Alex Rodriguez

Go Church!!!!

2006-08-21T07:59:00.000-07:00

No seriously, religion is great. WWJD?

Scooby Doo

2006-08-17T20:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/17/airport.evac.ap/index.html

Just how much pull does one dog really have?

Where have we come to as a nation when we let an entire airport get evacuated for hours because of a dog barking?

I suck at blogging.

2006-08-17T20:32:00.000-07:00

I hate the fact that I don't ever have enough time to spend on this blog. I am one of those lemmings that waits forever to catch on to something cool, so I am only now getting on to this whole blogging thing.

The only drawback is that I don't have enough time to dedicate to this bliggity blog. (See here would be a good place to splash an applicable picture, but I don't have a clue where to start) Well, why not figure it out now? Well its 11:30, and I have been dragging ass all week, so I need to get my ass to bed. I am so friggin busy working and trying to get my radio career off the ground, I miss out on the opportunities to get to learn about my inner-blog.

So in not so many words... I will try and figure the shit out some other day.

Why not all 12?

2006-08-17T20:09:00.000-07:00

When you name 3 guys "captain", you kind of defeat the purpose of naming a "captain."

I was in the US Navy, and not once was I on a ship that had 3 captains calling the shots. There was only one guy at the head of the line.

If you are Coach K and don't want to step on any of the egos by singling out one person to be captain, then why name a captain at all? I don't think the team will go into total disarray if there isn't someone named "captain" to keep things in order.

I just don't see the purpose of naming 3 people captain because you were scared to hurt feelings.

WWJD

2006-08-14T07:43:00.000-07:00

Christian Boot Camp

I peed myself today

2006-08-10T09:44:00.000-07:00

If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZhFb_bx--o&mode=related&search=

Work comes first.

2006-08-10T07:29:00.000-07:00

You've got to hand it to the Jews; first work, then war.

Practice what you preach!

2006-08-09T08:58:00.000-07:00

We all know that little adage "practice what you preach." Well Cowboy George needs to follow his own advice.

It seems Georgie Boy, believes that if Israel pulls out of southern Lebanon, there will be a power vacuum left for Hezbollah to fill. He says that there needs to be a "robust international force" to prevent such a problem.

Do you think if we had any international force in Iraq, let alone a robust, do you think we would have the problems we do now?

Lou Friggin Dobbs

2006-08-09T08:25:00.000-07:00

Lou Dobbs has always been perceived as your typical middle aged, extra starch on the collar, white guy. That is until I recently stumbled upon his weekly articles. Most of the time, it concerns the economy, and world affairs, but over the past several weeks and months, he has been tackling illegal immigration.

Coincidently, Sweet Lou and I share the same view on immigration; go after businesses not the workers, and don't provide amnesty for the illegals here. If you go after the businesses, and actually fine them what they are supposed to be fined, the will not hire illegal immigrants. Therefore, if the jobs are drying up, then there is no reason for illegals to come to this country. The illegal immigrants will only come to this country if there is work, no other reason, don't believe for one minute that there are actually Mexican terrorists.

Instead of turning off the spigot by going after the business - the source of the problem - we try and plug the holes with our thumbs, all the while the flood continues to rise. Bush wouldn't want to rile up his base by going after his beloved rich, instead, he sends the regular Joes that are in the national guard.

Lets face it, Bush is an idiot, and those of you that voted for him in 2004, are idiots too.

Middling Intellect

2006-08-03T20:48:00.000-07:00

I am not a dumb person, contrary to popular belief, I am really not.

Unfortunaely, after stumbling upon this site, I do not feel smart either.

Mideast Conflict

2006-08-03T08:35:00.000-07:00

I don't agree with his comment, but it is a starting point in negotiations.

Iran is saying: "Hey, get rid of Isreal, and there is no conflict."

Isreal counters: "Destroy Hezbollah, we are happy!"

Now they just have to meet in the middle.

Good Stuff

Truth about Abreu

2006-08-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

Jayson Stark is usually a Phillies management friendly guy, but he won't sugarcoat the truth just to stay sweet with the brass. This article is a huge indictment against Phillies GM Pat Gillick and possibly the Phillies ownership group. In my opinion, this article speaks volumes about the direction this team is heading.

Phillies strike out in Abreu deal

It Isn't Just The MoneyWould the Yankees have been able to trade for Abreu without their unparalleled five-tool check-writing talents? Of course not. But the people who think they're only about money are the same people who think everything in life is about money.

Cashman and Co. hovered on Abreu for weeks, foresaw the Phillies' desperation to dump dollars even while they were being told relentlessly this would never be just a salary-expungation, and then convinced the Phillies that including Cory Lidle in this trade was their only hope to make it happen.
So now here the Yankees sit, having added Abreu, Lidle and Craig Wilson (from Pittsburgh) for one talented project (C.J. Henry), one 27-year-old relief pitcher (Matt Smith), two kids out of the Gulf Coast League and a pitcher they would have released, Shawn Chacon. Amazing.
Yeah, it wouldn't have been possible without that Boss Steinbrenner checking account. But what these guys just pulled off carried an indispensable element of pre-deadline genius.
And Speaking Of That Abreu Trade ...Now presenting the most lopsided deadline deal of this millennium: Abreu and Lidle for four guys the Yankees already have forgotten they ever employed.
C.J. Henry? "I've never seen a shortstop throw like that in my life," said one front-office man. "First-round buzz. First-round athleticism. But he's just a guy where all you do is dream about his athleticism and hope it clicks."
Matt Smith? "Fringe guy," said one scouting director.
Jesus Sanchez? Carlos Monasterios? "With players that far away, who the hell knows," said one exec.
Over and over in the last few days, people from all walks of baseball have been asking: That's all the Phillies got for Bobby Abreu? And the answer is: You've got it.
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The Yankees will pay Abreu about $4.4 million this season and $15 million next year.
"I keep asking myself, 'Is there something I don't know about Bobby Abreu that they know?' " said a high-ranking official of a team that would have loved to add Abreu in a less complicated, dollar-signed world. "I'm just baffled that they could not get anything back for a guy this good. And they paid him $1.5 million to waive his no-trade clause. And they just tossed in Cory Lidle -- tossed him in. I know for a fact there were teams that offered better prospects for Lidle alone. I don't get it."
Well, we don't get it, either. We've always looked upon Pat Gillick as a man of vision. So we'll give him every opportunity to prove that he can take that $21 million he just saved on his car insurance and transform the landscape of a fallen franchise.
But we still don't get it. Gillick is right when he says this group of Phillies had its shot, didn't win and needs to be disassembled. He's right when he says they need to change the mix, and he couldn't do that without more payroll flexibility.
But we still don't get it. Three different teams told us they thought they offered a better package for just Lidle than the Phillies got for both guys. So if the market for Lidle was that good, or even close, why not do that, hold onto Abreu for two months and try to deal him again in the offseason?
If his money situation made him so tough to deal, why not hang onto him until next year, try to win with one of the best offensive players in the league and, if that didn't happen, deal him at the '07 deadline?
To make this kind of trade, just for the joy of cashing out, simply tells the sport that either you think Abreu is outrageously overrated or your team is in major financial trouble -- or both.
Maybe there's a whole different reason we're missing. But that's merely proof that, like many folks who have looked at this deal from near and far, we just don't get it.

College Football

2006-08-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

Can you smell that? That is right party people, college football is right around the corner. Time to dust off those calculators and excel sheets, and get ready for some serious Sagarain ratings.

If you are interested in any form of gambling at all, you surely know that college football is one of the most exciting forms.

The sheer number of games, allows for more opportunities to find discrepencies in the valuation of spreads and totals.

We will definitely cover more of this topic in the near future.

Good Stuff

Smart People Rule

2006-08-01T12:06:00.000-07:00

You have to be one smart fellow when you can figure out how to tell the differnce between "natural" and "artificial" testosterone.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2535787

Buster Olney

2006-07-31T19:43:00.000-07:00

Watching Buster Olney must be what it was like watching Peter Gammons when he was young. I am officially a Buster Olney hoochie. The guy provides such insight into the behind the scenes happenings. You realize just how ignorant Steve Phillips is. You tend to forget how dumb Phillips is when he is by himself, but pair him up with Olney, you realize why the Mets sucked ass for so long.

Old People Rule

2006-07-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

Starting at 70, every person should be required to take a driving proficiency test.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/29/starbucks.crash.ap/index.html

Suspicious Mel Gibson

2006-07-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/28/gibson.dui/index.html

If it were anyone else besides Passion of the Drunk, it would be "arrested for DUI" not "suspicion of DUI." Because it is the untouchable Mel Gibson, the media is afraid to step on toes.

Where are all the Jesus freaks now?

Classic Catholicism

2006-07-28T20:07:00.000-07:00

Check out this post.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/28/priest.luxuries.ap/index.html

You will know why I think Organized Religion is bunk.

Iraq

2006-07-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

I thought the Iraqis were supposed to be assuming more responsibility of running their own country, yet we are sending MORE troops to the region.

This war is turning into another Vietnam.

Phillies

2006-07-28T06:20:00.000-07:00

Does Lieberthal's ressurection have anything to do with his contract year?