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BG would like the Dodgers to take a dive

There’s no positive spin you can put on this.  Going into the season (and even at the All-Star break) Billingsley and Kershaw were the two horses the Dodgers were going to rely on once they reached the Postseason.  Now?  Yikes.  If the season were to end today I believe they’d play Saint Louis in the [...]

Special 9/11 WC Bias Edition: The Madden Curse: Our Best Bet to Kill Osama

Look, weather you believe in magic and hocus pocus or not there is no denying The Madden Curse.  After last night’s snoozer game, The Madden Curse is now officially the scariest thing in the history of the entire world and if I were Larry Fitzgerald I would be hiding like a doomed teenager in the [...]

Am I Ready For Some Football?

Hank: Are you ready?
BG: What’s that Hank?
Hank: I said ARE YOU READY?
BG: Ready for what Hank?
Hank: Blah blah blah blah blah gonna get it kick started blah blah blah blah blah!
So yes, friends–it’s that time again.  That time of the year when we all get together and cheer on our favorites while drinking PBR and [...]

The THAT SUCKS Post

Things were looking pretty good last night at 7:00 pm.  J and I (and his lady friend) were sitting in a packed theater about to enjoy District 9 and according to his Blackberry the Dodgers were enjoying a semi-comfortable 3-0 lead over the D-Backs.  Everything was as it should be.  Flash forward a few hours [...]

Never Say Die (Act 1, Scene 1)

(Interior, Night.  Santa Barbara.  BG is on his cell phone talking with G SLIM.  The Dodger game is on the TV behind him)
GREG: So what percent chance are we giving the Dodgers of making it to the World Series?
BRIAN: (Pauses) Two.  Two percent.  (MATT KEMP comes up as a pinch hitter and strikes out with [...]

Live Music Review: Blind Pilot

We all know that sports are the most important thing in the world but music is a semi-close second.  Sadly, as you are probably well aware based on the music played during SportsCenter highlight mashups and baseball player’s at-bat music, those two ven diagrams rarely coincide.  Saturday night we rolled on down to Muddy Waters [...]

Stop the Internets! Exclusive Ziguana Fantasy Sports Interview!

I know something that you don’t know.  I know, without a doubt, that in my fantasy league Jayson Werth is more valuable than Ryan Howard.  But how?  How can I possibly know such things?  Apples and oranges, right?  What if I could tell you that the most valuable closer on my fantasy team is Andrew [...]

The One Where We Go To a Dodger Game and Manny Doesn’t Play

We were about ten miles out of the Stadium, heading north on the 5 when James Loney chased Andre Ethier home with a single up on the middle, cutting the Marlins’ lead over the Dodgers to 8-6 and bringing the tying run to the plate when Rick Monday said, “This Dodger team has really changed [...]

A Few of Our Favorite Things (and Some That Suck)

Clearly it’s all about wasting our time at work and our friends at The Onion are always available to help out with the wasting.  Seriously, they are like the black hole of time.  This little gem of an article on Derek Jeter got John B, G Slim and myself emailing back and forth about our [...]

Jason Schmidt Picks Up Right Where He Left Off

Like riding a bike, baby.  Raise your hand if you didn’t see this coming:
Top 1st: Cincinnati
- W. Taveras tripled to deep center (almost a HR from a guy who has hit 1 all season)
- J. Hairston Jr. doubled to left, W. Taveras scored  (murderer’s row)
- J. Votto singled to deep right, J. Hairston Jr. [...]