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It Ended Well

On Saturday I went to NYC to see my brother and his family, and to attend Game 6 of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium. While there I watched BC give away a game to Notre Dame in the afternoon, and we then took the subway up to Yankee Stadium on Saturday night, only to be [...]

Saturday

BC plays Notre Dame this weekend for the last time (or at least for a while, as the contract runs out after this season; there are talks to resume the series perhaps in 2014 or later, but nothing has been signed).  UPDATE: THIS IS WRONG. THERE IS ONE MORE GAME BETWEEN BC AND ND IN 2010, WHICH [...]

Not Girardi’s Finest Hour

Well last night the Yanks let the Angels back into the ALCS, losing 5-4 in 11 innings on a walk off double by Jeff F’n Mathis, he of the .211 batting average. The Yanks left too many runners in scoring position and simply did not hit enough (they really haven’t hit well the entire postseason), [...]

German Champion

I present to you the masturbat arm wrestling champion of the world:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220536/German-armwrestler-shows-single-Popeye-esque-limb.html

Look at that f’n thing. Mutation, horny retarded teenager (he just never knows when to stop!- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2IGz5X0d3I), or just a guy dedicated to his craft?

A Message from the Republicans

The Republicans are clearly winning the health care debate:

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002253/

RIP Johnny Fontaine

The crooner with his olive oil skin and guinea charm died today: http://www.reflector.com/features/godfather-singer-al-martino-dies-in-pa-at-82-896912.html

Two of the better scenes from the Godfather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLemLlBloY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42tCnAKKjjk

Which, of course, leads to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioJwKQz-Kqk&feature=related

Playoff Predictions

Before I get to my baseball playoff predictions, let’s take a look at how I did with my preseason predictions from my post on April 6, 2009:

AL East:

Boston

New York (WC)

Tampa Bay

Baltimore

Toronto

AL Central

Cleveland

Minnesota

Kansas City

Chicago

Detroit

AL West

Los Angeles

Oakland

Texas

Seattle

Playoffs: Boston over Los Angeles; New York over Cleveland; Boston over New York

NL East:

New York

Philadelphia

Atlanta

Florida

Washington

NL Central:

Chicago

St. Louis

Cincinnati

Milwaukee

Houston

Pittsburgh

 NL West

Los Angeles

Arizona (WC)

San Francisco

Colorado

San [...]