tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171981292011-11-27T17:14:23.151-07:00A WHOLE LOT OF SEMI SOPHISTICATED OUTRAGE (MAY GET SALTY) <BR> BATTLING SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS SINCE 2005</BR>Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-55249466773297688152010-11-03T14:55:00.003-06:002010-11-03T15:00:00.327-06:00

the butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11483534168136904659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-29255808644111845772010-02-18T10:44:00.003-07:002010-02-18T11:20:38.821-07:00

Oh, hi. If you know what that headline means, you must watch LOST. Well then I'll get right to it.Tuesday's episode was one of the best in a while. Locke episodes tend to be the best. I liked Jack episodes for the first two seasons, but unless the writers have something up their sleeves, the Jack and Kate episodes have lost relevance and stopped being compelling. The previous week's Kate-centric

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-21450746626720743762010-02-14T20:48:00.001-07:002010-02-14T20:49:28.919-07:00

After a year-long hiatus, we'll see if the MHR outlet lasts more than a few days. Welcome back to us, I say.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-57423008102752533332010-02-14T18:14:00.007-07:002010-02-14T20:20:00.600-07:00

It's stupid that the Daytona 500 is referred to as "The Super Bowl of stock car racing." It takes place at the beginning of the season and requires no playoff to get in, really - okay, maybe qualifying counts, but that's a stretch. And don't you know youre competition has a long way to go when you have to make it analogous to a much more mainstream event in order that people recognize it's a big

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Yeah, it's been awhile. I'm the only one who's going to read this. I've got a year's worth of vitriol stored up, buuuuuuut I think I'll just stick with a gripe at a time.What the fuck is this "NFL Nation Live" bullshit on ESPN.com? Stupid.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-35715488372124668512009-02-04T22:30:00.003-07:002009-02-05T12:24:24.565-07:00

If you think people would be acting differently toward Michael Phelps after his recent dope smoking incident if he were black, you're a fucking retard.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-39880333771805967012009-01-30T15:51:00.003-07:002009-01-30T16:10:20.992-07:00

It's worse than the fist pump. In yesterday's Australian Open semifinal, Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, was a screaming, self-congratulatory douche, making Rafael Nadal's post-point antics look tame. I think this is from Wimbledon, but it looked the same.It's the post-TD choreographed dance and arm up after a home run trot and soccer goal celebration all rolled into on. Stop yelling. Stop

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Really, don't we all hate predictions? Yes. You might not know it, but you hate them. If I'm way off on a prediction, I won't bring it up again. If I'm close, you're darn right you're going to hear about it. There's the Matthew Berry approach to predictions, in which a person guesses on about 1,ooo outcomes each week, then touts the three he got right when next week's column comes along.

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Totally. He is the latest to chime in on the Joe Torre quotey looking things that aren't necessarily really things Torre said. You've probably read what Blowhardy McFatterson has said, so I'm not going to rehash it here. The point is this: David Wells is a nobody. Worse, a nobody who is somebody because he's loud. He was a good MLB pitcher, who got by on talent and the notoriety that

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-61099473967211826062009-01-30T08:55:00.002-07:002009-01-30T09:19:57.044-07:00

Well, hell then, join ESPN. The WWL hired former Jets and Chiefs Head Coach Herm Edwards as a talking head this week after the coach was fired by Kansas City. On the day the news was released, the "story" was in ESPN's "HEADLINES" section. Now it can be found in the same section on the network's NFL page. Herm Edwards was well-known for his sound bites while coaching the Kansas City Chiefs and

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-1581787188734870882009-01-29T19:46:00.002-07:002009-01-29T19:58:45.950-07:00

I just watched five minutes of Sean Hannity's show in which it claimed:** Global warming has been EXPOSED as a myth by 650 climatologists (false, by the way)** The lingerie bowl should not have been cancelled because of sexism, because, you know, the men in the NFL wear tight pants Plus, he seemed to support his argument against Al Gore with a personal insult about Gore's weight. I'm not quite

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Desmond's son, Charlie is the Charlie. Put that in the bank - no refunds if I'm wrong though. My guess is the English cutie-pie holding a gun to Farraday is his mother, and perhaps, just maybe, Widmore is his father. That's a mind-fuck and a half - and is probably wronger than wrong -but might make sense seeing as how Widmore spent time financing Farrady's research into time travel. I like

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Interesting little stat from the back of Will Clark's baseball card:In 1987, Clark had 5 stolen bases... but he was caught a mind-boggling 17 times! Seriously, at what point did Roger Craig pull him aside and strangle him? And why hasn't Mike Krukow discussed this in a broadcast?

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-18033820012829732822009-01-27T20:47:00.004-07:002009-01-27T22:23:15.328-07:00

It's so, I don't know, passe to bash the WWL, but come on. Lately ESPN has been going a bit overboard with the gossip-posing-as-headlines schtick, and today is no exception. The "headlines": Justice, Gooden deny Radomski's allegations Torre defends book; A-Rod unfazed | OlneyChargers GM Smith clears air with Tomlinson Source: Brady plans to be back for Pats openerReport: Sampson appealing NCAA

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I get the feeling Mike Singletary is going to be a Bill Belichick style coach. I don't mean success-wise (I'll be thrilled if he has one-half the success Belichick has had in New England) but in that there are going to be guys who can't stand him and won't work for or with him, while there are going to be coaches and players who will walk through fire for him. Did you notice Scott Linehan is

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-36459604631246736242009-01-21T23:02:00.002-07:002009-01-22T00:24:17.304-07:00

Holy shit! Ana-Lucia! Ana-Lufuckingcia. My mind is being fucked. I knew it as soon as you could tell it was a woman cop getting out of the car. Dammit that's exciting. I already feel like I need to watch these two episodes more than three times to get everything that's gone on. There are seriously an unfollowable number of storylines going on. And who the fuck is this Neil character?

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-15739197170479502062009-01-21T22:56:00.004-07:002009-01-21T23:00:16.550-07:00

Aaahhh, there's too much going on. Who's where and when and then Desmond makes an appearance? Shit, I was satisfied with the Desmond and Penny storyline's conclusion at the end of last season, and now their inclusion seems muddled. Sawyer's fatter than he used to be. Locke is the constant? Seriously, there are eighteen seperate stories happening within the hour! I need more time. I need

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Yeah, there will still be some out there groaning that the best team in the NFC is not going to be playing two Sundays from now. Geez, last Sunday after Philly beat New York to get into the NFC Championship Game, some were upset that two 9-win teams had made it, certain the game was going to be a bummer of a shitfest of a mistake-filled blah. These weren't the two best teams in the NFC and no

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-53028726497361593022009-01-15T10:18:00.003-07:002009-01-15T11:08:46.573-07:00

Well no, probably not. But at least it looks like the government's perjury case against him isn't as much of a slam dunk as we've been lead to believe.On two fronts, Bonds is looking at developments that may help repair the tarnishing of his name, a little. According to a Yahoo! Sports report, at the time of Bonds' alleged ingestion (?) of the cream and the clear, neither were considered

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From With Leather: "Barry Zito More Tainted Than Ever."From TMZ.com: "After the terrible season he had, we can't really blame SF Giants pitcher Barry Zito for denying he was Barry Zito the other night."Seems Barry Zito doesn't have much trouble with the strike zone when it comes to chicks. As for that off-season conditioning program? Apparantly it involvs group orgys and multiple STD tests.

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-42995700187495233762009-01-06T08:43:00.003-07:002009-01-06T09:01:06.267-07:00

Thoughts-Matt Vasgersian is awful. Hot-air blowing douche. It seems there is a generation of sportscasters (Joe Buck, Brenneman, Vasgersian) who believe more is more. When a moment would best be left without the interruption of blowhardies, they instead try to superfluously inject excitement, judgment or drama. God dammit, shut the hell up.Fox is awful. I'm not interested in long visuals of

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I've never been a Ron Santo fan. It has little to do with his efforts as a player and everything to do with homerism in baseball beginning and ending with him and his beloved Cubbies. I know, the guy has diabetes. He's missing parts of his body. He had a good career. Not great, but good. Not a Hall of Fame career. In Santo's mind, it was great though, clearly meriting HOF induction. After

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-87547750124219883612008-11-11T10:51:00.002-07:002008-11-11T11:04:47.821-07:00

It was sloppy at the end, but it appeared more so due to the hooooorible officiating crew who decided early in the second half to throw a flag on every play regardless of whether or not a penalty had been committed. Jesus, did you see the tipped pass/pass interference call? There was no p.i. because the ball was tipped - even though the ball wasn't within three feet of a defender's hand - and

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-7616911853643149962008-10-20T10:00:00.002-06:002008-10-20T10:14:37.847-06:00

Jay Glazer of FOX Sports, he of the routinely beating everyone to the scoop, reports that Brett Favre has spoken to more than one team about the Packers' play-calling tendencies. Not only has he spoken to them, Favre has initiated the communication. It seems there's no rule against such actions, but what does it tell us about Favre as a man? I mean, I guess we already know he's a total douche.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-54868708271681564882008-10-16T11:41:00.003-06:002008-10-16T11:53:49.326-06:00

We know Brett Favre famously, graciously, called fellow tough-guy, gunslinger, hot white stud quarterback Tony Romo to offer his encouragement over Romo's broken pinky, because Favre told ESPN he did so. Have you ever known anyone who does something nice, like makes a donation to an organization or cleans up baby birds after an oil spill, mostly so they can tell everyone they made a donation or

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-27017482526341967012008-10-16T11:26:00.003-06:002008-10-16T11:35:44.741-06:00

Pissed that his Pittsburgh Steelers have been hit with a rash of unnecessary roughness and illegal block and blah, blah, blah penalties of late the safety spoke out against the heavy-handed:I think regarding the evolution of football, it's becoming more and more flag football, two-hand touch. We've really lost the essence of what real American football is about. I think it's probably all about

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-92215606099076947312008-10-14T22:36:00.003-06:002008-10-14T22:43:45.396-06:00

Stupid ESPN.com headline #46,729:Favre calls injured Romo, offers encouragement.Who gives a shit? Who gives a flying fuck of a shit? Jesus, I mean Ed Werder sounds like the president of the Favre/Romo Saturday Night Circle Jerk.Although there seems to be some unjustified question about Romo's toughness, Favre has no such doubts, lavishing praise on a player whose reckless style and fun-loving

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-46777810038190701292008-10-13T23:05:00.003-06:002008-10-13T23:12:28.666-06:00

I remember in college we were playing some school somewhere in the second game of a doubleheader. Having started the first game on the mound, I was in the dugout at the start of the second game. In some inning, maybe the second or third - early anyway - a guy from the other team hit a home run over the left field wall. As he rounded first, he said, quietly, but loud enough that our dugout

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-82942850794117058162008-09-28T09:18:00.002-06:002008-09-28T09:29:45.147-06:00

The scene: Friday night's Giants/Dodgers game at AT&T Park. Bengie Molina hits a ball high off the wall in right but only manages a single. Bruce Bochy removes Molina from the game for a pinch-runner, Emmanuel Burriss. Omar Vizquel swears he's heard the ball hit metal, so Bochy asks the umpires to use their new replay capabilities to determine whether the ball in fact did strike metal and was

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Brett Favre, at his Jets introduction yesterday, looked like a guy who never really knew what he wanted and got something he wasn't sure about. Because he never knew what he wanted, he never knew how to get it. Favre started floating the notion that he might be interested in returning to Green Bay earlier this year, not to his coach or his GM, but to randoms who could spread the word for him.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-53955898889097778492008-07-06T17:48:00.004-06:002008-07-06T18:47:55.748-06:00

Among Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal's NL selections at the pitcher spot...you will not find the current NL saves leader with 24, San Francisco's Brian Wilson. Fuck, I know saves are like wins and thus, imperfect when measuring a player's effectiveness, but Jesus, man. He doesn't even get a "Notable Omissions" nod, which goes to the likes of :Taylor Buchholz, RHP, Rockies; Francisco Cordero, RHP,

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-72633992516673894332008-07-05T08:31:00.003-06:002008-07-05T08:42:03.698-06:00

item #437 in the case of "The People Versus Obnioxious Douchbaggery in Baseball." After making a throwing error last Sunday, Mets' shortstop Jose Reyes threw his mitt to the ground in disgust and was called on it by Keith Hernandez.Well, he's got to get over that," Hernandez said at the time, according to one transcript of the broadcast. "Enough babying going on now. He's a grown man. He's been

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-83740317818477579662008-07-03T07:32:00.003-06:002008-07-03T07:55:29.322-06:00

Sappy fraud Ken Rosenthal's latest nonsensical page vomit revolves around Paul Byrd's explanation for why he used HGH...(Byrd) said that he had a legitimate explanation for using HGH — three doctors had diagnosed him as suffering from adult growth-hormone deficiency.Awesome. That is a legitimate reason for taking HGH...if you want to live a normal life. Not as far as baseball is concerned though

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-58729147041312033062008-07-02T22:21:00.001-06:002008-07-02T22:22:29.404-06:00

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-79455812093438002002008-06-12T07:45:00.004-06:002008-06-12T20:57:27.395-06:00

Dan Uggla, after his 9th-inning grand slam to put the Marlins past Philadelphia. You're excited, I know.  But raising your arm while rounding the bases following a home run, any home run, possibly excluding one that just brought you back from three down in the 9th to win the series, is super douchy.  Three things you should never do whilst playing sports:1) Pump your fists a la Tiger Woods, Derek

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-63006098373909743412008-06-11T22:15:00.003-06:002008-06-12T07:35:05.428-06:00

David Stern, responding to Tim Donaghy's assertion that the outcome of Game 6 of the 2002 Lakers/Kings series was directed by officials, NBA commissioner David Stern said the Justice Department had fully investigated the most recent Donaghy's claims, which he labeled as "baseless."Really?  Really?  Remember watching the game?  Actually watching the game is a base.  Remember all of us talking

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-24042204142276371732008-06-08T16:20:00.006-06:002008-06-08T17:07:10.818-06:00

Guy A: 4 1/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR ESPN.com headline - (Guy A) goes 4-plus innings to help (Guy A's team) dump (perennial basementeer).  Guy B: 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HR ESPN.com headline - (Guy B) struggles but emerges with (not to be disclosed at this time) win of season.Guy A = Joba ChamberlainGuy B = Barry ZitoThe worst part of it all is that the "WWL" actually had "Joba" in the

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-37109454541536838632008-06-08T12:50:00.004-06:002008-06-08T12:58:31.915-06:00

Yeah, I guess it's what we've come to expect, right?  It's not only Shockey that does the 'I'm going to talk through the media to tell you I'm not going to talk through the media,' thing.  It seems to happen a lot.  I dated this girl for a while who, upon becoming angry with me, would say something mean, leave or hang-up the phone, hoping I'd call back in some grovely fashion.  Jeremy Shockey is

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-77335245911165314202008-06-07T16:58:00.003-06:002008-06-07T17:04:33.630-06:00

After Cedric Benson's second alcohol-related arrest in just over a month, Bears coach Lovie Smith, said he was inclined to give Benson the benefit of the doubt "like everyone else in society gets."I think even Lovie knows he's full of shit on this one, what with playing the woe-is-the-professional-athlete-in-the-limelight schtick and the fact that the offender was one Cedric Benson.    

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-32056862092430666382008-06-07T08:08:00.004-06:002008-06-07T08:47:28.509-06:00

Is it wrong to root against seeing Big Brown win today's Belmont Stakes and thus the Triple Crown, solely because of the captain of the Battledouche Dickknuckle, Rick Dutrow?  No, I say, no it is not for two immediate reasons.  1) It's hard to root for the loudmouth, yet easy to root against one.  The loudmouth seemingly devoid of any humility is worse, but the loudmouth devoid of humility

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-10081840207858654352008-06-06T07:35:00.004-06:002008-06-06T08:03:42.538-06:00

Awesome night for Boston douchebaggery.Rule #1 after you've gotten your ass kicked in a fight: Say the other guy fought unfair.  Like, he "pulled my hair," "bum-rushed me," or the ultimate douchebag sucker-punch nut shot, "fought like a girl."  There is something overwhelming lame about a guy who stands before the media, the way Coco Crisp did after the Rays-Sox brawl,  trying to sell his story

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-42883134293672054222008-06-05T13:34:00.004-06:002008-06-05T13:53:06.885-06:00

Remember when you watched CBS's presentation of EliteXC and thought, "This looks like WWE shit compared to UFC"?  Welcome to MLB's coverage of the 2008 draft.  I made the mistake of turning on coverage at 10 to find some clown douche trying to rile up the Disney World crowd.  Fuck, dude.  Mock Negro League draft.  Prolooooooonged.  Clowndouche again attempting to rile the crowd.  Clowndouche is

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-51741766536826946322008-05-31T18:17:00.003-06:002008-05-31T18:33:56.300-06:00

Even though the two aren't mutually exclusive.  No, we're just busy.  I don't work in an office, thus the down parts of my day can't be filled with the paragon in profundity that are the Roscoe Galt rants about nothing and everything.  Instead, my posting is reserved, er, confined to the wee hours of the morning or the end of a day of which I've spent God knows how many hours wrangling cats.  

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-67594833947739144162008-05-24T08:34:00.004-06:002008-05-24T09:03:27.507-06:00

After Hildog's comments about Robert F. Kennedy's June 1968 assassination, she issued this non-apology apology, "The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator [Ted] Kennedy and I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy family, was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that, whatsoever.  

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-43742733181918168182008-05-21T08:34:00.002-06:002008-05-21T08:37:53.318-06:00

New Giant Alex Hinshaw following his MLB debut against the White Sox and pitching well against the Rockies:"When you first toe the rubber, it's always a jittery feeling because I only have a limited amount of...experience."I couldn't help getting a visual of Hinshaw excitedly trying to roll a condom over his big toe.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-9932862415168656922008-05-18T16:53:00.003-06:002008-05-19T08:27:48.952-06:00

I'll be the first to admit I don't watch a lot of NBA basketball.  I think the last time I really paid attention to an entire season was 1996.  I still watch from time to time.  I went to a Kings game last year, mostly because the tickets were free.  I write that to demonstrate that even a guy who barely watches knows the number of steps LeBron was taking throughout game seven was out of control.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-51551424371432177882008-05-18T07:07:00.005-06:002008-05-18T09:36:19.120-06:00

...because John Donovan's MLB Power Rankings at SI.com is awwwwwwful.  I can't tell if the whole thing is one guy's from-the-hip opinion, if there's any rhyme or reason to this picks, or if he just watches Sportscenter for his information.  Sightastic.  Tampa Bay Rays - Are the Rays really the third-best team in baseball, you ask? Well, this week they are, I answer. After sweeping the Angels and

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-25663673730761433942008-05-09T08:54:00.002-06:002008-05-09T08:57:11.690-06:00

Richie Sexson reproves the oldest of adages, "Richie Sexson is a clownfucker douche."  Way to charge the mound because of a pitch that was over the plate, fucknuts.  Bugs and Cranks has the video.  

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-20580142839522304822008-05-02T07:27:00.002-06:002008-05-02T07:30:25.825-06:00

Or else they have employed the greatest P.R. staff ever assembled anywhere, anytime in the history of P.R.ing and covering things up. 

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-38687968153410222702008-04-28T08:15:00.004-06:002008-04-28T08:43:48.445-06:00

Two guys walk into a bar...one turns to the other and says, "I need a drink.  My mother just died."  "Shit," the other says.  "Barry Zito."Hahahahahahahaha.  Hahahahahahahahahaha.  Oh, my sides.  The joke is on us, Giants fans.  We've got how many more years of the Zito pyrotechnics experience?   Now the Giants are looking at sitting him for a start or maybe sending him to the bullpen.  Of course

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-66841060918718753032008-04-25T10:49:00.004-06:002008-04-25T11:22:28.828-06:00

Maybe his win last night would have been noticed east of Denver.  As it is, Lincecum's outdueling Chris Young to improve to 4-0, taking over the strikeout lead with 36, and lowering his ERA to 1.23 gets no love on ESPN.com's headlines, nor even on its baseball page headlines.  I generally don't waste time looking at the site or worrying about the network's lackluster approach to legitimate news.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-19688326434631522262008-04-25T10:39:00.002-06:002008-04-25T10:49:02.444-06:00

Last night's '30 Rock' was amazing.  I'd put the episode in my top 10 episodes of anything ever.As for 'Lost?'  Ben is fucking rad.  Ahhh, the transition from being despised to loved.  How did that happen?  It's nice that the suspicions or questions we've all had about Ben's connection to the black smoke, Jacob's connection to the black smoke, the black smoke's connection to the island, and

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-80156585713216244372008-04-24T17:00:00.003-06:002008-04-24T21:29:34.769-06:00

Great, great, great post on one of the greatest blogs going: With Leather discusses Kobe Bryant's LOOK AT MEEEE!! party last night against the Nuggets.Sure, he may be the MVP of the league this year (although I would vote for Chris Paul, and not just because of spite), but he's also the undisputed Biggest Cocksmoke of Them All award winner. Read the post on With Leather, then watch the video. Or,

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-62322337768439309142008-04-23T10:47:00.002-06:002008-04-23T10:52:53.305-06:00

A whole lot of over-the-hill, injured, or over-the-hill AND injured baseball players. That is, if your name is Brian Sabean and you think statisticians are just a bunch of nerds that don't know anything about baseball. According to ESPN.com, here are the top-10 Giants salaries for 2008:1. Barry Zito: $14.5 million2. Aaron Rowand: $9.6 million3. Randy Winn: $8.9 million4. Ray Durham: $7.5 million5

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-44031746394572935132008-04-17T08:27:00.002-06:002008-04-17T08:36:37.577-06:00

It was messy that Wednesday, my friends.  Brandon Webb made your 2008 Giants looks like swinging piles of goo.  There were highlights, like Eugenio's double in the fourth, Bowker keeps hitting, and...and.  The lowlights were plentiful.  Bocock error.  Three k's in the first.  Jose Castillo.  The continued dismissal of Aurilia's career.  And on.  And on.  But I'd rather watch these Giants than

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-6649445660621664602008-04-17T08:00:00.003-06:002008-04-17T08:22:50.803-06:00

I'm sure most of the MHR readers, with our once-in-a-while focus on the incomprehensible Woody Paige, have seen the "Woody's World" box on the top of the Denver Post's sports page.  There's a picture of Paige, on camera, pontificating.  The view, of course, is really why anyone knows who Woody Paige is.  But this time he's speaking to no one.  No "Around the Horn" duels with Pageturd or J.A.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-5045972251990405372008-04-15T19:10:00.003-06:002008-04-15T19:26:03.713-06:00

I was saddened to see that the ever dick-sucky and slithering Jeff Pearlman was favored a Will Clark-bashing post on Deadspin.  Sad.  You know Pearlman.  In pictures and video of athletes being interviewed, he's the one that's just a hand holding a microphone.  You can't see his face.  Just a hand and a microphone.  He's the guy who gets up in the morning and tells his wife, "I'm going to be a

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-3962734569327787102008-04-15T10:18:00.002-06:002008-04-15T10:46:42.045-06:00

And the A's were 9-5 with the best record in the AL anyway?  Yeah, that was crazy.  Of course, when Jeremy Brown decided to retire, most all the Moneyball haters -of which there are seemingly many- cited it, him, as evidence that the concepts employed by Billy Beane -"Moneyball," they call it, like Beane and his cronies worship a religion called "Moneyball," kneeling under a giant open calculator

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-5802628125707500162008-04-15T08:17:00.004-06:002008-04-15T10:01:17.326-06:00

Your 2008 San Francisco Giants are, wait...just saying it gets me a little teary...not...not in...last place.  Phew, I did it.  What have we learned?  Hopefully that the team that played like shit against Los Angeles and Milwaukee is gone, banished to the depths of baseball oblivion where light-hitting .200 hitters are passed as every day starters.  These Giants, these 5-3 since that crummy start

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-29145381467096770802008-04-14T16:38:00.002-06:002008-12-10T11:37:55.070-07:00

Oh My God...Hoooooooooo Boy...Hide the women and children...I don't even know what to say... other than she could be a first round pick in this month's NFL draft. The 49ers could use a left tackle.Serena Williams, ladies and gentlemen (of note -- the 90-year-old gold sweeper running away like he just saw Godzilla):

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-86168284855991810172008-04-14T10:55:00.002-06:002008-12-10T11:37:55.186-07:00

And HillDog is an alcoholic. Just calling a spade a spade.And she took a shot of Crown Royal... A CANADIAN whiskey?!?! Jesus. She doesn't even support the hard-working whiskey producers of our country?!?! Well, surely she's gonna just NAFTA all of the Jack Daniels distilleries to Mexico and Canada if she's elected! I hate this part of politics. Hate it. Let's get back to talking about things

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-79564805465574092062008-04-14T08:20:00.003-06:002008-04-14T08:44:11.256-06:00

The answer all along was getting Ray Durham and Dave Roberts out of the lineup - duh.  Is John Bowker the baseball reincarnation of Will Clark and Roy Hobbs?  Definitely, yes.  Can he be counted on to continue his hot streak?  Definitely, yes.  My prediction?  Bowker will make us all forget about Barry Bonds, finishing the year with 63 bombs, winning the MVP, ROY and Nobel Prize in baseball

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-16938317878847253452008-04-13T20:20:00.003-06:002008-04-13T20:41:25.459-06:00

I took the kid to his first game on Saturday.  Giants/Cards, Cain/Pujols and nosebleeds.  The Giants, desperately needing to fill AT&T Park, were running $11 specials in the view reserves.  So there you go.  Not interested in paying $30 for parking at the stadium, nor dealing with San Francisco game-traffic, we took the ferry across the Bay.  Much, much easier and enjoyable.  Especially for the

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-69115056675622663302008-04-10T19:13:00.004-06:002008-04-10T19:21:38.846-06:00

We don't do a lot of linking to other blogs here at MHR*, which we admit is somewhat sinful.  We read other blog posts, yet generally enjoy them solo.  That said, please read the 4/10 post over at FJM, entitled, "Heady Days.".  It is, undoubtedly, in the all-time top 3 FJM posts debate.  At some point when my kid can read, I will have him read it.  Jim Armstrong at AOL presents an argument from

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-733715318794540272008-04-10T10:39:00.002-06:002008-04-10T10:42:00.977-06:00

I'm so sick of this fucking guy and his double-talk bullshit let the media stroke me crap.  Jesus, Brett.  Just go away.  

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-1272126357072699742008-04-10T08:39:00.002-06:002008-04-10T09:03:56.030-06:00

I can't tell.  Really, can we tone down the Tiger-worship just a tad.  ESPN.com has up a picture that you know is worthy of Tiger's fireplace mantle, and is probably actually headed for the ESPN Headquarters fireplace mantle.  Visual deification?  I know the self-proclaimed "Worldwide Leader" is broadcasting the first two rounds and that Tiger supposedly drives ratings, but come on.  Inflating

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-57138961891151096322008-04-10T07:46:00.002-06:002008-04-10T08:20:18.963-06:00

You might go to bed before the game is over, thinking, "I hope they don't waste this Sanchez start."  You might wake up in the middle of the night wanting to walk to the computer or hop on your phone and check the score.  But waking up bright and early to find the Giants pulled it out and that the hero was amazingly, incredibly Daniel Ortmeier, is a sweeeeeeet way to wake up.  That's usually

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-6630289104849297422008-04-09T20:24:00.004-06:002008-04-10T08:21:16.499-06:00

Gavin Newsom has balls.  Not normal to teeny ones like like those sported by myself, but huge, heavy, wet balls.  San Francisco city officials, including Newsom and Police Chief Heather Fong, chose to "augment" the route prior to it's being undertaken by torch-bearers.  Predictably, despite actually having held a protest, protesters were upset the torch didn't pass by their locations.  San

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-37313713950087288892008-04-09T09:00:00.005-06:002008-04-09T09:09:37.337-06:00

I mean, you have to be bat-shit insane to do what NASCAR driver Aaron Fike did before driving NASCAR truck at speeds up to 180 mph. According to his interview with ESPN the Magazine, Fike admitted to booting black tar heroin... ON FUCKING RACE DAY!In his first in-depth interview since being arrested for heroin possession lastsummer, the 25-year-old said he had been using heroin for eight months

Lunatic Fringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13135477380181671438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-31357491169591252632008-04-09T08:59:00.004-06:002008-04-09T09:55:21.635-06:00

What the fuck is Candace Parker wearing? Is that a sweatshirt under her uniform? (from TBL)   

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-17345410075893442462008-04-09T07:54:00.003-06:002008-04-09T08:27:28.943-06:00

1-161, you sneer?  Ha.  Fuck you then.  Our San Francisco Giants will not reach the dreaded 161-loss mark, thanks to - again - Tim Lincecum, Bengie Molina (sigh), and, unbelieveably, Brad Hennessey.  Hennessey had looked awful all season, including spring training.  Even two shutout innings last night lowered his ERA for the year to 14.40.  But hey, he was good again for one lone night, and

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-4637058784211705392008-04-08T18:25:00.004-06:002008-04-08T21:19:42.336-06:00

The great protest of our time.  Oh, well, that may be a bit of hyperbole, but one can't help but expect the ever-passionate city of San Francisco to put on a doozy of a show.  Fuck, for those looking for an American protest, could there have been any better city for the torch to visit in the U.S.?  No, not really.  And now that Paris has done so much to disrupt the torch relay, essentially

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-29164467722006411052008-04-08T10:59:00.004-06:002008-04-08T11:10:00.596-06:00

Ken Rosenthal attributes the Cards' hot start to, wait for it,"...the moxie of manager Tony La Russa, the continued ascent of center fielder Rick Ankiel, and the good fortune of opening at home against the struggling Rockies and wobbly Nationals. (emphasis mine)"And then something about pitching.  Well, the focus of the piece is pitching, actually not LaRussa or Ankiel, or the Rocks and Nationals

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-75783561372348934572008-04-08T08:10:00.003-06:002008-04-08T08:38:17.197-06:00

Goddammit, why'd you do that?  The violent clashes in Tibet and the failure of the Chinese government to use its full leverage with Sudan to stop the genocide in Darfur are opportunities for presidential leadership.These events underscore why I believe the Bush administration has been wrong to downplay human rights in its policy towards China. At this time, and in light of recent events, I

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-857374303263959572008-04-07T21:40:00.002-06:002008-04-07T22:02:59.317-06:00

Championship game?  Meh.  I don't care two shit-dangling ass pinches about Memphis or Kansas.  Once UCLA and UNC were gone, thus crippling my bracket, my heart and my interest, that was that.  Kansas in OT?  Okay.  Long day at work.  Kid-wrangling takes its toll from time to time.  On top of the normal kid shit that goes on when you work with them, they are all sick right now.  All of them.  I

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-72293270800762411572008-04-07T08:25:00.002-06:002008-04-07T09:14:09.668-06:00

Well that was a crazy openingish week in baseball.  Meant to spend all season in the crapper?  Hell no.  Laugh in the face of the naysayers.  "Nay, you say?  We're 5-1, bitches," says Rick Ankiel and his undetectable HGH.  "Eat my balls," says Aubrey Huff of the 4-1 Orioles.  "Tigers?  More like faggots," says...uh...Mark Grudielanek and the Royals?  And there you have the kings of the "huh?"'s.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-58628753240804076522008-04-06T09:11:00.003-06:002008-04-06T09:38:58.760-06:00

I'll take what the Giants did yesterday.  Sure, they lost the game 5-4, but with the lone exception being Ray Durham at second, came closest yet to starting the young lineup we have been asking for all winter.  Not surprisingly, the result was not having to string together four straight singles to score a sad, lonely run.  Eugenio Velez tripled, Daniel Ortmeier stole two bags and Brian Bocock

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-893094266394859362008-04-05T21:26:00.005-06:002008-04-05T22:29:08.919-06:00

Blue Jesus, of course.  Everybody here okay with that?  I guess I should ask, anybody here not okay with that?  No hands?  Excellent.  Than let's proceed.It seems Jay Bilas's schoolgirl/stalker/rapist/Deliverance-hillbilly man-crush on Tyler Hansbrough did as much to bring wrath to the legend that had become Blue Jesus as anyone else.  Hansbrough himself had done more than thought possible to

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-9759190038101269052008-04-05T18:03:00.007-06:002008-04-05T18:54:37.786-06:00

The hearts of Bruin Nation are broken.Again.A campus waits until next year.Again.Ladies and gentlemen, NCAA basketball's Philadelphia Eagles.Ben Howland as Andy Reid.Guided the almost good enough to within reach of excellence.But failed. Kevin Love as T.O. The new guy, probably only around for one season, meant to get the team over the top.But couldn't.Darren Collison as Donovan McNabb.At the

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-11148098790883985962008-04-05T13:18:00.005-06:002008-04-05T13:55:44.355-06:00

So in the first semi-tiring, semi-high profile BALCO case to go to trial, decidedly grody cyclist Tammy Thomas was found guilty of perjury, obstruction of justice, and promoting a new examination of the word 'bicycle.'  Demonstrating that she does not suffer from any sort of steroid-related emotional control issues, after being found guilty she yelled at jurors, "I already had one career taken

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-23743555757151477352008-04-04T13:29:00.004-06:002008-04-04T14:14:11.234-06:00

My day started pretty early as I recently signed up to do some volunteer work during the morning shift for the local NPR station during its pledge drive.  Of course, being at the station so early caused me to miss the most pressing news of the morning, which was, of course, nothing.  What a boring day, so far.  Maybe Brett Favre's coming back?  Who cares outside of Green Bay, Peter King and other

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-4240684664900428112008-04-03T19:15:00.006-06:002008-04-03T20:14:21.282-06:00

If you were lucky enough to see it live on Tuesday night or more likely, replayed all over the place, Larry Bowa's argumentsnapejectionexplosiontantrum was, in typical Bowa style, fucking rad.  The game's plugging along, Matt Cain's doing what he can to keep the Giants in the game, the Dodgers are kind of threatening...BAM!  Bowa explodes!  Excellent.  Excefreakinlent.  But then he had to go get

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-72246490711901050972008-04-03T13:25:00.003-06:002008-04-03T13:36:39.551-06:00

Bob Brenley, during today's WGN telecast of the Cubs/Brewers game, referring to Monday's Fukudome home run:"We were literally rocking up here in the booth..."(exhales)Later in the 4th inning, Cubs have the bases loaded and no outs when Len Kasper is heard to utter - this is me paraphrasing - "This is why this is the greatest ballpark in baseball.  Bases loaded, forty degrees, fans on their feet,

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-48344242428349571802008-04-03T10:50:00.005-06:002008-04-03T11:22:44.826-06:00

Remember when Major League Baseball unveiled its Top 10 moments in baseball history, and like four of them weren't actually moments?  -Joe DiMaggio hits in 56 straight games-Ted Williams is last man to post .400 average-Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpass Roger Maris' single-season home-run record (that might not make the list next time, BTW)-Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive games

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-73458778774000701352008-04-03T08:38:00.006-06:002008-04-03T09:11:12.211-06:00

Oh thank God.  Giants win 2-1 in a somewhat disjointed game.  But the win.  Aaaahhhhh, the win.  Tim Lincecum and Merkin Valdez were the stars as Valdez struck out four (4!) in two innings (fucking stud), and Lincecum, who Giants fans are waiting to watch fall apart like some Wile E. Coyote Acme car, pitched on both sides of the hour-plus rain delay, scored the winning run and got the win.   It

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-80880461965837223912008-04-02T19:17:00.004-06:002008-04-03T11:45:57.302-06:00

I made the mistake of turning on the Arizona/Cincinnati game, forgetting it would be called by the Thom Brenneman.  No way.  That's not happening in this house.  Fortunately I tuned into the Cards/Rocks game in time to see Rick Ankiel's first bomb of the year, then hear the Cards announcers, freshly without Joe Buck, wash his balls.  And I'm not joking about this...Babe Ruth's name was mentioned.

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-14795161127743136372008-04-02T12:12:00.007-06:002008-04-02T16:37:48.357-06:00

Are they kidding us with this shit?  Ken Whizenhunt's disappointed in Matt Leinart's partying, especially after pictures of Leinart's entertainment techniques hit the series of tubes. "I reiterated to him the type of behavior that we expect at all times from our players. He understands that as well as the level of scrutiny that he's under because of who he is. It's being handled internally.  I

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-28651270810491873902008-04-02T08:34:00.007-06:002008-04-02T16:38:26.484-06:00

But lose.  These, I'm afraid, are our San Francisco Giants.  10 singles.  2 runs.  Matt Cain was a stud, going 5 2/3, allowing 3 hits and 0 runs.  Jack Taschner looked like a good reason to let Steve Kline slip away, bailing Cain out in the sixth with a strikeout.  But Brad Hennessey and Keiichi Yabu contributed to yielding three runs in three innings.  Guh.  The bullpen letdown can't be the norm

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From the San Jose Mercury NewsI loathe Brian Sabean. That entire staff needs to be drug out to the street and shot. Seriously, I don't think Sabean has his fastball anymore. He's lost it. And the "People's United Front Against Ray Durham" is officially in action.

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Most assuredly so. Jay Cutler doesn't sound very happy with Brandon Marshall these days.  “This wasn’t like his DUI and other stuff he’s had. It was an accident. But, still, stuff like that can’t happen. Hopefully this is the last.”Marshall told the media last week his latest accident was a ‘wake-up’ call. Cutler isn’t totally buying it.“I mean, a DUI is a wake-up call. He’s had many wake-up

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The toughest part about watching your 2008 San Francisco Giants is the confusion.  Are they going old or going young?  Do they want to win?  Build?  Both?  Neither?  What's become exceedingly clear over the past offseason is Brian Sabean's inability to recognize a situation for what it is.  That Rich Aurillia, Dave Roberts, Ray Durham and Jose Castillo started yesterday's opener demonstrates that

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-Nancy Gay, you're beautiful.  I don't know how physically attractive you are, but thanks for getting the whole "the 49ers are getting bent over and humped" thing a little more mainstream.  Has Roger Goodell become the least trusted man in sports, or at least the most shady?  Has any league ever done so much to publicly shame rules violators, demonstrating a no-nonsense approach, while at the

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The good news to be taken from Barry Zito's start in Los Angeles today was that his curveball was working.  Really working.  The few he unleashed looked like those he used to throw five years ago when he was one of the best pitchers in baseball.  The bad news...Zito didn't hit 85 mph with any pitch.  On the other hand, Merkin Valdez who came in for Zito to start the sixth, threw a pitch that hit

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House Majority Leader and California Democrat Nancy Pelosi, on the idea of GWB boycotting the Olympics opening ceremony:"I think the president might want to rethink this later, depending on what other heads of state do," (emphasis mine). Leadership, people.(cough)

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Jesus, Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas are giving Tyler Hanbrough a verbal blowjob at the end of the NC/Louisville game.  It's nauseating.  Hansbrough 83 - Louisville 73, it seems.  [update]: does anyone else play for this team?Fox Sports: "Hansbrough wills UNC past pesky Louisville"ESPN.com: "The Heels were pushed, and pushed hard, by Louisville.  Then Tyler Hansbrough pushed back."I get it, he's good

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It's probably been written by a lot of people, but your 2008 San Francisco Giants, for the first time in the, probably, last...six or seven years(?) can be rooted for.  The past such-and-such number of seasons have seen Giants fans, myself included, admit their Bay Area fandom with a throat-clear and wink and a nod and a "Fuck you!  I come to the park to be entertained!" and all the innocence of

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Apparently MMA is reaching young age-groups, namely the 8-and-under crowd. Sane parents everywhere, recognize the issues, yet Tommy Bloomer, father of two little scrappers is unconcerned... "We're not training them for dogfighting. As a parent, I'd much rather have my kids here learning how to defend themselves and getting positive reinforcement than out on the streets."Did I miss the

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The worst part about Tennessee's tournament departure?  My bracket, already on life-support, took a hit.  The best part?  No more pictures of Bruce Pearl acting like a fucking clown.  Pearl has become the favorite of all.  Partly because he's okay being the coach not worried about looking too much like the coach, partly because he is very, let's say accommodating, and partly because he's touched

Roscoe Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674586804043849420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198129.post-56081514722156289122008-03-27T18:31:00.005-06:002008-03-27T19:43:10.833-06:00

Psshaw. Fuck, I guess I'll watch basketball. In all seriousness, actually watching sports on television, aside from baseball, has become kind of tedious. I'm way more entertained by box scores and fantasy sports. It's something I've worried about, basically all my life, as being less interested in watching sports on television than dissecting information from the game is a clear indication that

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Supervisors in Kern County, California have okayed the construction of a corn-powered ethanol plant that should generate a shitload of the fuel each year.  There were, rightly, environmental concerns raised, including questions about the amount of nitrous oxide released by the plant, which will not be within the San Juaquin Valley's air quality limits, though the company running the plant has and

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