Need more than a caddie to help you out of this one

So that's why golf courses need bunkers.

A bomb-squad robot had to be summoned when workers dug up a live grenade near the 12th hole at Hansen Dam Golf Club in Pacoima, Calif. — no doubt a souvenir from the days when the property housed returning World War II veterans — the L.A. Daily News reported.

"Yes," reported Richard Oliver of the San Antonio Express-News, "it was blasted out of the sand trap."

Hitch-and-go pattern

Builders have told residents of the Stonegate Pines trailer park in Arlington, Texas, to vacate the property by Nov. 16 to make way for development around the NFL Cowboys' new stadium, Dallas/Fort Worth's KTVT-TV reported.

Strategists hailed the ploy as a page right out of textbook football — an all-out blitz against a double-wide formation.

Quipper McGee

Let's just say that fiery coach Vince Lombardi and fun-loving receiver Max McGee, who died Saturday at age 75, made for an odd mix with the powerhouse Packers of the 1960s.

Lombardi "got a quick introduction to the always colorful McGee early in Lombardi's tenure," wrote Greg Bedard and Lori Nickel of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "Upset over a loss, Lombardi decided to start with the fundamentals — by introducing a football.

"From the back of the room, McGee replied, 'Uh, coach, could you slow down a little? You're going too fast for us.' "

Paging Jerome Heavens

Tight end Will Heller, who caught only one TD pass in his first 22 games as a Seahawk, snared two in Sunday's win, making it the best day of his 5 ½-year NFL career.

In other words, it was Heller high water.

Just call him Ice-K

The Red Sox playing World Series games in Denver's threatened Arctic conditions might require some tactical adjustments, veteran baseball observers say.

As in: one's a fastball, two's a curveball, three's a snowball.

Last writes

• Former Notre Dame running back Jerome Heavens, to the Irish's Web site, on Anheuser-Busch's market share in Chicago climbing from No. 4 to No. 2 since he joined the company nearly 25 years ago: "I've sold more Budweiser in Chicago than anyone but Harry Caray."

• Steve Rosenbloom of ChicagoSports.com, after Bulls rookie Joakim Noah said he still doesn't know all the team's plays: "That's another argument in favor of trading for Kobe Bryant: He's his own playbook, and everybody else just rebounds."

• Dan Daly of the Washington Times, on the Rockies trying to trademark the term "Rocktober" to commemorate their stirring late-season run to the World Series: "Still waiting for the Mets to trademark 'Sleptember.' "

Mass. Hysteria Dept.

In a span of 11 hours Sunday, the juggernaut Patriots went to 7-0 for the first time, the surprising BC Eagles soared to their highest football ranking ever and the comeback Red Sox punched their ticket to the World Series.

Or, as Hub historians are destined to remember Oct. 21, 2007: The Boston Three Party.

Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com