>There has to be something going on here that can’t be controlled, either that or somebody has just up and lost his damn mind. Twitter is telling me that instead of going with the idea I had at the end of last year of using Edwin Encarnacion as a designated hitter and putting somebody at …
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The Dead Art Of Nicknaming
Nicknaming is definitely a lost art. I think everybody other than those in charge of nicknaming people knows that. The stuff that passes for good nicknames now is pretty lame, usually consisting of little more than letter from your first name-2 or 3 letters from your last name. Most of the time I just try …
Happy Birthday To Shoe.
So last Saturday we had a party for the shoe thief. Back about a month ago, Shoe turned 40! We wanted to do something special for him, but between Steve feeling sick and one of Shoe’s friends being unavailable because of being on the other side of the world, we put off his party until …
Wells To The Angels? How Did That Happen?
Of all the things I was not expecting to hear last night,the news that Vernon Wells had been traded straight up to the Angels for Mike Napoli and Juan Riveracomes in pretty high on the list. I’ve had all night to digest this trade, and I still have no idea how in hell Alex Anthopoulos …
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Leggo Your Freedom To Go To Hockey Games
It seems that MLSE isn’t going to just sit back and take this throwing waffles at the crappy hockey team shit. In a move that says they might just care about what happens on the ice after all or at least one that says please stop drawing attention to our poor product, Joseph Robb, the …
Pat Burns Dies At 58
There are a lot of things that people willremember Pat Burns for,but to me he’ll always be the guy who took the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were pretty much a laughing stock for a good part of the 80’s and very early 90’s, and brought them back to respectability. The most successful and fun to …
The Giants Survived The Curse Of Steve!
Looks like I didn’t have to worry about that baseball curse after all. The only team I cheered for from start to finish was the Giants, and they justwon the whole damn thing! Wow, did Lincecum pitch a nice game tonight or what? It’s not as cool as watching the Jays win one, but I’ve …
UFC And WEC Become One, Plus What’s The Point Of TNA Reaction
It was announced today thatUFC and WEC are merging into one organization.I don’t know how the rest of the world feels about it yet, but I couldn’t be happier. If this is done right, every UFC event just became a must see, which is a nice feeling when there are so many of them. The …
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Congratulations, A-Rod!
A-Rod Finally Leads Rangers To World Series Enjoy the game tonight, and go Giants!
So I guess The Drugs Did Their Job?
A little heads up, courtesy of sprinter LaShawn Merritt. Something you should not say after being banned from athletic competition for taking penis-enlargement drugs: “To know that I’ve tested positive as a result of a product that I used for personal reasons is extremely difficult to wrap my hands around,” Your hands? Well, maybe, if …