Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Bellhorn to sign with the yankees.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2146618
So there are 2 ways this could play out. He could keep being Bellhorn, or he could become a major leaguer again.
My vote? He's going Embree style.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Pats make cuts
Pats Release QB Rohan Davey, RB Cedric Cobbs and S Dexter Reid
http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=12613&pcid=47
Looks like Doug Flutie will be the back up this year with Matt Cassel as the #3.
Mike Nugent
Some times you just have to take a kicker in the 4th round.
Will the owner, who picked this kicker in the 4th round, be vindicated? Time will tell. He will have to kick ALOT for a 4th rounder.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/nugent_mike
Katrina
Katrina crashed ashore around 6 a.m. in southeastern Louisiana as a Category 4 storm with winds topping 140 mph. By 11 a.m., winds had fallen to 125 mph as it moved inland.
She also ripped the roof (or part of it) off the Super Dome. The Super Dome was being used as a shelter by many during this storm
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/29/hurricane.katrina/index.html
Sunday, August 28, 2005
For the record
Courtney Cox has never looked better than she did in Leaving Las Vegas. And I am not even that big of a fan of hers.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Class of '09
There are always these lists about incoming freshmen. How old does this make you feel??
BELOIT COLLEGE'S MINDSET LIST®
FOR THE CLASS OF 2009
Most students entering college this fall were born in 1987.
1. Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
2. They don't remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
3. Heart-lung transplants have always been possible.
4. Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
5. Boston has been working on the "The Big Dig" all their lives.
6. With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie.
7. Pay-Per-View television has always been an option.
8. They never had the fun of being thrown into the back of a station wagon with six others.
9. Iran and Iraq have never been at war with each other.
10. They are more familiar with Greg Gumbel than with Bryant Gumbel.
11. Philip Morris has always owned Kraft Foods.
12. Al-Qaida has always existed with Osama bin Laden at its head.
13. They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3.
14. Car stereos have always rivaled home component systems.
15. Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.
16. Voice mail has always been available.
17. "Whatever" is not part of a question but an expression of sullen rebuke.
18. The federal budget has always been more than a trillion dollars.
19. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
20. They may have fallen asleep playing with their Gameboys in the crib.
21. They have always had the right to burn the flag.
22. For daily caffeine emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner.
23. Ferdinand Marcos has never been in charge of the Philippines.
24. Money put in their savings account the year they were born earned almost 7% interest.
25. Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
26. Dirty dancing has always been acceptable.
27. Southern fried chicken, prepared with a blend of 11 herbs and spices, has always been available in China.
28. Michael Jackson has always been bad, and greed has always been good.
29. The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated.
30. Pixar has always existed.
31. There has never been a "fairness doctrine" at the FCC.
32. Judicial appointments routinely have been "Borked."
33. Aretha Franklin has always been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
34. There have always been zebra mussels in the Great Lakes.
35. Police have always been able to search garbage without a search warrant.
36. It has always been possible to walk from England to mainland Europe on dry land.
37. They have grown up in a single superpower world.
38. They missed the oat bran diet craze.
39. American Motors has never existed.
40. Scientists have always been able to see supernovas.
41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.
42. Halogen lights have always been available at home, with a warning.
43. "Baby M" may be a classmate, and contracts with surrogate mothers have always been legal.
44. RU486 has always been on the market.
45. There has always been a pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris.
46. British Airways has always been privately owned.
47. Irradiated food has always been available but controversial.
48. Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
49. Libraries have always been the best centers for computer technology and access to good software.
50. Biosphere 2 has always been trying to create a revolution in the life sciences.
51. The Hubble Telescope has always been focused on new frontiers.
52. Researchers have always been looking for stem cells.
53. They do not remember "a kinder and gentler nation."
54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
55. The TV networks have always had cable partners.
56. Airports have always had upscale shops and restaurants.
57. Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
58. They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.
59. Matt Groening has always had a Life in Hell.
60. Salman Rushdie has always been watching over his shoulder.
61. Digital cameras have always existed.
62. Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.
63. Time Life and Warner Communications have always been joined.
64. CNBC has always been on the air.
65. The Field of Dreams has always been drawing people to Iowa.
66. They never saw a Howard Johnson's with 28 ice cream flavors.
67. Reindeer at Christmas have always distinguished between secular and religious decorations.
68. Entertainment Weekly has always been on the newsstand.
69. Lyme Disease has always been a ticking concern in the woods.
70. Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesman.
71. Miss Piggy and Kermit have always dwelt in Disneyland.
72.
America's Funniest Home Videos has always been on television.
73. Their nervous new parents heard C. Everett Koop proclaim nicotine as addictive as heroin.
74. Lever has always been looking for 2000 parts to clean.
75. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and entertainment on cable TV.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
All Latino team
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050823&content_id=1180700&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
As a response to the fact there were not enough latin players on the MLB all century team. However there was a semi-legitimate reason for no latinos to be on the all century team. They weren't many latino ball players in the past century in MLB. Sure that has changed, and changed ALOT. Some of it might have been racism (as was the case with blacks in MLB) but mostly it was the fact that latinos had not been brought into the league yet. Thus there were not many in the league last century to enable them to be ON the team.
That said I have no more problem with it than I do with BET (which i do have an issue). I just don't like the double standard on allowing ethnic themed anything when if it was an all-white theme, it would be protested and hated.
Oh well. I still don't like St. Patricks day too. (not even jsut casue those dirty micks get hammered and puke and fight in the streets!!!)
Monday, August 22, 2005
Millar accepts loss of his everyday job
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/08/22/millar_accepts_loss_of_his_everyday_job/
Well that is nice ... since he blows. Seriously though, he should have lost that job a long time ago. He just has no bat anymore.
Other Notes ...
Schilling is on his way back to the rotation. This is good since he sucked as a closer. Not his fault really. He jsut doesnt have his great stuff and with a closer you cant give up 3 runs in 1 inning. As a starter you have 1 bad inning you have 4+ others to shut out the team and make up for it. He should do fairly well in the rotation (I hope). He just needs to get 5+ innings of quality pitching a start. That will help the team tremendously.
Also in light of Curt heading to the rotation, it appears the sox are NOT ready to bring Hansen up ... yet. There is speculation he will be up before Aug 31 to be playoff eligible though.
Nixon is swinging the bat well in Pawtucket and is expected to come back up shortly.
What is happening with Youkilis? The kid should be in the majors. He will have a good september as he will get time at 1b and 3b for Mueller and Olerud.
Labels: Sports
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Why does spaghetti break into 3 pieces?
I just can't believe that some very smart people worried about stuff like this. Apparently it has "practical" uses.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/15/nspag15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/15/ixhome.html%22
Friday, August 12, 2005
A-Rod and Roids
I dont want to start rumors, but unfortunatly I have it on some insider info that Alex Rodriquez tested positive for steriods. He is one of the names MLB is sitting on for steriods.
This one hurts ladies and Gents. I truly thought that ARod was one guy who didnt use roids. I put him in the category of griffey jr. That is to say those of who lived with their natural talent. If A-Rod used steroids then I don't know who in this generation can be called a HOFer.
If this comes to be true (this year, I assume these test won't last to next year) then i lose faith in the sport I have always loved.
This does not mean I stop watching baseball. This simple means I no longer believe in the records I have seen happen while I have watched. It means that the older generation truly has seen better ball players than I have.
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