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• We don't trust anything that bleeds for eight innings and doesn't die.
• Michael Jordan, enjoying himself.
• Michael Vick loves all of God's creatures. Well, the ones that win, anyway.
• Goodbye, David Halberstam.
• Does LAT health insurance cover this?
• Seriously, kid, walk it off.
• Alex Rodriguez, making new friends.
• Rising up ESPN's draft boards!
• The Braves will gladly charge your 25 percent interest to watch Brian McCann.
• When we realize Bonds is going to break the record, we consider doing the same thing.
• Here's the story "Baseball Tonight" was happy to swipe.
• Your ESPN fantasy team name must be clean.
• Dance, LeBron, Dance.
• Woo NASCAR!
• Admit it: You'll be scared if the Browns win the Super Bowl, won't you?
• Don't kiss the refs.
• Sunday is the day.
All right, enjoy The Mighty MJD and Mike Tanier from Football Outsiders around here this weekend. We'll be back Monday, tanned, rested and ready. Be safe.
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Tanned? You didn't get tanned in Tampa, are you heading for the salons of NYC?
Tanned? where the hell are you going?
Stupid rainy tri-state weather.
Tanned? I am tanned.
Where have all good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Up Where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like a fire in my blood
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
(sorry, it's in my head and won't go away)
@PeteJayhawk: Methinks it's in all our heads now...
I've been out of it for the last two days. Could someone beer me what happened while I was gone?
@Weed Against Speed: Excellent. You will all suffer with me.
I guess we're listening to Bonnie Tyler
And I need you more than ever
@PeteJayhawk: They played that song at Game 2 of the ALCS two years ago between innings (the 'dropped third strike' game). Two guys were actually doing a full-on dance to it. Needless to say, the camera came back to him about 10 times, we were laughing quite a bit.
@PeteJayhawk: Son of a bitch. Right before we start drinking? Really?
@PeteJayhawk: ARGH YOU FUCKING MONSTER
Heading up to Yankee Stadium in a few minutes (weather permitting) - I think the song is appropriate for Yankees fans...
Bob Sheppard's flock: have fun!!
@PeteJayhawk: I won't be suffering with you...I don't read anything that long.
@PeteJayhawk: You evil bastard.
@PeteJayhawk: I can't suffer with you, because I don't even recognize that song.
Sheppard's Flock, they don't need a hero, they just need a pitcher who's arm won't fall off.
@metschick: Haven't you ever seen Footloose? That's what it's from, right?
Ah, a song from Footloose. Filmed in Utah, by the way.
@Weed Against Speed: yeah, I saw it eons ago, and the only song I remember from it is the title song.
@Jen P: High School Musical was filmed in Utah.
Yeah, I watched HSM - what?
Great, that's exactly what I needed in my head on a Friday afternoon.
Lord, beer me the strength to get that song out of my head.
Apropos of nothing, here's a fun YouTube link.
@PeteJayhawk: Man, you're just pouring it on now! Make the cheesy '80's memories stop!
[threadjack]
major steroids story involving the Mets...
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@George of the Jungle: I thought it involved one of the current Mets.
My heart stopped for a minute.
@metschick: sorry, should have been more clear...
@metschick: Wait, it could involve one of them:
Beginning in approximately 1995 and continuing through until December 14, 2005, I distributed anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, including HGH and Clenbuterol, as well as amphetamines, to dozens of current and former Major League Baseball
@PeteJayhawk: Pete? Please stop it, I'll be at work for a while longer and I have no access to alcohol at this moment to kill that brain-cell.
Someone at the Mets organization was involved with illegal drugs in the late 80s? I have a hard time believing that.
@metschick: Yeah I got excited for a moment thinking just mayyyybe maybe Bye Bye Wright/Beltran
In Mets-related news, Baby Mets just gave me her tamborine and asked me to sing the "Jo-se, Jo-se" chant.
Indocrination complete.
Time for a song to push that song outsta your head:
With the pickle mind we kick the nipple beer
Steady as we go we're flying over trout
Ghetto down the high way at the speed of light
All I want to feel now is the wind in my eyes.
Sack of monkeys in my pocket
My sister's ready to go.
Hear the engines roar now
Idiot control now
Hideous control now
Ninny on the road now
Mini in contol, wheels on fire, burnin' rubber tires
Leery chother rolls now
Hit it Lesley go now
Ninny inches bo now
Pity in a poor boy
Heedy inches roll, bees on pie, burnin' rubber tires
@George of the Jungle: and now, I want names... I'm such a gossip that way.
@metschick: You say indoctrination, I say child abuse. Same difference, really.
More Bonnie!
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
@Suss--: Um, what?
@metschick: as a Braves fan this news delights me... but as a baseball fan... I am just so sick of the steroids story.
We all know it happened. Can't we just move on...
@Flametown: Ok, you're fucking dead.
@Diddly: Ohh oh.....
@Flametown: Dude, your fantasy team will get docked many points for that.
@Diddly: no, child abuse would be forcing her to wear the colors of the Dark Prince - pinstripes!
But she gets along with the enemy, at least.
@George of the Jungle: ugh, me too. I am so done with the steroids story. No one named will surprise me anymore.
@Weed Against Speed: That song played a prominent role in the final scenes of Short Circuit 2* (and sadly, Shrek 2)
*the greatest movie in the history of movies
@Flametown: I see your Total Eclipse of the Heart and raise you one It's A Heartache:
It's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache
Hits you when it's too late
Hits you when you're down
It's a fool's game
Nothing but a fool's game
Standing in the cold rain
Feeling like a clown.
It's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache.
Love him till your arms break
Then he lets you down.
It ain't right with love to share
When you find he doesn't care for you.
It ain't wise to need someone
As much as I depended on you.
It's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache
Hits you when it's too late
It ain't right with love to share
Oh it's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache.
Love him till your arms break
Then he let's you down
It's a fool's game
Standing in the cold rain
Feeling like a clown.
It's a heartache
Love him till your arms break
Then he let's you down
It's a heartache
@metschick: Well, she's cute, at least.
@PQ Crash: Not enough. I think his real life team should be docked points, whatever the hell that means.
And I can't run the risk of more songs. Time to drink. Later, people.
@PeteJayhawk: You win....I fold
@Diddly: The Phils are suffering enough, good sir.
Hi DUANers- apologies, but you can't forget this gem:
It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears
There's so much that we share that its time we're aware
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world
@mel: I just rode that song in Disney while I was in Florida, and oh, my god, why not just send the terrorists through that ride about 20 times? They're bound to break.