Undertaker Vs. Brock??

Posted by Sean Doyle, October 25, 2010

Fresh off his shocking UFC title loss to Cain Velasquez, Brock Lesnar was confronted by his old WWE rival The Undertaker. Fanhouse MMA reporter Ariel Helwani was conducting a post match interview with The Undertaker when Brock walked past and the two behemoths exchanged a dead icy stare down. Rumors and hyperbole are sweeping cyberspace as to the real meaning behind the stare. WON's Dave Meltzer thinks it was all a staged work to set up a big money Wrestlemania match between the two. While others believe these colossal combatants have a legitimate beef dating back to Brock's stormy days in WWE. Either way, one thing is certain, this story is just getting started...

Wednesday's Whips

Posted by Sean Doyle, October 20, 2010.

The Islanders are in first place. I repeat, the freakin' Islanders are in first place! I know we are only six games deep but hell, I'd be happy if the Isles were in 1st after one game. Coming off a damn impressive victory over the undefeated Maple Leafs, the Isles are now 3-1-2. Somebody dust off Lord Stanley's Cup cause it's coming home to Uniondale!

Photographic evidence of why Zach Greinke doesn't want to come to New York...

We are now just a few minutes away from Game 5 of the 2010 ALCS. The Bombers are down 3-1 and facing elimination at home. Several of Girardi's (binder-bound) moves have not paid off thus far. Starting Hughes in Texas, playing Burnett in Game 4, slapping that guy's ass in the Taco Bell commercial (see below), this has been a tough couple of weeks for old Joe. Now it all comes down to C.C., the $161 million dollar man with the 2010 season in the balance...

Win It For Freddy!!

Posted by Sean Doyle, October 18, 2010

Photo Courtesy of Al Bello/ Getty Images North America.

Freddy "Sez" Shuman, the Yankee uber fan whose spoon-to-frying plate cheers rallied many a Bronx crowd, died on Sunday at the age of 85. I had the good fortune to ring the legendary frying pan at the September 25 game against the Red Sox, my last game of the season and the last time I will ever again get to claim the pleasure. I've been to over 100 games in the last decade or so and I can't recall a time when I didn't hear the reliable spoon clang echo across the old ballpark (and the new one..)

Now, with the passing of George Steinbrenner, Bob Sheperd, and Freddy Sez...all remnants of the Old Guard are gone....

Graphic by Colin & Sean Doyle.

Nash vs. Donovan

Posted by Sean Doyle, October 15, 2010

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Our Long National Nightmare Is Over...

Posted by Sean Doyle, October 12, 2010.

Image Courtesy Of New York Magazine.

On the crisp, clear morning of October 4, in the year of our Lord 2010, the New York Metropolitans parted ways with their beloved General Manager Omar "The Architect" Minaya, and Manager Jerry Manuel. Fans around the greater Tri-State area were left dumbfounded by the decision by the Wilpon Family to fire "The Architect" after another solid forth-place finish. One Met's fan who asked not to be named, (let's call him Timmy McNally of 1412 Tubbs Road in Bay Shore, NY) snidely remarked, "I'm puzzled by this...I mean 4 out of 5 is pretty good, no?" referring the the Met's 4th place finish in their five team division for the second consecutive year.

But in all seriousness folks, this move was long overdue. The last 4 seasons in Flushing have been nightmarish. Two consecutive collapses (2007 & 2008) followed by two outright failures (2009 & 2010) were more than enough to justify the end of the Minaya era. In a way, it's really kind of depressing. Minaya and company started out so well in 2005 with big moves that truly energized the struggling franchise. But soon enough, hope gave way to hype, and a number of horrible signings (Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo, K-Rod, etc) and strategic blunders (Tony Bernazard!!) left the Mets' organization in disarray.

Now for the first time in years there is light at the end of the tunnel for Mets' fans. To say the next move for the Wilpon family is huge would be an understatement.

It's Always Halladay In Philadelphia...

Posted by Sean Doyle, October 8, 2010.

Doc Halladay, the game's greatest hurler, just shut down the Cincy machine with ease in game one of the NLDS on Wednesday. He did so while pitching only the second no-hitter in postseason history. This on top of pitching a perfect game, winning 20 games, being an All-Star and likely winning the Cy Young this season. If the Phil's win the World Series could his (Halladay's) season be considered the greatest ever for a baseball player??

Here's my formula:

Cy Young + 20 wins + All-Star nod + Perfect game + Postseason No-Hitter + (Possible) World Series = Greatest Season Ever for Baseball Player. Bar none.

YANKS TO PLAYOFFS (AGAIN)!!!!!

Posted by Sean Doyle, September 28, 2010.

Photo Courtesy of Charlie Wenzelberg/ The New York Post.

Last night, with a 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays, the Bombers clinched their 15 postseason appearance in the last 16 years. How impressive is that stat? Well, in 48 seasons of existence the New York Mets have only made the postseason 7 times. The Yanks have more than doubled that stat in just the last decade and a half.

Today's Winners: The Knicks Superteam

Posted by Sean Doyle, September 29, 2010.

It now seems that the New Jersey/ Brooklyn Nyets have dropped out of the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes. The trade, which would have involved 4 teams and have shipped Derrick Favors and Devin Harris out and brought Melo to the swamp, has passed the Nets' deadline without resolution. Knicksnation is now doing a cautious celebration dance. Although, we could have had the super-team below if LeBron chose the Apple instead of the Beach....

Albert Haynesworth Is Fat And Stupid.

Posted by Sean Doyle, September 27, 2010.

Image Courtesy of Fox Sports.

America's most overpaid athlete, Washington Redskin DT Albert Haynesworth, has found a new way to sink his already badly damaged reputation to new lows.

Here's what Mr. Haynesworth said:

"I guess, in this world, we don't have a lot of people with backbones. Just because somebody pays you money don't mean they'll make you do whatever they want. I mean, that means everything is for sale. I mean, I'm not for sale," Haynesworth said. "Yeah, I signed the contract and got paid a lot of money, but just because, that don't mean I'm for sale or a slave or whatever."

So Albert played the slave card. He of a $100 Million dollar contract, who just received a nice $21 Million dollar bonus payment in April, just played the 'effin slave card. Wow! In a nation which is just now coming out of the longest economic slump since the Great Depression (which saw us shed 8 million jobs and increase the number of American's living in poverty from 39.8 to 43.6 million people) this obese beast had the gall to refer to him self as potential "slave." All for playing a silly game sixteen sundays a year.

If Albert Haynesworth had any "backbone" he'd return the money to Snyder and apologize to the better part of the world's population whose hard work and intelligence he insults everytime he opens his mouth.

Captain America

Posted by Sean Doyle, September 7, 2010.

Image Courtesy of Hoops Wallpapers.

With King James' once solid reputation mired in "South Beach" and Melo tweeting his way towards the same dismal approval ratings, the Hoop world is in desperate need of a new hero. Enter Durantula! Kevin Durant, the 6'9 forward out of Oklahoma City has emerged as the face of USA basketball, and the future of the NBA.

Omar Flies Coach, Gets Heckled. There Is A God.

Posted by Sean Doyle, September 5, 2010.

Image Courtesy of TheRopolitans.com.

According to Deadspin, embattled Mets GM Omar Minaya was heckled on a Chicago bound Jetblue flight the other day. Minaya is the man I often refer to as "The Architect" for his deft handling of everything New York Metropolitans. I mean, after six years and almost a billion dollars spent (that's billion folks) he has exactly one playoff appearance under his belt. His (Minaya's) impressive resume includes destroying the Mets' once healthy farm system by placing utterly incompetent Tony "Little Napoleon" Bernazard in charge.... signing Oliver Perez to a 3 year $36 million dollar deal during the depths of the great recession when A) Not a single team in baseball would have given Perez a one year $10 million deal so they were bidding against themselves and B) Perez had up to that point (and since) a completely mediocre career and in no way was worth half that money...."The Architect" also gets kudos for accusing respected NY Daily News reporter Adam Rubin of burying Tony Bernazard (not because Bernazard was and is a low level thug but) because the Mets would not give Rubin a job!! Minaya performed this paranoid ramble while completely bungling the English language. Watch the hilarity below:

But back to the issue at hand. Here is a photo of "The Arhitect" on the Jetblue flight. Let's hope he got some peanuts to go along with those heckles.....

Here's some linkage:

Deadspin: Omar Flies Coach, Gets Heckled.

MVP Gotham: Omar Minaya Knows Time Is Ending.

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

Photo Courtesy of Doug Mills/ The New York Times

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.

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