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Have I said anything about being really ready for football?

This Will Not Help The California Homosexual Sterotype

So the entire Southern Cal team has somehow all gotten jock itch at the same time.

Too bad this isn't like the NFL where you have to have injury reports.

McKnight - probable - itchy genitals.

Would Al Michael just say they are out with a "groin?"

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One of the creepier video's ever.

Wookie On Sports Fantasy Challenge

After getting black balled out of the last few leagues I was in I decided to create a new league. Therefore the first ever Wookie On Sports Fantasy Football league has been created for any readers of the site that would be interested to join.


Here's the League Home.

Password is fantasy.

Draft is September 1st at 5:30 central time.

Prizes will be awarded. If I don't get at least six players I'll fold the league.

The End Of An Era

Just like celebrities die in threes it seems like certain era's of life and sports come to a close all at once. Sure some of it is pushing the facts around so that it appears to be a pattern.

Right now a good chunk of my childhood hero's and more specifically high school era stars are all calling it quits around the same time.

First Michael Stahan retired. The face of the Giants for the last decade. Lead them to two Super Bowls including this February's grand championship. With his retirement the Giants have lost a great amount of leadership from one of the leagues great classy players. You get the feeling now its truly Eli's team. Another QB I always respected, Steve McNair, retired back in April. I've enjoyed him since the Alcorn days and always thought he was a good ambassador for Mississippi. Tough player that finally couldn't play through the injuries.
The Braves have already lost John Smoltz for the year and his return for next year is up in the air. Tom Glavine went on the disabled list for the first time in his career and is spending as much time on it as off. And for the first time Maddux has made strong hints that he may retire at the end of the year. I never would have imagined but the big three has a chance to all retire the same year and go into Cooperstown the same year. As much time as Chipper's spending on the DL, despite having a great season, its hard not too see he only has a few years left. Not to mention the division streak that I enjoyed from sixth grade till two years removed from grad school ending two seasons ago.

And worst of all. This weekend broadcasting legend Skip Caray died. One of my two favorite broadcasters. (Along with Keith Jackson who went into semi retirement a few years back.) He started broadcasting Braves games before I was born and was simply amazing. Had a great sarcastic wit and was never afraid to say when the team looked awful. Wasn't an over the top homer and gave great insight. Waited till the right time to get excited and was alway ready to say, "Braves Win, Braves Win." My all time favorite line of his was, "and the bases are still loaded and I wish I was."

And just as the era of my high school hero's has come to an end I've reached one of those points where my life has changed as well. Bachelorhood is over. Real job responsibilities. House note.

But Skip as always said it best. "I'm 68," Caray said on April 2. "If I go tonight, I've had a hell of a life."

So instead its time to focus on the upcoming era both in sports and in live. Of which I'm truly excited for both. The Past had its great moments but the future has them as well. The Nutt era has to be better. The Giant's just won a Super bowl. The Braves will have another run in the future. And life's better when you live with your best friend. And a great dog.And thanks Skip. For making a great game better and all the great memories that came with you.

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Never realized this was George Harrison. Kind of embarrassing for him.

Any way its official. I'm in football mood from here on out.

Baseball Makes Me Sad

For the most part baseball season's over. Sure I've got to make it through the horrible Dane Cook commercials all the way through October. But its over. The Braves have fallen apart this year. The roster was constructed to have to have little to no injury loss for a good season. So off course we virtually lost Glavine for the year early. Have officially lost Smoltz for the year. Matt Diaz is lost for the year and was playing poorly before he got hurt. They lost bull pen ace, and awesome Aussie, Pete Moylan for the year a week in. Throw in nagging injuries like Yunel Escobar's shoulder, Brian McCann's concussion, Jeff Bennett's shoulder, Rafeal Soriano's elbow, and Mike Hampton's entire body. Then certain players like Jeff Francouer are having astronomically bad years leaving the Braves with the worst outfield in the league. Its just too much to over come. So despite playing well early the Braves are fourth in the division and on pace to finish with the seventh pick in next summer's draft.

The only thing to watch was to see if Chipper could capture the batting title because he was having an amazing season and to watch Tim Hudson pitch since he was also having a great year. Well Chipper's on the DL now and Hudson's elbow is messed up and he's likely done for the year.
The Braves big acquisition, Casey Kotchman, has managed to go 0-9 in his first two games as a Brave so that's a little uninspiring.

So instead we get a Nationalesque EVERYDAY lineup of:
Gregor Blanco (batting .267 with a home run.)
Yunel Escobar (.283 with 6 home runs)
Casey Kotchman (.280 and 12 HRs)
Mark Kotsay or Greg Norton (.290 with 4 HRs and .253 with 3 HRs respectively)
Omar Infante (.306 and 3 HRs)
Kelly Johnson (.270 with 9 HRs)
Jeff Francouer (.235 with 9 HRs)
and worst player in the majors Corky Miller (.093, yes .093 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs)

The Braves couldn't even manage to sell a lefty reliever having a good season, Will Ohman, at the trading deadline right and have now held on to him with the hope that he either continues to have a good season on a terrible team or doesn't get hurt to get the compensation pick that will likely only be a sandwich rounder since he's not a closer. They had ten interested teams and still failed to make a worthwhile trade.

Wow. Bring on some football. August 30th can not get here fast enough.