The Sports Thread

[RGMike]

TANC-of-the-Week: I mentioned in one of the regional threads the other day that I'd heard the Outfield's "Your Love" 4 or 5 times this month and had had my fill of it... well, I'm watching the A's game and lo, Josh Willingham's at-bat music is... yup.  He was 7 years old when the song was a hit.

[RGMike]

Well butter mah buns and call me a biscuit: Mark Kotsay is a Milwaukee Brewer?? I'd thought he'd retired.

[RGMike]

OK, can anyone here explain the "Giants/Red Sox Alliance" to me?

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/fan_forum/vote_giants.jsp?tcid=fb-sf-upd0531

WTF? is it an attempt to keep the Dodgers and Yankees out of the All-Star Game? All well and good, except I hate the Red Sox too. What if the Giants and Sawx play each other in the World Series? Some "alliance", eh?  It does not compute.

[sundaygal]

OK, can anyone here explain the "Giants/Red Sox Alliance" to me?

Bill Mueller? 
First I've heard of it.  I don't care for the BoSox either!

[RGMike]

Atlanta Thrashers hockey team moves to Winnipeg

http://fans.sharks.nhl.com/community/blog/25/entry-1938-hockey-411-back-in-manitoba/

SJ Sharkie askes if they'll change their name to the old Winnipeg Jets monicker (thus making "Sharks vs Jets" games possible)

[Gazoo]

OK, can anyone here explain the "Giants/Red Sox Alliance" to me?

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/fan_forum/vote_giants.jsp?tcid=fb-sf-upd0531

WTF? is it an attempt to keep the Dodgers and Yankees out of the All-Star Game?

 

[RGMike]

The Giants "It Gets Better" video is here! I heart you, Mr Zito.

http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2011/06/01/san-francisco-giants-release-it-gets-better-video-with-barry-zito-and-others/

ETA: it was posted on SFGate too; best comment there so far: "Best pitch Zito's made in several seasons".

[Wayback]

Don't do that in the majors, kid!
Last night baseball prospect Bryce Harper hit HR, threw pitcher a kiss (video):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=90480&tsp=1

[urth]

Don't do that in the majors, kid!
Last night baseball prospect Bryce Harper hit HR, threw pitcher a kiss (video):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=90480&tsp=1

Perhaps he's not familiar with the phrase "don't show up the pitcher or you'll be eating horsehide on your next AB."

Or maybe he's just a prick.

[Tinka Cat]

Don't do that in the majors, kid!
Last night baseball prospect Bryce Harper hit HR, threw pitcher a kiss (video):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=90480&tsp=1

Perhaps he's not familiar with the phrase "don't show up the pitcher or you'll be eating horsehide on your next AB."

Or maybe he's just a prick.

prob both.  he did get hit in his first AB for the Class A Hagerstown team yesterday, so I'm sure he was miffed at that and just waiting for a chance to show up someone.

"Act like you've been there before!"  

sort of related note - WTF is up with baseball players and their huge-ass necklaces?  (this kid has a necklace, but it's not out of control.. yet)

[Wayback]

Don't do that in the majors, kid!
Last night baseball prospect Bryce Harper hit HR, threw pitcher a kiss (video):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=90480&tsp=1

Perhaps he's not familiar with the phrase "don't show up the pitcher or you'll be eating horsehide on your next AB."
Or maybe he's just a prick.

sort of related note - WTF is up with baseball players and their huge-ass necklaces?  (this kid has a necklace, but it's not out of control.. yet)

"Developed in Japan, the nylon-coated titanium necklaces are intended to promote pain relief and enhance performance through improved circulation and stress reduction.  There is no medical proof the Phiten necklaces actually work, though. The FDA does not approve the therapeutic claims made by the company and many doctors have said there is no indication that titanium affects performance.  Whether the necklaces actually help or are instead an example of the placebo effect, we may never know. All that matters is that in a superstitious sport like baseball, where elaborate pre-pitch routines involve clapping and batting glove adjustment, the Phiten necklaces only need to make the players think they work."
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/So-what-s-with-all-these-necklaces-in-baseball-t?urn=mlb-114513

[RGMike]

WTF is up with baseball players and their huge-ass necklaces? 

better than puka-shells 

[ggould]

WTF is up with baseball players and their huge-ass necklaces? 

better than puka-shells 

But nobody ever claimed puka shells actually did something!  Anything that promotes superstition in my book sucks.

[urth]

sort of related note - WTF is up with baseball players and their huge-ass necklaces?  (this kid has a necklace, but it's not out of control.. yet)

I first started seeing them during last year's post-season. Several Giants wore 'em, but so did a number of players on other clubs. And now they're all over.

Bunch o' superstitious sheep if you ask me.

[RGMike]

If rock memorabilia ain't yer thing, here's a different sort of catalog sale -- can Alicat get up early enuf on a saturday for this one?

http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=565251

If i knew I could pick up a Ryane Clowe jockstrap...