It's Like Opening Day All Over Again

My oh my, where did the year go.
My last post was early June.  Why did I stop?  General laziness I suppose.  Lack of time (not true).  Disinterest?  Very likely.

But since we have a month in the books of the 2011 MLB season (not to mention a rousing NHL post-season and recently completed NFL Draft), let's kick the tires on a couple posts here and there.

What can you expect to see here?

Derek Jeter, Thespian

Derek Jeter recently cracked the ripe old age of 36, and I think he's been planning for his second career for quite some time.  Take a gander at this 'Rescue Me' promo and you'll see what I mean.


The moment when The Captain and that comedian who cracks jokes about smoking cigarettes make eye contact sends shivers down the spine of my community college acting class literature.

Let's take a stroll down memory lane and review Mr Minka Kelly's past acting roles.

There was that time where he starred opposite Roger 'Roid Rage' Clemens in Jack Nicholson's finest film, 'Anger Management.'










Then he shared the screen with the man who was famous for knowing the location of every public bathroom in Manhattan.




















And who could forget Derek Jeter's Taco Hole!



Did I fail to mention Derek is a method actor?

The Shitsburgh Pirates are Officially The Saddest Team in Baseball

They trade away all of their good players, (Adam LaRoche, Nate McClouth, Andrew McCutchen is probably next) they have projectile vomit-inducing uniforms, and seem to find ways to lose games instead of finding ways to win them. After watching this global soccer tournament nonsense, the Pirates have made a decent argument to implement team relegation in the MLB.

I was boning up on some player news updates when I came across this astonishing sentence: "[RP Evan] Meek, who gave up a game-deciding unearned run on a solo homer to Kurt Suzuki on Sunday..." I had never heard of this occurring in a baseball game, but considering the team being discussed was the Pirates, I could totally see it happening.

Nevertheless, I investigated the box score and the video at Pirates.com (a website that could possibly be less exciting than this one). At the 1:05 mark, you can view the error by C Jason Jaramillo; he drops an easy pop-foul ball hit by Oakland Athletic's C Kurt Suzuki. The play seems harmless until you see how Suzuki handles Meek's 2-2 pitch by depositing it into the left field bleachers for the go-ahead run.

The fun doesn't end there.

Keep watching to clip to see the game end with Pirates' baserunner Pedro Alvarez being hit by a ball off the bat of soon-to-be-traded-highly-touted-prospect Jose Tabata. But look on the bright side. At least it counted as a single, so all you fantasy baseball junkies probably got that half point increase in your team's batting average.

I would like to thank the Pittsburgh Pirates for allowing me to reminisce about the way my 6th grade Little League baseball team used to play. Ah, those were the days.

Which Sports Illustrated Cover is Better?

This one?

Or this one?

As a side note, it sucks that the skier dude on the left is shorter than Vonn (who is a monster anyways) AND Mancuso. I mean come on put the guy in a booster seat at least.

What a basterd.

It's Bruce Beck filling in again for Big Mikey. The guy's as stiff as a board and reads the teleprompter like a two year-old.

I also have a slight prejudice against him because his jack ass son graduated three people in front of me in college. As far as I know, he's still working for the Jersey Nets because his daddy got him the job. Congratulations buddy. Keep up the good work.

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At least Mike will be back on the radio tomorrow.

The Last Days of Joe & Evan

I thought this day would never come.

Today is the last day of Joe and Evan filling in for Michael. I have to admit that I have warmed up a bit to the fellows. But I really have missed my Mikey fix.

I guess the one upside to Joe and Evan is that they muster up some Mike and the Mad Dog nostalgia. The back and forth banter was always entertaining. Now Mike is working Han Solo on top his soapbox with no second opinion, lest you disagree with him.

Meanwhile, Mad Dog is busy firing his entire station.

Hopefully, Mike will be back at his post on Sunday night's Mike'd Up. Seeing his svelt figure is almost as cathartic as hearing his smooth, silky voice.

A Mad Dog Update

And here's more of Mad Dog waxing poetic about how his show is comparable to a fat stack of mediocrity.