Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
What are people to do now in Wrigleyville if the Chicago Cubs actually are close to clinching or getting blown out? No booze to calm those nerves or forget the devastating loss!
"Bars and restaurants surrounding Wrigley Field on Monday reluctantly agreed today to stop serving alcohol after the seventh inning ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
I generally side with young guys when they are at war with rich old dudes. I sided with Torre over Steinbrenner, back Obama over McCain, and tend to root for Homer Simpson whenever he tangles with Mister Burns.
But, It looks like former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is making me change my philosophy. ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Six months down, one game to go. Yes, we know the regular season still has one game to go, but the staff at the Crackle is impatient, so we've decided to celebrate the end of another baseball year today.
We'll do the same at the end of every major sports season, ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Naturally the feel good story of the baseball season has been the Tampa Bay Rays. And wouldn't it be a story book ending if they finished the season winning the pennant and the World Series. Well, there are some sportsbooks in Vegas that hope that doesn't happen. VegasWatch interviews Jay ...
Posted in Gambling, MLB | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
This is just too funny. BlackSportsOnline has video of Emmitt Smith unknowingly on the air mouthing the line, "Still owe me sex" from Young Jeezy's "Put On." You know that the Superbowl and Dancing With the Stars champion wasn't paying any attention to what Stuart Scott was saying as he ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
We almost have our 8 post-season teams finalized. In the AL there's the Rays, Red Sox, Angels, and Twins or White Sox. And in the NL we have the Cubs, Dodgers, Phillies, and Brewers.
So, which teams would make the most interesting 2008 World Series? Here are the top match-ups we'd ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Jonny Gomes shows you that when you dont have a funnel in the clubhouse you have to improvise!
-Via BigLeagueStew
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
The Arizona Cardinals Anquan Boldin took a nasty helmet to helmet hit from the Jets Eric Smith late in yesterdays blowout win. How there was no flag on the play is beside me, but when you launch yourself and lead with your helmet like Smith did you endanger the life ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Tomorrow afternoon, Tom Perkins, the famed venture capitalist whose firm is responsible for funding the likes of Amazon.com, America Online, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Google, Intuit, Lotus, Macromedia, Netscape, Segway, and Sun Microsystems, plans to sail his megayacht, The Maltese Falcon, into San Francisco Bay for the first time. Why is ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
The Onion says it better than I, or anyone else could.
"After losing eight of our last 12 games, forming Carlos Voltron is our only hope to save our playoff chances," Manuel said. "We really need power this late in the season, and the 2.5 million pounds of thrust in Voltron's ...
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