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| Name: | Taylor |
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| Location: | Toronto |
| Gender: | Manee-manee-man (Orgasmo, anyone?) |
| Member since: | July 16, 2003 |
| Last visit: | November 21, 2009 |
WeedyMcSmokey has posted 23 links and 4249 comments to SportsFilter and 1 link and 461 comments to the Locker Room and 2 columns.
"I call him 'The Silent Scumbag.' … He's got a silent sickness to him. … Those quiet guys are the ones you have to watch out for." : Hee hee! I had post this because of the quote. David Wells is on the case and the Killing Machine may be getting a little too cozy. Sure, now he's just urinating on rookies, but when night falls....
posted by WeedyMcSmokey to baseball at 08:21 AM on March 02 - 31 comments
YES! It happened!: Like we all knew it would. The most predictable occurence in sports history. Larry Brown out - Isiah in. After all, it only makes sense that a team of five guards should be coached by one. Gentlemen, start your sarcasm.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey to basketball at 09:32 AM on June 22 - 46 comments
The Tao of a Toronto Maple Leaf Fan: Toronto's NHL team may be a storied franchise, but it's a horror story, according to Weedy McSmokey
posted by WeedyMcSmokey to commentary at 11:04 AM on April 03 - 0 comments
And on his greatest day...: Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion - inventor of the slap shot and the second man ever to score 50 goals in a season, succumbs to stomach cancer on the very day his jersey is to be retired by the most revered franchise in hockey.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey to hockey at 01:19 PM on March 11 - 16 comments
Polar bear interrupts hockey game: Mom takes matters into her own hands;: Lydia Angyiou - Mother of two wrestles a 700 pound polar bear and saves the lives of kids in her small Quebec town while playing hockey. Bear's career stats: One game played, no goals, no assists, five minutes for fighting.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey to other at 08:56 PM on February 21 - 28 comments
As a hardcore Roy Halladay fan, I have to say - the voters got this one right. Greinke was very much the deserving party here. Hernandez was also very good, but not quite in Greinke's class this year.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 10:39 PM on November 18
All the best, Matt. Kick its ass!
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:32 PM on November 17
JJ, I would think it would be great to have a beer with you. We seem to have some similar perspectives. (P.S. Do you think I'm cute?)
To be honest, I don't think that you can ever relate to a person who has been clinically depressed if you never have been. Most people I talk to seem to equate it to coming down to making the right choices, and depressed people are more prone to making the wrong one - as a consequence of being depressed. But that's not it. What seems obvious (you're loved ones will miss you) to others does not present itself as a choice to make. It just seems to work it's way to being the outcome. Go right, go left. It doesn't matter.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 05:37 PM on November 12
Simmons' book convinced me that Kareem is a ninny, - but he gets a pass-4-life by virtue of being Roger Murdock.
"We have clearance, Clarence. "
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:07 PM on November 11
Wow. Compassion abounds.
Or not.
There is a history of depression in my family. You hard fuckers have nothing more than an opinion. Don't confuse it with understanding.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:01 PM on November 11
I think this idea probably warrants examination that it will never receive. I can't see anywhere close to enough consensus being built amongst the deciders to even get this tabled. It's hard to take things away, much easier to add.
For what it's worth, hockey has a similar problem. The shoulder and elbow pads went from protection to weapon more than a decade ago.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 05:57 PM on November 11
That is some freaky shit. And I'm talking about the suit.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 11:34 PM on November 07
Whoa. I don't understand the pile-on on kerrycindy. She is coming from a good place here. It's just that it's a bad idea. That's all.
And context is everything.
And finanlly - this place is one of the most polite places on the whole internet. Seriously. It's a great example of a successful online community.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:47 PM on November 06
I'm so performance enhanced, I'm basically metahuman. I make the TV quit.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:37 PM on November 06
Nice rcade.
"Hey Hannerhan! Susanne's a dyke! I know! I know!"
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:10 PM on November 04
I agree with Paterno personally. I've always felt that it was just as telling and effective to act like it was no big deal as to dunk the ball over the crossbar, or machine gun the other wideouts.
But that's me. Just me. It's what I like. That's all.
One of the best things about the CFL is they let the players do touchdown celebrations. Some of them are fantastic. Really fun. I think some of it's a bit bush, but these guys only get to play once a week. We want them to be full of fury and passion, but forbid it from being expressed in any way?
I think touchdown celebrations are warranted. They make sense. It's the sac dances that don't make as much sense, but I guess that's the defense touchdown celebration.
Basketball is always obsessed with it's image and the NBA constantly concerned with how it thinks it's being perceived. And the NFL seems to forget that it can be great and all billionaire-ee and still be a fucking game.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:05 PM on November 04
Utley's performance in game one is all the more impressive considering that CC hadn't given up a homer to a lefty all year.
Jeter's been called over-rated so long, he's now under-rated. So stop it. He had a helluva year this year.
Now, what's all this talk about hot balls?
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 07:01 PM on November 03
The bike vs. car wars are on here in Toronto. Lots'of bikes now in a city not really designed for it so the conflict is real and a number of bikers seem to be killed every year.
This has led to a community of ornery bikers who really do have a chip on their shoulder and have shown themselves to be as much a danger to pedestrians as drivers. The burden of safety for all involved seems to now be the sole responsibility of drivers since the bike community won't admit any fault. I was hit by a cyclist while crossing the street a month or so ago and the guy went nuts on me - forgetting of course that I was crossing with the light, while he was just blowing through it.
I don't have a car or a bike. I use the subway and walk. I hope they get more bike lanes soon, because I can't stand either of the two groups when using their respective vehicles.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:45 PM on November 03
This has been the Canadian MO for as long as I can remember cheering on Jamaicans sprinting with the Canadian flag on their chest.
Nationalism. Funny how it collides with the modern global reality from time to time.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:31 PM on November 03
Entire Wedding Party Wearing Ravens Jerseys
No accounting for taste I guess. As long as they had fun.
But whatever you do, be sure to get unnecessarily upset about it.