August 2010
21 posts
Comedy Isn't Pretty
I am by no means a seasoned actor. Don’t even pretend to be. But I’ve been to enough wardrobe fittings to know that I’m probably going to be thrown into a jeans and a flannel to like even more like a piece of shit from the Midwest. And when I went to wardrobe on the Fox lot last Wednesday that was also the case.
I auditioned to play the part of “Human Pinata”...
Do Sabermetrics Hipsters Care About The Triple...
Josh Hamilton, Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano, Paul Konerko, Joey Votto, Carlos Gonzalez and Albert Pujols are currently all in the top 10 in their respective leagues in home runs, runs batted in and batting average. In fact, Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto and Albert Pujols are in the top 3 in each. Pujols is one batting average point from leading all three outright. You get the picture. ...
Me on the Ding Show with Shannon Hatch, Nate Craig... →
The 10 Greatest Cubs Third Basemen Of All Time
Since I had fun doing the Derrek Lee/First Basement list and it was reposted by FuckYeahCubs (which is a great site), I was reminded that Aramis Ramirez was one of only two players left on the Cubs from the 2003 season. Third base has been a traditionally abysmal position for the Cubs in my lifetime and in the history of the club. But here are the top 10 greatest Cubs third basemen of all time.
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The 10 Greatest Cubs First Basemen Of All Time
In honor of Derrek Lee’s Cubs career coming to an end today, here are the 10 greatest Cubs first basemen of all time. Compiled by me, a pretend baseball expert.
10. Fred Merkle
I don’t know if Merkle was actually good or not in his four seasons at first base for the Cubs, I just know that he’s part of the pre-curse legacy of the team and I couldn’t keep him off of...
2/3 Baseball Awards: MVPs
Okay, I wanted to get this out of the way in case anybody was sick of me posting about sports. See, I care about you. But the baseball season is 2/3 done and here are your MVP candidates…
American League
Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton, Kevin Youkilis, Paul Konerko, Robinson Cano, Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, Nick Swisher, Torii Hunter and Evan Longoria are in the top 25 in AVG, OBP, SLG,...
2010 College Football Preview
I cannot contain my excitement. Yes, I live in Los Angeles and yes, I lived in Chicago before that and haven’t lived in Iowa for 7 years. BUT, college football is still the biggest time of the year for Iowans and I’ve been trading links with comedians and Iowa ex-pats Mike Holmes, Brooks Wheelan and Online Personality Rob Johnson over the past few days. Iowa is ranked 10th...
2/3 Baseball Awards: NL Cy Young
Okay, I just posted the AL Cy Young contenders and here are the NL contenders - all are in the top 25 in strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, VORP and WAR.
They are Adam Wainwright, Roy Halladay, Josh Johnson, Mat Latos, Ubaldo Jimenez, Johan Santana, Chris Carpenter, Yovani Gallardo, Matt Cain, Brett Myers, Clayton Kershaw, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt.
Again, wins are not important. Cole Hamels is...
2/3 Baseball Awards: AL Cy Young
2/3 of the baseball season are about over. Here’s my contenders for the AL Cy Young.
At first glance my contenders are Cliff Lee, Felix Hernandez, Jon Lester, David Price, Jered Weaver, CC Sabathia, John Danks, CJ Wilson, Francisco Liriano, Colby Lewis, Ricky Romero, Justin Verlander and Phil Hughes. All of them are in the top 25 in AL ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, VORP and WAR. I’m...
Hey, "Juice" Was On TV!
Juice was on TV tonight. That’s got to be one of the worst movies of all time. It’s dogshit. And yet I watched the entire thing. When 2Pac becomes a unibrowed serial killer and shoots Sams from Lean on Me, it’s supposed to be sad or meaningful, but instead it’s unintentionally hilarious. Especially since Mike Burns told me about that kid’s rap album. Burns...
2/3 Baseball Awards: Rookies
The baseball season is about 2/3 done. And I know a lot of you don’t care, but I’m bored and I do what I want. These are the people I think should be Rookie of the Year so far.
The top 5 guys in the National League in VORP are Jaime Garcia, Starlin Castro, Jonny Venters, Buster Posey and Jonathon Niese. Jason Heyward and Stephen Strasburg have led in hype, but these guys are the...
Chipper Jones and the Hall of Fame
Chipper Jones is out for the season, which means he might retire. Tonight, ESPN asked somebody if he was a Hall of Famer.
It’s weird that we even have to ask.
In the post-steroid era, anyone without 500 home runs or even 3,000 hits seems suspect, but Chipper got 436 homers and 2,490 hits (so far) and looks like he did it without roids. All with an average over .300.
He was the...
My Top 10 Favorite Pro Wrestling Matches Ever
I’m in Iowa for the week. And my parents are old and my sister’s family is jet lagged from a 10 hour time difference, so everyone besides me goes to bed around 8pm Central time. That means I’m either bored or drinking by myself. Tonight it’s both. With a lot of time and booze on my hands, I decided to rank my 10 favorite Pro Wrestling Matches of all time. And for the...
10 Hour LAX Adventure
I got up around 7 AM on Sunday morning, which is not what I normally like to do. But it was just in time to get a $60 cab to the airport (I have shit friends). I got there a little after 8 for a 10 AM flight.
American Eagle should get some sort of reward for having the slowest lines of all time with the dumbest foreigners in those lines. I saw people take 30 minutes to check in. It took...
WatchI saw Jordan last night. His paintball wounds are horrific. But I’m sure this is well worth it.
