But Fellows has taken advantage
of his speed and is often used as a
pinch runner.
"I think it's kind of a cool role,"
he said. "Usually when I go in, it's a
close game. It's definitely an impor-
tantrole, and I reallyhave anoppor-
tunity to contribute to the team."
In Fellows's first Big Ten game
two years ago against Northwest-
ern, Maloney subbed him in as a
pinch runner, down by one with
two outs in the bottom of the ninth
inning.
Maloney gave him the steal sig-
nal and Fellows sped to second
base. The Wildcat catcher quickly
relayed the throw to the shortstop,
who tagged Fellows out to end the
game.
Not the best way to start a
career.
Fellows has seen his playing time
increase from four games in 2006
to 25 games last season. He has
already played in 15 of 30 games
this season.
Fellows doesn't miss being a
basketball manager, but recogniz-
es that if he hadn't had the job, he
might not have regained his desire
to play baseball.
When Duprey runs into Fellows,
he jokes with the walk-on that the
basketball team still needs him.
And when Duprey attends base-
ball games, he turns to the people
he's sitting with, points out Fellows
and tells them the story of how he
started out as a basketball man-
ager.
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