Every week, Boris and Natasha fought Rocky and Bullwinkle for… something. Hard to say. But their problems were the same. So, too, are many of Tennessee’s obstacles this football season (can you tell I had no idea what the title of this post should be? Or how to lead it in to what I wrote [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Moose & Squirrel, Boris, Moose & Squirrel
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Georgia Tech Fans Have No Assholes
Posted in Football on July 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
As previously mentioned this is our ‘mixed up college football preview’ in which Trey (Duke fan) writes about Georgia Tech, Jim (Georgia Tech fan) writes about Tennessee, and Jeff (Tennessee fan) writes about Duke. There’s an old saying that goes something like this: excuses are like assholes, everyone’s got one. Well as of this season [...]
Go Well But Go Away: the Mike Hampton Story
Posted in Baseball on July 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I usually love the trade deadline in baseball. If you team is buying, then it’s exciting to wonder who they will land in a trade and how that person will make your team better. If your team is selling, then it’s exciting to see who you can trade and what you can get in return, [...]
Say It Ain’t So!!!
Posted in Baseball on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
These be fightin’ words! MLB.com is reporting that the Braves are willing to trade Jeff Francoeur. Seriously?!?! Fran Wren, I know you read this site diligently so listen up. What are you thinking? You want to trade one of the most popular players on the team, a guy who is marketable, and a guy who has [...]
Oh Canada
Posted in Soccer on July 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the NBA and MLB, Canada is where sports go to die. Chris Bosh is one of the best players in the NBA and seems extremely personable and marketable, but because he plays in Toronto he isn’t in any commercials and we hardly ever get to see him play. Similarly, Roy Halladay is one of [...]
What’s the Score?
Posted in Baseball on July 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In the Rally Cap Etiquette post I mentioned that after attending a 17 inning Braves game with my family I came up with 2 important questions that needed to be debated. The first was when to don a rally cap and the implications of it. The second, which is the subject of this post, has [...]
Thank You Brett Favre
Posted in Commentary & Analysis, Football on July 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are two reasons I’m glad that Brett announced that he wants to the Packers to release him so that he can come back to the NFL and play for one more year with a team other than the Packers. The first reason is that I enjoy watching Brett Favre play. Anytime you have an [...]
Rally Cap Etiquette
Posted in Baseball, Commentary & Analysis on July 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So I went with the family to a Braves game last weekend. It was an insane game that brought up two questions that I think we need to make a final ruling on. The first question, which this post will deal with, is around the wearing of a rally cap. In case you missed it, [...]
Waiting on Redemption: Why I’m an Even Bigger Francoeur Fan and Might Be Going to Jail
Posted in Baseball, Commentary & Analysis on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the Braves optioned Jeff Francoeur to AA Mississippi. I can’t believe that I had to write the above sentence. If you look back at my Braves season preview, you’ll see that I predicted a monster year from him. Furthermore, in that same post I admitted that Frenchy was my favorite current Brave and in [...]
Where MLS Teams Should Be
Posted in Commentary & Analysis, Soccer on July 22, 2008 | 13 Comments »
A couple days ago I wrote a post about how impressed I was with how Toronto supported its MLS team and opined about how the MLS needs to recognize that it should not try to drag new fans into soccer, but rather just focus on the ones that will come to it willingly (scroll down [...]
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