38 thoughts on “January 13, 2014: Polar Bear Plunge”

1. A new post for Can of Corn's Polar Bear Plunge goes up simultaneously with this one.

   This post.

   1. Thanks fellas - much appreciated.

2. That was just about as terrible as the Wolves have looked all season. If Love and Martin show up at all, they could have won.

   But man, how fundamentally good are the Spurs? They are always getting good shots off passes to wide open guys. I don't think the Wolves are that terrible on defense, but the Spurs just killed them through execution last night.

3. for the Padre:

   Hi guys! Come check out our best photos of the day. (Photo: Solent News) http://t.co/14HxvLKmap pic.twitter.com/YEF3kA7mF1

   — GuardianUS (@GuardianUS) January 13, 2014

   1. more JeffA bait:

      MAP: The word for "bear" in European languages http://t.co/Y60Mlo0fVY pic.twitter.com/ALrgkuC25k

      — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2014

      1. So you're telling me that a Baby Bjorn is really...??

         1. And that Byelorussians and Poles need 10 letters for the same word (more or less) that their neighbors can spell in six?

         2. Well, that would explain why they use a bear as their logo...

            1. Bears are cool.

4. Coaches bully young athletes more often than you think, experts warn

   Among 6,000 young adults in the U.K. asked about their experiences in youth sports, 75% said they suffered “emotional harm” at least once, and one-third of them said their coach was the culprit. In a 2005 study of American children, 45% said their coaches called them names, insulted them or verbally abused them another way during play.

5. New episodes of "Archer" starts tonight. horray!

   1. I am so pumped too.

6. Over 2500 breweries on one enormous map

7. This article is saying in good writing what I was complaining about months ago:
   If the Yankees can get out of paying ARod for 2014, it's in teams' interest to give their players steroids once their contracts are albatrosses.
   I don't like the other options that Cameron has, either. Problem is if a team signs (or trades for) a player that is then tagged with PEDs, when any prior team would have had the benefit.
   But in the Yankee's case, they've had ARod's production for ten years now.

   1. Another option is not to suspend players.

      1. At the same time, the non-guaranteedness of ageing sluggers could drive up their salaries. Pay him more and if he slumps, get out the PED evidence!

   2. JoePoz watched so I didn't have to:

      Scott Pelley ends the report like so: “And Bud Selig has announced his retirement from the game. Part of his legacy is the establishment of the toughest anti-doping rules in all of American pro sports.”

      There it is. Bud Selig, who has been commissioner over the worst drug scandal to ever hit American sports, who presided over a game that ten years ago DID NOT TEST for drugs, got 60 Minutes to put that line at the end. Part of his legacy is this glorious chapter of buying papers from Bobby, threatening and paying off Boesch and nailing Alex Rodriguez.

      The report ended and only then, if you watch the Internet videos, do you get the biggest lesson of all. You get to see who sponsored the report.

      Viagra.

      1. I'm so old, I remember when 60 Minutes wasn't a complete joke. That's old, my friends.

         1. I'm about 12ish* years younger than you, and I still remember when an hour's news wasn't a joke. Shit, I'm old.

            *I'm taking a guess from memory.

            1. You'll get an exact amount later this week, unless the good Pastor falls down on the job. I'm doubting he will.

         2. 60 Minutes is one of the reasons I chose a career in journalism. I'm old, my friends.

8. Dude, where's your pants?

   1. showing their hipsters.

9. Today's coffee photo seems particularly well suited to illustrating plunge.

10. A-Rod files his suit against MLB and the players' union. I hope to hell that this drags out, that he gets a stay, and that he plays for the Yankees in 2014. The best result for me would be that A-Rod wins outright. I know that isn't happening, but anything to keep the Yankees and A-Rod joined at the (arthritic) hip is a good day, in my book.

    1. Yeah, I badly want them to pay that contract. This ruling is absolutely terrible.

       1. but Teh Cheating!

          The Sanctity of Baseball demands that A-Rod's contract be nullified retroactively to the beginning of the Biogenesis scandal and the Yankmees be allowed to spend all of those dollars again on new free agents. Because New York.

          1. Since A-Rod's cheating is the worst thing to happen in the history of professional sports, I think they should take away every win the Yankees got in any game they played with A-Rod on the roster.

             1. Yes, that's the thing.
                Make Girardi change his number.

          2. This is where I mumble something about the inviolability of contract....

             1. And the owners want to be football.

    2. I'm no fan of A-rod, and even less a fan of the yankees, but seeing him beat this would be delicious. Bad for baseball, but good for those of us who enjoy a bit of schadenfreude.

11. Under that spoiler is the worst tweet in the history of tweets. Open it up at your own risk.

    The Date of the Tweet Makes it All the Worse	SelectShow
    Listen, I'm not saying I want to see Sandy Hook Part II but another 20 or 30 dead kids would really dress out my balance sheet. — Firearm Concierge (@FirearmConcierg) December 11, 2013

    1. Wow. You weren't kidding. At all. Even a little.

    2. ...

    3. to be fair the d-bag is from Baton Rouge. Just sayin'.

12. Twins ask for medicals for Ervin Santana and have interest in bringing back Matt Guerrier. Also, Delmon signed a minor league deal with the O's.

    1. Matt Guerrier? I would think they've got enough of his type.

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