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I remember hearing him say " I found God" when he had the press conference at the time he pleaded guilty. I guess God told him to fire one up and relax.
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:13 PM on September 26
Moose has been killing me on my fantasy team all season. I've been a fan of his since the baltimore days and can't bring myself to let him go. I guess thats why I suck at it. Everytime I see what looks like a sure fire win,(i've given up on expecting k's), he'll toss me up a nifty little 10.5 ERA and a loss.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:15 PM on August 29
Sports Illustrated has been doing an Ankiel Watch for the last year or two. It's been fun to watch. It takes a hell of an athlete to do what he's done. Good for him.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:04 PM on August 10
Does he know that Gary runs this site? And40 years ago, he'd still be 48. My money's on Gary.
posted by louisville_slugger at 05:47 PM on June 29
The Angel's game was in the bottom of the sixth and they were down a run when you posted....looks like you're gonna be late!
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:53 PM on June 27
I don't remember anyone even counting the number of pitches a pitcher had to make until the 60's That's because they stayed jacked up on monkey testosterone back then.
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:28 PM on June 27
when the porn thing ran him out of Detroit. The media never really grabbed hold of any individual event -- even the deal with Ripken's wife at the All-Star Game What am I missing here? Neither is ringing a bell.
posted by louisville_slugger at 10:42 AM on May 25
Just don't take your wife or girlfriend. Looked like he had a woody in the picture.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:46 PM on May 04
I'm probably in the minority on this, but I don't think the playing field is all that unlevel. I've always thought that baseball was the 1 sport that if you had talent, they would find you. We had a high school kid that threw in the 90's last year and there were scouts lined up at every start he made. He never played anything other than high school and legion ball. I know there are a lot of advantages for the kids that can afford the special camps and lessons offered today, but don't think it goes that far as to helping kids turn into MLB talent. It may help a kid be better than average as far as little league and high school goes, but being a really good high school player is a far stretch from professional ability. To me, that skill level is something you have or you don't...not something you can buy at a camp. As I mentioned in another post on the same subject, I've seen my son's friends dropping baseball like crazy between tee ball and now going into Babe Ruth this year. We had to drop another team because of lack of players and let a neighboring county bring their only team to play in our league. Most kids, all races, are losing interest in baseball long before money becomes much of a factor.
posted by louisville_slugger at 11:54 AM on April 25
The links don't work.
posted by louisville_slugger at 11:45 AM on April 24
This review was an 8th grader book report. Not much substance in the post at all. I have a son in the 8th grade and I think he would be insulted with the comparison.
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:58 AM on April 24
I appreciate your passion for your favorite sport. However, a generic AP column is something you can catch on any news channel's sports coverage several times a day. If we are going to have to weed through posts of every playoff game It's gonna be a long couple of months.
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:10 PM on April 21
I really wanted Pitino or Donovan, but I didn't really think either would come. Of all the other candidates they had mentioned, I was really hoping for Gilispie, so I'm satisfied. I was impressed with his press conference this afternoon. A reporter mentioned that he wasn't UK's first choice, and he looked at th A.D. and said, I wasn't? Glad to see he has a since of humor. He's going to need it here.
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:26 PM on April 06
I'm glad Donovan stayed, only because I saw so many Kentucky folks saying things like "Enjoy your title Florida, we will have your coach soon MUAAHAHAHAHA". Yea that was me. If you were offended Venice, please except my apoligies. I think TBH makes some of the coolest comments and posts here. It was only meant as a little good natured smack talk towards him. TBH, if you need an apology too, you got it, but you seemed cool enough to me to get what I was doing. Here's exactly what I was trying to draw out of you: NYAH NYAH NYAH KENTUCKY FANS, SUCK ON THAT, WHY DON'TCHA!!!!!LOLOLOLOL!!!!!
posted by louisville_slugger at 12:07 PM on April 06
Adolph Rupp had 4 championships before Wooden ever started. I think you could say he laid a little foundation as to how college basketball would be played. Sure Wooden added to the game. So did Smith, Knight, coach K, even Pitino. Give any of those coaches Kareem and Walton back to back and see how many titles they would have. I think Wooden was ONE of the best coaches ever, but to say he is the end all of college basketball is absurd. College basketball is much bigger than any one coach. The game has and will continue to evlove.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:26 PM on April 04
Bunnies selling beer and hot dogs would be nice.
posted by louisville_slugger at 11:55 AM on April 03
We're keeping our fingers crossed in Kentucky.
posted by louisville_slugger at 08:41 AM on April 03
Mark Cuban will lead an investment group. That's my guess.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:29 AM on April 03
I'll bet that really freaked a few people out. Priceless.
posted by louisville_slugger at 10:44 AM on April 01
Yea, I got a kick out of that too.
posted by louisville_slugger at 10:41 AM on April 01
Anything's possible in the National League. The Reds led either the division or the wildcard for three quarters of last season. OK, I'm a homer.
posted by louisville_slugger at 08:11 PM on March 30
Good follow-ups TBH....about what I expected. I'm sure there's a little "saving face" in the story they are giving.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:11 AM on March 29
i have to disagree with louisville_slugger. pride definitely does NOT have more talent. just look at wanderlei silva. he got his ass beat down in UFC and recently has been dominating in PRIDE. although it will be pretty sweet to see ufc vs. pride 1 That's cool, It's what I like about the future fights. We'll see. Wanderlei has been in Pride for a long time and I think through training, fighters evolve and can't be compared to what they were 6-7 yrs ago. Look at Anderson Silva, he routinely got the shit kicked out of him in PRIDE, now he's the crowned prince in UFC. Henderson lost in UFC, now he holds 2 belts in PRIDE. You could go back and forth with examples here all day. The only downside I see is to my wallet...every PPV is gonna be a can't miss.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:53 PM on March 28
I'd really like to see a follow up link here. I'm sure they'll be coming soon with the attention this is getting. Personally, I watched it 3 times and don't see any slap by the father. Not saying there is not more to the story than i know about, but i can't hang the dad from what this shows. If it is nothing more than a teen on a hissy fit, I can only imagine how embarrassed they both are by now. I'd love to see her interviewed.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:28 PM on March 28
I can't wait to see some of these fights now. I prefer the UFC, but I've always thought as a whole, Pride has a lot more talent.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:10 AM on March 28
U.K. fans deserve whatever they get, as long as it's bad. Enjoy those Florida teams for a couple of more years because it wont belong till Ky dominates the sec again. We just may do it with your coach!
posted by louisville_slugger at 12:14 PM on March 23
Dude - you're name appears beneath your post. No need to 'sign off' with it. Huge Cock That's priceless, you the man.
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:07 PM on March 22
Cool story Folkways. I have an eigth grader that just finished his little league carreer and I can tell you, baseball is a dying sport among ALL youth today, whites included. We live in a small town where everyone knows everyone. Kids that were playing with him in tee-ball have been dropping baseball every year for summer basketball and soccer leagues. In our last 2 yrs of little league, there were no black kids left playing and even a larger number of white kids that had quit. Two teams had to be dropped from the league. My son will be starting on the Freshman baseball team this year. I'd love to tell you that it's because he is an elite baseball all-star...but I can't. He'll contribute and be a solid player. But the reason he's playing high school ball while in middle school is because we have only 3 true freshman on the team. This is out of a class of probably well over 100. Kids that were all-stars in little league and babe ruth have passed over baseball for track and tennis. Nothing against track or tennis....but this is BASEBALL for christ's sake! Our kids are not growing up with the passion that we had for baseball, and for me...that just really sucks.
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:15 PM on March 16
Ya know, I'm sure i'm missing some, but I've thought for at least 10 minutes, and I can't come up with even 1 team that has a white guy as the ''face'' of their team. Atlanta maybe, chipper Jones....and that's a stretch
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:48 PM on March 16
I don't go back very far, but it would be hard for me to imagine many outfielders better than Andrew Jones and Griffey Jr in his prime. Ozzie, Pudge, and Maddux would seem to be locks in my opinion. I'd like to see you guys lists for first base. A few come to mind for me, but I doubt any of them would get many votes....Andres Gallaraga, Mark Grace
posted by louisville_slugger at 08:05 AM on March 07
I'll be digging in the back yard this evening.
posted by louisville_slugger at 01:01 PM on March 01
I'd like to know the college he attended so I can make sure my money is not wasted when my sons make their college choice.
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:45 AM on February 26
What a sad story. I can't even imagine what his parents have gone through. One son has a heart transplant, and the other dies.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:20 AM on February 25
Fraze, you just haven't been the same since the wrestling dad thingy.
posted by louisville_slugger at 01:43 PM on February 23
I don't think Fuzzy's nemesis will be hard to find, given the other edits he made on Wikipedia. How many hair metal fans could there be at one company? Should I be embarassed to say that I'm going to a Vince Neil and Quiet Riot show next month?
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:57 PM on February 22
It was not my intention to play "word lawyer". I'm not a wrestling expert. You said it was not hand to hand combat by any reasonable definition. Although I actually agreed with what you were saying, (believe it or not), I wondered how it would be defined. While it was a little ironic to see the hand to hand,I think the second part of that sentence totally supports what you were saying. with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Compare catch-as-catch-can (def. 3), Greco-Roman (def. 3). I think that totally supports your statement...It's a sporting contest, and therefore, there are reasonable expectations of limits....which I happen to agree with. Lbb, please don't take offense...while I did find it a bit ironic, I posted defending your position...I can see how it could be seen as something different, and maybe I should have stated my position in the same post. Yay Yo, Im glad you liked the post, but I don't come here to get in any pissing contests.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:54 PM on February 20
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source wres·tling /?r?sl??/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[res-ling] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Compare catch-as-catch-can (def. 3), Greco-Roman (def. 3). 2. the act of a person who wrestles.
posted by louisville_slugger at 01:32 PM on February 20
You guys turnd a very seious subject into another joke? does this happen on all of the threads on this site? If so I will take it off my list. You don't get to keep the jersey. With your 11 posts on the Daytona thread, they may retire your number though.
posted by louisville_slugger at 10:09 AM on February 20
The race was 4 hrs. Pre and post shows might have made it seem a lot longer.
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:32 AM on February 20
Nice link SE.
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:12 PM on February 19
Secondly, I'm not sure that the argument that these guys are rewarded with a free college education carries as much weight when the coach makes $850,000 a year guaranteed (according to an article from CU's athletic homepage ) which is probably far more than anyone at the University does. I'm sure the coach went to college, so why does his salary have anything to do with it? I'm not denying that there are a lot of issues out there when it comes to college athlectics and how the big money is allocated, but I'm not gonna throw that on this guys shoulders when all he is trying to do is turn a football team around. It sounds like they need all the practice and conditioning they can get. With the salary you mentioned, he could lie on a beach in the bahammas that extra week. Instead, he's committed his time as well as the team's time to build what he hopes will be a winning team.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:23 PM on February 16
TBH, you coming down again? I got the fridge and the couch already moved out to the front porch. Moonshine oughtta be ready by the weekend.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:30 AM on February 15
Reminds me of those chain letter type emails I hate so much......If you do not forward this email to 10 people in 5 minutes, your nfl franchise will move to Canada. Please forward to 10 people in the next 5 minutes, and you will recieve a new domed stadium in 3 years.
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:25 PM on February 14
I'm with the coach. let them have the whole summer off and let them pay their own tuition.
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:18 PM on February 14
Honestly, fuck off and die if you can't get a point across without resorting to that lame shit. Agreed. The writer loses any credibility and becomes transparent at that point. The piece died there for me too.
posted by louisville_slugger at 10:50 AM on February 14
The Chargers don't have TO, this might be very inviting for Parcells, a proven winner. Maybe in a year or so, but not next year. Any team the lured him back would have to compensate the cowboys since technically he's still under Dallas' extention. No way Jerry Jones would let that happen.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:52 AM on February 13
I'd agree with Cuban that a role player who probably has no endorsements might pick up some if he came out while he was active. However, I'd be curious to see how it might impact a superstar like Lebron who has the huge indorsements already out there. In today's society, I think it's a stretch to say he would benefit financially if he came out today.
posted by louisville_slugger at 12:34 PM on February 12
You are outcoached in every game you lose!You're terrible Tubby!!! posted by mdavidsf That's a brilliant analysis. Besides being a 3 time national coach of the year, below are a few more of his failures listed by wikipedia: Since arriving in Lexington in 1997, Smith has led Kentucky to one National Championship in 1998, a perfect 16-0 regular season conference record in 2003, five SEC regular season championships (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005) and five SEC Tournament titles (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004), with six Sweet Sixteen finishes and three Elite Eight finishes (1999, 2003, 2005) in his nine seasons. He totaled 100 wins quicker than any other Wildcat coach except Hall of Famer Adolph Rupp, reaching the plateau in 130 games.
posted by louisville_slugger at 02:41 PM on February 11
"Amaechi puts his head down and takes it hard to the hole; slams it and serves up a facial! What a performance!" Well that paints a pretty picture right before lunch break! Nice one weedy, I've had a chuckle or too in here before but that line is a classic in my book.
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:55 AM on February 09
Granted it doesn't sound like a blocbuster hire, but I don't understand the trashing of Phillips. From looking at his past experience he has a winning record and took 2 teams to the playoffs. Buffalo went from under .500 to the playoffs in his first year. I can't understand why he is even available. I'm not arguing either side here, I just haven't followed his carrer. What am I missing?
posted by louisville_slugger at 09:14 AM on February 09
Cool...as long as Charlie Weis doesn't get any ideas from this.
posted by louisville_slugger at 03:04 PM on January 24
The loser in all this to me is probably Arlovski. he may be the best heavyweight in the world that CANT beat Sylvia.
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:16 PM on January 23
I never said he could beat Cro cop. Chuck? Obviously not. Sylvia? I'll pay to see it. I think the heavyweight division (minus Cro Cop ) suits Randy better at this point of his carrer. Randy is just a wildcard in my book, but still adds a bit of excitement.
posted by louisville_slugger at 06:04 PM on January 23
didn't give Peyton Manning a handjob in the cheap seats after the game, who gives a shit? that's not a pretty picture
posted by louisville_slugger at 05:00 PM on January 23
I like their top 10 list for the most part but I would put Emelianenko above Lidell. No doubt. I have nothing but respect for what Chuck has done in the UFC. However, I think Rampage and Cro Cop are going to shake things up like never before in the UFC. Cro Cop could easily make weight for a 205 lb fight, and Rampage could easily bulk up for a heavyweight fight. Throw Randy back in the mix at either weight class, and this is going to be 1 hell of a year.
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:57 PM on January 23
The New coke thing was you? You son of a bitch.
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:46 PM on January 23
Philly should not go nuts here. What Reid should learn from the Garcia games is that Westbrook needs to run the ball. Throwing the ball 60 times per game with Mcnabb is not going to take you far. Westbrook could be 1 of the best backs in the league if he ran more when Mcnabb was qb. The pieces are there if they were balanced out.
posted by louisville_slugger at 04:35 PM on January 23
Adolf Hitler, Cowboys Fan
I have no doubt that this will be the only time you ever hear me say...I feel Hitler's pain.