Posts Tagged: Sports, Games and Competitions
Santana Needs To Be A Met
Posted by on Thursday, January 24, 2008 in - 1 comment
The more I think of it, Santana should be a Met. Frankly, if the Soxs get him they should just hand them the World Series now. And no one wants the Yankees to get him as the Yankees need a decade in the wilderness. There is another reason he needs to be with the Mets, however: he can hit. • “His …
I'm A Goat...I'm A Goat...I'm Not A Goat!
Posted by on Monday, January 21, 2008 in - 9 comments
...if Al has the tee on, then I won't wiff this one, too..." • I admit it - I am a Johnny come lately. I have listened to the home broadcaster for the Giants, WFAN, for fifteen years or more. I like how they call them the New York Football Giants like it's 1948. And the use of grey in the …
Shot Put Training In January
Posted by on Saturday, January 19, 2008 in - 4 comments
...maybe one day I can be on a shot put guy card. • If there was one thing I did in 2007 that has changed my life, it's buying that shot put. 10,000 and more sit ups since the last of summer? Shot put. Pressing 42 lb dumbbells? Shot put. If I am to have a breakout year this year at 45 I have to …
How Not To Lose #4583
Posted by on Monday, January 14, 2008 in - leave a comment
This is almost as sad as neo-cons crying about being brought before a human rights tribunal to answer to a complaint rather than fighting for liberty's cause with a little pep and vim. Nothing sadder than a vimless neo-con unless... • “"It’s not about Tony," he said, his voice even, flat. “You …
What Is That Baseball Electronic Thing?
Posted by on Sunday, January 13, 2008 in - 2 comments
There is a good story in The New York Times this morning about classic baseball announcers and it includes this photo of Red Barber broadcasting at Ebbets Field: • “"They’re tearing up the pea patch," Barber would inform his audience in Brooklyn, where there were precious few pea patches, but we …
Bullets For A Rainy January Day
Posted by on Friday, January 11, 2008 in - 4 comments
Good thing we didn't get the tornadoes off this front like the good folk further south did. Good thing global warming is a myth. • Update: The Scots - US Gospel singing connection explained. • Just in case you were wondering, Dice-K is already working out. • Boing Boing Bingo. Gold …
The Year Of The Infideleolympiad Is Here!
Posted by on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 in - leave a comment
How fun! There's more than just the Smoglympiad going on: • “The Olympic Games' ability to attract controversy is enjoying a new twist after China's equivalent of Des Lynam was humiliated at a television ceremony by his wife storming onstage and accusing him of conducting an affair...As Zhang …
The Year Of The Smoglympiad Is Coming
Posted by on Saturday, December 29, 2007 in - 1 comment
Grim: • “Beijing is like an athlete trying to get into shape by walking on a treadmill yet eating double cheeseburgers at the same time. Polluting factories have been moved or closed. But auto emissions are rising as the city adds up to 1,200 new cars and trucks every day. Dirty, coal-burning …
The Final Bullets of 2007
Posted by on Friday, December 28, 2007 in - 4 comments
You realize, don't you, that the decade that was brought in with Y2K and all the other millennial whoo-haa is now 80% gone. It doesn't even have a name and it's already a senior citizen. Time is flying. Heck, my holiday week off is almost gone. So we better do some prognostications for 2008 before …
The Friday Bullet Points Of Christmas
Posted by on Friday, December 21, 2007 in - 5 comments
Here we are. Another Christmas is upon us and the worst Friday for the idle clock watcher. What to not do when there may not be much to actually do? Eat candy canes in the morning, feel ill and ridden with guilt in the afternoon. • Sad Tech Update: Twitter as best bloggy app thingie of the year …
