Sometimes you have a conversation with someone that is so funny that it keeps you laughing for days after. I had one of those with fellow NYaT blogger, Ben, this past weekend in Philly. It went a little something like this:
Ben: [talking about the All Star Game balloting being done by hand in the Stadium] A lot of fans bring power drills into the Stadiums to vote for their favorite players
Me: Um...Ben, I don't think so
Ben: Well before September 11th
Me: Even before September 11th, they didn't allow you to bring in power tools.
Ben: Well some people did
Me: Who? You?
Ben: No. But I would bring it home and power drill my favorite player's name
Me: So did you actually see anyone bring in a power drill to the park?
Ben: No, I guess I didn't
Me [after 10 minutes of laughing]: I can just imagine the promotion now, Power Drill Night to vote for your home team All Stars
Ben: Sponsored by Lowe's
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
New York Athletes Have No Class
We wrote about Alex Rodriguez making out with Kate Hudson at Mustang Grill. Now, following A-Rod and K-Hud's classiness there's this from the New York Post:
I give up. This place is known for having cheap PBR.
At least Sean Avery swiped the girl from another athlete; A-Rod is dating someone who once moved in with a guy from Punk'd
Keep it classy, New York athletes.
HILARY Rhoda isn't just a football fan -- she's also a hockey fan. Having dated new Jet QB Marc Sanchez (after posing with him in GQ and helping him celebrate his $50 million contract), the curvy brunette looked very cozy with Ranger Sean Avery last night at Brother Jimmy's in Murray Hill. "They were doing shots of Jack Daniels and Patron, and she had her hands on his arm as they canoodled at the corner of the bar," said our spy. "Sanchez was nowhere to be found."Are you serious? Brother Jimmy's in Murray Hill? Last Monday I did their special: $20 for all you can eat wings and rib tips and all you can drink Bud and Bud Light. This Monday Sean Avery is making out with a hot woman in the corner.
I give up. This place is known for having cheap PBR.
At least Sean Avery swiped the girl from another athlete; A-Rod is dating someone who once moved in with a guy from Punk'd
Keep it classy, New York athletes.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
"Cavs Win!" Video
This video of one news team's reaction to LeBron James' game winning shot is awesome. Not only is the reaction of the people in the picture great, but you can see some random guy jumping up and down in the background (check out the top right of the video at the end). From ESPN.com (so funny):
A Cleveland news team was in a glass case of emotion -- until Bron's shot. What came next is the stuff of legend.
A Cleveland news team was in a glass case of emotion -- until Bron's shot. What came next is the stuff of legend.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Video Proof of Cone Incident
So David Cone did say "jerking off" as this YouTube video shows. This is the second time he's done this for the Yankees on YES. Wow.
Monday, February 16, 2009
President's Day Links
A mother of all links post on a day where no President's were born, but we celebrate them anyways...with a day off
-Well I've ready a Michael Lewis book about football and baseball...and now it seems like he's getting ready to write one about basketball as well.
-I still think that the Yankees should use their "Type A advantage" (having signed three Type A's already, all they would have to give up to sign a Type A would be a fourth round draft pick) and do a sign-and-trade with another team. This article seems to think that a sign-and-trade directly with the team who owns the Type A rights directly would be the best course of action, but those people would want to be compensated close to a 1st round pick while the Yankees would be looking to be compensated close to a 4th round pick...just throwing that out there.
-Before I had said that John Smoltz was a lock for the Hall of Fame. I still believe that. Jack Curry of the New York Times agrees with me. Smoltz may actually get hurt by Maddux and Glavine getting in. But he should be a no-doubt first-ballot Hall of Famer.
-I don't know why they're doing this while he's still alive (it looks way too much like a dead man's tribute), but this is a really cool look back at the life of Senator Edward Kennedy. Definitely worth looking through some of the awesome pictures and videos from the Kennedy boys' youth throughout the article. Looks like quite a book.
-Also, they have the front page from the day Kathleen Kennedy was killed in a plane crash. It's also the day Israel declared it's independence. Pretty crazy.
-Speaking of Jews, in the end, Joe Lieberman stepped up for the Dems. It almost seems like a movie where the guy does something wrong, but in the end, comes back and redeems himself.
-Speaking some more about Jews, we have some all-stars going to our Hall of Fame it seems...and some athletes who are still discriminated against
-So that's how baseball players get in shape! (H/T Rob Neyer)
-A list of the worst contracts in the American League and National League. Amazingly the Yankees don't make one of those lists for once. I guess Jason Giambi, Carl Pavano, Kyle Farnsworth and the like coming off the books would do that...
-A look at the New York Football Giants' Free Agents. No potential big losses besides Derrick Ward now that they've slapped the franchise tag on Brandon Jacobs...and they seem quite content to go with Ahmad Bradshaw as the #2 and Danny Ware as the #3. Sad that Amani Toomer's tenure has to end like this...Another bit in that article linked to this Daily News piece which says (buried within the article): "Amani Toomer is right: The Giants don't want him. His recent whining only solidified the organization's stance. Truth is, the Giants grew tired of him a couple of years ago, when they started questioning his dedication and attitude, according to a person familiar with the team's thinking."
-Freakonomics pointed me to this interesting article about not subsidizing shareholders for insolvent banks. He does make a lot of interesting and thought-provoking points. The article ends with this: "The present practice of subsidizing shareholders and debt holders of large insolvent bank holding companies is unprecedented, improper, and unwise. It is time to take strong capitalist action — and that requires wiping out the existing owners of the insolvent banks and giving the system much needed new equity capital, which, at this time, can come only from the government."
-Deadspin is pretty funny sometimes.
-So is this link about Pokey (H/T Jay)
-So maybe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will actually come true...scary. I'll start with 8th grade, thank you.
-I have a turtle quite like this. We call her Pam. I would recommend that Tyler Kepner and Pete Abraham wash their hands because they are quite full of salmonella.
-Let her fight!
-I don't even want to talk about the Rangers. When you allow a 3 on 5 shorthanded goal, you don't deserve to win a Stanley Cup.
-Peter Gammons on A-Ro[i]d
-I don't think I've seen a story that can get any more ridiculous than this one in England. When do we find out it's all made up?
-Good thing the Yankees didn't make this trade
-One guy I'm counting on for the Yanks 'pen this year: Mark Melancon (H/T Pete Abraham)
-CC looks [relatively] thin
-Wow...way to ruin your public image, Jim Leyritz
-From journalist to strip club owner.
-In Buster Olney's latest blog entry, he brings up an interesting part of the Torre book that I've heard from a few other people is one of his more objectionable parts:
-Well I've ready a Michael Lewis book about football and baseball...and now it seems like he's getting ready to write one about basketball as well.
-I still think that the Yankees should use their "Type A advantage" (having signed three Type A's already, all they would have to give up to sign a Type A would be a fourth round draft pick) and do a sign-and-trade with another team. This article seems to think that a sign-and-trade directly with the team who owns the Type A rights directly would be the best course of action, but those people would want to be compensated close to a 1st round pick while the Yankees would be looking to be compensated close to a 4th round pick...just throwing that out there.
-Before I had said that John Smoltz was a lock for the Hall of Fame. I still believe that. Jack Curry of the New York Times agrees with me. Smoltz may actually get hurt by Maddux and Glavine getting in. But he should be a no-doubt first-ballot Hall of Famer.
-I don't know why they're doing this while he's still alive (it looks way too much like a dead man's tribute), but this is a really cool look back at the life of Senator Edward Kennedy. Definitely worth looking through some of the awesome pictures and videos from the Kennedy boys' youth throughout the article. Looks like quite a book.
-Also, they have the front page from the day Kathleen Kennedy was killed in a plane crash. It's also the day Israel declared it's independence. Pretty crazy.
-Speaking of Jews, in the end, Joe Lieberman stepped up for the Dems. It almost seems like a movie where the guy does something wrong, but in the end, comes back and redeems himself.
-Speaking some more about Jews, we have some all-stars going to our Hall of Fame it seems...and some athletes who are still discriminated against
-So that's how baseball players get in shape! (H/T Rob Neyer)
-A list of the worst contracts in the American League and National League. Amazingly the Yankees don't make one of those lists for once. I guess Jason Giambi, Carl Pavano, Kyle Farnsworth and the like coming off the books would do that...
-A look at the New York Football Giants' Free Agents. No potential big losses besides Derrick Ward now that they've slapped the franchise tag on Brandon Jacobs...and they seem quite content to go with Ahmad Bradshaw as the #2 and Danny Ware as the #3. Sad that Amani Toomer's tenure has to end like this...Another bit in that article linked to this Daily News piece which says (buried within the article): "Amani Toomer is right: The Giants don't want him. His recent whining only solidified the organization's stance. Truth is, the Giants grew tired of him a couple of years ago, when they started questioning his dedication and attitude, according to a person familiar with the team's thinking."
-Freakonomics pointed me to this interesting article about not subsidizing shareholders for insolvent banks. He does make a lot of interesting and thought-provoking points. The article ends with this: "The present practice of subsidizing shareholders and debt holders of large insolvent bank holding companies is unprecedented, improper, and unwise. It is time to take strong capitalist action — and that requires wiping out the existing owners of the insolvent banks and giving the system much needed new equity capital, which, at this time, can come only from the government."
-Deadspin is pretty funny sometimes.
-So is this link about Pokey (H/T Jay)
-So maybe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will actually come true...scary. I'll start with 8th grade, thank you.
-I have a turtle quite like this. We call her Pam. I would recommend that Tyler Kepner and Pete Abraham wash their hands because they are quite full of salmonella.
-Let her fight!
-I don't even want to talk about the Rangers. When you allow a 3 on 5 shorthanded goal, you don't deserve to win a Stanley Cup.
-Peter Gammons on A-Ro[i]d
-I don't think I've seen a story that can get any more ridiculous than this one in England. When do we find out it's all made up?
-Good thing the Yankees didn't make this trade
-One guy I'm counting on for the Yanks 'pen this year: Mark Melancon (H/T Pete Abraham)
-CC looks [relatively] thin
-Wow...way to ruin your public image, Jim Leyritz
-From journalist to strip club owner.
-In Buster Olney's latest blog entry, he brings up an interesting part of the Torre book that I've heard from a few other people is one of his more objectionable parts:
• Carl Pavano doesn't want to address Joe Torre's book, but many others in the game are appalled by the manager's seeming willingness to cast blame or disparagement in the pages while taking very little responsibility for what went wrong when the Yankees lost.
In the book, Mariano Rivera is blamed, in part, for the postseason defeats in 2001 and 2004. But there is nothing about Torre's handling of the Yankees' bullpen from 2001 to 2007, which consistently resulted in late-season burnout for a parade of set-up men: Steve Karsay, Paul Quantrill, Tom Gordon, Tanyon Sturtze, Ron Villone, Scott Proctor, etc.
Part of the reason Rivera pitched less than his best at the end of the 2004 season was that Quantrill and Gordon were flat-out gassed by mid-September, and Rivera was asked to shoulder a heavier burden than usual. For Torre to write a book about his tenure as Yankee manager and not address the bullpen problems after the departure of Jeff Nelson would be like if George Bush were to write a book about his presidency and not mention the economy.
And remember Torre's version of Dave Roberts' pivotal steal in the 2004 playoffs against Rivera, how he thought Rivera aided Roberts' stolen-base attempt by throwing to first base repeatedly before making his first pitch? Well, in response to this, numerous coaches and executives have asked this question: If Torre was sure Roberts would steal, why didn't he call for a pitch-out?
-Bipartisanship isn't so easy. Wall Street gets some new bonus limits
-The Japanese Madoff and his "Yen From Heaven"
-I liked when Shaq and Kobe were fighting. It's just not fun anymore. This from Shaqtus' (how did you get all those Q's?) Twitter: THE_REAL_SHAQ Kobe is the best, he told me to take the trophy hm for my sons, class act, thanks bro. Though I do love this commercial:
-Lastly, this is amazing:
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Sunday Links: Bestchester Edition
Home in the Bestchester with some great Sunday links:
-First, a great NBA doubleheader on ABC. I usually shy away from watching regular season NBA but today was a real treat
-Joel Sherman agrees with me on the Jeter situation
-The Terrible Towlie
-Anna Rawson is really hot and doesn't seem to like lesbians in women's golf...and women's golf does not seem to like Anna Rawson. Catfight!
-So Brad Pitt is playing Billy Beane in Moneyball. So a book I've never particularly cared for about a way to build a team which hasn't produced any pennants (never mind World Series wins) is going to be starring Brad Pitt and directed by Steven Soderbergh...and it's about baseball. So I have a real tough time figuring out if I'm going to want to pay to see this movie. Solution: illegal download. Thank you, interwebs.
-Hip Hop saved Lupe Fiasco's life and Starbucks saved this guy's life. Now Tom Hanks will play him in a movie. Seriously
-Scary times in the inferno going on Down Under
-Peter Gammons wrote his first article in a few weeks and seems to back up my idea of Brett Gardner in CF with the first part of the article...
-I found out on his Twitter that Rainn Wilson is a Baha'i and he posted this article about an apology they received from Iranian professionals.
-This kid will have what Michael Phelps is having. Wow. (H/T to Sarah and Jay)
-Speaking of Mr. Phelps, he has a backer: Ashton Kutcher...and he won't be hanging out with Jared anytime soon
-Another person agrees with me, the New York Rangers need Sean Avery and vice versa (original report from Larry Brooks)
-More A-rod piling on from Howard Bryant of ESPN, Rob Neyer of ESPN, and Sam Borden of LoHud (on defining this generation)
-A sad story about a 90-year-old Madoff victim that had to return to work
-What news anchors do during commercial breaks...amazing
-For Ari: how consultants are like prostitutes
-Some LOST spoilers/analysis from our buddy, Doc Jensen
-So maybe Santonio Holmes didn't get both feet down...
-Remember that November election when John McCain left the campaign for the stimulus vote? Well John McCain is having a senior moment because he's back there again and Troopergate redux.
-Speaking of elections, the Israelis are voting soon: on Netanyahu's big lead and the rise of Avigdor Lieberman
-Fred Hof is joining the Mitchell Commission and is not a fan of Hezbollah (H/T Politico)...could be good news for Israel.
-The Battle for Your Social Status
-The growth of green jobs
-I'm really not sure what's so bad about this article except that maybe England has weird Greek life...
-Remember Adam Morrison? He got a little emotional during March Madness and now has been traded to the Lakers for VladRad. Think Charlotte would like to have done that again? They missed out on Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo, etc. for a guy who looked like he should have been in 70s porn.
-The New Yorker tries to figure out the next Supreme Court Justice
-An article about life insurance (my industry) facing impending accounting and regulatory changes
-The Washingon Post declares the worst draft pick in baseball history...which is saying a lot
-And, lastly, HR and the art of clichés management (H/T Wendy)
-First, a great NBA doubleheader on ABC. I usually shy away from watching regular season NBA but today was a real treat
-Joel Sherman agrees with me on the Jeter situation
-The Terrible Towlie
-Anna Rawson is really hot and doesn't seem to like lesbians in women's golf...and women's golf does not seem to like Anna Rawson. Catfight!
-So Brad Pitt is playing Billy Beane in Moneyball. So a book I've never particularly cared for about a way to build a team which hasn't produced any pennants (never mind World Series wins) is going to be starring Brad Pitt and directed by Steven Soderbergh...and it's about baseball. So I have a real tough time figuring out if I'm going to want to pay to see this movie. Solution: illegal download. Thank you, interwebs.
-Hip Hop saved Lupe Fiasco's life and Starbucks saved this guy's life. Now Tom Hanks will play him in a movie. Seriously
-Scary times in the inferno going on Down Under
-Peter Gammons wrote his first article in a few weeks and seems to back up my idea of Brett Gardner in CF with the first part of the article...
-I found out on his Twitter that Rainn Wilson is a Baha'i and he posted this article about an apology they received from Iranian professionals.
-This kid will have what Michael Phelps is having. Wow. (H/T to Sarah and Jay)
-Speaking of Mr. Phelps, he has a backer: Ashton Kutcher...and he won't be hanging out with Jared anytime soon
-Another person agrees with me, the New York Rangers need Sean Avery and vice versa (original report from Larry Brooks)
-More A-rod piling on from Howard Bryant of ESPN, Rob Neyer of ESPN, and Sam Borden of LoHud (on defining this generation)
-A sad story about a 90-year-old Madoff victim that had to return to work
-What news anchors do during commercial breaks...amazing
-For Ari: how consultants are like prostitutes
-Some LOST spoilers/analysis from our buddy, Doc Jensen
-So maybe Santonio Holmes didn't get both feet down...
-Remember that November election when John McCain left the campaign for the stimulus vote? Well John McCain is having a senior moment because he's back there again and Troopergate redux.
-Speaking of elections, the Israelis are voting soon: on Netanyahu's big lead and the rise of Avigdor Lieberman
-Fred Hof is joining the Mitchell Commission and is not a fan of Hezbollah (H/T Politico)...could be good news for Israel.
-The Battle for Your Social Status
-The growth of green jobs
-I'm really not sure what's so bad about this article except that maybe England has weird Greek life...
-Remember Adam Morrison? He got a little emotional during March Madness and now has been traded to the Lakers for VladRad. Think Charlotte would like to have done that again? They missed out on Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo, etc. for a guy who looked like he should have been in 70s porn.
-The New Yorker tries to figure out the next Supreme Court Justice
-An article about life insurance (my industry) facing impending accounting and regulatory changes
-The Washingon Post declares the worst draft pick in baseball history...which is saying a lot
-And, lastly, HR and the art of clichés management (H/T Wendy)
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