Do you know how you know you made it?

When your name comes up in spell check.

I was thinking about this the other day when I threw together that piece on Sorority Row and Shutter Island. I spelt Scorsese like Scorecese and it was picked up in a spell check. THAT's how you know you made it. When your uncommon name (this isn't Williasm getting fixed here) is recognized by the automated spelling fixer.

Pretty impressive, no?

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Did anyone watch the Miami-FSU game last night? Wowie. Whatta game. Lecroy Harris looked awesome in his first game. Can't believe that skinny thing was doing work on FSU. I would like nothing more than for Miami to be back and relevant again. Since we grew up with them being dominant, it's just weird when they're not. Good back and forth game though.

For some reason it reminded me of this game back in 2002:



Damn, how ill did McGahee used to be before he crunked his knee in his last college game??

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Should I add Madden to my Thursday Throwback soon?? Nah, def not, but I still haven't got the game yet. Used to snag that thing at like midnight because I loved it. I dunno, I just don't play much video games anymore. Kind of sad. I'm sure if I lived with a male my age that I would get right back into it, though. It's just that solo vid games aren't that fun.

The other thing is that Madden takes pains to become more realistic every year. I hate that. I don't want the game slower or harder or better on defense. I want to be chucking hail marys to Moss and scrambling with McNabb and shit. I think my favorite Madden was the 2004 one with Vick on the cover. Used to hang 60 on dudes on the reg.

I'm not the only one with Madden beef though:



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Aight that's it for me for now. Had to get some stuff up here because, well, someone needs to do work. As one of the fans said in a recent IM "I decided tonight was the night for me to check your blog. The first three posts were all by you. I love you." Thanks, loyal fan. I hope you appreciate the nameless shoutout.

I'm heading out later tonight, to peep these guys against the Diamondbacks:



Nah, I don't even miss this guy...too fire?



--Nick

Manny's press conference....

This is taken directly from Holy Taco and the link was sent to me by Kate...I figured I would at least throw it up here in case any of you find it amusing. Manny being Manny.....

I especially enjoy the "Birds I Like" section.....wooooo.

-J Perk

ManRam: The Numbing Experience

Yesterday’s news that Manny Ramirez failed an MLB test for performance enhancing drugs and will be suspended 50 games understandably sent shockwaves throughout the New England region.

Like him or hate him, everyone has an opinion on Manny. And yesterday was certainly no different.

Some people said they were happy. Some said they now are numb to anyone being a PED user. Some said at least he didn’t do it in Boston. Others said he’s been using all along. A few actually believe that he made an honest mistake, and didn’t purposefully cheat the game. And a few more said that this was the last straw of “Manny being Manny.”

Me?

I loved Man-Ram as much as anyone. Through the good times and the bad. An apologist to the fullest degree, I couldn’t even hate him after what he did to get out of Boston.

Do I think he used in Boston? Not really. Do I think he accidently made some sort of pharmaceutical error? Absolutely not. I guess in a weird way, I have no opinion of it. I’m too tired of this now to be outraged anymore.

Sosa, McGwire, Bonds, Clemens, Palmeiro, A-Rod and now Manny. All the players our generation grew up with – all the BEST players – used ‘roids. Picture that. You grew up in the steroid era and at this point, do you even care? Is there a legitimate chance that all the best players from our generation won’t be in the Hall of Fame?

Crazy, right? But I think this actually helps people like Bonds and Big Mac. You can’t keep all of these guys out, can you? It would be a poor representation of baseball, keeping out the top players of an entire decade or more. These are the MVPs, the All-Stars, the Cy Youngs and headliners of the sport. At some point, when the old sports writers die off or retire and the new blood comes in, I think most of them will get in.

I never would have thought this, oh I dunno, 3 months ago. But since A-Rod and Manny have both been painted (and tainted) with the steroid brush, the rules have changed. It’s not whether or not they deserve to be in the HOF, it’s more of an issue that they HAVE to be. A shrine to the best players in the sport would be a shame without, you know, the actual best players.

As one name tumbles out after the next in this self-absorbed witch hunt, we’ve learned that it wasn’t just a few people who were doing this stuff. It’s what Jose Canseco said, and what we probably knew, all along. And I don’t know about you, but I’ve finally accepted it.

--Nick

Don't Pitch to Manny

Please, please, don't ever pitch to Manny Ramirez, 'cause he might take you out of the stadium. Because MLB doesn't allow clips on YouTube, this viral vid was the only one I can embed. Peep it below or check out the way better quality one here on the Dodgers' site.



Also, just for fun, while searching for video of that titantic blast, I stumbled about this gem chooch who is dying to host his own Dodgers show. I think he's one of Perk's boys from the Bent:



---Nick