Prep team scores 72 points in first quarter

SMITH CENTER, Kan. (AP) - Smith Center scored 72 points in the first quarter of a high school football game Tuesday night on the way to an 86-0 win over Plainville, according to a report in the Salina, Kan., Journal.

Smith Center forced six turnovers in the first quarter as it racked up what is believed to be a record for points in a quarter by a high school team, the paper reported. The previous record was 66 by Prescott, Ariz., in 1925. The defending state champion has outscored its opponents 640-0 so far this season, including a 69-0 win over Plainville earlier this year.

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*YAWN* Red Sox sweep Rockies to win 2nd World Series in 4 years

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=271028127

Red Sox Halloween Costume...

Lavinius: Thought about being the Sox offense but then I realized I wouldn't scare anybody.

Cooch: Yeah, it would be difficult to dress up as a black hole...

Mancrush V.2 has an official blog

The Official Online blog of Clay Buchholz:
http://buchwild.com/

Lavinius is a Back-to-Back Fantasy Baseball Champion

Yes indeed your boy Lavinius came through like a champ! A regular season where his fantasy team incurred just two H2H losses all year and a 1st place finish by 34.5 games, he validated that success with his second fantasy baseball championship in as many seasons with a 9-3 win in the finals.

The sacrificial lamb this year was a team that went by the name "IbisNation." Having played with Lavinius last year and witnessing dominance for the second straight season, he dubbed Lavinius with arguably the most flattering superlative he's ever heard:

"Fantasy God"

I mean, wow. To be called a God in anything, damn! Doesn't get much better. I'll try not to let it get too much to my head, though.

As usual, photographic evidence is included:

RED SOX 2007 AL EAST CHAMPS!!!

Cooch, how sweet is it to finally be able to call our Sox that? After YEARS of coming up short against the arrogant Yanks, including narrowly missing out on the division the last four years, how sweet does this taste?! 12 fucking years since the last division title. Although a division title isn't the "ultimate goal", I'd be lying if I said I didn't want this BAD.

Nice to see Dice-K end the season with a strong outing. He's the wild card to the Sox playoff run, IMO. Him pitching well is gonna be paramount to the Sox advancing far in the playoffs. Especially with him being the #2 on this team.

In the meantime, magic number is ZERO, snitches!!!

Rusty Cunts

2007 Red Sox first team to clinch playoff berth:Francona first manager to lead the Sox to the postseason 3 times!

The Boston Red Sox became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, rallying on ninth-inning home runs by Jason Varitek and Julio Lugo to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 Saturday.

Francona becomes the first Red Sox manager in team history to lead a team to the postseason 3 times...

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Richard Pole

Fox Fantasy Baseball Sucks

My league hasn't updated playoff stats in over a week now. Not a huge deal since I earned a first round bye, but most of the second round of playoffs aren't being updated. Everyone's record displays 0-0 with no points scored. What a waste of time to be in week 25ish and the system shitting the bed. All teams are unmanageable at this point. Fucking waste.

Lavinius takes down Cooch in first-ever fantasy sports showdown

A historical phenomenon took place over the weekend. Something so big that it threatened to change life on this planet as we know it.

Lavinius and Cooch are both avid fantasy sports participants. They've always competed in separate leagues, but never against each other.

That was fixing to change when Lavinius extended an invite to the Cooch to join a fantasy football league. Of course, Cooch gladly accepted said invite.

The league is an ESPN league entitled "Head On" (from "apply directly to the forehead" fame). It's a league comprised of friends and former softball teammates of Lavinius with a few random screennames sprinkled in.

So now the table was set. Lavinius and Cooch were finally in a fantasy sports league together. Now it was just a question of "when do they play each other?"

They didn't have to wait long for their showdown. Week 2 was the date. The place? Right here.

The results?

Clickage here:



There ya have it, folks, a victory for yours truly. Despite the loss of Brandon Jacobs, Lavinius still put it down on the Cooch man. I'm certain Cooch will reply to this crying for an asterisk, but it was Terrell Owens that was "filming Miami's defensive plays" during a TD celebration in the 4th quarter. :)

Ball-busting aside, it was a good battle. Smack talk was at a minimum and good sportsmanship at a maximum. Cooch actually sent Lavinius good luck wishes in the spirit of competition.

The rematch is slated for week 10.

The Chinese Newlyweds

A Chinese couple gets married - and she's a virgin. Truth be told, he is none too experienced either. On the wedding night, she cowers naked under the bed sheets as her husband undresses. He climbs in next to her and tries to be reassuring.

"My darring" he says, "I know dis you fus time and you berry frighten. I plomise you, I give you anyting you wan, I do anyting jus anyting you wan, you say. Whatchou wan?" he says, trying to sound experienced, which he hopes will impress his virgin bride.

A thoughtful silence follows and he waits patiently (and eagerly) for her request. She eventually replies shyly and unsure, "I wan ...... numba 69."

More thoughtful silence, this time from him. Eventually, in a puzzled tone he queries........ "You want... Beef wif Broccori?!"

Shady Brady and Bill Belicheat

BREAKING NEWS: Patriots Change Logo

Belichick not quite the genius I had originally thought...

Belichick was synonymous with genius in my opinion - "was" is the key word. Sure, every coach wants to gain an edge on the field, but spying on the other team and relaying signals during the game? I just wonder how many of those Patriots regular season wins, playoff wins, and Super Bowl wins were the results of Belichick's cheating schemes over the years...

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Snapshot of Dolphin Stadium during Nats/Marlins game today

The estimates of people in the stands ranged in the 400 neighborhood, and about half that were on hand to see Todd Linden's game-winning hit in the 12th inning, a grounder that snaked its way through the middle of the infield to bring home pinch-runner Reggie Abercrombie to result in a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals.

The Nationals, a team in its third season in Washington, will open a new ballpark when the cherry blossoms are in bloom next spring while the Marlins -- winners of two world titles -- still languish in the House Joe Robbie Built.

The announced paid crowd was 10,121, but most of them stayed home. When the game ended, there were nine people in the outfield bleachers and about 200 around the stadium.

''It's a little sad that you can play where you can count the people in the stands,'' Marlins first baseman Mike Jacobs said. ``But that's the way it is down here, and it's not going to change until we get a new stadium.

``I guess people would rather watch us on TV. Why would you want to come and sit in the heat? It's tough. If we had a stadium with a roof it would help a lot.''

If someone bets you $1,000,000...

that you can't go a whole year without talking, do you take the bet?

The parameters:

You are locked in a glass-enclosed room, mic'd up with surveillance. You are not allowed to speak for 12 months effective the second you're in the glass-room. The room is a mini-house, equipped with a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, laundry, television...basically all the amenities of a traditional house.

Do you take the bet? $1 million to go one full year without talking. If you utter one single word, you lose.

Results of Lavinius's aka Team Rugged's '07 Fantasy Baseball Season

Sorry for the small font (that's as big as I can make it), but if you put your eyes 1/2 inch away from the screen, you will see total domination by Lavinius in a 14 team league. First place was claimed on Week 2 and maintained in near wire-to-wire fashion.

Now we'll see what the playoffs have in store...

Results of Cooch's first season of MLB fantasy ball:

that's correct - cooch led the beantown sox to victory in a big way... i'm sure lavinius did the same w/ his squad - post the results lavinius!

Curtis Granderson, Congrats!

DETROIT (AP) - Curtis Granderson hit his 20th home run on Friday night against the Seattle Mariners, making the Detroit Tigers outfielder just the sixth player since 1900 with at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season.

"It was distracting me at the wrong time," Granderson said after Detroit beat Seattle 6-1. "I'm in the outfield, and there's a foul ball and I'm thinking about it."

Granderson joined the 20-20-20 club with Kansas City's George Brett (1979), Willie Mays of the New York Giants (1957), Cleveland's Jeff Heath (1941), St. Louis' Jim Bottomley (1928), and Frank Schulte of the Chicago Cubs (1911).

In just his second full season, Granderson leads the majors with 21 triples and has 36 doubles.

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