EVIL~! alkeiper

I caught a bit of Rays/Angels on the way home. Christ Rex Hudler is awful. There's nothing worse than a "play the game right" style of color commentator.

I am. I mean, why mouth off now? What does he have to gain by exposure, versus what he has to gain by keeping his mouth shut? Is he doing it for the good of the NBA? I think the smart analysis is that you really need corroboration before you take anything seriously. He is not credible in my eyes.

They did that with Shawn Michaels. I think often it depends on if a dvd exists. Rey Misterio for example already had a documentary on a previous dvd.

Check out the WWWF '79 show to see Jimmy Valiant at ringside, working heel. You also get Luscious Johnny in his active wrestling days.

Yeah, apparently it's much harder to win two straight than to win one of two. Yeah, I meant that it wasn't hard to figure out what series was being referred to. I gotcha. I misunderstood earlier, my apologies.

Here's Buddy Rogers in action.

Video exists. Rogers before the 1980s was THE guy in wrestling. The way people remember Flair now, they remembered Rogers then. The embodiment of the cocky heel, handsome as all hell and built. When Andy Kaufmann wanted to become a wrestler, he watched and emulated Rogers as a child.

Given the way Hogan lost, I think it's apparent he was done. Diesel was just about making his debut here. They could have programmed Diesel vs. Hogan, but I think it wouldn't have worked until the next year. Bret vs. Hogan seemed like the logical choice for Summerslam. A feud vs. Bigelow though could have been fun.

Yeah, apparently it's much harder to win two straight than to win one of two.

It may have been the gimmick. Meltz gave their Crockett Cup match against the Fantastics *****.

First match is a legendary tag match from 1994. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon vs. Eddy Guerrero & Art Barr - Masks vs. Hair, Best of Three Falls, Elimination Format - AAA When Worlds Collide Second is a bit of comedy match. In normal terms it's a stretch, but for this style it is heads above any other match I would want to see. Hulk Hogan vs. The Genius - Saturday Night's Main Event

Anyone else pick up Rock's dvd? There's no interviews with him or anything. I was disappointed in the matches. Looking back, I really despise that era with the constant interference every single match. The soundbites on disc three are fun though.

It's about f'n time guys. Buddy Rogers was first round material. Seriously, legends are still available and you're stocking your rosters with the likes of Jerry F'n Lynn?

FWIW, after strumming through the January '00 box scores, it looks like the Unnamed Star Player was Gary Payton, tossed by Unnamed Referee Ted Bernhardt. Sonics @ Knicks, 1/24/00 I note the game recap has a story underneath addressing the circumstances. That's quite helpful.

Eh, Donaghy is facing jail time and has to gain by exposing as much as he can. I'm not putting stock in anything he says.

The problem with all of the focus on oil and energy is that a great deal of the price rise is really artificial. Speculators are driving up the price, and what can you really do to legislate on that?

LSU certainly didn't want to leave their game in doubt. They advance with a 21-7 shellacking of UC Irvine. Meanwhile, Fresno St. pulled off a huge upset by advancing over Arizona State. Fresno St. was the #4 seed in their regional, and they become the first #4 to reach Omaha.

Rice and Miami win to advance. Only LSU/UC Irvine so far tomorrow, unless Fresno St. wins the late game.

I'd have to think the Elias Sports Bureau would be the only people able to figure that one out. Maybe Jayson Stark's column will bring it up.

Small clarification, it was Earthquake who fell to the hold.

A true Phillies' fan can never become overconfident. http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/st...date=1964-09-20 Consider though that the Phils have nod led a division by this margin since 2001. The last few years the team has fought desperately from behind. I'm not saying this thing is in the bag by a longshot. I fully expect the Mets to get hot and close the gap sometime in the next month or two. But this race is far more comfortable in the driver's seat.

Seriously? I thought Philly was doing better than that for some reason. I meant the Braves are 6.5 back. Apologies for my bad pronoun usage.

LSU scores two in the eighth, five in the ninth to bail themselves out against UC Irvine and win 9-7. Third and deciding game tomorrow. Georgia advances to the college World Series.

I would like to announce my new man-crush on Tony Clark.

It would have to be the double DQ, as the phantom title switch never actually aired on SNME.