Your Game Seven Pre-Game Analysis

May 19th, 2008 by Tuffy

(‘Nuff said.)

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Ice Machine - What’s That Rattling Sound?

May 19th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you before you start your day (assuming your day involves making bail after a game at Yankee Stadium):

Yahoo!, indeed.  Whose idea was it to attempt market penetration in the online sports media space?  The mastermind behind this idea must be one slippery hombre.  Does this work on the pooch that Mike Brown screwed yesterday?  Why would we want to see more couples first thing in the morning?  At that time of day, we only care if it’s full of caffeine and/or works on our cereal.  Otherwise, please keep it off our desktop.  Thanks.

And the Question of the Day: What’s the most sadistic and/or wonderful song you can think of for a wedding reception?  (We’re pretty sure those are not mutually exclusive criteria, but your mileage may vary.)

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Don’t You Want to Eat Him Up?

May 17th, 2008 by Tuffy

And may Utah’s fans deserve you, too, Deron.

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In Lieu of Actual Entertainment

May 16th, 2008 by Tuffy

… here’s a song about waffles:

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Actually, this is an excuse to shill for the Treehouse Fort tonight (8 pm ET) and mention that we’ve got a bit in this week’s Voodoo Sabernomics on Babes Love Baseball again.  Ken Griffey, Jr. is poked with pins until he ‘asplodes.

UPDATE: Camp Tiger Claw is on my list.  He knows what he did.  

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Ice Machine - Party Ice

May 16th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you before you start your day:

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(We feel compelled to add: it’s an act.  It’s all an act.  She’s only mostly dead.)

And the Question of the Day as suggested by Nationals Journal and following our words on the subject recently: What are the rules on what jinxes a no-hitter?  In Nationals Journal’s case, does a blog post on the matter constitute a jinx?  After all, we did one, but we were careful to not use the Special Words.  This is wildly unimportant but fascinating to us, which makes it an ideal Friday question.

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Sir? Remember Me, Sir?

May 15th, 2008 by Tuffy


Hello?  Hello, Mr. Piniella?  Hi, this is Matt Murton.

Matt Murton. 

Ma… yes, I used to play for you.  

No, not in Tampa.  In Chicago.  Remember me from spring training?

Yes, the ginger kid.  Anyway, I just wanted to check in with you and see if you needed my help for anything around the Cubs this week.

Oh, no reason, except I heard you just hired a dead man to start in the outfield for the Cubs.  I thought maybe you forgot about us down he…

No no, sir!  No, sir.  He’s not really dead.  It’s just… he’s not very good anymore.  He hasn’t hit for years and I think his defensive range can be measured by the specs on his Rascal.

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Ice Machine - Clear, Cool, and Collected

May 15th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you before you start your day (with new and improved morningness!):

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And the Question of the Day (looking for a sponsor to bring us the power): What kids’ television show from your (or anyone’s) childhood do you want them to bring back for kids today?  Mind you, you’re saving America’s children, so choose wisely.

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Wild Animal Captured in Detroit Building

May 14th, 2008 by Tuffy

City of Auburn Hills, MI, animal control officials were called to The Palace of Auburn Hills Tuesday night to deal with an infestation of an unknown kind, spotted first by television viewers of the Magic-Pistons game.  The creature, approximately five inches long and roughly circular, seemed to be an unnatural yellow color and roosted on color commentator and former head coach Mike Fratello’s head.  

Animal control officials were able to approach the beast and corral it for further tests after trapping it under a set of broadcast headphones.  Preliminary results suggest the creature is a mammal due to the presence of a womb on the creature and the milky smooth face of Mr. Fratello.

No one was harmed during the incident, though Mr. Fratello would not come out from under the TNT broadcast table until after the arena had been cleared after the game.

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Ice Machine - Hey, Where’s the Instructions for This?

May 14th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you before you start your day (assuming your day starts around noon):

  • We mentioned the Arizona State teams cut on SbB, but we didn’t mention the hotness released into the already baking Arizona sky.
  • Chris Leak’s BCS shoes.  They’re less dainty than we expected, perhaps from all the dancing around.
  • TierneyLab discusses the difference between men and women’s sports injuries as linked here yesterday.  If you will, the story behind the story.  
  • Father’s Day at Comerica Park includes a fantasy package involving batting practice off Proven Veteran and World Series ringbearer Dave Rozema.  We hope he also teaches them the Crane. (Also, what we assume is a joke by Wikipedia and/or a higher power: “On December 22, 1985, Rozema and his former teammate Kirk Gibson married twin sisters, JoAnn and Sandy Sklarski in a double ceremony at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.”)

And the Question of the Day (seeking lucrative sponsorship here): What college sport would you happily push the plunger on and blow to Bolivian?  It must be a fairly prevalent sport, so nothing too regional or obscure.  (Unless, of course, it’s funny.)

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Ice Machine - What’s Cooler Than Hot?

May 13th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you before you start your day (starting tomorrow, anyway; this is a test run):

And here’s another little ditty to test out: let me fill your glass with the Question of the Day.

Much to our chagrin, we heard Joe Morgan admit Sunday night that he owns an iPod and Frank Sinatra’s version of “The Best Is Yet to Come” can be found on it. A quick poll of colleagues agreed this was a frightening proposition. So your Question of the Day (awaiting sponsorship): What do you think is on Joe Morgan’s iPod?

Our initial guesses:

  • The sound of bats against baseballs. They have special sounds there and sometimes they just sound special when they hit the ball with the bat hitting the ball against the bat.
  • Anything Hank Aaron told him to put on there. Hank Aaron is so great and this one time Hank Aaron said that Hank Aaron could hit a home run with Hank Aaron pitching and Hank Aaron Hank Aaron Hank Aaron.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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