Tools of the Trade

In the sixth inning of tonight's broadcast on FOXAZ TV, candid and colorful DiamondHacks analyst Mark Grace pronounced that NBA gadfly   Stephen A Smith "is a tool" , without clarifying which of tool's myriad meanings he had in mind for the blustery hoops hollerer.

We couldn't say, of course, but quite frankly, Grace's claim seems plausible.

Grace actually called Smith "a tool" twice, which is twice more than I've heard anyone called "a tool" in several decades of listening to sports broadcasts.

Mark's not as funny as Jim Traber , who used to harmonize ad-libbed lyrics on air and babble about his most memorable meals, but Gracie's a better analyst ...and he's catching up in the humor department.  A definite two-tool propsect.