Great game last night. I was especially impressed by Chan Ho Park and his beard coming in and getting Manny Ramirez and Matt Kemp out with the tying run on second base in the bottom of the 7th. It’s going to be Pedro in Game 2, and another good game should rub a little bit more salt on the already deep and rotting wounds of Mets fans. From ESPN:
Martinez is scheduled to pitch at Dodger Stadium on Friday. The 37-year-old right-hander made his major league debut with the Dodgers in 1992 and also played for Los Angeles in 1993 before he was traded to the Montreal Expos for Delino DeShields.
That DeShields trade worked out pretty awesome for the Dodgers.
Watching Pedro pitch – even at 37 – is exciting, because he’s always got a chance to go out there and dominate. Pedro hasn’t been so great since his 8 shutout innings against (of course) the Mets on September 13, but Manuel seems to like him in the Dodgers’ home park. Pedro seems excited about the start, too.
“It’s going to be special, especially bringing back memories about my start here,” Martinez said before Game 1 on Thursday night. “I was born in this place, and I hope this is not the last one that I pitch here, but if it is, it would be a great joy to actually do it in the same place I started.”
It would be a great joy – for me – if Mariano Duncan charged Pedro after Pedro threw a pitch up and in to Andre Either and Pedro simply side-stepped him, causing Duncan to crumble to the ground, his dignity left in the dugout. The LA press would have a field day, accusing Pedro of picking on an old man when all he actually did was defend himself and let the old man’s momentum carry him to the ground. But something like that would never happen.
Sometimes sports fans have too much time on their hands. Sometimes, they might have too much time on their hands and they might be into animation. Animation of Josh McDaniels in a sauna with Jay Cutler, and how Tom Brady told Cutler not play for Josh McDaniels because he’ll ass rape him.
When an athlete says that he doesn’t want to sign a contract extension, and that it’s not about the money, that means it’s all about the money, right? From Yahoo! Sports:
The St. Louis Cardinals were reportedly going to try and get Albert Pujols to sign a contract extension this off-season but it appears that the team will need to wait at least another year, according to the Associated Press. “I’m not desperate to sign a contract extension,” Pujols said. “I still have a one year contract in 2010 with a club option for 2011. The rest I leave in God’s hands.”
I love Pujols, but he’s not fooling me. He can’t play the “I want to play for a winner” card, since the Cardinals are and will likely remain competitive. Pujols wants to see how much money he can land in the free agent market, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Good for you, Albert, I hope you get yours. But don’t play like you aren’t thinking about it, and please don’t pin this shit on God. It’s not up to God, it’s up to you. God’s got disasters to create and angels to fuck; I don’t think He really gives a shit about baseball.
Well now referees in the NBA can breath a sigh of relief….
NBA players will be able to take two steps before they have to stop, pass or shoot this season.
The NBA has put into writing a rule allowing players on the move to gather the ball, after driving or catching it, and then take two steps. Throughout NBA history, the rulebook said players could take one step.
The new rule reads, in part “A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball.”
I couldn’t think of a more insignificant thing in the NBA than this. First of all, any time a player dunks he takes like 8 steps and refs never call it. Patrick Ewing was the king of this. It’s as if the refs sensed a big dunk coming and they too were mesmorized only they didn’t do their job. Michael Jordan had this happen plenty as well. But I certainly don’t blame the players for this faux pas.
And now that the refs are going to be worse than 3-Year-Old refs, they can at least take comfort in being able to make horrible calls that are now legal. Although something tells me that Shaq is going to push it to three steps to see what he can get away with.
And why not? I’m sure he will. More fun in the NBA! It’s faaaaaantastic!
An 18 year-old unemployed Buffalo Bills fan has raise $1,402 online so that he can rent a billboard that will read “It’s time to clean house, RALPH”. Along with that, will be a checklist consisting of Dick Jauron (head coach), Tom Modrak (chief college scout), and John Guy (vice president of pro personnel).
Unfortunately there isn’t room for Trent Edwards, the offensive line, the defensive line, and the secondary.
The best part is that this is only the first billboard and they are now taking donations and submissions for future billboards here. So you can still throw your money away and participate in the nut kicking, both of which I highly recommend if you’re a fan of Bills football and BDSM.
You can consider the photo above my submission.
Yes, the Flyers of Dayton, Ohio are in the sometimes unwelcome category off they should be good this year.
An at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and a first-round upset of West Virginia has Dayton thinking it could to do what it hasn’t done in school history – win the A-10 regular-season title.
The A-10 conference? Okay… I guess that sounds real. Now here’s why everyone should hop on the Dayton bandwagon.
Think back through your sports memory. Hell, just think back through your life. When is the last time you ever heard of a Dayton team competing, let alone anything positive about the city? That’s not to say Dayton isn’t a great city, but we live in a culture where if your city is below a population of a million, then it’s a city not worth talking about. Despite the inclination to fall in love with universities near the big cities, sports fans still have an inclination to root for the underdog or simply those who rarely get the spotlight. As a Cleveland sports fan, I can’t tell you how many of my friends hop on the bandwagon whenever one of our teams stumbles upon a good season. Granted it’s more of a “aww, poor Cleveland” sentiment, but I’ll take it!
So how about it, sports fans? Let’s hop on the Dayton Flyers bandwagon before the NCAA basketball season starts. Say it with me now…
Here we go, FLYERS! Here we go!
[via Rivals.com]
Since I recently read that there was a Gheorge Muresan sighting about 3 weeks ago, I figured it was time to find a picture of him that would exude all that is Muresan.
And what better a way than a happy picture with good old mom?
Hi Gheorghe! Hope you’re well big guy.
Just when you thought this was the most bizarre high school football finish ever, John Glenn High tops it with this:
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I always wondered why my football coach was a broken record saying “play ’til the whistle blows.” Taking that to heart or studying special teams rules would have prevented this roller coaster finish.
