Case of the Mondays: Stumbling back in front of the keyboard

August 14th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

So you were out all night this weekend, guzzling sake in a brothel-like hibachi experience, randomly throwing together your friends and an equal number of all-too-ready soriority girls for what could have been a scene from any given episode of Entourage.

OK, so that wasn’t you; that was me. But never fear, because it’s Monday, and we’re back at the Postmen helm. Still hungover.

Were you out and about, you may have missed the White Sox’ sneaky sweep of the Tigers. Those Sox, seemingly doomed but a week ago, have taken back a big ol’ chunk of that AL Central lead. Jay Mariotti has once again fully graced the Sox bandwagon, which is becoming a bit of a yearly tradition.

Maybe you were feeling a little international this weekend. Hey, so was Randy Lerner! He completed his purchase of Aston Villa, a middling English Premier League club, for about 62.6 million pounds. Browns fans everywhere now have financial evidence that Lerner is only slightly concerned with their football team’s chances of improving in any sincere way, and more concerned with owning a lot of shit. Rad.

Also, mark your fantasy boards: Clinton Portis took a shoulder injury last night. (I believe Mark Schlereth would say he’s “got a shoulder.” Jerkoff.) Not good for Redskins fans, or for anyone who might’ve just drafted their fantasy team. Thank God my league waits until the last possible moment.

As R would say, Snoop Bloggy Blog:

MJD gives us the latest in Joe Buck-related news. Yes, you will get more Joe Buck. [TheMightyMJD]

Golden State of Mind chronicles the Donald Sterling housing discrimination mess. [Golden State of Mind]

EDSBS takes on Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi. I didn’t know who Mike Bianchi was, exactly, but I enjoyed this nonetheless. [Every Day Should Be Saturday]

Weekend Fun: Wiiiiiiild Card

August 11th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

OK, folks. These wild card battles (especially in the NL) are shaping up quite nicely. We have some sexy, key matchups this weekend starting with the Tigers coming into Chicago to take on the White Sox. I’ll be at Saturday’s game. (Stop sucking it up Buehrle!) The Red Sox look to recover from their five-game skid tonight at home against the Orioles and the Twins are home against Toronto.

Over in the NL, The Wild Card leading Reds will take on the Phillies (who are currently 3 games back of Cincinnati in the WC standings) in Philadelphia. The Padres (0.5 game back of the Reds) and Astros (2.5 games back of the Reds) do battle tonight in Houston.

(Side note: The Reds are 3 games over .500 and are leading the NL Wild Card race. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are 3 games over .500 and are nine game back in the AL Wild Card chase. Just a point of reference, really.)

If you haven’t read this article on Alex Rodriguez or this one on Maurice Clarett, I would suggest you do so immediately.

You can also use this weekend to ponder what a Beckham-less England squad will look like.

E is heading back to Iowa today and I’ll be damned if I’m going to give that state anymore publicity than he’s cranked out over the past few weeks. (See here and here.)

Stay classy, and see you Monday.

(Oh, and the fine young man in that picture? Why it’s IU’s first basketball recruit for 2007, Brandon McGee. Eric Gordon, are you listening?)