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March 25, 2004
Locker Room chit chat. Link dump.
posted by gspm to navel gazing at 01:51 PM - 80 comments
Damn. White men can jump.
posted by dusted at 02:06 PM on March 25, 2004
sweet Bekkering link gspm.....I wish I had've known about him when I was living in Alberta...
posted by smithers at 02:16 PM on March 25, 2004
Sweet Georgia Brown! What an amazing collection of dunks from that boy!
posted by grum@work at 02:21 PM on March 25, 2004
well as long as it's chitchat...here's my chit: please don't post anymore lockerroom posts until april 5th ... you'll push the march madness pool into the archives.
posted by danostuporstar at 03:47 PM on March 25, 2004
or... maybe it could linked in a sidebar or something. i'm just saying.
posted by jerseygirl at 04:04 PM on March 25, 2004
what? you think i actually read the front page?
posted by danostuporstar at 04:20 PM on March 25, 2004
Freddy Adu is coming to Rochester! Woo hoo!
posted by jasonspaceman at 04:23 PM on March 25, 2004
Here's a random facts for you that i cant work into a FPP: - The last three World Series were won by first-year-with-team managers. Brenly - DBacks in 01 Scioscia - Angels in 02 McKeon - Marlins in 03 - SportingNews is picking a Cubs/RedSox WS this year, with Cubs prevailing. The ratings would be through the roof.
posted by jerseygirl at 05:15 PM on March 25, 2004
Link dump? I may have mentioned it before, but the best hockey song that will ever be composed is "Hockey Monkey" by the Zambonis. Beat that with your "Superbowl Shuffle", mofo.
posted by Samsonov14 at 05:56 PM on March 25, 2004
Baseball book review to get you ready for the season
posted by vito90 at 06:45 PM on March 25, 2004
As long as we're taking a dump: Does anyone else think it's time to add an Auto Racing category?
posted by rcade at 07:33 AM on March 26, 2004
go for it.
posted by jerseygirl at 08:05 AM on March 26, 2004
My link dumps: I want to post every article Steven Wells has written for the guardian. An example. And I want to talk endlessly about Fash FC, a reality-tv program airing on Bravo in the UK, that features John Fashanu (formerly of Wimbledon/I'm a celebrity) as manager of a non-league side. I'm sure I'm the only one who ever watches it so I'm afraid to post it here though. I should also make a post about the France/England rugby match in the six nations, but I'll leave that to somebody else. That's all for now.
posted by BigCalm at 08:16 AM on March 26, 2004
The last three World Series were won by first-year-with-team managers Poor JG, grasping at straws already ;P
posted by scully at 10:53 AM on March 26, 2004
:P I'm just sayin'!
posted by jerseygirl at 11:08 AM on March 26, 2004
How about sports superstitions? I was thinking about this last night, watching the Wings/Avs on ESPN. Gary Thorne mentioned that Legace was going for a shutout with about a minute left, and sure enough, Colorado scored about 30 seconds later. Anyone got any weird or interesting superstitions they wanna talk about? Here's one of mine...I'll be watching a Wings game, and no matter what the score or how much time is left, if I hear the song "Machinehead" by Bush play over the PA in the arena they're in, I know they'll pull out a win. And they've never dissappointed me...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:43 AM on March 26, 2004
The first bit's called "Commentators curse" over here.
posted by BigCalm at 11:50 AM on March 26, 2004
Tim McCarver is the worst when it comes to Commentor's Curse. Scratch that. Tim McCarver is the worst when it comes to Commentor's Curse.
posted by jerseygirl at 12:04 PM on March 26, 2004
I want to post every article Steven Wells has written for the guardian. I did post a Wells article once.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:13 PM on March 26, 2004
Red Sox vs. Athletics War of 2004. Foulking pathetic if you ask me, even if I still have a hex on Manny's head for his finger-pointing bullshit.
posted by dusted at 12:33 PM on March 26, 2004
what's the gist of it? workfilter blocks sosh.
posted by jerseygirl at 12:40 PM on March 26, 2004
AthleticsNation had a post yesterday about Keith Foulke and Billy Beane's disagreement on their negotiations. There is a post to SOSH accusing the A's and their fans of sour grapes. Here's the start of the post: Foulke is quoted as saying there were "no real negotiations" with Oakland, just a "take it or leave it" offer. Billy Beane insists the opposite is true, but that the A's simply couldn't match the Sox offer. One of the A's fan sites www.athleticsnation.com is less subtle, calling Keith a "foulking liar" for what they believe was his claim that he'd take a hometown discount to stay in Oakland and then following the money to Boston. Think they're still upset about the playoffs last year? "What's going to be a fun spectator sport for A's fans this season will be to watch the Red Sox for any slumps that Foulke might endure. Think Boston fans will be forgiving? Um, yeah, they're a real forgiving bunch." Nothing will ever approach the intensity of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry...but especially with all the pre-season talk centering on how great the AL East is, and how the wild card is widely presumed to be coming from the silver medalist there, I think the A's might have the Red Sox games circled on their calendar this year. After a few reasonable responses, it degenerates quit a bit, including this gem: Feel sorry for the A's fans? What a friggin joke. There are no A's fans. There are thugs in Raider gear looking to waste time until September. When they actually sell out a playoff game they can even start to clear their throats to do something more than whine. 20,000 against the Sox or MFY is a great, great day in the mausoleum. 20,000 against the Tigers at Fenway is an impossibility. Blame your ownership, blame your boy wonder genius GM, blame yourselves. But stop whining. The O's and the A's vie for my most hated team. At least the MFY have won in the last four years. Whatever. And yes, the Red Sox will be circled on the calendar. Last postseason's great start and collapse took a few years off my life, and I would like nothing better than to win against the Sox.
posted by dusted at 01:03 PM on March 26, 2004
huh! i will have to check that out at home. the Red Sox/A's series was mean last year. Rough stuff, especially Byrnes pushing Varitek, the Tejada yelling MOTHERF*CKER loud enough you can hear it at home but then crying about how inappropriate it was for his kids watching at home when Derek Lowe seemingly grabbing himself in the general direction of the A's dugout. Mean stuff. Last postseason's great start and collapse took a few years off my life you and me both.
posted by jerseygirl at 01:35 PM on March 26, 2004
Oh man, you had to bring up the Byrnes thing, didn't you? Now I'm angry all over again. The weirdest and stupidest play I've ever seen. Combine that with Miggy's baserunning error, and we looked like the ones with a curse.
posted by dusted at 02:23 PM on March 26, 2004
Sorry. I had a screen-cap of Byrnes in his glory as my desktop for weeks. Ah, memories.
posted by yerfatma at 03:05 PM on March 26, 2004
i like the A's. Well, the pitching. i'm sorry dusted, but i still giggle when i think about Tejada crying and doing that "I'll remember this Derek Lowe!" stuff. Oh, and Byrnes trying to mosh with Varitek. Mean series, but funny in retrospect.
posted by jerseygirl at 03:08 PM on March 26, 2004
Hey you two: you know how jbou will say something that just gets under your skin and irritates the hell out of you? You'll deserve it next time. There was nothing funny about that series. Nothing. Tragic maybe. Funny? No. If we get a postseason series, I think a couple of bets similar to those between Samsonov14 and Succa will be in order.
posted by dusted at 04:11 PM on March 26, 2004
I hope you aren't serious... but in case you are... No one here mocked you, the rest of the A's fans, mocked the loss, mocked the talent of the team, downplayed the fact they got to the playoffs, no one called you a whiner, no one openly laughed that you didn't advance into the ALCS, no one said "LOL LOL i love when As fans are sad!!", nothing. i even like your team. not that it matters in all of this, but damn. no wait -- daaaayam! Two individual behaviors were funny and/or stupid now that the dust has cleared. You know what else is funny? When Trot Nixon throws a ball into the stands for a fan when there are only two outs and a man is on base. You know what else is funny/stupid? Manny thinking Roger Clemens was throwing at him in Game 3 and started that notorious Zimmer-throwing brawl. Stupid in hindsight. Game 7 which is perhaps an equivalent to what you are distressed over... let's laugh it up for a sec. "Why couldn't Grady Little get his lawn mower working?" "He didn't know how to pull the Starter" The MeFi bitching has spread to SpoFi lately and it seems like everyone is fucking at each other's throats over NOTHING. Garfield left over something stupid. then before that, I think Garfield and... was it fraz?... were fighting over that hockey fight apology-suspension. After a while, it's okay to find humor in things that hurt initially. Its all about the healing.
posted by jerseygirl at 04:59 PM on March 26, 2004
Yep, you're right. I got too worked up. I was reading old news articles, first the "where the hell did he come from?" Jeter relay, then the "tag the damn plate first" Byrnes faux pas. It would be really funny if it wasn't so painful... no, it's really funny.
posted by dusted at 06:09 PM on March 26, 2004
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posted by jerseygirl at 06:20 PM on March 26, 2004
What does "..." mean?
posted by dusted at 06:21 PM on March 26, 2004
It means three people died. For the record, I like the A's as well and rooted for them in the the last few post-seasons the Sox weren't in. Before you work the martyr card on us too much, how 'bout me getting out of school early to see Rocket Roger in his Ninja Turtle shoelaces get tossed out of a game and the Sox get bounced from a second ALCS in three years by the A's?
posted by yerfatma at 07:06 PM on March 26, 2004
There are no A's fans. There are thugs in Raider gear looking to waste time until September. Amusingly enough I think this is actually true. I was going to write an addendum--for fans over the age of eight--but then I realized the little tykes over in the East Bay are just miniature versions of their dads and uncles.
posted by billsaysthis at 07:48 PM on March 26, 2004
Zimmer-throwing-brawl has got to go into the lexicon. I want donnybrook, bench-clearing, melee, pier 6, and all other euphemisms used by sportscasters to be replaced. "Uh oh, we've got us a real Zimmer-thrower breaking out here!"
posted by pivo at 07:53 PM on March 26, 2004
There are no A's fans. There are thugs in Raider gear looking to waste time until September. Amusingly enough I think this is actually true. Amusingly enough, you're wrong. I've been to a ton of A's games and three Raiders games, and the difference in the crowd and atmosphere is tremendous. The A's fans are happy (yeah, I know I've been grumpy today) and knowledgeable, and the atmosphere is intense but fun. The Raiders games are dangerous mobs of drunks and criminals out for blood. Wear an opposing jersey to an A's game and you'll get razzed. Wear one to a Raiders game and you'll be soaked in beer, intimidated and maybe attacked.
posted by dusted at 11:56 PM on March 26, 2004
The A's fans are happy (yeah, I know I've been grumpy today) and knowledgeable, and the atmosphere is intense but fun. The Raiders games are dangerous mobs of drunks and criminals out for blood. But is that the difference between raider/A's fans or football/baseball fans?
posted by justgary at 12:53 AM on March 27, 2004
But is that the difference between raider/A's fans or football/baseball fans? Ever been to a Yankees game?
posted by grum@work at 09:50 AM on March 27, 2004
dusted, I never go to baseball games, I'm referring to the general fan base, or, more specifically, those fans which I see and hear.
posted by billsaysthis at 02:10 PM on March 27, 2004
any DC area SpoFites that haven't seen it...there's a MeFi Meetup on april fool's day. i plan to be there and terrapin said he might too.
posted by danostuporstar at 02:10 PM on March 27, 2004
But is that the difference between raider/A's fans or football/baseball fans? That's a good question. Football is a much more violent sport, and the culture of football is... less cerebral than that of baseball. I love football as much as the anybody, so it's not a put-down on football fans. I just doubt you'll ever find football fans discussing VORP stats.
posted by dusted at 02:11 PM on March 27, 2004
Ever been to a Yankees game? Ha.
posted by justgary at 06:39 PM on March 27, 2004
I love football as much as the anybody, so it's not a put-down on football fans. I hate to lump all fans together, and I too love football, but I've always felt football fans have a higher crossover rate with WWE fans than baseball. I'm sure it varies park to park.
posted by justgary at 06:40 PM on March 27, 2004
as much as the anbody That lovely grammar just had to follow a sentence about a group of not being cerebral.
posted by dusted at 07:42 PM on March 27, 2004
Returning dumping links... Brendan Donnelly, pitcher for the Anaheim Angels, broke his nose in 20 places while shagging fly balls last week, which required two surgeries to correct. He has returned to the hospital for a third surgery after experiencing severe nosebleeds. "They told me I lost half the blood in my body," Donnelly said Saturday, adding that he'd lost seven pints of blood. "I didn't realize how serious it was." Yikes!
posted by dusted at 06:26 PM on March 28, 2004
damn.
posted by jerseygirl at 07:06 PM on March 28, 2004
Wow, I can't even believe there are 20 places in your nose to break.
posted by dfleming at 08:19 PM on March 28, 2004
My wife (a registered nurse) had this to say when I read her the article and asked for her medical opinion: "Ow. That's pretty messed up." She says that the "20 places" means that the cartilage was busted so badly that some slivers/chunks of it were probably floating around in his nasal cavity. Given the relative size of those bits, it's understandable that they didn't clean up all of it and that those may have slowed the healing process. Slow healing = extra bleeding = fucked up situation.
posted by grum@work at 11:05 PM on March 28, 2004
She says that the "20 places" means that the cartilage was busted so badly that some slivers/chunks of it were probably floating around in his nasal cavity. oh man, michael jackson's got more of a nose than that guy.
posted by jerseygirl at 12:16 AM on March 29, 2004
ow ow ow. NSFFTMM (not safe for first thing monday morning).
posted by gspm at 12:28 AM on March 29, 2004
The MeFi bitching has spread to SpoFi lately and it seems like everyone is fucking at each other's throats over NOTHING. Garfield left over something stupid. then before that, I think Garfield and... was it fraz?... were fighting over that hockey fight apology-suspension. For clarification: There was a long and extended discussion of the Bertuzzi incident. I hesitate to call it a "fight," because that implies the attacking went both ways. If you look at that thread, you'll see that I was attacked a couple of times, and refrained from responding in kind.
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:01 PM on March 29, 2004
I stand corrected. I apologize for the mischaracterization! That being said, what the hell is/was garfield's deal lately? It was like he was just looking for fights.
posted by jerseygirl at 12:09 PM on March 29, 2004
Well, in the irish thread, I can say that I see what he's saying but he just didn't know when to accept that certain people weren't going to get it. It's something that plagues interweb discussion; despite how right you might think you are, chances are someone else isn't going to get it and you've just got to move on. Arguments are rarely won on the web and there are a lot of people who can't accept that. Sad to see garfield go, while I butted heads with him once or twice on issues, I found garfield's arguments to be pretty well thought out and his contributions to SpoFi will be missed.
posted by dfleming at 01:15 PM on March 29, 2004
Brendan Donnelly, pitcher for the Anaheim Angels, broke his nose in 20 places while shagging fly balls last week, Shagging means fucking in Britain, so that sentence scares me somewhat.
posted by dng at 01:20 PM on March 29, 2004
no prob, jgirl. Anyhow, if you're going to characterize me, I prefer fucktard.
posted by wfrazerjr at 01:29 PM on March 29, 2004
The thing is, we got what he was saying I think. Heritage is different than nationality -- yadda yadda yadda I don't want to get into it again. He didn't seem to get us, but at this point its in the past -- yadda yadda yadda. He seemed out of character. Hope he's ok. yadda yadda.
posted by jerseygirl at 01:45 PM on March 29, 2004
Shagging means fucking in Britain, so that sentence scares me somewhat. I assure you he didn't shatter his nose while fucking.
posted by dusted at 02:14 PM on March 29, 2004
Linkdump: This handy little site allows you to click on a region and see the teams and logos of minor league baseball squads.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:30 PM on March 29, 2004
I thought you might want to see a web site devoted to supporting Todd Bertuzzi. Next, we'll have a link for merchandise to support O.J.'s hunt for the killer.
posted by wfrazerjr at 03:09 PM on March 29, 2004
Shagging means fucking in Britain, so that sentence scares me somewhat. I assure you he didn't shatter his nose while fucking. What, they don't have bedposts or excitable women in Britain?
posted by billsaysthis at 09:51 PM on March 29, 2004
jgirl, re-reading the thread I think you're right. Consider my comment retracted, except the missing part.
posted by dfleming at 07:54 AM on March 31, 2004
well, i think he's back. he made an low key appearance in a hockey thread, i am happy to report. :)
posted by jerseygirl at 08:34 AM on March 31, 2004
justgary said it best when he mentioned personal demons. I had the same argument many years ago with someone very special, and apparently I never learned from it.(explains alot, actually) Hopefully i learned my lesson this time: its not my place to say. sorry jgirl. sorry everyone.
posted by garfield at 09:29 AM on March 31, 2004
np, garf. more link stuff. nomar likely out until May on dl. Fantasy league players, take note.
posted by jerseygirl at 10:19 AM on March 31, 2004
GOD.DAMN.IT I think I'm as bad as the EA Sports and SI jinx combined. If I draft a healthy young player in a fantasy league, he turns into an old cripple by opening day.
posted by dusted at 10:34 AM on March 31, 2004
MSFT is caving to EA and will no longer make its own XBox annual sports titles. Do any of you care? Weclome back, Mr. Garfield. Who'd have thought we'd miss ya?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:19 AM on March 31, 2004
Do any of you care? Sure. EA does best when they have compeition nipping at their heels. Without it they've produced some very tepid games.
posted by yerfatma at 11:22 AM on March 31, 2004
this thread has turned out not bad at all. kind of what I had in mind. next time (if I kick it off again in a month or so) maybe an idea is to draw attention to the comments with the links. like saying item: Cujo might not return before the end of the regular season leaving the door open for Legace to start the Red Wings playoff run.
posted by gspm at 01:38 PM on March 31, 2004
gspm, what do scary dogs have to do with the Red Wings' GK?
posted by billsaysthis at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2004
CUrtis JOseph. It's been his nickname for a while.
posted by grum@work at 09:32 AM on April 01, 2004
(i thought bill was joking when he asked but then again he doesn't come to mind when I think of the spofites into hockey.)
posted by gspm at 11:02 AM on April 01, 2004
grum, gspm, I am not the biggest hockey fan in the world but I do know who you were referring too. April Fools!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:22 AM on April 01, 2004
* bill pulls out the Mentos, holds them up and winks at the lockerroom camera *
posted by gspm at 01:09 PM on April 01, 2004
He certainly is a Fresh Maker!!
posted by smithers at 01:13 PM on April 01, 2004
gspm, what do scary dogs have to do with the Red Wings' GK? posted by billsaysthis at 10:13 PM PST on March 31 April Fools! I call foul!
posted by grum@work at 09:21 PM on April 01, 2004
grum, it was a setup with you guys taking the piss on the right day. be a mensch and deal.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:01 PM on April 01, 2004
But I never get fooled! I'm the always the fooler! I'M THE FOOLER! /pouts
posted by grum@work at 07:53 AM on April 02, 2004
I'M THE FOOLER! Just be glad you're not The Fooker!
posted by billsaysthis at 08:12 PM on April 02, 2004
PLAY BALL!
posted by dusted at 12:13 PM on April 04, 2004
Jesus Christ, Johnny Damon looks like an axe murderer!
posted by dusted at 07:03 PM on April 04, 2004
Just figuring that if people have sports links to share that maybe don't make good FPP material then dump em in this thread. Sort of a remainder bin. It had been floated before that it might make a good sidebar feature if there was room for it but until then.... I'd say that the Henry Bekkering dunk video I saw today was pretty interesting. And in terms of dunks, it was interesting (not FPP interesting though) to note recently that Vince Carter admitted to dunking with his left hand for the first time in his life. Whaddya got?