Congrats Timmy on Cy #2! May your hair be forever floppy and anger people from Kansas City
This is kansas: lincecum (spelling questionable) highlight draws reaction of, “get a freaking haircut”. about 3 hours ago from txt
From the SB Nation blog Silver and Black Pride:
JaMarcus Russell was finally benched after going 9-for-24 with 67 yards. A fair share of drops and bad passes contributed to the usually-low completion percentage.
The, uh, bold and italics are mine.
…the Raiders were in pretty decent position to put something together; however, mysterious play-calling and clock management led to the downfall late.
Any other Sunday would invoke the, “Do Patriots’ fans have to write these sentences?” but Bill Belichick had his own little boner this weekend. Even still, if there wasn’t enough evidence already that this incarnation of the Raiders’ offense should be absolutley, positively annihilated, burned from this Earth, seared from our collective memories, and drowned beneath 40 days and nights of rained fire and brimstone prior to this weekend, there is certainly enough now.
Good news coming out of the Giants’ offseason! Kung-Fu Panda has already lost 15 pounds in his offseason conditioning program dubbed Operation: Panda (includes custom shirts; yes I want one). Love the dedication shown by Panda, and the fact that his brother went down there with him and is doing all the work, side by side.
Unrelated: Good friend proposed to his (now future) missus this weekend, so tack on another 2010 wedding. It’s like we’re all growing up or something. Dunno what that’s about.
Thanks to the AP for pointing out that it had been nearly a WHOLE DECADE since the Yanks won the series. My goodness, NINE YEARS!? New York, how did you manage? Please, give of thy secrets, tell me, how should I deal with the Giants’ current run of “O fer San Francisco?” Were you afraid your pets would go a lifetime without seeing a championship?
Randy Levine was quoted as saying “The Yankees won. The world is right again.” There will be hundreds of articles written over the next week echoing the same thing, trying to make everyone believe baseball is better when the Yanks win. From a ratings standpoint, it probably is.
Catch is, most fans, myself included, don’t give two shits about ratings. I want the Yankees to suffer. I want their 2161511.1 squillion dollar payroll to contribute to a sub-500 season. I want a Yankees hat in Seattle to be an anomaly, let the bandwagoners fall off and put their Red Sox hats back on.
Ugh.
So that happened.
I’ll admit, I don’t have the luxury of watching the fight multiple times, as many of the folks over at Bloody Elbow who posted such good analysis do. Upon further viewings, some have had their cries of “Robbery!” reinforced. Some have come back, after watching without the commentary (which I *did* notice at the time being skewed, but didn’t think much of it) saying it looked more even than they remembered. The last two rounds were clearly Rua’s and with those freshest in our minds and that definitely plays a part, but the part I’m choosing to latch on to is the immediate rematch. Don’t like the decision? Well, let’s do it again.
The rest of the card was solid, but it also reinforced my belief that I clearly need to learn more before I consider going to Vegas with disposable income. My fake bets placed for 104 were an absolute blowout, including hitting only 1/3 of my parlay (the Machida fight). Thanks to the BE community, I’m certainly learning some of the nuances of MMA betting, and a lot of it stems from knowing the undercard-level fighters. Vegas simply doesn’t know enough about some of the lesser-known fighters, and the advantage of following a rabid fan community is someone knows a little something about undercard fighter X, how he gobbles up wrestlers, super slick submission game, etc. Interesting stuff.
PS – OPENING TIP
One of the things I love about both baseball and basketball is that the seasons are so long, the start of the next season completely sneaks up on you. After lamenting the end of the Giants’ vastly-better-than-expected-but-still-somewhat-disappointing season and watching the Raiders get beaten throttled annihilated in the Meadowlands, I’m finding solace in the 5 days remaining before the start of the NBA season.
The Spurs will be good this year, barring injury, and I’ve already got knots in my stomach for any games against the Lakers. But they’re good knots. After watching JaMarcus Russell commit crime after crime against the game of football and Bruce Bochy roll out a 30 year old journeyman catcher (Happy birthday!) instead of the most exciting prospect in the Giants’ system, I’m more than ready for the steady hand of Gregg Popovich, Duncan and the Spurs, so long as Simmons didn’t just hex them:
I think it happens. If only because great basketball players have a habit of somehow finding that one great team. They are my pick to win in 2010. Convincingly.
Here goes….
