That’s More Like It

Yesterday, as AthleticsNation so eloquently put it, the Oakland A’s “just lost.” “Once again, the inventory of the A’s offensive efforts showed a whole lot of K’s, a smattering of BBs, not many H’s, and precious few R’s” in their 5-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park, the A’s 6th straight loss [...]

Return of the SWoS Friday Roundup!

Or, put another way, me posting links to stories from Deadspin and combined with mediocre one-liners…
- This article in Time Magazine about underage drinking has one of the best anecdote leads I’ve ever read. Honestly, if you were to pick one athlete to do this, wouldn’t it be John Daly?
- What’s the worst name you [...]

No Way? Way!

I did something I haven’t done since 7th Grade last night: I sat down and watched the X-Games. And you know what? It wasn’t all that bad.
You could say I was drawn to the “Big Air” skateboarding by the massive Jake Brown fall at last years’ X-Games (Deadspin’s preview of the event this year was titled [...]

New Heights of Mediocrity

I was at the Oakland A’s game Monday night. Not very many people can say that – there were just 12,464 of us, or about a third of McAfee Coliseum. The crowd was so abysmal that stadium operators didn’t even bother putting “Guess the Attendance” on the scoreboard. It would be one thing if the [...]

SWoS Friday Roundup

Well just like I did on the politics blog, today I’m relinquishing my “blogger who actually gives analysis” role in favor my much easier “blogger who just links to strange/funny stuff they found online today” persona. Enjoy
- Eggycam.com, a website with a streaming webcam showing a group of unhatched eggs, where visitors are invited to [...]

Bartman’s Back… Kinda

Steve Bartman, the infamous Walkman-sporting Chicago Cubs fan whose inference in a play was blamed for the Cubs’ collapse against the Florida Marlins during the 2003 NLCS, has been offered $25,000 to sign one autograph at a memorabilia show in Rosemont, Illinois. Bartman has been incredibly reclusive since the incident: he has declined every interview [...]

A Blueprint for Formula 1 in the US

I’m a massive Formula 1 fan. Like, ridiculously obsessed: stay-up-till-2-AM-watching-practice-sessions-from-Malaysia obsessed. I watch the races, follow storylines religiously on my favorite F1 blogs, and always scan the YouTubes looking for historic clips of the “good old days.” But as an American, my kind are few and far between, so I’ve often wondered how to make [...]

Vettel to Red Bull, it’s Time for Senna

In a big surprise to… absolutely no one who has watched Formula 1 this season, Red Bull announced today hat Sebasitan Vettel will replace David Coulthard once the Scot retires at the end of this season. Now, of course, Vettel’s Toro Rosso team will have to find a replacement for the young German, and there’s [...]

Getting my Fix

On Monday I learned that I would receive student season tickets to Wisconsin Football this year (go badgers), and as you can guess, I’m pretty excited about that. Not only do I get to see a Top-25 team play in one of the loudest and most raucus stadiums on Earth, I get to feed my addiction [...]

Learning to Say Goodbye

It’s not easy being an A’s fan. The team seems to be a factory for players who go on to have successful careers outside of Oakland. We’ve had to learn not to get too attached to players, because we know that in a few seasons, they’ll be bought by or traded to some team with [...]