- 06:10 AM
- 03/22/10
Looks like Friday at 12pm EST...Does anyone know if the draw will be televised in the US?
posted by mikemacman at 10:14 AM on December 02
It looks to me like she's trying to defend the guy to her left (in the gray sweatshirt).
I might sound like a fuddy-duddy for saying this, but hockey's glorification of fighting has always horrified me, and so I find it deliciously ironic to see fans dropping the gloves to fight over a souvenir.
posted by mikemacman at 10:21 PM on November 22
What's the difference between Henry handing the ball, and Chase Utley fouling one off his body but still running hard to first? In both cases, the umpire/referee missed the call. In both cases, the player could have admitted to the offense. Why would we call Henry unsportsmanlike, while Chase Utley 'plays the game the right way'?
(I'm a Phillies fan, by the way, and buy Utley's argument that he's been on the wrong end of that one many times before).
If you expect Henry to admit to the referees when he's handed a ball, then to be fair, you have to expect the same of every other player on the field. Is anyone suggesting that every player gives himself up when he's committed a foul that the ref missed?
posted by mikemacman at 01:05 PM on November 20
Makes me wonder how they won all of those championships before TV, free agency and revenue sharing played such a big role.
Between 1903 and 1968, the postseason consisted of a single round (the World Series), so the Yankees 'only' had to win the Pennant (win their division), and then best their opponent in a best of 7 (or 9!) series.
posted by mikemacman at 01:01 PM on November 05
@sbacharach
Would you feel more proud if you learned that he has been here since he was 12, and had never run prior to coming to the US? He's a home-grown runner in my book.
posted by mikemacman at 02:18 PM on November 03
It's hard for me to interpret this as anything other than a jingoistic rant. From the article:
The positive sign was that some American-born runners did extremely well in yesterday's men's race.
If any of them stand on the top step of the podium in Central Park one day, that's when I'll break out my red, white and blue.
posted by mikemacman at 01:36 PM on November 03
Cliff Lee is like the Chuck Norris of baseball. Somebody should start a CliffLeeFacts.com site.
posted by mikemacman at 11:29 AM on October 29
At one point, Tim McCarver said something like, "If the Yankees find themselves with CC Sabathia on the mound in Game 1, they will know that they had won this Game 6."
posted by mikemacman at 10:56 AM on October 26
Watching the video replay, I was struck by how the announcers are just blathering on and on while the event unfolds, instead of paying attention to the game and calling the action as they see it. (Nationwide telecasts are the worst offenders.)
It's almost as if they feel like their clever stories are being interrupted by the game.
"....and Eric Bruntlett just made an unassisted triple play to end the game..Now where was I? Oh right. It was Christmas Eve in 1979 and I was driving to my parents' lodge outside of Poughkeepsie when- you should have seen this moose!"
posted by mikemacman at 08:31 AM on August 24
Not to get all Tommy Bahama on the guy, but what was up with Obama's jeans? They looked like cheapo ill-fitting Wrangler jeans or something. Doesn't Michelle dress him?
posted by mikemacman at 12:14 PM on July 16
Ho Hum.
Forgive me for being skeptical, but he's in high school. That record home run he hit in the dome was with a metal bat. Wake me up when he's tearing the cover off the ball in AA.
posted by mikemacman at 02:54 PM on June 05
I was really impressed with Texiera's glove work in the series against the Phils last week. I'm glad he's over there in the AL now.
posted by mikemacman at 12:33 PM on June 02
Son of a ...! This one got me good.
posted by mikemacman at 06:27 PM on April 01
Let's just hope that this isn't Hideki Irabu version 2.0 Matsuzaka did have DUI a few seasons back....
posted by mikemacman at 10:39 AM on December 19
"In Japan, he's known as the national treasure," Boras told some three dozen media representatives" Sorry, Scott Boras. No, he's not. He's just a very good pitcher.
posted by mikemacman at 04:03 PM on December 12
NCAA May Expand March Madness to 96 Teams
Great. Now I need to buy one of those large format printers to print this new gigantic bracket