Saturday, November 12, 2005
Saturday Sports on TLB
Today is Sports History... from the interesting to inept, you'll see!
1892 - William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. (Pros had to start somewhere... right?).
From the "Pudge" (cause "the Babe" was already taken as a nickname, I figure...) to the Judge... On November 12th, 1920, Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of the American and National Leagues. (Baseball should get one of those TV Judges - any one of them would do a better job than the actual commissioner they have! My vote goes to either Judge Judy or that other lady Judge... whatshername? Any ballplayer I can think of would like to be sentenced by her! *LOL* Ok now - let's... move on!). 1931 - Maple Leaf Gardens opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was to be the new home of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League. (What is mind-boggling is the fact that it STILL WAS THE HOME OF THE LEAFS up until 1999 - when the execrable Montreal Forum was, alas not torn down but "repossessed" -with its ghosts and all- a long time ago and the beloved Boston Garden was in fact torn down an eternity ago it seems, to make way for a brand new facility -now christened a Garden as well- the Leafs' old building remained... and it looked like an old abandoned factory from the outside! Sheesh! Who in blue blazes was responsible for urbanism and architectural homogeneity in Toronto...?!? Surely that person lost his/her job by now... Because, quite frankly, the new Air Canada Centre is nothing to write home about either! But that is another story...). Nov. 12th 1933 - In Philadelphia, the first Sunday football game was played. (As funny as it sounds to remember that on a Nov. 12th that falls on a Saturday! Close enough... next!). 1953 - The NFL policy of blacking out home games was upheld by Judge Allan K. Grim of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. (Makes more sense to me than the Montreal Morons who still will pay top dollar to see the Canadiens play LIVE at the new building they have - the Molson... no, the Bell... no, the Blair Witch Center?!? I forget what they call the freaking place anymore!!! *lol* The point is that the fans are moronic to the max in paying exhorbitant ticket prices - when they could see the damn boring game for free on TV! Only in Montreal...). 1967 - The Detroit Lions set a National Football League (NFL) record when they fumbled the ball 11 times. They only lost possession five of the eleven times. (That woul not be the only time the Lions were to be found just... lying around! *LOL*). 1972 - Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, became the first NFL head coach to win 100 regular season games in 10 seasons. (A perfect 10 - or a perfect average of 10 per season at least! Too bad the Aquamen are not the way they were anymore... seems to be a trend with all maritime-based teams... the NY Islanders... the Pittsburgh Pirates... the Hartford Whalers... oh yeah, the Whalers took it to another level by morphing into - the Carolina Hurricanes! Part of a new reality in sports - when a team sux, it high-tails it out of town to some new premises where mediocrity will be tolerated a little bit longer... Some teams though are making it too much of a habit now - the NBA's sorry bunch of Bobcats comes to mind here... But I digress...). And, finally and indeed least memorable as historical of all, on Nov. 12th 1996 - "Dennis Rodman's World Tour '96" debuted on MTV. Must have been the beginning of the worst trend of all in TV history - REALITY TV! Don't these people realize that TV is ESCAPISM - and that REALITY BITES? TV execs never learn...
The hunt is on for a new Red Sox General Manager - since the last day of October! All the Hallows came - and took Theo with them (Theo Epstein, the previous GM...) and now, at least, there shall be no more of that sacrilegious "In Theo We Trust" crap! What was there to trust? He built a team capable of hanging in there with the Damn Yankees - but it was destiny more than anything else that intervened and made that team's reversal of fortune in 2004, winning a World Championship for the first time since 1918. If Theo had been so trustworthy as that, he would have built not just a good team - but a dynasty! I hope to see the no-nonsensical Jim Beattie as Red Sox GM before long - and if "MVP Manny" has to be traded, Beattie will know what to trade him for...
And, finally, tonight's and truly this week-end's match-ups, again - luminous style! The Islanders will proclaim to the Bruins Battalion - "you sank our battleship!". The Sharks will feast on Texan steaks as they munch on the Dallas Stars... The Mighty Ducks will invoke the Power of Mickey (as unholy a thing as that is) to overwhelm the Wisdom of Gretzky - and defeat his hapless Phoenix Coyotes (minus Wile E.). And, in the NFL, as painful as it may be to admit, the Minutemen of Massachusetts (aka the New England Patriots) will simply stomp mudholes all over the Aquamen of Florida (aka the Miami Dolphins - Don Shula is not there anymore, remember? Dan Marino either! While the Pats have their Bruschi back...). Enough luminous final outcomes predictions for this time out I guess... Blessings! ;)
1892 - William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. (Pros had to start somewhere... right?).
From the "Pudge" (cause "the Babe" was already taken as a nickname, I figure...) to the Judge... On November 12th, 1920, Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of the American and National Leagues. (Baseball should get one of those TV Judges - any one of them would do a better job than the actual commissioner they have! My vote goes to either Judge Judy or that other lady Judge... whatshername? Any ballplayer I can think of would like to be sentenced by her! *LOL* Ok now - let's... move on!). 1931 - Maple Leaf Gardens opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was to be the new home of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League. (What is mind-boggling is the fact that it STILL WAS THE HOME OF THE LEAFS up until 1999 - when the execrable Montreal Forum was, alas not torn down but "repossessed" -with its ghosts and all- a long time ago and the beloved Boston Garden was in fact torn down an eternity ago it seems, to make way for a brand new facility -now christened a Garden as well- the Leafs' old building remained... and it looked like an old abandoned factory from the outside! Sheesh! Who in blue blazes was responsible for urbanism and architectural homogeneity in Toronto...?!? Surely that person lost his/her job by now... Because, quite frankly, the new Air Canada Centre is nothing to write home about either! But that is another story...). Nov. 12th 1933 - In Philadelphia, the first Sunday football game was played. (As funny as it sounds to remember that on a Nov. 12th that falls on a Saturday! Close enough... next!). 1953 - The NFL policy of blacking out home games was upheld by Judge Allan K. Grim of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. (Makes more sense to me than the Montreal Morons who still will pay top dollar to see the Canadiens play LIVE at the new building they have - the Molson... no, the Bell... no, the Blair Witch Center?!? I forget what they call the freaking place anymore!!! *lol* The point is that the fans are moronic to the max in paying exhorbitant ticket prices - when they could see the damn boring game for free on TV! Only in Montreal...). 1967 - The Detroit Lions set a National Football League (NFL) record when they fumbled the ball 11 times. They only lost possession five of the eleven times. (That woul not be the only time the Lions were to be found just... lying around! *LOL*). 1972 - Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, became the first NFL head coach to win 100 regular season games in 10 seasons. (A perfect 10 - or a perfect average of 10 per season at least! Too bad the Aquamen are not the way they were anymore... seems to be a trend with all maritime-based teams... the NY Islanders... the Pittsburgh Pirates... the Hartford Whalers... oh yeah, the Whalers took it to another level by morphing into - the Carolina Hurricanes! Part of a new reality in sports - when a team sux, it high-tails it out of town to some new premises where mediocrity will be tolerated a little bit longer... Some teams though are making it too much of a habit now - the NBA's sorry bunch of Bobcats comes to mind here... But I digress...). And, finally and indeed least memorable as historical of all, on Nov. 12th 1996 - "Dennis Rodman's World Tour '96" debuted on MTV. Must have been the beginning of the worst trend of all in TV history - REALITY TV! Don't these people realize that TV is ESCAPISM - and that REALITY BITES? TV execs never learn...
The hunt is on for a new Red Sox General Manager - since the last day of October! All the Hallows came - and took Theo with them (Theo Epstein, the previous GM...) and now, at least, there shall be no more of that sacrilegious "In Theo We Trust" crap! What was there to trust? He built a team capable of hanging in there with the Damn Yankees - but it was destiny more than anything else that intervened and made that team's reversal of fortune in 2004, winning a World Championship for the first time since 1918. If Theo had been so trustworthy as that, he would have built not just a good team - but a dynasty! I hope to see the no-nonsensical Jim Beattie as Red Sox GM before long - and if "MVP Manny" has to be traded, Beattie will know what to trade him for...
And, finally, tonight's and truly this week-end's match-ups, again - luminous style! The Islanders will proclaim to the Bruins Battalion - "you sank our battleship!". The Sharks will feast on Texan steaks as they munch on the Dallas Stars... The Mighty Ducks will invoke the Power of Mickey (as unholy a thing as that is) to overwhelm the Wisdom of Gretzky - and defeat his hapless Phoenix Coyotes (minus Wile E.). And, in the NFL, as painful as it may be to admit, the Minutemen of Massachusetts (aka the New England Patriots) will simply stomp mudholes all over the Aquamen of Florida (aka the Miami Dolphins - Don Shula is not there anymore, remember? Dan Marino either! While the Pats have their Bruschi back...). Enough luminous final outcomes predictions for this time out I guess... Blessings! ;)
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Last night I watched a movie called "How to lose a man in 10 days". I thought it was really good. Anway, the main woman in the movie is a big Nicks fan!! lol
I never understood how women could get so much into sports the way she did in the movie.
Most sports at least the Major professional sports is male dominated. Some sports are even quite violent, like hockey and football. (American football, not soccer).
I think that sports in itself is a great tool to get kids into activities and not on drugs or in gangs, etc...
The sports that just bore me to death are golf, and Tennis!! *YAWN*
I prefer baseball to any other sport if I am going to watch it. I much prefer to be at the game than watching it on TV though. lol I guess everyone who likes baseball would prefer to be at the game. lol
When I lived in Houston in 1991-1994 I saw several of the Houston Astro's games live. It was a good year for them and they won the times I went.
Hi Just Me,
I see that you are new to blogger.
I look forward to seeing what stories you write and post in your blog. Welcome to the blogging family at Blogger!
Luce,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with even those of us who are dumb when it comes to sports. hehehe
You make any topic interesting. Even sports!! The way you write, you could write about the weather, and it would be ineteresting! :D
Well it is time for me to go to bed. I know, I know, I was going to go to bed 30 minutes ago. LOL
I had read your blog earlier today but didn't post a comment. So I decided to post a comment before I go to bed.
Good Night
God Bless You (\ô/) Luce!
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
PS. I thought of something else to say, but am too tired. I'll comment about it tomorrow! :D
Good Night!
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I never understood how women could get so much into sports the way she did in the movie.
Most sports at least the Major professional sports is male dominated. Some sports are even quite violent, like hockey and football. (American football, not soccer).
I think that sports in itself is a great tool to get kids into activities and not on drugs or in gangs, etc...
The sports that just bore me to death are golf, and Tennis!! *YAWN*
I prefer baseball to any other sport if I am going to watch it. I much prefer to be at the game than watching it on TV though. lol I guess everyone who likes baseball would prefer to be at the game. lol
When I lived in Houston in 1991-1994 I saw several of the Houston Astro's games live. It was a good year for them and they won the times I went.
Hi Just Me,
I see that you are new to blogger.
I look forward to seeing what stories you write and post in your blog. Welcome to the blogging family at Blogger!
Luce,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with even those of us who are dumb when it comes to sports. hehehe
You make any topic interesting. Even sports!! The way you write, you could write about the weather, and it would be ineteresting! :D
Well it is time for me to go to bed. I know, I know, I was going to go to bed 30 minutes ago. LOL
I had read your blog earlier today but didn't post a comment. So I decided to post a comment before I go to bed.
Good Night
God Bless You (\ô/) Luce!
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
PS. I thought of something else to say, but am too tired. I'll comment about it tomorrow! :D
Good Night!
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