FACT: It was 10 years ago today Cal Ripken Jr. got his 3,000th career hit against the Twins.
FACT #2: It was also 10 years ago that we were at that game and while everyone else was standing and applauding a great career accomplishment, Dawger was firmly planted in his seat calling everyone else a sell-out and comparing Cal Ripken to Michael Cuddyer, which also berthed one of the greatest internet cartoons ever on DWG, which I can no longer find.
I'll still have some Cobbsy talk tonight, maybe, but I wanted to give everyone the chance to celebrate this moment in history.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
FACT
The Orioles lost today to the Rays 9-1. The reason? They gave Matt Wieters the day off.
Also the Gophers got the official commitment from Mo Walker today. Awesome.
[EDIT: Somebody want to explain to me why the hell they sent Alex Burnett down in exchange for the world's oldest relief pitcher]
Also the Gophers got the official commitment from Mo Walker today. Awesome.
[EDIT: Somebody want to explain to me why the hell they sent Alex Burnett down in exchange for the world's oldest relief pitcher]
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
PLACEHOLDER: Mo Walker committs to the Gophers
Star Trib Link Here
Or maybe we need to slow down on this. Despite reports from everyone from Rivals and ESPN.com that Maurice "Escalade" Walker will be committing to your Golden Gophers tomorrow when the spring signing period officially begins, there seems to be some question as to just how much of a "lock" this "lock" is.
From what I've picked up from various sources culled from the Gopher Hole posters, both Walker and his father have backed off a bit, with the dad reporting that Pitt, Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky are all still in the mix and Walker himself telling GopherLady that he hasn't made a decision yet. Of course, these reports directly conflict with some earlier reports, including a text directly from Walker saying that he has decided to play for the Gophers but was asked by Tubby not to announce anything until tomorrow so "out of respect I'm waiting until tomorrow to make everything official."
There seem to be two schools of thought as to what's going on. The first, most optimistic and I think most likely is that Walker has made up his mind to play for the Gophers but for whatever reason - Tubby, his dad, wanting to make his choice a bigger media spectacle - he's backing off so he can make an official announcement with at least a little drama. The second, which seems a bit too doom and gloom even for me, is that he really is changing his mind due to Cory Joseph.
If you follow Gopher recruiting, you know that Walker and Joseph are good friends, good enough even that Walker was trying to get Joseph to come play with him wherever he signed. It was also obvious that Walker loved the Gophers and Tubby, and was basically ready to sign before he even stepped foot on campus. So the conspiracy thought is that Walker decided to be a Gopher and was expecting Joseph to follow him, but has since talked with Cory and found out that he has either decided on another team (Texas) or has eliminated the Gophers from his list without making that info public.
Personally, I think it's the first one. Or at least I hope so. Walker is a great get - 6-10, 300 lb. centers with offers from Kansas don't exactly come knocking at the door often - and I love the idea of sticking somebody with that kind of size next to Mbakwe next year at times. Hell, Ralph can play small forward.
Let's hope this is all nothing and we'll get official word tomorrow that Walker has signed and that we hear Joseph is following him here a few days later. If not, I don't know what plan B is, but the Gophers would end up with one of the worst recruiting classes in the Big Ten, and I would probably cry for three days.
Speaking of crying for three days, JaJuan Johnson has entered the NBA draft, thus ending his reign as "The college KG" and giving the NBA a Hakim Warrick clone. I won't miss him lighting up the Gophers, but I'll miss watching that sweet J and his excellent work on both ends of the floor. I won't be following his career further because I don't watch the NBA because I'm not retarded.
Or maybe we need to slow down on this. Despite reports from everyone from Rivals and ESPN.com that Maurice "Escalade" Walker will be committing to your Golden Gophers tomorrow when the spring signing period officially begins, there seems to be some question as to just how much of a "lock" this "lock" is.
From what I've picked up from various sources culled from the Gopher Hole posters, both Walker and his father have backed off a bit, with the dad reporting that Pitt, Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky are all still in the mix and Walker himself telling GopherLady that he hasn't made a decision yet. Of course, these reports directly conflict with some earlier reports, including a text directly from Walker saying that he has decided to play for the Gophers but was asked by Tubby not to announce anything until tomorrow so "out of respect I'm waiting until tomorrow to make everything official."
There seem to be two schools of thought as to what's going on. The first, most optimistic and I think most likely is that Walker has made up his mind to play for the Gophers but for whatever reason - Tubby, his dad, wanting to make his choice a bigger media spectacle - he's backing off so he can make an official announcement with at least a little drama. The second, which seems a bit too doom and gloom even for me, is that he really is changing his mind due to Cory Joseph.
If you follow Gopher recruiting, you know that Walker and Joseph are good friends, good enough even that Walker was trying to get Joseph to come play with him wherever he signed. It was also obvious that Walker loved the Gophers and Tubby, and was basically ready to sign before he even stepped foot on campus. So the conspiracy thought is that Walker decided to be a Gopher and was expecting Joseph to follow him, but has since talked with Cory and found out that he has either decided on another team (Texas) or has eliminated the Gophers from his list without making that info public.
Personally, I think it's the first one. Or at least I hope so. Walker is a great get - 6-10, 300 lb. centers with offers from Kansas don't exactly come knocking at the door often - and I love the idea of sticking somebody with that kind of size next to Mbakwe next year at times. Hell, Ralph can play small forward.
Let's hope this is all nothing and we'll get official word tomorrow that Walker has signed and that we hear Joseph is following him here a few days later. If not, I don't know what plan B is, but the Gophers would end up with one of the worst recruiting classes in the Big Ten, and I would probably cry for three days.
Speaking of crying for three days, JaJuan Johnson has entered the NBA draft, thus ending his reign as "The college KG" and giving the NBA a Hakim Warrick clone. I won't miss him lighting up the Gophers, but I'll miss watching that sweet J and his excellent work on both ends of the floor. I won't be following his career further because I don't watch the NBA because I'm not retarded.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Week in Review - 4/12/2010
I heart baseball. And the Masters. And nice weather. Truly, this was a glorious weekend.
WHO WAS AWESOME
1. The Twins. A 5-2 road trip to start the season, with the two opponents being the Angels and White Sox? Hell yes, great start to the season. Rauch looks like the next Mariano Rivera but white and a foot taller. Delmon Young has improved his patience (decreased swing %) while at the same time increasing his aggressiveness (anecdotal, but it seems like he puts it all into every swing and has mostly eliminated those weak "make contact" swings he got into the habit of doing last year). The starters have been solid save the first time out from Baker, and the bullpen has been nails in front of Rauch, except for Mijares who has been brutal so far. The new guys, Hudson and Hardy, have been solid, Mauer and Morneau have picked back up as MVP candidates, and even this year's slow starters - Kubel and Span - have found ways to contribute. Assuming Hardy and Delmon are really this good and Kubel and Span are the same as last year, this lineup is absolutely loaded. With a good bullpen and above average starters, they have a very good look about them through week 1. Needless to say, I like what I'm seeing. I'm going to stop now because I'm pissing myself off with my pollyanna optimisim and I don't want to have to kick my own ass.
2. The Masters. We didn't get the drama of a playoff, but there was still plenty to enjoy at Augusta. Tiger came back and played well, only to melt down on the back 9 on Sunday with both the driver and the putter, Anthony Kim went on an Anthony Kim-like run of birdies to become a factor, Lee Westwood did what the 54-hole leader seems to do in every major and shoot right around par, and Tom Watson and Fred Couples hung around long enough to give the old-timers some hope. In the end though, Phil Mickelson managed to out last his own hitting the ball in the woodsness to play an overall brilliant back 9 at -4 while everyone else was making mistakes, including Tiger's 3-putt from 6 feet on 14 and a few makeable birdies Westwood burned by the cup. I'm not a huge Phil fan, but I'm not an anti-fan either, so overall this result pleases me. Plus that jackass Cink missed the cut, which is always a positive.
3. Matt Garza. Oh hell. Damn hell. Garza pitched the kind of game aces pitch, going 8 innings against the Orioles giving up just four hits and an earned run while striking out 9. Don't dismiss the Orioles, either, they have a pretty good lineup this year, so perhaps the Garza we were waiting for has arrived - only he's wearing a different uniform. At least Delmon is sort of starting come around. In any case, I picked Garza for runner-up in the Cy Young race, and this start shows he's got the stuff. At least we still have Scott Baker, who has the same kind of stuff and mental make up and could also end up being a shut down ace, right? Blackburn? Slowey? Crap.
4. C.C. Sabathia. Well I don't like him or the Yankees, but tossing a near no-hitter against a pretty good Rays squad is impressive so he probably deserves some credit. But instead of doing that, I'll just tell you how brutally homerishly awful the Yankee radio announcers are. I douwnloaded the MLB At-Bat app for Blackberry, which is awesome, and was listening to it and my god, the chick announcer on there is so rah-rah she's probably humping most of the roster. There was a play where Carl Crawford overslid second on a force play and was tagged out by Robinson Cano, and she couldn't stop talking about "what a great heads up play" and "how alert Cano is" and "how it's just instinctive." In case that wasn't enough, she drops this one, "You know who else makes plays like that? Derek Jeter. Stand next to Jeter long enough and you start making those kind of plays." Good lord, lady, he tagged a guy out, pull your dress down. Also, after a strike out looking she said that "Cervelli framed that so beautifully without moving his glove, that's why Sabathia got that call." Basically the entire time I was listening she was auditorially servicing each player - worse even than Gladden. For reals.
5. Blue Jays. The Jays are a bit surprising at 5-1 to start the year, but even more surprising has been the quality of starting pitching they have been getting. Going into the year, nobody was really worried about their lineup, but they had something like 10-12 pitchers, any of whom could have won a rotation spot and nobody was guaranteed to be there. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but they have been pretty lights out so far, holding their opponent to four runs or less four times, and never allowing more than six in a game to this point. Shaun Marcum nearly tossed a no-hitter on opening day and then followed that up with a 7 inning, 2 hit performance against the Rangers on Sunday, while Dana Eveland threw a shutout and Ricky Romero and Brian Tallet chipped in with quality starts. If this pitching is for real, and it's almost certainly not, Toronto could actually contend in the East.
WHO SUCKED
1. Matt Howard. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFf. There isn't an OOF oofy enough to quantify this oof. I swear the entire first ten minutes of the championship game was nothing more than Butler constantly dumping the ball into Howard on the block against Zoubek or a Plumlee, whereupon Howard would use some truly nifty footwork to go under/around his man and get himself in good position to score around the goal. Of course, then he would just miss. And miss. And miss. I swear he missed five shots in the first four minutes, and then decided instead of missing he would just spend the rest of the game in foul trouble. He played better in the second half, but that slow beginning really set the tone and if he had hit a few more shots Butler spends most the game ahead instead of behind. But don't cry for Butler, because they lose only one contributor and he's not all that significant - Mack, Howard, and Hayward are all back - so they have a good chance at making it here again; at which point no doubt a bunch of morons will try pegging them as a Cinderella again. God you people are dumb.
2. Jim Furyk. The good news is that Furyk shot four shots better on the second day than the first at the Masters. The bad news is that the first day was an 80. 80! A freaking 80. You know who else shot an 80 in either of the first two rounds? Michael Campbell, Ian Woosnam, Anders Hansen, Sandy Lyle, Ben Martin, and Henrik Stenson. One good player, two 100-year-olds, a flash in the pan, and two never-will-bes. Jim Furyk doesn't belong in that group (neither does Stenson, but I don't think he was considered as having a good shot to win this thing like Furyk was). This is just mind-boggling. Furyk officially finishes 91st out of 96 golfers, although one of the guys withdrew even though he had a better score, so really he was more like 92nd. Not that that distinction really matters. Just an absolute stinker by Furyk, reminiscent of watching Drew Butera try to bat. Although pretend Butera was a mult-time all-star and was still in his prime, but suddenly looked lost like he did the other night. Yuck.
3. Houston Astros. There is just one winless team remaining in MLB, and it's the lowly Astros. More impressive than the 0-6 record, however, is how they've managed to lose. Here are their run totals for the six games: 2-0-4-0-6-1. Yes, that's two shut outs mixed in there, by Barry Zito and J.A. Happ of all people. And the games where they scored 4 and 6 they actually had late leads but lost due to bullpen meltdowns, which I guess is to be expected when you sign Brandon Lyon to be your closer.
4. Mike Gonzalez. And speaking of closers, it looks like we might have the first closer demotion of the year thanks to the Orioles' Gonzalez, who blew two saves this week in three tries and blew them spectacularly, giving up two runs in each outing to not just blow the save, but lose the game as well. Even in the one game he managed to not blow he still walked two and gave up a hit in his one inning of work, and is currently rocking a 18.00 ERA and 4.50 WHIP. He's basically a pretty good set-up man, but really just not a good closer. Very LaTroy Hawkins-ish, only left-handed and less black.
5. Taylor Teagarden. With Rangers' starting catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia on the DL, Teagarden was elevated to every day catcher for Texas. He has responded by going 0-12 with 7 strikeouts. He's a semi-well regarded prospect type, although not considered an offensive force, so he'll probably be fine, but that is not a great start to your season.
If you are going to the opener today I hate you.
WHO WAS AWESOME
1. The Twins. A 5-2 road trip to start the season, with the two opponents being the Angels and White Sox? Hell yes, great start to the season. Rauch looks like the next Mariano Rivera but white and a foot taller. Delmon Young has improved his patience (decreased swing %) while at the same time increasing his aggressiveness (anecdotal, but it seems like he puts it all into every swing and has mostly eliminated those weak "make contact" swings he got into the habit of doing last year). The starters have been solid save the first time out from Baker, and the bullpen has been nails in front of Rauch, except for Mijares who has been brutal so far. The new guys, Hudson and Hardy, have been solid, Mauer and Morneau have picked back up as MVP candidates, and even this year's slow starters - Kubel and Span - have found ways to contribute. Assuming Hardy and Delmon are really this good and Kubel and Span are the same as last year, this lineup is absolutely loaded. With a good bullpen and above average starters, they have a very good look about them through week 1. Needless to say, I like what I'm seeing. I'm going to stop now because I'm pissing myself off with my pollyanna optimisim and I don't want to have to kick my own ass.
2. The Masters. We didn't get the drama of a playoff, but there was still plenty to enjoy at Augusta. Tiger came back and played well, only to melt down on the back 9 on Sunday with both the driver and the putter, Anthony Kim went on an Anthony Kim-like run of birdies to become a factor, Lee Westwood did what the 54-hole leader seems to do in every major and shoot right around par, and Tom Watson and Fred Couples hung around long enough to give the old-timers some hope. In the end though, Phil Mickelson managed to out last his own hitting the ball in the woodsness to play an overall brilliant back 9 at -4 while everyone else was making mistakes, including Tiger's 3-putt from 6 feet on 14 and a few makeable birdies Westwood burned by the cup. I'm not a huge Phil fan, but I'm not an anti-fan either, so overall this result pleases me. Plus that jackass Cink missed the cut, which is always a positive.
3. Matt Garza. Oh hell. Damn hell. Garza pitched the kind of game aces pitch, going 8 innings against the Orioles giving up just four hits and an earned run while striking out 9. Don't dismiss the Orioles, either, they have a pretty good lineup this year, so perhaps the Garza we were waiting for has arrived - only he's wearing a different uniform. At least Delmon is sort of starting come around. In any case, I picked Garza for runner-up in the Cy Young race, and this start shows he's got the stuff. At least we still have Scott Baker, who has the same kind of stuff and mental make up and could also end up being a shut down ace, right? Blackburn? Slowey? Crap.
4. C.C. Sabathia. Well I don't like him or the Yankees, but tossing a near no-hitter against a pretty good Rays squad is impressive so he probably deserves some credit. But instead of doing that, I'll just tell you how brutally homerishly awful the Yankee radio announcers are. I douwnloaded the MLB At-Bat app for Blackberry, which is awesome, and was listening to it and my god, the chick announcer on there is so rah-rah she's probably humping most of the roster. There was a play where Carl Crawford overslid second on a force play and was tagged out by Robinson Cano, and she couldn't stop talking about "what a great heads up play" and "how alert Cano is" and "how it's just instinctive." In case that wasn't enough, she drops this one, "You know who else makes plays like that? Derek Jeter. Stand next to Jeter long enough and you start making those kind of plays." Good lord, lady, he tagged a guy out, pull your dress down. Also, after a strike out looking she said that "Cervelli framed that so beautifully without moving his glove, that's why Sabathia got that call." Basically the entire time I was listening she was auditorially servicing each player - worse even than Gladden. For reals.
5. Blue Jays. The Jays are a bit surprising at 5-1 to start the year, but even more surprising has been the quality of starting pitching they have been getting. Going into the year, nobody was really worried about their lineup, but they had something like 10-12 pitchers, any of whom could have won a rotation spot and nobody was guaranteed to be there. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but they have been pretty lights out so far, holding their opponent to four runs or less four times, and never allowing more than six in a game to this point. Shaun Marcum nearly tossed a no-hitter on opening day and then followed that up with a 7 inning, 2 hit performance against the Rangers on Sunday, while Dana Eveland threw a shutout and Ricky Romero and Brian Tallet chipped in with quality starts. If this pitching is for real, and it's almost certainly not, Toronto could actually contend in the East.
WHO SUCKED
1. Matt Howard. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFf. There isn't an OOF oofy enough to quantify this oof. I swear the entire first ten minutes of the championship game was nothing more than Butler constantly dumping the ball into Howard on the block against Zoubek or a Plumlee, whereupon Howard would use some truly nifty footwork to go under/around his man and get himself in good position to score around the goal. Of course, then he would just miss. And miss. And miss. I swear he missed five shots in the first four minutes, and then decided instead of missing he would just spend the rest of the game in foul trouble. He played better in the second half, but that slow beginning really set the tone and if he had hit a few more shots Butler spends most the game ahead instead of behind. But don't cry for Butler, because they lose only one contributor and he's not all that significant - Mack, Howard, and Hayward are all back - so they have a good chance at making it here again; at which point no doubt a bunch of morons will try pegging them as a Cinderella again. God you people are dumb.
2. Jim Furyk. The good news is that Furyk shot four shots better on the second day than the first at the Masters. The bad news is that the first day was an 80. 80! A freaking 80. You know who else shot an 80 in either of the first two rounds? Michael Campbell, Ian Woosnam, Anders Hansen, Sandy Lyle, Ben Martin, and Henrik Stenson. One good player, two 100-year-olds, a flash in the pan, and two never-will-bes. Jim Furyk doesn't belong in that group (neither does Stenson, but I don't think he was considered as having a good shot to win this thing like Furyk was). This is just mind-boggling. Furyk officially finishes 91st out of 96 golfers, although one of the guys withdrew even though he had a better score, so really he was more like 92nd. Not that that distinction really matters. Just an absolute stinker by Furyk, reminiscent of watching Drew Butera try to bat. Although pretend Butera was a mult-time all-star and was still in his prime, but suddenly looked lost like he did the other night. Yuck.
3. Houston Astros. There is just one winless team remaining in MLB, and it's the lowly Astros. More impressive than the 0-6 record, however, is how they've managed to lose. Here are their run totals for the six games: 2-0-4-0-6-1. Yes, that's two shut outs mixed in there, by Barry Zito and J.A. Happ of all people. And the games where they scored 4 and 6 they actually had late leads but lost due to bullpen meltdowns, which I guess is to be expected when you sign Brandon Lyon to be your closer.
4. Mike Gonzalez. And speaking of closers, it looks like we might have the first closer demotion of the year thanks to the Orioles' Gonzalez, who blew two saves this week in three tries and blew them spectacularly, giving up two runs in each outing to not just blow the save, but lose the game as well. Even in the one game he managed to not blow he still walked two and gave up a hit in his one inning of work, and is currently rocking a 18.00 ERA and 4.50 WHIP. He's basically a pretty good set-up man, but really just not a good closer. Very LaTroy Hawkins-ish, only left-handed and less black.
5. Taylor Teagarden. With Rangers' starting catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia on the DL, Teagarden was elevated to every day catcher for Texas. He has responded by going 0-12 with 7 strikeouts. He's a semi-well regarded prospect type, although not considered an offensive force, so he'll probably be fine, but that is not a great start to your season.
If you are going to the opener today I hate you.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but Mama. W is all knocked up again and I'm pretty sure it's mine so I'm pretty interested in what's going on with this here kid, and we found out tonight that we're having a boy, which is awesome because we already have a girl named WonderbabyTM as you probably know. Since we got that bit o' good news I figured I'd celebrate by having a couple of little screwdrivers and watching the Twins. Join me, won't you, on this magical ride I call life?
8:51 - No, the Twins haven't started but I'm watching the O's/Rays thanks to the free MLB package preview Directv is nice enough to give us, and I'm torn. The Orioles are leading 5-3 in the 8th and I have the Orioles at +155 but I also have the Rays' closer on my fantasy team. Some might look at this as a win/win, but I look at it as sucky and am trying to figure out how I can cash in on both. I'm looking for the Rays to tie it up, Soriano to pitch 2 shutout innings, and then the O's win and somebody else gets the loss. Win/win.
8:57 - So we had a nice girl's name that we agreed on, but we haven't been able to come to an agreement with a boy name at all. Mrs. W wants Lucas, while I'm trying to convince her to go with a first name-middle name combo of either Optimus Prime or Matt Wieters.
9:02 - By the way that wasn't me who picked Furyk to win the Masters. I think Dr. Acula hacked my account.
9:04 - I'll be watching the game, at least for now, via internet feed and it is behind real TV by anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes, so if you Tivo'd the game and play it back later to match up the times with this blog it won't work. Sorry to spoil your Friday night plans.
9:05 - Gail Simmons has large boobs, but she's no Audrina.
Audrina and Vegas in the same picture? Is this heaven?
9:11 - Good god this is a terrible internet feed. It's like watching the game through a Viewmaster.
9:17 - Morneau strikes out with runners on second and third and only one out which means all he had to do was put the ball in play and the Twins go up 1-0. And if I know one thing about facing Joel Piniero, it's that you need to score the runs when you can because a shut-down pitcher like him doesn't give you many opportunities to score.
9:19 - Text from Snacks "God Cuddyer is a fat piece of crap." Sums it up. Not much more to add.
9:20 - Oh, I forgot to mention that my soon to be son has a gigantic head. Like, their computer program actually moved up Mrs. W's due date by a full week because the kid's head was so gigantic. Apparently he's basically like a toothpick with an orange on top in there. He's pretty much either Stewie or Justin Morneau.
9:22 - Slowey strikes out the leadoff batter, Aybar, on a pitch that I have no idea what it was because I only saw the windup and then the result, but that's a good sign. I was worried about Slowey a bit because any time you miss as much time as he did I worry about rust a bit.
9:27 - So that would be back to back hits now by Fatbreau and Torii. I take it back.
9:30 - I think he got out of it. I can't tell because the feed froze. Whoever is after Matsui either popped out to Hardy or Hardy couldn't get quite get back there and Span was being not Gomez and couldn't get up there and it fell. And nevermind he caught it. I'm going to try to find another feed because this is a nightmare. And not like the new one with Kelly Leak, I mean more like Robert Englund.
9:33 - Thome again? He better not be playing for Kubel again.
9:34 - Thome walks and here comes Kubel. Sorry Delmon. And it's about time for Kubel to get a god damn hit already. It's not like he's Denard Span.
9:35 - God Kubel sucks.
9:44 - I was poking around for a different feed, which I didn't at all find, and now I come back and it's 1-0 Angels? What happened? God it's like Slowey just hates me. And also we're still watching Viewmaster style. Actually I think it's more like a flip book.
9:50 - Span grounds one back to the pitcher to officially move to 1-14 on the season. What's the deal here? Gomez gets traded, Span gets a fat contract, and suddenly he's like a big fat cat sitting on top of a swimming pool full of money? God I miss Gomez. At least he's a gamer.
9:57 - Slowey walks Torii Hunter. Isn't that kind of like some kind of reverse unstoppable force meets immovable object kind of thing?
9:58 - Hideki Matsui's eyes are really doing nothing to dispel stereotypes.
10:06 - Ok I'm on to an actual television now. We just stared the top of the fourth and it's 1-0 Angels. I can't believe they haven't scored off of Piniero yet. That guy always has a four+ run inning in him, you just have to crack the shell so it comes oozing out.
10:09 - Another 1-2-3 inning as the Twins go down meekly like a tentative high school kid. This is getting embarrassing. It's Joel Piniero for christ's sake. I'd be really upset right now but I'm seeing Clash of the Titans tomorrow so really nothing can bring me down. Also we're having a son. That too. That is also important.
10:17 - Slowey sets them down 1-2-3. I'm either going to have to get more entertaining or this game is going to have to get more interesting. Hope for the game, I think.
10:20 - Thome with a double, leaving Kubel as the only Twin without a hit this year I assume without looking anything up, not counting that fake catcher guy. And there you go, game-tying run-scoring single by Kubes, which is also worth 2 fantasy points. Our team is so good.
10:22 - Hardy, with 2 homers already this year, is ordered to bunt. Jesus christ Gardenhire, you have an actual offense this year. I know you're used to having a bunch of Matt Tolbert's in the lineup and you have to scratch and claw for every run you can get, but not this year. Just chill out, sit back, and let the Hardy boy mash like he wants
10:23 - Mama W just described Hardy as "cute."
10:26 - Holy F Brendan Harris just destroyed the ball, and the Twins are up 3-1. Can we please, please, please start Harris at 3B more than once a week? I know he never slides into first and isn't some minority scrappy guy but he's a much better hitter than Punto and doesn't exactly suck defensively. Stop being retarded, Gardy. You know you need more Harris in your life.
10:29 - Hudson reaches on error which is apparently his best shot at getting on base. He's been bad at the plate and his defense has been less than impressive as well. Since I believe you can easily make blanket judgments about the entire season after just four days, I'm going to go ahead and say this guy sucks.
10:46 - Massive computer problems kept me off of here for the past 17 minutes. I saw some things in the game I was going to comment on but now meh and also I can't really remember. Instead I will let you know that Matt Wieters (a rich man's Joe Mauer) did not hit a home run tonight, instead electing to go 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored. I don't know why that's all he did, and you don't either, but who are we to question his plan?
10:49 - Kubel got out again. How odd.
10:50 - I'm lame. I'm too tired to keep going. I've stayed up for all three games, and with early rise times I'm just plain tuckered, so it's either keep drinking or go to bed. As much as I'd like to keep drinking, it turns out they frown upon employees who show up reeking of vodka, so it's probably in my best interests to pass. Don't judge me, I'm old. Plus I have little Optimus Prime on the way, so I need to save up my strength now.
8:51 - No, the Twins haven't started but I'm watching the O's/Rays thanks to the free MLB package preview Directv is nice enough to give us, and I'm torn. The Orioles are leading 5-3 in the 8th and I have the Orioles at +155 but I also have the Rays' closer on my fantasy team. Some might look at this as a win/win, but I look at it as sucky and am trying to figure out how I can cash in on both. I'm looking for the Rays to tie it up, Soriano to pitch 2 shutout innings, and then the O's win and somebody else gets the loss. Win/win.
8:57 - So we had a nice girl's name that we agreed on, but we haven't been able to come to an agreement with a boy name at all. Mrs. W wants Lucas, while I'm trying to convince her to go with a first name-middle name combo of either Optimus Prime or Matt Wieters.
9:02 - By the way that wasn't me who picked Furyk to win the Masters. I think Dr. Acula hacked my account.
9:04 - I'll be watching the game, at least for now, via internet feed and it is behind real TV by anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes, so if you Tivo'd the game and play it back later to match up the times with this blog it won't work. Sorry to spoil your Friday night plans.
9:05 - Gail Simmons has large boobs, but she's no Audrina.
Audrina and Vegas in the same picture? Is this heaven?
9:11 - Good god this is a terrible internet feed. It's like watching the game through a Viewmaster.
9:17 - Morneau strikes out with runners on second and third and only one out which means all he had to do was put the ball in play and the Twins go up 1-0. And if I know one thing about facing Joel Piniero, it's that you need to score the runs when you can because a shut-down pitcher like him doesn't give you many opportunities to score.
9:19 - Text from Snacks "God Cuddyer is a fat piece of crap." Sums it up. Not much more to add.
9:20 - Oh, I forgot to mention that my soon to be son has a gigantic head. Like, their computer program actually moved up Mrs. W's due date by a full week because the kid's head was so gigantic. Apparently he's basically like a toothpick with an orange on top in there. He's pretty much either Stewie or Justin Morneau.
9:22 - Slowey strikes out the leadoff batter, Aybar, on a pitch that I have no idea what it was because I only saw the windup and then the result, but that's a good sign. I was worried about Slowey a bit because any time you miss as much time as he did I worry about rust a bit.
9:27 - So that would be back to back hits now by Fatbreau and Torii. I take it back.
9:30 - I think he got out of it. I can't tell because the feed froze. Whoever is after Matsui either popped out to Hardy or Hardy couldn't get quite get back there and Span was being not Gomez and couldn't get up there and it fell. And nevermind he caught it. I'm going to try to find another feed because this is a nightmare. And not like the new one with Kelly Leak, I mean more like Robert Englund.
9:33 - Thome again? He better not be playing for Kubel again.
9:34 - Thome walks and here comes Kubel. Sorry Delmon. And it's about time for Kubel to get a god damn hit already. It's not like he's Denard Span.
9:35 - God Kubel sucks.
9:44 - I was poking around for a different feed, which I didn't at all find, and now I come back and it's 1-0 Angels? What happened? God it's like Slowey just hates me. And also we're still watching Viewmaster style. Actually I think it's more like a flip book.
9:50 - Span grounds one back to the pitcher to officially move to 1-14 on the season. What's the deal here? Gomez gets traded, Span gets a fat contract, and suddenly he's like a big fat cat sitting on top of a swimming pool full of money? God I miss Gomez. At least he's a gamer.
9:57 - Slowey walks Torii Hunter. Isn't that kind of like some kind of reverse unstoppable force meets immovable object kind of thing?
9:58 - Hideki Matsui's eyes are really doing nothing to dispel stereotypes.
10:06 - Ok I'm on to an actual television now. We just stared the top of the fourth and it's 1-0 Angels. I can't believe they haven't scored off of Piniero yet. That guy always has a four+ run inning in him, you just have to crack the shell so it comes oozing out.
10:09 - Another 1-2-3 inning as the Twins go down meekly like a tentative high school kid. This is getting embarrassing. It's Joel Piniero for christ's sake. I'd be really upset right now but I'm seeing Clash of the Titans tomorrow so really nothing can bring me down. Also we're having a son. That too. That is also important.
10:17 - Slowey sets them down 1-2-3. I'm either going to have to get more entertaining or this game is going to have to get more interesting. Hope for the game, I think.
10:20 - Thome with a double, leaving Kubel as the only Twin without a hit this year I assume without looking anything up, not counting that fake catcher guy. And there you go, game-tying run-scoring single by Kubes, which is also worth 2 fantasy points. Our team is so good.
10:22 - Hardy, with 2 homers already this year, is ordered to bunt. Jesus christ Gardenhire, you have an actual offense this year. I know you're used to having a bunch of Matt Tolbert's in the lineup and you have to scratch and claw for every run you can get, but not this year. Just chill out, sit back, and let the Hardy boy mash like he wants
10:23 - Mama W just described Hardy as "cute."
10:26 - Holy F Brendan Harris just destroyed the ball, and the Twins are up 3-1. Can we please, please, please start Harris at 3B more than once a week? I know he never slides into first and isn't some minority scrappy guy but he's a much better hitter than Punto and doesn't exactly suck defensively. Stop being retarded, Gardy. You know you need more Harris in your life.
10:29 - Hudson reaches on error which is apparently his best shot at getting on base. He's been bad at the plate and his defense has been less than impressive as well. Since I believe you can easily make blanket judgments about the entire season after just four days, I'm going to go ahead and say this guy sucks.
10:46 - Massive computer problems kept me off of here for the past 17 minutes. I saw some things in the game I was going to comment on but now meh and also I can't really remember. Instead I will let you know that Matt Wieters (a rich man's Joe Mauer) did not hit a home run tonight, instead electing to go 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored. I don't know why that's all he did, and you don't either, but who are we to question his plan?
10:49 - Kubel got out again. How odd.
10:50 - I'm lame. I'm too tired to keep going. I've stayed up for all three games, and with early rise times I'm just plain tuckered, so it's either keep drinking or go to bed. As much as I'd like to keep drinking, it turns out they frown upon employees who show up reeking of vodka, so it's probably in my best interests to pass. Don't judge me, I'm old. Plus I have little Optimus Prime on the way, so I need to save up my strength now.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Fare thee Well, Paul Carter (+ Masters Preview)
In definite bummer news, it came out early this morning from Nadine at the Gopher Hole that Paul Carter is transferring to be closer to his family. If you remember, his sister is sick with something I don't remember so I'm going to say cancer, and since Carter is close with her he feels he needs to be there for his family. While most Gopher transfers have simply been players who shouldn't have been recruited to the Big Ten in the first place (Limar Wilson, Engen Nurumbi, Aliou Kane), discipline problems (Brandon Smith), or just unhappy (Antoine Broxsie), this is a transfer that actually is a bummer, although it makes a lot of sense for him.
I was hoping Carter could be next year's Damian Johnson, and his offensive game was progressing nicely outside of the 2.5 missed layups per game. Not to mention it was always fun to debate who would win a no-rules bar fight between him and Westbrook. I wish Carter nothing but the best, and hope he has much success wherever he ends up. Whoever is lucky enough to snag him will be getting a good player, a by all accounts great person, and I assume one hell of a bar fighter. This also ensures the Gophers will have enough scholarships for Maurice Walker, Cory Joseph, and Royce White, should that come to fruition, so if you're looking for a silver lining there you go.
With that said, this weekend is of course the Return of Tiger Open held at Augusta, so I feel the need to give a bit of a preview, top ten style. If you're itching to talk Twins we'll get their eventually, but it's only been two games so settle down, nerd. I will say that Delmon looks great, not just because he slimmed down but he seems like he has an idea of what he's doing at the plate. More on that later this week or maybe next.
If you're looking to wager on the tournament, your best bets (for the money) are Furyk at 15-1, Dustin Johnson at 33-1, Nick Watney at 45-1, Mike Weir at 50-1, and Zach Johnson at 55-1. Anyway, here are your top 11, much like I do with NFL odds:
1. Jim Furyk. More of a hunch than anything specifically pointing to him as the favorite, but it's not as if it's a total shot in the dark. Furyk won just a few weeks ago at the Transitions, which, granted, isn't the most high-profile of tournaments but there is still a pretty decent field and it was Furyk's first win since 2007 so he's got momentum. He followed that up with an 11th at the Arnie Palmer against a very good field, and he's always been pretty good at Augusta with four top tens in his career (T-10 last year) and has only missed the cut here once. Plus, there's nothing better than watching that sweet, fundamental swing of Furyk's. That's why they call him "The Big Fundamental."
2. Lee Westwood. Nobody hates it more than me when a dirty Euro comes over here and tramps all over our country and steals our women and our green jackets, but Westwood has the look of a player who is ready to finally win his first major. Also the look of someone with terrible teeth, dumbo ears, and who needs a shower.
3. Ernie Els. With the way this jackass is playing he should probably be your favorite to win this week, but he's played as many holes on the weekend at Augusta the last three years as I have (hint: it's zero). Prior to those missed cuts, however, Els had five top tens from 2000-2004. How much of his crappy play the last few years was due to injury and how much was just being bad? Is he back and awesome or was it all kind of a fluke? I don't know. You tell me.
4. Tiger Woods. God, I don't know where to slot him. I'm not worried about him mentally since he's basically a robot programmed soley to golf and have sex with whores, but he hasn't played competitive golf in months, and playing practice rounds isn't the same thing. I think he's a lot more likely to blow away the field and set a course record than he is to implode and miss the cut. Plus it would be kind of sweet to watch/listen to all the spazzes who hate him cry.
5. Ian Poulter. Poulter is a dingleberry who wears hot pink pants and he missed the cut in his last start, but I can't help but shake the feeling that he's going to be in the mix on Sunday. He seems to live for the big events, even though as I now look at his career in majors it really isn't all that impressive. Huh. This could be one of those "perception isn't reality" kind of things. I guess we'll find out how stupid I am by Sunday. Or, god forbid, Friday.
6. Retief Goosen. He seems to be popping up on a lot of lists as a favorite, and why not? He's playing as well as he has in years with five top-10s already this year, and he's an absolute majors horse. He has four career top-3s at Augusta, and prior to missing the cut last year he had finished top-20 seven consecutive years at the Masters. He's almost certainly going to be a factor again this year.
7. Delmon Young. Is there anything he can't do?
8. Nick Watney. I love this guy. He's just a solid all-around player with no major holes in his game and who rarely seems intimidated by a strong field, a famous course, or a big tournament. He's been solid, if unspectacular this year, but has shown in the past that he can get around at Augusta. In his two career appearances here he's finished 11th and 19th. I think things are lining up for him to jump up and surprise this weekend.
9. Charl Schwartzel. Kind of a sleeper pick, but when he's everybody's big sleeper is he really a sleeper anymore? Schwartzel has played in four tournaments in the States and has three top 10s (including two WGC events) and has two wins on the European Tour to boot. His name is retarded, but he can clearly play and he's from South Africa where apparently everyone is good at golf and racism.
10. Steve Stricker. He has to be on this list because he's just so damn good and consistent, mostly because he's so good with the putting stick. Now that Adam Scott died, he's clearly the best golfer without a major victory and he's been in such a zone that he's almost certainly going to get one this year. Why not now?
11. Padraig Harrington. He's so good in majors that you can't possibly discount him, even if he sort of seems like he's been coasting since that incredible run where he won 3 out of 6 majors. But like I said, you can't discount him. Like an Ipod on Black Friday.
I was hoping Carter could be next year's Damian Johnson, and his offensive game was progressing nicely outside of the 2.5 missed layups per game. Not to mention it was always fun to debate who would win a no-rules bar fight between him and Westbrook. I wish Carter nothing but the best, and hope he has much success wherever he ends up. Whoever is lucky enough to snag him will be getting a good player, a by all accounts great person, and I assume one hell of a bar fighter. This also ensures the Gophers will have enough scholarships for Maurice Walker, Cory Joseph, and Royce White, should that come to fruition, so if you're looking for a silver lining there you go.
With that said, this weekend is of course the Return of Tiger Open held at Augusta, so I feel the need to give a bit of a preview, top ten style. If you're itching to talk Twins we'll get their eventually, but it's only been two games so settle down, nerd. I will say that Delmon looks great, not just because he slimmed down but he seems like he has an idea of what he's doing at the plate. More on that later this week or maybe next.
If you're looking to wager on the tournament, your best bets (for the money) are Furyk at 15-1, Dustin Johnson at 33-1, Nick Watney at 45-1, Mike Weir at 50-1, and Zach Johnson at 55-1. Anyway, here are your top 11, much like I do with NFL odds:
1. Jim Furyk. More of a hunch than anything specifically pointing to him as the favorite, but it's not as if it's a total shot in the dark. Furyk won just a few weeks ago at the Transitions, which, granted, isn't the most high-profile of tournaments but there is still a pretty decent field and it was Furyk's first win since 2007 so he's got momentum. He followed that up with an 11th at the Arnie Palmer against a very good field, and he's always been pretty good at Augusta with four top tens in his career (T-10 last year) and has only missed the cut here once. Plus, there's nothing better than watching that sweet, fundamental swing of Furyk's. That's why they call him "The Big Fundamental."
2. Lee Westwood. Nobody hates it more than me when a dirty Euro comes over here and tramps all over our country and steals our women and our green jackets, but Westwood has the look of a player who is ready to finally win his first major. Also the look of someone with terrible teeth, dumbo ears, and who needs a shower.
3. Ernie Els. With the way this jackass is playing he should probably be your favorite to win this week, but he's played as many holes on the weekend at Augusta the last three years as I have (hint: it's zero). Prior to those missed cuts, however, Els had five top tens from 2000-2004. How much of his crappy play the last few years was due to injury and how much was just being bad? Is he back and awesome or was it all kind of a fluke? I don't know. You tell me.
4. Tiger Woods. God, I don't know where to slot him. I'm not worried about him mentally since he's basically a robot programmed soley to golf and have sex with whores, but he hasn't played competitive golf in months, and playing practice rounds isn't the same thing. I think he's a lot more likely to blow away the field and set a course record than he is to implode and miss the cut. Plus it would be kind of sweet to watch/listen to all the spazzes who hate him cry.
5. Ian Poulter. Poulter is a dingleberry who wears hot pink pants and he missed the cut in his last start, but I can't help but shake the feeling that he's going to be in the mix on Sunday. He seems to live for the big events, even though as I now look at his career in majors it really isn't all that impressive. Huh. This could be one of those "perception isn't reality" kind of things. I guess we'll find out how stupid I am by Sunday. Or, god forbid, Friday.
6. Retief Goosen. He seems to be popping up on a lot of lists as a favorite, and why not? He's playing as well as he has in years with five top-10s already this year, and he's an absolute majors horse. He has four career top-3s at Augusta, and prior to missing the cut last year he had finished top-20 seven consecutive years at the Masters. He's almost certainly going to be a factor again this year.
7. Delmon Young. Is there anything he can't do?
8. Nick Watney. I love this guy. He's just a solid all-around player with no major holes in his game and who rarely seems intimidated by a strong field, a famous course, or a big tournament. He's been solid, if unspectacular this year, but has shown in the past that he can get around at Augusta. In his two career appearances here he's finished 11th and 19th. I think things are lining up for him to jump up and surprise this weekend.
9. Charl Schwartzel. Kind of a sleeper pick, but when he's everybody's big sleeper is he really a sleeper anymore? Schwartzel has played in four tournaments in the States and has three top 10s (including two WGC events) and has two wins on the European Tour to boot. His name is retarded, but he can clearly play and he's from South Africa where apparently everyone is good at golf and racism.
10. Steve Stricker. He has to be on this list because he's just so damn good and consistent, mostly because he's so good with the putting stick. Now that Adam Scott died, he's clearly the best golfer without a major victory and he's been in such a zone that he's almost certainly going to get one this year. Why not now?
11. Padraig Harrington. He's so good in majors that you can't possibly discount him, even if he sort of seems like he's been coasting since that incredible run where he won 3 out of 6 majors. But like I said, you can't discount him. Like an Ipod on Black Friday.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
OFFICIAL MATT WIETERS HOME RUN COUNT
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Matt Wieters is a six-tool player. The sixth tool is AWESOMENESS.
Matt Wieters is a six-tool player. The sixth tool is AWESOMENESS.
FORMER TWIN WATCH
Garrett Jones: 2-4, 2 HRs, 3 runs, 3 RBI, BB
Carlos Gomez, 4-5, HR, 2B, SB, 2 runs, RBI
Ugh.
Carlos Gomez, 4-5, HR, 2B, SB, 2 runs, RBI
Ugh.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Week in Review - 4/4/2010
Baseball baseball baseball baseball baseball. Seriously, this NCAA hoops championship matchup really sucks, but at least we have baseball. Hell, I even enjoyed the hell out of the Yankees/Red Sox last night, and usually I'd rather die than watch those two teams play. Now, if some of their fans want to go at it, who am I to stand in the way?
God bless baseball.
WHO WAS AWESOME
1. Harrison Barnes. Did you happen to check out any of the McDonald's All-Star festivities this week? If you did, you would have definitely noticed Harrison Barnes. First was all the goofy stuff, in which Mr. Barnes finished third in the three-point competition and third in the skills competition while eschewing the dunk contest because he was too pimp and knows that dunk contests are for the same people who love monster truck rallies and Big Buck Hunter. Then he went out and dominated the actual all-star game, scoring 18 points and grabbing I think something like 40 rebounds. He is going to be a beast. Remember the part where I said he finished third in both the skills competition and the three-point contest? Yeah, he's also 6-7. And I read where somebody called him "the most competitive high-school player since Kobe Bryant." I have no idea what that means since I never saw Kobe in high school, but I have to imagine it's some kind of compliment. Should've picked the Gophers, Harrison. Your bad.
I should also mention that soon to be Duke PG Kyrie Irving's favorite book is Catcher in the Rye, which automatically means I'm a big fan of his and he's now my second all-time favorite Dookie behind Ricky Price, who was god on Coach K for the Genesis.
2. Missouri State/Virginia Commonwealth. Congrats to these two teams for winning their tournaments, Mizz State the CIT and VCU the CBI. Unlike the NIT you can actually take pride in winning these two tournaments (more on that below). Your team sucked and wasn't worthy of an NCAA bid and probably had no shot since day one, but you get to keep playing against other semi-crappy teams and if you win you've proven you're the best of the lousiest. Hey, it's something. Better than being Iowa.
3. Eric Hayes. I know you don't know who this is, so I'll just tell you. He's a graduating senior guard on Maryland who averaged 11 pts and 4 assists per game this season, but more importantly he took his 45% three-point shooting to the NCAA Three-point contest earlier this week and won the whole thing, and dominated while doing it. He posted the best score in each of the three rounds while shooting his way past guys like Ryan Wittman, Jason Bohannon, and other assorted whities to grab the title and join the prestigious list of past winners which includes nobody who I can remember right now. And that's really I have to say about Eric Hayes. You can expect Blake to be in this thing next year.
4. Butler. I have no idea why I'm not solidly behind Butler. I mean, I'll be rooting for them since they're playing Duke who are all gays or jerks or gay jerks, but I'm just not buying into the whole underdog thing. Maybe it's too much of being shoved down my throat and all the retarded comparisons to Hoosiers. I don't know. I just know that I'm not a Butler fan. Except for tonight. Tonight I will be praying to god that Butler wins, and you know God cares about this one because everybody knows Duke is Satan's team.
5. The Taco Hawks. Seriously you guys, me and Snake's Fantasy Baseball team (named after former WKU star Orlando Mendez-Valdez) is just stacked. Check this out:
C - Matt Wieters. See here
1B - Justin Morneau - 30 homers + fun factor? Perfect.
2B - Rickie Weeks - he walks often and has power, expect a big year after his injury last season
3B - Evan Longoria - you know you have a crush on him too
SS - Jason Bartlett - last year wasn't a fluke. Nice trade, Twins.
OF - Matt Kemp - 30/30 is his downside
OF - BJ Upton - he's back, baby.
OF - Jason Kubel - yet another MVP candidate on our team
UT - Billy Butler - keeps getting better
SP - Zach Grienke - will probably win 20 even on that shitty team
SP - Cole Hamels - thanks for letting him slide, draft-mates
SP - Chad Billingsley - a lock for 20 wins
SP - Tommy Hansen - stud
SP - Matt Garza - yes, that's five Cy Young candidates on our team
RP - Rafael Soriano - plenty of chances for saves with the Rays
RP - Jon Rauch - Believe it.
And that's without even getting into the potential breakout pitchers on our bench - Stephen Strasburg, Homer Bailey, and Madison Bumgarner.
I told you - we're stacked.. And we did it without a single Yankee, Red Sock, or White Sock, so there are no dirty feelings. Although you should know Snake was pushing to take Jeter around the fourth or fifth round. Ick.
WHO SUCKED
1. J'mison Morgan. No, he's not here for that horrendous spelling of his name, but because he seems like he might be following the Jaron Rush school of squandering your talent. Morgan was the #25 recruit coming out two years ago and the #4 center in his class. Since signing with UCLA, however, he hasn't done much and was dismissed from the team earlier this week. Morgan was suspended for a game in early March for missing a meeting and didn't play in either of the Bruins Pac-10 Tournament games, and pretty much struggled with being fat all season long. When he did play he didn't do much, averaging just 2.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game over his two years, with career highs of 8 points and 4 rebounds. UCLA has now lost Morgan and Drew Gordon this season, but honestly they're probably better off. Howland really needs to recalibrate his recruitilizer before he ends up without a team. I hear Monson is gunning for the UCLA job. Also nice name, jackass.
2. Dayton. I know that I've ever said anything good about Dayton, and I'm not going to start now just because they won the NIT. Hey morons, how about you play like this during the season, actually live up to expectations and make the NCAA Tournament instead of winning something that almost ten people in the whole world even know is going on. Chris Wright, Marcus Johnson, and Chris Johnson all had a couple of really nice games in Madison Square Garden in the Flyers' wins over Ole Miss and UNC, but where were you all season long? If you were a little more consistent you wouldn't have lost to St. Louis. Or Duquesne. Or St. Joe's. I swear winning the NIT is nothing more than a reminder that your team shit the bed and way underachieved all season long.
3. West Virginia. Da'Sean Butler didn't bother to show up until the game was mostly out of hand, the Mountaineers played basically zero defense and little offense, they couldn't keep Zoubek off the glass, and for some unfathomable reason Bobby Huggins never went with the 1-3-1, despite the fact that it was the team's go-to defense all year long and that man-to-man was doing nothing but giving Duke wide open looks. If you were worried about going zone against a team with shooters like Duke, trust me, they couldn't have gotten more open. Just an ugly, crappy, shitty game by a Mountaineer team that on Saturday didn't come close to resembling the team they were all season long. Ugly.
4. Chicago Cubs. Guess who the Cubbies' fourth starter is this year? Come on, guess. You'll never get it. It's Carlos Silva. It seems he's not only still in baseball, which seemed unlikely enough, but also beat out Jeff Samardzjia and Sean Marshall, which means those two should probably start considering killing themselves - or, failing that obvious move, retire. I can't even come up with anything else to say here. Carlos Silva won the fourth spot in the Cubs' rotation really just speaks for itself.
5. Red Sox. They actually allowed the Yankees to pull off the double steal, first and third thing. Seriously, what is this, little league?
Finally, I leave you with the following:
"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again."
God bless baseball.
WHO WAS AWESOME
1. Harrison Barnes. Did you happen to check out any of the McDonald's All-Star festivities this week? If you did, you would have definitely noticed Harrison Barnes. First was all the goofy stuff, in which Mr. Barnes finished third in the three-point competition and third in the skills competition while eschewing the dunk contest because he was too pimp and knows that dunk contests are for the same people who love monster truck rallies and Big Buck Hunter. Then he went out and dominated the actual all-star game, scoring 18 points and grabbing I think something like 40 rebounds. He is going to be a beast. Remember the part where I said he finished third in both the skills competition and the three-point contest? Yeah, he's also 6-7. And I read where somebody called him "the most competitive high-school player since Kobe Bryant." I have no idea what that means since I never saw Kobe in high school, but I have to imagine it's some kind of compliment. Should've picked the Gophers, Harrison. Your bad.
I should also mention that soon to be Duke PG Kyrie Irving's favorite book is Catcher in the Rye, which automatically means I'm a big fan of his and he's now my second all-time favorite Dookie behind Ricky Price, who was god on Coach K for the Genesis.
2. Missouri State/Virginia Commonwealth. Congrats to these two teams for winning their tournaments, Mizz State the CIT and VCU the CBI. Unlike the NIT you can actually take pride in winning these two tournaments (more on that below). Your team sucked and wasn't worthy of an NCAA bid and probably had no shot since day one, but you get to keep playing against other semi-crappy teams and if you win you've proven you're the best of the lousiest. Hey, it's something. Better than being Iowa.
3. Eric Hayes. I know you don't know who this is, so I'll just tell you. He's a graduating senior guard on Maryland who averaged 11 pts and 4 assists per game this season, but more importantly he took his 45% three-point shooting to the NCAA Three-point contest earlier this week and won the whole thing, and dominated while doing it. He posted the best score in each of the three rounds while shooting his way past guys like Ryan Wittman, Jason Bohannon, and other assorted whities to grab the title and join the prestigious list of past winners which includes nobody who I can remember right now. And that's really I have to say about Eric Hayes. You can expect Blake to be in this thing next year.
4. Butler. I have no idea why I'm not solidly behind Butler. I mean, I'll be rooting for them since they're playing Duke who are all gays or jerks or gay jerks, but I'm just not buying into the whole underdog thing. Maybe it's too much of being shoved down my throat and all the retarded comparisons to Hoosiers. I don't know. I just know that I'm not a Butler fan. Except for tonight. Tonight I will be praying to god that Butler wins, and you know God cares about this one because everybody knows Duke is Satan's team.
5. The Taco Hawks. Seriously you guys, me and Snake's Fantasy Baseball team (named after former WKU star Orlando Mendez-Valdez) is just stacked. Check this out:
C - Matt Wieters. See here
1B - Justin Morneau - 30 homers + fun factor? Perfect.
2B - Rickie Weeks - he walks often and has power, expect a big year after his injury last season
3B - Evan Longoria - you know you have a crush on him too
SS - Jason Bartlett - last year wasn't a fluke. Nice trade, Twins.
OF - Matt Kemp - 30/30 is his downside
OF - BJ Upton - he's back, baby.
OF - Jason Kubel - yet another MVP candidate on our team
UT - Billy Butler - keeps getting better
SP - Zach Grienke - will probably win 20 even on that shitty team
SP - Cole Hamels - thanks for letting him slide, draft-mates
SP - Chad Billingsley - a lock for 20 wins
SP - Tommy Hansen - stud
SP - Matt Garza - yes, that's five Cy Young candidates on our team
RP - Rafael Soriano - plenty of chances for saves with the Rays
RP - Jon Rauch - Believe it.
And that's without even getting into the potential breakout pitchers on our bench - Stephen Strasburg, Homer Bailey, and Madison Bumgarner.
I told you - we're stacked.. And we did it without a single Yankee, Red Sock, or White Sock, so there are no dirty feelings. Although you should know Snake was pushing to take Jeter around the fourth or fifth round. Ick.
WHO SUCKED
1. J'mison Morgan. No, he's not here for that horrendous spelling of his name, but because he seems like he might be following the Jaron Rush school of squandering your talent. Morgan was the #25 recruit coming out two years ago and the #4 center in his class. Since signing with UCLA, however, he hasn't done much and was dismissed from the team earlier this week. Morgan was suspended for a game in early March for missing a meeting and didn't play in either of the Bruins Pac-10 Tournament games, and pretty much struggled with being fat all season long. When he did play he didn't do much, averaging just 2.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game over his two years, with career highs of 8 points and 4 rebounds. UCLA has now lost Morgan and Drew Gordon this season, but honestly they're probably better off. Howland really needs to recalibrate his recruitilizer before he ends up without a team. I hear Monson is gunning for the UCLA job. Also nice name, jackass.
2. Dayton. I know that I've ever said anything good about Dayton, and I'm not going to start now just because they won the NIT. Hey morons, how about you play like this during the season, actually live up to expectations and make the NCAA Tournament instead of winning something that almost ten people in the whole world even know is going on. Chris Wright, Marcus Johnson, and Chris Johnson all had a couple of really nice games in Madison Square Garden in the Flyers' wins over Ole Miss and UNC, but where were you all season long? If you were a little more consistent you wouldn't have lost to St. Louis. Or Duquesne. Or St. Joe's. I swear winning the NIT is nothing more than a reminder that your team shit the bed and way underachieved all season long.
3. West Virginia. Da'Sean Butler didn't bother to show up until the game was mostly out of hand, the Mountaineers played basically zero defense and little offense, they couldn't keep Zoubek off the glass, and for some unfathomable reason Bobby Huggins never went with the 1-3-1, despite the fact that it was the team's go-to defense all year long and that man-to-man was doing nothing but giving Duke wide open looks. If you were worried about going zone against a team with shooters like Duke, trust me, they couldn't have gotten more open. Just an ugly, crappy, shitty game by a Mountaineer team that on Saturday didn't come close to resembling the team they were all season long. Ugly.
4. Chicago Cubs. Guess who the Cubbies' fourth starter is this year? Come on, guess. You'll never get it. It's Carlos Silva. It seems he's not only still in baseball, which seemed unlikely enough, but also beat out Jeff Samardzjia and Sean Marshall, which means those two should probably start considering killing themselves - or, failing that obvious move, retire. I can't even come up with anything else to say here. Carlos Silva won the fourth spot in the Cubs' rotation really just speaks for itself.
5. Red Sox. They actually allowed the Yankees to pull off the double steal, first and third thing. Seriously, what is this, little league?
Finally, I leave you with the following:
"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again."
Saturday, April 3, 2010
National SemiFinal #2
I'm still basking in the glow of the world's greatest fantasy baseball draft, but I'm also basking in sitting in my bed with a Michelob Golden Draft Light 12 oz. can and watching the basketball game on a 19 inch television and since I'm here I see no reason why I should hide my most intimate thoughts with you, dear friend. Keep in mind that I have made my biggest bet ever on this game, a 15-unit wager on WVU +2, so I care more than I probably should. I also know that Snacks is "All in" on West Virginia. I don't know how much money that actually encompasses after the Michigan State loss left him a broken man who stopped watching at the ten minute mark, but at least he's on my side. I also know that Bogart has 5 units on WVU scoring first. Let's get to it.
20:00 - Oh, I also have 5-to-win-15 that the first basket of the game is a 3-pointer. Had the same bet in the first game and it hit, so if it hit here it would just be gravy.
20:00 - I hate Duke so much. Other than this chick, I mean;
20:00 - Stay with me now, perv. Eyes up top.
20:00 - You realize the Gophers beat Butler, right?
20:00 - I just read something where the guy was saying that Butler winning is terrible for CBS. What? That's the best thing that could have happened. The only people who care about Michigan State are their own fans, die-hard college hoop junkies who were going to watch anyway, and gamblers. Causal fans are going to be interested in the Butler story. Hell, I told Mrs. W about Butler and even she's interested. And I can tell you this month, like every March, she is so sick of college basketball right now she's probably strongly considered taking a croquet mallet to my cubes. And yet, she perked up a bit when I told her about Butler and all the blah blah crap. So, in conclusion, that guy who wrote that thing is an idiot.
20:00 - I hate it when they don't tell you the major of the players when they do the intros. I bet at least 4 out of 5 WVU starters are majoring in African American Studies and the other guy is in Communication. And what do the Dukies major in? Like, is Singler majoring in Bio-Chem and Nolan Smith in Genetic Engineering? Or are they in Communication too? I seriously want to know this. Someone go look it up.
20:00 - AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGgghhhhhhhhhh! Sorry, I thought there was a gigantic female chicken running lose. It was just Singler. My bad.
19:49 - 5 second call on Mazzulla to open the game. They already miss Bryant.
19:12 - WVU with a blocked shot on Singler and a offensive rebound already in the first minute. They're going to athletic Duke to death.
18:54 - And Mazzulla throws his layup attempt over the backboard. It might be time to sit him down for a few minutes, ask him why exactly he's attempting to take over the game when he averages like 6 points per game.
18:10 - Easy lay-up for Wellington Smith to tie the game at 2. If Huggins doesn't melt down WVU could end up running away with this, they look far better than Duke. And there's a third blocked shot by the Mountaineers. This is like that scene in Rushmore where Bill Murray rejects that dumb kids shot.
16:39 - Well somehow Duke is up 7-4 after a Scheyer three. And since I know you're wondering, no, Scheyer didn't close his mouth at any point, and he's seriously threatening Tyler Hansbrough's NCAA record streaking of never ever closing his mouth.
15:12 - Between this Robin Hood movie and Clash of the Titans I am as amped for movies as I have ever been. I think the only times I've been more exited were when Lord of the Rings were coming out (happy about the result), the Star Wars prequels (so-so), and Jurassic Park 3 (kill me in the neck).
14:41 - Shot clock violation on Duke for being gay. Time for WVU to get after it. And there you go, they go inside and get a foul. Kevin Jones misses both, of course, but at least they got the ball inside.
13:57 - Jesus Duke is just shredding the WVU defense at this point. They can't stop penetration (like your mom) and can't seem to figure out a high pick-and-roll. This does not bode well.
13:26 - At least Singler is still shooting like that guy at the Y who sucks but thinks he's good so he always shoots no matter what even though he hasn't hit a shot in a month. And as I say that WVU throws up an airball from 15. You can tell they're feeling a lot more pressure than the Dukies right now, even though the pressure should be the other way around. Because all of the media really want to give the Duke players handies if they win, and the Duke players really want handies, so that's why. Feel free to re-arrange that sentence into something more coherent.
12:30 - That perimeter handoff is not supposed to result in any easy layup for Duke. Everybody runs that play, and unless you are the Gophers and you're playing Wisconsin it doesn't ever work. Until tonight. It's only 13-9 Duke but I think this one is over, and I'm going to have to root for freaking Butler.
11:05 - And the big giant chicken hits a three. 18-11 Duke. The Blue Devils are hitting everything, and it's not luck, it's just piss poor defense. Huggy Bear needs to do something here (he called timeout), but I think we're in trouble folks. Huggins isn't exactly what I consider agreat good mediocre adequate fair in-game coach. God I hate Duke. More like Puke, am i right?
10:55 - You know one thing I hate about summer? Those people who are a little too into grilling, you know what I mean?
7:50 - A second three of the game for WVU's Flowers and it's 23-21 Duke. Flower si s aguy who was something like 6-20 from three on the season, but that makes both Duke and Kentucky who basically played defense on him by backing off in the lane and daring him to shoot, and he hit a huge one against Kentucky and like I said that's now two tonight. I don't get it. He's 6-20, not 0-0. It's obviously not a huge weapon of his, but he's not worthless out there as if he was Al Nolen or something either.
6:16 - This is the worst game I've seen WVU play all year. Poor defense, tentative offense, just sick. Duke now up 31-21, and Huggins is barking at his players which means this one is done. Almost not even worth watching. I'm going to try to hedge my bet a bit with a live bet on Duke.
5:47 - God Mazzulla is basically Al Nolen without the defense. He can drive, but he just jump stops and picks up his dribble with no idea what he's doing. And then Duke misses, offensive rebounds, and hits a three. Ugh. Can't this at least be entertaining? 37-24 Duke.
3:44 - Alright let's move on to 2011. I'm predicting Michigan State to win it all. And speaking of winning it all, have you heard about me and Snake's fantasy baseball team? Wow, just crazy good. Want to hear our starting pitching staff? Greinke, Hamels, Billingsley, Tommy Hanson, and Matt Garza. Wow. And waiting in the wings we have have Strasburg, Homer Bailey, and Madison Bumgarner. Yeah, we're loaded.
3:40 - 5 seconds on Duke trying to inbound. This is the break we need. LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS.
3:22 - Ebanks with a nice move for two, 37-28 Duke. I feel a run coming except then instead Nolan Smith found a wide open layup. I can't get over this suddenly shitty WVU defense. It's just awful. Duke currently shooting 59%. Ridiculous.
2:54 - Ebanks with another nice move and a three-point play. He's single-handedly keeping this from being a blowout. Where the hell is Butler? 1-4 for two points. Nice job assface. You're telling me he can't score on Lance freaking Thomas? Disgusting.
0:47 - Christ, Zoubek must have 10 rebounds already. I have no idea what is going on. This West Virginia team is not the same team I saw all year and bet on. Huggins you killed yet another talented team somehow. This guy is a bigger choker than Darius Washington.
0:00 - 39-31 Duke at half. I'm no so much worried about the score, but the defense of WVU is just crap right now. CRAP I SAY!!!
20:00 - Ok I'm back. Took a short break there to watch an episode of the Office ("Frame Toby", hysterical) and grab a couple of Stroh's Lights out of the fridge. Yep, Stroh's Lights. WVU doesn't deserve better right now.
19:49 - Da'Sean Butler and Nolan Smith are basically complete opposites of each other right now.
19"17 - Mazzulla hits from 17. I guess he's not like Nolen after all.
18:59 - Wide open jumper for Singler. And I mean WIDE open. This is baffling.
17:27 - I can't quite give up on WVU as Wellington hits a three to make it 36-43, but they need to get their defensive scheme figured out in a hurry because Duke is one short run away from blowing them out.
16:04 - Duke just not missing. This is like the opposite of watching Trajan Langdon in a Final Four. WVU hanging in, but right now if feels like when the Gophers played Xavier and you knew they were basically just holding on for dear life and any moment they were going to be out of it. WVU just hanging on by a thread.
15:21 - Another open Sheyer three wins me my OVER 14 threes for the game bet, but that is pretty meaningless considering I have 15 units on WVU. This sucks.
13:43 - Another Duke layup and it's 51-42. This is like watching the Gophers play defense. I probably won't post anything else. Game over. I suck.
12:41 - Huggins completely melting down and just started screaming at Flowers. If it wasn't over already (it was) it's over now. Guy is really not a very good coach. I have no idea why I was backing him so hard. Pretty sure it was nothing but anti-Duke bias coming through.
11:44 - Looks like Nolan Smith took a nice shot to the nads. Of course it would happen to the only duke dick that I don't hate. I would pay good money for somebody to take a shot at Singler's giblets.
11:44 - Technical on Duke for hanging on the rim after dunking back a miss. Butler shoots the free-throws and makes both, which is one more field goal than he has on the night. That should tell you what kind of night it is.
10:35 - I just took the Yankees to win tomorrow night for a unit, just to make me feel better.
10:02 - I'm sad.
8:59 - I'm almost positive Huggins is trying to make out with Da'Sean Butler who is down after some kind of knee injury. This probably actually a good coach/player moment but it looks really creepy on TV. Also Duke is up 63-48 and I'm guessing with Butler now out and being carried off that takes whatever energy/motivation WVU might have had left and kills it. Duke's going to win by 25.
6:37 - It upsets me greatly that Duke is going to win the National Championship.
0:00 - Well that ended up being pretty boring. At least they hit the over. I can't believe I'm going to be rooting for Butler.
20:00 - Oh, I also have 5-to-win-15 that the first basket of the game is a 3-pointer. Had the same bet in the first game and it hit, so if it hit here it would just be gravy.
20:00 - I hate Duke so much. Other than this chick, I mean;
20:00 - You realize the Gophers beat Butler, right?
20:00 - I just read something where the guy was saying that Butler winning is terrible for CBS. What? That's the best thing that could have happened. The only people who care about Michigan State are their own fans, die-hard college hoop junkies who were going to watch anyway, and gamblers. Causal fans are going to be interested in the Butler story. Hell, I told Mrs. W about Butler and even she's interested. And I can tell you this month, like every March, she is so sick of college basketball right now she's probably strongly considered taking a croquet mallet to my cubes. And yet, she perked up a bit when I told her about Butler and all the blah blah crap. So, in conclusion, that guy who wrote that thing is an idiot.
20:00 - I hate it when they don't tell you the major of the players when they do the intros. I bet at least 4 out of 5 WVU starters are majoring in African American Studies and the other guy is in Communication. And what do the Dukies major in? Like, is Singler majoring in Bio-Chem and Nolan Smith in Genetic Engineering? Or are they in Communication too? I seriously want to know this. Someone go look it up.
20:00 - AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGgghhhhhhhhhh! Sorry, I thought there was a gigantic female chicken running lose. It was just Singler. My bad.
19:49 - 5 second call on Mazzulla to open the game. They already miss Bryant.
19:12 - WVU with a blocked shot on Singler and a offensive rebound already in the first minute. They're going to athletic Duke to death.
18:54 - And Mazzulla throws his layup attempt over the backboard. It might be time to sit him down for a few minutes, ask him why exactly he's attempting to take over the game when he averages like 6 points per game.
18:10 - Easy lay-up for Wellington Smith to tie the game at 2. If Huggins doesn't melt down WVU could end up running away with this, they look far better than Duke. And there's a third blocked shot by the Mountaineers. This is like that scene in Rushmore where Bill Murray rejects that dumb kids shot.
16:39 - Well somehow Duke is up 7-4 after a Scheyer three. And since I know you're wondering, no, Scheyer didn't close his mouth at any point, and he's seriously threatening Tyler Hansbrough's NCAA record streaking of never ever closing his mouth.
15:12 - Between this Robin Hood movie and Clash of the Titans I am as amped for movies as I have ever been. I think the only times I've been more exited were when Lord of the Rings were coming out (happy about the result), the Star Wars prequels (so-so), and Jurassic Park 3 (kill me in the neck).
14:41 - Shot clock violation on Duke for being gay. Time for WVU to get after it. And there you go, they go inside and get a foul. Kevin Jones misses both, of course, but at least they got the ball inside.
13:57 - Jesus Duke is just shredding the WVU defense at this point. They can't stop penetration (like your mom) and can't seem to figure out a high pick-and-roll. This does not bode well.
13:26 - At least Singler is still shooting like that guy at the Y who sucks but thinks he's good so he always shoots no matter what even though he hasn't hit a shot in a month. And as I say that WVU throws up an airball from 15. You can tell they're feeling a lot more pressure than the Dukies right now, even though the pressure should be the other way around. Because all of the media really want to give the Duke players handies if they win, and the Duke players really want handies, so that's why. Feel free to re-arrange that sentence into something more coherent.
12:30 - That perimeter handoff is not supposed to result in any easy layup for Duke. Everybody runs that play, and unless you are the Gophers and you're playing Wisconsin it doesn't ever work. Until tonight. It's only 13-9 Duke but I think this one is over, and I'm going to have to root for freaking Butler.
11:05 - And the big giant chicken hits a three. 18-11 Duke. The Blue Devils are hitting everything, and it's not luck, it's just piss poor defense. Huggy Bear needs to do something here (he called timeout), but I think we're in trouble folks. Huggins isn't exactly what I consider a
10:55 - You know one thing I hate about summer? Those people who are a little too into grilling, you know what I mean?
7:50 - A second three of the game for WVU's Flowers and it's 23-21 Duke. Flower si s aguy who was something like 6-20 from three on the season, but that makes both Duke and Kentucky who basically played defense on him by backing off in the lane and daring him to shoot, and he hit a huge one against Kentucky and like I said that's now two tonight. I don't get it. He's 6-20, not 0-0. It's obviously not a huge weapon of his, but he's not worthless out there as if he was Al Nolen or something either.
6:16 - This is the worst game I've seen WVU play all year. Poor defense, tentative offense, just sick. Duke now up 31-21, and Huggins is barking at his players which means this one is done. Almost not even worth watching. I'm going to try to hedge my bet a bit with a live bet on Duke.
5:47 - God Mazzulla is basically Al Nolen without the defense. He can drive, but he just jump stops and picks up his dribble with no idea what he's doing. And then Duke misses, offensive rebounds, and hits a three. Ugh. Can't this at least be entertaining? 37-24 Duke.
3:44 - Alright let's move on to 2011. I'm predicting Michigan State to win it all. And speaking of winning it all, have you heard about me and Snake's fantasy baseball team? Wow, just crazy good. Want to hear our starting pitching staff? Greinke, Hamels, Billingsley, Tommy Hanson, and Matt Garza. Wow. And waiting in the wings we have have Strasburg, Homer Bailey, and Madison Bumgarner. Yeah, we're loaded.
3:40 - 5 seconds on Duke trying to inbound. This is the break we need. LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS.
3:22 - Ebanks with a nice move for two, 37-28 Duke. I feel a run coming except then instead Nolan Smith found a wide open layup. I can't get over this suddenly shitty WVU defense. It's just awful. Duke currently shooting 59%. Ridiculous.
2:54 - Ebanks with another nice move and a three-point play. He's single-handedly keeping this from being a blowout. Where the hell is Butler? 1-4 for two points. Nice job assface. You're telling me he can't score on Lance freaking Thomas? Disgusting.
0:47 - Christ, Zoubek must have 10 rebounds already. I have no idea what is going on. This West Virginia team is not the same team I saw all year and bet on. Huggins you killed yet another talented team somehow. This guy is a bigger choker than Darius Washington.
0:00 - 39-31 Duke at half. I'm no so much worried about the score, but the defense of WVU is just crap right now. CRAP I SAY!!!
20:00 - Ok I'm back. Took a short break there to watch an episode of the Office ("Frame Toby", hysterical) and grab a couple of Stroh's Lights out of the fridge. Yep, Stroh's Lights. WVU doesn't deserve better right now.
19:49 - Da'Sean Butler and Nolan Smith are basically complete opposites of each other right now.
19"17 - Mazzulla hits from 17. I guess he's not like Nolen after all.
18:59 - Wide open jumper for Singler. And I mean WIDE open. This is baffling.
17:27 - I can't quite give up on WVU as Wellington hits a three to make it 36-43, but they need to get their defensive scheme figured out in a hurry because Duke is one short run away from blowing them out.
16:04 - Duke just not missing. This is like the opposite of watching Trajan Langdon in a Final Four. WVU hanging in, but right now if feels like when the Gophers played Xavier and you knew they were basically just holding on for dear life and any moment they were going to be out of it. WVU just hanging on by a thread.
15:21 - Another open Sheyer three wins me my OVER 14 threes for the game bet, but that is pretty meaningless considering I have 15 units on WVU. This sucks.
13:43 - Another Duke layup and it's 51-42. This is like watching the Gophers play defense. I probably won't post anything else. Game over. I suck.
12:41 - Huggins completely melting down and just started screaming at Flowers. If it wasn't over already (it was) it's over now. Guy is really not a very good coach. I have no idea why I was backing him so hard. Pretty sure it was nothing but anti-Duke bias coming through.
11:44 - Looks like Nolan Smith took a nice shot to the nads. Of course it would happen to the only duke dick that I don't hate. I would pay good money for somebody to take a shot at Singler's giblets.
11:44 - Technical on Duke for hanging on the rim after dunking back a miss. Butler shoots the free-throws and makes both, which is one more field goal than he has on the night. That should tell you what kind of night it is.
10:35 - I just took the Yankees to win tomorrow night for a unit, just to make me feel better.
10:02 - I'm sad.
8:59 - I'm almost positive Huggins is trying to make out with Da'Sean Butler who is down after some kind of knee injury. This probably actually a good coach/player moment but it looks really creepy on TV. Also Duke is up 63-48 and I'm guessing with Butler now out and being carried off that takes whatever energy/motivation WVU might have had left and kills it. Duke's going to win by 25.
6:37 - It upsets me greatly that Duke is going to win the National Championship.
0:00 - Well that ended up being pretty boring. At least they hit the over. I can't believe I'm going to be rooting for Butler.
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