Monday, August 30, 2010

Super Nova & The Falling Star

Posted by Sean Doyle, August 30, 2010

SUPER NOVA
Photo Courtesy of Frank Polich/Reuters

Yesterday, the Yanks beat the Chi-Sox in a brutal Second City heat. This veteran New York squad, so beset by injuries, looked to a youngster with approximately 0 career wins to lead them to victory. And lead them, Ivan Nova did. Nova pitched 5 and 2/3 innings of stellar one run ball back by 7 strikeouts and only one walk. This line was good enough to earn the rookie his first big show win and perhaps more importantly the high praise of his manager Joe Girardi "We're asking a young man to step up and that's exactly what he's doing," said Girardi after the game.

Look, the Bombers needed a spark and Nova provided a flame. I'm not fitting the kid for a Cooperstown Plaque but we needed this stiff kick in the ass. With Burnnett and Vazquez roaming blindly in the pitcher's wilderness, fresh arms are needed in the Bronx asap.

As one man starts the road to glory, another man takes a tragic fall....


THE FALLING STAR



One day after Nova blinded the Chi-Sox with his Super Nova heat, a man known as The Rocket ambled into a DC courthouse, his legend fizzling all the way. Roger Clemens, a man of 354 career victories, 4,672 strikeouts, 7 Cy Young awards, 11 All Star nods, and 2 World Championships, a man known as The Rocket for his blistering fastball, that man looked a lumpy shell of his former self in our nation's capital today. Clemens was there to plead not guilty to felony charges of lying to a Congressional committee.

It's funny how life works. Five years ago, Nova was a skinny 18 year old kid living in the D.R. getting ready to navigate the minor leagues. Ivan Nova was then a name unknown to the world. On the other hand, Roger Clemens as a larger than life icon considered by many to be the greatest pitcher of all time, was a household name. Five years later as one man looks to the future with bright prospects, another man fights a losing battle to save his fading past.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Wednesday's Whips Vol. VI

Posted by Sean Doyle, August 26, 2010
(David Lee and Derrick Rose discussing the 2016 free agent class and the possibility of teaming up on the Brooklyn Nyets...)

As the Summer of 2010 winds down, it's time we look back. Superteams were formed, superstars were made, legends walked away and icons passed on. A King abdicated his Clevelandic throne and took his "talents to South Beach." A pair of Old Mariners, Sweet Lou and Junior Griffey both ended their hall of fame careers mid-season. Brett Favre retired, returned, retired, returned, retired, and then almost took his talents to south beach before returning yet again. Brock Lesnar returned from near-death to retain his dominance over the UFC heavyweight division by outlasting Shane Carwin. The Los Angeles sun is now setting on "Mannywood" as that bad bum b-movie comes to it's inevitable end.




Just wondering?

How much money would a Mike Tyson-Kimbo Slice fight in the UFC make on pay-per-view? Yes, I know, it would be a garbage bout between a former legend and an overhyped street brawler, the ol' has-been vs. never-will-be scenario. But selling PPV buys is all about selling hype and drama. And this fight would have more hype than a Strasburg start in D.C.
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Monday, August 23, 2010

It's Still Giants Stadium, After All....

Posted by Sean Doyle, August 23, 2010

After all the bluster and hyperbole, the heavy hits and "hard knocks", the new ball park in the swamp is still Giants Stadium. The media crowned this useless preseason game (scrimmage really) a battle for "stadium supremacy" between the supposedly fading NY Giants and the way-over-hyped NY Jets. But it was behind the light touches that we got to see a sneak peek of what the 2010-11 season may bring for these two tri-state titans.

And we did we see exactly?

I know, I know, the NFL preseason is about as useless as Isiah Thomas at the trade deadline. But in the first football played in the New Meadowlands Park it was trusty old Big Blue who stomped out the faux-sexy Green Machine. Old Coliseums crumble and new epics arise but in Jersey swampland some things just never change.....
Photo by Sean Doyle

Friday, August 6, 2010

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Sean Doyle, August 6, 2010

Can it be?
The worst GM in the history of professional sports, the man who single handedly de-valued the NBA's flagship franchise in five nightmarish years is now back in the New York Knickerbocker fold?

Can it effin' be???
The man who committed $100 Million dollars to Jerome James and Eddy Curry to create the stinkiest (and laziest) center tandem in the Association's history, is walking back in the very Garden he so foolishly fowled? Let me just get this clear in my head, Isiah Lord Thomas, the dude whom, when he wasn't sexually harassing Anucha Brown Sanders, was getting into fist fights with Quentin "Donuts are the only thing I'm Dunking" Richardson?

That dude!?!?!
That dude is coming back to the greatest stage in pro sports as a trusted member of Boss Dolan's inner circle?

Only in New York, I guess.

By the way, here is one of "Zeke's" best quotes during his tenure as Knicks' boss:

"Bitch, I don't give a fuck about these white people," said Isiah Thomas to Anucha Brown Sanders. (In reference to the long suffering Knicks fan base whom he tortured with his piss-poor variation of general managing...)
Photo by Sean Doyle

- He also made us watch Renaldo Balkman shoot free throws. For that offense alone, he should be forever banished to the Phantom Zone (The one from Supergirl.)* But I digress...

Grumpy Old Men...

Posted by Sean Doyle, August 6, 2010.
Graphic by Sean & Colin Doyle.


Since the inception of this blog last March we have had little in the way of pigskin prose due primarily to the lack of Football being played. But now, with the 2010-11 NFL Season upon us, the Dummys here get to turn their ever lazy eyes upon the gridiron. Now with that airy bit of bull shizzle behind us, here are our picks for 10-11 in the AFC.

Baltimore Ravens 11-5
Cincinnati Bengals 10-6
Pittsburgh Steelers 7-9
Cleveland Browns 6-10
Indianapolis Colts 13-3
Houston Texans 10-6
Tennessee Titans 8-8
Jacksonville Jaguars 4-12
New England Patriots 11-5
New York Jets 9-7
Miami Dolphins 6-10
Buffalo Bills 3-13
San Diego Chargers 12-4
Denver Broncos 8-8
Kansas City Chiefs 6-10
Oakland Raiders 4-12

Next time we'll lay out our picks for the NFC....

Monday, August 2, 2010

Stereotype Reinforced: The Mets Fan As Fall Down Drunk...

Posted by Sean Doyle, August 2, 2010.


A picture is worth a thousand slurred words.....