This is a joke.
Fenway Park is America’s most beloved ballpark. While Wrigley may be more picturesque and Yankee more historical, you don’t hear about random fans going on 2000-mile pilgrimages to see PNC PArk or US Cellular Field.
I don’t care how short the concession lines are or how well you can see the city’s skyline.
Snakes In My Pants
Cause, you know, we need more people talking ’bout sports.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Apr 30
Fenway the 21st best ballpark in America
Apr 30
20 Best Non-Conference Games of 2008
In college football, non-conference games are and should be the best measuring stick for pollsters and BCS computers. Here’s my take of the 20 best non-conference games for the upcoming 2008 season, which begins in 121 days:
1. Ohio State @ USC-13 September - This could realistically be a national championship game preview. The winner of this game [...]
Apr 30
What in the Wide World of Sports is going on here?
Something funny is happening to the 66-16 Boston Celtics on the way to a 17th World Championship!!!
The atrocious Atlanta Hawks, who barely snuck into the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 37-45 record, and were smashed by the #1 seed Celtics in games 1 and 2, are on the verge of one of the greatest upstes [...]
Apr 29
Very Cool Time Lapse “Video”
I don’t care much about Fenway, specifically, but this would be cool if shot just about anywhere.
One Day At Fenway - Letus Extreme Film - Time Lapse - HDTV from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo
I particularly like when the entire crowd stands up. And then files out in seconds, while it takes “minutes” for them [...]
Apr 29
Amazingly, Someone in NJ does know the meaning of compromise. They also know the meaning of “No thanks”.
“For self-importance on the grandest of delusional scales, there is no entity in sports quite like Notre Dame football, winner of three games last season, routinely whacked like a piñata in recent bowl games and not a national championship to its name in 20 years, or since the Gipper was about to hand off the [...]
Apr 26
Futility
This, from the NY Daily News, well explains the NY Jets’ problems last year:
Since 2001, the Jets, Raiders and Bucs are the only teams that haven’t drafted a player selected to the Pro Bowl, not counting specialists. (Linebacker Jonathan Vilma was an alternate in 2005.) The Jets drafted two promising players last year, cornerback Darrelle [...]
Apr 25
NFL Draft - Overrated/Underrated
Every year good players are overlooked by the so-called experts of the NFL (see Tom Brady). Likewise, every year there is a player who scouts fall in love with (see JaMarcus Russell, Alex Smith, Reggie Bush, Joey Harrington, etc) who end up being busts, or at least not living up their original lofty status.
This year [...]
Apr 24
Does anyone in Connecticut know the definition of “compromise”?
What a hoot. UConn is all excited about nabbing BC’s slot with ND in 2011 when, thanks to strong-arm tactics from the Big East, the Irish early-terminate their contract with the Eagles. (We replaced them with USC.) Here is the classic lead-in from the AP:
HARTFORD, Conn. — State legislators announced a compromise Wednesday [...]
Apr 23
Irish nab another star from USC’s back yard
Cierre Wood, the nations top overall RB and #3 player overall, from Santa Clara, CA commited to the Irish over the weekend.
Pete “The Poodle” Caroll must be seething. This is the third year in a row the Irish have beaten out USC for the best player in southern California: Jimmy Clausen in 2006, Dayne Crist last [...]
Apr 23
Matt Ryan Announced As PlayStation3 Cover Athlete for NCAA Football 09
To my fellow SIMPers who are also, unlike me, video gamers. Former Boston College QB Matt Ryan has been selected for the cover of the PlayStation3 game “NCAA Football 09″. According to the press release:
“Former college football standout Matt Ryan will join former Arkansas All-American Darren McFadden as a spokesman and cover athlete for [...]