Nov 2009
The Best Defense Money Can Buy
11/14/09 15:39 Filed in: College
Football
Petey, Petey, Petey.
What a shame.
All that money, and this is what you came up with.
Excuse me, but didn't a few of those experts say, like before the season, that your brain surgeon defense could be one of the greatest ever?
So, in the last three weeks, you've given up, what, 111 points? Yea, that's right - Oregon 47, Arizona State 9, and Stanford 55. But lets look further back. Before Oregon's 47, you barely escaped against Notre Dame giving up 27, and then let Oregon State score 36. That is, Petey, a five game average of 35 points. Per game.
Best defense money can buy.
Guess you had to take something out of the defense budget for all those quarterback, like this guy matt. You know the one, the guy that handed the Cardinal four touchdowns with a fumble and three interceptions.
Have a nice time at the Las Vegas Bowl.
What a shame.
All that money, and this is what you came up with.
Excuse me, but didn't a few of those experts say, like before the season, that your brain surgeon defense could be one of the greatest ever?
So, in the last three weeks, you've given up, what, 111 points? Yea, that's right - Oregon 47, Arizona State 9, and Stanford 55. But lets look further back. Before Oregon's 47, you barely escaped against Notre Dame giving up 27, and then let Oregon State score 36. That is, Petey, a five game average of 35 points. Per game.
Best defense money can buy.
Guess you had to take something out of the defense budget for all those quarterback, like this guy matt. You know the one, the guy that handed the Cardinal four touchdowns with a fumble and three interceptions.
Have a nice time at the Las Vegas Bowl.
theHoundDawg
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A Felon With a Gun Gives Billions to Monkeys - Monkeys Get it Right This Time
11/05/09 16:44 Filed in: Baseball
Convicted felon George Steinbrenner has for years
used the gunpower of the family fortune he inherited
to enable those trained monkeys he hires, the ones
that could - given enough time and paper - reproduce
Shakespeare, to buy every free agent they coveted. In
the 70s and in the early Torre years, they got it
right a fair share of the time. In the past few
years, though, the monkeys spent way too much on Carl
Pavano, Kevin Brown, Jaret Wright, among others, but
the right spaghetti strands stuck to the wall this
off-season, and the monkey's choices of Mark
Teixeira, CC Sabathia, and the like, paid off with a
title. Congrats to the monkeys, and to the dead
steinbrenner (soon?). Ko-Ko hank and Chita brian will
continue to do well without him.
Before the series, it seemed that they had written off Hideki Matsui for next year, especially since they seem to want the old Posada to be the primary DH next year. Now, however, he's a bona fide WS MVP and hero, so how do you fire him? Also, if Damon stays, how could they even consider letting him anywhere near left field again? Too many DHs for one team to deal with. Go to it, monkeys.
One more note on the World Series:
Contrary to what many commentators have said, while Cliff Lee's game one masterpiece was a great game, it was by no means one of the 10 best-pitched World Series games ever. Number one was Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game, and number two of all time was Johnny Podres' shutout in game 7 of the 1955 series. After that, you can easily find eight more top-teners from games pitched in the 1960s by Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, and Don Drysdale. Add to that, two or three of the great games, including, I believe three shutouts, pitched decades ago by Babe Ruth, and the REAL top-ten is full. By the way, Koufax's 1965 game 7 and 1963 game 1, and Drysdales' 1963 game 3, would be my next three, and maybe I'd even stick in Claude Osteen's 1965 game 3.
theHoundDawg
Before the series, it seemed that they had written off Hideki Matsui for next year, especially since they seem to want the old Posada to be the primary DH next year. Now, however, he's a bona fide WS MVP and hero, so how do you fire him? Also, if Damon stays, how could they even consider letting him anywhere near left field again? Too many DHs for one team to deal with. Go to it, monkeys.
One more note on the World Series:
Contrary to what many commentators have said, while Cliff Lee's game one masterpiece was a great game, it was by no means one of the 10 best-pitched World Series games ever. Number one was Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game, and number two of all time was Johnny Podres' shutout in game 7 of the 1955 series. After that, you can easily find eight more top-teners from games pitched in the 1960s by Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, and Don Drysdale. Add to that, two or three of the great games, including, I believe three shutouts, pitched decades ago by Babe Ruth, and the REAL top-ten is full. By the way, Koufax's 1965 game 7 and 1963 game 1, and Drysdales' 1963 game 3, would be my next three, and maybe I'd even stick in Claude Osteen's 1965 game 3.
theHoundDawg
Lakers, NBA, Off to Expected Start
11/05/09 15:40 Filed in: NBA
The vastly improved and now relatively healthy
Celtics are off to the start I anticipated, as are
the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets. Orlando, who
I thought had no chance of repeating, especially in
light of no more Hido, and with the addition of
perennial loser Vince Carter, have added a few top
subs, in particular Matt Barnes and Ryan Anderson,
who make them stronger than I anticipated. Cleveland
has re-tooled, but the horrible lack of chemistry
continues, the idea of 90-year-old Shaq meshing there
looks far-fetched, and the Delonte West situation
will sooner or later blow up in the NBA's face.
Last night in Houston confirmed a couple of things. First, the Rockets are a good team, even without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, and despite an inconsistent night, Trevor Ariza is a blossoming star who the Rockets can rely on (despite Fisher's last-second steal), and whom the Lakers will sorely miss. Next, Even without Ariza, the Lakers are odds on to again reach the Finals, and should only be able to be taken by a healthy Celtic team, if by anybody. Finally, I stand by my position that ron artest is a disaster waiting to happen; that the team would be infinitely better, and better off, with Ariza, and that it is extremely unlikely that they will get through the entire season without artest having a melt-down, potentially costing the team dearly.
Andrew Bynum's injury has come early this season. Hopefully Pao will be back within a weak, uh, week, and all will be well till that point that never happens until late in the season, when the Lakers are at full strength.
theHoundDawg
Last night in Houston confirmed a couple of things. First, the Rockets are a good team, even without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, and despite an inconsistent night, Trevor Ariza is a blossoming star who the Rockets can rely on (despite Fisher's last-second steal), and whom the Lakers will sorely miss. Next, Even without Ariza, the Lakers are odds on to again reach the Finals, and should only be able to be taken by a healthy Celtic team, if by anybody. Finally, I stand by my position that ron artest is a disaster waiting to happen; that the team would be infinitely better, and better off, with Ariza, and that it is extremely unlikely that they will get through the entire season without artest having a melt-down, potentially costing the team dearly.
Andrew Bynum's injury has come early this season. Hopefully Pao will be back within a weak, uh, week, and all will be well till that point that never happens until late in the season, when the Lakers are at full strength.
theHoundDawg