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Irish to French: Piss off, Frogs
>> Friday
Ireland and France are set to play a home-and-home series over the next few days to determine who goes to the World Cup. Leg 1 is Saturday at Croke Park in Dublin with the return leg at the Stade de France midweek.
Attached is what can only be assumed is dry Irish humor. At least I hope so. Because if this is real, it may well start a war; and a war between Ireland and France could potentially lead to casualties in the range of... a dozen?
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News and Notes and Half-Stories
>> Tuesday
In the past few days I've seen a number of postings, read a few articles, and heard commentators ranging from Sports Illustrated to the Wall Street Journal opining on the early season dominance of dome teams, in particular, the undefeated starts for the Vikings, Colts, and Saints. They say that the Domes are giving them the advantage. I could argue that Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees might have something to do with it as well.
So, before anyone gets carried away on a "Dome-inant" headline pun-writing bonanza, I'd like to point out that the Rams are winless, the Lions are 1-5, and the Cardinals, Cowboys, and Texans are either .500 teams or just a hair better.
Jay Mariotti on Around the Horn this afternoon claimed Yankee Stadium was a "Cathedral of Baseball" despite the stadium only being open for the past six and a half months. Given this standard, one can only conclude that Great American Ballpark is a wonder of the ancient world.
Seconds later he was given a shaving cream pie by my friend Frank from Section 8 Chicago, who works as a program coordinator at ESPN in Chicago. The revolution is coming.
Iconic
>> Tuesday
Congratulations, Kansas City! Not only do you have the lowest-paying tech sector in the nation, but your city's defining image is... Larry Johnson. Pret-ty lame, Milhouse.
Read more...Get to da Soccah?
>> Wednesday
California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar has joined the bid committee seeking to bring the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup to the United States.
Californian venues hosted games in the 1994 World Cup, and 1999 and 2003 Womens' World Cups, and at least one Californian venue is expected to be included in the 10-12 stadium US bid.
Said Schwarzeneggar, "Soccah is tha wulds most papulah spoat und Kowlifornya has bin hom to some uv its moast eggziting gayims, unt I yam pwowd tuh be ah paht oof bringing tha Wuld Kahp bahk to theh Yoonited Statehs. Theh millyens oof fans from arauhnd de glohbe thaht will travel to ze Yoonited Statehs to cheah theah teams will pwoove a great benfit fo ouah stayte, ouah nation, ahndze wuld oof soccah."
Schwarzeneggar is believed to have meant, "Soccer is the world's most popular sport and California has been home to some of its most exciting games, and I am proud to be a part of bringing the World Cup back to the United States. The millions of fans from around the globe that will travel to the United States to cheer their teams will prove a great benefit for our state, our nation and the world of soccer."
Let's all be eight years old
With last night's debut of Phillies pitching prospect Antonio Bastardo, I got to thinking, who are some of the other all-time most unfortunately-named people in sports? I'm thinking of both guys with names that sound like a dirty word, insult, or something that would suggest being ugly, evil, inept, etcetera. Here's a list off the top of my head. Please add your own below.
Mets reliever J.J. Putz
Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay
Orioles president Andy McPhail
Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome
MLB reliever John Coutlangus
NHL player Radek Bonk
Reds pitching coach Dick Pole
Yankees pitcher Chien Ming Wang
Former MLB player Rusty Kuntz
Heat guard Luther Head
Former South Carolina quarterback Chris Smelley
Smelley's former teammate / kicker Ryan Succop
Former Cincinnati Bearcats guard Jihad Muhammad
Former Seaton Hall guard Ty Shine
Former Blackhawks goalie Steve Passmore (only because he was a goalie)
Rays reliever Grant Balfour (only because he's a pitcher)
Former MLB reliever Eric Plunk (also because he was a pitcher)
I know I'm forgetting lots. Help me out.
Passing thought
>> Saturday
--barely related to sports.
Though I don't think it's been used in this context yet, I'm pretty sure that over the next year, "Heads Will Roll" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be blaring over roughly 30% of all NHL faceoffs, MLB on FOX promos, and ESPN post-commercial highlight interludes. It just has that... feel.
Maybe I'll be totally wrong and this song never pops up in a sports context ever, but I figured I should at least hedge my short-term Derby prediction with something long-term that no one will remember unless I'm right.
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More Fire Front Office Brilliance
>> Wednesday
Tonight Chicago Fire play a friendly match at Toyota Park against Mexico's Club America. Naturally the Chicago local media are freaking out because of the latest thing to kill us that hasn't.
The Fire are passing out hand sanitizers to fans entering the game tonight, which easily qualifies as the worst promotional item ever.
But in more idiot-headed moves, the Fire have sold 100 tickets in Section 8; the Fire's supporters' section to Club America's Barra supporters from Mexico City. I'm sure this won't result in any problems.
A three-non-post night
Airing now on AMC:
Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin star in the 1991 classic Sleeping with the Enemy.
I trust that no one is confused.
We Might Have a Winner for Dumbest Story of the Day
Steelers to wear white for Super Bowl.
Psssh. I can't believe they're wearing white. They've played with a loooooooooot of football teams if you catch my drift.
The author tries to draw a parallel between Pittsburgh wearing white in Super Bowl XL despite being the "home team" because Pittsburgh that year was a wild card and had won all three of their playoff games on the road.
This year, Pittsburgh played two playoff games at home, and Arizona is the "home team" so they got to pick. So the Steelers didn't pick white because they thought it was lucky again. The will wear it because they have to.
Long story short. Aside from the color of the Steelers' shirts, the parallels between the jersey selection process for Super Bowl XL and XLIII end there.
Actual items
>> Friday
Actual items I came across this ad for Yahoo! Search on Weather Underground, and, I don't know, I just found the sample search in the box to be sort of... random.
Not "barack obama" or "holiday recipes" or "homemade artillery"? But "braylon edwards"?
Goofy.
Fred Huebner Tells it like it is
>> Sunday
Over the air after Chicago Fire's pitiful performance against Colorado Rapids. Chicago was trying to keep pace at the top of the league heading into the playoff stretch. Colorado was wallowing in mid-table obscurity. Chicago took 72 minutes to register a shot on goal and generally were all-around awful in a 2-0 losing effort.
Apparently the network broadcast came back from commercial a little early and caught the play-by-play team on a hot mike.
"Once we're back we'll show the play of the game...you can jump in, I'll do the [Colorado Rapids'] Omar Cummings incident...and the what do you call it?
OK.
The interview
Alright.
And we'll come back and you can tell us why they suck."
Hit the nail on the head.
If you play for Everton, you are getting laid tonight
>> Wednesday
Proof slutty women don't just love the Champions.
Everton, the 5th-place finisher in the EPL last season is in Chicago tonight for a friendly match against Chicago Fire.
Friend of YCS Doughboy sent us this ad on Craigslist that he found.
(We're not sure what Doughboy was looking for on Craigslist in this section, but we figure that's none of our business...)
I for one certainly wish this lady the best of luck in hooking up with one of the Toffees. Because after that love child gets born; with genes of a world-class footballer and an American passport, the US will totally cash in at the 2026 World Cup.
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Count the ways to say "defeat"
>> Monday
Angels bury Dice-K, BoSox with 6-run 6th
Lee, Cubs nip Sabathia, Brewers
Burnett told he'll stay with Jays, rips Rays
Twins gain ground as Slowey routs ChiSox (Can a pitcher "rout" a team by himself?)
O's drill Yanks
alternately: Orioles Crush Yankees, 13-4
Take three: Jones cracks grand slam as Orioles slam Yankees
Not used:
clobber
kill
whomp
wallop
pound
pummel
pulverize
vaporize
euthanize
deputize
anihilate
masticate
emaciate
ingratiate
fustigate
bustigate
Watergate
Passportgate
Spy-gate
It's getting late
I fustigated this to death
It was stupid to begin with
Don't screw with my emotions like that.
Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, 
making way for Clark Kellogg.
Kellogg has done game and studio analysis for CBS for 16 years. He will partner with Jim Nantz on his first Final Four in April. 
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