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- 05/09/08
| Name: | Crash Davis |
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| Homepage URL: | http://crash_davis.blogspot.com |
| Location: | Utah |
| ZIP Code: | 84040 |
| Gender: | Unruly boner |
| Member since: | October 1, 2003 |
| Last visit: | May 6, 2008 |
mr_crash_davis has posted 78 links and 349 comments to SportsFilter and 2 threads and 6 comments to the Locker Room.
"Bull Durham" is 20 years old, a fact that should make people of a certain age check for the sudden onset of liver spots. To celebrate, a "Collector's Edition" DVD goes on sale Tuesday, the third release of the film on disc. It contains the usual commentaries and extras, but unfortunately, doesn't address how anachronistic the movie has become in the ensuing two decades. Here then, a plot for a new, more realistic "Bull Durham: 21st Century Edition."
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
You can take the dog out of the track but you can't take the track out of the dog.
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
"The chief executive officer of Tribune Company says he won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea. Zell has a suggestion for the makers of DoubleMint and Juicy Fruit.
'Perhaps the Wrigley Company will decide after getting it for free for so long that's time to pay for it,' he said."
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
posted on Jan 1, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Sampras defeats Federer in straight sets. "Sampras never faced a break point and converted one of two against his opponent as he handed Federer a 7-6 (8), 6-4 defeat at the Venetian Macao arena, wrapping up a three-match Asian exhibition series between the two tennis greats."
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Greg Maddux? I bet you could catch him with your eyes closed." What you are about to read is a story about grown men who should know better. It is included here as a means of illustrating the legend of one man and his unique place in baseball history. It should not be construed as an endorsement of the activity described, although we must admit it makes for a pretty cool story.
posted to Baseball at 4:48 PM CDT
NASCAR Rookie Survives Unbelievable Crash NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie Michael McDowell tested the new safety features in the Car of Tomorrow yesterday during qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway, slamming into a Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) barrier at more than 100 mph and rolling eight times (see the video). "That was the hardest hit I think I've ever seen anybody take," driver Tony Stewart said.
posted to Auto Racing at 11:37 AM CDT
It looks to me like he hit the oil that was laid down by the car that was qualifying just a few minutes earlier (David Gilliland.) Jamie McMurray was complaining that there was oil on the track during his attempt right after Gilliland (and two cars before McDowell).
I also think the puff coach mentions wasn't smoke, it was speedy-dry.
posted at 8:47 PM CDT on April 5
Tiger beats God in friendly golf match Is Tiger that good?
posted to Golf at 8:06 AM CDT
"Despite claims to the contrary by Lee Trevino, he's also known for his proficiency with a 1-iron ..."
Perfect.
posted at 2:21 PM CDT on March 22
The Red Sox and Oakland open the season in Japan with Dice-K returning home to start. Usually these trips result in a lot of grousing by the players (most famously, Mike Mussina), but there's not a lot of sympathy when you're getting $40,000 for your troubles. Except if you're not: the MLB has announced that while players and managers will receive the stipend, coaches will not. Red Sox players are threatening to walk off the field today if the MLB does not reverse its reversal of its original stance.
posted to Baseball at 9:03 AM CDT
Watching ESPN right now, they're interviewing Varitek in the dugout. The game has not started, and doesn't look like it will unless the Sox players get their way.
posted at 11:32 AM CDT on March 19
John Daly disqualified at Bay Hill One day after swing coach Butch Harmon fires him, Daly misses his tee time and is disqualified from Arnold Palmers Invitational. Said Harmon, "My whole goal for him was he's got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life," Harmon said. "And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk."
posted to Golf at 10:45 AM CDT
"What the fuck is Q School??"
You're kidding, right?
Q School
posted at 9:41 AM CDT on March 15
Carl Edwards Heavily Penalized For Cheating, But Doesn't Have To Forfeit Vegas Win. Wait, what?
posted to Auto Racing at 9:43 AM CDT
NASCAR doesn't take away wins from teams caught cheating, as we learned last year and the year before and the year before, etc.
posted at 4:20 PM CDT on March 6
Pedro Martinez, Juan Marichal filmed at cock fight A video of Martinez and Marichal at a cockfight was posted this week on YouTube and it showed the two laughing before releasing the roosters. They took part as honourary "soltadores," the word used to describe the person who puts the animal to fight. The fight takes place in their home country, the Dominican Republic, where cockfighting is legal and popular. It is banned throughout the United States
posted to Culture at 6:12 AM CDT
"Why do you have roosters cutting your grass?"
Because the the little peckers will work for less than the Dominicans will.
posted at 2:10 PM CDT on February 8
Chris Berman provides good case for destroying video tape as he asks the question, "hasn't anyone here worked in TV before?"
He - could - go - all - the - way....
posted to General at 8:40 PM CDT
I figured this would show up here. It's awesome.
Don't crank it up if you're at work, though. NSFW language.
posted at 9:08 PM CDT on February 1
What's a coach really worth? The knee-jerk perception isn't kind to Oxford. We live in a state that under funds important items, that ranks in the bottom percentile of most U.S. social and educational categories, and yet Oxford High School's football coach is being paid $105,000 a year. No prep football coach in Alabama makes more.
posted to Football at 4:54 PM CDT
"I have been a teacher in Texas for 9 years and football coaches consistenly make about twice what my cieling is."
Mustn't make comment about spelling...mustn't make comment about spelling...
posted at 9:01 PM CDT on January 15
Ice Bowl is one for the ages The consensus about the Ice Bowl, aka the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic? It was cool.
posted to Hockey at 10:35 AM CDT
One of our local TV news stations reported on this as being "the first hockey game ever played outdoors", which I thought was pretty funny.
posted at 3:12 PM CDT on January 2
posted to Extreme at 4:07 PM CDT
"Didn't Evel use a ROCKET to jump the grand canyon?"
No, he used a rocket to fall into the Snake River Canyon.
posted at 9:59 AM CDT on January 2
Why don't you (bleeping) block somebody, Gonzalez. A superb Joe Posnanski column from the Kansas City Star. As Bill Simmons writes, "It's incredibly hard to make a column work this well, with this much detail, when you only have 850 words."
posted to Football at 6:55 AM CDT
I like it.
"Hey, Pro Bowler, why don't you do what the fans pay to see you do?"
posted at 10:11 PM CDT on December 28
Records in sight after Patriots move to 15-0 ,but need to play better than they did in the second half against the Dolphins,didn't score in the second half for the first time this year as Brady seemed to continue to throw to Moss in double and triple coverage.
posted to Football at 12:30 PM CDT
"P.S. Somebody please come up with a better name than 'Spygate.' I refuse to believe that this country is so intellectually lazy that every scandal has to be slapped with a name ending in '-gate.' I'll brainstorm."
Spyaholics?
posted at 6:08 PM CDT on December 25
Could a morbidly obese goalie shut out an NHL team? In an excerpt from 'Andy Roddick Beat me With a Frying Pan,' Todd Gallagher explores and tests the burning question of if very very large could effectively close off the net.
posted to Hockey at 10:44 AM CDT
Just wait until we can genetically engineer people into rectangular shapes.
posted at 12:24 PM CDT on December 13
ARod returning to the Yankees.
Asked whether the only remaining details were putting the deal on paper, Steinbrenner responded: "pretty much so."
posted to Baseball at 8:37 PM CDT
Hopefully the deal also includes A-Rod firing Boras.
posted at 9:37 PM CDT on November 15
"bats right, throws right, farts left"
Destined to become an actual column on the backs of future baseball cards.