SportsFilter: The Saturday 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.
Hoisting a virtual glass to all those here.
Now off to form a holiday wall with Sal Alosi.
posted by beaverboard at 11:57 AM on December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas to thems that celebrate it and have an awesome Saturday to thems that don't.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:59 AM on December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas everyone, as well, for those of that persuasion. Here's me sidling up to the bar and buying fellow SpoFites a round on me, as my wife and I welcomed our third child (and third boy) into this world yesterday.
posted by holden at 01:25 PM on December 25, 2010
Look out, Holden, they've got you outnumbered 3-2 now. I'm sure you can handle it. What a great Christmas gift for you and your wife, but I'll bet Santa didn't gift wrap the lad. Congratulations!
posted by Howard_T at 10:20 PM on December 25, 2010
Happy Christmas, all. Cheers to all, and especially to holden. Many happy returns.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:39 PM on December 25, 2010
Thanks all. The little fella came 4 days early and on Christmas Eve of all days, probably to get a head start on tweaking/spiting his older brothers, who basically had to defer Christmas for a day. And, yes, Howard, we are outnumbered, moving from the proverbial man-to-man to zone.
posted by holden at 11:22 PM on December 25, 2010
Congrats Holden. Hope you enjoy the headaches. (I have 3 boys myself.)
posted by Drood at 01:27 AM on December 27, 2010
Congrats, Holden. I just celebrated the best xmas ever thanks to this li'l gal of mine. She's ninth months old now.
posted by NoMich at 08:44 AM on December 27, 2010
Congrats holden. As a fellow Christmas Eve babe, tell the fella to always ask for big gifts at Christmas saying, "It can be for my birthday and Christmas." That tends to get you the big gift and people feel so guilty about your birthday getting overlooked, they still get you other stuff.
posted by yerfatma at 12:15 PM on December 27, 2010
yerfatma -- Happy (belated) birthday. Considering my third has his work cut out for him, I will definitely encourage him to milk this for all it's worth. Problem is, my first has a Dec. 27 birthday, and he has been playing that card for as long as he has had logic skills, so there is some competition there. Drood -- thanks for welcoming me to the club. Should be a fun 20+ years ahead of us. And NoMich, what a cutie. Watch out for team holden, should my Chicago lads make it down to NC. I can already tell you that they are trouble with a capital T.
posted by holden at 12:55 AM on December 28, 2010
Merry Christmas, everyone.
posted by JJ at 07:24 AM on December 25, 2010