This year, we’re switching it around and calling out the least patriotic moments in American sports history. These are the moments where people have disrespected the country or acted in a manner unbecoming of the US of A. This isn’t designed to be the authoritative list, just the moments that stick out in our minds. Please share yours in the comments. (more…)

Here are links for a few of the items we discussed last night:

JP’s Buffalo Bill voice

DLamp’s man-crush Kershaw Liveblog

Silent Auction NFL Overtime Proposal (Via MJD at Shutdown Corner)

Barry Zito’s Modeling Career

Troy Aikman-Joe Buck married and dressed as twins liveblog

Joe Sports Fan’s ongoing Cardinals Moustache Coverage

The goal is to create a system that accompanies sporting events so sports fans could listen to the commentary while watching the game live, or they could download it and start it later if they DVR’ed the game. As we all know, the TV play by play and color analysts are ripe for mocking and, particularly with baseball, its always nice to chat about the game with your knowledgable friends.

We’re going to take our inaugural run on Wednesday. The midweek ESPN national baseball game is Cardinals-Giants (8:30 Eastern). We’d love for you to listen and chat with us live with your comments, jokes and questions.

It’s only a matter of time before our baseball movie heroes face the same fate.

Clearly PEDs are intertwined with the DNA of MLB. And we all know Hollywood is a stickler for ‘keeping it real’, so it’s no stretch to think that all those characters who won games in dramatic fashion in our movie theaters and then later on our TVs were doping it up.

But we here at Pyle of List like to try to stay ahead of these scarlet letter-ings, so we’ve come up with our list of Movie Ballplayers Most Likely on the Juice.

Enjoy! (more…)

Man, it was magnificent to watch. It was like KERSHAW!1! was some sort of demon who had descended upon heaven (aka Angel Stadium) and just started tearing angels assunder. Wings were ripped from backs! Blood covered feathers littered the infield! Cherubs wept!

Or maybe I’ve just done too much peyote in my life.

Either way, My Boy KERSHAW!1! seems to have figured out whatever had him in his little funk a few weeks ago. The ship is righted, folks! No one is safe from the filthiest curveball (not to mention dreamiest eyes!) in the league! No one! MWAHAHAHAHA!

Final line: 7 IP, 4 Hits, 4 BB, 5 Lembecks

When I wasn’t on the lake breaking both hearts and sunglasses, I spent my time at the craps table. I feel like it helps with my street cred. But I always make it a point to walk over to the sports book and make some stupid bet. “Let me parlay the Mariners with the under” and other such nonsense. And what do I see as I look up on the board Tuesday evening?

978     Dodgers     Kershaw

Say, no more, bookie man! This was a sign. My Boy KERSHAW!1!’S name up on the bright lights of the betting board where it belongs. I just KNEW he was gonna break out of this little two game funk he had been in.

And he did. KERSHAW!1! left the game with a two run lead, but the damn bullpen blew it, only to have Los Doyers rally to win it! Woo hoo! Take that, casino!

I tried calling KERSHAW!1! to thank him for my winnings and offer to buy him a sundae from Baskin Robins with it, but then I remembered that I don’t have his phone number.

I tried to let me winnings ride but Kuroda Pearl Harbored me last night. What? Oh, right, the Pearl Harbor remark. Sorry, some white trash must have rubbed off on me in Laughlin.

Final line: 5.2 IP, 4 hits, 3 BB, 8 Lembecks.

Whoa, listen, I know things didn’t go the way you planned in your last start. 83 pitches to not even get out of the third inning is rough. Yeah, I thought a couple of those calls were bogus too.

But crying? In the dugout? On national TV? *sigh*

It’s okay, baby KERSHAW!1!, come rest your weary head on my bossom. I will let you dry those eyes on my homemade Kerlampshaw jersey.

Shh shh shh, it’s okay, those bad men can’t get to you any more. You’ll get them next time, I’m sure of it. I never want to see those gorgeous eyes of yours filled with tears ever again!

Final line: 2.2 IP, 4 hits, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 Lembecks.

I feel an apology is owed. Actually, multiple apologies.

First, let me apologize for slacking on the man crush updates. I realize that this relationship you and I have is a two way street. Even if the courts won’t let me stand on your street anymore. Or anywhere withing 500 feet of you. But whatever, that’s not the point. The point is that I owe it to you to update everyone on your wonderfulness more often. And for that I’m sorry.

Secondly, while at Dodger Stadium last week, sitting in the all-you-can-eat right field pavilion, I failed to once call your name out as loud as possible. True, you weren’t pitching that day, but a real friend would have done that for you. Again, I’m sorry.

Thirdly, and maybe this one hurts the most, I pulled you out of my fantasy starting rotation this week. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that I could have been so careless with something I care about so much. Of course I understand that you are hurting. I can’t explain my logic, really. I mean, yeah, Zach Duke is getting two starts this week to your one, but that’s just a fool’s excuse. Please forgive me. It won’t happen again, baby, I promise!

I hope this doesn’t effect your performance tonight. In fact, I hope you go out and dominate those Padres tonight. Make me hurt for my sins. I deserve it. I promise you’ll be back in my rotation next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this:

Love,

DLamp

But we here at Pyle of List are not ones to sit back and cry foul without offering up any suggestions to make it better. Far from it! So we come to you this week to offer up some of our favorite summertime “sports” that can help get you to the kickoff of the Hall of Fame Game. I mean, what are your other options? Family? Church? Reading books?! Yeah, I didn’t think so. Enjoy! (more…)