- 09:20 PM
- 11/21/09
Aluminum bats replaced wooden bats because of the cost of broken bats. If aluminum bats can't be changed, like a thicker walled bat to change the trampoline affect, so that the speed of the batted ball is the same as if it were hit by a wooden bat, then change the ball. If some kids like wood and others like aluminum, then make it the responsibilty of the league to have two different balls for play at each game. Make the balls different colors so that they can't be mixed up.
posted by Shotput at 03:00 PM on October 30
I used to run, but my knees are shot now. I thought running was healthy, but walking or biking is less jarring. I have a feeling that many runners are going to need knee replacement surgery in time, so it may be good for your heart, but it is bad for you in the long run (no pun intended).
posted by Shotput at 04:12 PM on October 19
Even more amazing is the appearance that Johhny Knox casually dropped the ball just before he crossed the goal line. If you watch the ball, it touches just inside the end zone. At the speed he's running, the ball had to be dropped outside the end zone. But no one fell on the ball and Detroit didn't challenge the play.
posted by Shotput at 12:53 PM on October 06
I don't shop at GNC or any other supplement store, so I don't know, but are there really INJECTABLE supplements that are sold over the counter? I thought everything was pills or powders.
posted by Shotput at 02:59 PM on February 19
Look for Pacman's name to appear on a police blotter or an obituary in the future. If he doesn't clean up his act, he'll be in jail or dead. What a waste of talent.
posted by Shotput at 01:12 PM on January 08
Personally, I liked basketball more when there was no shot clock. A team could actually run plays. Now, it's just run and gun.
posted by Shotput at 11:23 AM on December 31
Gore was in the game? Now there's an inconvenient truth.
posted by Shotput at 07:31 PM on November 11
Samurai Mike was a great player, but he's got a long way to go to becoming a great coach. The last minute of last night's game was abysmal.
posted by Shotput at 01:58 PM on November 11
As a Chicagoan and Cubs fan, I am happy to see the Phillies win. All of my relatives live in Allentown and when I visited them as a kid, we would go to the old Connie Mack Stadium (that's dating me), so I'm a Phillies fan of sorts. Congrats to Jamie Moyer, another ex-Cub to win while we continue to suffer.
posted by Shotput at 09:27 AM on October 30
Mr Bismarck, me thinks you have more to add...
posted by Shotput at 07:08 PM on October 22
Detroit fans have a long way to go to beat the Swedes or are those eight-legged dildos they throw?
posted by Shotput at 06:47 PM on October 22
Now I know why my property taxes are so high. My local high school just spent 1.5m for artificial turf. These places are way over the top. My college stadium wasn't as nice. BTW dviking, to see the slideshow, shrink the photo to 75% and the scroll bar appears.
posted by Shotput at 11:44 AM on October 22
Ditto knowsalittle. Yaz is one of the all-time greatest and classiest players to ever wear a uniform. I pray for his fast recovery.
posted by Shotput at 05:40 PM on August 19
What a chickenshit move. Intentionals walks for strategic purposes are part of the game, i.e. to generate the possibilty of a force out or double play when a man is on second or men on second and third. I never liked it when Barry Bonds was walked so often. What you're saying to your team is, 'I don't think you're good enough to get this guy out, so we're going to walk him and hope you don't blow it with the next guy.'
posted by Shotput at 05:15 PM on August 19
I'd have to add Sergio Garcia's second shot on the 16th hole at Medinah Country Club during the 1999 PGA to this list. He was against a tree and unable to see the green. I've played Medinah and that shot is unbelievable. From his location, he was hitting uphill to a raised green with a deep valley in front of it. He had his eyes closed when he made contact, because he was afraid the club would break when he hit the tree roots. After hitting the shot, he had to run up the fairway to see where the ball landed. It was his rookie year and had it not been for a guy named Tiger Woods, he would have won the tournament with that shot.
posted by Shotput at 03:00 PM on July 31
I can relate dviking, but I'm a little older than you. For games with too few kids, we used to close off two outfields, catch for the other team (if there was a play at the plate the pitcher had to cover), and play pitcher's hands out. We played with as few as 6 kids, a pitcher, one infielder, and one outfielder per team. The batter got to call which field was open and everyone shifted. It was GREAT. And you're right Hater, the kids of today are too lazy and unimaginative to play like we did.
posted by Shotput at 08:54 AM on July 25
The Golf Channel had a doctor on that stated Tiger's knee is arthritic, so it's not going to get better. Unlike a football injury wear you tear an ACL, arthitis cannot be cured, so Tiger's future is questionable. Just like Johnny Miller's career was cut short, Tiger's could be, too....unless he has a knee replacement and becomes a Bionic Man.
posted by Shotput at 08:26 AM on June 17
Rocco by one with two to play. Does anyone know what happens if this ends up in a tie again? Sudden death? Another 18 holes?
posted by Shotput at 02:32 PM on June 16
From the looks of things here, it seems I'm not the only one blowing off work today to watch this match.
posted by Shotput at 02:12 PM on June 16
Of all the major sports, I think baseball will have the hardest time making instant replay work, especially when it's about fair or foul home run calls. It's a big field with a small ball and we've all seen replays where you can't tell which side of the foul pole the ball sailed by. I think they're going to have to increase the number of cameras and probably mount one on top of both foul poles.
posted by Shotput at 09:25 AM on June 14
Good point irunfromclondes. I'd like to know if the jock on Big Brown had a prop bet in Vegas for his horse to finish last, especially in light of the fact that they found nothing wrong with the horse.
posted by Shotput at 04:20 PM on June 11
the IOC taking back medals Who has the actual medal is immaterial. You take back the medal by wiping the team from the record books. You give no mention of their participation in the event whatsoever. You give the Gold to the Silver medalists, the Silver to the Bronze and the Bronze to the fourth place team. The Gold medals given to the cheaters have no value. It happened to Ben Johnson after his 100m dash Gold and the East German Women's Swim team when they found out that the 'Shemales' had Y chromosomes.
posted by Shotput at 05:06 PM on June 04
It's a team event and a member of the team cheated. The right and honorable thing to do is to give it back. I'm surprised the IOC didn't already negate the win and take away all four medals from the entire team. Cheating is becoming way too prevalent and acceptable. Maybe the only way to combat this cancer is to take away all the medals won by the entire track team. Make each participant aware that their actions affect everyone.
posted by Shotput at 10:26 AM on June 04
they'll bring back the Winnipeg Jets... Winnipeg Jets? Bobby Hull? Old time hockey? Hanson Brothers? Be still my heart.
posted by Shotput at 02:59 PM on May 30
The article touches on it, but the weak U.S. dollar has a lot to do with this statistic. The Canadian dollar was about $0.65 just a few years ago, now it's about $1.02, a 57% increase. That 31% becomes 18% in old dollars. 18% is the percentage of Canadian teams in the NHL, so it sounds like both sides of the border are pretty equal. That said, as an 'Original Sixer' I'd like to see the NHL retract to areas where winter really exists.
posted by Shotput at 01:50 PM on May 30
I'd rather see the league start enforcing the travelling call. Flopping cheapens the game, but taking three steps from the free throw line to slam the ball makes a mockery of it.
posted by Shotput at 04:32 PM on May 29
It seems to me that the two main reasons Collins was originally fired from the Bulls were his dictatorial nature and the tough discipline he tried to enforce. The team rejected him like the current Bulls rejected Scott Skiles for the same reasons. I think this is a hire destined to fail.
posted by Shotput at 04:26 PM on May 29
Chuck is lucky that Bugsy's buddies don't run Vegas anymore or he'd be getting a different kind of letter. One with a horses head attached to it.
posted by Shotput at 01:25 PM on May 15
The guy in the stands is lucky he didn't have a beer or a dog in his hands or Manny might have grabbed it before he made the double play throw. You can't beat fun at the old ballpark.
posted by Shotput at 01:22 PM on May 15
She should be punished as severely as if she put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.
posted by Shotput at 05:19 PM on May 06
As a Bears fan, I hate his trade. Your right Qatarian, the Vikes are the team to beat this year. Your defense will be the best in the division and if Tarvaris has any kind of year and Adrian has another year like last year, The Vikes will contend for the Super Bowl.
posted by Shotput at 05:39 PM on April 23
On a somehwhat related topic, I read an article recently that claimed 22 children were killed last year across the U.S. when the soccer goal fell over onto their heads. This is the kind of goal that's on wheels to be rolled onto the field, not an in the ground type. It gives park districts the ability to use the soccer field for other activites by rolling the goals out of the way. The article claimed that soccer is the most dangerous sport for kids. Even in the ground goals are hazardous, because they don't move and their have been several concussions on these when kids run into them.
posted by Shotput at 02:15 PM on April 22
Good point lbb. Someone should start a fan competition and call it Fandemonium. Last fan standing wins.
posted by Shotput at 10:05 AM on April 22
Cheerleading isn't cheerleading anymore. It just a bunch of circus acts and in the circus you have a safety net. Time to get back to cheerleading or shit-can these stupid stunts. At our local high school, the cheerleaders didn't go to the state basketball finals, because they had their own cheerleading competition. How stupid is that?
posted by Shotput at 09:35 AM on April 22
Where does this end? I don't think asking to end racism-for-profit and drunken fights in the stands is too much to ask for.
posted by Shotput at 01:57 PM on April 19
I hope John Paxson doesn't decide to bring Thomas back home to coach in Chicago. He's just a punk.
posted by Shotput at 11:41 AM on April 19
I never liked this tradition. Would it be okay to twirl a dead cat or dog? I don't think so. Octopus is one of God's creature and shouldn't be treated or wasted this way. It's an important food source in many countries and in some is considered a delicacy. Some traditions are just plain wrong and should be stopped. This one ran its course.
posted by Shotput at 11:39 AM on April 19
What's next from this vendor, big-lipped, flat-nosed, Cubbie logos for Derek Lee or sleepy, drunken, sombrero-wearing logos for Aramis Ramirez? The Cubs and MLB should shut this guy down. He epitmoizes the drunken louts that have overtaken Wrigley the last 20 years. There are way too many people that go there just to get drunk and party. They don't watch the game and the right field bleacher crowd is the worst. They've started wearing Kamikaze bandanas to 'honor' Fukudome. Those should be banned from the park and if you're caught wearing one, you should be thrown out of the park. And let's not forget the 'tradition' of throwing visitor team's home run balls back on the field. This week's Reds game had 25 baseballs thrown onto the field for one home run, holding up the game while they were retrieved. Sometimes, I'm ashamed to be a Cubs fan.
posted by Shotput at 11:24 AM on April 19
One last thought. Let's not forget about Pat Summit's 983 wins and 8 NCAA Women's Basketball titles and still going. And Eddie Robinson's 408 wins at Grambling University in football at a time when the college football season was only 10-11 games. That's 40+ consecutive 10 win seasons. Joe Paterno would need 36 more wins to tie. If he coaches until he's 90, he might make it.
posted by Shotput at 05:54 PM on April 18
I think Orel Hershiser's 59 consecutive scoreless innings pitched in 1988 is going to be tough to beat. But even harder to beat is Bob Gibson's 1968 ERA of 1.12. That same year, in World Series Game 1, Gibson struck out 17 Tigers, another record.
posted by Shotput at 05:01 PM on April 18
Sorry lbb, but I'm not buying what you're selling. Comparing your trailblazing into sports to what these women are doing is grossly unfair to them. In your case, no one watched or cared. My sisters experienced the same thing. That's wrong , but it has changed immensely and will continue to do so. In their case, they're breaking rigid Islamic Sharia law and are risking their lives. And if they're married, their husbands are at risk, too, for allowing this perceived blasphemy. God bless them and I hope that in time, they will be able to break this outrageous tradition and open the doors to logic and reason in the fanatic Islamic community.
posted by Shotput at 06:15 PM on April 17
Only 7 weeks? And Pacman Jones still can't get back in football for getting into a fight at a strip club. That guy is lucky that Aussie Football doesn't have Goodell for a Comissioner or it would have been one year and counting.
posted by Shotput at 06:19 PM on April 16
Your right Bo, Brodeur actions would have been stupid, but you can't let a guy get away with crap like that. Unfortunately, the NHL is partly to blame for letting the game get out of control. I'm an Original Six fan from Chicago and this kind of thing wouldn't have been tolerated back in the good ole days. You would never have seen Maurice 'Rocket' Richard, or Bobby Hull or Gordie Howe pull this kind of stunt and if they had, the gloves would have dropped. As for the Aussie punchout, that guy should go to jail....but it still makes for a great video.
posted by Shotput at 05:46 PM on April 16
What do you think that should be? I think somebody on the Devils should have stood up for their goalie and cleaned Avery's clock.
posted by Shotput at 05:32 PM on April 16
You answered your own question. Talk about closing the barn door after the horses are gone. So if Brodeur had popped him and been penalized, then Avery's action becomes inciteful and he get's penalized, too? I don't think it would have worked that way. Brodeur would have been gone and Avery would play on. Avery's actions were definitely worthy of a penalty and more.
posted by Shotput at 04:59 PM on April 16
What a bush league act. It's called face guarding in other sports and should be banned from hockey,too. It's what children do in sports when they don't know how to play the game. When Avery's stick came up, Brodeur should have shoved his stick down Avery's throat 'til it came right out his ass. When I was playing, if Brodeur had tried that trick, 5 guys, the goalie, and half the guys on the bench would have beat the shit out of him. I don't think I've ever seen a more chicken-shit act in any sport.
posted by Shotput at 04:39 PM on April 16
I think too many people are confusing professional sports leagues with the Olympics. I'm all for a person earning a living wherever and whenever they want. But the Olympics (modern not ancient Greco) were started for countries to come together in peaceful means for the purpose of freindly competition. My guys against your guys, in sport, not war. Now, the Olympics act like professional sports where people go anywhere. When the Olympics becomes all about the athlete and not their country of origin, then the entire concept is moot. Why have any opening ceremony? Why play anthems? Why have teams? If anyone can play anywhere, would it be possible to have a 'Miracle On Ice' or a 'Dream Team'? I kinda' liked it the way it was, because it's turning into nothing more than an international corporate AAU meet. And Weedy, your right, the Greeks did not separate into teams, but you can bet your sweet ass that when the Spartan beat the Athenian in the wrestling competition (done in the nude by the way), they were partying in Sparta that night.
posted by Shotput at 04:39 PM on April 10
So this is what the Olympics have come to. If you can't make your country's team, try to make another country's team. I don't think this is what the Olympic spirit is all about. During the last Summer Olympics in Greece, most of the Greek baseball team was made up of Americans, some of whom had Greek heritage, but others used the same ploy a Hammon. Personally, I can't imagine being so selfish as to pull this trick. What would it be like to win the Gold and then have to stand at attention to another country's national anthem? I'd feel like a bit of a traitor.
posted by Shotput at 05:30 PM on April 09
A coaching giant, but a mental midget. I don't know how he lost his job with the State department. I wouldn't want my kid to play for him, but I'd want him to read his book.
posted by Shotput at 07:27 PM on February 05
Belichick's leaving the field before the game was officially over shows that he's nothing but a classless ass. The key to the game was the Giants defensive line. They beat on the league's best ever offense (statistically at least) and shut them down. Plaxico's 17 point prediction that caused Brady to scoff looks pretty prophetic right now.
posted by Shotput at 01:41 PM on February 04
As SB XX MVP, Richard Dent deserves to be in the Hall. He was more feared than Dan Hampton who was inducted in 2002.
posted by Shotput at 04:18 PM on February 03
A good week for funny clips. First Hitler was a Cowboys fan and now Chris going nuts. Nice job endorfin.
posted by Shotput at 10:44 PM on February 01
I know this is a little off topic, but I think it would be fun to hear who everybody thinks is going to win Sunday. In SB XX, my Bears won and were followed by the Giants winning the next year. Last year my Bears got Grossman'ed and we got our butt kicked. The Giants followed us again this year, so I wonder if history repeats itself in reverse. My guess is Pats over the Giants by 10, 31-21.
posted by Shotput at 01:08 PM on February 01
I agree rcade. It's kinda of like Scott Boras leaking that A-Rod is leaving the Yanks during the World Series.
posted by Shotput at 12:15 PM on February 01
Professional sports leagues have monopolies and federal anti-trust exemptions making them unique, so I support Congress' efforts to clean up the steriod and HGH mess. These drugs are illegal, harmful and serve as a bad example to high school and college athletes. But Spygate is another matter. It's like stealing signs in baseball.
posted by Shotput at 11:50 AM on February 01
For a little historical perspective, the ad price for Super Bowl I was $40,000. Becasue the AFL and NFL each had TV contracts, it is the only SB broadcast on two networks, CBS and NBC. The Packers winning share was $15,000 per man and the Chiefs got $7,500. It is the only game that was not sold out, because people complained about the outrageous ticket price of $12. How times change.
posted by Shotput at 10:51 AM on February 01
I agree with you amigo59. All professional sports, especially the NBA since they take 19 year olds, have an obligation to help these guys take control of their finances. Maybe a type of Social Security that's just taken out of their salaries and saved for them. They pay them exorbitantly knowing full well that this type of thing will happen.
posted by Shotput at 07:11 PM on January 31
Too bad this guy wasn't married to Loreena Bobitt.
posted by Shotput at 03:19 PM on January 31
Florida State Gets Funky New Nike Uniforms
The uniform looks like Spiderman and the shoes look like they're made of patent leather. Do they reflect up?