The Drubbing

This weeks links:

A Canadian company has purchased the Silverdome for about the cost of a Condo in Queens, NY.  Maybe we can get them to buy the rest of Michigan, and take that debt off our hands…

Whelp, that infamous Tim Tebow “girlfriend” photo we have all seen, turns out Playboy has found her, and body painted her.

This is exactly why we tell our kids don’t take anything from strangers.  What idiot talks trash, then accepts a drink as a “peace offering”, oh wait a Steeler fan.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can unscramble an egg.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

“_____ could throw a baseball through a lifesaver if you asked him.” -Joe Morgan

“One time, _____ was pitching for the Cubs, and all of a sudden I see him grimacing and limping around. I thought he popped a groin or something. I came to the mound and asked what was the matter. (the quote drops off here while the newspaper is politically correct, but _____ told Grace “I have a boner right now”)  Grace then responded to _______  “You know dude, you really do love pitching don’t you?”

“At one point, in midsentence and without warning, he winced like a man about to pass a stone, lifted his left cheek off the chair and let loose. “Whoa, wow, sorry about that,” he said, then continued with the eggs and the discussion and the golf pool. So add that to the ______ scouting report: bats right, throws right, farts left.” (source)

 
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This weeks links:

What’s better, Sideshow Bob getting owned by D-wade or Chuck in the studio advocating that Andy give D-Wade a kick “in the onions” for stepping over him like that after the dunk.

The NFL apparently doesn’t have a little captain in them.

Ochocinco, fined $20K for his $1 joke.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

The symbol for Chuck Norris in sign language is a middle finger on fire.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

No doubt in response to the “They bought the championship” cries that have been ringing throughout Philadelphia, Red Sox Nation, and every other part of the country not named New York, Connecticut or Northern New Jersey, renowned designer Khoi Vinh has done some research on the business of Major League Baseball.

Vinh did some great work digging into teams finances and comparing the money each team brings in each year as compared to their payroll, resulting in what he’s dubbed their “Investment Rate”. According to his findings, on average MLB teams put 45% of their 2008 revenue towards their 2009 payroll. Vinh’s New York Yankees by comparison tied for the 4th-highest investment rate at 54%.
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Win or Lose, i will disrespect your team with trash talking. Hey, at least i am a consistent.

Only Bart Scott can make Joey Porter look rationale and respectful.  With Bart’s latest interview after the Jet’s 2nd loss of the year to the Dolphins he responded with this gem:

“They’re a great team. They’ll probably contend for the Super Bowl. They have a tremendous offense, great running backs, a great quarterback, a great tight end. They are stacked across the board. I’m serious. They are great.

“Like I said, they have a great team. They have a tremendous offense and they showed it today. They are Super Bowl contenders and they will probably take it all the way.”

It may feel good to talk trash and win, but make sure you take the humble pie when you lose, Bart.  Talk trash after you lose, TWICE, showing it was not a fluke and just swallow your pride and act like a grown ass man (said in my best Mark Jackson imitation).  No buddy likes a sore loser, and right now i hate to say it (OK, i love saying it) the J-E-T-S team that came out like gangbusters is starting to sound and look a lot like a whiny, disrespectful, and more and more average football team.  My favorite part of the article is Dungy’s response:

“My mother used to say, ‘When you win, say very little. When you lose, say less. Bart Scott said too much today. When a team beats you twice, give them credit and go home…And I have to disagree with Rex Ryan, they didn’t outplay Miami. Miami’s got three-return touchdowns. That’s part of the game. They’ve got more points than you do.”

Maybe before the Jets hired Rex, they should have let him read-up on the rule book saying that Offense, Defense AND Special Teams are all a part of the game.  When the playoffs start in January, someone may have to tell Ryan, Bart and the Jets that as much as they think they outplayed teams, no one wants to listen to a team that did not make the post season.

On to the links:

Check this out Miami Herald article, the 4th bullet down.  No, you did not read that incorrectly.  Ron Seikaly is not only married to a smoking hot girl, but is also traveling around Europe as a DJ.  I wonder if him and Hasselhof will go on tour together.

Apparently my Drubbing Ass of the week has picked up some steam, because now there is an online petition to ban LJ from playing to prevent him being the club’s all time leader in rushing.  I thoroughly love the fact that the petition used the phrase “another dagger to the fans” in their statement.

Wednesday marked 100 days till Vancouver.  Really, 100 days, who knew?  Top notch advertising Canucks.

My Buddy couldn’t have put it better, “From Ted Nugent’s wood pile…John Riggins ladies and gentleman”

Andrei Kirilenko…the photo says it all.  Maybe this was his once a year allowance from his wife?

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris has two speeds.  Walk and kill.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

Today is a great day for NBA fans around the world. On a slow news day where one of the biggest developments is that Michael Redd is injured, again, there is one fantastic piece of news that has come out today. Our ears will be spared from further damage. Bill Walton will no longer be commentating on NBA broadcasts.

On behalf of NBA fans everywhere, I would like to thank Bill Walton for sparing our hearing for the foreseeable future. We wish him well on his continued recovery from the recent back problems he’s been suffering from and sincerely hope he can remain healthy enough to dedicate his time to the life of “service” he has intended to.

Thank you Bill, and best of luck to you.

For whatever reason, kids these days have some sort of apathy when it comes to taking the stickers off of their baseball hats. I don’t know if they just want to leave the door open to potentially returning the hats, or if they think the New Era sticker designers do better work than the New Era hat designers. At any rate, Craig Robinson at Flip Flop Fly Ball has stepped up to the plate to help them out with a set of step-by-step, illustrated instructions.

Hurrah! Now your ballcap is ready to wear without advertising to everyone on the bus that you’ve got a size 7 5/8 head.

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Andddd….we are back.  Last week’s poll results are in, and they are tied with Al Davis and Dan Snyder getting 40% each.  I gotta say Snyder has to be worse, only because his age will allow him to dismantle the ‘Skins for longer.  Now off to the links:

Ladies and Gentelmen, the bar has been set for “what would you do for World Series Tickets“.  I wonder if she offered the undercover a ZJ.  What’s a ZJ? if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.

When i think of the 2010 NBA draft, the scene in Major League where 2 guys at the Diner in Cleveland are reading the spring training invitees comes to mind.

Speaking of the 2010 draft, maybe the Knicks were on to something when they traded away their unprotected 2010 1st rd pick years ago.  What, you don’t remember that? Well lets take a walk down memory lane:

• In 2004 Isaiah Thomas traded Howard Eisley, Antonio McDyess, Charlie Ward, a 2004 draft pick, and a future protected draft pick to the Suns for Penny Hardaway and Stephon Marbury
• A month later, the Jazz traded Keon Clark and Ben Handgloten to the Phoenix Suns for Tom Gugliotta and that Knicks first-round pick.
• Here are the Protections for that pick:  Protected 2006=top 25, 2007=top 24, 2008=top 23, 2009=top 22. Unprotected in 2010.

What does that have to do with the Links of the week? well, i can’t let a Goog’s mention come up without playing a little game of Where’s Googs in this old Nike Poster.

Apparently Andre Agassi used Meth in the 90’s when he dated Brooke Shields.  What i want to know is, did he use the meth to put up with dating her, or did he use it with her.

Redskins, again making news off the field which i guess is better than drawing people’s attention to their play on the field.  Banning signs, that’s getting to be a bit much.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

The NBA season completely crept up on me. I think I was still baffled by the Red Sox quick exit from the playoffs and nervously wondering if Tom Brady would regain his Pro Bowl form. By the way, he has, even though he still can’t throw the long balls to Randy Moss, but those will come, and I digress.

So year two of the Basketball Jesus Rankings are upon us and what better way to kick off the NBA season that to get right to the pre-season rankings. But first, a little refresher. The criteria is simple, each player must do their best to impersonate the most well-rounded player in NBA history, none other than Basketball Jesus himself, The Hick from French Lick, Larry Joe Bird. To do so, the top-ranked players will be the ones that can amass the most points, rebounds and assists. Any combination will do.

The magic number is 45. Any combination of points, rebounds and assists that adds up to 45 per game lands you in an elite club. LeBron came close last season, averaging 43.3 in the 81 games that he played. He always has a chance. So here are the pre-season Basketball Jesus Rankings for the 2009-2010 season with the players totals from last year next to them.
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