SB Nation User Blog: cougfan

Payback: Griffey Style

cougfan — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:01:49 -0000

We've all probably paid off a bet in pennies at one point or another, but $1,500 in pennies in the players locker is impressive. I wonder what the look on the bank teller's face was.

Fun penny fact of the day: To "spend a penny" in British idiom means to urinate. The etymology of the phrase is literal; some public toilets used to be coin-operated, with a pre-decimal penny being the charge levied.

Bedard's degenerative hip condition

cougfan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:48:29 -0000

Bedard hip analysis

Thanks to THT. Kind of ironic that AJ's worry was a degenerative hip. Did we forget to do a physical on Bedard? Can we have AJ and GS52 back yet?

Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch. Bad hips are a bitch.

Don't be calling AJ "Pac Man"

cougfan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:04:30 -0000

Adam Jones doesn't like the name Pacman

Some Orioles fans tried the nickname PacMan out on Adam Jones during our series and it didn't go over too well. At least he had a sense of humor about it and it sounded like he was joking around with the fans.

This 75 word limit is a pain in the butt.

Your FanPost must be at least 75 words long

My Dog Ate It Baseball Edition

cougfan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:23:19 -0000

Papelbon's dog's new chew toy

Oldest excuse in the book. My dog ate my homework, my dog ate my world series ball. Its all the same