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January 15, 2013
SportsFilter: The Tuesday 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.
A statistical look at the options available to Seattle on the last play of Sunday's game.
posted by yerfatma at 01:06 PM on January 15, 2013
Red Sox ownership told Theo Epstein the team needed "sexy guys" to improve flagging TV ratings and bring in female fans (who obviously could never just like a sport without some tight buns).
Kill me now.
posted by yerfatma at 04:16 PM on January 15, 2013
Henry and Werner are in the wrong sport. They should have bought a hockey team so they could roster guys like Tie Domi.
posted by beaverboard at 04:55 PM on January 15, 2013
Red Sox ownership told Theo Epstein the team needed "sexy guys" to improve flagging TV ratings and bring in female fans (who obviously could never just like a sport without some tight buns).
Too bad they already let Youklis go.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:58 PM on January 15, 2013
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:43 PM on January 15, 2013
Mr. B., that exceeded my laugh limit.
I need to make you a Mai Tai.
posted by beaverboard at 08:45 PM on January 15, 2013
Wait...isn't Mr Bismarck one of your sock puppet, beaverboard?
posted by NoMich at 08:57 PM on January 15, 2013
Not any longer. That show was shut down by the state of Illinois.
posted by beaverboard at 10:57 PM on January 15, 2013
quite a game right now between Indiana and Wisconsin.
posted by insomnyuk at 10:58 PM on January 15, 2013
I've never heard of a team running players through a Hot or Not? test before making deals. That's got to hurt some of the people they got rid of during that period. Mike Lowell is asking his wife this morning if his pants make him look fat. Adrian Beltre is ordering Rogaine. Josh Beckett is finally realizing that the soul patch draws too much attention to his doughy chin.
Conversely, Dustin Pedroia is making out with himself in a mirror. Carl Crawford is calling his agent to see if he can get a contract bonus for becoming more sexy over time. Adrian Gonzalez has finally won the argument with his wife about not needing to trim his eyebrows.
posted by rcade at 09:48 AM on January 16, 2013
I can't buy Pete Carroll telling a player to stay off heroin. He just wouldn't care. Carroll, after all, is kind of like the Maddux of football but much more passive/aggressive. Look at what he did to poor Matt Flynn after all.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:06 PM on January 16, 2013
Sepp Blatter raises fresh doubts about holding Qatar 2022 at the scheduled dates. How I hate this man.