I shouldn't condone this

And yet, I can't help but laugh. New rule: any and all misbehavior will be excused if it cracks me up. All is forgiven, guy who made up fake reviews and put them on movie posters!

I also have to laugh at the news reporter/anchor saying, "Normally, we wouldn't put this stunt on the air." I think he should have finished the sentence with "... except we really really wanted to."

...

Update: I found this, which is the same play as executed by the Burger King mascot.

Also: I have to enjoy that he pleaded innocent.

Happy Anniversary, Red Sox Nation

Even if I'm a day late.

Bob Ryan, last year

It took a little while, but the championship of baseball has come back where it belongs. Since the 1870s, baseball has resided in the heart of Boston. While an entire nation has sold its soul to the violence and essential callousness of football, Boston has been a proud, stubborn holdout, preferring a more subtle, intricatesport appealing equally to the mind and the senses. If we are the only locale in America in which baseball is king, so be it. When you're right, you're right.

Standings

American League East . . . . . . . .National League East
Boston.........2004. . . . . . . . .Florida........2003
New York.......2000. . . . . . . . .Atlanta........1995
Tampa Bay.....[1998] . . . . . . . .New York.......1986
Toronto........1993. . . . . . . . .Philadelphia...1980
Baltimore......1983. . . . . . . . .Washington....[1969, 2005]

American League Central. . . . . . .National League Central
Chicago........2005. . . . . . . . .Cinncinati.....1990
Minnesota......1991. . . . . . . . .St. Louis......1982
Kansas City....1985. . . . . . . . .Pittsburgh.....1979
Detroit........1984. . . . . . . . .Milwaukee.....[1969, 1970]
Cleveland......1984. . . . . . . . .Houston.......[1962]
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chicago.......[1908]

American League West . . . . . . . .National League Central
Los Angeles....2002. . . . . . . . .Arizona........2001
Oakland........1989. . . . . . . . .Los Angeles....1988
Seattle.......[1977] . . . . . . . .Colorado......[1993]
Texas.........[1961, 1972] . . . . .San Diego.....[1969]
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .San Francisco.[1954, 1958]


OVERALL
CWS............2005
Boston.........2004
Florida........2003
LAA............2002
Arizona........2001
NYY............2000
Tampa Bay.....[1998]
Atlanta........1995
Toronto........1993
Colorado......[1993]
Minnesota......1991
Cinncinati.....1990
Oakland........1989
LA Dodgers.....1988
NYM............1986
Kansas City....1985
Detroit........1984
Baltimore......1983
St. Louis......1982
Philadelphia...1980
Pittsburgh.....1979
Seattle.......[1977]
Washington....[1969, 2005]
San Diego.....[1969]
Milwaukee.....[1969, 1970]
Houston.......[1962]
Texas.........[1961, 1972]
San Francisco..1954, [1958]
Cleveland......1948
Chicago........1908

Larry! Larry! Larry!

Man requests longer prison term to honor Larry Bird

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to -- all because of Larry Bird.

The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.

"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey," Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. "We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

"I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it."

Someone else's writing

The point of having this page -- if one exists at all -- is for me to write. Yet, I present this magnificient piece from my friend, Ethan, which I had nothing to do with.

Christmas: Right around the corner

The perfect gift

Weak

Proud, and irritated.

Proud about cheering Graffanino, irritated about troting out Tom Brunansky for the first pitch. Childish. Yankee-like.

The cheers ought to put to rest any comparision of Tony G. with Buckner, not that it's stopped various mediots from saying it. No angst, I promise.

I watched Bruno's catch on TV. If I remember correctly, there was absolutely no camera angle that confirmed he actually caught the ball, and the ump was in no position to see, either.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Pasqua grounded out (first unassisted); Ventura flied to left; Sosa singled to center; Fletcher was hit by a pitch [Sosa to second]; MCCRAY RAN FOR FLETCHER; Guillen lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 3.