Tuesday (Jeopardy!) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Posted on May 13th, 2008 – 8:44 AMBy Michael Rand
It’s time to clean out the link folder, starting with Matt Leinart’s offseason escapades — primarily a blog topic instead of a mainstream media topic and a key piece of evidence in the Bissinger vs. Leitch trial — showing up recently as a question on Jeopardy!
*Paul W. dug deep into the Boston Globe to pull out this nugget, which suggests Game 7 of the Celtics/Hawks series might have been decided as much by Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce as it was by Johnny Walker and Jose Cuervo:
Word is, Boston entertainment prince Patrick Lyons might have played a role in the Celtics’ blowout Game 7 win over the Hawks a week ago that vaulted them to the second round. The Hawks stayed at the Liberty Hotel May 3 in Cambridge before playing the Celtics. A league source said Lyons, who operates the Alibi Lounge in the hotel, instructed his bar staff to give anyone affiliated with the Hawks a double shot in any alcoholic beverage they ordered.
*A very successful hedge fund that focuses on “adult industry investments.” Yep, that’s exactly what it means. It could only come from fasolamatt.
*Mrs. RandBall is back with a vengeance, and you do not want to miss getting caught in the tangential cross-hairs. After more than four months of dormancy, she racked up three posts in one day, including this interesting take on sports equipment costs:
Should we really be encouraging players to shift their focus to equipment advancements like a neighbor kid eying the spoiled kid’s toys? It’s about the game … and in the first place, it should be fair.
*Shame on us for forgetting about Christian Laettner’s induction into the Polish-American Hall of Fame. That’s Polish as in Poland. We think. So yeah, we forgot Poland. Hope it doesn’t cost us four years.
*Reader MR enjoys MPR. He passes along this link to “Songs of the Legislative Session,” including Billy Idol’s “Dancin’ With Myself,” going out to the Minnesota Vikings.
*The Matt Walsh meeting with Roger Goodell is underway, and according to Reiss’s Pieces there are TV screens set up to show reporters footage of the tapes Walsh handed over.
*Fasola-link! Name that TV theme song. Yeah, and while you were enjoying the Twins waxing the Red Sox for the third time in four games, Mr. Matt was listening to the Cleveland vs. Toronto game (game 2 of a doubleheader) on the radio. His squad turned an unassisted triple play; it wasn’t enough for a victory or to impress his little one.
Yesterday, C-Dog (he’s four) and I were listening to the Cleveland feed of the second game of the Cleveland-Toronto doubleheader while C-Dog had a bedtime snack. When Cabrera turned the triple play, Tom Hamilton did not call it “unassisted” (the highlight that’s been playing on ESPN Radio all morning), and didn’t acknowledge it as such until after the commercial break (as it was, they missed three pitches of the next inning). It’s the first time I’ve heard an unassisted triple play (fifteen of them since 1900, but four in the last ten years), and I was pretty excited. “C-Dog, that was an unassisted triple play, the rarest play in baseball. My team (that’s what we call the Indians; the Twins are ‘your team’) hasn’t done that in the regular season in 99 years!” (Yes, I knew that. Yes, it’s an indication of how much worthless information I retain. No, I usually don’t remember my spouse’s birthday). C-Dog was not impressed, and asked for more ice cream.
27 Responses to "Tuesday (Jeopardy!) edition: Wha’ Happened?"
In C-Dog’s defense, ice cream is delicious.
Also in C-Dog’s defense, someone should tell Social Services that his father is trying to make him an Indians fan.
And you were still talking about the 3rd place Indians. Who are still located in Cleveland. I can’t blame him.
I was actually watching that Jeopardy episode. And needless to say, since I read blogs, I got that one right.
@jama-
Did you yell upstairs to your mom and tell her that you got it right?
Well-played, Clarence.
CC Sabathia is actually more interested in ice cream than Indians baseball as well.
+1 Hootie
I’d also like to point out that a certain person from MN wrote an article about how ridiculous the announcing was on the Sunday night ESPN game. I totally agreed with that, but on the flip side I would like to say that I thought the ESPN team of Orel, Steve, and the other guy did a really nice job last night. Why that is not the “A-team” I don’t know.
Fasola
Does C-Dog yell at his mom to sit her [redacted] down? Is it the new “it” thing for the kids to do? LBJ pulled it off pretty well last night.
Jama: on a semi-related note, don’t Google “Oral Steve and the Other Guy” from a work computer.
Thanks Stu but you are about 15 minutes too late. I already have about half of my belongings packed up and I should be receiving my last check on Friday.
jama - I flipped back and forth between ESPN and FSN last night. I, too, was much happier with the ESPN Monday Night Crew than I was with their Sunday Night counterparts. I didn’t “learn” nearly as much though…
I tried an unassisted triple play once. It involved a swing, some tagging, and several pulled muscles.
Agree in re: Orel, but Phillips hurts my brain. “When I see a guy like Bucholz not throwing his fastball, that tells me he’s afraid to throw his fastball” barely cracked the top ten of his dumb statements throughout the evening.
That hedge fund Rand mentioned actually owes much of its success to unassisted triple plays.
Yes, the announcers were better last night, but still not all that good overall. I’ll take homer announcers every time–even Bert.
And, the question I had–even if you’re ESPN, you know you’re broadcasting back to back games of the same series–why does it make sense to send an extra broadcast team? Did the Sunday night crew have to pack up and head the next city to prepare, ala John Madden? Is this why ‘traditional’ media companies are hemorraging cash?
On a seperate note…the Mrs. posts three times in one day, and that’s the one you feature Rand? The other two were far better…
I wish Rand posted original material 3 times per day!
Amplifications and clarifications (not that anyone asked):
1. C-Dog likes vanilla.
2. C-Dog likes the Minnesota Twins (C: “You’re from Cleveland, so you like Cleveland; I’m from Minnesota, so I like Minnesota. Who does Granddaddy root for?” F: “Well, Granddaddy is from Atlanta” C: “So he roots for Atlanta” F:”Yup”).
3. C-Dog’s mom is a toxicologist. We treat her with lots of respect. Or else.
So does that mean she can kill you without anything showing up in the blood tests?
Yeah, I’d treat her well too. Or go the Joker route and kick her to the curb before she offs you.
My brother’s advice: “Better treat her well, or you’ll wake up dead one morning!”
jama: I think Joker would just sneakily switch plates with her mother at any family meal.
1. C-Dog likes vanilla.
2. C-Dog likes the Minnesota Twins (C: “You’re from Cleveland, so you like Cleveland; I’m from Minnesota, so I like Minnesota. Who does Granddaddy root for?” F: “Well, Granddaddy is from Atlanta” C: “So he roots for Atlanta” F:”Yup”).
3. C-Dog’s mom is a toxicologist. We treat her with lots of respect. Or else.
Did C-Dog give this entire interview in the third person? If so, C-Dog is ready to be a professional athlete.
jama - was that whole bit where Phillips said he was just a little kid when Puckett hit THE GAME SIX HOMER, and then Orel and the other guy thought he was serious and tore him a new one?
Because I swear Phillips was serious. And/or stoned.
ramon
Didn’t catch that conversation I guess. Phillips is in his late 40’s so I hope it was a bit. He looks like he’s about 60 with all that gray though. I agree that Phillips can be a bit much but I think Orel is great when discussing the pitching. Plus I saw Orel on the National Heads Up Poker Championship on NBC. He’s an interesting guy.
I hope the players stick to playing cards after reading this story.
Speaking of Puckett’s game six homer, why is it that Kirk Gibson’s homer gets so much more play. It wasn’t nearly as important to that series…and Kirk Gibson sucks.
