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10) Welcome to Philadelphia, Will Witherspoon. Is it that easy to play MLB, that a guy can move over in a week and deliver value...or is it just that Witherspoon is like a man that's gotten off Death Row now that he escaped the Rams?
9) Honestly, at this point, I'm wondering if Michael Vick has photos of Andy Reid at the dogfights. Can we please put ...
N.Y. Yankees-L.A. Angelzzz: Why the ALCS May Work Better Than Ambien
Posted: 23rd October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in MLB
Here's what happens to you, Dear Reader, after A Certain Age: you start to fall asleep on games. This happened to me last night with the Angles-Yankees, which eliminated the chance to crank off a list of snarky goodness over how the game was a classic case of two managers seeing who could over-manage the game more, and thanking Mike Scoscia for injecting drama into the proceedings by pulling ...
Top 10 Dodgers-Phillies Game Five Questions
Posted: 22nd October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in MLB
10) Was the TBS crew contractually unable to mention that the fans were chanting "You Took Steroids" and "Hit the Showers" at Manny Ramirez? 9) Is it really worth a tongue-lashing from the people inside your television if you are lacking avocado, or should we just move straight to capital punishment? 8) Will the Phillies throw at the Dodgers in their first game against them in 2010 for ...
Philadelphia Phillies-Los Angeles Dodgers NLCS Game Four Notes
Posted: 20th October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in MLB
11) According to the World Wide Lemur, Jimmy Rollins's game-trying and game-winning RBI is the first time that a home team got one of those since...Kirk Gibson. So that means we can stop showing that footage, right? (Please?) 10) Please note that the game-tying run tonight was sparked by the man that lives in permanent heavy rotation in Jonathan Broxton's nightmares: Matt Stairs, working the walk. And if you ...
In news that I know that you don’t care about…
Posted: 19th October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in NBA
Here's the opening day team for the auction keeper team. As you can see from the selections and dollar amounts, I was very aggressive early. 1 LeBron James, Cle SF $76 5 Kevin Durant, OKC SG $75 51 Lamar Odom, LAL PF $7 62 Tony Parker, SA PG $14 73 Emeka Okafor, Nor C $12 85 Jeff Green, OKC SF $8 117 Spencer Hawes, Sac C $1 120 Michael ...
10) In every terrible loss there is the initial rush of "Oh No," when it becomes apparent that life is not going to go well. Today, of course, it was the monstrous touchdown to Zach Miller, but the fact is that the Raiders were winning the battles on the line all along, and when you add in dumb penalties, over a half dozen dropped passes, injuries to insanely important line ...
NFL Week Six: Top 10 Advertisement Questions
Posted: 18th October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in NFL
10) Does Symbicort really make your lungs glow a brilliant blue through your shirt, and cause you to clean your pristine green pick-up truck in a world where nothing else exists? I want me some of them hallucinations. 9) Why will douchebag French film directors and scooter-riding squirrels make me want to use Visa? 8) With all of the advantages that the Droid is said to ...
Top 10 Phillies-Dodgers Game One Takeaways
Posted: 15th October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in MLB
10) I'd like to sincerely thank MLB for allowing me to see the game, since as the NLDS and tomorrow's game shows, that's really not a given.9) The fact that Davey Lopes is the Phillies' first base coach and Larry Bowa is the Dodgers' third base coach is making my entire childhood a lie.8) Carlos Ruiz has the nickname "Chooch" from Philly Fan; after the three-run homer early in ...
I picked half of the first round series correctly...I feel kind of amazed to have that many, really. Both the Red Sox and Cardinals went for Maximum Fail, as those were my second and third most confident choices.
But that's the nature of playoff baseball, let alone a short series.
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ALCS: Yankees vs. AngelsThe first of two East Coast vs. West Coast draws, both of these teams come in with major mojo ...
Top 10 Things I Learned from the Phillies vs Rockies NLDS
Posted: 12th October 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in MLB
10) Todd Helton may have rejuvenated his career with back surgery, but it doesn't work against left handed pitchers.9) Philly Fan shouldn't complain about Charlie Manuel and his hunches ever again, but will.8) The Rockies clearly needed more Kyle Orton.7) Watching poorly timed baseball playoff games that are being covered by undiagnosed depressives is, somehow, even less fun than watching coverage on Fox or ESPN.6) Colorado's biggest failure was in ...