2nd Rain Shortened Shutout This Season For The Mets

Just 2 days past the month anniversery of Tom Glavine's rain-shortened complete game shutout, John Maine grabbed a 4 1/2 inning complete game shutout this afternoon in the series wrap with the Washington Nationals. Lastings Milledge & David Wright continued their hot hitting for the Mets & John Maine threw a one-hitter through 5 to get the Mets the victory. Maine moves to 12-5 on the season. Is Maine the Mets' Ace now? Hmmmmmmm, discuss...

Boxscore.

Paul Lo Duca left last night's game with a leg injury in the 7th & the Mets are expecting an MRI tonight to find out the severity. Seems like a guy gets hurt every week now.

The Phillies won today also so they remain 4 GB the Mets after today. Oops, take that back, make that 3.5 GB.

At the time of this post, Atlanta is up 6-0 on Arizona at the end of 2. The Ted Turners are 4 GB.

Travel day for the Mets tomorrow has the go to Milwaukee to face the BrewHaHas, the surprise leader of the NL Central. Looks like Glavine is the scheduled starter for Tuesday night's game vs. MillerTown. As you know Glavine will be going for his 300th career win & is looking to become the 1st Met to win 300 as a Met, not just being a Met at one time in a career & winning 300. Seaver won his 300th with the Pale Hose & the Ryan Express won his #300 with the George Bush Rangers, back in the days before President George W. Bush somehow metamorphosed into Satan.

Where was I? Oh yes, I'm going fix a glass of Sunday afternoon Scotch b/c I can do that.

Just Ran Across This...

Mmmmmm, such a large copa to drink Jews' blood from!

Congratulations to Iraq!

As always it took sportsmen a couple weeks to do something that takes politicians, even soldiers, years to do- unite a country. Even if it is only for a short respite I can't imagine what this does to Iraqis' psyche in terms of hope. Haven't read about any deaths in the celebrations today from car bombbers so far & there will no doubt be some as there were following Iraq's semifinal win as death-loving murdering idiots target congregated revelers

Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1499!

Some might scoff at the notion that, "oh, soccer/football (or sports in general) is only a game, however, that's usually said by panty-waisted academia types who never sweated, toiled & flat out busted their asses physically day in & day out to achieve an athletic goal which is nothing more than a metaphor for what you can do with the rest of your life given the same amount of effort! Not to mention in Saddam's Iraq where his eldest son ran the Iraqi Olympic & Sports Associations, losses or failures in tournaments were greeted with torture to qthletes their families.

Do sports look unimportant to these guys, Krugman?

Similarly, even for the fans, much as the Saints did last year for New Orleans citizens (& ex-citizens, for that matter!) to give hope in days that seem darkest, this will no doubt give some hope to Iraqis that "if the national team can do it, why can't we be successful?" B/c let's face it, Iraq was not an Asian continental footballing power by any means. In my sometimes arrogant but generally correct opinion, Iraq winning the Asian Cup would be like Norway or Scotland winning the European Championship, i.e. not out of the realm of possibility but pretty distant shot(s) to say the least.

Anyway, I'm sure politico types on both sides & including the Middle East will use this as political ammo to advance their causes, but police office Sabah Shaiyal in the linked office put it best:

"The players have made us proud, not the greedy politicians,"

Great picture after the final whistle as well:

Praise be King Bush for allowing Allah to grant us this greatness!

Mets Split Douple Dip Against Nationals

Quick entry here since I pulled one of my stay-up-til-dawn-doing-my-stats-research, so I got up late & the Mets have already started their game today.

The Mets split their doubleheader with the Nationals yesterday 3-1 with a fine pitching performance from El Duque.

In the 2nd half of the doubleheader, the Nationals scored 3 in the top of the 8th to break a 3-all deadlock & went on to outlast the Mets rally, 6-5. No recap b/c ummm, I don't know why really, I guess Yahoo! has an embargo on 2nd half doubleheader recaps. Only boxes. Um, like whatevah.

Game 1 box. Game 2 box.

Emirates Cup This Weekend

Arsenal play their 1st Emirates Cup match today. The Emirates Cup for those that don't know is a pre-season tournament held over a weekend at Arsenal's home ground, Emirates Stadium. This year's participants include: Paris- St. Germain (Arsenal's opponents today), Inter-Milan (Arsenal's opponents tomorrow) & Valencia.

Emmanuel Adebayor, Tomas Rosicky & Theo Walcott will all miss this weekend's tournament with minor injuries picked up in Arsenal's training camp in Austria. According to Arsenal.com, the injuries are not serious & the players are being held out of the tournament as a precaution.

Too Late News!: Freddie Ljungberg was sold to West Ham United during the week, so that means there is no one left at Arsenal from the 2002 double winning side & that Arsene Wenger has for all intents & purposes has completely rebirthed the Arsenal side.

Mets Downed By The Nationals, 6-2

Jorge Sosa started wild & ended up giving up 6 runs in a 6-2 loss to the Nats. From the onset he didn't have good control & it cost him b/c he'd then throw meatballs over the plate looking for strikes & Ryan Church & Dmitri Young (Austin Kearns went yard as well) made him pay for it.

Offensively, the Mets got runners they just couldn't get the hit in key spots to get them home. So, Sosa drops t0 7-6 & former Met, Mike Bacsik picked up the win for the Nats moving to 4-6 on the year.

Boxscore.

Luckily the Braves lost to the D-backs in 11 so now both Atlanta & Philly are 4 games back of the Metropolitans going into today's action.

In Transaction news, Joe Smith was demoted to AAA New Orleans while Jon Adkins was called up to fill his spot in the bullpen. Moises Alou also played his 1st game since May coming off a long stint out with a leg injury.

Up today: A Double Dipper! In the 1st game at 12:10 EDST, Tim Redding is scheduled to pitch for the Nationals facing El Duque for the Mets. In the nightcap, Mike Pelfrey for the Mets is scheduled to face off against Joel Hanrahan at 7:10 EDST

Zack Kim! Wunderkindtappenführer!

The only problem I have with Zack Kim, is b/c of his hippy hair me no tell if he ZACK Kim or Zacharina Kim or The Female Formerly Known As Male, Zack Kim.

He got some tricky fingahs, though! Tap, tap, TAPPEROO!

Just in case dis embed techmology no worky- Zack Kim, Wunderkindtappenführer!



Canon in D Major? Or Emo?!

What The F#ck?!

Kudos to Tucker Carlson for not sugar-coating some his responses. One can only hope if Ibrahim Hooper & CAIR get their way that some lawyers would step forward & represent the future John Does pro bono.

Utterly f*cking ridiculous. If it's pro-fundamental Islamists' belief that they would like to see the U.S. under Islamic law, why did they or their families leave Islamic coutnries to begin with? Hmmmmm, logically the only possible conclusion would be that CAIR & similar organizations would be satellite groups for future colonization or "submission, " i.e. Islamization... Remember Islam means "submission to Allah" not "peace" like the equivocators & apologists would like you to believe.

And another What The F#ck?!:

Just when you might've thought there was hope for France finding their long lost nuts & masculinity, Sarkozy goes & utters this gem. Oh yes, well of course the "only" ones who would have to worry, is Israel.

"Why should Israel allowed to have nukes & Arab countries not? Waaaaah!"

Well my response to that would be, "if Israel is so evil as some Arab states claim, why wouldn't Israel have used them already against Arab states?" Last time I checked, it's only been Arab & Islamic states (Iran's not Arab people, keep up here; neither is Turkey) that have called for the complete eradication of a state- Israel.

WHAT THE F*CK?!

Whoa! Mets Lose In Matinee Yesterday, 8-4 To Los Piratos

A non-holiday matinee?? I didn't know the MLB still had businessman specials on non-holiday afternoons!

The Mighty Metropolitans lost to the Pirates despite Oliver Perez K-ing 9 through 6 innings. THe Pirates were helped out & spurred on to victory thanks to an error-plagued 5th inning where they scored 5 runs, all unearned.

Boxscore.

The loss still leaves the Mets4 games ahead of the Atlanta Braves as the Mets host the Washington Nationals tonight. Scheduled starters are Jorge Sosa (7-5) & former Met, Mike Bacsik (3-6) for the Nationals.

Glavine 1 Win Away From 300, Mets Top Pirates, 6-3

How many does your junk throwing lefty have?

Tom Glavine is just one win short of the lofty 300 club. While he'll most likely never reach the truly elite echelon of wins like Clemens & Maddux have, Glavine needs just that solitary win to join one of baseball's most exclusive clubs- 300 Wins.

Not bad at all for a guy who has made his living off of getting called strikes a good foot or so off the outside black for a the better part of 2 decades. Maddening for me when he was a Brave, truly scrumptious since he's now a Met. Hurrah.

Boxscore.

No word or not if Mookie Wilson was in attendance according to unnamed sources & one source who doesn't have a name but said he'd have given it if he had one.

That's move the Mets up to 57-43 & giving them a current 3.5 game lead on Atlanta with the Bravos playing San Fransicko later tonight on the Left Coast.

New York Mets' Notes & Transaction list for July.

The Holiest Symbol In All Of Coreyana

Behold! The All-Powerful Tri-Corey!

All Your Coreys Are Belong To Us!

And God said, "Let there be Coreys!..."

CHUCKLESPALOOZA 2007!

The biggest Extravaganza in the short history of Castille Du Chatelain will commence on the morrow, Saturday, the 21st day of July in the year 8 KBR (King Bush's Reign).

Superboombastirrific Shrimp Berl starting at 6 PM at Chuckles' Casa & lasting til X. Fun times for all! My nipples are getting hard in anticipation already! Even my pee pee is tingling! Wooooo!

Vodka, Scotch, Beer, oh my!

CHUCKLESPALOOZA!

Show up & drink & partake of offerings lest ye anger the wolf!

New York Rangers Trade Matt Cullen

Well, the Cullen 2nd line center era ends after only one year in Rangerland with the New York Rangers trading Cullen back to his former team the Carolina Hurricanes today for defenseman Andrew Hutchinson, center prospect Joe Barnes & a 3rd round pick in next year's draft.

I guess this move either frees up cap space to sign Sean Avery who b/c of Cullens' departure, the signings of Chris Drury & Scott Gomez, may be moving to 3rd line center. Or perhaps youngster Brandon Dubinsky is setup for taking the 4rd line center spot. Or maybe another move brings somebody in. Who knows? Interesting days indeed in Rangerland.

Interesting

Is this perhaps b/c out of all the Republican candidates for President so far, there isn't a true Conservative in the bunch?

So far looks like we'll have Liberals vs. fairly Liberals using (R) to run in next year's Presidential electoral race.

"I weep for the future." - Maitre'D of Chez Quis in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Krikey Poo Trois!

The US indeed lost to Austria 2-1 to put them out of the U-20 World Cup at the QF stage. Weeping, sadness, melancholy, tristeza... all that & a bag of morose, stale chips.

The US' goal form Josimar Altidore:


The Austrians' tying goal:


And finally, the Austrians' 2-1 winning goal in extra time:

Krikey Poo Deux!

Now Ussoccer.com's MatchTracker & site is down... WTF?! Stupid techmology.

Anyway, last I saw the US was down 2-1 to Austria in the 109 minute... so who fucking knows, they probably lost... I'll check in short while... fuckers.


Oh & Arsenal started their pre-season shcedule today beating fellow London club, Barnet, 2-0 on goals by Adebayor & youngster Nacer Barazite.

Krikey Poo!

Galavision didn't have the US U-20's QF match vs. Austria like I thought! Poopola! So I have to follow the match on USsoccer.com's MatchTracker. Exiting shit to watch text scroll! Woo little icons make it fancy! Yeeeeaaaaaaaaah.

Halftime US & Austria are all square- 1-1. Altidore put the US in front on a header off a cross from Adu & Austria tied it just before the half on a ricocheted shot from a Kraut Lite naturalised African. Strange days indeed! Most peculiar, Momma.

So in the pissy mood w/o being able to see the match, other stuff:

What's the Phillipines have to do with Palestine?

The truth about a t-shirt icon. What's that in the article? Che Guevara hated blacks & gays? Tell that to the dictator chic t-shirt wearers on college campii next time you see one of their ignorant asses with his likeness on a shirt that hasn't been washed in 2 weeks. Wow & the execution of minors? But it was for the people! Viva la revolucion! Viva la Cuba! Muerte a publica non gustan Castro lo!

Seriously, Castro & Guevara suck major balls. If Cuban health care & Cuba in general is so fcking great, why do Cubans risk shark infested waters year in & year out to defect to the US & why do Cuban athletes defect a lot of times when they play in the US? Any logical answers, Mr. Glover? Belafonte? Bueller?

And finally... Yasser Arafat dying of AIDS? And possibly a bisexual pedophile? Didn't know there was a PLO branch of NAMBLA! Bwaha! BTW, Abu Ammar is Yasser Arafat's real name so don't get confused when reading the article. He changed his name to Yasser Arafat when he was a student in Egypt so as to make his own mark out form under his uncle's (or was it his father?) shadow who was one of the Mufti's that ran an Arab Nazi SS corp & was a close ally to Hitler & is alledged to be one of the key proponents & suggestors in finalizing Hitler 's "Final Soultion of the Jewish Problem."

Day Late & A Dollar Short Sports Report: USA 2-1 Over Uruguay In The U-20 World Cup

They looked iffy doing it but the US U-20 soccer team advanced to the U-20 World Cup Quarterfinals on Tuesday night with a hard fought 2-1 win over poor sports, Uruguay.

The US was outplayed overall in my opinion & looked pretty shaky at the back at times & the Uruguayans were very clever with "drawing fouls," read as "leaving your foot low & then over exaggerating the body spasm with quick leg lift to make sure the ref saw the hideous, blatant bone-crunching tackle. Oh yes, don't forget to grab alleged broken body party with one hand grab your head with the other & writhe. Writhe, Uruguay! Ohhhhhh the pain! Fuckers.

And of course there was the obligatory harassing & yelling at the referee for every single call that went against the Uruguayans. South American teams are so piss poor at sportsmanship. There was also the stamping of Josimar Altidore's foot by a Uruguayan before a free kick that went unnoticed by the ref & 2 linesmen, the elbow thrown to Danny Szetela's head by a Uruguayan strike. Thankfully it only grazed him, but the intent was there & it was done after an action that did not merit a retaliation such as that- some trash talking & the normal jostling that goes on during a set piece in the box.

And for the Uruguayans' coup de grace there was the pushing & shoving altercation between the 2 teams after the final whistle done b/c well, frankly, the Uruguayans like many South American teams (& Mexico) can't ever lose a game, especially to the U.S. w/o feeling aggrieved or with their honor hurt, so in their poor sportsmanship they try to incite a brawl or antagonize the winning team. They're such fuckers. The Argentinian World Cup team of 1990 comes to mind when I see things like this. That team was the biggest bunch of whiny-assed sore losers ever. This Uruguayan youth team wasn't far off of from them.

Anyway, the U.S. didn't look particularly good in this match. I'm not impressed with Freddy Adu at all. He tends to stand around too much for my liking when he could make darting runs on give & gos. Frankly, I more impressed with Josimar Altidore's game.

US goals were an own goal by a Uruguayan future llama herder & Michael Bradley in extra time. The Uruguayan goal was scored by some maté sipping crybaby.

Highlights:


Clip of the altercation with different announcers. Listen to the announcer- "Uruguay are traditionally very, very poor losers..." See, I'm not just a bigot, my stereotyping is warranted:


Remind them one more time what the score was, Michael Bradley! 2-1, Uruguay! Eat a Dick!

Arsenal Sign Full Back Bakari Sagna

Arsenal FC have signed French-Senegalese fullback Bakary Sagna from AJ Auxerre. This is Arsenal's 2nd signing after signing Croat naturalized Brazilian Eduardo Da Silva. Apparently Arsenal have paid 7 million GBP for Sagna's services.

With Bakary Sagna's arrival this'll no doubt increase the speculation of Justin Hoyte moving to Reading.

Reading boss Steve Coppell is ready to launch a £2.5m bid for Arsenal right-back Justin Hotye. (Daily Mirror)

There's also speculation Freddie Ljungberg could be on his way to either Manchester City or Fiorentina in Italy.

Manchester City are close to landing Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg in a £6m deal. (The Sun)

21-yr old Caen striker, Yoan Gouffran is also rumored to be on Arsenal's transfer target list.

Arsenal are ready to spend £2m on 21-year-old Caen striker Yoan Gouffran. (The Sun)

Day Late & A Dollar Short Sports U-20 World Cup Update

The U.S. Junior National Team is currently competing for the U-20 World Cup, or the Junior World Cup, right now. It started while I was on vacation in Destin & I've been catching up with work & the world & what not the few days I've been back so no detailed match reports for you! Instead, poached clips from the ever wonderful YouTube:

1st group match- vs. South Korea, Draw, 1-1:

The US' opening goal:


Korea's tying goal:


The US' 2nd group match was a thrashing of Poland, 6-1:


The US' closed group play with a 2-1 upset of Brazil! Hurrah!:

Day Late & A Dollar Short Sports US Copa America Wrap

I was out of town on vacation, seemingly thankfully, so I only saw the 4-1 thrashing that Argendivina gave us. Apparently the younger US squad taken to Copa America in Venezcuba stunk the joint up.

USA vs. Argentina highlights:


USA vs. Paraguay highlights:


USA vs. Colombia highlights:

The Real Cause Of GlobAL Warming

Researchers have discovered the true cause of GlobAL warming this morning:

Hell hath no fury like a Live Earth Concert scorned!

Scientists at We Don't Really Know But We'll Report Like We Know Labs, an independent research laboratory, have just released visual evidence of what they claim to be the real cause for global warming. The head researcher on the project, Ly Ying Prik, said of the evidence:

Dis da howtest we seen Aw Gowe since da erection fiasco of 2000. Gwain of sawt to be taken wit evidence b/c we onwy been studying Aw Gowe fow a fwew yeaws & accuwate wecowds of Aw Gowe onwy been kep sin 1998.

Proponents of the report have said that this new evidence will be a momentous step in the battle to combat global warming... or climate change... or cow burping... or whatever it is that is actually causing whatever it is that is actually going. Some of these researchers also think the genetically defective way a Liberal brain is wired also may lead to global warming or believing in global warming:

Fear & Self-Loathing In Las Cabellas

Opponents of the research have offered these countering pieces of evidence:

I cry when animals die b/c they remind me of a puppy I had once that was run over by an SUV, so obviously the environment is important to me. - Eliza Beth Green, Monterrey, Calif.

Shut up, stupid. That's like so like a photoshop of Al Gore, yo. - Haley Harris, Burlington, Vt.

You're a Nazi. If you don't believe in global warming than you probably rape babies. - Jason Giltzberg , Greenwich Village, NYC, NY

Bush lied, 1000s died in Iraq. Bush lied so his oil company CEO cronies can harm the environment with their Oilapalooza & corporations raping of Mother Gaia. - Harmony Meadows, Corvallis, Ore.

I'm like 40 now & I sweat a lot more than when I was a child & the world was idyllic b/c I'm holding onto some lost Eden myth in my head when in actuality my childhood idyllic world was nothing but stickball games on a concrete street & I didn't notice the heat b/c I was 10 & could run all day hopped up on soda & ice cream anyway. - Joey Antonini, Brooklyn, NY

I don't care that it snowed in Buenos Aires for the 1st time in 89 years. That's not "proof" that the globe isn't getting warmer b/c Bush's Weather Machine propagated by the NSA & wiretapping of environmental activists thatch huts could have easily created that snow by stealing it off Antarctic glaciers & dropping the snow from black ops helicopters that go undetected & unseen b/c of reverse engineered alien spacecraft that was also helped to be built by Bush's cronies in the Illimunati & the banking world. Oh yeah, I don't know how but Israel's treatment of the Palestinians causes global warming too. Free Tibet! - 'Peace Prophet,' San Francisco, Calif.

Yes, I will from now on listen to science experts such as Camoron Diaz, Melissa Eartheridge & Leonardo Di Caprius chastise me for burning fossil fuel & heating my apartment when they're able "offset their carbon footprints" of their Leer & Gulfstream jets, their multi-roomed mansions & ridiculous energy bills which amounts to nothing more than buying off their guilt of these excesses. I would just love to be able to leave my "carbon footprint" in Lieonardo Di Caprick's ass by breaking my foot of in it.

Viva le SUVs!

Viva le fossil fuel burning!

Hidden Meaning In Metallica Song Title?

Hmmmmm, perhaps there was something more nefarious in Metallica's song title, Enter Sandman, than the implication of a bogeyman that visits you in your nightmares? Perhaps it was a veiled reference to Taliban doings! Yoinks! Shame on you, James Hetfield!

Dance 'Til You Drop At The RoboCup!

Boy those Japs & Germans will engineer anything! Little Robots playing soccer/football for the accolades of... um, washer nuts & bolts & a thoroughly rabid paper clip fan in Botswana, the unbent one.

As if the stereotype of soccer is boring needed any more help here comes the Japs & the Germans determined to lull everyone to sleep with the RoboCup 2007 final pitting the Darmstadt Dribblers of Germany vs. the CIT Brains & Hajime Team of Japan. The Japanese team must've had CIT for those brains as the Kraut robots defeated the Japanese robots, 2-1, in a sleeper of a match pitting two former WW II Axis Powers together. Word has it that Hitler complained that the German robots were black & that Deutschland should've sent the superior race of Aryan robots to thwart the Yellow Jap team.

Pundits will be calling the the RoboCup 2007 a weakened tournament as perennial robot soccer powerhouses Microsoft United, Apple FC, AC MIT & IBM Friday did not participate.

An opening goal by Deutschbot striker, Adolf Internetten, was ruled out for... I'm not sure what. I think he was ruled to not have been onsides after the virus update.

The German robot goalie, Klaus Cirkitboard, makes a fine pair of diving saves at the 1:13-1:22 mark against Japanese marksbot, Shinjo Rebootamura.

The saves seemed to really give an I/O boost to the Krautbots as no sooner did the applause settle on Cirkitboard's saves then German strikerbot, Adolf Internetten puts in a shot inside the far post to put the Dribblers up, 1-0.

I like the German midfieldbot, Jurgen Spredzsheet hits the post at around the 1:43 mark! That's the robotic me- hitting the post. Put 'em 6 inches apart or 6 miles apart & I'll hit a post. I don't feel so bad now that the cold calculating little robot man with his fancy 01010101010101 type brain can't calculateify a proper trajectory for his little robot shot!

The 2nd half started out with Brains & Hajime immediately tying the match up on Jap midfieldbot's Yoshi Nakamacro long range effort.

Internetten again hits the post immediately after Brains' equaliser with Keeperbot Koji Googlesaki once again counting a post as his friend.

Every one had their servos & transistors fried however as the winning goal was not shown on this video but was apparently scored by Dieter Laptopz & at the final whistle sent all the engineering geeks into raptures of 01010101010101 that lasted long into the night!

German national team manager, Manfred Ebayberg was ecstatic on his team's performance:

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Go To Work In That Highrise...

And then vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico! Ooh yeah!

Maaaaaaaaaaaan, dat Destin place rocks. Nice people, beautiful beaches, beautiful sun, inlets, bays, sand bars, boats, babes & booze.

Wanna give a shout to my man Beau G. & his parents for letting us live the good life at their condo(s) for almost an entire week. I know Kopek enjoyed the balcony.

Only a few pics b/c my camera "died" or something the 2nd day there. It works but when you try to switch to picture taking mode it beeps a couple times & then just goes kaput. F*cker.

And B-Daddy turned 30 on 7/7/07.

The End.

Rangers Make Big Splash In FA Market

While some will be nervous at the Rangers splashing cash in Free Agency will be a harkening back to the overspending of the late 90s & early 00s, I couldn't be happier at them signing Chris Drury. He's not nearly as skilled as Jagr, but Drury is just one of those athletes that has it. It being that certain trait for somehow, some way being on winning teams or just making a team better not through overt statistical output but through those unquantifiable intangibles.

Drury is not going to score 50 or even 40 goals. He may only score 25 but he's the kind of cat that 20 of those 25 will be in key situations or to win a game.

The Rangers also signed former Devil, Scott Gomez. While I'm not a big fan of Gomez, that has more to do with him being a Devil & not necessarily anything with his game.

I do like these signings b/c both of these guys can play much more of a two-way game than Nylander could.

Next order of business for the Rangers is to re-sign His Shiznitness, Sean Avery, who is an RFA, along with The King, Henrik Lundqvist.