Can’t find this on monster.com…
April 20, 2009
I’m starting to heat up the job search, and I think I discovered what I want to do with my life. Only problem is I can’t find a listing for “sitting on a bench all night telling 17,000 people ’shhhh’ after someone else accomplishes something @ $711,517/ per year”. I’ve tried searching “Aaron Gray”, “Aaron Gray Douchebag”, and “Aaron Gay Loves Al Qaeda” all over the internet, and still nothing. If anyone knows something I don’t, give me a call.
Neat
April 9, 2009
To be fair, I heard him call “air-duct”.
-Casey
Rain Hats Off…
April 8, 2009
"This Red Sox Poncho Cose Me $80"
Normally when my phone goes off at 9:30 in the morning, I am not a happy camper. When it went off Monday morning, to my surprise, I liked what I saw.
“WEEI Text Sports Flash—Red Sox cancel opening day due to inclement weather. Rescheduled for 4:05 tomorrow.”
Why was I so happy to see that Opening Day postponed—one of my favorite days on the calendar behind the first day of March Madness, Christmas, and the 4thof July? Because the Red Sox did the right thing.
Even since the current Red Sox brass bought the Sox in 2002 they have—for better, or worse—sold out. Everything Red Sox had a price tag on it: Red Sox Wine, Red Sox Fan Club memberships, even Red Sox socks! What’s next, a Red Sox coffin? (Oh wait: foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459390,00.html) While this significantly increased revenue, and brought two World Series to Boston, in a way I felt cheated. I remember two days after I finished my sophomore year of high school three buddies of mine went to a Red Sox/Tigers game for $15 apiece. We sat in decent seats in the bleachers, and had a blast. Those seats now? Double: $30.
To be honest, this stuff really doesn’t bother me. I know the owners have to run the team like a business and make as much money as possible, and it’s not like they aren’t spending the money to put a good product on the field. What really makes me mad is the way they handle rain cancelations. I cannot tell you how many times I (or someone I know) have gone to a game, paid $30 for parking, bought $15-30 worth of food, $20-50 worth of merchandise, and then have the P.A. announce that the game is canceled due to rain. In this day in age we are getting pretty accurate with the weather. No, maybe not with predicting how many inches of snow were getting—but when they say its going to rain, chances are it’s going to rain.
The wrap on the Sox has always been that this is the way they handle rainouts. Get them in, let them spend, and then tell them the game is rescheduled for XXXXX (when they can spend it all over again). So when I saw that text message Monday morning I was pleasantly surprised. In an unheard of move by the Red Sox owners, the game was postponed before anyone even showed up to the stadium (save for probably a handful of super fans and those waiting in line for last minute tickets). The Sox could have called it a rain delay, had everyone wait for two hours after the first pitch was supposed to be thrown, and then cancel it—but knowing the economic climate being what it is, they called it off early. Maybe this is a onetime deal, or maybe it’s the way they are approaching this season financially over at Yawkee Way. Either way, they made the right choice Monday. Hat’s off.
-Casey
Hats Off…
April 1, 2009
Todays “Hats Off” goes to the Miami Heat. On Monday they retired Alonzo Mourning’s #33. Mourning joins the elite group of numbers in the rafters that includes…????? You guessed it….Michael Jordan’s #23 and Dan Marino’s #13. No, seriously, look it up.
In a related story, word is the Celtics are going to retire Scott Zolak’s #16 and Magic Johnson’s #32 next season.
For the degenerate in all of us…
March 23, 2009
A few months ago a friend of mine introduced me to www.centsports.com. If you’re anything like me (and I hope to god your not) you need something to satisfy your gambling fix. Problem is, in this economy (like I had any money before the recession) its impossible to justify gambling. Well heres where the great folks at centsports come in. They start off by giving you $0.10 and you go from there. You can bet on anything from NBA games to Women’s semi-professional outdoor boxing matches in Italy. Yes, your betting pennies, but hit a few games/parlays and all of a sudden you have a buck. If you get to $10 you are allowed to cash out. If you loose your ten cents, you just start again at $0.10. I’ve said it before- what a country. Best part about centsports is that you don’t need to give them a credit card or anything. Its free money. You can even multiply your winnings by pretending to look at an AD for 2 seconds. This this not what our forefathers had envisioned when they paved the way for our country? Check it out. For america’s sake.
Saturday Night Fever
March 21, 2009
Have a safe irresponsible Saturday night and celebrate with King James. The best part about this video is that it legitimately scared me.
P.S. Simmer down Sean. Stevie Wonder even saw a 9 beating an 8 and UCLA (6 seed) beating VCU (who). In unrelated news, I called 3 12-6 upsets (suck one).
Your Welcome America: March Madness Picks
March 18, 2009
What’s your favorite holiday? Christmas? Thanksgiving?
Me? I’m going with the first two days of March Madness. Yea I know, our government refuses to acknowledge the NCAA tournament as a national holiday, but a guy can dream can’t he. In any case, I plan on saving at least two vacation days a year specifically for the first two days of the tournament, regardless of whatever TPS reports I have due the next day.
There is nothing like the excitement of the opening round of March Madness. The scheduling geniuses separate each set of games by about 5 minutes, which makes for excellent television. Each game finishes right after the next, with CBS cutting from one buzzer beater to another.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t like college basketball (or basketball in general for that matter). Anyone can fill out a bracket and share the excitement of trying to correctly pick all 63 tournament games—even though the odds of doing so is about one in 7.2 trillion.
This year CBS, in coordination with the NCAA, will stream all March Madness game live on cbssports.com. This makes it possible (with the right amount of laptops) to watch everyone game at once. What a country, huh? Needless to say my GPA/capstone might take a hit over the next couple of weeks. Oh yeah, the great folks at apple just released an application where you can watch all of the games on your iphone. My Thursday and Friday teachers might want to make sure my phone is off before class starts. Just saying.
So without future ado, get out your highlighters; here are my picks to help you get that perfect bracket. Who says one in 7.2 trillion are bad odds?
Picks after the jump…
So Hot Right Now: Obama’s Picks
March 18, 2009
Solid As Barack
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If you think McCain would have done this, your kidding yourself.
Boom Goes The Dynamite: A Tribute To Greatness
March 5, 2009
I remember the first time I heard Brian Collins spew out those immortal word. It was sophomore year of High School and a good friend of mine forwarded it to me. Remember, this was pre-youtube and pre-the fords getting internet that didnt run on a dial tone. I waited the 25 minutes for the video to load (god I’m getting old) and started to watch halfheartedly until he said something that caught my full attention: “Oh No”. It was like when a pitcher strikes out the side in the 4th inning of a potential no hitter. Your not quite convinced, but the potential for greatness starts becoming a reality. I continued watching with the delight of a 6 year old on christmas morning. His stumbles. His debilitating nervousness. The “holy shit my girlfriend is pregnant” look on his face. It was pure and unadulterated gold platinum. And then it hit: In a three minute span that could only be described as “trying”, Collins pulled it together for a the greatest second in time this world (or any other) has ever known. In that brief second, the world was stable again.
Four words, six syllables.
Boom
Goes
The
Dynamite
Fast forward nearly six years and the Ball State standout has left his stamp on American Pop-Culture. Earlier this year Family Guy refrenced Mr. Collins (Here). Watching this, I exploded with joy and set the record for most high fives in a single sequence. And no one else was even in the room.
Watching the Oscars a few sundays ago, Will Smith even got into the mix (Here).
Every time I see, hear, read, or even smell a BGTD reference I feel like a proud father watching my son round the bases. So today, Boom Goes The Dynamite, the Underground Charge finally gives you the recognition you deserve. May our hands finnally be washed of our sins.
God Bless the United State of America. Somewhere, “Hack-’em” Warrick and Wayne Simien Summers are smiling.
May your life be carried on wings of dynamite, sir Brian...
Two Pro, Two College Football Players Missing
March 2, 2009
As reported by MSNBC:
The U.S. Coast Guard continued to search for two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and two former University of South Florida football players who went fishing in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and never returned.
Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper: Two of the missing players.
The missing boaters were identified as former Bucs Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and former USF players Nick Schuyler and Will Bleakley. Cooper, a linebacker, plays for the Oakland Raiders. Smith, a defensive end, played last season for the Detroit Lions.
The Coast Guard said at a news conference Sunday that it intended to search overnight for the missing boaters. There was no determination of how long searchers will continue looking.
Scary stuff. I hope they find these guys soon.
~Sean
