So, it turns out the kid is pretty good. His curveball makes me physically ill. This is awesome.

It occurs that I should elaborate on yesterday's post. (Suck it, Crosby!)

I was linked to a post in musesfool on sports fans and schadenfruede - itself a comment on the Slate article "Why we root for underdogs."

( Germane here, because... )

I hate Sidney Crosby.

From the Slate article, Cold Reality, by a former ice skater who tried out for but did not make the U.S. team in the 1980s...
You may be wondering what I learned from my competitive experiences. I learned that Olympians are people, too: They're just better and stronger than the rest of us in almost every conceivable way. They do indeed "want it" ( Read more... )

Do you believe in insignificant upsets! Yes!!!

Edited to Add (02/22): So it turns out, not entirely insignificant - the seeding of the medal rounds mean the US must only beat SUI and CZE/FIN to make the Gold Medal game. Canada will now have to beat GER, RUS and SWE/SVK.

Today, MLB announced this year's Hall of Fame class ( Read more... )

The generally hit or miss Bill Simmons has put forward some interesting (to me anyway) thoughts on Tiger, some of which I agree and disagree with.

Bill Simmons on Tiger: Part I, Part II

( More on Tiger )

Go Navy! Beat Army ( Read more... )

So, took a trip out to Bloomington to visit my former college roommate, now a professor at Indiana University -- went to see the Indiana-Maryland basketball game. (Terps 80, Indiana 68 ( Read more... )

From Thomas P.M. Barnett:

Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers

Naturally, Favre becomes a weapon of choice among our enemies in the War on Terror. Like a lot of Islamic terrorist recruits, Favre suffered a midlife crisis and then turned against his adopted homeland, seeking its destruction. I expect the International ( Read more... )