
boyonthedock
Mar 25, 2008 Jun 01, 2012 16 3731
White sox fan first and foremost, followed by my beloved marquette golden eagles. enjoy the bullls and vikes as well. I might make this profile a little more fleshed out later, but I probably won't. no one will read this.
Proud owner of the Milwaukee Alcoholics in BMO
SSS football duel 2010, 2011: regular season champ. 3rd place in playoffs
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Bulls vs. Celtics: Bulls hope to stop Celtics recent mini-resurgence (Game Preview #56)
[Thanks to boyonthedock for the late-but-appreciated-all-the-same game preview. Game Thread at 8:30, though I'm guessing TNT's first game bleeds into the coverage of this one -yfbb]
Bulls vs. Celtics! Rose might play maybe! Celtics aren't dead yet! National TV! Charles Barkley! Excitement! 8:30 on TNT! Celtics Blog! Let's do this! Quickly!
Let's get right into this because I forgot the game was today so this is kind of last minute. The Celtics spent last night losing to the Spurs, which has been a popular NBA past time for quite a few years now. The Bulls just spent it straight chillin' , yo, so they should have that advantage. Celtics have been charging lately, going 7-3 over their last ten, even overtaking the fearsome Sixers for the 4 spot. But is this true resurrection or simply the death rattle shaking through the body before rigor mortis sets in?
Bulls vs Pistons: Remember When These Mattered? (Game Preview #53)
[Thanks to boyonthedock for today's game preview. GameThread up at 7:08 -yfbb]
Did you guys know that everyone in the NBA is basically Hans Url? I wouldn't be surprised if all the players in league agreed to spend at least one week on the DL this year just to stick it to owners a bit for the lockout. We have all been robbed of the chance to watch Ben Gordon tease us like a burlesque dancer with flashes of his former self. Every one of Rodney Stucky's imaginary fans will also be disappointed. Rose has a pack of Camel's chances at an AA meeting to play tonight. RIP has a pack of Camel's chances at a middle school playground. They might smoke 'em, they might all just pussy out. But those AA guys don't mess around. I may or may not be smoking a cigarette while I write this.
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Bulls vs. Nuggets: Both teams limp into Monday 'showdown' (Game Preview #50)
[Thanks to boyonthedock for today's game preview -yfbb]
Denver is currently tied for the 8 seed in the western most of the conferences. The Bulls are the only team that is definitely in the playoffs at this point. I'd have to check the rule book, but I think even if the entire team dies in a poison gas leak, Rasual Butler and friends will be wearing the red jerseys with home court advantage.
We basically have had a gas leak, as our starting guards are out, again. And the Bulls keep winning, again, because Thibodeau gave satan a dynamite hand job in 1997. I mean, if you have been following the Bulls closely this season you have probably noticed that everyone is hurt. Gallinari is out with one of the latest onsets of SIDS in history, pending Guinness approval. Rudy Fernandez will not make his triumphant return to the Bulls court after years of faithful service and a jersey retirement, as he will undergo a bakciotomy to end his season. Something called Kosta Koufous has tennis elbow of the knee. I think everyone in the league is hurt, but it just feels worse for the bulls because thats the team I watch all the time. I keep writing these previews and it is getting a little tiresome having to keep writing about injuries.
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Bulls vs. New York Knicks: Linsanity meets the MVP (Game Preview #44)
[Thanks to boyonthedock for today's game preview. ESPN telecast tonight. Rip, Deng, and CJ are all out. -yfbb]
Lin-sanity comes to Bullsville. Though on the heels of the Knicks 5 game losing streak, it's more of a mild case of Lin-mentia. I remember being so happy when the Knicks would lose, when we had their pick. Those were good times. Carlos Boozer for pick swaps in a couple years? What say you, Knicks front office?
The Knicks were pretty popular with the media for a while there, thanks to a win streak tied to the emerging player who was finally given a chance, Steve Novak. Novak's rain of 3's captured the heart of a nation for a good month or so. He did nothing but make his teammates look better, most notably backup point guard Jeremy Lin. A small controversy erupted about what would happen when assumed franchise savior Carmelo Anthony returned from injury, presumably shifting Novak to the bench. And I'm just going to guess thats why they are losing now. Because Steve Novak, pride of Marquette, maker of two and half 3's per game, and enjoyer of two and a half men reruns, would not let a 5 game losing streak occur with adequate playing time. He just wouldn't.
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Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers: Game Preview #38
[Thanks to boyonthedock for today's game preview. Kyrie Irving is reportedly sick and a game-time decision. Maybe the ol' "Rose flu", knowhatImean? -yfbb]
So the Bulls jet off to The Cleve to take on the team that Lebron James used to be on. This is the two team's first meeting since the Cavs worst home loss in franchise history. And Rose didn't even play! It should be a fun game to watch because the Bulls are one of the two teams competing. I say: Cleveland, Hello!
The Cavs are currently doing just about as good as they have all year recently, going 3-7 in their last ten basketball competitions. Apparently they were the team my man Steve Novak rained all over a couple days ago. They are winning about 2/5 of their games throughout the year, placing them firmly in the eastern conference tier of "Milwaukee and Cleveland." This tier is distinguished by its position between "Media Obsessions That Play .500 Ball" (Boston and New York) and "Terrible, But Not a Special, Historic Brand of Terrible" (Detroit, Toronto, and New Jersey).
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Bulls vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Game Preview #35
[Thanks to boyonthedock for today's game preview. Rose is starting and CJ is out. Game thread up at 7:08 -yfbb]
The Bulls get to face the tattered remains of the Milwaukee Bucks Basketball Squadron tonight at the United Center. I know this because Marquette has a home game at the Bradley Center tonight, and they have made a strong effort in recent years to stop playing NBA and NCAA games simultaneously on the same court.
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Presidential Wrestling League
A Royal rumble between our great nations most electable wrestlers. The rules are as follows:
Two wrestlers in the ring initially, and the remaining participants are introduced in order in 90 second intervals, rather than all beginning at the same time. In addition, to be eliminated, a wrestler must be thrown over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor.
Presidents level of fitness is determined by their tenure as president, not their primes as physical specimens. There will be 2 grover clevelands competing
Entrance order is determined randomly, not by order in which they took office.
The contestants are as follows:
George Washington "Carver" age: 57
move: The Cherry Chopper
John "Alien" Adams age: 62
move: The Boston Massacre
Tom "The Declaration" Jefferson age: 58
move: The Louisiana Purchase
James "Mad Man" Madison age: 58
move: The Embargo
"Gentleman Jim" Monroe age: 59
move: The Monroe Doctrine
John "Q!" adams age: 58
move: Era of Bad Feelings
Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson age:62
move: The Trail of Tears
Martin "The Little Magician" Van Buren age: 55
move: The Barnburner
"Hollywood" William Henry Harrison age: 68
move: The Innaugarater
John "His Ascendency" Tyler age:51
move: The Successor
James "Young Hickory" Polk age: 50
move: The Napolean Stumper, or The Wilmot Proviso
"Ol' Rough and Ready" Zachary Taylor age:65
move: Santa Anna Winds
MIllard "Mallard" Filmore age: 50
move: The Piledriver
Franklin "Dough Face" Pierce age 49
move: The Missouri Compromise
James "The Worst" Buchanon age: 66
move: The Failure to Prevent the Civil War
Abe "Railsplitter" Lincoln age: 52
move: The Emancipation Proclamation
Andrew "The Assassin" Johnson age: 57
move: The Impeachment
Ulysses "The General" Grant age: 47
move: The Reconstruction
Rutherford "Willie Mays" Hayes age: 55
move: The Electoral College
James "Fat Cat" Garfield age:50
move: The Chokeslam
Chester "The Champion" Arthur age: 52
move: The Chester A. Arthritis
Grover Cleveland "Alexander" age: 48
move: The Spitball
Benjamin "Beardy" Harrison age: 56
move: The Soup Saver
Grover "The Great" Cleveland age: 56
move: The Non-consecutive Term, The Cleveland Steamer
William "Mount" Mckinley age: 54
move: The Gold Standard
Teddy "Roughrider" Roosevelt age: 43
move: The Big Stick, or The Trustbuster
William Howard "The Giant" Taft age: 52
move: The Chief Justice, or The Tub Filler
Woodrow "Woody" Wilson age: 57
move: The Fourteen Points
Warren "The G-Man" Harding age: 56
move: The Teapot Dome
"Silent Cal" Coolidge age:51
move: The Attitude Adjustment
2. Herbert "Hard Times" Hoover (h/t Teahenny Penny) age: 54
move: The Great Depression, or The Stock Market Crash
Franklin "Wheels" Roosevelt age: 51
move: The Crippler Crossface
Harry "The Buck Stopper" Truman age: 61
move: The Atomic Bomb, The Habberdasher
DwIght D. "Ike" Eisenhower age: 63
move: The Military-Industrial Suplex
John F. "Dead" Kennedy age: 44
move: Tombstone Piledriver, or the California Uber Alles, or The Government Flu, or The Cuban Missile
Lyndon "The Southern Dandy" Johnson age 55
move: The Senate Majority Whip, or The War on Poverty, or The Tet Offensive
"Tricky Dick" Nixon age: 56
move: The Deep Throat, or The Saturday Night Massacre
Gerald "The Wolverine" Ford age:61
move: The Pardon, or The Pratfall
Jimmy "The Georgia Peanut" Carter age: 53
move: The Gas Crisis, or the Nobel War Prize
Ronald "Jellybean" Reagan age: Fucking 70
move The Great Communicator, or Mourning in America
"Gorgeous" George H. W. Bush age:65
move The Thousand Points of Light
"Slick Willie" Clinton age: 47
move: The Whitewater, or The Definition of 'Is'
George "The Decider" Bush age: 55
move: Mission Accomplished, or The Preztel Face
1. Barack "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Obama age: 48
move: Hope and Change, the Congressional Gridlock, The Terrorist Fist Jab
That took a while. I'll put up a poll after i hear if anyone cares or has better ideas.
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Excellent article on MU defense against ND
Mernagh breaks it down to the nitty gritty, and gives some love to buzz's pressers.
some blogger's ranking of ballparks he's been to
big surprise; doesn't think the cell is that great. bigger surprise: loved comiskey.
Sun-Times 50 Best White Sox of All Time
Some puzzling choices on this list. Dick Allen's 3 year's of service make him #6? No less than 9 members of the 1919 team made the list. But my favorite part is that Jenks, Buehrle, and Pierzynski all have open ended years, but Paul Konerko apparently ended his career with the sox in 2009.
Also, I would like to see Eddie Collins and/or Big Ed Walsh's face on the outfield wall.
Sweaty Freddy starts on Tuesday
gettin' the band back together against the royals
Sheffield injures finger
Sheffield tore a tendon in his ring finger while trying unsuccessfully to stretch a single into a double in the eighth inning.
"He would have not been able to hit if we came around to him in the ninth," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "I don't know how serious it was, but he couldn't bend it."
Sheffield said he would try to play through the injury, but he wouldn't know his status until the swelling subsided.
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