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Showing posts with label New York Mets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Mets. Show all posts
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Oct 30, 2007
The Which Team Sucks More Search
As long as we're browsing sports sites, let's find out which of my favorite sports teams have the most Google suckage influence.
First, let's try a search for "New York Mets suck".
RESULTS: Results 1 - 10 of about 13,000 for "New York Mets suck".
Next up: search for "New York Knicks suck".
Results 1 - 10 of about 3,490 for "New York Knicks suck"
Last, but not least: search for "Denver Broncos suck"
Results: Results 1 - 10 of about 2,050 for "Denver Broncos suck".
The "it sucks to be a loser award" goes to The New York Mets.The Broncos are merely mediocre. The Knicks are stuck with a sexual harassment coach and management, But nothing, it seems, brings scorn on a team like leading the National League East by 7 games, then losing that gargantuan lead in a mere 17 days, and missing the MLB playoffs.
But remember this, sports fans: You don't have to suck to score high in Google suckage influence. For example, The Boston Red Sox, 2007 World Series Champions, winners of two World Series in recent years, OUTSCORED the NY Mets in Google suckage influence!
Here are today's Google search results for "Boston Red Sox suck".
Results: Results 1 - 10 of about 17,200 for "Boston Red Sox suck".
I 'm guessing that 17,200 Boston Red Sox fans still haven't forgiven Bill Buckner. . .
First, let's try a search for "New York Mets suck".
RESULTS: Results 1 - 10 of about 13,000 for "New York Mets suck".
Next up: search for "New York Knicks suck".
Results 1 - 10 of about 3,490 for "New York Knicks suck"
Last, but not least: search for "Denver Broncos suck"
Results: Results 1 - 10 of about 2,050 for "Denver Broncos suck".
The "it sucks to be a loser award" goes to The New York Mets.The Broncos are merely mediocre. The Knicks are stuck with a sexual harassment coach and management, But nothing, it seems, brings scorn on a team like leading the National League East by 7 games, then losing that gargantuan lead in a mere 17 days, and missing the MLB playoffs.
But remember this, sports fans: You don't have to suck to score high in Google suckage influence. For example, The Boston Red Sox, 2007 World Series Champions, winners of two World Series in recent years, OUTSCORED the NY Mets in Google suckage influence!
Here are today's Google search results for "Boston Red Sox suck".
Results: Results 1 - 10 of about 17,200 for "Boston Red Sox suck".
I 'm guessing that 17,200 Boston Red Sox fans still haven't forgiven Bill Buckner. . .
Oct 8, 2007
The Winter Of My Sportsfan Discontent
It's getting colder out here in Troutdale. It's colder still in the sportsfan realm of this humble blogger. My sportsfan major league nation consists of The New York Mets, The New York Knicks, and the Denver Broncos.
My Mets blew a 7 game lead in the last 18 days of the season and missed the playoffs. A crash and burn of Phillyesque proportions. (FORMER, good riddance) Mets pitcher Tom Glavine said after the all-star break, " I'd be shocked if we've already played our best baseball.". Tom, get out the electric chair.
And what about those classy New York Knicks, led by Isiah Thomas? If you've been off the planet for a while, let me fill you in. A federal jury just ordered Knicks owner Madison Square Garden to pay $11.6 million in damages to former Knicks executive Anucha Brown in her sexual harassment lawsuit. The jury also found Knicks coach Isiah Thomas subjected Browne Sanders to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults, but that he did not have to pay punitive damages.
Claiming to be "very innocent" of the sexual-harassment charges, Thomas said his legal issues wouldn't detract him from concentrating on his job. Which, apparently, is to run the New York Knicks' once-proud franchise completely into the ground.
Thomas does have, after all, a fine track record of running things into the ground. Shortly after taking over the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association in 1998, the league was forced into bankruptcy and folded. Most pro basketball insiders and many CBA managers at the time asserted that his massive overspending and managerial incompetence drove the league to the sports league cemetery.
In 2000, Thomas took over the coaching job of the Indiana Pacers from Larry Bird, who previously coached the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Title. From 2000 to 2003, Thomas proceeded to coach the Pacers to first round playoff losses each year. In 2003, the Knicks hired Thomas as President of Basketball Operations. And the rest is loser history.
Which brings us to the final citizen of my sportsfan nation, the Denver Broncos. Yesterday, the Broncos were plastered and flattened (at home, no less) by the San Diego Chargers 41-3. Adding a disaster cherry on top, Broncos center Tom Nalen and tight end Nate Jackson were lost for the season with injuries. Oh, did I mention that Broncos starting running back Travis Henry has tested positive for marijuana and faces a possible year long suspension?
Henry is appealing the test results. He served a four-game suspension in 2005 because of a failed drug test. That suspension meant Henry was in stage two of the NFL's substance abuse program. Another positive test within two years advances him to stage three, which means a one-year suspension. Henry can appeal any suspension, and the suspension does not begin until the appeal process is finished.
My Mets blew a 7 game lead in the last 18 days of the season and missed the playoffs. A crash and burn of Phillyesque proportions. (FORMER, good riddance) Mets pitcher Tom Glavine said after the all-star break, " I'd be shocked if we've already played our best baseball.". Tom, get out the electric chair.
And what about those classy New York Knicks, led by Isiah Thomas? If you've been off the planet for a while, let me fill you in. A federal jury just ordered Knicks owner Madison Square Garden to pay $11.6 million in damages to former Knicks executive Anucha Brown in her sexual harassment lawsuit. The jury also found Knicks coach Isiah Thomas subjected Browne Sanders to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults, but that he did not have to pay punitive damages.
Claiming to be "very innocent" of the sexual-harassment charges, Thomas said his legal issues wouldn't detract him from concentrating on his job. Which, apparently, is to run the New York Knicks' once-proud franchise completely into the ground.
Thomas does have, after all, a fine track record of running things into the ground. Shortly after taking over the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association in 1998, the league was forced into bankruptcy and folded. Most pro basketball insiders and many CBA managers at the time asserted that his massive overspending and managerial incompetence drove the league to the sports league cemetery.
In 2000, Thomas took over the coaching job of the Indiana Pacers from Larry Bird, who previously coached the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Title. From 2000 to 2003, Thomas proceeded to coach the Pacers to first round playoff losses each year. In 2003, the Knicks hired Thomas as President of Basketball Operations. And the rest is loser history.
Which brings us to the final citizen of my sportsfan nation, the Denver Broncos. Yesterday, the Broncos were plastered and flattened (at home, no less) by the San Diego Chargers 41-3. Adding a disaster cherry on top, Broncos center Tom Nalen and tight end Nate Jackson were lost for the season with injuries. Oh, did I mention that Broncos starting running back Travis Henry has tested positive for marijuana and faces a possible year long suspension?
Henry is appealing the test results. He served a four-game suspension in 2005 because of a failed drug test. That suspension meant Henry was in stage two of the NFL's substance abuse program. Another positive test within two years advances him to stage three, which means a one-year suspension. Henry can appeal any suspension, and the suspension does not begin until the appeal process is finished.
Newsday in New York reported Henry attempted to get a restraining order in Suffolk County Supreme Court on Sept. 20 to block the NFL from using the results of a drug test to suspend him.
According to the report, Henry claimed the NFL didn't allow his experts to be present for the testing, which is a violation of the collective bargaining agreement. The NFL's policy allows a qualified toxicologist to test a second urine sample on behalf of a player.
Troutdale's famous gorge winds should start blowing any day now. With any luck, those winds will somehow blow my sportsnation back into the winning column. Yeah, right. Dancing with the Stars, anyone?
Apr 15, 2007
Misc. Troutdale Stuff
First of all, I'm not happy with city staff this weekend. The budget document for the proposed 2007-08 budget was delivered to my doorstep on Friday afternoon, April 13. The budget committee meetings are scheduled for April 16, 17, and 18. This gave me and every other member of the budget committee only the weekend to go over this complex budget document. Nice.
Second, the idea of a tram made from recycled 737 fuselages and funded via the smoke and mirrors of carbon offsets still strikes me as a joke. But not the funny kind of joke. More on this later. I'm writing a speech for next week's Toastmaster meeting, and I'll blog on this later in the week.
Third. Wow. Wasn't it a beautiful day today! Indeed it was!
Fourth, Imus will be missed. He was gross, offensive, disgusting, and at the same time smart, funny, an entertaining. Race baiting is alive and well in the USA. What Imus said was over the line, granted. But when fake preachers like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and record companies like CBS get thug rappers fired for saying what Imus said, I'll believe justice will be done.
Fifth, beautiful days like this deserve to end with a cold Corona, served in a chilled mug. On that note, I'll wish everyone a happy Sunday evening. And by the way, let's go Mets!
Second, the idea of a tram made from recycled 737 fuselages and funded via the smoke and mirrors of carbon offsets still strikes me as a joke. But not the funny kind of joke. More on this later. I'm writing a speech for next week's Toastmaster meeting, and I'll blog on this later in the week.
Third. Wow. Wasn't it a beautiful day today! Indeed it was!
Fourth, Imus will be missed. He was gross, offensive, disgusting, and at the same time smart, funny, an entertaining. Race baiting is alive and well in the USA. What Imus said was over the line, granted. But when fake preachers like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and record companies like CBS get thug rappers fired for saying what Imus said, I'll believe justice will be done.
Fifth, beautiful days like this deserve to end with a cold Corona, served in a chilled mug. On that note, I'll wish everyone a happy Sunday evening. And by the way, let's go Mets!
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