If you’re like me, … well, first of all you have my sympathies, but more to the point of this post, you’re an NHL fan with only a limited understanding of the NFL. But if unlike me you’re interested in understanding the NFL a bit better,Down Goes Brown’s hockey fan’s guide to the NFLis for …
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Make It 50!
If you were one of those who followed my year in the wrestling prediction contest, you’re well aware that my prognostication abilities aren’t always the best. but before the Jays Mariners series started, I made a prediction to the Shoe Thief. I told him that not only would Jose Bautista hit his 50th home run …
Not So Breaking News: Fools In Sports Ruin Something That Would Have Been A Lot Of Fun
Well, so much for that Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen rematch Iwanted.I was supposed to be getting it on January 1st, at least that’s the way it looked until yesterday when word officially came down thatSonnen’s testosterone-to-estrogen ratio was too high, which usually means steroid use, which means that he’s been suspended for a year by …
Does This Make Me A Bad Canadian?
I think my utter disdain for all things winter is starting to take over my life. Actually I know it is, because just the mere fact that it is currently fall is causing me great amounts of annoyance and sorrow. It’s been this way for years and it gets worse and worse with each trip …
There’s A Reason They Went With Barnstormers And Not Brainstormers
Here’s a clip of some hilariously bad baseball from a game in the independent Atlantic League between the Lancaster Barnstormers and the Somerset Patriots. Having just allowed a 1 out triple in the bottom of the 12th inning, Barnstormers’ pitcher Lance Odom decides to employ, as they used to say in the old cartoons, a …
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Congratulations Jose! Now Can You Please Hit Two More So I Can Embarrass Some Friends?
There’s a new answer to the who has hit more home runs in a single season for the Toronto Blue Jays trivia question. Since 1987 the answer had been George Bell with 47, but as oflast nightit’s Jose Bautista with 48…for now. He hit the record setter off of Boston’s Michael Bowden in the 6th …
Hopefully The Kid Is Safe And This Guy Is Out Of A Job
Call it a crazy hunch, but something tells me that suburban Harrisburg Pennsylvania’s Ray Boudreau won’t be in the running for any coach or father of the year awards any time soon. It’s bad enough that heallegedly punched one of his 9-year-old baseball players twice in the face after the kid was ejected from a …
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Look Honey, I’m On TV! And My Teeth Are In My Stomach!
This videois a tad old, but I’m posting it anyway because any time a guy on a cellphone stops paying attention and gets cracked right in the face by a ground rule double, it’s good times. That statement goes double if the guy in question happens to be a Yankees fan. Nice work, Rob Johnson. …
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For A Change, A Story About Wood That Doesn’t Involve Perverts Getting Arrested
There hasn’t been a whole lot going on around here lately, so here’s a fun article about baseball players and their bats, complete with quotes and stories from several Blue Jays players and coaches. Big leaguers have love-hate affairs with bats
I Want Round 6 And I Want It Now!
Wow! I just finished watching the best MMA match I’ve seen since I don’t know when. If you’re a fan of the UFC and you haven’t seen Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen yet, go do that now, I’ll wait. I’ve never seen Anderson Silva treated that way in my life, and who knows if I …