Category Archives: Sports

NLCS Game 1 at Shea Stadium.

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Last night Julie and I went to Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals. We orginally had tickets to game two but due to the weather Game 1 was postponed until Friday and our game became the first of the series. As a student of College Football, I’ve never been to a playoff game of any kind until last night. Obviously my streak of good luck continues seeing that the Mets won 2-0. The highlight of the game for me was seeing Julio ‘All Ass’ Franco at bat. My theory on Franco is that he puts his ass into every hit. It’s all Ass.

All and all it was a good night. The weather wasn’t too bad, our seats were great and the Mets won. Plus I got to see Darryl Strawberry, when is that not a good thing?

Take a stand sitting down.

World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov

Today Classial World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik took a seat over taking crap. During a World Chess championship match against reigning champion Veselin Topalov, Kramnik was accused of cheating while on the crapper. Kramnik has been using his private bathroom all to frequently during the match that Topalov thinks he’s more than just shitting around.

In filing the protest, Mr. Topalov implied that Mr. Kramnik might somehow be cheating when he was in the toilet. Before the protest, Mr. Kramnik led the match 3-1, with 6.5 points needed to win. The match is being played in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, a Russian republic on the Caspian Sea.

To thwart the cheating the World Chess Federation locked both bathrooms and forced the competitors to use the same bathroom for the remainder of the match.

Rightly so Kramnik threw a shitfit. During today’s match Kramnik went to his private crapper and sat outside demanding it be unlocked. Officials declard the game a forfeit.

Kramnik’s manager Carsten Hensel said the reasons for all the bathroom runs were due to the large quantity of water Kramnik drank during the match and because:

“Mr. Kramnik likes to pace, and the private rest area used by each player was too small so he uses the space of the bathroom as well.”

What we have here is a real shit storm.

2006 Game #2: Cincinatti Vs. Ohio State

Cincinatti Vs. Ohio State

Yesterday after numerous travel challenges I made it to my first Ohio State game of the year just before the half time. #1 Ohio State managed to cover the spread beating Cincinnati 37-7. Nick and I sat in B deck (which I’ve only done on a couple locations) and had some pillars cover all play between the 30 to 50 yard line on the North side of the stadium.


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Since I missed the tailgate Nick and I proceeded on foot to King Avenue 5 to watch the rest of the afternoon games. As you can see by whatever shot these men are drinking, I needed to find my own ride home.

Nick Barbone and Friends (ie the begining of the end).

This afternoon began harmless enough… how it ended I don’t know.

Shot Number 1Shot Number 1 (during).Shot Number 1 (reaction).Shot Number 1 (after effects).Shot Number 2. Shot Number 2 (game over).

Like I said before I’m not sure what they drank but I got Kyle to drive me to my car so I could meet back up with these guys. It didn’t happen. I’m not sure how they finished the night but I can only imagine it got ugly considered these photos were take around dinner time.

I ended up meeting Sal at WOSU, heading to Char Bar and then grabing some pizza at my place. The long Island iced tea at Char Bar was enough for me to call it a night and head home. The grabbing a slice of pizza lead to a shot at Mama’s in the alley off High Street. I’ve never been there before so it was worth the stop. Of course the bartender was from Steubenville (ie she’s legit).

Side Note:
So on my flight home today I sat next to John Kasich, FOXNEWS commentator and former Ohio Congressman. In addition to this I witness this scene at the baggage claim:

As I’m waiting for all the luggage from my flight 2 bags and a wrapped up box hits the luggage belt and nothing else. The box looks like a bomb as it goes around the carresel several times. In the mean time a car service driver holding a sign that reads ‘Mr. Bombay’ keeps checking everyone out waiting for luggage. Next thing I know a Stephen Baldwin, wearing neon pink and green shows, comes up to the baggage claim grabs the bomb and two bags and then heads over to the driver.

Turns out Stephen Baldwin is now Mr. Bombay.