SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Ochocinco may not be Ochocinco much longer.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:37 AM on December 11, 2009
I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that he legally changed his name in the first place.
posted by bperk at 11:58 AM on December 11, 2009
Well, it has saved him from from continuing to get a flood of misdelivered and junk mail.
Lotta guys named Johnson out there, and some of them have even done nuttier stuff than he has, and have the sheriff's department looking for them.
The nice thing about the name change thing is that it doesn't appear to be catching on the way that the whole body tattoos have. I just love looking at a bunch of 250 pound walking hematomas.
We're going to get ol' Chad registered for the space program. He'll be guaranteed a ride into the great unknown. The launch code for his mission will be Up Uranus.
posted by beaverboard at 12:18 PM on December 11, 2009
You don't like Chad, beaverboard? I think he is great for football. At least, someone knows it is a game.
posted by bperk at 12:28 PM on December 11, 2009
I figured I couldn't do this because it was kind of a pubilcity link, but here was the original tag for The Hoser's picks this week:
NFL picks that think you should go try and make sense of this weird Star Trek overdub called "Happy in Paraguay" by The Day Job Orchestra (NSFW).
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:30 PM on December 11, 2009
Buck Martinez in, Jamie Campbell out as Blue Jays' play-by-play voice
posted by tommybiden at 02:30 PM on December 11, 2009
While it's probably best to wait until the winners are announced for an FPP, anyone wondering who is in the hunt to represent Canada in Curling at the Olympics might want to check this out.
Martin handed Howard his only defeat to get the bye into the final. They're into tie-breakers on the women's side to see who will face Bernard.
posted by Spitztengle at 03:28 PM on December 11, 2009
NFL picks that think you should go try and make sense of this weird Star Trek overdub called "Happy in Paraguay" by The Day Job Orchestra (NSFW).
Due to my extensive background in science fiction and genre entertainment, I have concluded the following from Happy in Paraguay:
We should have some apple juice and Jesus is a raisin. Happy Holidays!
posted by THX-1138 at 04:13 PM on December 11, 2009
Not that any of us didn't see this coming, but Tiger speaks again.
posted by boredom_08 at 09:31 PM on December 11, 2009
I was perusing another baseball forum this morning when I was reminded of a classic game between the Mets and Reds in '86; Roger McDowell and Jesse Orosco both pitched twice in the game (they swapped positions in the outfield, each fielding too) and the Mets ended up winning 6-3. The pitching boxscore is a little messy.
posted by dfleming at 09:42 AM on December 11, 2009