Song Of The Day: R.E.M - What's the frequency Kenneth

No band has ever really sounded like R.E.M. and no band probably ever will. These days that may actually be a good thing but throughout the 80's and much of the 90's they were one of the greatest acts around. This song is one of the most clever commentaries on "Generation X" that there is. It also was the first track on an album (Monster-1994) that , in dedication to Kurt Cobain, completely redefined R.E.M.'s sound.

Oliver Perez & Luis Castillo... get the fuck outta here

Sit your ass down Ollie

Mets fans will have to find new scapegoats to hedge the blame for the team's 2011 fiasco. But let's take a minute to rejoice what is surely the brightest news on the Mets front of the last few years. Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo are gone! FINITO! We have been screaming, clawing, nail & tooth these past few years for someone to run these worthless bums out of town and finally, after teasing us for a few months, GM Sandy Alderson has done just that. The bankrupt Mets will bite the bullets on their combined $18 million dollar contracts and just for this, the Mets are a better team.

There was no way that Sandy Alderson could have let the Mets enter the regular season with those two joining the team up north. Citi Field would have gone ballistic, for the 3 days that there are actually people in the seats. Luis Castillo was hobbled by injuries for most of his Mets tenure and his banishment from the club was set in stone when he dropped the A-Rod pop-up against the Yankees. In reality, its a huge question mark on whether the Mets replacement at second will improve the team. One thing will be a given, the Mets will have more power from that position but OBP and defense could be a different story. It is really what Castillo symbolized that made his exit a necessity. He symbolized ineptitude, failure and expectations not met. His release will be a huge burden off the backs of the Mets management, the team and of course, the fans who hate him so much.

Castillo's infamous drop

Ollie P is a whole different ball of wax. This guy was worth as much as a bag of garbage and yet Omar Minaya decided it was prudent to give him an $18 million contract. He can't break 87 on his fastball, he has no command on his once reputable breaking ball. Sometimes I thought I could see opposing batters laughing in the batters box as they waited for Perez to walk them.

The whole "left-specialist" charade was a fucking joke. He sucked in the Mexican league this winter and he sucked all spring training.  He will go down as one of the worst, most hated Mets of all time. Good riddance. 

Check out this piece from the NY Times: How would the Knicks & Nuggets Matchup...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/sports/basketball/20araton.html?_r=1&ref=sports


Harvey Araton, one of the NY Times best sports journalists, begs the hypothetical question: How would the Knicks and Nuggets match-up this season if they were (by a miracle of biblical proportions) to play in this years NBA finals. His analysis produces the results spelling out DENVER NUGGETS. Along the way, we are seeing the tip of the Melo iceberg as it starts to crack under the pressures of success in New York. The Nuggets are now loving this trade while New Yorkers are left unsure. It will be well worth your time to check out how he breaks down the match-ups.

As if the NFL couldn't make us any sicker...

Would this be illegal?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6223700

No one knows what the hell is going with the on-going quarrel between the owners and the players. A lock-out seems inevitable and to your average fan...this is not the nonsense we want to hear on our Sportscenter every day. Its already tough enough to like Adam Schefter when he's talking about players and games. But, like many others, I am going with the notion that everyone will realize they don't want to stop an 9 BILLION  dollar baby and that there will be football come september.

What my gripe in this blog is about is actually something that we all saw coming last season, and as football fans, made us sick: The pussification of football. All the helmet-to helmet stuff was heavily discussed as were illegal hits and other things that make the game fun to watch but are obviously perilous to the players health. I am not going to argue against making the game safer but do it without turning it into soccer for Christs sake! In the ESPN report linked above the AP reports the following offenses will be deemed "illegal hits" punishable by not only fines but potential suspensions:

ILLEGAL HITSNFL to be more aggressive with suspensions for illegal hits next season. Rules defining defenseless players expanded to eight categories:
• QB in act of throwing• Receiver trying to catch pass
• Runner in grasp with forward progress stopped
• Player fielding punt or kickoff
• Kicker or punter during kick
• QB after change of possession
• Receiver who receives blind-side block
• Player already on ground

Look at the one I highlighted. QB IN THE ACT OF THROWING?! Maybe I don't understand this correctly, and I really hope that I'm retarded and that I don't. Does this mean that any Quarterback who is throwing the ball is hands off? If I am reading this literally, as I'm sure the NFL means it to be read, this means that any player who touches the QB while he is throwing will not only be flagged but possibly fined and suspended. As if it's not hard enough for the defense to play now the QB's don't have to worry about getting hit while they're throwing?

How many potential, game-changing, sacks is this going to erase. That whole tuck-rule bullshit with Tom Brady years ago now becomes irrelevant. Under this updated mandate, the Raiders would have been penalized. Listen, if a quarterback has the ball and is looking to throw, he is not defenseless. He knows that a hit may be coming, its part of the game. It's one of the most interesting parts of the game. It's different that a reciever, whose body is in mid-air, who gets ambushed by a helmet from a spearheading safety. If they officiate this rule to its literal sense I have to believe there will be millions of unheard cries from the public as they watch America's favorite game turn into women's volleyball. This is a disgrace!

The Situation's career in comedy ends before it begins at the roast of Donald Trump

Sorry about the video quality but I couldn't find a better one. Mike "The Situation" from the Jersey Shore may have ended his brief and pathetic career last night at the Roast of Donald Trump. Just watching it made me uncomfortable as it did everyone else in the room. The embarrassment didn't end there as all the real comedians then shit all over The Situation. I think Donald Trump may have even said "Nice Try greaseball" as The Situation exited the stage. Hopefully this will be the last we hear from him.

LeBron James Is Gay! Shocking Interview on "The Decision" Announcing He'...

This shit is hilarious

Who the hell does Hasnbrough think he is

Who the hell does this guy think he is?

Is this a fucking joke? Seriously, someone slap me and wake me up. I know Tyler Hansbrough did not just go off against the Knicks two nights in a row? I thought we were supposed to never hear about this farm-boy hick from UNC who does the robot in clubs after he was drafted in the first round by the Pacers. I thought they were crazy then but maybe they were on to something. (I know he was a NCAA God but did anyone really think he would be a good NBA player?!) Word is he is in the works to play Simple Jack in a Biopic.

Another side of Hansbrough

In the two back-to-back games against the Knicks he has scored in successive nights against the Knicks 29 and then 30 tonight. Both Career highs. Hansbrough's young career has going mostly unnoticed because he's in Indiana. After averaging a modest 9.5 ppg and 5 rpg throughout his first his career but in the last 10 games he has averaged 17ppg and 7 rpg. It seems that he may actually turn into a very good player after all as the NY Knicks ca surely attest to.

As for the Knicks...Can they get this shit together. D'Antoni needs to do something to make them understand that defense is not an optional part of basketball. Carmelo and STAT need to find a way to mesh with themselves and the rest of the team or the Knicks will be in danger of slipping to the 7th seed. Don't look now but the Nuggets are 8-2. That won't mean much until we see how they react in the playoffs but at this point in time, based on results, looks like they got the better deal. Just saying.