Archive for August, 2008
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008“It sounds like Redskins head coach Jim Zorn is about to break an unwritten — and wise — code in the final game of the preseason: He’s going to try to win.“ — ESPN blogger Matt Mosley
I’m not sure how Mr. Mosley reaches his final verdict, but it is true that Zorn Star may play [...]
It’s a Lot Easier to Be a Great Closer When the Strikezone Is Six Inches Wider
Monday, August 25th, 2008Here are two pitches from Mariano Rivera to Jay Payton and then Nick Markakis in key situations — 1-2 count, two outs, runner on base, down by one — during yesterday’s loss to the Yankees. Let’s play a little game called “guess whether the ump called these balls or strikes.” Keep in mind that [...]
Kevin Millar and His Hitler-Style Mustache
Sunday, August 24th, 2008The only thing funnier than Mr. Millar’s lip fur on this Sunday afternoon was the commentary provided by MASN announcers Jim Hunter and Jim Palmer. Somehow the always topical Mary Poppins was referenced while a certain German dictator was not. Somewhere Charlie Chaplin made sad eyes.
And in some ways the follicular folly reminds me of [...]
That’s a Bummer
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Giants man-child Osi Umenyiora is out for the season after tearing ligaments in his knee last night. This, of course, is horribly unfortunate for the Giants and their fans and I wouldn’t even dream of being shallow enough to bring up how awesome this is for the rest of the division or that this totally [...]
‘White Boy’ Misses Sean Taylor
Sunday, August 24th, 2008My lady friend turned on some show called “I Love Money” today after I made the horrible mistake of handing her the remote. Apparently, this show brings together the most whorish of whores from “Flavor of Love” and the douchiest of douchebags from “I Love New York” and puts them in a house to get [...]
Redskins-Panthers Winners and Losers
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008Note: I turned this off at 41-0.
Loser: Me — For missing the first half-hour due to FOX’s MLB game going too long. Great service FOX did here in North Carolina, which is Panthers and Redskins territory. Back home, Comcast SportsNet had problems of their own, and I don’t mean Patrick & Theismann.
Winner: You — [...]
WaPo’s Tracee Hamilton Deserves a Gold Medal For Olympic Blogging
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008In the two weeks these Games have been going on, I hadn’t once checked out The Washington Post’s Heavy Medal Olympics blog — guess I was busy reading real, actual content from Steinberg at the D.C. Beijing Sports Smog Bog Blog. But this morning, Jamie alerted me to this post about the US baseball team, [...]
Nats Celebrate One-Game Winning Streak
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Nats win! ZOMG, the Nats win!
Washington snapped an MLB season-long 12-game losing streak with a win over Philly, disproving Chico Harlan’s theory that they’re “the most consistent team in baseball” (which was a well-played response to Ryan Zimmerman blaming their woes on “inconsistency”). So the Nats seem quite please with themselves:
“Acta reminded his club the [...]
Clearing Up the Latest Junkies Nonsense
Friday, August 22nd, 2008People have brought this up several times to Jamie and myself over the past couple days, but we were both skeptical about giving it any special mention here. But, if you’re readying this, then you’ve already figured out that, yes, we’ve decided to address The Junkies once again devoting some of their clearly-not-valuable air time [...]
It’s the 2nd Greatest Skins Hat of All-Time
Friday, August 22nd, 2008The Hogs hat is still supreme, but Art Monk Football Camp isn’t far behind.
(Loudoun County gangster pic courtesy of The Mayor of FedEx Field.)
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