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| Name: | Steven Smith |
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| Homepage URL: | http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/diablosnation/ |
| Location: | Seattle |
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| Member since: | June 13, 2002 |
| Last visit: | November 17, 2008 |
vito90 has posted 87 links and 1278 comments to SportsFilter and 10 links and 232 comments to the Locker Room and has written 1 column.
The state of Cuban baseball. Michael Lewis writes a brilliant piece in Vanity Fair about Cuban baseball and some of the defectors. Informative, insightful, long. Single page version.
posted on July 05, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Seahawks appear to be pretty loose going into this weekend's game. Starts slow, crescendos into the funny...
posted on January 11, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Bivariate Baseball Score Plots...? OK...I came across this unbelievable baseball data crunching site. I don't have the faintest idea how one might use it. But surely, one might. And then one might tell me how I would apply it.
posted on August 03, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Sports Illustrated's writers on the Best Games They've Ever Seen. Linked via Metafilter
posted on July 26, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Bunt Cake. A comic made from ...BASEBALL CARDS! In the spirit of Get Your War On comes Bunt Cake. A web comic featuring Baseball Card images as the clip art. Linked via Metafilter
posted on July 17, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Lesnar proves size does matter Despite it coming just weeks after Bernard Hopkins proved that a 45-year-old combat athlete doesn't have to turn into primordial paste in the ring, returning UFC champion Randy Couture -- as much an MMA institution as the cage itself -- failed in his attempt to write yet another storybook epilogue to a peerless career.
posted by BornIcon at 01:25 PM on November 17
Josh Beckett Won't Return My Phone Calls Athletes don't trust reporters, reporters resent athletes, and readers don't know their heroes as they used to.
posted by justgary at 12:00 AM on May 23
Enjoyed this alot. Somehow I had never heard of Pat Jordan before. I also thought the linked article about Canseco was a riot.
posted at 02:43 PM on May 23
So, by "March," you actually meant "April," right? Right? I finally mailed out my SpoFi Swap CDs Thursday.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 03:01 PM on April 20
by the way moderators i had a n amazing commeny about ufc fights a couple weeks ago that i sent tomyou because thism site wouldnt post them. rcade i blame you. check your inbox and please add it to the post yesterday about montreal and the recent fights. george st. pierre is amazing. id let him have a go at my girlfriend.
posted at 03:43 AM on April 20
So, by "March," you actually meant "April," right? Right? I finally mailed out my SpoFi Swap CDs Thursday.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 03:01 PM on April 20
not done yet. because im catholid and theres a pope hear i promise to send y cd out to anyone who wanst it as penance. its rap and suited for a good workut. send yoyur address. still not gonna correct typos. bulleit bourbon was on sale at wa. state liquour stores for like $25 per bottle
posted at 03:41 AM on April 20
So, by "March," you actually meant "April," right? Right? I finally mailed out my SpoFi Swap CDs Thursday.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 03:01 PM on April 20
For what it's worth. I've been avoiding SpoFi out of shame and angst fo not sending my cd's But I recently sent em. Im tirned of correcting istakes and relly drunk. The inlaws are hear and drinkinfking for the last 6 hours. OK now im concentrating on typing. Did youse guys get my milings? I sent them. So now im back and im shamelsess. nobody punched me i just punched my self. fuck you ray lewis love ypu, vito90
posted at 03:37 AM on April 20
posted by Folkways at 04:31 PM on March 26
Dammit my record of being ahead of the deadline is over. Clearly I'm late, way late. My excuse is lack of access to any computer that could burn a disc. That obstacle has been eradicated and discs will go out in the next 48 hours...sorry.
posted at 02:35 AM on March 26
posted by Folkways at 07:35 AM on February 26
My final playlist isn't quite narrowed down yet, but you can be sure it won't have Nickleback. Aesop Rock will however be making an appearance.
posted at 06:48 AM on February 26
Happy 25th, USFL! (or what could've been).
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:23 PM on February 25
Sweet freakin' blast from the past. There was so much talent in that league. I would love to see an analysis of the combined Pro Bowls and HOF's that spent time in the USFL. Everytime a new pro football league rears its head, (and yes even the XFL) I have such high hopes. I completely forgot that Doug Flutie played in the USFL. Just today I saw this great highlight on TV. Maybe you've seen it? When he was in college, he threw this awesome Hail Mary pass that his receiver caught in regulation to win a game. It was amazing! He had to evade a near sack to get the pass off. I'm gonna go scour youtube for that clip.
posted at 05:42 PM on February 25
Happy Iron Anniversary, Sportsfilter. Six years. Damn.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:52 AM on January 24
Also came via MeFi. And even though I'm not commenting much anymore I come here every day. I use to comment lots when where there were so few members because it was so easy to pick the low hanging fruit and make the simple, brilliant observation. Now someone inevitably beats me to it. I am still salty about the time the pantheon pulled my post about Vin Baker being traded to the Celtics. I believe my post was titled "Later Cocksucker" or something similarly mature.
posted at 07:21 PM on January 24
Superbowl: Patriots vs. Giants 2.0 After an upset of the Packers, the Giants take on the Patriots again in Arizona.
posted by Goyoucolts at 09:18 PM on January 21
Did anyone notice that Favre (and most of the Pack) looked like they were about to die of exposure the whole night, while Eli and Plaxico looked almost comfortable? Man I thought this too and I think it played a big part. I think the Pack was VERY cavalier about the elements and it hurt them. I think the machoness of playing without sleeves was ridiculous. Who the hell did they think they were going to intimidate? The warm guys? Some of the second half drives Favre looked absolutely miserable, I think I saw him putting in eye drops and breathing through a (cheesecloth?) rag just to draw some warm breath. As strange as this may seem, and I feel ridiclous for suggesting it but Favre didn't look like he wanted to be there! I guess I'm hoping for the perfect Pats season at this point. And four years IS quick for a QB to lead his team to the Super Bowl! Not everyone can be Ben Rothlisberger!
posted at 12:16 PM on January 21
If you don't do what I say, I'll take my football home! Lawyer, multimillionaire, University of Washington alumnus, and former three-term Everett, Washington mayor, Ed Hansen wants his way. And if the University of Washington wants $200,000 for law school scholarships all they have to do is fire their football coach and athletic director. [more inside]
posted by terrapin at 02:27 PM on January 10
University of Washington Husky Class of '94 and Class of '01. My first Husky memory was a 27-20 win over the Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. 1978. Warren Moon and Jacque Robinson. Followed them all through the 80's and 90's as we put player after player in the NFL. The Rose Bowl seemed our birthright. You know at one time the Dawgs had 8 guys on NFL rosters at QB alone? (Moon, Pelleur, Conklin, Hobert, Brunnel, Millen, Huard, maybe a couple others). Tight ends, running backs, offensive and defensive linemen. Only Miami it seemed like produced more pros. I was a student when we won the split title with Steve Emtman and Napoleon Kaufman and then a couple years later a great Rose Bowl with Marques Tuiasosopo. But it came at a cost, the first scandal under Don James' watch set us back and then the second punch under Neuheisel put us on the canvas. Since then it's been ugly and uglier. I want wins, and I want them badly. I don't even really care if a few corners are cut to get us back to relevancy. I think the idea of football player as student is pretty much a canard anyway, so I'm not really concerned with recruiting guys that might not be academically up to UW standards. As long as they're good citizens and stay out of trouble. What I want from Ty (and I'm glad he's back for another year) is to keep the big picture sparkling clean, hide the dirty details, and win some fucking football games. I think when you have tremendous pride in your school and your team, it's like making sausage. Maybe you don't really want to see how it's being made. The Huskies have a great quarterback in Jake Locker. Not just great but with the potential to be the best Husky ever and who knows? Maybe one of the best Pac-10 QB's ever. Lots of local skill-position recruits want to go to the UW to play with Jake. The decision to keep Ty was the right one in my opinion. If he fails, then we can bring in Mora. But for now he should have the full support of all Husky fans. Incidentally I predict a backlash against this asshole who made his contribution contingent on Ty's firing.
posted at 05:12 PM on January 10
First documented US MMA death. Samuel Vasquez, a 35-year-old mixed martial artist from Houston, Texas, died on Friday.
posted by Drood at 04:43 PM on December 03
While there will certainly be some knee-jerk reactions and attempts to change/ban/limit the sport, I don't think they will get much traction. MMA fights couldn't get licensed 10 years ago until the UFC agreed to make many significant modifications to the sport to make it more safe. They have a very good track record and I see that track record allowing them to make a stand against those who would seek to water the sport down at this time. Still - for this guys family and friends a very tragic story.
posted at 07:49 AM on December 03
Sean Taylor murder was a botched robbery The Washington Post is a reporting that Sean Taylor's murder was simply a case of a robbery gone wrong. The suspects thought he was out of town and didn't expect anyone to be home.
posted by Mike McD at 09:07 AM on December 01
Howard, yerfatma said what I was going to say, which is that since they were commiting another crime it's potentially a death penalty case - but "intent" and "premeditation" are two different things.
posted at 07:28 PM on December 01
After the Last Shot: The Bill Walton Era.
PhDribble examines Bill Walton's perception of the NBA landscape, and the message of morality in the league.
posted by lilnemo at 03:40 PM on December 01
Very, very, very thoughtful writing. Thanks for the link.
posted at 07:25 PM on December 01
For The Love of Sport: The Sweet Science Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ricky Hatton will attempt to knock a little bit of the tarnish off of boxing’s image on December 8, 2007 when they clash for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas. The latest in a weekly series by sportsfilter member kyrilmitch_76.
posted by justgary at 11:20 AM on December 01
Great comments and article. I have been keenly observing fan's shifting from boxing to MMA and UFC. I was a huge boxing fan growing up, now I consider myself a huge UFC fan. I think there are several reasons for boxing's loss of popularity, many of which have been mentioned (no marquee names that the layperson knows such as Ali or Sugar Ray or Tyson, too many governing bodies, etc.) There are a couple more differences as well - one is there are too damn many weight classes. Imagine how much better and more frequent the matchups would be if you consolidated the divisions in boxing. The biggest difference comes down to money, or I should say the root cause of the differences. UFC fighters, even top ranked ones, are hungry. When you make less than $100,000 per fight (which everyone outside of a title fight does), and then have to kick funds to your agent, entourage, etc. you have to fight more than once a year. Promising fighters trying to get a title shot might fight three times in a year. UFC fights take place, at minimum, one night per month with anywhere from 5 to 10 fights on the card. One out of every three fight nights is on free basic cable. And the fights are set up in a way that is much less political and much more egalitarian. If you win, you fight the next guy above you. If you lose, you fight the next guy down. Right now, in the USA, the UFC is totally driving MMA, and whether you like Dana White or not, he is positioning the sport the right way. When UFC bought PRIDE, they immediately put all the top PRIDE fighters on a free card so as to introduce them to US fans.
posted at 07:16 PM on December 01
I really really thought Couture would win quite easily. This potentially puts the lie to the claim that size means nothing in MMA fighting. Couture wasn't ever able to mount any kind of offense against Lesnar. He looked so small next to him! I quess all that's really left is for him to fight Fyodor Emelianenko.
Kenny Florian was impressive as usual, all he ever does is win and win some more.