Recent Comments by ursus_comiter

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Yasiel Puig's Little League Home Run

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:43 PM on June 23, 2016

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

I prefer mimosas at dawn, myself.

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:28 AM on June 01, 2016

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

Of note is that Ryan Zimmerman, batting right after Harper, set a record!

Congratulations Ryan Zimmerman!

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:18 PM on May 09, 2016

Peyton Manning’s squeaky-clean image was built on lies

This is what I always think of when I think of Peyton Manning.

posted by ursus_comiter at 09:55 AM on February 14, 2016

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

Oh what a brave new world that has such creatures in it!

posted by ursus_comiter at 09:16 PM on August 11, 2015

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

Well, it's not just the Yankees. I went looking for what lively awfulness is on offer for my Cubbies and found plenty.

posted by ursus_comiter at 04:36 PM on August 11, 2015

Boston 2024 is DEAD.

My condolences, Los Angeles.

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:24 PM on July 27, 2015

Your 2015 MLB Hall of Fame Class

Someone's got a rental Lexus trunk with your name on it NoMich.

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:13 PM on July 27, 2015

Your 2015 MLB Hall of Fame Class

I was wondering who dafuq TOM Smoltz was...

posted by ursus_comiter at 02:13 PM on July 27, 2015

Federal Judge Orders Cancellation of Redskins Trademarks

NoMich, I believe this is a continuation of that ruling. And this isn't the final appeal for the Washington sports team, either.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:57 PM on July 08, 2015

Tokyo 2020 Committee Releases Short List of New Sports

Roller Derby?

posted by ursus_comiter at 02:44 PM on June 22, 2015

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

Ah, the link in the 2008 thread seems to be dead.

Try this.

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:25 PM on June 05, 2015

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

Remember this?

The A's just called up switch pitcher, Pat Vanditte to the bigs.

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:23 PM on June 05, 2015

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

Houston, where the fans are dumber than a chicken.

posted by ursus_comiter at 08:54 AM on May 26, 2015

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

WAT

posted by ursus_comiter at 08:53 AM on May 26, 2015

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

Dodgers Kiss Cam now embarrassing gay couples, too.

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:10 AM on May 05, 2015

The Gaming Obsession of the Green Bay Packers

It's certainly a better game than Monopoly, but they might want to consider branching out a bit. The whole 'nerds' thing doesn't really apply to Settlers any more, as it has pretty much become a mainstream board game at this point. Now, if they start breaking out the old Avalon Hill version of Dune, then you can start talking about how nerdy they are.

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:14 AM on January 16, 2015

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Ichiro Suzuki Uncensored en Espanol.

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:52 PM on September 04, 2014

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

I'm always impressed that any article even tangentially critical of Russia gets its fair share of Kremlin paid astroturf commenters going off on it hyperbolically.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:57 PM on September 03, 2014

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

Jeter does corn mazes The Right Way.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:29 PM on August 18, 2014

Dangerous Experiment : A Roster of 25 Adam Dunns

75!

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:39 AM on August 15, 2014

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Beaverboard, I'd think again.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:27 PM on August 07, 2014

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Metta World Peace looks to change his name again.

posted by ursus_comiter at 03:13 PM on August 07, 2014

Bartolo Colon Has Perfect Game Through 6 Innings

rcade: master jinxer.

Are you only going to do this to teams with a serious no-hit drought?

posted by ursus_comiter at 09:09 PM on July 23, 2014

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

The Espys? Really just a front. Their real job is to contain the spread of information about events relating to the operative "Mad Dog", who tends to wreak considerable collateral damage upon the local population when executing an operation.

posted by ursus_comiter at 09:03 AM on July 18, 2014

SportsFilter World Cup Confidence Pool Standings

Ha! The constanza is like a magnet to me.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:47 PM on June 14, 2014

Some Indians Fans Are De-Chiefing Their Gear

I thought you were going to go for the Cleveland Steamers.

posted by ursus_comiter at 07:20 PM on April 03, 2014

SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

Damn, Dayton.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:52 AM on March 23, 2014

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

THE University of Dayton

posted by ursus_comiter at 01:00 PM on March 21, 2014

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

I've got 11 correct picks so far today. Something has gone terribly terribly wrong.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:54 PM on March 20, 2014

Enter the SportsFilter NCAA Bracket Contest

I am in and gunning for the coveted Constanza.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:36 PM on March 18, 2014

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

What does the Big Ten commish think about his student atheletes?

posted by ursus_comiter at 09:18 AM on February 28, 2014

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

Not the Onion: GOP Lobbyist Wants To Ban Gay Players From The NFL.

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:46 AM on February 25, 2014

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

Hakka palle suomen poika!

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:03 AM on February 19, 2014

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

If no, then Russia. (It's hard not to cheer for the home team. I remember the national joy when Canada won in 2010.)

Oh, hell no.

I'd root for Sweden before Russia.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:59 PM on February 11, 2014

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

Ei. Hyvä Suomi!

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:13 PM on February 11, 2014

How to Watch the Olympics

Thanks for that twitter link, Grum. It's perfect.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:34 AM on February 06, 2014

How to Watch the Olympics

Stick with the final two paragraphs. NBC has proven that they'll never provide coverage worth watching.

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:25 AM on February 06, 2014

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:30 PM on February 03, 2014

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

Lynch ought to take a page from Key and Peele. Make yourself the least interesting interview EVER.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:22 AM on January 30, 2014

"Right now the NCAA is like a dictatorship. No one represents us in negotiations."

Lake the Posts (one of the better NU sports blogs) has a comprehensive post detailing the ins and outs of the petition.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:59 AM on January 29, 2014

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

And now the rest of the free agent market can get back in gear.

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:35 AM on January 22, 2014

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

DeAngelo Hall on the name of the Washington NFL Sports Team: "Gosh, man, they probably should [change it] but they won't..."

"...They won't for a while at least."

posted by ursus_comiter at 04:34 PM on January 16, 2014

Dodgers Drive Money Truck to Kershaw's House

So, does this indicate that the Dodgers might pass on Masahiro Tanaka?

posted by ursus_comiter at 08:43 AM on January 16, 2014

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

And he's been on my spofi fantasy roster since he got the closer role.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:39 AM on September 18, 2013

Never Too Early for Fantasy Hockey

Joined. Probably going to have to autodraft, but I've come back from that before.

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:13 PM on August 20, 2013

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

Big Papi

posted by ursus_comiter at 02:21 PM on August 09, 2013

MLS announces expansion team New York City FC

And by doing so, will further privatize Flushing-Meadows Corona Park. Bloomberg actually has three major projects cooking right now that will steal parkland from Queens residents for the benefit of private interests.

http://www.savefmcp.org/

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:39 AM on May 22, 2013

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

John Wockenfuss. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

posted by ursus_comiter at 09:00 PM on May 20, 2013

SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

I caught this checking on my spofi league stats last night and saw Cobb's line. My eyes nearly popped out of my head.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:11 AM on May 11, 2013

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

So, with the regular NHL Season over, here are the results of our fantasy season from SpoFi Puckathon 6.5:

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:30 AM on April 30, 2013

2013 SpoFi Stanley Cup Pickem - first round edition

Pittsburgh in 5

Montreal in 7

NY Rangers in 6

Toronto in 6

Chicago in 4

Anaheim in 7

Vancouver in 6

Los Angeles in 5

posted by ursus_comiter at 10:08 AM on April 30, 2013

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

Carlos Quentin makes his living by putting himself in the trajectory of rapidly moving hard objects. Consider the followingif you remove the plate appearances in which he got hit by a pitch from Quentin's career and pretend that they never happened, he would lose more than 3 WAR out of 8.6 WAR he generated over more than seven years in the majors. About 35 percent of the value Quentin generated for his employers has come by the way of a bruise.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:20 AM on April 12, 2013

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

What I don't get about Quentin charging the mound is that getting hit by pitches is one of his skill sets. Dude leads the league in HBP just about every year.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:07 AM on April 12, 2013

SportsFilter 2013 March Madness Bracket

I'm still in it.

posted by ursus_comiter at 06:22 PM on March 30, 2013

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

I know, I know. It's really serious.

posted by ursus_comiter at 11:37 AM on March 28, 2013

SportsFilter 2013 March Madness Bracket

I think I've got the basement all locked up, y'all.

posted by ursus_comiter at 02:12 PM on March 24, 2013

SportsFilter 2013 March Madness Bracket

I told you! NONE!

posted by ursus_comiter at 12:57 AM on March 22, 2013