By now, we’ve all seen this commercial for McDonalds’s Chicken McNuggets.

I hate it. Let’s talk about why

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The US Open starts Monday.  No one cares. The NY Times knows that. That’s why they signed up SNL star Andy Samberg to re-enact some of the great tennis stars of the past. It’s kind of fitting.  The star of a show that has lost nearly all of its relevance honoring a sport that has done the same.

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Did you know they release trailers for commercials now?

Kevin Youkilis is in an upcoming ad for Herb Chambers, a chain of car dealerships in Massachusetts. He sings.

I think his goatee makes him look like a vagina face

I’ve been struggling for a couple of days to put into words just how excited I am about reading the ESPN oral history, “Those Guys Have All The Fun.”  I think I’ve finally figured it out.  I’m not excited enough to fantasize about this book while masturbating, but, if during that “process” the book flashed into my mind, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t knock me off task.

So, with that horrible image in your head, let’s talk about how we’re going to handle this monumental literary event. We’re bringing back the SCP Book Club. But, as opposed to our efforts to chronicle “What It Takes,” this will not be a one man task. Starting next Tuesday, we’ll begin posting a weekly discussion of “Those Guys Have All The Fun,” featuring some of this site’s most loyal readers, John, from 200 Miles From The Citi, commenter and one time contributor Dave in Brighton (who will soon be Dave in Ann Arbor,) and commenter Scott Salley (not his real name,) who, for the sake of simplicity, we’re just going to call Kevin.

We’re also open to other participants. Feel free to add your thoughts into the comments section or, if you want to get more involved, email me at justin@sportscracklepop.com.

So, go out tomorrow, buy the book and start reading. We’ve got a lot to talk about.

Via Darren Rovell’s Twitter comes this amazing new product, which may get rid of stadium beer lines forever. How does it work? Why don’t the cups drip after it’s done? Will it make the draught beers at MSG taste less like old cantaloupe?  I don’t know! But I am willing to find out.

The NY Times flexes their journalistic prowess today, uncovering a little-known group of baseball card collectors that share their exuberance in the “breaking” (ie. opening) of a box of new cards by posting their videos on YouTube.

“When you’re in a card store and you’re opening up a box of cards, I don’t care who’s in the store, they’re all waiting to see what you’re going to get,” said Rick Dalesandro, 45.

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There’s only one thing in the world that could be more exciting that watching a baseball player walk. Obviously, that would be a movie about baseball players walking.  Steven Soderbergh has apparently decided to turn Michael Lewis’s Moneyball into feature film. 

 

Brad Pitt has signed on, probably to play Billy Beane. So, Let’s cast the rest of the movie. Before we start, though, I have to warn you. My mother’s cousin’s wife is a casting agent, and that woman’s son is the bald guy in a number of popular Lowes commercials. So, suffice it to say, I have a natural talent for this that some of you may not be able to handle.

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This post is about HRJ Capital, an investment firm with both Private Equity and Venture Capital arms. No, this isn’t another Wall Street story. It’s a sports story, because HRJ was started by ex-49ers Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana and Harris Barton in order to invest money from big-name athletes, including Andre Agassi and Oscar de la Hoya.

I caught wind of their troubles via Deuce. Aparently HRJ planned to raise $250m but only got to around $130m — but they went ahead and invested $250m anyway.

HRJ now owes $69 million to Silicon Valley Bank, which is now negotiating to take over the firm. So what does this mean? Continue Reading