SB Nation User Blog: colombo259

Sampson up for A$$hole of the Year

colombo259 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:39:18 -0000

Vote David Sampson for A$$hole of the Year.
http://pnyr.big1059.com/pages/ahole.html
That's the link. Let's do this thing.
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Ichthyomancy dissected

colombo259 — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:56:04 -0000

Since dissecting ichthyomancy seems to be the hot new thing to do, I thought I'd give you all a look at how the leader of the pack gets things done.

PLAYER OVERVIEW
I have picked twelve players over the course of this season. Four have been pitchers, and the rest position players. My picks break down like this. Of my 52 points, 23 have come from player selections, so they make up about 44% of my points.

Amezega: 0/1 (0%) Only picked him once, recently, as he had been doing hot.
Borchard: 0/3 (0%) Picked him when he first came to the team, as I liked him. I've wised up since.
Cabrera: 4/20 (20%) Cabrera has proved to be Fool's Gold for me this season- maybe I need to cut back on picking him...
Jacobs: 0/2 (0%) Picked him because I thought he was due earlier this year. Guess not that early.
Johnson: 3/5 (60%) Johnson has proved to be a solid pick for me this year, despite going up against many Cy Young winners and Hall of Famers.
Moehler: 0/1 (0%) Don't know what's up with him. Or me for picking him.
Nolasco: 0/1 (0%) Picked earlier in the year, but think he could be a good pick for down the road.
Olivo: 0/1 (0%) Would have been a better pick lately, as he's heated up along with the Fish.
Ramirez: 4/11 (36%) Hasn't been a bad pick, but hasn't been nearly as strong lately, hence most of these points coming early on.
Uggla: 1/6 (17%) Don't know why I didn't pick him when he was hot; Most of these selection came earlier in the year. Definately a keeper once he returns at full health.
Willingham: 1/3 (33%) Picked early in the year.
Willis: 10/13 (77%) Talk about a stud. Willis has been as solid as solid can be so far this year. I've only forgone picking him twice this year, and that was a mistake.

ATTENDANCE OVERVIEW:
From attendance, I've earned 12 of my 52 points, of about 23% of them. I've hit on 12 of 68 picks, or about 18% of them. Dolphin Stadium has been kinder to me than away game sites. I've earned 7 points there, 58% of my attendance points. The average guess for those games is 12,370. On the road, I've only earned 42% of my points. The average guess for road games I've won is about 33,670.

AAB OVERVIEW:
AAB has been my weakest area, as I've scored only 11 of my 52 points of about 22% of them. Lately, many of the picks I've hit on have been pitching based. Four of my 11 points have come on pitching picks, of 36% of them. Six have come on hitting picks, or about 55%. The final point came on an outcome guess.

So, that's my breakdown. And I'm out of things to say.

Open Thread and Heat-thyomancy: Heat at Mavericks (6/8)

colombo259 — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:39:14 -0000

Today, the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks begin their quest for an NBA title.
This is the first Finals apperance for each team.
Miami has a huge edge in Finals experience; Shaq has taken the trip with both the Lakers and Magic, and has some hardware to show for it. Same with Pat Riley. Gary Payton has two series under his belt, but is of course ringless due to one Michael Jordan and the 2004 Detroit Pistons.
Dirk Nowitzki has manhandled Udonis Haslem this season. Look for him to have a big series while the Heat try to find the best coverage for him.
These games will be determined by the team that controls the tempo. If the Heat can slow the tempo down and play a good half court game, they have a good chance of winning. However, if the Mavericks can run the ball, the Heat will be in trouble.
Another factor? Dwyane Wade's illness:

"Feeling better. Finally trying to get this virus out of me," Wade said, his voice sounding much huskier than usual because of the illness. "It's something that I've got to deal with. Decided to get back out there and get my conditioning going today and a little bit tomorrow, also, before the game." Coverage begins tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Feel free to play around and leave picks ichthyomancy style. A note on attendance- Game five against the Suns saw 20,977 people filling the American Airlines Center.

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Bobbob
Carolina
Colombo	20,950	Shaq	Shaq: Double-double
C60

Cubsfan2883	21,125	Wade	Wade: 20+ pts
Dan
Dex
Double B
Dr F
Eaglephin
Fishfan
Fluxuation
HadMatter
Jscape
Jsprt06
17MarlinS35
MarlinsDraft
Maverick
NULaw
Pete
StrandedX02
Wiggins
Zheke

Have fun with the picks.

Poll

Who wins the series?

Heat in 4

0 votes

Mavs in 4

0 votes

Heat in 5

1 votes

Mavs in 5

1 votes

Heat in 6

2 votes

Mavs in 6

1 votes

Heat in 7

1 votes

Mavs in 7

0 votes

6 votes | Poll has closed

More exciting prom stories!

colombo259 — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:35:36 -0000

Yes, tis that time of year for us younger Fishstripers. The time for approaching attractive young females, for renting tuxedos, for getting so low your legs hurt for days, and, perhaps most importantly, getting rip-roaring drunk. Yes, friends, prom time is here.
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Here I am with my lovely friends Mandi and Ashley pre-prom. My date was off at states, so these two had to suffice.
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Yucking it up for the camera. When he saw this one, jsprt stated, "How does the hot guy always end up in the middle?" Notice the firece young lady on the left- she knows Rosenthal.

Our parents eventually made us venture outside. We're standing by the pool, which we would all soon fall into. Just kidding. Jsprt and I are the ones directly left and right of the middle guy.

Thankfully, they had mercy on us and let us come back in the house to take pictures on the couch. This couch is where jsprt would pass out later in the night, but more on that later.

We crowded on the bus, and then prepared to leave for prom. Unfortunately, this is where the pictures stop. But wiggins has asked about my experience, so I shall share...

As soon as the last parent was off the bus, we got to having ourselves a good time.
We broke out the Hypnotic and Parrot Bay, and started partying on our party bus. The blinds went down, and the music was turned up.
We got to our destination a bit early, so we requested that our driver take us around the block so we could continue to get crunk. En route, I also had some "special" brownies.
We got to prom and... no one was dancing! The people on our limo decided to change that. We got out on the dance floor, and began the night.
It took awhile for my date to arrive from the state track meet, but I have to admit, I liked not being tied down. I got to dance with many more people that way.
Eventually, the brownies kicked in, and it made the whole thing more enjoyable. The dancing remained fun, the food was good, and participating in homecoming court as a member of class council while... altered? An experience.
The prom was winding down a bit, and we decided to leave. We drove back to Gardens, but our bus driver said he didn't want us drinking on the bus anymore. We sent him on a mission to take the people that needed to leave home.
We downed some mixed drinks and did some shots, and waited for the bus driver to return.
He did, and we made our way north to our friends party, which, as jsprt will tell you, was "bumpin."
When we arrived, the host was drunk enough that he fell down in the street coming to greet us. We made our way inside where there was more music, more dancing, and more liquor. I wanted a beer, but alas, I didn't get one.
We stayed for awhile, but had to hightail it back to Gardens before 3:30, when our time with Bill, our bus driver was up.
Once we got back, some of us crashed right away, and some of us debated whether or not to drive back to the party. We decided that we were all too wasted to drive, so we stayed in. I debated on going swimming, and almost jumped in with my friend Amanda, but decided against it. One of our friends Eugene did go for it, however.
As the night got older and dawn approached, Eugene, Amanda and I were the only ones left awake. We spent the night eating, talking, and keeping Eugene from getting even more drunk. We also wrote all over Amanda with dry erase markers.
At about six o'clock, we all decided to go to sleep, thus ending the most entertaining night of our young lives.
The next day, some of us would go to Sunfest to see Lynyrd Skynyrd, but that's another story for another day...

Heat at Bulls: Game 4 (4/30)

colombo259 — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:00:52 -0000

The Heat lead the series 2-1, and they're probably more than a little fired up.
Last game, James Posey was hit with a type 2 flagrant foul for leveling Kirk Hinrich, so he's sitting out today's game.
Antoine Walker and Udonis Haslem also each got hit with technical fouls.
Shaq was limited by foul troubles, and he's promised that he'll rebound for tonight's game. The Bulls look to remain perfect against the Heat on their home court during the playoffs.
Game time is at... now. Late picks are okay today. I got lazy.
Today's starting lineups:

Position	Heat	Bulls
Point Guard	Jason Williams	Ben Gordon
Shooting Guard	Dwyane Wade	Kirk Hinrich
Small Forward	Antoine Walker	Andres Nocioni
Power Forward	Udonis Haslem	Malik Allen
Center	Shaquille O'Neal	Mike Sweetney

Standings after three games are like so.

Name	Ttl Pts	PB
Colombo	3	-
Jsprt	2	1
Fishfan	1	2
Bobbob	1	2

Go ahead and make picks as if was ichthyomancy, except for a basketball game. If you're just starting tonight, I'll get you on the table.

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Bobbob
Colombo	22,500	Wade	Wade 30+ pts
Fishfan
Jsprt06

Heat at Bulls: Game 3 (4/27)

colombo259 — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:55:05 -0000

The Heat are in Chicago tonight to take on the Bulls in this best of 7 series.
Miami handled the Bulls much better last game, with D-Wade dropping 21 points to go with 7 assists and five steals, and Shaq and Jason Williams each had 22 points.
Udonis Haslem has served his one game suspension, so look for him to be back. I don't know if Antoine Walker is still going to be filling in at small forward, but judging by his play, I don't see why Riley would keep him out.
Alonzo Mourning said he doesn't want to rush his return, so don't expect to see him tonight.
Starting lineups shape up like this:

Position	Heat	Bulls
Point Guard	Jason Williams	Ben Gordon
Shooting Guard	Dwyane Wade	Kirk Hinrich
Small Forward	Antoine Walker	Andres Nocioni
Power Forward	Udonis Haslem	Malik Allen
Center	Shaquille O'Neal	Mike Sweetney

The standings after one game are...

Name	Ttl Pts	PB
Colombo	2	-
Bobbob	1	1
Fishfan	1	1
Jsprt06	1

Go ahead and leave picks, comments, and the like. I'll update the table when I get back from the regional track meet. If you're not on the table, don't worry. I'll add you if you make picks.

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Bobbob
Colombo	20,150	Shaq	Shaq: 15+ Rebs
Fishfan
Jsprt06

Have fun!

Bulls at Heat: Game 2 (4/24)

colombo259 — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:09:09 -0000

The Chicago Bulls hope they'll be luckier this time.
After playing the Heat close on Saturday, and taking a 91-87 lead with 8:22 to play, the Bulls collapsed down the stretch.
Second year player Ben Gordon had this to say:

"No moral victories at this point in the season," Gordon said. "We've just got to figure out how to slow them down. I thought in the first half they had way too many fast-break points and in the key moments of the game we had some turnovers that really hurt us."

No word yet on whether Udonis Haslem will be ejected for throwing his mouthpiece at Joe Crawford.

Dwyane Wade seemed to have the Bulls solved in the second half- Flash went off for 14 in the final quarter. He finished with 30 points and 11 assists before he left with cramps.
The Heat improved their post-season against the Bulls to 2-10 with the victory.

Game time is at the Marlins-viewership-killing time of 8 P.M. Tonight's starting lineups break down like this:

Position	Heat	Bulls
Point Guard	Jason Williams	Ben Gordon
Shooting Guard	Dwyane Wade	Kirk Hinrich
Small Forward	Antoine Walker	Andres Nocioni
Power Forward	Udonis Haslem	Malik Allen
Center	Shaquille O'Neal	Mike Sweetney

Leave picks, comments, and the like.

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Bobbob	21098	Wade	Heat never trail
Carolina
Colombo	20,150	Wade	Wade: 30+ points
Dan
Dex
Double B
Dr F
Eaglephin
Fishfan	22222	Wade	Haslem susp. on ESPN- 2 gms
Fluxuation
Hadmatter
Jscape
Jsprt06	21,000	Shaq	Shaq: 3D
Maverick
NULaw
StrandedX02
Wiggins
Zheke

Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat (Game 1)

colombo259 — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:02:18 -0000

Well, it's late in the first half, and the Bulls are sticking with the Heat. They've shut D-Wade down, Shaq is doing alright, and Udonis has been ejected.

This game is on three networks down here in South Florida. ESPN and Sun Sports are showing the same thing, while ESPN2 has some cool "Above the Rim" coverage.
Haslem threw his mouth piece on the ground near Joe Crawford (possibly the biggest a-hole ref in the NBA) and he got T'd up and ejected. Not cool. I'm not mad at Haslem. I would've done the same thing. He got screwed over with the no call.
Anyways, The Heat are going on a little run. Leave comments, make some picks, maybe I'll keep track of things ichthyomancy style. If you're gonna do that, let's go for second half PoG right now. You know how it works though.

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Bobbob
Carolina
Colombo	22,000	Shaq	2+ oops to Wade
Dan
Dex
Double B
Dr F
Eaglephin
Fishfan
Fluxuation
Hadmatter
Jscape
Jsprt06
Maverick
NULaw
StrandedX02
Wiggins
Zheke

Opening Day at JRS

colombo259 — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:18:23 -0000

On Tuesday, Jsprt06 and I decided to head down to Dolphin Stadium to support our favorite team on Opening Day.
The decision was spur of the moment, as all our expeditions to Marlins games are. The conversation went something like this...
Colombo: "Dude, Opening Day tomorrow?"
Jsprt: "What about it?"
Colombo: "Wanna go?"
Jsprt: "Hell yeah. Don't you have a track meet?"
Colombo: "Yeah, I don't care. It's a stupid B.S. meet. I'll support my baseball team over my track team."
Followed by trying to find the best seats for cheap.

Jsprt and I arrive outside the stadium. As you can see, Jsprt is excited to get in there and see our new, biggest in the pros H.D. screen. I mean the Marlins.

I snapped a picture of some relievers. That's all the attention I paid to them all game.

The stadium looked pretty packed.

I was kind of worried that my ichthyomancy pick would be too low.

Jsprt said annoucnced attendance would be 34,000 or so. I said 35,000.
Here, you can also see the players taking the field. Mainly Jeremy Hermida coming out to our sweet right field seats.

As the game started, everyone got behind Sergio Mitre as he made short work of the Padres in the first.

Even though we got an L, Jsprt and I still had a good time at Opening Day. Plus we got those sweet visors.

GO MARLINS!

Wikipedia- friend of Marlins fans

colombo259 — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:51:42 -0000

I was checking out wikipedia earlier, and out of curiosity typed in Jeremy Hermida's name.

I wasn't expecting anything to pop up. In fact, I was hopeful that I might be the first to write about this man and his phenominal debut in the bigs. But alas, when I typed in his name, up popped this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hermida
Yes, someone beat me to the punch. I could be wrong, seeing as that was a great first AB and anyone watching ESPN coulda gone on the site and written that, but I'm assuming that it was someone here on fishstripes who wrote that.
Cheers to Hermida.