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March 25, 2010
SportsFilter: The Thursday 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.
Some context would be appreciated, JJ. Who is this person and why is she singing about getting it up the bum?
posted by NoMich at 07:14 AM on March 25, 2010
'Flash my gash'?
Some of the best Essex lyrics this side of Ian Dury.
posted by owlhouse at 07:17 AM on March 25, 2010
3 posts early on to the huddle. Lunchtime in the UK and already Saturday (or thereabouts) Down Under. Hard for us sleepy Yanks to keep up.
What a talented gal on the clip. I always wondered what "FC" meant. Now I know.
She should devote an entire song to West Ham to improve her chances of getting backstage at an Iron Maiden show. Although they no doubt like her type back there already.
Missy, if you had wanted to do golf, you're about eight weeks too late. The therapy has already been paid for and the azaleas are beckoning.
posted by beaverboard at 08:12 AM on March 25, 2010
Yeah, all about the sports here.
USSA president Bill Marolt arrested for DUI, in Park City, on St. Patrick's Day. I think this is cool because I think that Marolt is a tool.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:05 AM on March 25, 2010
How much alcohol do you have to have in your system to be on the wrong side of the law in Utah?
posted by beaverboard at 09:16 AM on March 25, 2010
This Ichiro kid might make it as a defender.
Although there's video of Ichiro's grab and it was a great catch, if it happens during spring training is it really that unbelievable? This catch was actually from a game that meant something.
I think Ichiro is due to have an MVP season this year even though he's already a HoF IMO. The Mariners should have a great year.
For the sake of my fantasy baseball roster.... PLEASE have a great year!! Pretty please with an F'N cherry on top!!
posted by BornIcon at 09:51 AM on March 25, 2010
Although there's video of Ichiro's grab and it was a great catch, if it happens during spring training is it really that unbelievable?
Yes. The ball doesn't know it's spring training. A tough catch is not easier to make in an exhibition game.
posted by rcade at 10:14 AM on March 25, 2010
The ball doesn't know it's spring training.
But we do.
posted by BornIcon at 10:29 AM on March 25, 2010
Yes. The ball doesn't know it's spring training. A tough catch is not easier to make in an exhibition game.
Also there was no throw ala Willie Mays and not the World Series. But a great catch anyway.
posted by gfinsf at 10:35 AM on March 25, 2010
Medal Count in Context, the power of visualizing sports data FTW!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:03 AM on March 25, 2010
The Buccaneers may be facing the first blackouts since Raymond James Stadium opened in 1998.
posted by rcade at 11:06 AM on March 25, 2010
Some context would be appreciated, JJ.
She's no one (as yet) and the song is lampooning the recent tabloid shame of various footballers in the UK (and to an equal extent lampooning the airheads that aided their behaviour). It's just the kind of thing that will probably take off in England, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear it being sung from the terraces in South Africa this summer.
posted by JJ at 12:23 PM on March 25, 2010
The ball doesn't know it's spring training. But we do.
Aesthetic relativism. Go nuts. Me, I think jumping in the air for a ball that's arriving over your shoulder and catching it is pretty kick-ass even if he had a beer in his other hand.
posted by yerfatma at 12:49 PM on March 25, 2010
I'm with you, it was a great catch that takes skill, speed and focus. I'm just saying that it was done in a game that isn't going to mean anything once the regular season begins.
...it is pretty kick-ass even if he had a beer in his other hand.
You sure it wasn't a sake bomb? Now that would be impressive.
posted by BornIcon at 01:40 PM on March 25, 2010
I don't get it.
posted by yerfatma at 01:46 PM on March 25, 2010
Well, what happens is that the sake is balanced between two chopsticks over a glass of beer...
posted by BornIcon at 01:59 PM on March 25, 2010
Tebow told Mike Florio that the Wonderlic prayer story is complete fucking bullshit (paraphrasing). Florio, true to form, claims that he believes Tebow is telling the truth but his source was telling the truth too. Hack!
posted by rcade at 02:22 PM on March 25, 2010
NHLPA approves head-shot rule for rest of season: Bill Daly, deputy commissioner of the NHL, said the supplemental discipline portion of the rule will be in effect for Thursday's games. That calls for an automatic league review and possible suspension for any hit to the head from behind or the blindside.
posted by tommybiden at 02:26 PM on March 25, 2010
I'm just going to let this one speak for itself. I'm lost for words.
Now if someone could please translate the words into good, old Amurrican.
England and the US, 2 peoples separated by a common language.
posted by Howard_T at 03:41 PM on March 25, 2010
Medal Count in Context, the power of visualizing sports data FTW!
On the podium based on average temperature in the capital city! Oi! Oi! Oi!
Not much advantage, given Canberra is the coldest major city in Australia anyway.
posted by owlhouse at 04:21 PM on March 25, 2010
Alves off fight card for UFC 111. A little shuffle of the deck and it's now Fitch v. Saunders.
posted by Spitztengle at 05:54 PM on March 25, 2010
catching it is pretty kick-ass even if he had a beer in his other hand
I tried once in my softball league--missed the catch, spilled my beer, and generally looked like a tool. Ahhhh, middle age athletics.
posted by tahoemoj at 08:10 PM on March 25, 2010
posted by BoKnows at 08:31 PM on March 25, 2010
And in case that isn't enough, here are more freak injuries.
posted by BoKnows at 08:38 PM on March 25, 2010
What nothing about Lou Whitaker missing a few games for hurting himself while doing the Cabbage Patch?
posted by MeatSaber at 09:13 PM on March 25, 2010
Apropos of JJ's video. It seems the John Terry/Wayne Bridge fiasco has now crossed over and gone global.
Warning: Kardashian Kontent.
posted by owlhouse at 09:14 PM on March 25, 2010
Warning: Kardashian Kontent.
Good thing I've got a widescreen monitor.
posted by tommybiden at 09:17 PM on March 25, 2010
How bad is the market share on the MLS season opener going to be tonight airing at the same time as the second pair of Sweet 16 matches?
posted by boredom_08 at 09:55 PM on March 25, 2010
Former NFL QB Ryan Leaf gets 10 years probation
posted by tommybiden at 11:29 PM on March 25, 2010
Kardashian has refused to answer questions about Bush.
We just going to leave that hanging out there?
posted by JJ at 06:29 AM on March 26, 2010
Bush: much better in college than in the pros.
posted by beaverboard at 08:04 AM on March 26, 2010
Warning: Kardashian Kontent.
Kardashians got slaughtered, Mark David Chapman-style, on this week's South Park!
posted by billsaysthis at 12:27 PM on March 26, 2010
I'm just going to let this one speak for itself. I'm lost for words.