South Jersey iggles fans wish, they did it first

Watch this link from the Arizona NBC 12. Apparently Philly is not the only place with dumb rednecks as fans!

While Mitch Williams got death threats, and half the men in Clayton, NJ who wear Real Tree Camo "Git-r-done!" hats are readying crosses and nooses for McNabb over the playoff loss in Arizona.

These two obvious bar mates hatched a great idea. (If you were a 15 year old High School freshman!)

Take diesel fuel (the hardest to ignite, the worst to put out, and the nastiest of all for fumes)

And left messages for Donavan. None were soup related.

The 28 year old looks unfazed in his mug shot. The old man is embarrassed, not as much as the Cardinals organization by his mug shot!

Kurt Warner said he's just angry they forgot to thank God for fire and diesel fuel.

Former AFL star Kurt Warner , will play in his third superbowl!

Before he was in the NFL Europe, he was a Iowa Barnstormer.

Kurt Warner may very well have sealed the deal this Sunday, for a bust in Canton, Ohio. That would make Warner the first and possibly last Arena Football League alumni to make it to the Pro Football hall of fame.

The AFL had become a cult sport, that was all but invisible from the national TV scene. Kurt Warner leading Iowa to a pair of Arena Bowls, not only put the AFL back on the map. (Landing them on TNN in it's last days before the change to "Spike TV")

He also helped the AFL land its first major Video game.(He was with the St. Louis Rams at the time of the games release) "Kurt Warner's Arena Football unleashed" was on Play Station One. The previous two AFL games was a text game (no graphics) for the Comadore 64. And a proto-type game for the short lived 64 bit Atari Jaguar.

(I bought one during my Senior year of High School for 30 bucks brand new with two games. Fours years after the Jag was realeased. By the way incase your keeping score. Playstation 2 came out in the fall of 2000. It is still for sale for about $130 for a new system today. Even with Playstation 3 out for over two years now. And PS2 still has new games coming out. But that is not the point of this post.)

Below is some screen shots of the PS1 game. I know I hope to someday land a copy. I love the AFL and will always love the AFL even though I doubt the league will ever return!

I do hope Kurt wins this Superbowl. For all of us 50 yard, indoor war fans!















Video of "Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed"

Steven Colbert tips his hat to the NY Mets

Just watched the replay from last night. Laughed my ass off to this in light of recent events.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Tip/Wag - Monkey on the Lam

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

Joseph Stalin's kin found in NY running a NY Mets Blog

So all who know me, know I love talking sports and Baseball to fans of any team. (My Dad the Mets fan, my buddy Pete and friend El more Mets fans. My buddy Pat a Boston fan that was a fan when they sucked too, and my girl friend Marjorie who is Yankee fan.and yet I still love her!;)

I love the blog "Home Run Derby" they have a link on here. Great diamond chat all year. And with more than just people who think like me. I love debate. I'd rather disagree with a Mets or Cardinals fan than just listen to the choir and pat myself on the back!

Then again I also DO NOT WATCH FOX NEWS!

I'm a fan of democracy and free exchange of views.

Well I guess "METS GRRL" (She's a Mets fan who seems to not care for the letter I)

She's also a fan of Sean Hannity style only we are right and don't any outsiders say a word!

I made a few jokes and insightful thoughts on corporate ads in Baseball. And the awful logo the Mets had made. They paid some advertising firm to make the first year at "Cititfield" patch. I don't know why!


Any kid in the NY Media market could have made a patch that is 10,000 times better, for free!

After a few posts I saw this comment from the "grrl"

" kind of have to wonder why, all day, I’ve been deleting derogatory comments from fans of other teams. I gotta tell ya, I don’t have enough time in my day to go to a fan site for another team and taunt them about their *uniform logo*.

Not to mention it also isn’t any of my business. I’m not gonna have to wear it. I can understand having an opinion but the rest of it kind of befuddles me." this was posted after one of my posts.

Well considering it was after my post. (and I got a e-mail that she gave that reply. I had to comment back on that.

I joked again that since Citibank is part of the Corporate swine bailout. EVERY American even those who are NOT Mets fans should have a say how the tax funded cash is spent.

Also I said don't let the fans of other teams upset you. When you get all worked up and bent out of shape and bannish folks for not agreeing with you, makes you look like a Yankees fan. (Or atleast George Stienbrener as played by Larry David.)

WELL!

How dare I!

When I saw someone counter my thoughts the cardinals wear a corporate name with Busch Stadium patches. A Mets fan made a good point. It is the owners name not just a sponsor.

So when I went to say that maybe so, but look at the Brewers when Miller Brewing owned them they changed the "M" logo on their caps. The "M" became a clone for Millers logo font. So viola the Brewers advertise Beer subversively as do the Cardinals I feel.

But after I made my post and hit enter.

BANNED!

Apparently while most Baseball fans love democracy, free speech, and other views. NOT METS FANS in the world of sexes with no vowels!

My Friend Tommy last year made a myspace "JUST FOR METS FANS!" he didn't want to speak with any Phillies or Yankees fans any more.

Is it some are in denial that Omar was over hyped as a GM? Do they not want to face the facts Anna Benson may have hit the nail on the head for several years? Omar's main concern was the most Latinos on one team. (So he can sell swag and seats to NYC's huge latino population like George did before him? While overlooking better talent of other ethnic backgrounds. This off season to his credit he gave up the quest for biggest Latin names and tried to get best talent.)

Or has America been just so polarized and minded fucked to the point no one wishes to hear from other sides? (look at Cable news MSNBC vs FOX NEWS!)

(Read the rest of this post in the voice of Keith Olberman on Countdown, or Ben Afflack on SNL as him will do)

Mets grrl your always free and welcome to post here. As long as it has something to do on the subject of the post your commenting on!

I'm not a dictator and nor should you.

Good night and GOOD LUCK! Even for the Mets!

The Mets grrl blog post and comments

The 2009 Mets patch in question comes from "The ‘ROPOLITAN" blog.
http://theropolitans.com/

NFL Playoff picks

Jesus Christ, it's been too long since my last post.

Don't worry in the next few days the video from WNEP will be a link so it doesn't auto play. They use to not do that. I guess they wanted to get their local TV ads played on myspace even if folks had no interest in watching it.

Don't worry "Scranton Yankee" fans. Or as I like to call them "Scranton Jerk Offs who wish they were from New York City".

Your "first champions of Scranton" will be back. Just none will go on to be World Fucking Champions like the former Red Barons (Utley, Howard, Burrell, Shane-o,Hamels, Myers, etc.)

Ya'll have Melky a washed up never was outfielder for the Yank-mes.

And don't think I didn't notice the increase in NY Football giants fans in Scranton over the last year! (You think we don't notice you fuckers always jumping ships? )

But enough about how the folks in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre are nimrods that drank too much water tainted by shutdown coal mines! Not even why I write!

No, no. This weekend is Conference Championship weekend. Or as most know it (the games that almost always are better than the Superbowl!)

The Superbowl is a Cartoon of itself. How many times in the next two weeks will you hear women declare "I just watch the ads."

Drives me fucking nuts. It's more QVC and less championship. You know what I do during the ads? I take pisses and shits! Most of the ads suck anyways. I mean the best corporate America has had to offer in the last 15 Superbowls is frogs saying "Bud-weis-er", and that hot chic (who was famous for a year maybe) in a Doritios ad.

The thing that pisses me off the most is, how many corporations that asked for welfare from the government "bailouts" will spend about half of the cash you and I supplied in the form of Taxes?

Will Citicard run stupid ads? Will Dodge spend 2 million to tell us for 30 seconds they are trying to save money? (Like the full page ad they ran in the Wall Street Journal saying that a few weeks ago at a cost of 100k! Check out Mark Cuban's blog on that gem.)

Oh the 50 billion hours of pre-game shit.

Thanks god for REAL FOOTBALL FANS, we have this Sunday!

Game One Philadelphia@ Arizona:

Well as a Philly everything else fan but Dolphan NFL season. I'm no "iggles" fan. I get sick to my stomach every August when the Phillies are in the heat of a Pennant race and all the sports media in Philly wants to talk about is Eagles training camp at Lehigh.

I'm shocked the Eagles found the way to the NFC Championship game. I mean McNabb has as much sense with clock time, as a 2 year old. What times up? But I was having fun!

I will say in McNabb's defense the Phone penalty was total Bullshit. As was the fine TO got for the filming joke he did after a TD as a jab at those scumbags from New England. Thew NFL still stands for No Fun League, how I miss the AFL when these flags and fines are issued in NFL play. I think the phone was far less troublesome than dog fights, or running with gang members to tittie bars!

Jesus maybe if I posted more often I could stay on subject.

So as I was saying, Eagles offensive secret is Westbrook. This guys is a running back and a wide receiver for them. And oh yeah he's hurt from the last game.

Eagles do have a decent defense. But Offensively with no Brian Westbrook, they should just ask the Philadelphia Soul play for them instead. If Westbrook plays and is good enough I say Eagles beat the Cards. He ran wild on them Thanksgiving ala the old "What you going to do, when Hulkamania runs wild all over you!"

I'm a huge Arena Football fan (was at the first ever game for the Philadelphia Soul, every home opener in team history, every Soul game at home vs Dallas,every home playoff game in franchise history, and what may have been the last ever Soul game in Philly where they became National conference Champs and went to what may be the last ever Arenabowl)

So my heart really wants Kurt Warner to win. He may be the only man to ever make it to Canton, Ohio that has AFL on his résumé. (I have to cut and past that word otherwise it's resume, and that is a totally different word.)

The Cards D has played with some real fire and urgency the last two weeks, but I wonder if this D is the real deal. (Ravens and Steelers D has been great all year not just the past two weeks!)

So I have a odd pick here, If Westbrook is good
Eagles 27
Cards 17

If Westbrook is so-so or doesn't play
Eagles 10
Cards 21


GAME TWO Ravens @ Steelers:

WOW, this may be possibly the greatest NFL playoff game in three decades. You have to go back to the days of Terry Bradshaw to compare possibly. Maybe this could rank up there with the "Icebowl".

The two toughest Defensive teams meet. Both have OK offensives as well.Most importantly both franchises HATE each other. This is like Dallas vs Philly in the NFC, Patriots vs Dolphins, or Packers Bears.

I have no idea what the over under is as of today. But take the under in this match up. I doubt the margin of victory will surpass 7 points. Hell I wonder if we will have a winner after 4 quarters of play!


I do think that the amount of injuries the Ravens have suffered this post season will catch up with them in Ice cold Pittsburgh.

Ravens: 14
Steelers: 17 OT



I would like to see a all Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Superbowl, but don't be sure the Ealges will do their part to make it so.

Yankees AAA team closes down club at Shea Jr.

The NY Yankees moved their AAA affiliation to Scranton PA. (Actually in Moosic near the Airport in the "burbs" of Scranton.)

Before it was PNC it was Lackawana County Stadium. Before it had natural grass it had Astro turf. The stadium was built in 1989 by the county that Scranton calls home. The Red Barons were the AAA team for the Phillies (hence the astro turf in the days of the Vet.)

But around 2003 the honeymoon was long over. The Scranton folks didn't care Chase Utley, Nick Punto, Ryan Madison, Brett Myers, Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell,Ryan Howard, Gavin Floyd , Cole Hammels,Shane Victerino, Mike Liberthal, and Todd Pratt were all Red Barons. (The last two the only ones listed that were not there between 1999 and 2005. They were with the first of two Red Barons teams to play for the International League title. 2001's team with guys like Utley and Punto also played for the title and had a lead in the series when 9-11-01 happened the championship was then cancelled for 2001. 2008 the Scranton Yankees won the title and now are the "first" champions in Scranton Sports.)

2007 the NY Yankees came to town with the "Scranton Yankees" most in Scranton are Yankee fans baseball season. They went ape shit. Yankees brought grass which turned the stadium eerily into the Shea of Scranton.

Now they are chasing out a local operator of the "Stadium Club" the bar/resturant open year round. (In the early 1990's this was a outside the box concept. Now every new MLB park has at least one if not more business operating year round in the stadium.)Is the Scranton Yanks claim legit? Or is Hank and the Steinbrats looking to prop Aramark in at all their minor league stadiums?

Don't worry Kelly P, I hear it will turn into a Hooters for all the boobs who love the Yankees. I'm sure they will hire you back, as long as you don't mind tight small uniforms, pantyhose, and drunken PGA stars.

Transcript and video link to WNEP ABC 16's story on this

Lackawana County Stadium October 2003




PNC "Field" (aka Scranton Shea)
Summer 2008