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A Masterpiece!
Let me just say that when they said Adam Lambert was going unplugged I almost shot my load. I mean did the Pres do it again or did the Pres do it again? There wasn't a dry eye in the house after this one! Seriously how versatile is Adam Lambert? Viva La Stool!
PS - I would have put up a ranking system for this but what's the point? Our system only goes 1-10 and this was at least a 14.
Happy Birthday, Katherine McPhee
Editors Note - Hey Everybody the website is fixed! Isn't it amazing how much your life sucks without the Stool to kill time? Per usual I have no fucking idea what happened. Just like you I just keep hitting refresh hoping it will come back. It finally did! Viva La Stool!
Katherine McPhee turns 25 today. If no one dimes me out, I should be able to post this little birthday tribute without violating the terms and conditions of my Sex Offender registration.

Things Sound Grim for Steinbrenner

NY Times baseball blog - The glimpses of a no-longer-vibrant George Steinbrenner during spring training can be jolting to those of us who remember the Boss when he was full of energy and brio. In the old days, reporters struggled to keep up with Steinbrenner as he walked briskly around the complex, often in his trademark aviator sunglasses and white Yankees windbreaker. Now, Steinbrenner needs help to get around. About half an hour before the start of Tuesday night’s Yankees-Red Sox game at Steinbrenner Field, two Yankees employees prepared a wheelchair in the wide hallway across from the Yankees’ clubhouse. One couldn’t decide whether to put one cushion on the chair or two. “One,” the other said. “He likes one.” Several workers helped him into the chair, and they wheeled him to an elevator in the lobby, which whisked him up to a luxury suite on the first-base side.
When you read a story like this, it makes you realize what an extraordinarily long time Steinbrenner has owned the Yankees. Two generations have grown up not being able to imagine anyone but him running the team. I'll be honest; I've never had a bad day when Steinbrenner's team lost. And when he'd go all bellicose and start calling out his players, his coaches or his front office and blaming them for everything that went wrong with the club and starting another shitstorm of controversy, it was like a dose of Ecstacy for me. But make no mistake about it; I would've loved to have had him running the Sox. That management style doesn't work all the time. And in fact it probably backfires more than it helps. And no question he did some sleazy stuff in his time, like hiring a Private Eye to spy on Dave Winfield like he was some neck-tattooed, trailer park babydaddy on "Cheaters," a move that got King George kicked out of baseball for a couple of years. But no one ever accused the cantankerous old bastard of not trying to bring his customers championships. John Henry and Larry Lucchino can whine all they want about the unfairness of it all, but at least Steinbrenner puts the money back into his product. Unlike the Jacobses or so many other Major League owners who take luxury tax money from the Sox and Yankees, put in their pockets. say they can't compete, then field AAAA teams. Steinbrenner has always been the Hindenburg: a big, fat, combustible German gasbag. But I wouldn't have minded him being our big, fat, combustible German gasbag. And it's always sad when a guy like that loses his fastball.
Love that banner on top-- oh yeah, that Clinton budget was a real beast to sports.
Anyone having problems with this site over the last two hours besides me?
Less attention to t-shirts. More attention to server.
Ah, the good ol' days when George would fire and hire Billy Martin. Now THAT was the real Boss. Kids these days are too young to remember the good stuff.
The site's been fuckin up all day. I had to actually do work.
— TeamFingerBlast, Mar 25 2009, 6:24 pm
One too many jokes about It. There's only so much that the kid can take before he fucks up your entire website.
26-7 just shit himself!
Like the Mr Burns of baseball!
"I was saying Boo-urns!"
True story
Seriously, what's with the sappy Yankees stories? Where's EP? Other than the proper use of the semicolon, this story sucked...
-Eagle1, Mar 25 2009, 6:27 pm
Did I miss something? I thought I was responding to you...
And I dont have a website.
Fuck it, im going to the mini-mall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAgjg3FQ_zk
I give this blog one Boitano.
Go fuck yourself Jerry. The NFL came out with all sorts of crazy changes the past two days, and you write about skating, and then something you are absolutely clueless on BASEBALL.
You skinny fucking Mick.
fuck barstool long live the boss and also keep calling kobe a rapist you faggots i hope a real rapist ass rapes you for the next decide
The only cool thing about Steinbrenner is that Larry David did his voice on Seinfeld.
Take the wild -115
fuck barstool long live the boss and also keep calling kobe a rapist you faggots i hope a real rapist ass rapes you for the next decide
— fuckjoebuck, Mar 25 2009, 7:02 pm
Easy there buddy, why don't you take a deep breath, and read your one sentence so you don't come off as an ass hat!
Eagle 1, why don't you pull an Alexei Kovalev and sit the next couple out, huh? Probably 75 posts already this week and you have yet to be funny. Take a breather kid.
this team might give him a heart attack after they choke down the stretch http://www.ctsportspicks.com
— rico, Mar 25 2009, 7:13 pm
fuck you ... thats all i got to say to you
Nice piece, JT. It's nice to see that even the Yankees' most bitter rival can appreciate the fact that he always played to win, no matter what. He always tried to field the best team his money could buy, which is what baseball, for better or worse, has come down to. This is much different than most owners who, as you mentioned, simply pocket the money and continue to field shit teams. Thanks for a good run, George.
Jacobses fielding shit teams... are you that retard?? Cleveland took you to game seven based on the fact they can build a system. Only reason they lost that series was because CC couldn't handle the pressure, which reflects on how well he will do in NY. Blame it on the teams like KC and company. Not sure how you figure the Jacobses pocketed money, duche.
Few things about Steinbrenner: he was a colorful character who always played to WIN and loved his fans. He held players, coaches and GMs acountable and would have no problem shitting on them publicly - which is exactly how it should be when you are in the Big Leagues. Finally, he never missed an opportunity to donate some nice coin to the Jimmy Fund, the major charity of his arch-rival. I always respected that - he hated the Sox but had his priorities in order when it came time to supporting a great cause. When he dies, the sport will suffer a big loss.
— TeamFingerBlast, Mar 25 2009, 6:51 pm
I was referring to "It," the retarded-looking kid on youtube that el pres has been goofing on. Re-read in that context.
— rearadmiral, Mar 25 2009, 7:20 pm
Keep writing painfully-long Bruin-related stories that maybe three people care about. I guarantee that the non-stinky-Jap-underwear piece was read by about 10,000 more people today. Instead of the Bruins, write about Jap underwear.
Make that 76...
Truffle,
Jerry was referring to Jeremy Jacobs and his family. They own the Bruins.
Fuckjoebuck,
Why so angry? This was a positive article about George Steinbrenner. Why are you raving about Kobe Bryant and rape. Take a moment and relax.
its weird- i never thought id say this- but im kinda sad to see him go, for starters, and go so quickly.
the rivalry is not the same without him
As a Yankees fan, I appreciate your class on this post. I wanted to strangle The Boss a hundred times over the past 25 years, but you're right - say what you will - he wanted to win.
Sad to see him so decrepit.
Mr. Thornton,
Wow, I have to say I am impressed with your little story. As much as I know Red Sox fans despise the Yankees - or so they say - what would they do without them, I was pleased to see you mention that you would love to have had him run your team. Love em or hate him, like you said, he did what he could to try to bring his fans a championship every year.
It's a foregone conclusion that Steinbrenner will be enshrined in Cooperstown. Easily the most recognizable franchise owner's name in not just baseball but all of sports, his name is, and forever will be, synonymous with unbridled, even if at times misdirected, ardor for winning.
they better no put George on the 1st base line or one of those errant throws for an E-6 might just kill him.
also FJB needs to get a life and a woman he does not have to pay for.
The man who ruined America's Pastime! That’s real nice. Like congratulating Khrushchev or Brezhnev up for their contributions to the Arms-Race…
Insane.
HEY ENOUGH OF THE RACIST COMMENTS!!!
"But I wouldn't have minded him being our big, fat, combustible German gasbag."
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Japanese Invent Stink Free Undewear

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Teen-age boys, are you tired of embarrassing questions about when you last changed underwear? Japan's space scientists may have just the answer -- a line of odour-free underwear and casual clothing. "He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week," said Koji Yanagawa, an official with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. Wakata's clothes, developed by researcher Yoshiko Taya, are designed to kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly. They also are flame-resistant and anti-static, not to mention comfortable and stylish. The Japanese space agency plans to make the clothes available to NASA and its other space station partners once development is complete. A commercial line also is in the offing.
Well I guess it was bound to happen. The Japanese have finally gone too far with these crazy inventions. I mean robotic women, ski lodge shitters and ringtones that makes chicks boobs grow is one thing. But underwear that you don’t have to ever change? No fucking thanks. Listen the Japanese can talk until they’re blue in the face about how these things are stylish, but I’m calling bullshit on that one. Plus I like changing my underwear everyday. It helps keep the days from blending together. Not to mention the fact that nothing gets the juices flowing like putting on a pair of big game boxer briefs when you think there is a chance you’re getting laid. And what chick worth her salt would hook up with a dude who is wearing a pair of week old underwear. I don’t care whether the shit stains are gone or not. It just shows her you mean business when she sees you broke out the good stuff. So sorry, but thanks but no thanks on the everlasting tighty whiteies.
Providence B's Goalie Tuukka Rask Goes Nuts
Everybody has been sending me this video for the past 48-72 hours. I actually didn't think it was that great so I didn't post it , but maybe I'm wrong becasue people keep sending it to me. So here it goes. Rate this freak out by Tuukka Rask.
Vote 1 for I was right not to post it and 10 for this guy probably murdered the ref after the game and this was piss poor blogging by me not posting it on Monday.
Kobe's Maid Sues -- Says She Was Raped...Oops I Mean Says It Was the Crappiest Job Ever


TMZ - Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are being sued by their former housekeeper, who claims Vanessa was incredibly abusive -- even demanding that she put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve a tag from her blouse. Maria Jimenez claims Vanessa called her "lazy, slow, dumb, a f---ing liar, and f---ing sh-t." In the lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Orange County, Jimenez claims Vanessa accused her of stealing her (mouth) retainer. Jimenez says it got so bad -- Vanessa allegedly "badgered, harassed and humiliated Maria by yelling and screaming at Maria and criticizing her in front of Kobe, the Bryants' children, employees and other people in the household" -- she threatened to quit but Kobe talked her out of it. The final straw: When Vanessa went nuclear because Maria put an expensive blouse in the washer. Vanessa demanded that Maria put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve the price tag for the blouse. Maria says she wanted to quit and Vanessa responded that she "had to work until payday to pay for the $690 blouse, which she did." Maria is suing for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages.
See this is what happens when you work for an admitted rapist. Shit starts rolling downhill. I mean everyday when Vanessa wakes up she has to look herself in the mirror and come to grips with the fact that not only did she marry a rapist, but she is still with him. So what does she do? She takes out all her anger, all her frustration, all her broken dreams on the poor little maid. It’s psychology 101 really. As a side note I don’t blame Kobe for talking the maid into staying. It’s hard to find a chick willing to get sexually and verbally violated these days.
Police: Dad jumped out window to avoid arrest for underage party

Boston.com - A 48-year-old father of a teenager apparently jumped out of a first-floor window when police broke up an alleged underage drinking party last week at his home in Hudson. After a short foot chase, police captured Tim Vinciullo in woods behind his home on Seneca Drive on Friday night in the Central Massachusetts town. He has been charged with delivering alcohol to minors. His wife, Kathy, was at the time the track coach at Hudson High School. She was not home at the time of the party and has resigned as coach, according to Captain David Stephens of the Hudson Police Department. Investigators found at least five minors drinking alcohol inside and clear evidence that someone had fled the home without using a door. "There were footprints outside the window and the window was up," Stephens said, adding, The three officers who had approached the Vinciullo home were part of a specialized "party patrol" funded by a state grant to combat underage drinking.
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It’s a sad fucking day in America when a grown man has to jump out his own window to flee from the party patrol. I mean if a guy wants to host a party for his son and a couple of his buddies then god bless him. It’s better than them drinking unsupervised in the woods right? But that’s not good enough for the Party Patrol is it? Oh no, they have to come busting into his house like the KGB and chase him through the woods like a dog. I’m telling you right now that if we don’t stand up to the Party Patrol the next thing you know it’s going to be me or you running for our lives. That’s how it starts. First they break up parties and then they throw you in concentration camps. It’s Nazi 101 really.
Tim Tebow's Lame Ass Speech Immortalized

Gainsville.com - Knute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech may seem old and faded now, but it stands the test of time. Tim Tebow's inspirational speech apparently will go down in history as well. Florida recently put up a plaque outside the front entrance to the new football facility at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium with Tebow's speech inscribed on it. Tebow's speech, of course, was the emotional promise he made after the Gators were upset by Ole Miss last season. Fighting back tears, Tebow vowed no one would work harder than him and his teammates for the rest of the season. The quarterback and the Gators kept the promise, with UF running the table and winning the national championship. The speech has become famous — and you can see it, word for word, when you walk by the football facility.
This story makes me want to punch both Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer right in the balls. I mean give me a break. The dude is still in fucking college! What’s next? Retiring guys numbers after they have one big game?Listen I’m not even going to get into the fact that he gave this speech to the media and not his team because it doesn’t even matter. The bottom line is you can’t try and force history down people’s throats. Time will tell whether this speech deserves to be immortalized. But you can’t do it 10 minutes after the season ended. This is typical SEC Tebow/Meyer propaganda. In fact it wouldn’t surprise me if these guys sneaky orchestrated this entire thing and had the speech scripted and ordered the plaque before it even happened. Seriously I hope Florida goes 0-10 this year and somebody smashes Tebow’s face off the plaque. Fuck Florida. If they want to put a speech on the wall why don't they put this one up there. This is way more entertaining than Tebow's...
Peyton Manning Sings Like A Fool With Kenny Chesney
I fucking love it. Peyton Manning is such a fucking loser. He sees Bill Belichick singing Dead or Alive with Bon Jovi and he’s like “ooh who can I sing with?” Nice try dude. This was gay as hell. And how about untucking your fucking polo shirt for once in your life. You’re in fucking Key West for god sakes. Such a fucking loser. Not surprising that he’d sing with that fraud Kenny Chesney either. Congrats Peyton. Keep being a loser while Tom Brady is balls deep in Gisele on like his 8th honeymoon this offseason. Do me a favor and cue the music!
Announcer's Drunken Dad Namaths a Sideline Reporter
Meet Herb Deshaies, father of Astros' announcer Jim Deshaies. Sideline reporter chicks everywhere, beware. While you're chasing down leads and practicing your non-regional dialects, creepy, drunken old men are working around the clock to figure out ways to get you to kiss them. And they're perfecting the art. Joe Namath telegraphs his punch and Suzy Kolber blocks it. So ol' Herb just leans in and sucker-kisses this chick. The evolution continues. Now they're even dressing like harmless old kooks to camoflage themselves and keep their prey off guard before they attack. Heidi Watney, if you see me in a red plaid shirt at Fenway this year, consider yourself warned.








Psst, JT? Bs are 800,000 under the cap. And they were top 5 spenders in the 4-5 seasons prior to the lockout. That argument lost its validity a decade ago. Otherwise, great blog.