Normally, we would say that you should never throw down with somebody who has a helmet on. It just doesn’t make any sense, but, then again, we can’t argue with results.
There is really nothing better than a little blood on the ice. And, by the way, we love the whole “Tale of the Tape” graphics that are being incorporated.
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[Larry Brown Sports]: Don’t **** With Zdeno Chara
Just when we start believing that the world is full of nothing but greedy cut-throats, we get pleasantly surprised to come across a story about a kid, his dreams and the people who bring `em to life.
An 8-year-old boy from Portland just got his field of dreams. The Make A Wish Foundation of Maine and the Portland Sea Dogs made Ben Hanna his very own version of Fenway Park in his backyard on Thursday.
Ben suffers from a rare blood disease called Histiocytosis. It causes his white blood cells to attack his lungs. Ben was diagnosed in June, but has been doing much better recently, thanks to chemotherapy.
He loves the Red Sox, especially Coco Crisp, and his wish was to have Fenway at home. The Portland Sea Dogs front office staff and grounds crew spent the day creating the ballpark while Ben was at school. The pitcher’s mound and home plate used to set at Hadlock Field, as did the scoreboard on Ben’s mini-green monster in left field.
Ben was just about speechless when he came home, saying the ballpark was “amazing.”
The Make A Wish Foundation really is one of the greatest organizations on the planet, hands down. But we have to give our gold star of the day to Ben’s neighbor.
Anybody who now trades their tickets for Mexican food or Playboy magazines should be completely ashamed of themselves.
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[WKYC.com]: Sick boy gets his field of dreams
It’s “Big JT”; what else can we say.
Okay, just so we’re clear; you did all of this for the Dolphins and Giants?
We knew that the dude could kick some butt, but we didn’t know he could do it harmonically. Turns out that the action hero/crazy stunt guy has a bit of a side career in music and now he’s going to be the voice of the 2008 Olympics.
He spent three hours recording the song during a recent trip to Beijing, Chan said in a blog entry on his Web site Wednesday.
Apparently, Jackie was taken back by the lyrics to the song. And now, if we may, we’d like to receipt a stanza for you now.
*ahem*
Wow, that really does leave you feeling a shudder in your soul. You know, Jackie, you should really considering getting rid of your current lyricist because the crap he’s writing for you now just doesn’t even make sense.
Yep, he’s totally holding you back.
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[MiamiHerald.com]: Jackie Chan flexes his vocal muscles
[JackieChan.com]: JackieChan.com Home Page
You can read all the newspapers you want and listen to all the interviews and press conferences you can find, but we say “forgetaboutit!” We got David Letterman filling our brains with all the latest MLB 4-1-1, and he can tell us more in 10 sentences than the dill holes on FOX Sports can muffle out in a week.
And when Yogi Berra tells someone “It’s over” then Yogi Berra told someone “It’s over.”
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[High and Tight]: Top Ten Reasons Torre Quit
Ugh, here we go again. It’s not that we don’t want people to do incredible things, it’s just that we’re sick and tired of those incredible things not happening to worthy individuals. Basically, we’re ticked that while we fighting alligators and rabid otters for golf balls, there are guys treating the course like it was the kitten level of Tiger Woods 08.
“You sit there a little bit numb”, Misencik recalled. “It’s not supposed to happen and then… it happened, and it was awesome.”
Misencik was golfing at The Preserve near Pequot Lakes on October 12 when he performed the feat, which comes with odds of 67 million to 1. The first came on hole number two.
“We could see it was tracking the whole way, it was all over the flag,” said assistant pro Patrick Johnson, who was playing with Misencik. “Took one bounce, and went in.”
There was plenty of yelling and high fives, and then the threesome played on.
Fast forward to hole 13, and a tee shot that Rick thought was going to put him in major trouble. “He pulls it left, and wasn’t happy, we’re thinking it’s got a chance cause it always kicks off that hill”, said Johnson. “It goes right on the green, rolls at the flag, hits it, then goes in. It was unreal.”
With odds like 67 million to 1, you’d think two holes-in-one in one round would be a rarity. In fact, the Minnesota Golf Association says at least two golfers have achieved the feat since 2001.
Okay, we’ve thought about it and we’re sorry Rick. You do deserve this once in a lifetime opportunity, so enjoy. However, with such high odds and so many occurrences, we gotta wonder: are there any NBA refs involved in all of this?
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[KARE11.com]: On round, two hole-in-ones for Minnesota golfer
Listen, we understand that there’s nothing better than taking in the World Series atmosphere live and in person, especially when it’s favorite team playing for all the marbles. Likewise, we know that times are tough and money is tight. But get it through you’re head desperate Rockies fans, nobody wants your crap!
We told you about the guy who’s trying to swap a year’s worth of Mexican food (Pepto-Bismol not included) for a couple tickets to the Series. Well, he’s not the only one who’s looking for a flea marketesque bargain on some stubs.
He said it’s because he struck out mixing a lineup of at least 10 computers trying to buy tickets online. He said nobody has inquired about the magazines yet.
Really, wonder why? Could it be because nobody in their right mind would fill their house with boxes and boxes of Playboy bunnies? We’re not saying that people wouldn’t mind having `em; hell, we’d like to relive some of those Bo Derek and Shannon Tweed days ourselves. We’re just saying that nobody is stupid enough to give you World f’n Series tickets for them.
Well, we take that back. There is one man. A shoe man.
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[CBS4Denver.com]: Man Will Trade 25 Years Of Playboys For Tickets
The commercials from the College Gameday (“built by the Home Depot”) crew keep getting better and better and this one is no exception.
That one had us chuckling pretty good, but, sorry guys, the award for `funniest analyst in a self-belittling commercial’ still resides in Scott Van Pelt’s coal-crushing grip.
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[Awful Announcing]: Kirk Herbstreit, Straight Pimpin
Well, it’s World Series time and you know what that means, right? You got it; it’s time to for politicians to start making moronic bets involving foods which are supposed to be cultural staples. So, what do you got for us this year fellas?
Whooopeee, can’t wait for the BCS National Championship game to roll around so we can do this all again. Wait, there’s more? Oh, no, there’s more.
U.S. Sens. Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar of Colorado are wagering Colorado-raised beef, while Massachusetts Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry are countering with New England clam chowder and lobster rolls.
The senators who lose the bet will donate the grub to a charity chosen by the senators who win.
Reps. Mark Udall, Diana DeGette and John Salazar of Colorado have their own bet against Boston-area Reps. Edward Markey, Stephen Lynch and Michael Capuano.
If the Red Sox win, the Colorado representatives treat their counterparts to a meal of steaks and chili. If the Rockies win, the Massachusetts trio foots the bill for chowder and lobster.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper wagered sub sandwiches, herbal tea, tortilla chips, salsa and ice cream against Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s clam chowder, coffee, doughnuts and ice cream sandwiches.
These are each stupid in their own unique ways, but what the heck are Hickenlooper and Menino thinking with their Half Baked grocery list of muchies? You do know that these bets aren’t solely done with the purposes of filling your pockets full of ice cream sandwiches and doughnuts.
Of course, then you’ve got the whole other issue of how these guys are completely outta touch with the baseball world. Frankly, while we find it funny when they pretend to be big fans, we honestly don’t want our politicians keeping up with sports. George `Dubbya’ can barely run the country as it is; do you really want him to be preoccupied with breaking down the pros and cons of Braylon Edwards versus Laveranues Coles?
And, by the way, if you come across any extra tickets, just give this guy a shout.
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[SI.com]: World Series bet: Beef vs. seafood
We always knew that it would be some nerdy white guy who’d go up to Sam Cassell and bust out the “E.T. vs. Gollum” question, but we just always hoped that it would be E.J. who `cowboyed up.’ Did we really just say that?
Listen kid, we’re no John Stossels or Geraldo Riveras (although we love the sweet `staches), but it might be good to extend your research beyond Wikipedia entries.
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[Our Book of Scrap]: Sam Cassell Asked Whether He Looks Like An Alien Or Golum
