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December 04, 2015
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.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:26 AM on December 04, 2015
Has there ever been a ball thrown that high in an NFL game?
posted by tron7 at 10:33 AM on December 04, 2015
Yes, Rex Grossman threw one of his patented Stay Puft marshmallow balls into the wind at Soldier Field in 2007. It's still up there. Currently hovering over the lake shore, halfway between the Aquarium and the Navy Pier. It is very slowly and gradually moving northward. Where it eventually lands depends on a number of factors, including the El Nino.
Given his natural gifts and abilities, Grossman would have made more of a name for himself if he had played baseball.
posted by beaverboard at 11:53 AM on December 04, 2015
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:18 PM on December 04, 2015
posted by yerfatma at 02:36 PM on December 04, 2015
And they're all ugly as sin.
posted by NoMich at 02:48 PM on December 04, 2015
"Los D-Backs". Ugh. There's an actual word for it in Spanish, you knobs.
posted by Etrigan at 03:22 PM on December 04, 2015
Las serpientes de espaldas diamantes?
posted by LionIndex at 07:19 PM on December 04, 2015
Since it's a proper noun, don't you keep it that particular word?
posted by NoMich at 07:35 PM on December 04, 2015
Since it's a proper noun, don't you keep it that particular word?
If you're going to Espaol-ify it by adding "Los" despite no other uniform having "The" on it, then why not go all the way?
posted by Etrigan at 08:14 PM on December 04, 2015
The Padres don't have to worry about this at all.
posted by LionIndex at 08:18 PM on December 04, 2015
Leafs' Bernier starts with Marlies, Zamboni driver signed as backup
posted by tommybiden at 09:36 PM on December 04, 2015
Our mascot is better than your mascot. He bungee jumps off the light poles before games. Yours makes happy or angry gestures under the goal posts after field goal attempts.
posted by rcade at 01:04 AM on December 05, 2015
That mascot is officially the highest point in Florida. Higher than the hill in Lake Wales.
posted by beaverboard at 08:53 AM on December 05, 2015
That mascot is officially the highest point in Florida.
In more ways than one, I'm guessing.
posted by Etrigan at 10:26 AM on December 05, 2015
He bungee jumps off the light poles before games.
Meh, the monks at my old school get higher than that.
posted by yerfatma at 11:10 AM on December 07, 2015
Teams that haven't been to the Super Bowl keep finding brutal ways to lose a ballgame.
To borrow from the Michigan state motto:
Si Quaeris Devastatio Circumspice
(this banner was also flown in Ann Arbor a few weeks ago)