Sports Casserole

MLB '09 The Show Commercial w/ Dustin Pedroia = Funny

2009-03-07T04:22:00.000-08:00

Funny concept brought home by the guy who did Holiday Inn commercials that I loved.

Nice Article on Dustin Pedroia

2008-09-28T07:23:00.000-07:00

See it here.

Highlights:

- clubbing a goose @ 18 months
- getting his ankle broken by Lance Briggs
- leaving Brady Quinn's cheese in the wind @ ping pong
- currently leading the AL in runs, hits and doubles, second in avg.

Lowlights:
- Deb Pedroia sounds like the quintessential nightmare parent at the local little league complex

One Good Thing About Jason Giambi

2008-09-28T07:01:00.000-07:00

I'm far from a Giambi fan, but after reading this article in the Globe this morning, I have to give him a little bit of credit for being decent - at least in this instance.

"After Kottaras's hit, Giambi flagged the ball down and made sure it was taken out of play. "He's a guy that gets it," Kottaras said."

You're a Class Act, Damon Woo (Ramirez becomes 24th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs)

2008-06-01T07:02:00.000-07:00

I love hearing stories like this when people do the right thing:

"It's his achievement. It's his accomplishment. It's his ball," Woo said.

Full story:
Boston Red Sox - Ramirez becomes 24th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs - The Boston Globe

Sometimes the best trades . . . - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases - Boston.com

2008-05-25T09:25:00.000-07:00

Totally agree. 'nuff said.

Sometimes the best trades . . . - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases - Boston.com

Another Nice Move by Theo Epstein: Colon impresses in Red Sox debut - The Boston Globe

2008-03-14T05:01:00.000-07:00

Boston Red Sox - Colon impresses in Red Sox debut - The Boston Globe

Agreeing with the Sports Guy - DJ should be in the Hall of Fame

2008-01-27T07:24:00.000-08:00

I was just catching up on my Sports Guy reading, going through his Pats or Celtics column when I followed a link to his article DJ should have made Springfield while still alive. I haven't really followed the NBA for about 13 years and don't recall ever hearing anything about NBA Hall of Fame induction ceremonies even when I did follow it. But I would have thought for sure that DJ was in there. It's simply ridiculous that he isn't.

Back in college I had the random luck to work at the video store in Lexington (Movies & More, on Mass Ave, I think) that DJ frequented. By no means did he know me, but I became a familiar face to him after multiple meetings at the checkout counter. One day before work I was grabbing some food at a convenience store down the street from
M&M. There was a decent crowd of people in a relatively small space, including DJ. Everyone knew it was him, but everyone also gave him his space and played it cool. On his way out he saw me coming in, recognized me as the kid who checks out his videos, and gave me that little 'hey' nod of recognition people give each other. I'm probably over estimating the degree to which other folks in the store noticed that nod. But I prefer to recall two things from that random moment: (1) DJ was just a regular guy, not above just saying hello to people (I've seen and met other sports figures through other miscellaneous jobs I had in and right after college. Being chill and down to earth wasn't necessarily a common trait among them.), and (2) Everyone else in the convenience store must have been wondering 'who the hell is that clown and why does DJ know him?'.

Funny & Opportunistic Idea: Lilly's Cafe Serving Humble Pie

2007-11-25T09:10:00.000-08:00

Image Source: Lilly's Cafe & French Bakery

Just saw a clip on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown about a woman who has starting offering 'Humble Pie' at her bakery, inspired by the New England Patriots catchphrase of the season.

Smart, inspired entrepreneurial idea. Hope she does good business through the rest of the season. And 'Go Pats'.

Seriously, Who is Cooler Than Dmitri Young?

2007-07-05T18:15:00.000-07:00

Image Source: Wasington Times

I have always been a fan of Da Meat Hook, even though he has never played on a team I really cared about. And it's good to see him putting the troubles of 2006 behind him.

The man just has style and seems like he would be good people to hang out with.

e.g., if baseball didn't work out this year, he was planning to "tour the country in an RV". The same USA Today story where I learned that nugget also included this quote:

"I was going to start in California, go up the coast and watch my sister (Deann, who plays first base) play softball at Oregon State," he says. "Then I was going to Washington, cut across to Idaho and Montana and see the buffalo roam."

Genius.

I wish I could find the image that flashed on SportsCenter the other night, where DY had some crazy shades on. But no dice. But I did realize that for some strange reason there seem to be more images when you search Photobucket and Flickr directly than when you do an image search on Google.

I miss Trot Nixon

2007-06-28T19:19:00.000-07:00

Image Source:Boston Dirt Dogs, via Edward O'Connor

It's still early, but this move isn't quite working out in the Sox' favor just yet:

Stats are YTD thru 5/24/07, courtesy of CBSSportsLine:

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG.	OBP.	SLG.	Salary
Nixon	127	19	37	8	0	2	20	.291	.374	.402	$3MM
Drew	135	21	32	5	1	2	13	.237	.346	.333	$14MM

Ugh.

Originally posted 5/25/07

Lunch with Lou Piniella

2007-06-28T07:04:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by sindlinger

Courtesy of The Tribune Co., I got to attend a relatively small [~35 people] lunch at Harry Caray's with Lou Piniella this week. I should have a personalized photo with Lou on the way at some point, but here's a shot of the autographed ball we got while we were there.

Random observation: Lou looked pretty sharp in a suit. And if you've seen him on TV in the manager's uni, you know that's not a real flattering look.

Image Source: TimesLeader.com

Made me pretty glad I don't have to wear a baseball uniform on a daily basis, because I'm pretty sure Lou looked a lot better in a suit than I do, which means I'd probably look like a ridiculous jackass in a baseball uniform these days.

SB XLI Photos Are Up

2007-06-28T05:11:00.000-07:00

sbxli-nfltailgate-fishcakes-with-dude, originally uploaded by sindlinger.

Just posted our SBXLI pictures on Flickr. This one, for example, is from the NFL Tailgate prior to the game. I was just trying to get a picture of the "Fish Cake Sandwich" sign, [provided by the Hot Dog Cart, of course], when this cat jumped into the frame. Kind of like how it turned out anyway.

Trip was great overall. Rain was a bit of a buzzkill, since we had tremendous seats [14 rows back on the 35 yd line, behind the Bears bench]. But stil, the folks at SI.com put on a first class weekend.

Originally posted 2/10/07

Jim Ed Rice - "Slugger and a Hitter"

2007-06-13T17:16:00.000-07:00

Overall solid articlefrom Nick Cafardo in the Globe.

Including this nice nugget, courtesy of the Rem Dog:

"What Remy likes to point out is Rice was not only a slugger, he was a hitter. Rice is the only player in history with 35 or more homers and 200 or more hits in three consecutive seasons. He's one of 31 players with more than 350 homers and a .290-plus career batting average."

Originally posted 12/25/06