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Check out this Brett Favre corn maze in Wisconsin.
Our favorite part is the ribbon in the upper left. It’s probably there to symbolize the fight against breast cancer, which Favre’s wife Deanna famously and bravely conquered…buuuuuut…those are pink.
Green ribbons support cannabis legalization. Well done again, cheeseheads.
This was originally published in 1908.
6. Until you can put the ball over the pan whenever you choose, you have not acquired the command necessary to make a first-class pitcher. Therefore, start in to acquire command.
5. Take the slumps that come your way, ride over them, and look forward.
4. Learn to be patient and cool. These traits can be cultivated.
3. A man who is not willing to work from dewy morn until weary eve should not think about becoming a pitcher.
2. Cultivate good habits: Let liquor severely alone, fight shy of cigarettes, and be moderate in indulgence of tobacco, coffee, and tea... A player should try to get along without any stimulants at all: Water, pure cool water is good enough for any man.
1. Pitchers like poets are born, not made.
Looks like Cy was quite the poet himself.
Just as sound now as when he first put quill to parchment.
Source: BaseballLibrary.com
During his press conference before tonight’s game against the Diamondbacks, manager Lou Piniella reported that Chicago left-fielder Alfonso Soriano felt no pain in that broken left hand throughout his first few at bats for the Cubs rookie league team in Mesa.
Soriano was 0-2 with a walk and did not play the field.
“He hit a couple off the end of the bat, and a couple off the hands and he felt no pain, which is good,” Piniella said.
Very good, Lou. After scoring just two runs in the first two games of the recent series with Houston, the Cubs can use all the pop in the lineup they can get.
We don’t think that Soriano will be 100% until September, but hopefully he’ll be good enough for a while. ‘Fonzie’ will make a terrific DH come October.
Who would have thunk it?
It seems that ESPN.com Page 2 writer Sam Alipour learned the hard way that the guy one former sportswriter on his own network calls ‘Team Obliterator’ is a genuine, caring dude.
After the ESPY’s the other night, Alipour was hit by a car (nice.) and when he came to after a few seconds, he lifted his head up and the first person he saw was none other than Terrell Owens, looking worried and instructing, “Don’t move. Just sit there. Breathe. Don’t move.”
Read the rest of Alipour’s account of the incident here.
Now, we’ve admittedly been pretty rough on ‘ol T.O. He’s been a douchebag most of his life and teammates from Chattanooga to Philly have despised him almost to a man.
But he seems to be a changed man in Dallas. None of the legendary Clubhouse Cancer whispers have surfaced, and indeed it seems the opposite is the case. He is lauded as a great teammate and a patient mentor to the younger players.
Perhaps Dallas should pick up Cedric Benson and have him learn how to treat teammates under the tutelage of the great comeback guru Terrell Owens.
We still have a couple of questions though, T.O.
A UK tabloid called the Daily Star is reporting that some dude is shopping a sex tape he secretly recorded at the NYC apartment Alex Rodriguez and Madonna used for their alleged afternoon trysts.
Apparently Madonna would gain access to the apartment which is owned by one of her Kabbalah buddies so her and A-Rod could hit a few homers together, this guy…also a friend of the friend…found out about it, broke in and set up a hidden camera.
That’s where the story flies off the rails, however. One of the tabloids ‘legal experts’ said:
“If footage was obtained in this way it would be an outrageous invasion of privacy.
“But more than that he would not have had his friend’s consent to install the camera and must have entered the apartment without approval to hide it. That is burglary.
“He would be prima facie guilty of voyeurism. Instead of making a million he’d be going to jail for a few years.
“Even if the video existed it would probably be seized by the courts.’’
Surprisingly, Madonna’s reps have no comment.
Looks like we’ll all just have to wait and hope.
Are we the only ones who didn’t even notice this during the Super Bowl a couple of years ago? Perhaps it was the delicious combination of jalapeño poppers and ‘tequilatinis’, but if the media didn’t make such a giant deal about it…who would have ever even known or cared? But we digress…
Associated Press is reporting that a federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson’s breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction.”
The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity.
So, even if we are still a Puritanical country to a certain extent, it’s good to know judicial stupidity is on the decline.
Ever fragile Chicago Cubs closer Kerry Wood allegedly has a blister on his right index finger that has kept him out of action since July 11 and will now probably send him to the disabled list for the 12th time in his career.
A blister? Really? As long-term Cubs followers, we’ve been noticing how hard members of the media who are in the Cubs’ pocket are selling this blister problem.
We smell a rat.
Let’s face it, the Cubs have a recent history of not telling the full story when it comes to Wood. Before this year, the past 4 spring trainings…when Wood wouldn’t take the mound…we were told various lies about his status, and he would always end up starting (or ending, or both) the season on the DL because of his brittle right arm.
Cubs GM Jim Hendry seems to come from a ‘Belichickian’ school that insists lying to fans about injuries is the norm.
Now we’re supposed to believe a blister is sending Wood to the DL yet again? Hmm…
Here’s ‘Zap’ the Mascot of the WNBA’s Detroit Shock celebrating his 12th birthday with a monster slam during a halftime of a game against the Sacramento Monarchs.
This ‘birthday party’ was a huge promotion for the Shock.
Just think how many people would have showed up otherwise.
Is the NBA keeping this league afloat out of altruism or guilt…or both? Candace Parker isn’t gonna save the WNBA, no matter how masculine she looks in a dress. Maybe it’s time to let it die, Commissioner Stern?
