Archive for October 25th, 2007

25
Oct

The 21 Least-Used Sports Commentator Clichés

John Madden and Al Michaels

Here’s a list of the 21 phrases that are least-likely to be used by a sports commentator on live TV:

  • “He can carry this team on his back, and there’s a video on Youtube of him doing just that.”
  • “They call this reliever Kotex because he comes in and stops the bleeding.”
  • “This match is David versus Goliath, if David made $6 million a year and had a gambling problem.”
  • “He must have ice-water in his veins!” “Nope, John, that’s heroin.”
  • “I’d like to be down on the sidelines to hear that conversation. Of course, I’d also like to stick my dick in this bagel. Anyone want this bagel?”
  • “Defense wins championships while offense is banging defense’s fiance.”
  • “At this point in the game all bets are off. Including mine. Hear that, Tony?”
  • “These fans are getting their money’s worth tonight, but only if it’s Canadian money.”
  • “That god-awful call by the ref was sponsored by Alltel.”
  • “They’re shooting well from downtown, which is where my son lives now that he has decided he’s gay.”
  • “He has the heart of a champion. Seriously, he dug up Joe Dimaggio for it.”
  • “I can’t say this game has turned into a chess match, it’s really more like a Tic-Tac-Toe match between Mariah Carey and a dolphin.”
  • “And with that play, you can see the frustration starting to set in like chlamydia.”
  • “As the saying goes: you drive for hoes, putt for dough.”
  • “The Chargers gained five yards on that play; my wife is filing for divorce.”
  • “Yes, Mike, I would also definitely bang that cheerleader. Yeah, the brunette.”
  • “This team is as red-hot as the core of a Type II supernova star in hydrostatic equilibrium (before it approaches the Chandrasekhar limit, of course). Ha Ha!”
  • “He’s having a monster game, just like that bloodthirsty monster in your closet, kids.”
  • “This is the worst performance I’ve seen by an eighteen-year-old since Miss Teen South Carolina. Man, that girl was dumb.”
  • “On that last play, the defensive back got ran over like Princess Di.”
  • “Records are made to be broken - by blacks.”

Miss Teen SC
^ Dumb & Dumber

25
Oct

Sox give it to the Rockies and take Game 1

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The Red Sox beat Colorado 13-1 in Fenway on Wednesday night in the opening game of the 2007 World Series. Josh Beckett struck out nine and allowed just one run in seven innings, and Boston jumped on Rockies reliever Franklin Morales for seven runs in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach.

Watching this game was like watching Wolverine fight Papa Smurf; it was that unfair. Beckett was nearly unhittable, relying almost exclusively on his fastball in the early innings and using it to set up an occasional devastating curve, and the Red Sox offense powered out double after double to give Josh a lead he wouldn’t even need on his worst day. The Red Sox are the first team in MLB postseason history to score 10-plus runs in three straight games, as it looked like Colorado’s eight-day layoff was a factor for both their pitching and offense.

The one bright spot for the Rockies was their stellar defense. Their infield, especially Atkins and Tulowitzki, made several very tough plays look easy, and Colorado showed why they had the best fielding percentage in baseball this year.

No bases were stolen this game, saving toilets across America from the unenviable task of processing a Taco Bell shit.

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