big game II: the game just got bigger

i <3 ichiro all time

ichiro is always and forever
and a very funny man
i don't think about him as much as i should

jeff sullivan on the mariners vs. orioles today
Why, on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, would anyone in his or her right mind stay inside to watch this? Those of you who did that very thing - you guys are crazy. I mean, sure, it's baseball, and there were a handful of interesting players in the lineup, but while both baseball and Clement will still be there tomorrow, Sunday will not. Congratulations. You just wasted a chunk of your weekend watching a bad team defeat a bad team. If any friends or coworkers ask what you did today, you should probably lie to them.

vicente padilla is not an attractive man

lx watch this sometime weirdest double u will ever see
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200808053259781

there's a soccer referee named Hilario

sexson waived
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08152008/sports/yankees/melky_to_minors__sexson_waived_124621.htm

Bengals wide receiver changes last name to Ocho Cinco

jergins, all day long: but lxy, it's your alma mater and your employer... don't you care?
lxy: oh my god they suckkkkkkkkk hahaaaha

sullivan on felix' no hitter getting broken up:
A year ago, JD Drew made me think about homicide. To this day I still think about buying enough tickets to be able to boo him once in every ballpark in the country.

Bedard has a torn labrum-he may not make it back next year-and sullivan is hilariously apoplectic:

Erik Bedard hurt his hip...(on) Opening Day, or better known now as the last day any single of us was ever happy with this loony bunch of retarded monkey bangers called a professional baseball team.

God dammit, Bavasi. God dammit. This organization has now been set back even further than I feared, and it's all thanks to you. Tomorrow morning I hope someone farts in your coffee.

trying to figure out who deserves what proportions (of blame) is ultimately more fruitless than trying to figure out why Jim Riggelman draws a salary while a collection of penguins with down's syndrome and a fetish for swimming into the mouths of killer whales would make a better manager.

omg so funny

today is the day

our city's chance to reach a new plateau

100/100 club baby

i need more information please

Your Seattle Mariners

100 losses

100 million dollar payroll

the founder of this heady club

i was afraid it was something horrific like that

i miss minda. this is always one of my favorite sporting days of the year, the day i call her and laugh cuz the yankees are out

oh hey congrats mariners way to get there. now PLZZZZZZZZZZ lose the most so we get the # 1 pick

Dusty Baker finally had enough. When players on the Astros asked him about his daughter dating Corey Patterson, he felt the need to publicly address the issue. Baker has heard the rumor for weeks. There's no truth to it. Natosha is not dating to Patterson.

"She hasn't even been to Cincinnati," Baker said. "This is so far out of line. It's hurtful to my wife and daughter. How can people stoop that low? I don't know who started it. But I've been hearing from fans, players, announcers."

oh yeah so for the record 101 losses

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/manny.jpg

LET'S GO RAYS

i love baseball but that was too f ing long of a game

http://assets.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/17105/929bag.jpg

trader joe's bag

post pic on guess the city thread

lol re: manny

Buck: Have you ever seen a hitter as hot as this?
McCarver: Never.
Me: Barry Bonds.
McCarver: I've never seen a hitter this locked in...
Me: BARRY BONDS
McCarver: ... for this long, ever.
Me: BARRY BONDSSSSSSSS WHY WILL YOU NOT
McCarver: He's been doing this for two months!
Me: LISTEN TO MEE BARRY BONDS ARGH YOU MORON11

― polyphonic, Monday, October 13, 2008 8:57 PM

manny on his future job prospects:
"I just want to go home and spend some time with my family. I want to see who is the highest bidder. Gas is up and so am I."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10212008/news/nationalnews/beer__a_potshot_for_joba_134562.htm

Taunts about his team's lousy season prompted Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain to storm out of a Nebraska strip joint just before he was busted for alleged drunken driving, associates said yesterday.

The pitcher was spotted tossing back at least two Grey Goose vodka drinks at a friend's watering hole before hitting a topless club, where patrons said he had been enjoying the sights and tipping big - before stomping out early Saturday morning after a customer teased him about the Bombers' poor performance.

"Too bad you didn't play for the Red Sox," the customer said, according to another patron at the club. "Otherwise, you wouldn't be sitting here in a strip club in Nebraska."

lance armstrong is such a little bitch
Armstrong Will Only Race in Tour '09 If He Feels Welcomed

that was a really great baseball game

i like not caring who wins

go jamie is what. yay!

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. -- Golfer John Daly was taken into custody Sunday morning by Winston-Salem police after he was found drunk outside an area Hooters restaurant.

ohdear

:/

what a dumb fucking baseball season fuck the phillies

i *love* cankles when he's funny:

[00:15] me: welp, that's it
[00:15] me: never watching baseball again
[00:16] mets fan: what if Los Bravos win it next year?
[00:16] me: hm
[00:16] me: that would prob make up for it
[00:17] me: i was just thinking actually, the only way i care about baseball again is if the front office goes apeshit and spends a billion dollars to create some unholy phillies-destroying machine
[00:17] mets fan: i was hoping a different front office would do exactly that~
[00:18] me: and by phillies-destroying machine i dont mean build up a team, i mean i want them to fill a bus with C4 and drive it into the hotel they're staying at
[00:18] mets fan: hahaha

― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:21 PM

San Francisco coach Mike Singletary, in an interview with ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago on Friday, addressed his decision to drop his pants in the locker room at halftime of the 49ers' loss to the Seahawks on Sunday, discussing his reasons for doing so and expressing frustration that the episode was "leaked" to the media.

"The only point I was tying to make is 'Guys, this is what's happening on the field,' " Singletary told the "Waddle and Silvy" show on Friday. "There are a lot of different words to express it ... there are a lot different things to try and get it across. But I've only got so much time [at halftime].

god i hate him

Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year.

what a fucking pussy

i like this little dig:

It's unclear why Armstrong is worried about his safety now, given that attacks on riders are extremely rare. Organizers have in recent years taken additional steps to protect riders from spectators, including increased use of crowd barriers.

The Tour has its own police force to guard the route and ensure safety, and French police paid particular attention to Armstrong's safety when he was riding.

Armstrong plans to meet with Tour officials before deciding

i hope they tell him he will be in great danger and they can't possibly protect him from the gangs of haters, so he better just stay home

"why not try the tour of texas, abruti."

lol

don wakamatsu is the mariners' new manager

PNC Park Sold Out For 'Fan Euthanasia Night'

May 5, 2010

PITTSBURGH—PNC Park boasted a rare sellout crowd Tuesday when more than 38,000 eager Pirates fans showed up for "Fan Euthanasia Night," during which each attendee was guaranteed "the sweet release of a quick and painless death" courtesy of sponsor PepsiCo. "For a diehard Pirates fan who has been following this team for nearly 20 consecutive losing seasons, or really just anyone who watched them get beat 20-0 by the Brewers last week, this is certainly a well-deserved treat," said 46-year-old Jim Martin, walking through the turnstile to receive his souvenir program and his lethal dose of sodium thiopental. "I haven't seen so many people so relaxed and generally happy to be at a Pirates game in a long time." An estimated 200,000 Pirates fans who were unable to get tickets to the game reportedly listened to its radio broadcast while idling their cars inside closed garages.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/14/SPIG1DDKCT.DTL

Mat Latos hurt the Giants in many ways. The Padres starter, goofing with fans Wednesday, heaved a ball over the left-field bleachers. It hit broadcaster Dave Flemming's car, shattering the sun roof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVDRTCM4KE&feature=player_embedded

skandal!

got to look at these together sometime
http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_football/2195031.html

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5415/38/

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/06/01/magazine/20100606-nextgen-soccer.html

kyle davies: any relation?
university of akron must have a good program.
my favorite is kofi sarkodie.

that calendar is WOWIE BEAUTIFUL AND SMART!

long but worth a read at some point

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-698508,00.html

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2010/06/world-cup-2010-team-group-stage-travel.html

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—The longest match in tennis history has been suspended for darkness at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon.

The first-round match between 23rd-seeded John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and qualifier Nicolas Mahut of France was halted at dusk Wednesday. It already had been suspended because of fading light Tuesday night after the fourth set.

They have been playing for a total of exactly 10 hours—7 hours, 6 minutes in the fifth set alone, enough to break the full-match record of 6:33, set at the 2004 French Open.

that's really weird.

damn. this made me think of u
http://www.soccerquantified.com/project-updates/huggingattheworldcupteamsthattouchmorewinmore

                    Points  Goal Differential Goals Scored
32. North Korea       0           -12             0
31. Cameroon          0            -3             2
30. Honduras          1            -3             0
29. France            1            -3             1
28. Algeria           1            -2             0
27. Nigeria           1            -2             3
26. Italy             2            -1             4
25. Greece            3            -3             2
24. Denmark           3            -2             3
23. Serbia            3            -1             2
22. New Zealand       3             0             2
21. Australia         4            -3             3
20. South Africa      4            -2             3
19. Switzerland       4             0             1
18. Slovenia          4             0             3
17. Ivory Coast       4            +1             4

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2010/07/pictures-iceland-soccer-stadiums.html

this is cute, let's watch it sometime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0OsOzoOx5Q&feature=player_embedded

cute
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gil-asakawa/rapids-defender-kosuke-ki_b_792107.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Watch-hockey-puck-split-in-half-on-shot-o?urn=nhl-303913