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May 14, 2012
SportsFilter: The Monday 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.
Did anyone else see the Sportscenter segment on Bo Bikes Bama? A tearjerker.
posted by bperk at 09:47 AM on May 14, 2012
Some nice moments in Italy yesterday as some old hands played their final games for their clubs - At Milan Rino Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta and Pippo Inzaghi all made their final appearances for the Rossoneri.
Inzaghi, who has been described as being "born offside", even did the decent thing and scored on his swansong to give Milan a 2-1 win.
In Turin, Alessandro Del Piero also scored and was substituted around the hour mark of his final game for Juventus and then ended up on a 10 minute lap of honour demanded by the fans who wouldn't let him sit on the bench. The lap happening while the fans mostly ignored the game that was going on at the time.
Inzaghi has said he's not finished and he might even come and play in the US and then try to organise a loan back to Serie A so he can chase down Roberto Baggio's 318 goals.
Those pink shirts are hot.
This guy is to be commended for almost missing the goal all together, but the fan reaction is great and it's funny to see the other side and even the referee congratulate him.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:39 AM on May 14, 2012
Joey Barton quietly taking it all in stride.
posted by yerfatma at 11:50 AM on May 14, 2012
At least he asterisked the bad word.
Also, he says "stamped on Neil Lennon" like that's a bad thing.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:31 PM on May 14, 2012
For all his skills I don't understand how a player with Barton's temperament and track record can captain a Premier League side, much less two in recent years. Frankly I'd be surprised if he stays with QPR, or signs for another EPL team.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:32 PM on May 14, 2012
Maybe Barton could change his name to Metta Global Tranquility.
posted by holden at 01:34 PM on May 14, 2012
Albert Pujols' slugging percentage is .275 right now. Josh Hamilton's is .866. If Hamilton were to go zero for his next 273, his slugging percentage would be .275 on the nose. That's almost a half season with zero hits in order to seep down that low.
posted by justgary at 02:03 PM on May 14, 2012
Well, maybe Pujols can drag his slugging up to Hamilton's level in that time.
*crunches numbers*
Huh. He'd need 355 total bases in 273 at-bats, or 1.3 bases per at-bat. That's more than a home run and a single in 4 at-bats every game for 69 games in a row.
That ain't happening.
posted by grum@work at 03:05 PM on May 14, 2012
Well, presumably Hamilton isn't going to keep this up either. He's on a pretty torrid pace right now.
posted by bperk at 03:10 PM on May 14, 2012
Dutch footballer's young daughter consoles him after relegation
posted by tommybiden at 04:15 PM on May 14, 2012
Bad tennis archery parents.
posted by owlhouse at 10:27 PM on May 14, 2012
The Reds crowd is a zoo.