August 2007 - Posts

MLB All Double Letter Team

Here's a list you probably haven't come across before. It's the MLB All Double Letter Team. To qualify, a player must have two of the same letter in a row in his last name. As dumb as this sounds, this was a lot harder to come up with than you would think (hence, I had to break it up into first team, second team, and honorable mention). Debate is welcome in the comments.

First Team All Double Letter
P - Greg Maddux
C - Yogi Berra
1B - Ty Cobb
2B - Craig Biggio
3B - George Brett
SS - Phil Rizzuto
OF - Hank Aaron
OF - Ted Williams
OF - Ken Griffey, Jr.
Reliever - Trevor Hoffman
Coach - Joe Torre

Second Team All Double Letter
P - Bob Feller
C - Roy Campanella
1B - Harmon Killebrew
2B - Eddie Collins
3B - Wade Boggs
SS - Nomar Garciaparra
OF - Tony Gwynn
OF - Joe DiMaggio
OF - Willie Stargell
Reliever - John Wetteland
Coach - Lou Piniella

Honorable Mention - Goose Gossage, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, Vladimir Guerrero, Kirby Puckett, Mike Piazza, Roy Halladay, Don Mattingly, Ozzie Guillen

Did I goof anywhere? Any glaring oversights?

Jason Cameron interview

Here is an interview with the host of the DIY Network show Man Caves, Jason Cameron. Shouldn't he have to own a man cave to host the show? Wouldn't this be like George Steinbrenner building the Yankees and then never actually going to watch them play?

And just because it's Monday, click here to read the headline of the century. Make sure you're sitting down though.

A nice little weekend

There's relaxing, there's really relaxing, and then there's spending a weekend in Maine in late summer.

Yup.

It's about time

I bet you thought you'd seen the last of outfits like these. Well, think again. That's right, American Gladiators is returning to television this winter and "will be updated for the 21st century with new technology and twists." Here's my dream scenario: Michael Vick, Pac Man Jones, and Barry Bonds as the gladiators and Tim Donaghy as the referee. It just might happen. 

Luna Halo

If the music industry worked like the stock market, I'd go all in on Luna Halo being the next big thing. When they come on the radio this fall, you'll have the option to either change the station or turn it up, and I'd be willing to bet the lot of you will choose the latter. But don't take my word for it, read what the guys at CMJ are saying about them. And honestly, has anything produced by Rick Rubin not turned into gold?

Pit bulls

I decided to reserve judgment on the Michael Vick case until more information came out. Now that he's going to plead guilty, I'm ready to judge. This must have been what Mitch felt like in Old School when he came home early to find his girlfriend watching inappropriate movies and strange people in his house who were there for the gangbang. Just a feeling of absolute disgust, like everything we had over the past few years meant nothing. While I doubt I'm going to spill coffee all over Ellen Pompeo anytime soon, I still feel pretty queasy thinking about what those dogs went through.

We have a pit bull named Bella (above), and she's about as harmless as they get (she looks a lot like Rachael Ray's dog Isaboo). We get some funny looks sometimes when we have her out in public, like people think she'll tear them apart. If you're one of those people, give this article by Ken Foster at salon.com a read and get learned. Bella must have heard about NYC's consideration of breed-specific legislation because last time we were down there visiting my sister, we tried to get her to go potty in Central Park but she wouldn't and as we were walking back to my sister's apartment, she crapped right in the middle of Times Square. BSL that, Bloomberg.

Yankees/Pink Floyd t-shirt

Great band, great ballclub, great shirt. I'm sold. I've gotten burned by Red Jacket apparel before, so be sure to order a size bigger than you normally wear, unless you're going for that cheeseburger-that's-too-big-for-the-bun look. By the way, if you've never listened to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon while watching Don Larsen's perfect game from the 1956 World Series, you're missing out big time.

Buy it here.

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