Posted on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:34:15 AM EST in MLB
More on: Take Me Out to the Ballgame, baseball, contest (all tags)

It's that time again. Time to vote and take full advantage of your rights as an American citizen; time to band with those who share similar philosophical views and unite for the greater good of our country.  Of course, we're talking about the competition to determine who sang the best rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame."  After all, you do know it's the 100th anniversary of the national pastime's unofficial anthem.

Help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" by voting on who should lead the crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards during the Seventh Inning Stretch on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. ET, when the Orioles host the Washington Nationals!

Don't take this responsibility lightly.  There are 10 valid candidates for the honor and the power is in your hands.  Use it wisely.

Links:

[Orioles.com]: "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"

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Posted on Thu Jan 03, 2008 at 10:17:13 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: couch potato, ESPN, contest, Jeff Miller (all tags)

Apparently ESPN gives out awards to honor people who mimic our weekend routine and nobody bothered to tell us about it. But its okay, we're not bitter. Nope, we're going to use the news as motivation so that we might crush the 2008 "Ultimate Couch Potato" Jeff Miller, taking our first steps toward destroying the evil empire known as ESPN. Until then, we're just going to laugh at the pathetic showing of 40.5 consecutive, sleepless hours, staring at television screens while being confined to a Lazy Boy.

The contest was held in the ESPN Zone in New York where Windy City native Miller sat for almost two full days before being declared this year's champion at 2:30 Thursday morning.

Although I tried to visualize and imagine the conditions and how this competition would play out, I was still unprepared for how difficult the whole thing was. The first 12 to 15 hours are pretty easy because there's plenty on TV and all the highlights are new, but at 3 a.m. it's extremely difficult to not fall asleep," said the 24-year-old Miller.

We're not trying to toot our own horn here, but did he seriously have to "visualize and imagine the conditions" beforehand? Hell, we haven't left our couch since the bowl season began sometime in mid-December and we haven't even broken a sweat yet. And no sleep is not a problem for us; we just get all jacked up on Mountain Dew. Now, if you'll excuse us, a World Series of Poker marathon is about to get started on the Deuce and we've got some training to do.

Links:
[NBC5.com]: 2008 `Couch Potato' Named Following Competition

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