SB Nation User Blog: Garces

RA Dickey teaches Jim Caple the knuckler

Garces — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:08:44 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3298555

Gotta love that accent. Apologies if this has been posted before.

LL Hall of Fame weekend

Garces — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:01:40 -0000

"Hall of Fame Weekend 2008: Hall of Fame Weekend will be held July 25-28 in Cooperstown and feature the induction of BBWAA electee Rich "Goose" Gossage, along with Veterans Committee electees Barney Dreyfuss, Bowie Kuhn, Walter O'Malley, Billy Southworth and Dick Williams. Induction Ceremonies will take place on Sunday, July 27 at the Clark Sports Center, at 1:30 p.m. ET. There is no admission fee for the Induction Ceremony.

Dave Niehaus, the winner of the 2008 Ford C. Frick Award, along with Larry Whiteside, the 2008 J.G. Taylor Spink Award recipient, will also be honored. Additionally, the first Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, named in memory of baseball's great ambassador, will be recognized."

I've never been to Cooperstown, and I figure...what better time to go than to see Niehaus inducted?

Have any of you guys been? I'm really looking forward to cheering on Dave in NY.

A Funyon and Garces Christmas

Garces — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:19:11 -0000

ESPN, baby!

Merry Christmas, all!

300 Character minimum! Merry Christmas, everyone!

Just ordered season tickets!

Garces — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:55:40 -0000

Something I've wanted to do since I was like...5. It's pretty nice being in the club.

My buddy and I are in 315 Row A. You're all welcome to come by for a Drop Top. First game is going to be Utah, it looks like.

Feel free to stop by and visit! I should have asked the guy if this guarantees me a free Sergio bobblehead.

For those going tonight...

Garces — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:39:27 -0000

I was just in the elevator with Chris Bosh and I have two bits of information if you wanna get inside his head:

He was carrying a ton of stuff from NikeTown.
He lost his wallet today, but found it.

SO if you want to throw him off his game, make fun of his new kicks or make some wallet related signs. He won't know what hit him!

Christmas Day game

Garces — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:16:58 -0000

Anyone else going? Runyon and I will be decked out in full Santa gear.

Nationally televised holiday game means we've gotta bring the Rip City attitude!

I'm taking sign suggestions now. Anyone know where I can find a decent Santa suit on the cheap? I could rent one, but I'm planning on spilling beer on myself at some point.

Jacoby mania

Garces — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:09:10 -0000

I'm working on a movie that's shooting in Madras, OR, which is also Jacoby Ellsbury's home town. It's pretty impressive that this place won America a free taco.

I found a "GO JACOBY GO" shirt that I was going to buy for Jeff, but they only had XL.

Please request any Jacoby related merchandise here.

Jacoby set a new consecutive game hitting streak record for Pawtucket on August 24, 2007,[12] besting the mark that had been held by both Dave Stapleton and Dave Berg at 19 consecutive games. His streak ended at 25 games on August 31 with an 0-4 outing.
He finished the Triple A season tied for second in the International League with Darnell McDonald of the Rochester Red Wings in stolen bases at 33, only 1 behind leader Bernie Castro of the Columbus Clippers. It should be noted however, that while Castro has 34 steals in 118 games and McDonald had 33 steals in 134 games, Jacoby reached 33 steals in only 87 games.

OT: Lookout Landing at the workplace

Garces — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:19:17 -0000

Pwned.

http://poststuff5.entensity.net/082007/media.php?media=forums.wmv

Not safe for work (audio).

"First!"

Jered Weaver: Zombie

Garces — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:51:13 -0000

Not only is his arm coming apart, but his face looks like it came right off the coroner's table. I'm kind of terrified by him now.

He hungers for brains and catching some sweet rays.

The timetable below outlines the process of an infected human (give or take several hours, depending on the individual).

Hour 1: Pain and discoloration (brown-purple) of the infected area. Immediate clotting of the wound (provided the infection came from a wound).

Hour 5: Fever (99-103 degrees F), chills, slight dementia, vomiting, acute pain in the joints.

Hour 8: Numbing of extremities and infected area, increased fever (103-106 degrees F), increased dementia, loss of muscular coordination.

Hour 11: Paralysis in the lower body, overall numbness, slowed heart rate.

Hour 16: Coma.

Hour 20: Heart stoppage. Zero brain activity.

Hour 23: Reanimation.

I'd say he's around hour 20.

Major OT: Athlete blogs

Garces — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:28:18 -0000

Does anyone else read Agent 0's blog? Aside from LL, it's pretty much the greatest thing on the internet.

http://www.nba.com/blog/gilbert_arenas.html

Here's my favorite recent post:

I know this is random, but I just want to clear this up for people out there.
There are these things called shark attacks, but there is no such thing as a shark attack. I have never seen a real shark attack.

I know you're making a weird face as you're reading this. OK people, a shark attack is not what we see on TV and what people portray it as.

We're humans. We live on land.

Sharks live in water.

So if you're swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that's called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.

A shark attack is if you're chilling at home, sitting on your couch, and a shark comes in and bites you; now that's a shark attack. Now, if you're chilling in the water, that is called invasion of space. So I have never heard of a shark attack.

When I see on the news where it's like, "There have been 10 shark attacks," I'm like, "Hey, for real?! They're just running around? Sharks are walking now, huh! We live on the land, we don't live underwater."

He's a big sports gamer, too.

PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
Man, I couldn't get it. I stood outside no hours and got nothing. That's when you sit in your room and try to use your celebrityism. I didn't get nothing. I knew I should have called and said I was D-Wade. "Um, hello, this is D-Wade ... This is LeBron ... Can I come over there and get one of them?" Then I would have had one.
I just want to give a shout out to my Halo team, "Final Boss." They came in second in Vegas. All the teams out there, get ready for them next year. We're coming back strong.

His photo captions are great.

Any other good blogs I'm missing? I know Schilling has one, and Greg Oden, but there has to be others...