February 29th, 2008 by Tuffy
Today in Tuffy History: We talk atrial fibrillation, stress fractures, and drugs in today’s Treehouse Fort podcast. Also, I play a doctor on the Internet. Don’t worry; I warm up the mic first.
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February 29th, 2008 by Tuffy
There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.
To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.
Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.
This is the year of the homecoming Brave. In an unexpected move, the Braves invited Javy Lopez to camp. Lopez came in this spring with a story of hope about committing himself to his catching prowess in the offseason and hoping to back up Brian McCann this year. Braves fans could not be more thrilled to see him again in the ol’ warpaint and have been cheering him endlessly. If you have a lazy afternoon and a bit of a nostalgic heart, tune in to see if Javy’s behind the plate in Atlanta. Braves fans will reward you for your time; hopefully, he’ll do the same in return.
However, the big reacquisition has to be Tom Glavine in a one-year farewell (?) national tour. After breaking hearts four years ago by traveling to the NL East rivals in Flushing, he returns for a final lap around the mound. While it’s likely at this point that he will be headlining an oldies show with little chance at a #1 album, he still has the same old needs just like any traveling band of warriors.
As part of his $8m contract this year, he has full run of a suite on the road. Of course, any good performer has specific requests for his tour. In a Refrigerator Logic exclusive, we’ve secured part of his rider for the suite, pictured below.
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February 29th, 2008 by Tuffy
Today in Tuffy History: Bud Selig hearts Sam Zell. Unfortunately, Sam Zell’s not checkin’ the right box, Bud baby.
Also, tune into the Treehouse Fort tonight at 8 pm ET. We’ve got a show chock full of Sussman Shenanigans™.
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February 28th, 2008 by Tuffy
Please to be enjoying an AP writer with likely Cleveland ties working the long season in his or her own way, thankyouverymuch:
“I’m happy with (the trade to the Bulls),” (Larry Hughes) said. “We did a lot of winning in Cleveland and I gained a lot of good experience, but I was definitely ready for a change. I like the position I’m in now.”
Yes, it is indeed better to exchange all that winning experience for a new position.
Pacers guard Travis Diener wasn’t surprised by Hughes’ big night.
“He’s a good player,” Diener said. “There’s a reason he has a big contract. They don’t just throw money away to (bad) players.”
Please excuse Travis; the Pacers haven’t played the Knicks since February 6th.
Mike Dunleavy had 25 points, Diener scored 22 and Troy Murphy chipped in 19…
Hahahahhahahaahhaha… that’s great. How ridiculous would it really be if… oh. Really? Wow. Maybe there is just corn in Indiana.
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February 28th, 2008 by Tuffy
There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.
To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.
Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.
Dusty Baker could not be more of a known quantity if he were defined by wavelengths of the orange-red line. He’s precisely what you expect when you hire him: he hates anything invented or discovered before he turned 35. He believes runs are driven in through burly effort, not a result of having men on base. He believes young pitchers were placed on this earth for him to bury mercilessly. He has a keen understanding of genetics. As Christina Kahrl points out repeatedly at Baseball Prospectus, he knows how to use his son as a human shield at press conferences.
He’ll change course only after ramming into the brick wall a few times. He will always favor the older man, single-handedly turning back age discrimination trends in America. He enjoys long walks in the park as long as they’re not with his batters. He’ll happily admit wrong as long as it’s yours.
And, hey, he’s great for a quote and/or an ejection. That’s quality viewing, right?
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February 27th, 2008 by Tuffy
There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.
To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.
Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.
You’re Frank Catalanotto. You’ve got a great shot at a starting slot in left field for a major league ballclub at the age of 34. Admittedly, it doesn’t promise to be a successful year for the team, but it ought to be a fine season for you. You trot out to a standing ovation for your Texas Rangers for your home opener. How fantastic, right?
You glance to your left to see who will be protecting this well-kept ground with you today and you see Josh Hamilton. Yes, that Josh Hamilton. The one that spent 2002-2005 with “undisclosed off-field problems” that came in smokable, ingestible, and injectable forms and led to an indefinite suspension from his only viable place of employment. You were pretty happy for the guy when he was scooped up by the Reds from the Cubs in the Rule 5 Draft last season and crushed the ball. I mean, hey, there but for the grace of God, right?
But now he’s right over there to your left and he’s got a pretty wild-eyed look to him and you’re not really sure where this guy’s gonna be from play to play, much less September. You swallow hard.
Then you keep looking past Hamilton and you see this massive human being that walks with a bit of a limp. When you realize it’s Milton Bradley, you’re not sure if the limp is from his right ACL tear or the weight distribution from the massive chip on his right shoulder. He’s got a full deck of incentives in his contract to stay healthy and not attack every authority figure perceived to be in his way, but you’re not completely positive he’s playing with all those cards shuffled in.
Sure, dude wants to win, but he wants to win his way or the highway. You can kinda see the highway from here for him. You move a little closer to the left field foul line.
Better keep an eye on this outfield, you think; anything could happen. The first crack of the bat of the season rifles through your ears and you turn your attention to the ball.
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February 26th, 2008 by Tuffy
There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.
To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.
Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.
This is the best reason to watch the St. Louis Cardinals every season:
Albert Pujols has nursed a series of injuries that would fell most elephants and many Fielders on the way to compiling the following numbers in seven full seasons: 1091 games played, .332/.420/.620, 282 home runs, 592 walks against 452 strikeouts, one World Series ring.
He is allegedly 28 years of age this year and could possibly keep this up for another decade or so. Simply put, Albert Pujols is appointment television. If he comes to your town, show up early for batting practice. Watching him put ball after ball into the upper deck in center field at Oakland Coliseum should put to rest any concerns you have about the virility and power of the human race. You would be forgiven if you applied your newfound faith into the nearest cult with predominantly red robes.
If you have a fantasy baseball team and someone in your league ever utters the phrase “… trading Albert Pujols for…”, you turn around and punch their nose into their skull. It doesn’t matter how that sentence ends. It could end with “… to secure the funds to finance the final clinical trials for a cure for AIDS” and it would still be a massively unfair trade.
It’s been said that catching an Albert Pujols home run will cure leprosy. (Of course, losing a leprous arm while tussling for an Albert Pujols home run is not covered by this miracle. Please check your ticket for more information.) When Albert Pujols catches a baseball, the ball unravels in excitement. This also happened in 2005 when a young woman tripped down the dugout steps at Miller Park.
In other words, he’s pretty good.
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February 25th, 2008 by Tuffy
There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.
To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.
Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.
Since most people are familiar with the Boston Red Sox and their two World Series titles in 2004 and 2007, let’s concentrate on a slightly more obscure reason to watch the Red Sox this season. With all the stars of Boston baseball well known by now, focus your viewing energy on the most important man for the Boston Red Sox this season…
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February 22nd, 2008 by Tuffy
Tune into Treehouse Fort tonight at 8 pm ET or download us afterwards at the link or at iTunes. DO EEEEET.
Geeves and I will break down the NBA’s latest round of deadline insanity and cover the week’s news. Also, we’ll be talking about EPL and MLS soccer with Michael Bertin, who writes as Precious Roy at Unprofessional Foul and is the co-author of “Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution”, available through Amazon UK. Finally, we delve into What They Were Thinking with one Charlie Doherty. We may need a third half of the show.
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February 22nd, 2008 by Tuffy
There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.
To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.
Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.
Royals Babies, we make our dreams come true
Royals Babies, we’ll do the same for you
Alex Gordon: When your team looks kinda weird and you wish that you weren’t there
Zack Greinke: Just close your eyes and make believe and you can be anywhere (like the World Series!)
David DeJesús: I like adventure
Billy Butler: I hit home runs
Tony Peña: I love great jokes
Joey Gathright: Joey Gathright dance!
Rany Jazayerli: I’ve got my computer
Alex Gordon: I swing through the air… hey!
Mike Moustakas: I can play, too!
Zack Greinke: And I might get blue hair
Joakim Soria: Me, I throw things
Jimmy Gobble: Gobble gobb… really? This is my lyric? Call my agent!
Dayton Moore: Is everything all right in here?
All: Yes, Dayton!
Royals Babies, we make our dreams come true
Royals Babies, we’ll do the same for you
Royals Royals Royals Royals
Babies Babies Babies Babies
Make dreams come true!
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