As I pondered weak and weary, eyelids at half-mast, on the verge of sweet, sweet sleep, Lou Piniella appeared to me as if in a dream. Or like Princess Leia in the hologram projected from R2D2, only without the Cinnabons on her head. (And you're crazy if you think I wasn't going with that picture instead of the fully robed one.) Man, are there any straight guys my age who didn't have a thing for Princess Leia? And Mary Lou Retton. Wait. What the fuck was I talking about?
Right. Lou Piniella. It took the edge of exhaustion to make it all clear to me. Lou Piniella is Neo, or possibly the Keymaster - I told you I was tired. The Sports Gods have a way of making it up to us, and those grumpy bastards owe us large right now. They've given us a number of scintillating Super Bowls after years of yawners. They gave us the 2004 Boston Red Sox. They gave us that save Stallone made in Victory. And in October 2007, they'll give us the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs. The Billy Goat Curse will end, and with it will go the worst off-field year in my memory. Hell, the Goat may even take Stuart Scott, Skip Bayless, Joe Morgan, and Chris Berman with him as he clipclops into history. Just remember where you read it first, and speak well of us at cocktail parties.
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Michael Jack is either going to be very excited about this...or want to kill you. Hard to tell.
The latter. And can said goat take Jim Rome with him as well? And Colin Cowherd?
it's a pretty big goat - it's nearly 100 years old, after all. should have room for those guys, as well as dan shaughnessy. bill conlin, maybe not - that fat bastard might kill the poor beast.
Can it pick up Seacrest as well?
Conlin, fat but harmless...according to me.
Hi Rob. Yanks are six games back in the loss column to your boys. Yanks and Sox play six more times this year. Game on Wayne. Game on Garth.
Baseball playoff predictions in July = Awesome.
Can I get Rob's picks for the first week of college football too?
I smell a fun game...
mark - i'm consuming vast quantities of workahol today. i do welcome that challenge and will effort a worthy response.
Wasn't really a challenge but I've got no problem with TJ instigating a little in-fighting. I await eagerly.
Whats up with the lack of links and such on the right side of the front page lately? You donkeys gonna get around to fixing that or what?
You're joking right? We have like 30 blogs linked over there...you using Firefox I hope? If you're still using Internet Explorer...well, I can't help you. How that's Betamax working out for you?
Two notes:
I just got back from the Rayburn Bldg and the Future Farmers of America are on the Hill today, lobbying their congressman and wearing matching blue cordoroy jackets with their names on the back--and I'll teell you, the one thing they aren;t farming is good looks.
Secondly, PETA is on the Hill...with their dogs...lobbying against Mr. Mexico. Not good news for him. That Deion Sanders article on deadspin is breathtaking.
Delaware @ W&M – nationally televised home opener for the Tribe under the lights at Zable Stadium. C’mon, no chance I’m picking Delaware here. Tribe by 10.
LSU @ Mississippi State – Sylvester Croom remains a nice story. And LSU remains light years better than his Bulldogs. LSU by 21 on the road.
Navy @ Temple – Why? Because I love me some triple option. Navy by 16.
Colorado State @ Colorado – I know next to nothing about these teams except the fact that CSU’s helmets are cool and they beat the snot out of their cross-state rivals on a regular basis. Not so fast, my friends. Buffs by 3.
Northeastern @ Northwestern – Geographic antonyms, get it? Not really. Whatever. The Huskies give their D-I hosts a run before losing by 14.
Georgia Tech @ Notre Dame – Which loss hurts more, Calvin Johnson or Brady Quinn? If you don’t know the answer, you probably shouldn’t hang out here. Irish by 11.
Washington State @ Wisconsin – Wazzu makes the trek to Madison for an interesting intersectional. Camp Randall’s a tough place to play – Badgers by 14.
Kansas State @ Auburn – Two teams I despise intensely. Tie, after both inbred fanbases rush the field during a cheerleading stunt, thinking that the game’s over. Alright, maybe Auburn wins by 17.
Tennessee @ California – Big revenge factor here after the Vols put it on the Bears in the season opener last year in Knoxville. Nice little conference you got there, Pac-10. Shame we have to bludgeon it to death. Rocky Top by 10.
Florida State @ Clemson – I refuse to acknowledge this game because it’s being played on a Monday night. Enough is enough, people.
Well played Herve...well played.
Look, it's a Ron Mercer sighting:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former NBA player Ron Mercer surrendered to police on Wednesday to face a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a scuffle in a strip club in April, police said.
Mercer, 31, is a Nashville native who was waived by the New Jersey Nets in 2005 after missing more than 60 games due to injury.
Police said Mercer’s friend, 34-year-old Robert Edward Johnson, was also charged with felony aggravated assault for stabbing a bouncer at the club in the same incident.
Nice work indeed, Rob. One question though: Why exactly do you hate KSU? I understand Auburn but I'm a bit perplexed on the 'Cats. I don't neccessarily like them but also find them awfully hard to get fired up about either way.
Oh, and TJ, my betamax rules. You'll be sorry when they make a comeback.
Mark, don't call it a comeback, the Betamax has been here for years.
because bill snyder is/was a turbodouche nazi asshat. in a sport where head coaches are programmed to be wound tighter than a size 30 speedo on teejay, he stood out head and shoulders above the pack. i hated the way they scheduled pansies, even after they got good enough not to. and ron prince once kicked my cat.
Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead...
Actor Peter Greene - who, as Zed the Gimp-keeper, was memorably dispatched by Bruce Willis in "Pulp Fiction" - was arrested Tuesday night in the East Village for possession of crack cocaine.
I was guessing that is was Snyder who'd kicked your dog. I had no idea that Prince was sich a dick.
Another reason to hate KSU: They have the cheapest, white trash mascot costume I've ever seen. It's literally a poorly constructed cats head on some students body. Really, thats it.
So Speedo's are sized by waist size?
poetic license, let it go.
and nice subterfuge. like you don't know.
Should we send out a (mc) search party for Whit?
Yes, I have an exhaustive collection of multi-colored speedos.
i bet jerry was required to get several once he stepped on the tarmac in athens.
It is going to happen. There is no longer any doubt in my mind.
Wow, you're the only other non-Brit who has ever referenced Victory other than myself. We are talking about the same movie, right? The one with Michael Caine and the bad guy from "Strange Brew"?
oh, yeah, we're talking about the same movie.
Brewmeister Smith?
that's max von sydow to you. he's swedish, dontcha know.
The pride of the Siena Saints:
PHILADELPHIA -- Washington's John Lannan was thrown out in his major league debut after hitting Philadelphia's Chase Utley and Ryan Howard in consecutive at-bats in the fifth inning Thursday.
Whoa...Skip Prosser just had a heart attack and died.
He died? really? I read that he collapsed but hadn't heard anymore. Jesus, thats awful.
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