…just messing around
In response to Jason’s post about whether or not his son is ready for college (or, uh, something like that), I finally got serious about digging up Larry Miller’s famous “Five Stages of Drinking” bit. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any video, but the audio is still pretty top notch. So here it is. Viva El [...]
So Julio Franco’s streak of two runs and an RBI with no official at bats came to an end tonight. At the sake of a (now defunct) GWRBI. I’ll take it. And with Ian Kinsler continuing to tear it up for the Rangers, it’s almost like those hockey playoffs that aren’t really happening aren’t really [...]
Not a good day to be a former sports figure. (Without messing with individual links at this hour… Joe Niekro, Trevor Berbick, Charlie Leigh and Red Auerbach, all kicked it within 24 hours. Niekro gets the compassionate vote, Auerbach the historic vote, Berbick the “Who dies by hatchet anymore?” vote and Charlie Leigh the “Wow. [...]
Add one more name to the list of “Yes they’ve met Tony”:
I’m not Irish in the least bit. I hate Notre Dame, I’m normally not all that fond of redheaded people, and even on St. Patrick’s Day I don’t claim to be “Irish for a day”, I claim to be “a drinker for another day out of the year”. But at some point I think everyone [...]
I forget where it came from, but I distinctly remember someone telling me that former Raiders lineman Barrett Robbins would be a good pick for my dead pool roster, but I figured that just because a guy has a few extra friends inside his head doesn’t necessarily make him a candidate for a pine box. [...]
In my continuing quest to find things that irritate the hell out of me, I’ve got a couple more (surprised?): 1) I’ve noticed an increasing trend to refer to basketball players as being “long”. Not tall, not big, “long”. I understand where they’re coming from, but is it necessary? When I hear them say that [...]
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