The Sports Thread

[Tinka Cat]

Have any of you been watching the World Cup action?  it's been pretty great, esp today w the USA late goal allowing them to advance to the next round.

Action?

Seriously, I HAVE TRIED.  Really I have.  Can't get into it.  Though I do root for the US from afar, much like I do for the Giants.  But really, if I find watching baseball to be generally dull and uninteresting, what chance do I have of finding soccer interesting?

Go Raiders!  (At least you tried!  )

A lot of folks think soccer is boring, not to mention the horrible fake diving that also turns people off.  I don't "follow" it unless it's the World Cup, I get into the nationalized drama of it all.  Like the French team imploding, the Italians -- the defending champs, a team which features some players known for diving, I'm talking to you Di Rossi! -- getting sent home early.  If you were watching the USA game yesterday and were aware of the situation re: the English, the points needed to advance, you were treated to some great drama -- and that is the best part of sports for me. 

[RGMike]

Gaz might be interested tp hear that A's pitcher Trevor Cahill uses as his warm-up music... JA's "White Rabbit".  Maybe his grandparents turned him on to it?

[RGMike]

Gaz might be interested tp hear that A's pitcher Trevor Cahill uses as his warm-up music... JA's "White Rabbit".  Maybe his grandparents turned him on to it?

and speaking of "retro"... it's '70s Turn Back The Clock Night at the A's game -- A's & Pirates wearing thier vintage '70s unis -- let's boogie!



and the TV broadcast is '70s-retro too: no score/balls/outs ribbon across the top of the screen and the announcers are wearing yellow sports jackets -- very Howard Cosell.

[RGMike]

holy crap: Giants trade Bengie:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?&entry_id=66922

[Tinka Cat]

holy crap: Giants trade Bengie:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?&entry_id=66922

two words: Buster Posey

Bengie calls a good game, he's good guy, but he hits into DPs like crazy*.  And he's old. 

Here's his stats for this year
Year    Team    G    AB    R    H    2B    3B    HR    RBI    BB    K    SB    CS    AVG    OBP    SLG    
2010    SF    61    202    17    52    6    0    3    17    14    19    0    0    .257    .312    .332

kinda ho-hum

* oh, but wait!   guess who leads the NL in GIDP?  The Panda, by far:  http://stats.sfgate.com/mlb/getleaders.asp?rank=201
Bengie's not even on the list this year.  My bad.

[RGMike]

The Sharks' new goalie:

http://www.mercurynews.com/twitter/ci_15421087?source=rss&nclick_check=1

[RGMike]

I'd never heard of "Purple Drank" until today. I'm either very old or very lucky ... or both. But JaMarcus Russell knows all about it:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/raiders/detail?entry_id=67174

[Tinka Cat]

I'd never heard of "Purple Drank" until today. I'm either very old or very lucky ... or both. But JaMarcus Russell knows all about it:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/raiders/detail?entry_id=67174

no wonder he's so slow. 
are you saying that if you DID know of it, you'd be a likely candidate to try it?  But everyone knows about codeine, right?  That's a classic.

[Tinka Cat]

I'd never heard of "Purple Drank" until today. I'm either very old or very lucky ... or both. But JaMarcus Russell knows all about it:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/raiders/detail?entry_id=67174

Just Drank, Baby!

[RGMike]

I'd never heard of "Purple Drank" until today. I'm either very old or very lucky ... or both. But JaMarcus Russell knows all about it:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/raiders/detail?entry_id=67174

Just Drank, Baby!

[RGMike]

Presumably Geoff and Alicat already know about Jerry Garcia Tribute Night at the Giants game on Aug 9th:

http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/256083/

[Alicat]

Presumably Geoff and Alicat already know about Jerry Garcia Tribute Night at the Giants game on Aug 9th:

http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/256083/

Didn't know but probably can't make it. I'll be in Denver that week and miss Jerry Day. Flying from Denver to Reno on the 7th for a wedding in Tahoe and back here on the 8th. I'm gonna be pooped.

[ggould]

Presumably Geoff and Alicat already know about Jerry Garcia Tribute Night at the Giants game on Aug 9th:

http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/256083/

I really want to go, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

[Wayback]

Will Ferrell on the ESPY Awards, as the inventor of the vuvuzela horn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKZ6nrzt34

[Wayback]

Warriors sold for $450 million, but not to Larry Ellison. New ownership group is led by Peninsula venture capitalist Joe Lacob and Mandalay Entertainment CEO Peter Guber.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/15/sports/s113800D65.DTL