Roundup: Parents Brawl, Then Get Arrested at Little League Game; Tim Lincecum Has a 6.52 ERA & Rick Pitino on a Raft in the Pool
Ashley Greene … Ernest Borgnine, Oscar winner, dead at 95 … people keep buying 50 Shades of Grey … Poker pro wins $10 million, then gets jumped by six dudes … how Fox and CNN bungled the Supreme Court’s Health Care decision … the saddest dog-related link of the week/month … “Man blows off part of his genitals with fireworks” … Spider-Man had a rather large weekend at the box office … Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a girl …
Tim Lincecum got shelled again, and the Giants’ starter has an ERA of 6.42. [SF Gate]
“What to do when your baseball-loving sons are cut from a hypercompetitive league? Form a team of your own.” [WSJ]
Are you surprised a friend of Urban Meyer who wrote a column ranking the greatest coaches in Florida history only posted Urban Meyer 3rd? [Gainesville Sun]
Wimbledon ratings in the UK were huge – the best since 1990. [Guardian]
No Olympic basketball for the Dominican Republic and John Calipari. [Reuters]
Did people really think the NBA lockout was going to make owners smarter with their contracts? Come on. [Wash Post]
Penn State fans may be interested in this column on new head coach Bill O’Brien. [Herald]
Rick Pitino, chillin’ in a pool on a raft. [KSR]
Gwen Knapp penned her farewell column for the Chronicle. [SF Chronicle]
The longest piece on Jerry Krause I’ve ever read. [Tribune]
Eric Gordon can be upset – like Josh Smith and Elton Brand were – that the Hornets are going to match Phoenix’s offer, but deal with it, man. [NOLA]
Kansas lands shooting guard Anrio Adams. [The Shiver]
Hey, there’s already a Texas A&M parody video!
This is what it looks like when 133 people jump off a bridge together.
Happened in Mississippi Ohio Georgia. [via Ledger]
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July 9th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Flipping through the channels last night, I went past ESPN and the anchor (Flores?) was apologizing for a comment he made about a “Houston Astro fan”. Any one have any idea what he said?
July 9th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
that’s one way to keep dumbasses from breeding.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Yes, more please.
The speech Andy Murray gave at the end of the match was quite moving. I only caught the one set before the delay and then came back to see that it had ended. Hopefully, Andy can win at Wimbledon sometime soon.
Yeah, Buccos in 1st in NLCen before the All-Star break. This is good to see, hopefully they can continue the trend after the break. Walker 5-5, got a standing “o” after his last at bat. Been on a tear since the beginning of June.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
as great as he was the OBC will always be number one.
“bawcoach hyah…ah told you that kid cud flah…click clack.”
July 9th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I like him hitting second (instead of Tabata). Sure, he’s not as fast, but he’s way more consistent with the bat relative to putting balls in play, moving runners up, etc. and setting the table for Cutch. If/when Tabata gets his shit together, keep him in the 6/7 spot.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
That WSJ piece about travel baseball was bizarre and lacked self-awareness by the parent. There are plenty of options to play baseball besides on the “elite” travel team. I was expecting more lessons besides– “we made our own team, they sucked like everyone said they would by playing competitive instead of rec baseball, but our sons got picked for the better team the next year, yeah! see you later, losers.!”
July 9th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
nothing but a state full of heathens.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Ernest Borgnine, Oscar winner, dead at 95
Dominic Santini. Legend.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
I think that happened in Georgia. I think they have some crazy law where “You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by “fighting” words”.
That one lady says in the vid “No one said he was a police officer” as she was led away in cuffs. lol
July 9th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
spencers OBC musings are on par with his eastern euro musings…. they show his versatility; eastern euro he just takes pre-school american english, re-arranges the words a bit and adds Yuri, inserts strong with plow, etc. with OBC, he takes on a whole dialect. impressive. MOST impressive
July 9th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
otherwise known as…the story of america: england’s colony-oscopy.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
much appreciated scripty…i take great pride in delivering as an authentic a foreign dialect via text experience as possible.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
The point of the article, that NBA owners give out some bad contracts, is about two decades too late. He seems to say Hibbert’s offer from PORT was terrible, but then makes ZERO effort to explain why, other than the author thinks max contracts are articficial impact and should not exist. A terrible, sprawling article likely thrown together at the last minute. Don’t waste your time.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Tim Lincecum got shelled again, and the Giants’ starter has an ERA of 6.42.
Pretty much the worst starting pitcher in baseball and in a walk year? Woof.
July 9th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Roger Federer – GOAT
July 9th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I still have problems with Al Bundy’s strategic decisions at the end of Little Giants
July 9th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Has she gained some stature in the business or something? I remember when she wrote in Philly, and most people thought she sucked.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Andy Reid was in full support.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
some guy named ted potter.
/if anyone deserved that moniker…
July 9th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Not all little league mgrs are wise enough to employ the cool Carl Paranski shift!
July 9th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
OBC’s dialect is not foreign.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
OBC’s dialect is not foreign.
CSA not USA.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
That WSJ piece about travel baseball was bizarre
I could go on forever about travel baesball. These people are just flat out unprepared and inexperienced at the whole deal.
Our outfielders missed flies, bungled grounders, fumbled line drives.
Proof they probably should’ve been playing rec level.
Our park has 4 travel teams at almost every age. You’ve a A all the way up to Majors. If he’s losing a A game 27-0, they’re a rec team.
Also – the teams that form when the kids are 7, progress through the levels and by 12 are likely a AAA team. The reality is that, at 7 years old, the most coordinated kids are the smallest kids – but the size difference at that age is so slight, they all blend in. By the time they reach 12, the rest of the teams are towering over them and beating the crap out of them, so getting on a travel team at age 7 is not a requirement.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
is he not from the confederacy?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Buccos in 1st in NLCen before the All-Star break.
What??? I thought they were contracted.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Mancini leaving City to coach Russia?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
It was Bram Weinstein. This female fan tried to catch a home run ball with a car seat. He said something like “was there a redneck convention at the ballpark today?”
People are so damn sensitive. I wonder if any viewers actually called in to complain or if it was just the producer on edge that wanted to get ahead of the nontroversy.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Just got done reading this. Wow, shit like that gets published? Like Lisk said, I was expecting more lessons besides– “we made our own team, they sucked like everyone said they would by playing competitive instead of rec baseball, but our sons got picked for the better team the next year, yeah! see you later, losers.!”
It seems more like a self-gratifying piece than anything. If you’re living your life thru the lives of your kids, you’re doing it wrong.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Ugh. Great way to start a Monday. I have no idea why I clicked on this.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Dads fight in Little League game
Based on personal experience, I’m surprised it wasn’t the moms that were fighting but could guarantee you almost 99% that the moms got it going. Little league moms are terrorizing. Especially the “woo” moms.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
shoulda said “looks like she needs to break in that oven mitt.”
July 9th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
you knew that once the Annexation of Puerto Rico was successfully implemented against Bundy’s team it was only a matter of time for the other shoe to drop.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
And to think the only thing I’m worried about as a parent is being an overbearing little league dad.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
What else is new? We had to eject a whole family from a tournament a few weeks ago for starting trouble.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Ashley Greene… damn!
http://www.esquire.com/women/women-we-love/ashley-greene-0812#img
July 9th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
nope. he perfected his tongue in Johnson City, TN…heart of pro-union country during the War of Northern Aggression. I mean, the main road around town is called State of Franklin Road.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
That doesn’t excuse him for not kicking a FG with seconds remaining…they’d already made three extra points in the game, why risk the run to Spike there? Bad form Bundy, bad form
July 9th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
or at least gone with “I at least hope they cracked the windows in the car for the kid.”
July 9th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
We had to eject a whole family from a tournament a few weeks ago for starting trouble.
GG – where?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Not trying to troll baseball fans, but what is the rationale behind sending your kids to play baseball? If the purpose is for him to develop an active, healthy lifestyle, why not sign him up for a sport that requires actual physical exertion? Let’s face it, there’s about 5% (and I’m being generous) of an actual game where your kid is actually running around hard either chasing the ball or running out of the batters box to beat out a single. Rest of the time, you’re just picking your nose waiting and hoping that a ball is hit toward you. This ofcourse doesn’t apply towards pitchers and catchers, but everyone else seem to spend an awfully long amount of time just standing there.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Here in Tampa. One family member got pissed at the call made by the ump(which was correct), and proceded to call the umpire stupid. I then went over to tell her that she can’t talk to the umpire that way. Her husband then tells me to “sit my fat ass down”. Home plate ump cleared the field. Then the man, his wife and grandmother proceded to get in our faces and cursing. They were ejected. The game would not continue until they were gone. What was ridiculous was the rest of the fans were great and fine with the call.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
WEEEEEEEE! Fun!
July 9th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
If the purpose is for him to develop an active, healthy lifestyle
That’s not the purpose for him. The purpose is to play baseball.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
or at least gone with “I at least hope they cracked the windows in the car for the kid.”
Who let her out of the kitchen?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Oh, ok. Heh!
July 9th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Because they have fun?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Lies make the Baby Jesus cry
July 9th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
This ofcourse doesn’t apply towards pitchers and catchers, but everyone else seem to spend an awfully long amount of time just standing there.
I had several budding sand artists among the five and six year olds I coached this year.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I really wasn’t. If your kid likes baseball, by all means, let him play. I’m just talking about those parents that sign up their kids to play baseball for the main fact that they need to get physical exercise.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
We just started our oldest, whose three, in tee ball a month ago. We didn’t put him in it so he’d get exercise (he’s a kid he does plenty of running around at home), but to get outside and interact with other kids. It doesn’t hurt him either to learn to listen to another adult, and follow throu with instructions. He’s only three so who knows how far it’ll go, but for kids it’s rarely about exercise.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a
girlfuture money grubbing slut …July 9th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
why not sign him up for a sport that requires actual physical exertion?
pfft. Not like those lazy soccer goalies
/i kid
July 9th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I’ve never seen a thing Ashley Greene has acted in, but I like her.
In other news, I started watching Homeland this weekend, and the wife on that show is ssssssmokin. Wow.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
What was ridiculous was the rest of the fans were great and fine with the call.
That’s the general rule. At any given tournament, you have one team that as a rule are rude to everyone and complain every call.
In addition, we generally guess you’ll have 1 jackass family for every 150 family’s visiting the tournament.
But it’s still massive fun – travel baseball tournaments are a blast.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
spell fail – Monday.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Up til the age of 10, I always got stuck on goal. I was severely overweight as a kid. So hey, let’s just put the fat guy on goal. *cries into the pillow*.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
If that “dads fight” video hasn’t been corrected yet, let me say that the fight took place in Columbus GEORGIA, not Ohio, Mississippi or anywhere else.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
We just started our oldest, whose three, in tee ball a month ago.
I’m not a fan of any organized sport for kids under 6. Just my opinion.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
It depends, if it’s just a skill-building league where they work on drills, learn the rules, etc., that’s fine. But “competitive” games are nothing but trouble until about the age of 10.
/has refereed countless kids basketball games
July 9th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
The other point the article fails to mention is you can play both rec and travel baseball in New Jersey. Heck, my nephew played for three travel teams and his town league. Also, you can go to any travel team, it is not restricted to the town you live in. Her twins could have tried out for any other team in her area.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I’m not a fan of any organized sport for kids under 6. Just my opinion.
It is kind of frustrating, but at least the kids are getting the concept of team. It was easy to tell this year who had never participated in a team sport. Most of them were the sand artists.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I ran a t-ball program during my college years. I rarely (could count on one hand) the number of 5 year olds that actually belonged in the program. Half of the 6 year olds weren’t ready either. And readiness didn’t mean physically. It means mentally. Can they follow directions? Are they willing participants?
Before the age of 6, playing in the backyard with dad or other kids is perfect. Those kids aren’t ready to have a structured program (even for an hour) until they can actively listen and participate.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
After my memories of competitive sports growing up, and reading about all these fucking mongoloid parents losing their minds for no reason over kid sports, I dunno if I even want my child taking part.
My fondest memory is a parent and coach on the opposing team calling me a faggot and offering to fight me after the game. I was 13.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Wow. Was he drunk? Did you say something to piss him off?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I’m not really sure at what age I’d feel comfortable explaining to my child that they were cut from a travel team because they aren’t good enough, but it sure isn’t 7. Do kids try out for those “A” travel teams where you’re at?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
My fondest memory is a parent and coach on the opposing team calling me a faggot and offering to fight me after the game. I was 13.
I’ll bet you didn’t even fight him … you faggot.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I guess I must’ve plowed over his son. Plus they were probably just assholes.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
My kids have been at soccer camp for about 2 years now. This mostly emphasizes fundamental drills and techniques. We’re thinking of getting them on an actual team this fall. They’e 7 and 8.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I didn’t, but my dad shanked him in the restroom at halftime.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Do kids try out for those “A” travel teams where you’re at? A travel team in NJ is just the designation of the first team in the age group for that town/organization. If you have enough kids for a second team and a parent who has his coaching license, that team is the B team.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
They don’t keep score and most of the time in the league is spent in practice, not games. It’s about learning the basics. They have to go over ther bases like, twice every practice. It’s very low key, and I think it’s been good for him.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Do kids try out for those “A” travel teams where you’re at?
There are “try-outs”. But it all really starts with rec. The rec games happen, the best kids are noticed, and they get put on travel teams. Rec league is the try out.
This is a really good thing to. My kid’s not a “try-out” kid – he’s a game kid. He was the best hitter on the 9U county rec league champ team so it was inevitable that he’d get asked to travel. He just finished the 12u season.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
I vacillate on how attracted I am to her. That pic doesn’t do her a lot of favors.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Most travel clubs have player review rules in which the group as a whole is rated and the Coach of the A-Team has first selection of the players. In theory it should allow for the kids who improve to be moved up and the kids who regress to be moved to the b- team. The reality is the politics of travel make any moves without all being in agreement difficult.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
They don’t keep score
This has always been something I don’t get at all.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
We just started our oldest, whose three, in tee ball a month ago
My brother was telling me about the coach of his son’s 5 year old team. The guy, in the first practice, was trying to get the kid’s to round first, and look to pick up the 3rd base coach to know if they should try and take second. My nephew is a pretty good little athlete, but you’re lucky if you can get him to not run straight from first to third.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Got it. That is exactly how I remember it as a kid in Northern NY as well. You played the rec season in the late spring and early summer and whoever was coaching the travel team asked whoever he decided if they wanted to play on the travel team for the rest of the summer.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
i played in a couple leagues growing up…my frosh year of HS, didn’t play in HS, but tried out for a local travelling league. two teams, 15/16 and 17/18…even tho i was 15, was put on the 17/18 team, which was the single worst team ive ever been on in my life.
nobody gave a shit since the 17/18 year olds weren’t good enough to be on one of the more legit travelling teams in the area and we got SMOKED. i was the catcher but pitched in relief and was one of two kids who could throw more than 80…in a league where 80 was considered well below average.
we went 2-23 for the summer. meet the mets!
July 9th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I’ve coached my son’s “blast ball” (kind of a pre-tee-ball) and tee-ball teams the last two years (he’s 5 now). It’s hard. On a team of 8-10 kids you need 2-3 coaches…one or two just to keep the kids focused and one to do the actual coaching/teaching.
I like the coaching aspect, but so far I’m not really a fan of coaching my kid’s team. He’s too comfortable with me so he gets whiny like he does at home and behaves in ways he never would with other people.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Yes, I got into that show this past winter, watching it On Demand and catching up with the series. that woman, Morena Baccarin, she can get it
July 9th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I used to think that way until I had kids. At a certain age there’s just no point because it’s a challenge enough just to get them to play the game properly. I don’t know at what age keeping score starts to matter, but at least for 5-6 year olds it doesn’t.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Definitely someone worth jerking off on
/High fives Sgt. Brody
//Immediately washes hands
July 9th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
RIP Firefly
July 9th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
In theory it should allow for the kids who improve to be moved up and the kids who regress to be moved to the b- team.
Here in GA, if your kid regresses, the coach sits with the parent before the season ends and basically says he won’t be asked back. This gives the parent time to find another team. You’ll see 1-2 players as a rule each season. Teams with high turnover likely have 2 issues:
1. The coach sucks
2. There’s a core of parents, tight with the coach, who are jackasses chasing away good families.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Wimbledon ratings in the UK were huge – the best since 1990.
Sooooo, SI Cover?
July 9th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
to play on the travel team for the rest of the summer.
Here, though, once you’re asked to do travel, rec is completely out of the picture from that point forward. After 9U, rec ball here is pretty bad. All the good players travel.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Ashley Greene
I vacillate on how attracted I am to her. That pic doesn’t do her a lot of favors.
She’s hot but also instantly forgettable.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Yup this. When they’re that young its just about the basics. I know three is young but he loves it is constantly asking when his next practice or game is.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I don’t know at what age keeping score starts to matter
The kids always know the score.
July 9th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
i wish i did more “better” baseball growing up…i was talented, but didnt really have good coaching and was such an ADD-addled shithead, i didn’t care enough to immerse enough for better teams. plus my hippie parents hated driving me to games…fucking assholes.
anyways…wish i was taught better throwing and hitting mechanics. cest la vie and all that french bullshit.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
They don’t keep score
This has always been something I don’t get at all.
Ha. I go see my nephews tee-ball in one of these leagues. The kids leave saying we wom 24-11. Just keep score. God forbid the kids learn that defeat doesn’t kill them.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
I can’t keep track, but this has to be the eleventieth Ashley Green roundup pic. I can’t look at her without thinking of TBL.
/coop’d
//enough with Ashley
July 9th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Tried to get TBL to put this in the Roundup…
Ernest Borgnine and his “Secret to Long Life”
July 9th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
i wish i did more “better” baseball growing up
Same – which is why my kid is getting it.
It’s been baseball season of love for a 12 year old like no other.
-Team indoor batting cage Dec, Jan
-60+ games at CF and 2B
-One multi-HR tournament
-Cooperstown tournament
-No injuries
He’s in baseball heaven.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Lousy beatniks.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
mole…SG sent this along in the chicago ND/miami trip chain. badass david byrne…not sure if you’ve heard it or not (im woefully out of touch with new music).
July 9th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
as a suburban dad, i can think of nothing sillier than a fight among suburban dads
July 9th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
sometimes i think score isn’t kept for the sake of the crazy parents who will freak out
July 9th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
we’ll get this to 100 yet
July 9th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
moleman, ever get those oreo dunkin donuts?
July 9th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
/pours one out for TBL
July 9th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
camelot? i hear it’s a silly place.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Today, I did indeed!
July 9th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Dads fight in Little League game.
Aftermath video.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
the regular ones or the ones with the filling inside?
the dude at the local DD here said the filled ones were so sugary he thought he was having a panic attack halfway thru.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
camelot? i hear it’s a silly place.
i did in fact have to push the pramalot
July 9th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Filling, as I’m not a gay.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
the one i had friday was worth cheating on the diet. tomorrow i get back on track with running to burn that delicious pastry out of my system.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
the chicago ND/miami trip chain
oh?
i see
July 9th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
ah yes…clearly enjoying a bun filled with a white cream is what makes one not gay.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
It’s been baseball season of love for a 12 year old like no other.
-Team indoor batting cage Dec, Jan
-60+ games at CF and 2B
-One multi-HR tournament
-Cooperstown tournament
estimated cost to you squawk?
July 9th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
as long as you don’t tongue it out or suck it through the hole you’re not gay, just a pre-diabetic enjoying the heavenly combo of oreo and donut.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
im gonna get one of each tomorrow. sold.
now, if they made a freedom cruller with oreo’s and icing? YOU HAVE MY AXE.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
estimated cost to you squawk?
Uniforms – 200
Season – 900
Cooperstown – 400 + 400
Equipment (bats (wood and metal), cleats, practice cloths) – 500 (est)
Of the $800 Cooperstown cost, more than half was raised through fundraising and putting tournaments on.
If your team plays in fewer tournaments, the costs go down. We played in at least 10 tournaments plus 1 game per week. We have a deal with the local HS to make a donation to their dugout club in exchange for limited winter use of their indoor (but very cold) batting cage.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
What I think about when I hear the Black Eyed Peas.
July 9th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
ain’t nothin wrong with a little bump n grind
July 9th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
What I think about when I hear the Black Eyed Peas.
did not click on that but fergie can get it, body more than face but the face has its moments too
July 9th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
That breakdown of the CNN/Fox healthcare debacle was fantastic.
July 9th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Stop this, or I will lobby the CW to cancel Gossip Girl.
July 9th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Outside of Tim Kawakami and Bruce Jenkins, I’m amazed how little personality Bay Area sportswriting has these days.
July 9th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
I can’t believe I left this out of my RIP list yesterday — The Wild Bunch.
July 9th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
sand artists
Had the worst scenario on the team I coached for my daughter. Kindergarten and 1st grade boys and girls, mostly girls, girly girls, too. A team filled with sand artists and wanderers, kids not wanting the ball to come to them, at all. Last second, the league asked us to take on a last-minute kid, no problem. Turns out that this kid was some well-trained baseball cyborg. I got into coaching so that my kid and her pals could goof off together on the weekends, I could give a shit about anything except making the little fuckers at least watch for the ball between walking in circles and chasing eachother, then I was stuck with fucking Todd Marinavich and his asshole family. That was not fun. I mean, the little shit knew all the positions, could hit without a T, and knew where to run when he hit the ball. The fucking worst.