34 thoughts on “October 8, 2012: A Good Month”

1. Cincy wins 9-0 in the late game, yet CC and the Yanks are the cover story at 4ltr. I'm surprised. /NOT

2. repost from yesterday's CoC about fantasy basketball league:

   there were 9 teams last year, but i would probably set up a max of 12. anyone else want to join the league details are:

   URL: http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/handandballguys

   league ID: 47455

   password: wgom.org

   if anyone has problems signing up, let me know.

   also, the draft is currently set for sunday, 28 october 2012 at 9pm CDT. if anyone wants to change this time, sooner is better.

   oh yeah, there was no overwhelming request for keepers, which is a-OK with me.

3. Forget the Ohio State game (I know DPW already has), the real winner was the band
   httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzzbrFgcUw

   1. Eh, I was watching baseball instead. Every time I flipped over between innings, there had been two more touchdowns.

   2. Oh, and that was really, really good.

      1. And the crowd let 'em know, too. I wish more halftime shows (at least with the kick-butt programs) got some air time.

         1. Inane commentary, inane interviews with coaches, and cash grabs are much more important.

   3. I love marching band shows. I maybe used to be part of a the high school band (heck, as drum major I was the head dork!), but yeah... that stuff is fun.

      1. I've spent most of my adult life avoiding admitting to being in marching band, but this display made me rethink that position.

         1. we don't have a marching band at the local h.s., but the "drum line" does drum the football team onto the field before home games, and at the big rivalry game with the Other h.s. in town, the halftime show always includes a drum-off between the two schools' drum lines, at the 50-yard line. Pretty cool, IMO.

         2. not sure why anyone would avoid admitting to being in marching band -- I wish we'd have had one in HS. I lived vicariously through Runner daughter when she was a member

         3. I've been an avoider too, but for some reason the past few months I've missed it.

         4. My h.s. marching band didn't do the field marching, just parade marching, but we marched in the D.C. 4th of July Parade and took the top award for our class. Pretty cool. We also marched in Philadelphia on that same trip.

   4. Bravo.

4. So, it appears that the Twins could have had Terry Francona managing the club had they decided to make a change.

   1. Is Francona really any better than Gardy? The Red Sox did well under Francona but they also had a lot more payroll than he'll get in Cleveland or he would get in Minnesota. Granted, I'd rather have Francona than some of the other names you see thrown around, but I'm not really convinced that Gardy's holding the team back these days. (And really, that's about the best a manager can do--not get in the way.)

      1. one word: showtime

      2. And the oversized sweatshirt, lets not forget that.

         1. I thought that was a Boston thing. You think he'll still wear it in Cleveland?

            1. one word: showtime

5. Rugby players have leather one less balls.

   1. The prop sustained the injury one minute into the second half, but managed to play the rest of the match before seeking treatment.

      holy. balls.

      1. holy. balls.

         FTFY

         1. I'm pretty sure he's not fixed, just missing one ball.

            1. I'm not a huge fan of the FTFY thing, but this was one of the rare occasions it amused me. Your comeback amused me even more.

      2. You lost me at managed to play the rest of the match before seeking treatment.

         I saw this Cricket match (England vs. So. Africa) maybe a year back. Protean bloke takes a quick shot mid on - the ball takes a bad bounce and dances into the top of his eye.

         He is taken off the pitch, bleeding profusely.

         Next innings, however, he is back in the order with some sports tape/glue on his face. So. Africa boyos, you rule!

   2. rub some dirt on it.

   3. this reminds me of one of my favorite dereliction-of-duty coaching stories. When I was a kid, my parents did not allow me to play in the then-new tackle football youth league, but many of my Spamtown friends did. I would occasionally go down to the field to watch games.

      One saturday, a kid got whacked. His coach is yelling "shake it off, shake it off" as the kid is writhing on the ground, with a compound fracture of his lower leg. Yea, the bone was sticking out. "Shake it off". I'll never forget that one.

      1. Perhaps he meant the kid should actually shake off the lower part of his leg.

      2. Sounds like when I was a sophomore, we had a guy get knocked out by a helmet-to-helmet hit to the point where an ambulance and a stiff board was needed. One of our coaches spent the time this kid was unconcious yelling for him to get up and get this pussy off the field so the game can continue.

         Man, fuck football.

         1. I was watching some talking heads on ESPN this morning while cycling, and one of them said he could not understand why Cassel's injury was cheered. Is it really that difficult to understand?

   4. It doesn't surprise me that it was rugby league. Those guys are nutters insane.

      Edit: I saw my pun after I posted.

   5. Um, that should be one fewer balls.

      In 9th grade we were setting up volleyball nets for phy-ed. Classmate climbed pole to attach top rope, slid down and snagged his scrotum on bottom eyebolt. Bad laceration, much blood, several stitches, but he kept both of his jewels. We sometimes referred to him as the bagman after that incident.

      1. I was the team manager for the h.s. football team one year and the star middle linebacker was intentionally kneed by a trapping guard. It split his cup. We watched it on film that week and the entire team goes "OH!!!" and covers themselves up after seeing it. I believe he didn't lose anything but one was twice the size of the other.

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