• Archive for October, 2009

    Batting Stance Guy

    Thursday, October 29th, 2009

    Gary Maddox imitation is the best. Check this out…

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    Any chance I get…..

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    Phils Moments - Great Stuff

    Sunday, October 25th, 2009

    Shout to the700level.com for the links. First up, the new anthem

    for my favorite city. Great remix of Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind…

    Props to thefightins.com for the following.  The already famous Goodfellas/JRollclip featuring Ray Leota.

    Just watch…

    The best moment of any sporting event I’ve ever attended…

    Scott Franzke’s radio call of the NLCS final out…

    Greatest Hit I’ve Ever Seen

    Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

    Jason Stark of ESPN calls it a “legendary game.”

    There have been 1,251 postseason games in baseball history. Only two others — two — ever ended this way, with a walk-off extra-base hit by a team that was one out away from losing.

    Phillies walk off into history

    The greatest finish of any sporting event I’ve ever attended.  Thanks for hooking me up, big brother.

    Check out this video of Ricky Botallico, Michael Barkann and Darren Daulton as they are awaiting the start of their Comcast post-game  broadcast.  Bottalico is awesome as is Barkann.  Daulton remains on whatever planet he is from…

    Arctic Surfing/Friedman

    Monday, October 12th, 2009

    Note two crazies, lower left. The Wedge, Brazil.

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    Laird Hamilton Standup at Teahupoo

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    Mahatma Ghandi was nominated 5 times for the Nobel Peace Prize and never won it.  Thomas Friedman, a left-leaning centrist (my opinion), even criticizes bestowing the award to President Obama. He does, however, offer an intriguing piece on what should be said at the December 10th award ceremony in Oslo:

    Op-Ed Columnist
    The Peace (Keepers) Prize
    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
    Published: October 11, 2009
    President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with grace by honoring American leadership. In Oslo, he should take this instinct a step further.

    The Real Peace Keepers

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