You thought I was going to talk about Justin Timberlake being one of the investors that bought the hurting company MySpace for $35 million. No, I am rather going to watch this video of Harold Reynolds trying to demonstrate what he would do if an opposing player tried to catch a foul ball coming into his area.

He decides to do what I would do and that is sit there. Unfortunately for him Eric Brynes shows him what happens when you don’t move.

-H/T Outside the Boxscore

Esquire was smart to get Abigail Clancy into their August 2011 issue. Makes me want to go buy a motorcycle right now.

No wonder why Peter Crouch is always dancing.

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The SCP book club was supposed to be a four part series. Surprisingly, though, the book clubbers all stepped up and finished reading ahead of schedule. It’s the exact opposite trend to what happened between editions 1 and 2. And so, The SCP Book Club’s discussion of “Those Guys Have All The Fun,” wraps up here with a study of chapters 6, 7 and 8, covering pages 455 through 745.

Read parts 1 and 2

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So the infamous Boston Bruins receipt from the Shrine MGM lit up the internet last week. While most of the $156k tab was champagne and hard alcohol, a few beers were thrown into the mix.

An order of one Amstel Light caught the company’s eye. The communications team is trying to find the one player that ordered the beer and are offering him free beer for his 4th of July party (or Canadian independence Day) and his private celebration day with the Stanley Cup.

What happens if the person that ordered the beer wasn’t a player? Does he/she still get free beer? If that is the case I ordered it.

Four ladies from the European Tour decided to spoof the video “Golf Boys” and create one of their own called “Golf Girls.” Sophie Giquel, Cassandra Kirkland, Sophie Sandolo and Jade Schaeffer dressed up in silly outfits and sang the catchy hook “ah ah ah.”

Is it bad for me to say that Rickie Fowler is still the prettiest out of all 8 golfers in the videos.

-H/T Wei Under Par

This is exactly what I picture Peter Crouch doing in the mirror when thinking about his relationship with Abbey Clancy. Just trying to hype himself up.

This man can style his back hair into anything he wants. During the summer he can shave in a Joe Mauer, and come winter maybe transform it into an Adrian Peterson jersey.

-H/T Midwest Sports Fans

As regular* readers know, I was out of town this past week. On that note, congratulations to Beltway Buddy, who guessed, “the train ride home on Day 5,”  as the answer to our recent “riddle.” He was closest to the correct answer without going over. According to both the Bible and “The Price is Right,” that means he’s the winner. His prize, one guest SCP post on the topic of his choice**

*”regular.” Get it? It’s a reference to both the loyalty of some readers and a callback to my previously stated discomforts.

**I still get editorial oversight

In the past, I’ve skipped the SI review on weeks when I was away. There’s no time to read the magazine during vacation, let alone come up with observations that are both hilarious and insightful. Add that to the fact that, when I returned home on Friday, I found that this week’s Sports Illustrated never came. A full reading of the magazine had gone from taxing and rushed chore to physical impossibility.

Honestly, I wasn’t disappointed. I turned my mind off during vacation and haven’t really turned it back on fully yet. I’d rather skip the review than half ass it.

But, fate stepped in. Actually, it wasn’t fate. It was John, from 200 Miles From The Citi. He offered to write the body of the review, which meant all I would have to worry about was the intro.  And though my initial inclination was still to say no, I was swayed by his enthusiasm. He seemed really excited about the idea. I couldn’t turn him down. (Here’s the great thing about John: He doesn’t have levels of excitement. He either is or he isn’t. Having a new daughter, watching his brother play guitar, coming up with the idea for a blog post. I was with him for all three this past week, and he seemed equally enthusiastic about them all. It’s quite endearing.)

So,

Sports Illustrated, June 27th, 2011.

(Reviews by John. Additional thoughts, in italics, by Justin, who hasn’t read any of the articles.)

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The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel next to Boston Back Bay Station. Handicapped stall. 11:55am Friday, ahead of a 12:20 Acela train back to New York.

Very high end facility.



Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend and Sports Illustrated cover model Irina Shayk readies us for the weekend with her Bruno Banani 2011 Swimwear photo spread.

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