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In a related story, Rick Vaughn was traded to the Yankees today. Why? Duh, winning. He vetoed a trade to Pittsburgh.
#Fastball; The Warlock is hungry. Hungry for corporate flesh. Live tonite – 7p PST. “Building the perfect torpedo” my manifesto @ustream ybw
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Looks like Stone Cold Steve Austin is going to join The Rock at Wrestlemania as a guest referee in a few weeks. Austin is arguably the most popular wrestler of all-time and I definitely appreciate him more now as a guy who’s had a few Steveweisers than when I was a kid. However, I still always loved this moment. As Vince and Shane McMahon gloated with The Rock about how bad Stone Cold was going to get it at Wrestlemania XV, the Rattlesnake had other plans.
BONUS VIDEO: This gets points for JR’s announcing and non-stop puns.
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A young lady goes to the club wearing my favorite type of suit…a birthday suit. Wait a minute. That’s not her fupa. It’s her friends arm. I used to love going to children’s museums and looking at the optical illusions. This is better. Sorry, two old people/Mexicans.
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This one’s a doozy. And also why he’s the man.
Done! Wrote it in my sleep! RT @amanduhmarshall @Charliesheen write the update! #tigerblood not in the index! http://yfrog.com/h317196599j
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Earn yourself, kids.
this just in…. another cosmic fastball from theMind of your fav Warlock; Earn Yourself. #EarnYourself
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In an unprecedented move, there are 32 Jabronis of the Week. Although the NFL owners and players have agreed to a 7-day extension to resolve their labor issues, the onus of the blame for even reaching this point has to go to the owners. They’re facing a similar problem as a lot of other sports and businesses at this time. They over-expanded and over-fancified their product and now it’s biting them in the ass as the economy struggles.
The only difference is that football is at the height of its popularity, and arguably is the most popular product in the country. It’s not like the NBA having to deal with owners losing $30 million a season. The value of franchises keep going up and up. If more owners planned smartly and made better decisions when it comes to stadiums and PSL’s, they wouldn’t be in this mess. It’s all greed.
We didn’t force the Giants and Jets to build a billion-dollar stadium. We didn’t need club lounges with fireplaces. Loyal customers were pissed about the PSL’s. There’s going to be people willing to shell out big bucks, but as soon as times are tough, they’re gone. Luckily both teams are doing well but the economy really hurt the new stadium. Teams are much more a public service than a private business. It’s not the job of the people to subsidize them.
It’s like the neighborhood bar that gets really popular. Pretty soon you can’t get in unless you’re wearing dress shoes and Bud Lights cost $8. Pretty soon the loyal customers are turned off and would rather stay home. It’s ridiculous that coming off a great season, the owners and players would be willing to go through such negative publicity. There’s a lot at stake: the extended schedule, player safety, retirement benefits. But at the heart of it is all greed. There are some teams that are doing worse than others. If you can’t afford to own a team, then cash out. A ton of billionaires out there would love to own a football team.
Owners, hopefully this ends soon. I’m not against the 18-game schedule like a lot of other people are. If you added an extra bye week or two and an extra playoff team in each conference, shouldn’t the additional revenue cover everything? Maybe that’s a simplified solution. Limit rookie salaries in exchange for a few extra roster spots. That’s what I call compromising. I learned it at business school. There’s so much money at stake. Figure it out. Until then, you’re jabronis, brothers.
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It’s no secret that the Jets’ Bart Scott is insane. Exhibit A:
Incredibly, that wasn’t the silliest thing Scott did during the winter. The linebacker trademarked the phrase “Can’t Wait” after that crazy postgame interview with Sal Paolantonio. Apparently, he never heard the phrase used before during his frequent conversations with the Ultimate Warrior. Despite having an econ degree from Southern Illinois (Clyde Frazier FTW), Scott likely didn’t take any marketing classes and he has made no money off the phrase, presumably because people use it millions of times a day. Also, maybe Scott forgot that the Jets didn’t make the Super Bowl. I have been told, however, that his brother, Michael Scott, is very impressed by his business savvy.
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The brainiacs over at Harvard finally developed something useful for a change: a database featuring every NBA and ABA player for the past 60 years that can connect any two through the teammates they’ve had over the years. I thought it was too good to be true. You have to try it out. How else would you know that Brian Scalabrine and Mark Madsen were both teammates with the immortal……
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