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Lester throws majors' first no-hitter of season as Red Sox rock Royals: The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston's 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season.
posted by smithnyiu to baseball at 08:49 PM on May 19 - 42 comments
BCS officials reject playoff proposal: Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan Wednesday to turn the much-criticized system for deciding a national champ into a four-team playoff. The BCS format will remain the same until at least the 2014 season.
posted by smithnyiu to football at 06:20 PM on April 30 - 24 comments
The San Francisco Giants have now removed prominent tributes in the stadium to Barry Bonds: The left-field wall no longer bears an image of Bonds chasing Hank Aaron for the home run crown, nor elsewhere is the number of Bonds' home runs in relation to Aaron posted. There are no "756" signs -- signifying the home run he hit to break Aaron's record -- anywhere in the park, in fact. A team spokeswoman said the Giants would put up a plaque to note where he had hit his last homer with the team.
posted by smithnyiu to baseball at 06:10 PM on March 27 - 32 comments
The SI.com "2006 Turkeys Of The Year": have been awarded. They page in reverse order, from 13 down. A little surprised at #1.
posted by smithnyiu to general at 01:15 PM on November 22 - 18 comments
Coach resigns after high school bans pregame prayer: A spokeswoman for the district, Trish LaDuca, said students have the right to pray on school property during school events, but the prayer must be initiated by the students; otherwise it violates the law. "I'm not out preaching, I'm not a preacher," said Borden, who has led the football program for 23 years. He has a 116-100-1 career record, and his team won the Central Jersey Group IV championship in 2004.
posted by smithnyiu to culture at 11:15 AM on October 12 - 156 comments
Assembled with truckloads of money or not, they still had to play the game. posted by smithnyiu
I'm not even sure what this means.
It was meant to be a compliment. I don't give many of them, but I was truly impressed by the way the 09 Yankees lived up to the level of expectation that was put on them in April. They have been for decades the best team money can buy. That is a tremendous amount of pressure, and it's hard to perform as a team under pressure like that. But they found a way to do it this year, and have fun doing it. Paying ARod (et al) what they did didn't make him hit better, it just put a great hitter in place. And until this year, he wasn't the best hitter in baseball when it mattered.
posted by smithnyiu at 08:39 PM on November 05
You know what?
chicken butt
LBB, the Yankees won. You should still have a 6 beer buzz working.
I'm tired of trying to make allowances for the bitterness of fans of every team that doesn't start with a Y.
Go Youngstown Phantoms! We're #1!
posted by smithnyiu at 06:38 PM on November 05
kerrycindy, I don't think you fully appreciate the word Fuck. It has one magical sound, and just by itself can describe, pain, pleasure, hate and love. Here is a nice educational video that might help you understand how necessary it is to use in everyday conversation.
posted by smithnyiu at 12:41 PM on November 05
Congrats to the Yankees and their fans. It's amazing to me a team could win the pennant in nearly 40% of years possible in the modern era, and win over a quarter of all world series played. Assembled with truckloads of money or not, they still had to play the game.
Makes me wonder how they won all of those championships before TV, free agency and revenue sharing played such a big role.
posted by smithnyiu at 12:31 PM on November 05
Howard_T, that was really good.
posted by smithnyiu at 05:54 PM on November 03
Here's his apology.
posted by smithnyiu at 05:51 PM on November 03
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you guys. Had he planted and thrown like a normal human being the ball would have been there 5 seconds earlier, with the same outcome. And even though the score was only 13-0 at that point, everyone there knew the eventual outcome (as they do going into most games in HS football) ... it's not like they were evenly matched. I think because of that, "trick plays" aren't necessary, and 2-point conversions also. The whole thing seems unsportsmanlike to me.
posted by smithnyiu at 09:16 AM on October 31
It's funny how all attention was on Halladay as the big fish to land this year.
posted by smithnyiu at 11:39 AM on October 29
which -- probably not coincidentally -- was the year he fell to 141st in the world rankings
I use meth daily and have not slipped one position in the ATP world rankings.
posted by smithnyiu at 06:07 PM on October 28
Burger King Whoppers vs Smart Gilas is one of the biggest rivalries in sports. I'm not surprised something like this happened, what with the hype leading up to the game and the rabid fans. What bothers me is I missed the game. Must have been on PPV. I'm fuc---- p---.
posted by smithnyiu at 12:23 PM on October 23
My prediction is that was probably the last Yankees loss I will get to enjoy in 2009.
posted by smithnyiu at 12:06 PM on October 23
Manny: I was ... um ... thinking we could hook up after all this.
Jamie: I don't date players. And it's pronounced "Pagniacci".
posted by smithnyiu at 01:35 PM on October 15
150,000 hours of moving images
Sounds like my porn collection.
posted by smithnyiu at 06:15 PM on October 09
Yesterday afternoon's game about killed me. Two outs in the ninth, and then it all goes down the drain. Well, now to come back from 0-2 down. Go Cardinals.
I feel sick for Holliday. Hope it doesn't grow to Buckner status.
posted by smithnyiu at 04:17 PM on October 09
Yankees Win World Series
They put all these great hitters in place, but paying them all that money didn't make them hit? Great players hit great no matter what you pay them. But you've got to pay them to get them.
justgary, I think we're both saying the same thing. But can you honestly say last year's team was worse on paper than the Rays? When you pay a great player more, you can probably make a case that there are some that thrive in that attention and expectation, and some turn into Kenny Fucking Powers.