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| Name: | Mike |
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The 'Fat Toad' Hideki Irabu found dead of apparent suicide: Terrible for the guy. Robert Whiting wrote a great book about Ichiro and touches on Irabu's troubles. Irabu had an American GI father whom he never knew, and stated that his motivation for pitching in the US was so that his dad could see him on TV.
posted by mikemacman to baseball at 12:02 AM on July 29 - 3 comments
As an atheist and a Buckeye I don't particularly care for Tebow, but I think Plummer is out of line with these comments. By all accounts Tebow is a stand-up guy who handles himself well. While he might lay the 'Jesus' thing on a little thick, and it might be a little annoying to some, Tebow should be praised for how he conducts himself in front of the media, however idiosyncratic he may be. It's none of Plummer's business.
posted by mikemacman at 08:00 PM on November 22
Citizens Bank Park has Victory on tap in the box seats behind home plate. You can find Sam Adams, Anchor Steam and some other larger craft brews around the ballpark.
posted by mikemacman at 09:07 PM on October 12
rcade: well said, my man. I loved watching Dennis Rodman play, always suspected he was working out some issues on the court because he played like he had something to prove. Great to see actual redemption take place right before your eyes.
posted by mikemacman at 09:50 PM on August 13
lil_brown_bat, you can't ask someone else for a citation to back their opinion immediately after using "there are those who say" when talking about Ralph Nader.
posted by mikemacman at 10:57 AM on August 11
Suddenly I don't feel so bad about my Phillies losing in 6 to these guys...
posted by mikemacman at 11:23 AM on October 29
No, lampshade, you don't have to have daughters to abhor crimes against women. But it does make you appreciate the gravity of the crimes a bit more, I think. Everything is more real when it could happen to you or yours.
I think it's the lazy writing (and poor editing) that lampshade is objecting to. By using the word 'therefore', the writer suggests that the coach doesn't tolerate crimes against women because he has daughters.
posted by mikemacman at 10:40 AM on September 17
It seems almost quaint to hear a professional athlete talk about his high-school sweetheart with such obvious devotion. A really touching story.
posted by mikemacman at 09:10 PM on July 22
Don't forget about Bowling for Dollars. And not to nitpick, but it's an abbreviation, not an acronym. I'll let the late George Carlin explain:
"An acronym is not just any set of initials. It applies only to those that are pronounced as words. MADD, DARE, NATO, and UNICEF are acronyms. FBI, CIA, and KGB are not. They're just pricks."
posted by mikemacman at 08:24 AM on June 17
Great. Now I need to buy one of those large format printers to print this new gigantic bracket
posted by mikemacman at 09:03 PM on January 21
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
Barkley: 'I Cannot Believe How Bad the NBA is Right Now'
Lincidentally, though, I lincerely hope that the US Olinpic team does well this summer in Lindon (too much?).