Entries Tagged as 'Seamus McGee'
This Game Is Already Weird
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Seamus McGee
So I’m watching the MLB All-Star Game, and while they had a brief tribute beforehand where Jeter said he and the Boss were best friends or something, nobody really seems to care that (SPOILER) George Steinbrenner died. The Anaheim fans still booed Girardi and the Yankee players, and the Yankees, for their part, were all [...]
This Is Weird
July 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Seamus McGee
Jeff Passan has a good discussion of Charlie Manuel’s strong bid for the Dumbest Man In The World award, his selection of Omar Infante to the NL All-Star team. I don’t have much to add, but I want to emphasize how bizarre a pick this is. Infante’s OPS+ is 95 (100 is average), and his [...]
When is cheating cheating?
July 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Seamus McGee
So this whole Suárez handball thing in the Uruguay-Ghana match has raised yet another shitstorm about officiating and rules and whatnot at the World Cup. For my money, what he did was totally legit–it’s pretty much the same as committing a defensive pass interference penalty in the NFL when a guy is going to catch [...]
Fantasy Fishing Week 9: It’s Over, It’s All Over!
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Seamus McGee
Fort Gibson Lake near the Arkansas River was my childhood fishing spot of choice, and it’s where the last BASS Elite Series event of the season was held. As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to pick my team randomly–well, without expert assistance–and surprise fucking surprise! I had my best week of the [...]
Tags:fantasy fishing·james niggemeyer·kevin vandam·skeet reese
Fantasy Fishing Week 8: Wrap Up
June 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Seamus McGee
A Wednesday-to-Saturday tournament, who woulda guessed? Three guys missed the first cut (including Reese), mystery man Cliff Pace finished 30th, and VanDam won. Ta da. I was a fat 22 points above the median, and I am now a splendidly shitty 50.3 percentile.
One week left.The only way I’m getting to 60th percentile is if I [...]
College Football Is Completely Fucked Up, and I Hate Sports
June 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Seamus McGee
Almost everyone under the age of 100 agrees that the BCS is stupid and Division 1-A* football needs a playoff. Even worse than the arcane poll-based championship, though, is the I-A conference structure. Conferences have been ballooning for years, leading to pseudo-conference divisions and playoff-hybrid championship games. The Big East remains a BCS conference despite [...]
Fantasy Fishing Week 8: Tennessee Triumph
June 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Seamus McGee
Whatever. I’m kind of over fantasy fishing.
1. It’s way too random.
2. I don’t actually care about bass fishing, so these guys all end up being so many letters on a screen.
3. I’m just giving ESPN more hits.
4. It’s fucking fantasy fishing, and what the fuck.
So, I have a team, based mostly on expert opinion. Who [...]
Tags:fantasy fishing·james niggemeyer·kevin vandam·skeet reese
Stadium Status
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Seamus McGee
Stadium Status from Internets Celebrities on Vimeo.
I hate documentaries. They are usually boring, generic, phony, and self-righteous. That said, take twenty minutes and watch this. People spend a lot of time talking about the raw deal that new stadiums offer to taxpayers, but usually in abstract ways that fail to really take hold with the [...]
Fantasy Fishing Week 7 Wrapup
May 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Seamus McGee
9 points above the median, which is supremely mediocre, but I’m happy about it. Why? Mainly because McClelland and Kriet, the two guys selected specifically based on expert recommendations, actually came through–15th and 13th, respectively. Wild card Edwin Evers finished a solid 19th, but Reese and Niggemeyer, my team leaders, crapped out at 58th and [...]
