Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

MLB All-Star Weekend

This weekend (and part of the weekday) was spent in St. Louis, attending the All-Star game festivities. You might not realize from looking at me, but I actually used to play baseball, and I was quite good. My claim to fame was playing for the varsity squad of my high school Sophomore year, and having [...]

Here’s something you don’t see everyday…

Probably won’t last forever, but I’ll wish for a 7-5 season.  How?  Predictions: 8/24 Oregon State – W 9/06 @ #15 Arizona State – L 9/13 @ TCU – W 9/20 San Jose State – W 9/27 @ Washington – W 10/04 @ Notre Dame – L 10/11 Arizona – W 10/18 @ UCLA – [...]

Pointless Aerial Coverage

Just finished watching the Lakers eke out a victory over the Celtics tonight.  One thing that I don’t understand is why there’s aerial coverage of basketball games: I thought the point of aerial coverage is to provide a bird’s eye view of a sporting event.  This makes sense, if a game is held in an [...]

All that’s missing was a win…

Went to see the Giants play the Padres on Friday.  The game had it all and a perfect chance for our visiting work ambassadors (from India, China, and Dublin), to experience our American past-time.  Here’s the significance of Friday’s game: Omar Viszquel was honored for having played the most games at shortstop in major league [...]

Trent Johnson Leaves – Bowlsby to Blame?

“What a FUCKING day” – status message of Landry Fields at 11:12PM, backup guard for the Stanford Men’s basketball team. If you’ve been living under a rock in terms of Pac-10 sports, I’ll refresh some events for the past few weeks: – Mike Montgomery, former Stanford men’s basketball coach, is announced the new head coach [...]