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Afternoon Blogdome: Fat Guy Dancing! Fat Guy Dancing!
Send your tips to [email protected]. Unless you think you're better than me. You think you're better than me? • "I like to move it move it": Hey, he may be a big guy and his moves need some work ... but you just got served. [College Game Balls] • Maybe keep him away from knives: What would you...

Phillies Feel A World Title Is Very Close
What they're saying from parents' basements across the land on the Phillies' 10-2 win over the Rays in Game 4 of the World Series ... • Evan Longoria Shares An Intimate Moment With Jimmy Rollins. While accentuating another umpire blunder in this series (that’s #5 if you’re keeping track at home), th...

Morning Blogdome: Can You Wait Another 91 Minutes?
[email protected] knows your sister. What's this about rain?: Baseball writers—not that creative. They're also not very original, either. [Wrigleyville23] They should get a 3-minute minor for that: They play hockey a little differently in Boston—mostly because the face off circles at the Garden...

World Series Game Four Live Blog: Rays at Phillies
We've reached Game 4, which is traditionally known as either "The Desperation Start" or "Who the @&$^ Are You and Why Have We Pinned All Our Dreams to You?" Welcome to Andy Sonnanstine vs. Joe Blanton, your fourth starters. Andy's a soft tosser that doesn't walk a lot of fellows; Joe's a Billy Beane...

Afternoon Blogdome: Sure, Ya Did
And I bet you got gonorrhea from riding your tractor, too: Kellen Winslow got staph infection from a car door. [Pro Football Talk] Is that what Matt Garza was wiping away?: Tim McGraw spreads father's ashes on World Series mound. [Big League Stew] The end of an era in which most people like Jon Mill...

Morning Blogdome: Life Lessons from Isiah Thomas
• "Drugs ruin people's lives and hurt everyone around them... don't foul out with drugs." Thanks, Isiah! [Josh Q. Public] • Suggestion for those looking to receive a link in the Blogdomes: use the phrase "Skycam pilot". Pretty much a winner. [Palestra.net] • Tommie Harris of the Chicago Bears bore...

World Series Game Three Live Blog: Rays at Phillies
According to our friend here and our friends Joely Fisher and Jeanne Zelasko there, we will have actual baseball tonight. As seen as TV! Needless to say, we didn't see this coming. We still don't know if this is a real nine-inning affair or if it's enough to merely get it legal. We're up for a late ...

Afternoon Blogdome: How To Prove One's Devotion
No Sex Rods for you!: Red Sox win case against man trying to use phrase "Sex Rod" on a variety of paraphernalia. [Sports Biz] "To spend time with her family", sure: Michelle Tafoya no longer gracing the NBA sidelines with her presence. [Watchdog] Mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery: The Battin...

Morning Blogdome: We Are Kickers, We Kick Ball
We Play With Ball, We Kick The Ball: Notre Dame's kicking woes force them to land a kicker who's never, uh, kicked before. [Sports by Brooks] Goodbye, Sally's College Fund: You can now place bets at the Maloof Brothers' Casino for all NBA teams not named the Sacramento Kings. [USA Today Blog] Yee-h...

Afternoon Blogdome: Excessive Force
Why can't your friends be more like [email protected]? I do what I want: Chicago Blackhawk enforcer Adam Burish spent a day beating up teenage girls on the set of Jerry Springer. Don't worry—the kid wasn't his. [Dropping The Gloves] Orange Crush: It's good to see that Syracuse fans know how to ...

Tiny Angel Joe Maddon Watches Over Us All
Like this poor, unfortunate sap who was ejected from Tropicana on Thursday for "misconduct," the Phillies never could quite get it together in a 4-2 loss to the Rays. What they're saying out in the ether about Game 2 of the World Series ... • Speed Read: Phillies Not Fanatical About Hitting. Decidin...

Morning Blogdome: Fine, Here's Some More Boobs
• Phantastic: Yep, that's a Chase Utley jersey. Yes, it's painted on. Yes, those are real. We hope. (Safe for offices that allow you to look at painted tits. Otherwise, no.) [Home Run Derby] • I recognize that Fielder Paunch anywhere: It's every eight-year-old's favorite game, Guess The Batting Stan...

Buzz: Manny and K-Rod not Worth it to Mets
…it’s early, but the buzz around baseball suggests Francisco Rodriguez could ask for up to a five-year contract, while Manny Ramirez could seek up to five as well…though there is question that either will reach that level…...

World Series Game Two Live Blog: Phillies At Rays
Pitching, we have Brett "Left Hook" Myers and James Shields, not "Hields That Begin With The Letter 'S' " on the mound. Talking, it's Joe Buck (pictured) and Tim McCarver (imagined.) Jumping, is viewers like you. * * *Top 9th 2 ...

Afternoon Blogdome: Biathletes Do It In The Snow ... Then They Shoot You
Every time I think I'm out ...: Three Words: Naked Canadian Bi-athletes. Hey, nice guns. [Fleshbot, nakedness ahead] Here horsey, horsey: How to bluff your way through this weekend's Breeder's Cup. If it doesn't work you can euthanize your wallet. [Handride] Just sit real still and listen: How to fo...

Morning Blogdome: Enjoy Your Tacos, Fatties!
[email protected] saved my life. • But is he master of his domain?: Barry Zito, you look good. I mean real good. Those are Bugle Boy, right? [Examiner] • Is the hot sauce extra?: When you're sucking down that sweet crunchy ground "beef" goodness that you didn't pay for next week, remember that ...

Two Phillie Dogs To Go, Please
Angel and Sandy of Lindenwold, N.J., prepare for an exciting Game 1 of the 2008 World Series, as Wizard Cat types a furious protest letter to PETA. Here's what they're saying on various computer tube machines about the Phillies' 3-2 victory over the Rays ... • Arms Hold Down Rays. To go into the Ora...

World Series Game One Live Blog: Phillies At Rays
Playoff baseball in Florida. Just as Abner Doubleday foretold in his hallucinations. It begins right now as Cole "Settled In" Hamels and Scott "Dialed In" Kazmir will pitch. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver will tell you what you already knew on the Fox broadcast. And this piece? Well, I call it "Lick My L...

Afternoon Blogdome: The Models Are Here
Blogdome at Deadspin dot com. It just sounds right. Who needs the Snorg Girl?: You give Clinton Portis a cut of the door and he will play ball for you. I think there's a lesson in that for all of us. [Mr. Irrelevant] Good grief: Mark Prior is just a guy, hanging in a patch, pickin' pumpkins. He'll ...

Morning Blogdome: See This Movie Or We Will Cut You
If you love America, you'll send your Blogdome tips to [email protected]. You're not a communist, are you? That's why I use 'Ice Castles' skate guards: I'm not saying the NHL is desperate for advertising, but ... "Saw V" Goalie Masks? Was Clint Malarchuk unavailable? [Maxim] Irrational exuberan...