September 26, 2012

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 11 comments

This is making the rounds now:

I want to be Ed Hochuli.

posted by grum@work at 08:29 AM on September 26, 2012

The Division II University of Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles painted their midfield logo 5 yards offside.

posted by rcade at 09:01 AM on September 26, 2012

One of the linked videos from grum's is the classic "false start, everybody but the center."

posted by dfleming at 09:23 AM on September 26, 2012

The Division II University of Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles painted their midfield logo 5 yards offside.

Great googly moogly.

posted by NoMich at 09:41 AM on September 26, 2012

They can't settle over $3 million???

posted by kokaku at 10:33 AM on September 26, 2012

There are a lot of good Ed Hochuli videos out there. He really likes to lay it out for the fans exactly what the call was, and why.

posted by grum@work at 10:34 AM on September 26, 2012

Grum: thanks, that was hilarious. Get Ed and the rest of the real refs back on the field!

posted by billsaysthis at 11:58 AM on September 26, 2012

Giants have no plans to include Melky Cabrera on the post-season roster. Cabrera would be eligible to come back from his suspension if the Giants make it to the NLCS, and to begin workouts in an instructional league 10 days prior.

This is an odd move to me; Cabrera is a free agent in this off-season anyway, and given this suspension I suspect the Giants won't be striving to re-sign him. Given that... why not have him around on your 25-man playoff roster as your last chance to get some good swings out of the guy? Sure, the Giants played well without him so he's not irreplaceable, but why not have the bat in your lineup? It reminds me of the Strasburg thing with the Nationals; wouldn't you feel like schmucks if you lost in the playoff without that one more good starter, or that one more good bat? A .906 OPS is nothing to sneeze at, it can change the complexion of a lineup.

posted by hincandenza at 03:38 PM on September 26, 2012

Belichick has been fined $50,000 for his "conduct toward replacement officials."

posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:16 PM on September 26, 2012

Belichick has been fined $50,000

He should be overjoyed he didn't receive a stiff suspension.

posted by cixelsyd at 05:14 PM on September 26, 2012

Zidane's headbutt is immortalized in Paris.

posted by rumple at 05:55 PM on September 26, 2012

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