JUAAAAAAAN! *shakes fist*

March 13th, 2008 by Tuffy

Juan Gonzalez has a minor abdominal strain, slowing his attempt to return to the major leagues with the Cardinals.

Manager Tony La Russa said Thursday he scratched 38-year-old Gonzalez from the lineup card a day earlier.

Gonzalez, a two-time AL MVP who missed the last two years and had only one at-bat in 2005, said he was day to day.

Gonzalez felt a pull on his left side more than a week ago and has difficulty running. He has been able to take batting and fielding practice.

What? Really? Juan Gone has an injury that prevents him from running but allows him to field and hit? What’s all this? Holy no-fucking-way, Batman!

How could that be? How could González the Mighty and Uniquely Durable possibly break down just enough to avoid cardiovascular work when faced with the intimidating competition of Brian Barton and Joe Mather and a grueling two-day “road trip” against decent pitching staffs?

I can only hope that Tony La Russa can see it in his heart to let the old man stick around just a bit longer, considering La Russa’s overwhelming desire to be surrounded by youth. This is just so surprising and heartbreaking. I hope Cardinals fans everywhere can deal with the despair. Maybe there can be ice cream.

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Wild on Blogs

March 13th, 2008 by Tuffy

Today in Tuffy History:

• Tiger Woods makes his opponents give up
• British colonialism is back in time for 2012, baby!
• WNBA coach fired amid sexual harassment charges
• Bring on the Whores! Night in Macon
• Bruce Bowen hates cooking, playing clean defense

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If He Couldn’t Be More Dreamy

March 12th, 2008 by Tuffy

Boom Tho has Regina Spektor on his iPod. That is all.

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Blog Lagoon

March 12th, 2008 by Tuffy

Yesterday and Today in Tuffy History:

• Big Ten Network and Comcast get to second base with each other
• Manchester United has a crapper problem
• Jordan Tata tries to fight back in the war against doors and loses
• Didier Drogba hates laundry
• Baseball players don’t respect balls
• Ray Allen > Dexter Manley
• Actual Investigative Journalism on the NBA and the Olympics

Astros preview posts tonight Monday; more SbB tomorrow. Put down Hulu long enough to come back tomorrow, y’hear?

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Why We Watch - 2008 Chicago White Sox

March 10th, 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.

Welcome to Ozziewood

In honor of the rash of misplaced creativity represented by Dodger Idol, Dancing with the Red Sox, and Who Wants to Buy Me a Stadium Complex, Ozzie decided to organize his own competition to set the final roster this season. Enlisting GM Kenny Williams to be his dawg and coaxing Jay Mariotti out of the house to babble incoherently and lean on his shoulder for support in very public moments, the White Sox put on a show worthy of their talent level.

Of course, we can also glean the best reasons to watch the White Sox yodel this year while checking their pipes out this spring. Also, we can see whose most embarrassing moment involves trying to hit a baseball thrown by a major league pitcher. (We’re looking at you, Pablo Ozuna.)

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Treehouse Fort - Fievel Goes AL West

March 10th, 2008 by Tuffy

Today in Tuffy History: Tune into the ‘Fort tonight and hear AL West chatter from Rev. Halofan from Halos Heaven and Cory White from Bugs and Cranks.  Also, we talk about shopping for just the right tie for Father’s Day.  (No, we don’t.)

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This is bad, Larry. Very bad.

March 9th, 2008 by Tuffy

JUST KEEP SHOOTING
JUST KEEP SHOOTING
JUST KEEP SHOOTING SHOOTING SHOOTING

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Rainy Night in Brooksdom

March 9th, 2008 by Tuffy

Today in Tuffy History:

• Of course, I can’t even create a link post without 500 words, including musings about John Legend.
• Chicago has a women’s soccer team and a too-cute marketing department.
• Please don’t wear brown around James Harrison.  Or any color, really.  Don’t be near him, either.
• What do you get when you combine baseball and Music Man?  Sad kids.
• Sidney Crosby looks great in a robe, I bet.

Back tomorrow with more season previews.

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High in the Tokyo Dome

March 9th, 2008 by Tuffy

While deep down the rabbit hole of Related Videos on YouTube recently, I bumped into the most darling trio of found artifacts from Japan. Someone (apparently a student) from a school in the Kichij?ji neighborhood of Tokyo uploaded three videos of their jazz band tackling Steely Dan’s “Gaucho”.

It’s a delightfully absurd combination of Japanese children playing a song with a Mexican title in an American art form. Also, these teens are covering the work of an an adult duo that often act very childish and perform in a manner that isn’t quite jazz but isn’t quite hardcore rock and/or roll. What on Earth must they make of it all? Read the rest of this entry »

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Treehouse Fort - You Can Call Me AL Central

March 7th, 2008 by Tuffy

Today in Tuffy History: The Fort is battened down for the arrival of Tom Fornelli from Das Fanhaus and Sooze from Babes Love Baseball.  We talk AL Central preview, natch.  Listen for the wet sound of Sooze jamming a shiv between Joe Borowski’s ribs.

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