Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Probably the dumbest thing ever.
If (Vince) Young keeps winning, Tebow could rocket up to the top five picks in the 2010 draft. Tim -- send Vince a case of champagne!
Someone....type something for me.
Gregg's dog's name is Dublin. I couldn't imagine talking to this guy for more than two minutes without fainting from rage.
Forty times: 4.48 for Young, 4.68 for Tebow...but we knew that. We knew Young was faster.
I don't know if anyone's noticed....(this is Tebow's worst year) SHHHHHHHHH, DON'T LET THAT OUT IN THE OPEN. THEY WILL STONE US AND CONDEMN US AS WITCHES. KEEP YOUR TYPING DOWN.
In his last year, Young threw for 3036 yards with a 65.2% completion percentage and ran for 1050 yards on 155 carries. Tebow is in an offense that is designed for him to carry the ball, and thus far he has carried it 203 times for 859 yards. PEDESTRIAN. He is about as accurate as Young.
Find me a mock draft with Tim Tebow in the top five. GO!
Tim Tebow Crying
The athletic wise men hath proclaimed him the sole hope for our lost souls. What are we to do when he is reduced to tears? I feel like seeing if I can fly. It's my only recourse.
He looked so downtrodden. So....defeated.
We are also crying, Timothy. We are also crying.
-Bill Plaschke
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Vendettas
November 13th, 2009
Lakers are able to slow and eventually smother the team that thrill-seeking fans hoped would be their biggest Western rival.
The NBA's traveling carnival came to town Thursday, tilt-a-whirl breaks and cotton candy shots everywhere.
Right.
-Carnival = The highest scoring team at 111.4 PPG and the second best passing team with 24.3 APG.
-Cotton candy shots = 50.1% on FG, 44.8% from three, leading the league in both.
The currently 13-3 Phoenix Suns. Such an embarrassment to the league.
It rolled in here after owning Boston, owning Miami, owning Philadelphia, turning the early season into its own Disneyland.
"This is a fun team," chortled the Phoenix Suns Leandro Barbosa early Thursday evening at Staples Center. "We play fun basketball."
Then the diamond-studded locals wandered in, wise to the midway and wary of the rides and unimpressed with the barking.
Three hours later, the NBA's traveling carnival had been reduced to a collection of creaky metal and cracked mirrors in a church parking lot.
Bunch of losers, beating the Celtics in Boston? Meh, says I. They have a roster full of chortling buffoons who do not know how to set a good screen or foul based on race, two ingrained fundamentals on which James Naismith built this fine game.
The Lakers won a regular season game, before the season is even 1/4 over, 121-102 over the Suns. THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING STUFF. The Suns' whole state of being has been eternally negated.
Even though the Suns started the season 6-1, they cannot win a championship with this system.
I agree with this. The tone he takes is just a bag of dead cats.
That wild and crazy Suns shooting? They missed nine of their first 11 attempts. A team that had previously made a league-best half of its shots wound up shooting just 37%.
Funny how those rainbows aren't so pretty with a hand in your face or Ron Artest in your gut.
Here we are, and they still lead the league.
Plaschke's tone is his way of saying: "This isn't real basketball. Real basketball is basketball that I appreciate. It's basketball that the unclean simply don't understand."
Most NBA fans agree the Suns aren't winning a championship in this manner, basically because they have black holes at the 1,4 and 5 on defense. Hell, it's not like Grant Hill and J-Rich are going to make any all defensive teams either. With the personnel they have, littered with professionals allergic to defense, they push the tempo and maximize the possessions. And they're 13-3, so go suck an egg.
What's Plaschke's alternative?
Interesting how, while having no visible center makes you faster on offense, it can turn you into jelly on defense.
A visible center? Like Shaq? That worked great, missing the playoffs and all. Plus:
PPG 09-10: 111.4
PPG 08-09: 109.4
Opp. PPG 09-10: 105.9
Opp. PPG 08-09: 107.5
This year they are +5.5, last year they were +1.9.
I agree a center would help, as Channing Frye couldn't guard Andrew Bynum with stilts and scimitar arms. But maybe, just maybe, the Suns wanted to put that experiment to sleep, and evaluate the need for a defensive center during the 2010 draft. Meanwhile, Channing Frye leads the team with 41 3pt. makes. That seems to fit their philosophy, a philosophy, by the way, that's resulted in a 13-3 record.
They cannot consistently beat a team with an established big man, and after his sixth game this season, Bynum is looking pretty established.
I don't disagree. HOWEVAH! He's writing this article based on one game. Hey, I can do that!
Take this game: A 101-91 win by the Rockets in the mecca of Plashcke basketball (plaschketball) Los Angeles, California. Aaron Brooks puts up a 33-6-4 with five threes in 40 minutes. Derek Fisher puts up 7-6-5 on 3-13 shooting and five personal fouls. Here's an article, in true Plachke style, that I could write:
"The Lakers point guard lacking brand of heathen sinball is a travesty to the cosmos and they will be destroyed by the visible point guards in the National Basketball Association.
'We play big down low.' CHORTLED Andrew Bynum, as he chowed down on indeterminate innards. This brand of having shit for point guards has been tried before, with disastrously satanic results that make baby jesus sob in the fetal position. HEED! HEED!"
In other words, anyone could do his job. Even most monkeys.
For now, it's enough that he can shut down the Suns, no matter how many times they score 250 points against some other rubes.
Once again, the carnival stops here.
Stop the presses. The defending champions are better than a team that missed the playoffs last year. AGHAST'D
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Plaschke
I agree with Bill. That is a pretty drastic pay cut for a guy who deserves better. If you refuse to click the link, I am referring to 87-year-old Dodger scout George Genovese. The Dodgers are cutting his annual part-time salary from $18,000 to $8,000, which seems steep considering all the details of the owner's divorce proceedings. (Plaschke thinks this)
Now, if you will consult your bibles, you will see that Plaschke has a soft spot for scouts and, most likely, a soft spot on his head. You know he's crying heavy tears when typing yet another fluffy scribe.
So why does Genovese deserve $18,000? Let's let him tell his story:
"I don't know who listens to me anymore," he said. "I'm not sure anybody does."
Oh.....alright.
Hmmm, let's do a 180 here. I actually think you should be fired.
Genovese doesn't use a computer, and fears his handwritten notes are being ignored, as several of his prospects have been drafted by other clubs.
He also doesn't use a stopwatch or the newfangled equipment of younger scouts, and fears his old-fashioned approach is being used against him.
Here's an example of a handwritten note from Genovese:
"I don't like that Kemp fellah because I don't think he's allowed to play in the majors, yet."
(low blow indeed)
For the life of me, I do not understand why this is an acceptable excuse. There are tools to make your job and your coworkers' jobs much easier. If you choose not to use them, I have no sympathy for you. If you can't use them, you're 87 years old. You should be happy they care even this much.
"I know this is a different era, but baseball is baseball, isn't it?" said Genovese, who has yet to sign a Dodger who has made it to the major leagues, but has tipped other scouts on hundreds of local players he knows better than anyone.
Some will argue that the Dodgers are being charitable by continuing to employ an 87-year-old man. But like Evans said, scouting is different. Age is an asset. Experience is irreplaceable.
Key here: "has yet to sign a Dodger who has made it to the major leagues"
I AM arguing that the Dodgers are being charitable by continuing to employ an 87-year-old man. I like how Plaschke doesn't name a single player in the article. Wouldn't want to indict this fossil with something 100% relevant like a performance evaluation, would ya Plaschke?
Again, in Bill Plaschke's world, age = infallibility, experience = infinite employment, modern tools = the devil's workshop.
For the record, when Plaschke writes an article, he uses the original moving type printing press.
Logan White, the Dodgers' assistant general manager in charge of scouting, said, "I try to use George the best I can, but I know everybody always wants to be used more."
White did not deny the pay cut, saying only, "I can't go into details about it, but I'm taking a different path here and making changes in the whole staff. I can tell you it has nothing to do with the divorce or with finances. We're just trying to improve our local feel."
But what can feel more local than a North Hollywood guy whose name is attached to scouting's highest honor, the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation's George Genovese Lifetime Achievement Award?
Way to go! That last part is worth noting! Way to wait until near the end of your article to point it out!
Genovese hasn't always sucked at scouting. This is a pretty decent list of serviceable to AS caliber players. One thing to notice: jack squat for the Dodgers. Logan White tried to put it nicely, but he basically meant: "What will it take to get this old man to go home?"
"I'm here if they need me," he said. "I'm always here if they need me."
....eh, I wouldn't throw the word "always" around too much at your age.
Until then, he will drive around town in search of a game, ignored but unbowed, his biggest crime being that he is not a fancy swimming pool or a Four Seasons hotel room.
"I'm just a baseball guy," said George Genovese, scouting superhero, the Eight Thousand Dollar Man.
Scouting Superhero? Most superheroes can use a computer. They're called supercomputers. *rimshot*
Anyway, I get what Plaschke is saying. The McCourt's suck, so why should they take it out on this walking bag of flesh? I'm just paraphrasing there. But, the point remains, be nice to old people because they become ghosts.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Bordering on insanity now
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Mort always making sense

What's worse than reading too much into MLB pitcher wins? Probably reading more into NFL QB wins. Dave Krieg has more wins than Steve Young. Better QB then, right? Also, Roman Gabriel has more wins than Roger Staubach, Kerry Collins has more wins than Joe Theismann, and Craig Morton has more wins than Y.A. Tittle.
If you put Aaron Rodgers on the Vikings, his teammates would all kill themselves because Aaron Rodgers is quite possibly the world's worst leader of all time.
He is about to become football's A-Rod, PARDON THE GODDAM PUN.
Update: What is with articles like this? Favre won the Super Bowl in the 1996-97 season. 1996!
An ignorant MMA post
I enjoyed the bully beatdown guy fighting the guy who pitches for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I'm surprised the manager for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Joe Maddon, would allow James Shields to fight in the Mixed Martial Arts. But James Shields was very good at fighting as boringly as humanly possible. Mmmmmmmm, let's get on the floor and pop friction boners for twenty minutes. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe I do not appreciate the artistry of greco-prussian nipple grapple choke-wrastlin', or maybe I do and I just don't know how to quit you.
Then Arvydas Sabonis' nephew fought Mister T's grandson. Let me tell you what.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Patriots Dolphins Preview
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Highest Payed Players By Team
Mets: Beltran, Johan, Sheffield - 2 great players, one sucktacular signing - $51 M/Year
Cubs: Soriano, Zambrano, A-Ram - Zambrano is mentally damaged, not mentioned = Ted Lilly ($12M), Fukudome ($11M) - $51M/Year
Red Sox: JD Drew, Ortiz, Lowell - Not bad, except for Drew - $39M/ Year
Tigers: Magglio, Cabrera, Bonderman - This is horrible. $18 million benching? Dontrelle Willis $10M - $44M/ Year
Angels - Vlad, Matthews Jr., Hunter - Good spending team. Matthews had a .670 OPS this year but overall not bad. - $43/ Year
Mariners - Beltre, Ichiro, Silva - *Puke*, this is disgusting. - $43/ Year
I hope my Facebook friends read this.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Prediction for Game Four, Kate Hudson continues to suck
You hear me, Kate? I'm going to do something right. Take notes. Face.
The Phillies are throwing out Fat Joe Blanton. That was cute last year when they were playing the Tampa Bay Where the Hell are We's in the World Series. Blanton is 0-3 with a 8.18 ERA in four starts against the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez has two homers in seven ABs against him. He needs one more homer to set the Yankees single postseason mark with seven.
See that. Right there on the field, Kate? LOOK AT THE FIELD, KATE. That is success. That's the closest you will ever come to it.
My pick: Yankees 10, Phillies 5 and the series will go Yankees in six. That way we finally get to see Nick Swisher even drunker than he is on the field.
Kate, I think a failure like Nick Swisher is more your style. He sports a nifty .175/.316/.286 in 77 career postseason plate appearances. You two lovebirds should make the beast with two backs. Conceive a baby with failure for blood.
Or hell, go after Joe Blanton. Athletes are dumb. Face.
Big Deal, Kate Hudson
So it doesn't count.
The only A-Rod homers that count are the ones that give the Yankees a winning margin. It's currently eight to four, Yankees. If you subtract two from eight, you get six, STILL LARGER THAN FOUR, HARPY QUEEN.
To top it all off "You, Me, Dupree, and all of Al Qaeda" hit the cable rounds this week. Another round of trash from your meaningless career. Two good movies in your lifetime: "Almost Famous" and "About Adam". According to RT, that's 2-for-16. That's a .125 average. No wonder A-Rod is all up in your pants. Even he has a .294 career average in postseason play. Guess he figures hanging out with an abject failure will make him look good in comparison. I say it's fool's gold, a phrase used as the title for your worst film, Miss Hudson.
Why isn't Kate Hudson subject to the same disdain as Paris Hilton? Hilton got sweet coin from her parents because they were hotel moguls. Well, Kate Hudson was bequeathed an entire career because her mother is Goldie Hawn, who BTW won an Oscar at 25 and was nominated for another at 36. Your stupid ass was just double nominated for two razzies. DOUBLE NOMINATED. And yet she continues to get work on name alone.
So the next time you feel the need to get some face time during MY World Series, think again hagatha christie. I do not care if you break up with A-Rod and Matt Stairs swoops in for leftovers. Baseball nerds are watching you, and we don't find you remotely attractive unless you are doing math.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
5 Things That You've Probably Already Planned To Do This Halloween
Friday, October 30, 2009
Still waiting, K-Hud, ANDRE ETHIER IS CLUTCH AS SHIT
Speaking of clutch, congratulations to Andre Ethier for winning Pepsi's Everyone's a Dipshit Clutchity Clutch award.
Wanna see something funny? Okay. Here's Andre Ethier's numbers this year for innings 7-9:
.260/.371/.418, 5HRs, 32 RBIs, 21 runs in 210 plate appearances.
Here's Matt Kemp's:
.349/.406/.579, 9HRs, 37 RBIs, 31 runs in 217 plate appearances.
Proving once and for all that Pepsi is a racist corporation.
(I know Ethier had better numbers in extra innings. You don't have to tell me. Keep getting boners over 24 plate appearances, racist pepsi.)
McDonalds Cuts and Runs In Battle For Obesity in Iceland
Thursday, October 29, 2009
WHAT NOW KATE HUDSON
Why did I capitalize game one?
I didn't watch the game. It was on at the bar, but when Cliff Lee is dealing, it's a foregone conclusion. Did he really need to throw 122 pitches, though? I know he's good for it, but 106 through eight with a 6-0 lead seems like a night's work. I should never question Charlie Manuel because he coaches with "his gut." Cannot question a man's gut. It's full of gutsy gut grit.
Anyway, what he did was stupid.
(Guts can't be stupid.) They can just be full of blackish gut juice and pepsin. Charlie was like: "Hey gut, what should I done? Leave him out there or send in Brett Myers for giggles? I know, I'll leave him out there. Say gut, do you like gumbo?"
His gut is full of gumbo.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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