Games of the Week

Well, the two games of this past week had to have been the Vikings Packers game;
And ; The final World Series Game.

So, in tribute to both, courtesy of the Stupid Sports Blog, I present the following…

The Vikings and Packers game had 39 Million Viewers.
Here is the breakdown of the demographics…

19 million — Packers fans
500,000 — Vikings fans
2 million — Guys in Wranglers
300,000 — Gay guys in Wranglers
2 million — Guys in Wranglers who won’t admit they’re gay (overlap group of original Wranglers group)
6 million — People who were hoping Favre would snap a bone or tear a tendon
4 million — People who own Adrian Peterson in fantasy leagues, who were once again disappointed by Favre’s short-yardage TDs
150 — People rooting for Favre who aren’t Vikings fans
150 — People who own Favre in fantasy leagues and their starter on a bye (overlap group)
900,700 — Gunslingers
1 — Cyndi Lauper
1 — Mary Jensen
1 — Peter King
7 million — Lazy people who couldn’t find their remote

A Tribute Song to the World Champs –
Remix BNL “IF I HAD 2 BILLION DOLLARS”…

If I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
I’d buy you a house
(I would buy you a house)
If I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
I’d buy you players for your house
(Maybe a nice starting pitcher or first baseman)
And if I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a bullpen
(A nice reliant bridge to Mo)
If I had 2 billion dollars I’d buy your title

If I had 2 billion dollars
I’d build $5,000 seats in our yard
If I had 2 billion dollars
You could take out a loan, it wouldn’t be that hard
If I had 2 billion dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny monument park in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like hang out with the ghosts and stuff
There would be fat guys in zubaz pants already there for us
Wearing jersey T-shirts with names on the back

They have jerseys with names on the back but the uniforms don’t?
Well, can you blame ’em
Uh, yeah

If I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you Carl Pavano
(But we’d DL him for three years because that’s cruel)
And if I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you an exotic vet
(Yep, like The Rocket or Abreu)
And if I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you Gary Sheffield’s remains
(Ooh, all them crazy drug-riddled bones)
And If I had 2 million dollars I’d buy your title

If I had 2 billion dollars
We wouldn’t have to worry about scouting
If I had 2 billion dollars
Now, we’d pay A.J. Burnett a whole lot more
If I had 2 billion dollars
We wouldn’t have a consistent winner
But we would have just one winner
Of course we would, it’s just simple probability
And buy really expensive middle relievers
That’s right, all the fanciest relie….Paul Quantrill!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm

If I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a Moose
(But not a real moose, that’s cruel)
And if I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a mercenary
(A Giambi or a Mondesi)
If I had 2 billion dollars
(If I had 2 billion dollars)
Well, I’d buy you some steroids
(Haven’t you always wanted some steroids?)

If I had 2 billion dollars
I’d buy your title

If I had 2 billion dollars, If I had 2 billion dollars
If I had 2 billion dollars, If I had 2 billion dollars
If I had 2 billion dollars
I’d be champs

Is Stan Kasten Seriously Confused?

Perhaps not…

In his Washington Post article “Kasten Shows Some Ill-Advised Brotherly Love” Thomas Boswell argues that as a Washingtonian, the last thing anyone should do is invite anybody remotely related or loyal to Philly!

And that goes for any major league sport; Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, and especially Football!

Here is what Kasten actually said…

“We have an Opening Day here Monday. We’d love for all our Philly fans to come down, because I know it’s gonna be so hard to get tickets in Philadelphia this year. It’ll be much easier if you drive down the road and come see us in Washington.

“I have gone to enough games in Philly to tell you that I haven’t always felt welcome in your parks, okay? But you can root for whoever you want, you will be welcome when you come to Nationals Park.”

OK So, he didn’t actually say, “Come boo my team.”
Rather, “Come spend your money at my place”…

Thomas Boswell makes lots of good arguments about rivalries and bad experiences both with Philly fans and games across all the sports.

But I think there is actually a method to his madness…

I started thinking about all the wonderful things that can happen in Baseball. Especially on opening day!

With the proper seating, you could catch a great view of the following…

Great Pitching

Great Catching and Fielding

Great Batting
Even a home run!

But we would not want any Philly fans gloating and jesting with a Philly home run ball that they just happen to have caught.
So this knocks out a good portion of the outfield seats from consideration.

We also do not want to leave them with a bad view of the field. After all the closer you are to the game the better your experience.
So this knocks out all the tiered seating areas.

This leaves the field level seating around both sides of the infield and behind the plate.

Now I admit, some fans may prefer to be able to look into their teams dugout in order to see their favorite players, coaches and managers. But in this case, that would mean that Philly fans would be sitting behind and above and around the Nationals dugout. This could prove to disruptive to the Nats, and I’ll admit it, they will need all the help they can get.
So sorry, this rules out half of the remaining available seats.

So, what we have left is; the seats behind home plate, and the ones behind, above and around the visitors dugout.

Now, there is a chance that this game will be televised, so as a Washingtonian, we want to project the proper image of National Fans cheering for their team. This means we want National Fans sitting behind the plate in full view of the camera angles.
So, sorry no behind the plate seats for you Philly fans either.

This leaves the seats next to your teams dugout!
Pretty cool! The Philly fans get good seats, a chance for a fun experience at the ballpark, an opportunity to view all the action up close, possibly even get pictures with their favorite players! What better way to experience rooting for your team!

RIGHT!

These seats are also prime location for zinging foul balls flying at you at close to 100 MPH!

Oh and unlike the seats behind home plate, there is no safety net!

These seats are also prime location for shards of broken wooden bats

hurling, and twisting through the air

towards unsuspecting fans!

So, watch out Philly! We have a special selection of greased baseballs and rigged bats just for you!

Have a nice day!

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Did you catch the stick? 🙂

Well, at least one dog did not.
And as a result cause not only the dog, but the owner of said dog much discomfort, time, money and worry.
Fortunately the dog and its owner have fully recovered…

OK, maybe just the dog… 😉

If you are curious about why the stick, check out Life with Dogs

And like all great ideas, it took on a life of it’s own at Misterstick