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 On Sunday morning I was hosting an edition of 101 Sportsline from 10 AM to 11:15.  I had a chance to touch on a variety of topics (Mizzou, Blues, Cardinals, etc.) before turning things over to ESPN Radio's pregame coverage of an NBA game game featuring Miami at Detroit.

 I've been a Pistons fan for the last two decades since Dallas traded Mark Aguirre to Auburn Hills in exchange for Adrian Dantley. I noted that 20 years ago, when I played as much pick-up basketball as humanly pssible, that many compared me to Piston's big man Bill Laimbeer. I was likened to Laimbeer for the way I played defense (yes, I used my 6 fouls while attempting to block shots left and right) and for my physical appearance (good catholic boy-look with dark parted hair).

 Well this week it has come to my attention that "The Fast Lane" producer Chris "Bear" Gardner strikes an amazing resemblance to the Scottish guy in the new Castrol commercials. The guy goes around whacking people in the back of their legs with a dipstic that one would typically check their oil with. The guy's only line is, "That's thinkin' with your dipstick, Jimmy!". He says it over and over in varied scenes with other stand ins. Hillarious stuff!

 The guy has a not so trim beard that hardly rivals Gardner. The two are strikingly similar! Especially since "Bear" has been able to grow his beard back following the bet he lost earlier this year when his beloved Kansas Jayhawks fell to Mizzou. BTW, should that happen again in this year's NCAA Tournament, the "Bear" will be adding ink instead of subtracting facial hair...he vow's to get a tattoo of a Mizzou logo and perhaps add the date and score! Who would make such a wager? Perhaps someone thinkin' with their dipstick, lol!