Archive for the 'Gen. Discussion' Category

[tech] robot baseball

Don’t know about this one. Seems creepy. Visions of d-day in Terminator come to mind.

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Canseco is Nostradamus

Unfortunately it is the truth. Everything the dude has said has been spot on. When asked what he thought out Ortiz and Manny, he said “When you tell me something I didn’t already know, I’ll be surprised.” “And I’ll tell you this, Major League Baseball is going to have a big, big problem on their [...]

Friday, July 31st, 2009

PED Papi!

Boom goes the Mitchell report!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Beer of Sports

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

MLB midseason thoughts

81 or so games down and some thoughts come to mind. Exactly one for each team. Los Angeles Angels – Torii Hunter is sick. Vlad is toasted. Oakland Athletics – Matt Holiday is officially a bust. Is Moneyball over? Texas Rangers – Josh Hamilton is still awesome, but drug use has destroyed his ability to [...]

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Brutal plays of the week

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Billy Mays’ products for pro athletes

Billy Mays was recognizable everywhere. Little do folks know, he was due to advertise a line a products specifically for pro athletes prior to his passing. Flies Away for bad egg athletes – Specifically designed for Raiders owner Al Davis and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Flies Away will keep away bad eggs such as DeAngelo [...]

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Ocho Cinco likens MJ death to 9/11

Smooth one, athlete formally known as Chad Johnson. This is what he had to say via twitter about MJ’s death: “Okay, first Mrs. Fawcett now Mr. Jackson, please tell me that this is a mistaken rumor, if not this is just as sad as 9/11 …” Then he realized he was potentially being a dumbass…. [...]

Monday, June 29th, 2009

A-Roid benched, up to skank antics

MIAMI (AP) — Alex Rodriguez, Major League Baseball’s highest paid player, was benched for two games by the New York Yankees on Friday for what he and the team called “fatigue.” Rodriguez is batting .145 (8 for 55) in June. He’s in an 0-for-15 slump, and is hitting .212 with nine homers and 26 RBIs. [...]

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Mustache Monday

Clearly, Giambi is the worst person of these three, but there is no denying that he has the best stache of the three. Michael Phelps’ growth looks like a weak fu man chu and Rollie Fingers looks like a straight up pedophile.

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

[Protests] Steeler Nation in Iran? #iranElection

Protests raged on today in Iran as the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, kept up his “definitive victory” crap… But wait! is that guy wearing a Steelers jersey? Wait, Yes. He is definitely wearing a Steelers jersey! Goooo Steeeeee-lahs! In what has to be an attempt to instill fear in the hearts of his [...]

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Turkish football’s alternative side

ISTANBUL (AFP) – The fledgling homosexual movement in Turkey has ventured into the roughest of fields—the macho world of football—after a referee “came out” on television, dropping a bombshell in this football-mad country and leaving authorities confused. Already stripped of his refereeing licence, Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, 33, vows to fight on to restore his career [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Ryan Leaf defies odds, becomes even bigger loser

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was in custody today in Washington on drug and burglary charges out of Texas after being arrested by customs agents as he returned to the United States from Canada. [full story] The ex-Washington State University and San Diego Chargers quarterback is charged with burglary to a habitation, a second-degree felony. [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

What a tool!

You just don’t yell in kids faces like that. The mom looks pissed!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

50 million dollar youngster

Stephen Strasburg, presumably the number one pick in the MLB draft, is looking for a guaranteed 50 million dollars. He is a starting pitcher at San Diego State and his agent is the dreaded Scott Boras. Strasburg is regarded as a “can’t miss” prospect. Remember Mark Prior? He was labeled the same and essentially gave [...]

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009