Category: Sports
Interceeding for the Irrelevant: Sports and Prayer
Watching tonight’s Suns/Spurs contest brought up all kinds of interesting questions in my mind about the efficacy of prayer. The Spurs went up by 20 with about 10 minutes left–I wanted a close game, and the Suns furious rally brought...
Moral Victories amidst Major Defeats
Jim was right. That makes twice this new year that I have boldly predicted games in opposition to my brother, and twice I have been soundly defeated (carrying on my fine tradition of picking sports from last year). The only...
Ducks Fly Together: Corporate Sponsorship and a Night with the NHL
Continuing the sports theme of this weekend, the wife treated me to my first ever NHL game tonight. And by fluke, it just happened to be a clash between two of the better teams in the NHL, the Ducks and...
Good Enough to Win
With a cornerback that was sitting at home on the couch last week, a depleted receiving corps, and an offensive line that has had eight different combinations this season, the Seahawks somehow managed to squeak by an equally reeling Dallas...
An Exercise in Brilliance
My picks for the baseball postseason. I had: Tigers. Reality: Cardinals. Yup–that’s full postseason where I only picked one series correctly. Anyone can blog. That sort of failure takes real talent.
An Excercise in Futility: World Series Picks
I am now intrigued by the possibility of picking every series wrong except for one (Cardinals in round one). My picks for the Division series champions: Mets and A’s. Reality: Cardinals and Tigers. I should pick the Cardinals for Gary’s...
Reason #104 to Read Mere-O
Disastrous playoff predictions. I had: Twins, Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals. Reality: A’s, Tigers, Mets and, well, Cardinals. Maybe I can continue my run of luck and pick everything the rest of the way wrong. Without further ado, my picks (again)...
Small Attempts at Ingenuity
This play by Arkansas against Auburn should have won them points just for creativity–not that they needed them.
Playoff Predictions
I, like my brother, wouldn’t bet on these picks. That said, I’ll take on the experts and offer my own prognostications regardless. And unlike Jayson Stark, I don’t think we’ll see the Yankees on top. Twins-Athletics: Twins in 4. Joe...
Rational Animals: Week Five
Back to sub-par…..and the end of our playoff hopes. Versus: The Longis Maghonis Recap: It was ugly from before the beginning until the end of the game. We only had four guys show up–Jonathan thankfully came at the last second,...