- 06:44 AM
- 11/22/09
I am wondering why everybody seems so concerned with protecting NFL players when of all the occupations I can think of, they have some of the best pay, benefits, and a player run union to fight for the rights and goals of their membership.
Well, they get hit in the head a lot, so...
posted by dirigibleman at 07:23 PM on November 11
it's getting harder and harder to be a conservative white guy in America these days.
That's a good thing. The smaller the Archie Bunker contingent gets, the better off our country is.
Back when Rush made his McNabb statement, I knew he'd get a lot of heat for it, but the man was just stating his opinion.
"Black people should go back to Africa" is also an opinion.
posted by dirigibleman at 01:35 AM on October 08
Oh, and to add sprinkles to the bloody corpses:
Team Genocide is the same team that, for at least two seasons, sold their tickets to scal ticket brokers before letting their loyal season ticket holders have a chance.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:39 AM on September 04
1.) Team name is a racial slur on a people that our government literally tried to wipe from the face of the Earth, by killing them all.
2.) They sue a 72-year-old woman because she can no longer pay for season tickets, even though she is a lifelong fan of a team with a name that evokes the near-genocide of a people and the taking of their land by force, by killing most of them.
3.) Team genocide wins, financially ruining someone's grandma. Oh, and by the way, the name of this team -- in the year 2009 -- is a literal racial slur on the same level as "nigger", "spic", and "kike". And this is a team based in the capital city of the government that tried to wipe said people from the face of the Earth, by killing them all.
4.) I hope you go 0-17. That's right, I hope you somehow lose an extra game. For the fucking Indians, and someone's grandma.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:11 AM on September 04
They were going to stiff him on the tip? That's a five-minute major right there.
posted by dirigibleman at 07:56 PM on August 09
FWIW, while I love wearing Greek pastries on my face, I think WeedyMcSmokey meant balaclava (which I also love eating).
posted by dirigibleman at 12:30 AM on June 19
That was an unbelievable game.
It's a great year to be a Pittsburgh sports fan.
posted by dirigibleman at 11:50 PM on June 12
Argh!
posted by dirigibleman at 12:55 AM on November 16
As a Pirates fan who moved to northern Florida this year, I've really become a Rays fan. Because the Rays are the team that the Pirates should have been years ago -- the team that chucked pretty much everything but the ballpark and rebuilt everything in a way to make it work. I guess the Rays are my vicarious Pirates.
Besides, if there's anything the playoffs need, it's more cowbell.
posted by dirigibleman at 10:55 PM on October 10
This is cool. Unfortunately, it looks like I'll never get to see a Steelers game down here.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:23 AM on September 04
Are we really debating the movie Flubber in this thread?
posted by dirigibleman at 06:05 PM on June 27
If only Billy Bean hadn't single-handedly built that basket...
posted by dirigibleman at 04:43 PM on June 25
Oh, man, those Formula 1 guys are hilariously bad. Every time there's even the mildest skid, you hear them go "OOOAHAAHAAA!!!" It's like listening to a broadcast by Jerry Lewis. And why do they need three announcers? They all talk over each other (usually with "OOOAUAAAAUAUAAOAA!!!"). It's the most amateurish announcing I think I've heard in professional sports.
posted by dirigibleman at 08:45 PM on June 19
Aw, you know what? Despite the ending, that was an awesome (ending of) two games. I remembered this week that I like hockey and should watch more of it.
posted by dirigibleman at 10:15 PM on June 04
The entire concept of the MLB blackout baffles me. "Since this team doesn't sell out their games, we will stop showing them to the fans who can make it to the stadium. That way, uh, wait..." Major League Baseball is the most anti-fan league in all of sports, worldwide. Also, Slingbox is no more illegal than taping a game and taking it with you to a hotel room 2000 miles away (yeah, MLB probably says that's illegal too, but then they say playing fantasy league is illegal -- because they hold contept for their own fans).
posted by dirigibleman at 04:54 AM on June 02
Am I really the only person who read this really fast and saw Tiger Woods choking his ex-girlfriend?
posted by dirigibleman at 12:21 AM on May 22
Every team should have at least one Pokey Reese in the lineup. It is the most baseball name in all of baseball.
posted by dirigibleman at 01:19 AM on March 04
This is the greatest sport in all the sports sponsored by over-caffeinated drinks.
posted by dirigibleman at 02:36 AM on March 02
Geez, maybe the guy's just not much of a talker.
posted by dirigibleman at 06:29 PM on February 19
And, of course, by the last quarter I am totally absorbed. I am drunk and in love. I'm roaring abuse at the fancy-dan Patriots when they dare to mock the Eagles' victory wing-flap. Nope, no knees jerking around here.
posted by dirigibleman at 05:59 PM on February 08
Jeez, did you whiners even read the article? My favorite organic sport is Bounce the Superball Off of the Sidewalk Really Hard and If You Whack Yourself in the Face and Break Your Glasses, You Lose, Because Mom Will Be So Pissed.
posted by dirigibleman at 05:46 PM on February 08
Kevin McClatchy is the worst thing to happen to the Pirates since the green weenie.
posted by dirigibleman at 08:17 PM on January 29
"But no spitting. Think about it -- you might spit on yourself." That's awesome.
posted by dirigibleman at 04:11 PM on January 26
Next year. Oh, I'm tired of saying that...
posted by dirigibleman at 09:52 PM on January 23
"Randy's like that bitch who's not in the kitchen makin' me a sammich!" Next, we'll hear Rush Limbaugh talk about how "uppity" Moss is.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:57 PM on January 15
so they'll definitely slap one of those Clavin-peeing-on-the-abstract-concept-of-Terrorism stickers
What does the Momma's boy mailman from Cheers have to do with this? Boston? My favorite "feature" of this series is the Diamond Cam. "Here's what the game looks like to a mole about six feet from home plate. Next, we'll show you the view from a piece of nacho under some guy's seat in the upper deck!"
posted by dirigibleman at 10:38 PM on October 11
Smurf this smurf. I'm gonna smurf a smurf. The whole thing's a pile of smurfin' smurf, if you ask me.
posted by dirigibleman at 11:19 PM on April 02
I find it funny that all of the MLB websites aren't given the same rank, considering the layout is the same for every single team, varying only in color scheme and team-specific information (Okay, sometimes the logo in the background is different).
posted by dirigibleman at 02:52 PM on January 30
Damn, and all this time I thought Bernie Mac was talking about "cornfish".
posted by dirigibleman at 02:35 PM on January 21
I forget which random weblog I first saw it on. I know Slashdot and Monkeyfilter mentioned it.
posted by dirigibleman at 01:30 PM on January 21
Another new "feature" debuting on ESPN.com today.
posted by dirigibleman at 11:00 PM on January 20
One strike against OU is that they lost the conference championship. Should a team be ranked number 1 if they can't win their conference? Is losing the conference championship more or less important than losing to a weak team? Red wine or white wine? My favorite quote is from this article:
"I learned a little about life in general," Poole said. "You can't let a computer make decisions for you. Computers are going to take over. The next thing you know, everybody is going to be out of a job. Computers are going to play football. If you let computers run the world, what are humans going to do?"Please, let's get to a real playoff system before the BCS become self-aware.
posted by dirigibleman at 01:39 PM on December 08
Thanks to Iowa winning a squeaker on Saturday, they get to go to a bowl name after Corporation A, rather than Corporation B. Go Hawks! As for rivalries, OSU-Michigan always seems to be the most important in terms of rankings and bowl games and such, but everyone knows that the most important rivalry is the Case Western Reserve (now just Case) Spartans vs. the Carnegie Mellon Tartans. I see my alma mater got its ass handed to it again this year.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:06 AM on November 25
Don't forget the Pittsburgh flying bunnies (with beaks).
posted by dirigibleman at 01:49 PM on November 11
When you have 60 minutes to score more points than the other team, the unfairness of not getting the ball again in OT (especially if it's because your defense sucks) rings a bit hollow to me. If it were up to me, I'd just get rid of OT in the regular season, but that could lead to more teams playing for the tie instead of the win.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:14 PM on November 11
I do like the new color scheme, even though it looks like it was dreamed up by people who say "synergy" a lot. I remember when the Pirates were changing from their pill-box style hats to the current style. The local paper had a survey thing where you could vote for the style you preferred and give a comment. I, of course, voted for the clown hats. Hey, I was 10.
posted by dirigibleman at 07:03 PM on November 07
let him go in and look at God knows what on the Internet Oh, that's why the TVs have hoods on them. "He was out! Then he was in! Then he was out! Then he was in!"
posted by dirigibleman at 10:42 AM on October 27
After reading some of the discussions in the Steelers forum, I retract my satire vote. Also I grew up near New Castle and remember a vocal, disturbingly large minority of people are like this guy. I still say New Castle is a good beer, though.
posted by dirigibleman at 03:25 AM on October 27
Whatever your opinion on soccer, I think we can all agree that New Castle Brown Ale is a great beer. Or maybe we can't. I guess I don't really know. (I vote satire)
posted by dirigibleman at 10:41 PM on October 26
My head seems to have gotten bigger in recent years, but unless someone's spiking my Moutain Dew, I think it's just because I'm fatter. I think Bonds' big head is just his ego manifesting itself physically.
posted by dirigibleman at 05:36 PM on October 21
It's even worse luck if the announcer mentions being five outs away from winning.
posted by dirigibleman at 11:34 PM on October 16
I want to subscribe, just so I can cancel in righteous indignation. It's one thing to name the guy, it's another to name his work place, his family, his neighbors, his neighborhood, etc. I'm surprised they didn't end the article with, "Get him, boys!"
posted by dirigibleman at 12:20 PM on October 16
I blame Dusty. And the fan. And Gonzalez. And Prior. And the other pitchers. And olestra. And George Bush, if the mood strikes me. When a team scores eight runs in one inning, there's usually plenty of blame to go around. I don't blame the Billy Goat, though. He's just a (wait for it) scapegoat.
posted by dirigibleman at 10:42 PM on October 14
All I know is that if I see someone lumbering towards me like a zombie with a brain craving, I'm going to try to get that brain-eating head as far from my head as possible, and that means he's going down to the ground. Um, folks, let's not forget that Boston's "Finest" were on the scene too, in fact, one of them immediately attended to Zimmer after Pedro body-slammed him Was this before or after the pile driver? I largely agree with Pedro's reaction, but that figure-four leglock was just insulting. Anyway, I (a Pirates fan) saw Pedro point to his head and say "I hit you here," but lip reading isn't exactly a science. Well, maybe it is, I guess I don't know.
posted by dirigibleman at 10:16 AM on October 13
German MNT keeper Enke in apparent suicide
When I sat there seriously considering ending my own life and the best way to do it, I thought of my wife and children, and how sad and traumatized they would be whichever way I did it. And I stepped back from the edge that day and damn glad I did.
Whereas Enke thought about his wife and child and likely thought, in his diseased mental state, that they would be better off without him. After all, him being away for so long, in a career he was "failing" at, with no other way to provide for them, because what else does he know but soccer? If he was out of the picture, the threat of their daughter being taken away would be gone. His wife could find someone better to love her and help raise their daughter, someone not broken. After all, he couldn't even save his first daughter. Yeah, they'll be sad, but they'll move on, and be better for it. Hey, there's a train.
Or, you know, maybe he didn't think a single thought about them. I don't really know. To be fair, I doubt he really thought much about what he'd leave behind for the bystanders. I guess I just don't see the usefulness in getting pissed off at dead people for offing themselves when they were clearly in a very broken mental state.
Now, after writing this comment, I'm off to watch baby ducks in a bathtub.