Looking at the Game of Baseball from all ends of the Spectrum
This got me chuckling this morning. The normally mild-mannered George Heidkamp of Soxcast.com expresses his displeasure at the Sox’ error-laden game on Sunday in the title of his latest podcast.
This got me chuckling this morning. The normally mild-mannered George Heidkamp of Soxcast.com expresses his displeasure at the Sox’ error-laden game on Sunday in the title of his latest podcast.
Here’s my Top Ten list of Cub fans’ responses to Alfonso Soriano getting injured in the Cubs’ 12-4 win today 10. If this is what it takes to get Matt Murton in the lineup… 9. With a $136 million contract, Soriano really wasn’t an integral part of the team. 8. Mr Hendry? Mr Hendry? Are … Continue reading “Top Ten Responses to Soriano’s injury”
Here’s my Top Ten list of Cub fans’ responses to Alfonso Soriano getting injured in the Cubs’ 12-4 win today
10. If this is what it takes to get Matt Murton in the lineup…
9. With a $136 million contract, Soriano really wasn’t an integral part of the team.
8. Mr Hendry? Mr Hendry? Are you ok?
7. Soriano’s defensive play in center wasn’t quite up to speed anyway
6. Alfonso who?
5. Now we get to see how we’ll do without a .234 hitter with 1 homerun.
4. Soriano needed to get outta that pick-off funk somehow.
3. We’ll let Zambrano and Marquis pick up the slack in the power department while he’s out.
2. Aramis Ramirez needs someone to play MLB 2K7 with.
…and the #1 response to Soriano’s injury is…
1. Wait’ll Next Year!
Unless I’m missing something, someone at MLB didn’t flip a switch. Melvin Mora, who had 16 home runs last year, hit one last night. Across the top of the screen flashed “Home Run- Mora (17)” Please don’t tell me the Cubs don’t have 97 losses.
Unless I’m missing something, someone at MLB didn’t flip a switch.
Melvin Mora, who had 16 home runs last year, hit one last night. Across the top of the screen flashed “Home Run- Mora (17)”
Please don’t tell me the Cubs don’t have 97 losses.
Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory at least has a sense of humor about his wild pitch. Mallory was slated to throw the first ball out at Great American Ball Park and when he did, it was a tad outside. Actually, it was nowhere near home plate. But the Mayor’s office quickly released their Top Ten Reasons … Continue reading “Cincy mayor throws a strike with humor”
Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory at least has a sense of humor about his wild pitch. Mallory was slated to throw the first ball out at Great American Ball Park and when he did, it was a tad outside. Actually, it was nowhere near home plate.
But the Mayor’s office quickly released their Top Ten Reasons for his blooper of a pitch (courtesy of The Enquirer):
10. I have a shoulder injury from cracking the whip on council.
9. I got some last-minute tips from Lou Piniella.
8. I was protesting Ken Griffey’s move to right.
7. I didn’t want to show up President Bush. He might put a wiretap on me.
6. I am saving my best stuff for my Bengals tryout.
5. First pitch? I thought I was throwing out the first bowling ball.
4. I grew up in the West End playing on concrete. A field with grass and dirt threw me off.
3. Eric Davis’ red shoes blinded me.
2. My best sport is Putt-Putt.
1. Eric Davis missed the sign. I called for a pitchout.
And if you haven’t seen the pitch yet, here it is:
The phantom pitcher Sidd Finch How many of you remember Sidd Finch? He was a pitcher in the Mets’ system back in the mid-80’s who the Sports Illustrated said could throw 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy. Of course, he wasn’t real. He was a fabrication, an April Fool’s Day hoax courtesy of SI and author … Continue reading “Sidd Finch”
The phantom pitcher Sidd Finch
How many of you remember Sidd Finch? He was a pitcher in the Mets’ system back in the mid-80’s who the Sports Illustrated said could throw 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy.
Of course, he wasn’t real. He was a fabrication, an April Fool’s Day hoax courtesy of SI and author George Plimpton.
Plimpton left a thinly veiled hint in his article that it was a hoax inserting an acronym that spelled Happy April Fools Day.
This is for all you beer drinkers out there (not much of a drinker myself). For those too lazy to get up to get your own brew, I present the Beer Launching Fridge. You have to see it in action to appreciate it. This thing is remote contolled (obviously, otherwise would defeat the purpose). And … Continue reading “The Beer Launching Fridge”
This is for all you beer drinkers out there (not much of a drinker myself). For those too lazy to get up to get your own brew, I present the Beer Launching Fridge. You have to see it in action to appreciate it.
This thing is remote contolled (obviously, otherwise would defeat the purpose). And did you see the accuracy on this thing? The video claims he did this on one take!
Very impressive.
I’ve heard that a man’s laziness factor equals the amount of work he tries to avoid minus the amount of work he does to avoid it. That said, the designer of this contraption has a great future ahead of him being lazy.
Here’s something you won’t see very often. A baseball player doing an ad for a beer company, drinking the beer during the ad WHILE wearing the baseball uniform of an MLB team. Ok, technically Matsuzaka’s not wearing the Red Sox outfit while actually drinking the beverage. But it’s featured prominently during the ad. And the … Continue reading “Dice-K swallowing swill during shill”
Here’s something you won’t see very often. A baseball player doing an ad for a beer company, drinking the beer during the ad WHILE wearing the baseball uniform of an MLB team.
Ok, technically Matsuzaka’s not wearing the Red Sox outfit while actually drinking the beverage. But it’s featured prominently during the ad.
The deal was made in Japan before Matsuzaka was signed by Boston.
I’m not going to just post an ad of D-Mat without also posting a video of him pitching, too. That just ain’t right. So here’s a video of him pitching for the Lions.
Man, the defense behind him kinda stunk.
Jim Thome Oprah Winfrey I couldn’t believe it when I heard Jim Thome was in Oprah’s audience. It gets MUCH worse! Dr. Oz was on talking about vah-jay-jays (Oprah’s term, not mine). Then they said it was like a self cleaning oven down there. How embarrassing!!! Thome was there with his wife, but admitted he … Continue reading “THOME IT AIN’T SO JIM”
Jim Thome
Oprah Winfrey
I couldn’t believe it when I heard Jim Thome was in Oprah’s audience. It gets MUCH worse! Dr. Oz was on talking about vah-jay-jays (Oprah’s term, not mine). Then they said it was like a self cleaning oven down there. How embarrassing!!! Thome was there with his wife, but admitted he was sure to take some good natured ribbing from his teammates, OH YEAH!
At least Jim was in the audience, the other day I saw a clip where ARod was on the Martha Stewart Show, promoting his new children’s book. Rodriguez told how he got sick while watching the Superbowl. Alex said, it wasn’t because he wanted the Bears to win, but he would have liked Tom Brady to have been playing in the Big Game. ARod was wearing the same pink shirt he was wearing when we shared an elevator in KC, couldn’t he just burn that shirt?
Followup: Sorry for barging in on your post, TB but I thought I’d post a link to the video. It’s quite funny. -TBZ
I noticed this on MLB Radio’s web page today: I wonder where that puts Jim Hemond…
I noticed this on MLB Radio’s web page today:
I wonder where that puts Jim Hemond…
Steriods,Schmeriods… kids, the real sports-related danger out there lurks at your local Best Buy. The latest news out is that Detroit reliever Joel Zumaya’s injuries were caused by excessive playing of Guitar Hero, a popular video game the kiddos are playing these days. Supposedly, that caused him to miss 3 games of the ALCS. I’ve … Continue reading “Joel Zumaya, Guitar Hero”
Steriods,Schmeriods… kids, the real sports-related danger out there lurks at your local Best Buy.
The latest news out is that Detroit reliever Joel Zumaya’s injuries were caused by excessive playing of Guitar Hero, a popular video game the kiddos are playing these days. Supposedly, that caused him to miss 3 games of the ALCS.
I’ve seen the game. My kids like to play the demo when we go to Best Buy. I personally don’t see the attraction. Frankly, I think it would be more fun to pick up a REAL guitar and create your OWN music rather than emulate some digitally created image on the screen.
If you were into that kind of thing.
Moderation is the key there, Joel.