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I’m not a huge soccer fan but I decided to watch this game today. I enjoyed the entire first half before heading into the office. El Doctor was kind enough to keep me updated during the day via AIM.

He was so excited about the shootout that I decided to look for it as soon as I came home, and here it is:

Goal of the week according to Gol TV was Osvaldo’s 75th minute goal for Fiorentina against Torino, sealing 4th place in Serie A and a CL place over AC Milan. You know I’m no AC Milan fan, especially since I will be weeping on my Ronaldinho pillowcase as he is shipped over to them.
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The Giambino…well…I’ll just let the NY Post tell you:

May 16, 2008 –

Baseball players are legendary for their superstitions, but Jason Giambi’s technique for snapping a batting slump may rank among the strangest : He puts on a gold lame, tiger-striped thong.

“I only put it on when I’m desperate to get out of a big slump,” he told Portfolio.com.

Giambi has shared his slump-breaker with other Yankees New York Yankees , including Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon Johnny Damon , Robin Ventura and Robinson Cano.

“All of them wore it and got hits,” he said. “The thong works every time.”

Clearly, Giambi could use a little help from the golden thong about now. As the Yankees continue to sputter heading into their Subway Series against the equally sluggish Mets New York Mets , Giambi is hitting .188.

But Giambi, in the final season of a seven-year, $120 million contract, said he doesn’t listen to booing by the crowds at Yankee Stadium.

“I never hear the boos because I’m too busy booing myself,” he told Portfolio.com. “No critic is worse on me than me. I can beat myself up pretty good.”

This weekend gives us our first taste of interleague baseball around the country. For many teams this games against their, somewhat forced, “rivals”. ESPN often focuses on the Yankees and Mets Subway Series, typically because at least one of these teams are one of the best in the league. And, as my friends from non-NY, non-Boston areas often point out, there is a perceived media biased for these teams so these games are forced down the nations throat. New Yorkers might also be considered slightly ego-centric and under the impression the world revolves around the tri-state area. This year however finds both the Mets and Yanks generally being disappointments. As a Met fan I can tell you I really don’t care about this series against the Yanks. The Yankees just lost 2 of 3 to the DRays and are a general disappointment while the Mets just lost 3 of 4 to the Nats at home. The Mets need the wins and so do the Yanks but I, and many of my fellow Mets fans, don’t seem to give a shit about the opponent and there is a real lack of buzz. This got me to thinking, if the Subway Series is relatively dull this year, what interleague series this weekend are actually interesting? Continue Reading »

Alex Rodriguez continues to demonstrate why he is not a cool person. At least he seems uncool. Perhaps in person he is a really nice dude. But if one of my friends passed out like a woman from 1830 you can rest assured I’d be busting his balls about it.

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I don’t know why or how but I came across the San Jose v. Dallas Game 6 about mid way through the 3rd period tied at 1. As I type this it is intermission…after the 3rd OT. I can’t express how little I care about this game. Yet I’m committed and I can’t not watch this through to the end now. It’s like holding onto those top two pair when there is a flush on the board. You know you are beat but you hold on just because you are pot committed and can’t let it go.

The San Jose keeper, apparently named Evgeni Nabokov, made one of the best saves I’ve ever seen in OT 1. Or 2. I don’t fuckin know…2 hours ago. All I know is that the hated Rangers were eliminated from the playoffs and by the time this game ends they will be half way through their training camp of failure for next season.

Stumbled on this today, thought it would bring back some of us to the good old day when Topps had bubble gum sticks in them. Should have sold my Billy Ripken Fleer error card years ago! I wonder how much my Dale Murphy reverse negative is worth?

http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=276&p=1