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Who Has Bullpen Problems?
Well so much for having bullpen problems. It's Beckett, Lester and Dice K for 6 or 7, then onto to Masterson for an inning or so and then onto Papelbon to close. Easy. Cue the Duckboats. (again) And for anybody who says it's to early to tell whether the Masterson project will work I say bullshit. If you're a good starter you'll automatically be a good reliever. It's just that nobody except the Red Sox have the depth to pull a quality starter out of the rotation like they just did. But as a rule good starters can pitch anywhere. They're just too valuable to go into the bull pen for middle relief.
I hate Craig Hansen.
That is all.
Only Kenji johjima sucking a big fat dong saved that game for you guys. I wouldn't get too excited about sweeping the worst team in the A.L.
Obviously you're excited enough to post on a Red Sox message board but I wouldn't expect anything less from a Yankees "fan". I am enjoying this reversal of fortune. Yankees rotation is a fucking joke.
Not really fitzy, but thanks for playing.
Can't help coming here, this site is freaking funny. You'll have to blame the Boston fan who showed me it.
Fitzy,
As a Yankee fan I am admitting that the Red Sox have a better rotation. But until the last six games the Yankee offense has been terrible overall. Yet they now have a 41-10 record when having a lead in the game. Who is holding the teams down and keeping them in the lead?? The joke of a rotation and bullpen that we have.
Masterson can't do any worse than Hansen or Delcarmen, but let's recognize that Yankee middle relief has been ridiculous (Ramirez 9 2/3 innings without a hit, Farnsworth last 9 innings without a hit) and Rivera is still perfect in the pen. Someone needs to at least acknowledge that the Yankee pitching has overachieved in many capacities (Mussina, Ponson, bullpen).
Lastly, I hate Boston, but I love this fuckin website. It makes me laugh, and the Pres posts the hottest girls and funniest vids around. So that's why I am here before I am accused of being a Yankee lurker with no life (which I may get accused of anyways)
Amen BuckyBoone!
Gonna be a fucking sick series this weekend!
BuckyBoone
You summed it up nicely...... with my edits below
Lastly, I hate NY, but I love this fuckin website. It makes me laugh, and the Pres posts the hottest girls and funniest vids around. So that's why I am here before I am accused of being a Sox lurker with no life (and I may get accused of paranoia but the damn Yanks just wont go away...screw the Rays)
Cant wait for this weekend's series.
Bucky,
lets play.
Okajima hasnt given up a run since June 23
Papelbon is still Papelbon and has 30 saves
Really aside from Hansen (5.14 era) and Delcarmen (4.50 era) the Sox bullpen has been solid.
The other pen members are:
Papelbon - 2.23 era
Okajima - 2.72 era
Aardsma - 2.25 era
Lopez - 2.87 era
^^^thats pretty damn good and not counting Masterson.
And the Yankees arent hitting because they have too many over the hill players and the league adjusted to their young hitters who havent coped with it yet.
Posada, Cano, Giambi, Cabrera, Betemit and Molina are all not hitting a thing.
And for some fun lets compare team ERA, team BA, team runs and team run differential (4 major indicators of how good a team is)
ERA
boston - 3.78
nyy - 4.00
BA
boston - .280 (best in baseball)
nyy - .269
RUNS
boston - 517
nyy - 474
DIFFERENTIAL
boston - +96
nyy - +50
And this has all been WITHOUT David Ortiz
You feel that sting NY, huh? Thats just pride fucking with you.
Jkat.. haha awesome edits.
Belichick... Cant argue with some of the numbers there man. All that and somehow we are still are in the hunt. Amazing. You may want to cut Cano off that list because he may win Player of the Month and you may want to check the Sox record with Ortiz and without.
Good luck this weekend everyone!
Great stats Belichick, the numbers don't lie. The Sox are the new team to beat in the AL East year after year Yankee fans, your reign is over.
Is everyone forgetting about the mighty Rays? Wait is that even a team? I can never remember
And while I have the floor I would also like to add that as soon as I saw the Fitchburg State twins I had to rip the right pocket out of my khakis so I could get at myself right in my cubical. I plan on wearing those pants for the next couple of weeks.
You feel that sting NY, huh? Thats just pride fucking with you.
— Belichick4President, Jul 23 2008, 9:44 pm
A few notes on your post:
-Cano is hitting .328 since June 1st.
-Despite a low average, Giambi's OPS is .932, which matches Manny Ramirez
-Okajima hasn't been charged with a run since June 23, but he has let a boatload of inherited runners score.
-Kyle Farnsworth hasn't allowed a run since June 22, and has a 2.21 ERA since early June.
-The rest of the Yankee relievers:
Mariano Rivera - 24/24 saves, 1.22 ERA
David Robertson - 11.1 IP, 14 K's, 1.59 ERA
Edwar Ramirez - 36.1 IP, 43 K's, 2.48 ERA
Dan Giese - 24.1 IP, 2.59 ERA
Jose Veras - 33.1 IP, 31 K's, 2.97 ERA
Your bullpen advantage really isn't what you think it is. And if you want to use an injured Ortiz as an excuse, I'll point out that Matsui, Posada and A-Rod have missed a combined 102 games this season.
And despite all the numbers you posted, the Red Sox hold a whopping 2-game lead in the loss column. Should be an interesting weekend.
Only Kenji johjima sucking a big fat dong saved that game for you guys. I wouldn't get too excited about sweeping the worst team in the A.L.
— 26to7, Jul 23 2008, 9:16
I guess I have to wait to get excited over beating an Oakland team that traded their two best pitchers and a Minnesota team that has cleary been playing over the heads. Have you ever heard of any of the six pitchers that those two teams threw against the Yankees this past week?
"you may want to check the Sox record with Ortiz and without."
— BuckyBoone, Jul 23 2008, 9:51 pm
Maybe I'm misreading, but it seems like you are suggesting that the Sox are doing better without Ortiz? The Sox are 32-22 with Ortiz in the lineup (about a .593 winning %) and 28-21 with him out of the lineup (.571 winning %). They've also scored 274 runs over those 54 games he played (5.07 per game) and 237 in the 49 games without him (4.84 per game)
I will give you Duscherer beating him 2-1 was a nice win.
thats it, wet your pants over a reliever with all of 11 innings pitched. Oh look, Masterson has a 0.00 era as a reliever in 2 innings, lets open the doors to Cooperstown now!
I NEVER called the Sox bullpen an advantage, is it a requirement in NY to not possess reading comprehension? ALL I pointed out was 2 relievers aside, the Sox bullpen is not nearly as weak as it is perceived.
And since when does the better team make excuses?! All I said was that it was without Ortiz, please show me where I made ANY kind of excuse.
And Im sure you're really hurting for without that awesome .265 avg from Jorge, huh?
Matsui and Jorge together are about half as important to the Yanks as Ortiz is to the Red Sox.
Since June 1, Pedroia is hitting .397 so whats your point with Cano (by the way, pretty sad when hitting .328 for a month brings your average all the way up to .265)
and can a team dumpster dive worse than the Yankees did signing Ponson and Sexson? Did we suddenly go back in time to 2001 or something?
and the Yankees are 3 games back despite playing 8 more home games than Boston.
And another thing, look how much easier the Yanks interleague sched was:
Yankees: Mets, Houston, SD, Cincy, Pitt (winning % of .462)
Sox: Brewers, Cincy, Philly, Cards, DBacks, Houston (winning % of .517)
So the Sox interleague opponents had a winning % that was .055 higher than the Yankees
#1.Ortiz is coming back, unlike the yankee DH club that might not play another game in posada/matsui. This is why ortiz is relevant and those guys might not be
#2.Run Differential, the #1 stat in determining who is a better team
#3.Team OBP the stat that directly correlates to runs scored, Sox are #1 in the MLB, Yanks are #6
4.Mariano is perfect? 24-24? Way to select your stats. I guess his 4-3 record and the run he allowed against oakland aren't figured in to blown saves, so he is still perfect? I guess you learned stats from the Yankee stadium scoreboard, where they like to tell you Giambi is 12 for his last 20 in day games after a loss after a rain delay against right-handed pitchers originally drafted by the Mariners
Bottom line- we moved a starter you would love to have into the bullpen and you guys are psyched about Sidney Ponson's performances.
i just quickly read the other posts so im not positive, but am i the first person to mention to el prez about Curt Schilling's aweful attempt at trying to be a closer and Derek Lowe was atrocious as a closer but was a decent starter
I thought Lester was the one with cancer...
Didn't Lowe save 40 plus one year? I thought only Lowe, Eck and Smoltz are the only guys to win 20 and save 40. Also Schilling was coming back from being injured and they had no one else because Foulke sucked so bad. I like Masterson in the pen. I thought they should have made the move much earlier in the season. I liked the job Chris Smith did as well. I think he could help in the future as well.
thats it, wet your pants over a reliever with all of 11 innings pitched. Oh look, Masterson has a 0.00 era as a reliever in 2 innings, lets open the doors to Cooperstown now!
— Belichick4President, Jul 23 2008, 10:43 pm
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the subject of this very post how Justin Masterson as a 7th inning bridge guarantees another Red Sox championship? Who's wetting their pants here?
My point with Cano is that he is hitting, and is a career .334 hitter after the All-Star break. If you think he's going to be at .265 for long, good luck to you.
Suggesting that Matsui and Posada aren't half as important as Ortiz is ludicrous. The Red Sox have replaced Ortiz by putting Coco Crisp (career OPS+ 93) in CF and moving Ellsbury to LF while DH'ing Manny, which helps their defense.
The Yankees have replaced Posada with Jose Molina (career OPS+ 62) and Matsui's absence has forced Betemit and Brett Gardner to get regular ABs.
You can't expect to be taken seriously if you think missing two key pieces in the middle of the order isn't worth half of Ortiz. Be fair.
You're taking El Pres seriously!?!
Good lord just leave now and spare yourself.
lowe had about 5 or 6 blown saves every year, long story short he lost the closer role to Ugueth Urbina... case closed
Phil,
He did have 40 saves in a year. In 1999 he was 6-3 in 74 games with 15 saves in 20 opportunities over 109 1/3 innings and a 2.63 ERA (not great save %, but a decent record at least). In 2000 he was 4-4 in 74 games with 42 saves in 47 opportunities and had a 2.56 ERA. Last year as a closer was 2001 when he was 5-10 with a 3.53 ERA and 24 saves in 30 opportunities. We've been spoiled by Papelbon's success lately so comparatively speaking Lowe was nothing special, but he still wasn't "atrocious".
Banner,
It's misleading to say that he blew 5 or 6 saves every year without saying how many opportunities he had. Yes he blew 5 saves his first year as a closer and only saved 75% of his games, but he blew 5 saves the next year and saved 90% of his games.
I don't mean to be a buzz kill here for either side, but the Rays are still in 1st. Just sayin'
"ERA
boston - 3.78
nyy - 4.00
BA
boston - .280 (best in baseball)
nyy - .269
RUNS
boston - 517
nyy - 474
DIFFERENTIAL
boston - +96
nyy - +50"
These numbers are so close it's a washout. The difference between a .280 batting average and a .269 is small. Even smaller considering the differential numbers for both teams. All it tells you is that the sox are pouring it on a little more when they're ahead while the yankees are relying on their relief pitching a little more to lock it down.
All that matters now is that the Yankees are 3 games behind the red sox with a ton of baseball to play. And the Red Sox just a) looked like crap against a good team and b) looked like crap against the worst team in mlb but managed to sweep because the mariners offense is worse than some triple a teams. The seattle mariners offense was embarassing and their at-bats were bush league. they had no patience, didn't work counts, swung at a ton of bad pitches. generally made it easy for the sox.
Yanks take 2 out of 3 this weekend at the minimum.
fenways gonna be all over joba on friday
should be fun
all i gotta say is that our dunkin donuts pitchman is better than your dunkin donuts pitchman.
Thanks Bob for looking that I up. I was too lazy last night to do it.
Banner to call Lowe an atrocious closer is ludicous. He may not have been as good as Rivera but he was an all-star closer and they converted him into a starter who was better than decent. He won 20, 17 and 14 and without him the Sox do not win the series in 04 or the ALDS in 03. Remember that sick pitch he froze Terrance Long to end the ALDS? He may be a drunk and a skirt chaser but does that make him a bad guy? Case closed you have no idea what you are talking about.
Dear Yankees Fans,
Please continue to expect the same overachieving performances from Mike Mussina and Sidney Ponson. I'm sure their age, and lack of talent won't ever catch up to them as the season has a full 1/3 left and then some.
Sox fans know what you're doing, we did the same with John Burkett for a few years as well.
Sincerely,
PN
you know i was really hoping before last night that we could have traded Buckholds to Co for a middle guy.. a boy can still dream though
"If you're a good starter you'll automatically be a good reliever."
Probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
You cant be serious saying lowe was better than decent... every time lowe started it gave the same feeling as wakefield starting, you can get a solid 7 or 8 innings of shutout ball or 1-2 runs, but he could also go 5 innings and let everyone score who reaches base.....if you remember correctly he had a 3-2 count with the bases loaded to get in that situation to give long that pitch when it should have been an easy save
Sorry PatriotsNation, but Mussina isn't just getting by on luck. He's a pretty good pitcher. Rasner and Ponson, however, should come back to Earth.
Why would you want to trade Buchholz (the proper spelling, by the way), for a middle reliever? I'm assuming you're talking about Fuentes, who will be a free agent after the year. Giving up on a potential ace of the rotation who is under the teams control for many more seasons for a 1/2 season of a middle reliever (we'd get maybe 40 innings from the guy) is incredibly stupid and you will not see Theo making a move like that.
Banner17- Are u fucking kidding me? Lowe relieved, I believe, Williamson that inning, of Game 5, because he couldnt get the job done, just like you in the bedroom.
Lowe won the biggest game in postseason history in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium in total Domination. He is a big game pitcher.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about, you no-nothing moron. Stick to twinkies and Dungeons and Dragons, u faggot.
All it tells you is that the sox are pouring it on a little more when they're ahead while the yankees are relying on their relief pitching a little more to lock it down.
-SKC
Yankees have won 26 games by 4 or more runs. Sox have won 24 games by 4 or more runs. Typical Yankee fan, just say shit and not actually know what they are talking about.The Sox avg 5.02 runs per game and give up 4.09 runs per game. The Yankees score 4.69 rpg and allow 4.20 rpg. Yankee production will go up though, we can't expect Jeter and Cano to suck for a whole year.
what happens to drew when ortiz come back? he'll most likely suffer from not hitting in front of manny......
and please, if you don't understand baseball or baseball statistics please don't post some argument that makes no sense. a .11 difference in batting average means nothing. and did someone say that cano isn't hitting???? the guy is playing great. don't let hatred of the yankees mislead you. the yankees are a good team and have the talent to win the division.
Wow, all we had to do was finally get into an intelligent sports discussion and fuckwits like Chav and PBB go away?
Cool. Cros said it best a week or so ago, blog island needs an enema.
I do still expect derekio to make some assinine 18-1 baby, Tyree!!! comment on another totally unrelated blog though.
Staying on topic, I'm the biggest Sox homer there is and I can't believe anyone really thinks the Yanks are going away. They always find a way boys. This weekend's big, gonna be fun.
Banner - Check your facts - milflover is right. Williamson came in and threw 8 balls to start the inning. Lowe relieved him, gave up a sac. bunt, then walked a guy before striking out two in a row to close it out. Then he won the clinching game 7 against NY on 2 days rest with 6 innings of 1-hit ball. He's earned a free pass for life here - lay off him.
Phil Plantier rules!
"5 or 6 blown saves every year"
Banner, 5 or 6 blown over a 162 game season on a team that WINS or is leading alot of their games isn't really that bad. Not everyone is juiced up like Eric Gagne was....
As usual Papelbum got in trouble, and was bailed out by bad management. If Seattle just laid down a suicide with 1st and 3rd and 1 out the game is over and Papelbum blows another game. Yankees will sweep this weekend. By the way Ramirez and Farnsworth have both pitched no hitters.
3 games are not enough to either judge the bullpen one way or the other...3 games do not make bullpen problems nor do 3 games solve bullpen problems...judge the bullpen up to now on the entirety of the season.
yeah, just lay down a suicide squeeze...fucking morons on this website today.
'Yankees will sweep this weekend'
georgesteele, Jul 24 2008, 9:24 am
So much for my 'intelligent' sports discussion comment from earlier.
Is it just me or does the new cover model look like paris hilton if paris hilton were a man......didn't to say it because her bio makes her sound pretty cool
I love it, an actual baseball discussion, with stats and everything. No "yankees fans are classless" or "boston is racist" shit.
Maybe its just too early and I haven't had my coffee, but without one team in first, I can't figure out how the standings will be affected by a 2-1 split this weekend.....Fucking rRys, go away!!!
i dont get it...get the duckboats ready?? really?? based on a good relief appearance?? unreal...
Sox are too strong at home. I'm feeling at least two out of three. I definitely think it will be Sox and Yanks making the playoffs...the Rays will fold soon.
Anyway, does anyone else get the same feeling when Craig Hansen is on the mound that you got in the playoffs everytime Tony Allen walked over to the scorers table.
bgfm03, more like when Cassell checked in, you know he might do something good but he's definitley gonna do something awful. You just hope it swings in the right direction.
Masterson looks like a young James "Ragin' Cajun" Carville
haha true.
its pretty clear yankee fans envy the red sox winning ways and this website! otherwise all you grease balls wouldnt be commenting on here like you know shit about Boston or its fucking fan base. I couldnt even tell you where to go without google to find info on the yankees other then box scores and stats..we cover the yankees a little bit on this site but its mostly how arod is a fuckin diddler. To tell you the truth i hope becket throws one 96 behind arods ear and then jobs gets a line drive by youk right off his fat face. should be a real friendly fenway this weekend.
Objective analysis here...
The Red Sox lead the Yankees in every offensive and defensive category. Red Sox are 1st in Avg and OBP, while the Yanks are 4th and 6th respectively. As for pitching, the Sox are 3rd in BAA and 4th in ERA while the Yanks are 7th in both.
The most telling stat of all for you Yankee homers is this one:
Sox record at Fenway - 36-11
Yanks record on the road - 23-23
Which one of you Yankee douchebags wants to bet on a sweep?
all those who say a .11 makes no big difference in season batting average is a moron. The average team has upwards of 4000 at bats. This turns out to be 440 more hits over the course of the season or about 2.5+ hits/game. but you are right, that isn't that much of a difference.
too bad it is a .011 difference... im the man
Sox have the best prospects in baseball. The rays and yanks are right there. I do not think the yankees GM willmake big trades even with there current injuries. NY will not raid there current prospects at this time. TB and NY will be a threat for the next five years as long as they do not trade prospects. GO SOX
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Barstool Local Smokeshow of the Day (Tehillah)
Introducing Tehillah from UMass. You got to have some serious balls as parents to name your newborn Tehillah. You’re basically saying you are 100% positive that she’s going to be hot. Because I don’t even think you can exist with a name like that and be ugly. And I know it doesn’t make any sense but this name makes her about 100 times hotter than she already is.
Do people understand how Smokeshow of the Day exists? We need your nominations to keep this running. Send them all to randomthoughts@barstoolsports.com. And you didn’t hear it from me but I was at a meeting today for our first ever Smokeshow Party. Needless to say it will be coming fairly soon and it’s a no brainer that this will be our most popular event ever. We plan on actually having real tickets to get in. And you know what the best way to ensure that you get a ticket? By having a smokeshow that you nominated be featured on the Stool. Oh wait I forgot. All the people who complain and bash the girls would piss themselves if they ever saw them in person anyway. Nevermind.
Breaking News: The First Lady Has Been Evacuated For A Tornado Warning!
The First Lady just called me and told me she is being evacuated into the basement of her office for a tornado warning and then hung up on me. I could hear a bunch of yelling and screaming in the background. Keep in mind she works in Plymouth. So here is my question. Did she sneaky just get abducted? Is she cheating on me? Or is there really a tornado in Plymouth and should I be worried? Any help would be appreciated.
PS - The Barstool Girls better hope I don't become single!
Reader Email: Nomination For Douchebag of the Week
Reader Email
El Presidente,
I have started to read the Stool over the past couple of months, and have become a big fan. There was an article a couple of months ago for Douchebag of the week about a douche from a men's soccer league. Well I have one from a slow pitch softball league that my wife is in. My wife came home the other night pretty pissed off about this e-mail. She has been on the team since last year, and has not missed any games. She is a pretty steady player, and has said that the league wasn't too competitive and was just to have fun. Her and a couple of other people are the ones that this e-mail will impact about not playing. Also keep in mind this douche is a pretty shitty player, and apparently drives 70 miles for each game. That should say how sucky he really is that he could not find a league closer to home. I want to know what people think about this one. If this was a real competitive league my wife wouldn't give a shit about not playing, but I have been to a game and saw that is was a rec league at best. Let me know if I am overreacting, but this guy seems like a super douche to me. I mean batting practice, come on. Again, big fan of the stool.
Mike
Subject
Playoffs
As everyone knows last Wednesday was a complete disaster and for all intents and purposes we have not played a good game in weeks. The challenges are obvious and if you're not seeing them, you aren't paying attention to this team. Since the second half of the season we have tried to play everyone and keep people interested while evaluating who is getting more comfortable and who can best help the team.
As the playoffs start next week, I am tasked with the unenviable job of putting a line up together, making team decisions which could hurt friends feeling and subsequently splinter what has been a great group of people for the last couple years. While this part of the job is a challenge for me, I don't drive 70 miles round trip just to have terrible service and marginal food in Lawrence twice a week. I do it to win softball games and compete as hard as I can, clearly you feel the same way otherwise you wouldn't subject yourself to this long season of "ups and downs".
So what does all of this mean? Essentially we (Leslie, Tom and myself) have decided that starting Wednesday and moving forward we're going to play 9 fielders and bat 3 women in the line up. The entire length of the line up will depend on injuries but right now this is what we're thinking.
BTW- this should not surprise anyone, if it does feel free to speak with me tonight or anytime on the phone.
Sara - 4
Joan- 7
John - 3
Tom- 9
Jason- 8
Leslie -1
Ben- 6
Keith - DH
Jose- 5
Krista/Tawnya- 2
There is a chance that we'll go back to the 10 fielder and in that case we would move Sara to RT or short fielder and insert Dave K in at second base. Also, if I can't play first base we'll include Everett into the line up as well.
Based on how everyone is playing at this point we feel this line up give us the best opportunity to win games against very good competition. Do I think we'll win the championship with this group? I don't know but I know we won't batting 14 and having three 1-2-3 innings because people scuffling at the plate. All I can say is things happen in softball and we'll need everyone at some point so I hope even if you don't agree with our decision you'll support the team for the next couple weeks!
If this e-mail has upset you and you don't want to attend tonight's BP or Wednesday's game that is your decision- either way let me know via e-mail so we can plan accordingly.
Thanks,
John M.
This may be my favorite letter of all-time. Sure you can make fun of this guy all you want, but when you’re right you’re right. Let me ask you this. Would you want to make the 70 mile trip to Lawrence (AKA Heartland of MA) every week just to get your face kicked in and eat the marginal local cuisine? It’s time to stop being nice. Everybody knows you can’t bat 14 guys and expect to win the title. It doesn’t work in Tee Ball. It doesn’t work in Little League. It doesn’t work in the major leagues and it certainly won’t work in rec league softball. So I say kudos to this guy for trying to take the bull by the horns and manage his way to the title. I just hope he is making the right decision by having two chicks as his table setters at the top of his line up. If that blows up in his face he’ll be 2nd guessed on every talk show in the country.
PS – Maybe my favorite part of this email was the fact that the guy listed the positions by numbers as opposed to CF, LF, 1B etc. That’s the mark of somebody who did their book their entire life while the good players were in the field.
Double PS – I’ve never heard of a wife playing in a coed softball league without the husband before. While I appreciate the email I’d be stunned if she wasn’t hooking up with somebody on the team. I mean what other explanation could there be?
Triple PS - If you haven't read Softball Dude yet I highly recommend it.
Natalie Portman Is Fucked In the Head
So you want to know what happens when hot chicks start dating dudes like this?
Well for starters dogs start pissing on you every chance they get.
And then you go from starring in Hollywood movies to starring in this shit. That's why hot chicks should only date athletes and smut publishers. Anything else fucks them in the head.
Theo's and Eddie Vedder Together At Last
Is there any doubt that Theo broke out the guitar in his bedroom last night and beat off to himself playing Pearl Jam? I mean you could almost see his erection through the TV when he was sitting next to Eddie Vedder. Nobody loves Pearl Jam more than Theo Epstein. Nobody, except maybe my buddy Nolan.
Kid Breaks His Neck Trying To Do A Fancy Keg Stand
That's what you get for showing off. The best part of this video is that this kid is definitely paralyzed. I mean there is no way you land on your head like that and ever walk again.
Air Guitarist Loses Toe...Keeps On Air Guitaring
DailyNews.com - The winner of the U.S. Air Guitar regional competition in Brooklyn rocked so hard during a daredevil performance that doctors had to amputate a toe she broke during the gig. Taryn Kapronica - who goes by the stage name Bettie B. Goode - slammed into a metal chair 15 feet above a confused Williamsburg audience just seconds into her July 9 performance of Scorpion's "Rock You Like a Hurricane." "My foot got caught in the chair leg, and as I fell over the chair, my toe was dislocated and basically all the tissue was totally ripped off," explained Kapronica, 27. "By the time I hit the ground and looked down, my toe was pretty much gone and just hanging from a thread." And suddenly, the Long Island City, Queens, resident who works in a local event space became a guitar hero. As a crowd of more than 200 audience members watched in horror, mouths agape and eyes wide open, Kapronica - clad in leopard-print rocker gear - kept right on rockin'. She performed for 50 seconds longer while blood dripped across the stage. "I could feel the blood trickle down my foot and between my toes, but I refused to look down at it," said Kapronica. "I just kept on air guitaring." Fellow competitor Tom Corsillo - who performs under the nom de rock Mitt Umlaut - said Kapronica's gutsy performance is already the stuff of legend. "In those 60 seconds, she solidified her place in air guitar lore, and really became a hero to a lot of people," Corsillo said.
See this is the beauty of sports. Whether it be Jon Lester pitching a no hitter after battling cancer, Tiger Woods winning the US Open with a torn ACL or Derek Redmond pulling a hamstring in the Olympics and having his father came out of the stands to help him finish, you just never know when true greatness will emerge. And nothing proves this point more than Bettie B Goode’s performance at the Air Guitar Regionals. This is one of those transcendent events that nobody in attendance will soon forget. Sure anybody can play air guitar when healthy. But how many people would have“kept on air guitaring” after a horrific metal chair accident left them with 9 toes, blood gushing everywhere and 60 seconds still left in the song? The answer is nobody except Bettie B. Goode who will now rightfully live on in Air Guitar folklore forever. Somewhere Ronnie Lott is smiling.
Rhode Island Man Breaks Record With .491 Breathalyzer Test
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level allegedly was .491 -- more than six times the legal limit -- which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Stanley Kobierowski, 34, of North Providence, was arrested after he drove into a highway message board on Interstate 95 in Providence, Maj. Steven O'Donnell said. A Breathalyzer test showed Kobierowski had blood alcohol readings of .489 followed by .491, O'Donnell said, the highest readings anyone at the State Police or the Department of Health could remember for someone who didn't end up dead. The legal limit in Rhode Island is .08. A blood alcohol of .3 is classified as "stupor," .4 is "comatose" and .5 is considered fatal, according to the health department.
Got to love the Rhode Island Staties. They nail the guy for a .489 breathalyzer test, realize they are may be on the verge of setting a world record, so they tee him up again and like a true champion Stanley delivers with a .491 on the second try. Sure the IOC is going to question how he gained those .002 percentage points in the span of a couple seconds but when you push your body to the limit, you'd be amazed what your body can do. I just hope it was enough to get him the World Record or at least the National title. Does anybody know if anybody has ever beat .491 before? And just like with competitive eating if the person in question had a reversal of fortune or in this case died it doesn’t count.
WNBA CATFIGHT!
Don't tell me that chicks don't read the Stool. Because just 48 hours after saying that the Danica Patrick vs. Milka Duno catfight set back the women in sports movement 100 years, the WNBA tried to up the ante with an actual brawl. Some dude sent me his recap of the fight which I thought summed it up pretty good. Here it is;
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After watching every video available of this ground breaking event here are my favorite parts in no particular order.
1. Rick Mahorn pushing Lisa Leslie half way to China.
2. Lisa Leslie Crying
3. The bitch who was pounding on Rick Mahorn's back with "you cheated on me" type aggression.
4. Bill Laimbeer saying "We Need A Wheel Chair"
5. Michael Cooper
I think two spots just opened up in Lowell for Delcarmen and Hansen. Actually my grandma just dies so there's a spot for Timlin @ her former nursing home