tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189677912024-03-07T17:34:02.518-06:00Bert FlexSirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14022055974384244673noreply@blogger.comBlogger684125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-73206193466126626402009-02-14T12:00:00.004-06:002009-02-14T12:00:00.405-06:00this is it<a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://bertflex.blogspot.com/2005/11/this-is-it.html">685 posts</a> and it's time to say goodbye.<br /><br />I'd like to say that we're all grown up, but I shouldn't lie to you on the final day. Thanks go out to all our contributors - Tony, Justin, Josh, Ann, Jason, Jeremy, Matt, the other Matt, Eric, David and Julie.<br /><br />Big Head still runs the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://bullyforoldmizzou.blogspot.com/">Mizzourah</a> ship, so keep them on your blogging radar.<br /><br />I'll still be at InsideSTL for another month or so. And you can catch me at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://cardsdiaspora.com/">Cardinals Diaspora</a> from here on out. They might even let me write about bacon.<br /><br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-70852735373379862112009-02-14T00:01:00.004-06:002009-02-14T00:01:01.124-06:00Happy Pitchers and Catchers Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZPH2jwvIuI/AAAAAAAABI8/wnJxJ7Xn7oc/s1600-h/pujolsRC"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 174px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZPH2jwvIuI/AAAAAAAABI8/wnJxJ7Xn7oc/s200/pujolsRC" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301800926471725794" border="0" /></a>Hey, it's officially baseball season! As our gift to you...we're quitting. Yeay!<br /><br />Sure it doesn't make sense, but they didn't call us the "Donaldo Mendez of blogging" for nothin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-89087504109794698802009-02-13T11:45:00.008-06:002009-02-13T11:45:00.937-06:00The One Post With Poetry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZUe3KXfvQI/AAAAAAAABJc/wJ6PxSk-6KU/s1600-h/haiku.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZUe3KXfvQI/AAAAAAAABJc/wJ6PxSk-6KU/s200/haiku.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302178069323169026" border="0" /></a>If you haven't noticed (or assumed), there aren't any tags on the right bar that say "poetry" or "deep, meaningful thinking." We couldn't jam mindless commentary about baseball or bacon or chicks down your throats the entire time, could we?<br /><br />So as a farewell gift, the remaining members of Bertflex (sans Annie Fresh, who was unavailable for comment) came up with some Haiku poetry to really make you think about what you learned from <s>minutes</s> years of reading Bertflex.<br /><br />We're expecting to hear from Russell Simmons and the Def Poetry Jam crew any minute now. Here is what we came up with:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sir:</span><br /><br />Makin' movies, songs<br />Oh my God, it's Russell Crowe!<br />Fightin' round the world<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Big Head:</span><br /><br />Biel's ass online<br />Sandlot Slam up in yo grill<br />Bacon in my mouth<br /><br />Chris Black Young mashing<br />Cheesecake Sabathia sucks<br />Butley drops F-Bomb<br /><br />Bert has a goatee<br />Kansas Shitty here we come<br />Nintendo failure<br /><br />Sir has burnt ass hands<br />World Series Grimace raping<br />Ice cream cools me down<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HMW:</span><br /><br />he steps to the plate<br />says "iiiiiii'mmmm albert pu-jol-zez...<br />not. gun. win. dis. game."<br /><br />krispy kreme plus meat<br />who wants a donut burger?!<br />we are fat bastards<br /><br />ate the entire<br />wheel of cheese <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>pooped in the<br />refrigerator?<br /><br />blood spill on the floor<br />where is the fucking shamwow?<br />germans make good stuff<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Big Sandwich:</span><br /><br />Check out the flex time<br />Delicious bacon for all<br />Chicks dig the long ball<br /><br />R B I baseball<br />Sir laughs at diabetes<br />Jah will help you move<br /><br />The smell of springtime<br />Fantasy baseball draft time<br />I'll take Mark Prior<br /><br />Buffalo Wild Wings<br />Beer, chicken, big screens with sports<br />Anything else Sir?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-52143133043070392292009-02-13T00:01:00.003-06:002009-02-13T00:09:02.613-06:00One Post of Reflexions, That's AllUp until a day or two ago, I wasn't sure how to handle the last couple days of this site. I thought about going through everything and making a giant post of "Best Of" articles, but that would take a big chunk of time to realize we never produced anything good. I thought about taking the day off today just to post a ton of crap for the hell of it.<br /><br />And I thought of sharing some thoughts; about Bertflex, about me, and about life in general. The old me would have handled it all a little differently. Lucky for you, I'll keep my mouth shut this one time only.<br /><br />I do a lot of rambling on here anyway, so I'm stepping aside for the Big Sandwich. The one thing I didn't want was a long, drawn out process of sad goodbyes. We're just a dumb little website, after all. But after reading this, I felt BS did an excellent job of summing up our thoughts of what the site was all about. Here is a scripture from the Book of Big Sandwich:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZUH9MOhhNI/AAAAAAAABJM/jWPNtd1eDMI/s1600-h/invisible-sandwich.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZUH9MOhhNI/AAAAAAAABJM/jWPNtd1eDMI/s200/invisible-sandwich.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302152884134184146" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">I really did enjoy our little piece of cyber domination with Bertflex. Unless you knew us personally, you probably didn't care about what we wrote about but I think our main motivator was self-absorption and our love of our own perceived awesomeness. For me, Bertflex was a way to keep up with the dorky lifestyles of my friends that I couldn't see regularly. Even though my contributions were few and far between, I believe my anecdotes about <a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://bertflex.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-weekend-in-nati.html">autographed Eddie Taubensee bats</a> and <a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://bertflex.blogspot.com/2008/07/making-it-happen.html">hooking up with cougars</a> fit seamlessly into this cyber reality we call our lives. I am proud of the way Hazelwood's Most Wanted continually churned out content to keep our site relevant while the rest of us slacked off. I will never retire my Bertflex jersey, I wear it more often than you would think. Bertflex made our dorky adventures and outings more official: Bertflex night at D & B's, Bertflex 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, Bertflex trip to K.C., Skanksgiving at Al Hrabosky's, etc. Big ups to Bert Pujols, bacon, wiffleball, Todd Jones baseball cards, B dubs, fantasy sports, and anything else that inspired us. We turn the page on this chapter of our dorky lives but this book is far from being finished.</span><br /><br />Phenomenal. Well said, Sammich.<br /><br />We do have one special treat from the remaining cast of Bertflex coming up later today, so check back sometime this afternoon. Other than that, we'll say 'peace out' tomorrow and turn out the lights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-14957526641001586982009-02-12T14:00:00.002-06:002009-02-12T14:00:08.979-06:00Finally I Can Make it OfficialI didn't realize the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="https://www.blackcard.com/app/japply/lp/26165.jsp?campaignid=0001072&obcreative=0000000&obadloc=002&obchannel=005&ibchannel=03&partnerid=1394&referrerid=CJNBWT0001&AID=10608656&PID=52599">Visa Black Card</a> was out:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZPJqSED38I/AAAAAAAABJE/mzz3mKjpTjo/s1600-h/blackcard"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 218px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZPJqSED38I/AAAAAAAABJE/mzz3mKjpTjo/s400/blackcard" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301802914585763778" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Growing up on the North Side made me kind of black, but I never had backup when someone questioned me on it.<br /><br />Those embarrassing days are over. Now for the annual price of $495, when someone says "Shut up cracka," all I do is say "Wrong! Check out my Black Card! Wonk."<br /><br />Pretty solid investment if you ask me. Too bad there aren't any stores left at Northwest Plaza to put this card to use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-56875826655078947972009-02-12T10:00:00.003-06:002009-02-12T13:00:47.310-06:00If You Weren't Already Thinking About Bacon While Your Woman Gets Undressed...Yesterday I posted on insideSTL the top crappy gifts to get your special lady for Valentine's Day. Those were all Cardinal-related, and shouldn't be taken too seriously, as they were truly craptastic gifts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZPAgF0t2gI/AAAAAAAABI0/wkhdYTIuxCQ/s1600-h/baconunderwear"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301792843896838658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZPAgF0t2gI/AAAAAAAABI0/wkhdYTIuxCQ/s200/baconunderwear" border="0" /></a>But one thing i can get behind (possibly pun intended) is a <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" href="http://bacontoday.com/bacon-shirts-hats-and-more/" target="_blank">bacon strip thong</a> from the fine folks at bacontoday.com. If you're spending a bunch of money on flowers, dinner, jewelry, or any other bullshit gifts for this upcoming "holiday," you might as well toss another 10 bucks into the mix and have a little fun.<br /><br />The link will take you to Cafe Press, where they apparently have over 400 bacon-related underwear designs for you to pick from. I wasn't creepy enough to look through all of them, but there are some good choices.<br /><br />I mean, if they had hot models wearing the bacon underwear, I would have glanced at a few <s>hundred</s> more to see what else was out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-64693328641864476852009-02-12T00:01:00.004-06:002009-02-12T01:39:29.225-06:00Billy Mays: Not Impressed by the Work of the GermansAs if we didn't have enough problems going on in the world, a big big rivalry is about to heat up. This doesn't have to do with Iraqistan or one of dem fightin' countries. And it doesn't even have to do with sports (luckily, since you don't come here for sports news).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZO3rLt-6SI/AAAAAAAABIk/caVlj-Tzbjw/s1600-h/zorbeez"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZO3rLt-6SI/AAAAAAAABIk/caVlj-Tzbjw/s200/zorbeez" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301783138853120290" border="0" /></a>Ladies and gentlemen - Billy Mays is pissed...<br /><br />At Vince - the Sham Fuckin' Wow guy!<br /><br />Dun dun dunnnn!<br /><br />Check out <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://shampow.ytmnd.com/">this radio clip</a> of Billy Mays, the pitchman for Oxy Clean and Kaboom! or Kapow! or Kablammagam!, whatever it's called. Stick with the entire three or four minutes as Billy drops some Muhammad Ali-esque shit talk towards the end.<br /><br />Billy is a little salty that Vince pitches the Sham Fuckin' Wow, which is a direct ripoff of something called Zorbeez, which Mays pitched two years ago. He goes on to acknowledge that the original Shammy came out 30 years ago, but the guy who stole the idea from the guy who stole an idea is the one getting called out.<br /><br />You followin' this camera guy?<br /><br />So Billy Mays' solution is to have a pitch-off vs. Vince. I'm pretty sure I'll be the only person in attendance for that, so I'll let you know how it goes.<br /><br />Until then, one thing we can all agree on? You're gonna <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKtBM99kAc">love Vince's nuts</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-24815467307423760692009-02-11T19:00:00.003-06:002009-02-11T20:54:34.324-06:00Almost Done Attention Whoring...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZKA-zAL-dI/AAAAAAAABIU/P54Vha_Pqp4/s1600-h/drawz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZKA-zAL-dI/AAAAAAAABIU/P54Vha_Pqp4/s200/drawz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301441527699732946" border="0" /></a>Today's the last day I get to link <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.insidestl.com/STLCardinals/tabid/91/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1903/Default.aspx">this week's insideSTL article</a> to the B-Flex. Click that link for seven of my Cardinal-related Valentine's Day gift ideas.<br /><br />Some good news that you may or may not care about: we're approaching 30,000 hits; under a thousand away as of press time. Thanks to pervs doing Google Image Searches, we've received a shitload of hits lately from people searching for Jessica Biel's derriere. And who could blame them?<br /><br />Because of that, this month (all 11 days) has been our most successful month of hits. I think that's kind of funny. And fitting.<br /><br />Thanks for reading.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Also, thanks to RFT's </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/therundown/">The Rundown</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for linking the article. Always love their work.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-31402904451032529402009-02-11T11:00:00.002-06:002009-02-11T11:00:00.969-06:00Strategery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZKF4KhoWZI/AAAAAAAABIc/tjv6jKuE21Y/s1600-h/ferrell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZKF4KhoWZI/AAAAAAAABIc/tjv6jKuE21Y/s200/ferrell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301446911313074578" border="0" /></a>On rare occasions, it actually pays off to be living in New York. Okay, I can't say that for sure. I've never been to NYC, but I'm pretty sure I'd have a love/hate relationship with the city. Also I think it would be good in small doses for a polite*, young* Midwestern lad like myself (*notice I didn't say "truthful").<br /><br />Recently I read that Will Ferrell is doing a Broadway show (trust me, keep reading) titled "You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush."<br /><br />How awesome would it be to see that?<br /><br />An <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=351092&GT1=28101&silentchk=1&">MSN article</a> says the 90 minute show is scheduled to run into mid-March and will be on HBO eventually.<br /><br />If you're clamoring for some footage, I'm here for you baby. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=You%27re%20Welcome%20America.%20A%20Final%20Night%20With%20George%20W.%20Bush&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#hl=en&q=You%27re+Welcome+America.+A+Final+Night+With+George+W.+Bush&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv&st=week">Google video</a> has some if you want to stay up-to-the-minute, or play the video below:<br /><br /><object width="448" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://beta.sling.com/v/115350"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://beta.sling.com/v/115350" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="448" height="280"></embed></object><br /><br />And/or this:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-H15S8BD1xc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-H15S8BD1xc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-62879580486422411852009-02-10T20:05:00.005-06:002009-02-10T23:38:50.703-06:00Nope, Still Not Safe to Watch Around the HornToday's winner? Lil' Wayne.<br /><br />And here is the proof. Wayne starts out strong with some football discussion (imagine that, on ESPN):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIu49_-kkI/AAAAAAAABH0/8XcxX6fmVVQ/s1600-h/wayne1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIu49_-kkI/AAAAAAAABH0/8XcxX6fmVVQ/s400/wayne1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301351267618951746" border="0" /></a><br />Midway through the show, Wayne is dominated by Michael Smith and Woody Paige. Jay Mariotti is still in the game, but Weezy needs a big choke-job by Woody. With his intellect, that would never happen, would it?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIv0hDOd3I/AAAAAAAABH8/JPQb0eKwVek/s1600-h/wayne2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIv0hDOd3I/AAAAAAAABH8/JPQb0eKwVek/s400/wayne2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301352290640099186" border="0" /></a><br />Oh but it did! Weezy fo' sheezy makes it to the Showdown vs. Michael Smith! This is exciting! What's gonna happen?!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIwBQFpjRI/AAAAAAAABIE/NA3DCaaPRus/s1600-h/wayne3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIwBQFpjRI/AAAAAAAABIE/NA3DCaaPRus/s400/wayne3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301352509425159442" border="0" /></a><br />After two basketball topics (insert racism here)...Lil' Wayne is today's champ. He even goes as far as using air quotes in his 20 seconds of face time:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIwWreBanI/AAAAAAAABIM/--kSy4gfE50/s1600-h/wayne4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZIwWreBanI/AAAAAAAABIM/--kSy4gfE50/s400/wayne4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301352877552396914" border="0" /></a><br />Congrats, I think. Even better, Statboy says "Well said, G" after Wayne's rant on Lawrence Taylor joining Dancing with the Stars. Truly a banner episode in ATH history. Actually it's probably <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> banner episode.<br /><br />If you'd like to hear the championship wisdom of Lil' Wayne, head to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/blog?name=lilwayneblog">his blog</a> on espn.com. Nope, that's not a misprint either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-39954856126308180912009-02-10T11:00:00.002-06:002009-02-10T11:00:00.736-06:00I Can't Quit You: Rickie Weeks Edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZEZk-hS7tI/AAAAAAAABHs/aZnHHVo5jWQ/s1600-h/weeks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZEZk-hS7tI/AAAAAAAABHs/aZnHHVo5jWQ/s200/weeks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301046359440420562" border="0" /></a>Dear Rickie Weeks,<br /><br />Last week I saw that you and the Brewers <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/02/brewers-weeks-a.html">avoided arbitration</a> with your $2.45 million deal for 2009. It's amazing how you tricked the Brewers into thinking that you'll be that good this season, because I know what you're all about, Rickie Weeks. I know you. And you fucking suck.<br /><br />Back in 2005 I was led to believe by the guy fittingly known as "Brewers Guy," (a friend of Annie Fresh) that Rickie Weeks would be a fantasy baseball savior. You know, since he was the greatest college second baseman - ever.<br /><br />Brewers Guy must not have heard of Marshall McDougall, who is not only the greatest college 2B of all of the times, he has a case for greatest college player ever (at least in the mashing-is-everything culture of BertFlex).<br /><br />And as Sir pointed out back then, good college second basemen are called shortstops.<br /><br />Sir 2, Brewers Guy 0. Ballgame.<br /><br />But I saw the numbers Stickie Rickie put up in college and I was intrigued. Towards the middle of '05, Weeks was called up and the hit parade was supposed to begin.<br /><br />I, being the prospects geek that I am, nabbed Weeks for all my teams. A) He's a rookie B) he can hit (allegedly) and C) he's an infielder. It's the fail-proof recipe of destruction I like to load up on year to year for my fantasy teams. What's not to like about Rickie Weeks?<br /><br />Years later, we find out the answer to that is: All. The. Sucking.<br /><br />And here we are today, Rickie will be paid $2.45 Million. According to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1849&position=2B">FanGraphs</a>, the past three years he was worth $1.2, 1.3, and 1.1 million. The past three years he was on a ton of my fantasy teams. The past three years I believed. And the past three years, I ended the season pissed for believing in Rickie Weeks.<br /><br />As the calendar turns to March, I wonder if this will be the year that I learn? Can I quit Rickie Weeks? The potential is there, guys...it really is.<br /><br />I don't know if I can have three or four teams without Rickie Weeks on one of them. I would hate to miss out on THE year that he finally blows up. Come on Rickie, I need this, man. Don't let me down. No more .230 batting averages. No more injuries. No more sucking.<br /><br />You're on a short leash Mr. Weeks. If you're still worthless in mid May, I'm going to Sir's "Rickie Weeks is Shitty" One Step Program and quitting my habit: You.<br /><br />Until 2010 when he turns 27. Dammit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-69384153305429482892009-02-10T00:01:00.002-06:002009-02-10T00:29:13.530-06:00Worst Thing Ever Alert<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZEShpT2xvI/AAAAAAAABHk/Q-Y9H8VA3QE/s1600-h/krispykreme.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SZEShpT2xvI/AAAAAAAABHk/Q-Y9H8VA3QE/s200/krispykreme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301038605625902834" border="0" /></a>Being the young, successful, in-the-know businessman that I am, I read an article on Yahoo Finance yesterday about <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-Companies-That-Might-Not-usnews-14279875.html">15 Companies That May Not Survive 2009</a>.<br /><br />Some no-brainers are on the list, like Six Flags and Blockbuster. Everyone knows they're struggling. But one company on the list is a true heart breaker: Krispy Kreme.<br /><br />From the write-up on Yahoo:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Krispy Kreme</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. (KKD; about 4,000 employees; stock down 50%). The donuts might be good, but Krispy Kreme overestimated Americans' appetite - and that's saying something. This chain overexpanded during the donut heyday of the 1990s - taking on a lot of debt - and now requires high volumes to meet expenses and interest payments. The company has cut costs and closed underperforming stores, but still hasn't earned an operating profit in three years. And now that consumers are cutting back on everything, such improvements may fail to offset top-line declines, leading Krispy Kreme to seek some kind of relief from lenders over the next year.</span><br /><br />'Mericah has gone through some rough days recently, but could you imagine the countrywide depression we'd all go through if there were no more Krispy Kreme? I'm not talking about "Great Depression" depression...this is cry-yourself-to-sleep levels of sadness.<br /><br />If I were you, I'd go buy stock in whoever makes Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc. Business will increase dramatically from Sir, Big Head, and I alone. In the meantime, we'll continue to be fat bastards with donut glaze all over our keyboards. <br /><br />Go support Krispy Kreme. 'Mericah is counting on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-68208398019618216702009-02-08T15:30:00.000-06:002009-02-08T15:24:34.001-06:00Chris Jerk-ichoUh oh. You probably aren't supposed to do this...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kbnPUegD9f4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kbnPUegD9f4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />More info at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.bustedcoverage.com/?p=11027">Busted Coverage</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-73955161679084875442009-02-08T15:20:00.001-06:002009-02-08T15:24:02.249-06:00What You Want:: Wrasslin TalkIt's a big wrasslin Sunday here at the 'Flex. A while back I saw a <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/dp-top10.wrestlers.pg.0109,0,2498588.photogallery">Top 10 Wrestlers of All Time</a> list, and I felt a little hatin' and debatin' was necessary. I chose friend of the site, Hollywood (CEO of <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://theindycorner.blogspot.com/">The Indy Corner</a>) as my partner, but not in <span style="font-style: italic;">that </span>way.<br /><br />We skipped past the "why is there a top 10 wrestler list on a real, journalistic newspaper's website?" and got straight to the point. So if you're looking for a riveting wrasslin' conversation, here you go:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HMW</span>: Ignoring the hideous web design and having to navigate through them one at a time, give me some thoughts.<br /><br />1) Flair<br />2) Hogan<br />3) Lou Thesz<br />4) Bruno Sammartino<br />5) Steve Austin<br />6) Bret Hart<br />7) Gorgeous George<br />8) George Hackenschmidt<br />9) Andre the Giant<br />10) George "The Animal" Steele<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hollywood</span>: Ironically, I actually agree with 90 percent of this list, which is a real first. I say "90 percent," because what the hell is George "The Animal" Steele doing on this list? I mean, I liked him and all, but even dead last on the Top 10 of All Time is a stretch. Seriously, the Rock? Randy Savage? Sting? Hell, even the Ultimate Warrior makes more sense than George!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HMW</span>: I'm not sure how old the author is, but I was mightily impressed with the inclusion of Lou Thesz at #3. Most "all time" lists nowadays (esp. sports...or in this case "sports") covers 1990-2009. There were a few old school guys on there, which gave him some credibility. It seems like Bret Hart should be higher than 6, but I won't complain too much.<br /><br />The only case i could make for George "The Animal" is his mainstream status. Not saying The Rock and Macho Man don't have it, but people still know who George Steele is (and what he looks like). And I guess the author didn't want to lean to much towards the 80s/90s/00s?<br /><br />Side note - I could think of some top 10 lists the Ultimate Warrior could be on.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hollywood</span>: I'm not knocking George at all. He's definitely an important icon of sorts in professional wrestling.<br /><br />But his impact just can't compare to someone like The Rock. Even if The Rock's career was technically short and even if you want to somehow claim he "sold out" (fun fact: he didn't), his contribution to pro wrestling just makes poor George's look like small potatoes. Many casual fans believe wrestling started going downhill the moment The Rock left, and that's a comment no one's been able to make since the Hulkster took his first hiatus.<br /><br />(also on that side note: Ultimate Warrior is in a list all his own, really, with his name listed as 1 through 10!)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HMW</span>: I do agree with you on The Rock's part. I think I would have had him 6/7ish on my list.<br /><br />But theoretically had i wanted to argue full-on for Steele, I would have won that debate, since i would have TYPED LOUDER THAN YOU AND USED ALL KINDS OF EXCLAMATIONS!!! YOU'RE WRONG HOLLYWOOD!!! YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!!!!<br /><br />Moving on, the more important (and fun) question: who's on your "definite" list for Worst Wrestlers of All Time?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hollywood</span>: @#$%@ YOU, HAZELWOOD!! @#$%@ YOU AND THE @#$%@ING HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!!! YOUR OPINIONS PALE IN COMPARISON WITH MY OWN!!!<br /><br />Honestly, I'm not sure where I'd put The Rock. I have a tough time deciding if he should rank higher or lower than Steve Austin. Still, he damn sure deserves to be on that list.<br /><br />Now, for my "definite" worst...? That's not so easy as some might think, but perhaps...<br /><br />Khali - he's big...but he's terrible in thing, awful on the mic, and about as charismatic as my dog when she's asleep.<br /><br />Jackie Gayda (the girl from Tough Enough) - anyone remember that God-awful match with her Chris Nowinksy, Bradshaw, and Trish? (HMW note: youtube video <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" targer="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItkpM8oU790">here</a>)<br /><br />Giant Gonzalez - and he wrestled in a suit that made him look naked!<br /><br />Mantaur - a description just wouldn't do him justice<br /><br />Max Moon - he wore a jet pack to the ring...REPEAT...he wore a JET PACK to the ring!<br /><br />The Gobbledy Gooker - while he never TECHNICALLY wrestled, he still REALLY sucked<br /><br />It's the best I can come up with so far. Vince Russo definitely deserves an honorable mention for just sucking in general.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HMW</span>: I was going to think of more, but how 'bout I just post this and we'll call it good?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oh2XoHNtdJg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oh2XoHNtdJg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-19636779764738561732009-02-06T10:30:00.006-06:002009-02-06T22:34:06.483-06:00Oh, and the Fourth Inning is the Beer Inning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYpSGJ3dYzI/AAAAAAAABHE/omTKv52BgGU/s1600-h/simpsons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYpSGJ3dYzI/AAAAAAAABHE/omTKv52BgGU/s200/simpsons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299138177236034354" border="0" /></a>I've got some Friday time-killing material for you. Even though we've got a week left of fucking around, this is kind of like your exit interview with us:<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=333">The Simpson's Softball Quiz</a><br /><br />If you don't ace this, I didn't do my job. Mental Floss has a bunch of other quizzes - the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=534">Ralph Wiggum</a> one is good, and the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=276">baseball card quiz</a> will make you feel bad because all the expensive rookie cards you used to own have turned into worthless rookie cards in your mom's basement.<br /><br />I've long contested that this episode of The Simpsons is the best episode of anything on television ever - it probably has something to do with the fact that I was a scrappy ten year old when it aired, thus being a symbol of my childhood. Or the fact that I play softball now and I can relate to the struggles of a minimal effort sport and the role that beer plays in each game. Whether you agree with my TV show ranking system, I don't think I'm that far off.<br /><br />Thanks to the Asians, full episode is <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/yuxNpEs9Abk/">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bonus feature: a new k.u.chebag entry over on Mizzourah </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;" target="_blank" href="http://bullyforoldmizzou.blogspot.com/2009/01/epic-kuchebag-return.html">last weekend</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. And the </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;" target="_blank" href="http://bullyforoldmizzou.blogspot.com/2009/02/hot-chick-with-kuchebag.html">one from today</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> (it's pretty good).</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-42041425910105094992009-02-06T00:01:00.002-06:002009-02-06T00:30:35.676-06:00Whatchu Gonna Do?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYuss1pPUDI/AAAAAAAABHU/_yaWQ23sXO0/s1600-h/hogan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 416px; height: 221px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYuss1pPUDI/AAAAAAAABHU/_yaWQ23sXO0/s400/hogan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299519272845791282" border="0" /></a><br />I've been saving this old WWF ad for probably ten months, having no clue on how to work it into the site. Technically I should have worked it into every single post since it's so awesome, but I still don't have a clue and our clock is ticking.<br /><br />So I figure I'll use this ultra-intimidating black and white of Hulk Hogan to ultra intimidate our trivia night opponents tomorrow night up in Hazelwood. I already <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://bertflex.blogspot.com/2008/01/futuresmack-warning-to-our-future.html">wrote smack about you guys</a> over a year ago. Soon you'll realize your time's up, as my Trivia Ninja Death Squad takes over the universe.<br /><br />Well, the part of the universe that plays in trivia contests on Saturday nights. It should be a good time, including free booze for Big Sandwich. Memo to the BFHQ couch: you may have some company come midnight Saturday night.<br /><br />Oh, and by coincidence, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://lobsterbush.com/vintagewwf/singles1/kokobware1.jpg">Koko B. Ware</a> will appear as the 8th man for our trivia team. He didn't have much else going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-30819431596587636112009-02-05T21:00:00.003-06:002009-02-05T22:22:47.825-06:00Powder Blue FeverFor those of us in the Hardcore League, it is well-known that Sir has a mini stable of young Japanese talent in his minor league system. It is something I referred to earlier today as a "Jap-opoly." Political correctness at its finest.<br /><br />If that wasn't enough to get Sir pumped up for Japan's pro league, the NPB, one of their teams recently <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/tokyo-get-new-threads/">revealed new jerseys</a>. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows have a full array of uni's for you to pick from. I'd like to point out the homes say "Swallows" on the front. I know none of you will snicker at that, but I did. I'm 15 years old, what can I say?<br /><br />More importantly, the reason this "news" is being posted: included in the Swallows' jersey arsenal are the ever-so-lovable powder blues! Yes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYulWOeeumI/AAAAAAAABHM/pw9wdvH0e2I/s1600-h/swallows.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYulWOeeumI/AAAAAAAABHM/pw9wdvH0e2I/s400/swallows.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299511187793164898" border="0" /></a><br />Thumbs up to the Swallows for going 80s on their throwbacks. Now give us Tuffy Rhodes back.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ps. This kind of reminds me of a column </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;" target="_blank" href="http://seeingik.blogspot.com/2008/07/art-of-powder-blue-jersey.html">somebody wrote</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> on Poochie last summer.<br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-56385307976394909782009-02-04T20:25:00.001-06:002009-02-04T20:29:31.118-06:00The ILL-side: Now with ZombiesIllinois used to be known around here as the hometown of some of our fine contributors. After that, we were only concerned about the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://bertflex.blogspot.com/2008/10/stay-classy-town.html">topless bartenders</a>. But now the fun is over: zombies are all over the Ill-side!<br /><br />Zombies, motherfucker. They gon' getcha! <br /><br />Via <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=166427&provider=top">ksdk.com</a>, the sign says it all:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYpLMD9tQII/AAAAAAAABG0/QMeNvRKLyDo/s1600-h/laneclosed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYpLMD9tQII/AAAAAAAABG0/QMeNvRKLyDo/s320/laneclosed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299130582149447810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYpLX00OGfI/AAAAAAAABG8/YbCYdlcicgE/s1600-h/zombies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYpLX00OGfI/AAAAAAAABG8/YbCYdlcicgE/s320/zombies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299130784241555954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Other than the bad spelling of "closures," I know what you're thinking. I consulted with our IT Department on how to hack into construction signs. We wouldn't dare use it for evil, but just for uh, reference.<br /><br />After a handy Google search, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/274/48/">here</a> is the quick and easy way to make any random construction sign your personal zombie warning board. Don't worry, we'll use all that ad revenue we get to bail you out of jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-46410602370331617462009-02-04T08:30:00.003-06:002009-02-04T08:30:00.554-06:00Follow Protocol<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYlYKfLa7-I/AAAAAAAABGs/EnxBEfISLxs/s1600-h/24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYlYKfLa7-I/AAAAAAAABGs/EnxBEfISLxs/s200/24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298863373769437154" border="0" /></a>It's 2/4. It's Wednesday. It's time for you to check insideSTL for <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.insidestl.com/STLCardinals/tabid/91/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1871/Default.aspx">this week's column</a>.<br /><br />It's kind of about Groundhog Day. It's kind of about Bill DeWitt being cheap. It kind of infers that Chris Duncan leaves Roxy's at 8:30am every morning.<br /><br />Oh, and it's kind of hard to write about stuff when nothing is going on. Come on Cardinals, help a brother out. Even if it's bad business, trade all the OF's and sign Manny, just for me.<br /><br />As for the Flex, we're approaching the 10-day mark. We'll see if I can get it all out of my system before then.<br /><br />Have a good day and thanks for reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-16681362677853877552009-02-04T06:00:00.001-06:002009-02-04T06:00:02.166-06:00Mmm...E-BaconSo you think you had it all figured out? You combined your bacon with vodka. Then you combined bacon with chocolate. Then bacon with turduckens, cheese, and cinnamon rolls. Nothing could stop you.<br /><br />But the one thing you forgot was the um...the uh, internets.<br /><br />If you'd like to add bacon to any website, all you need to do is put <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://bacolicio.us/">http://bacolicio.us/</a> in front of any URL, and this is what you get:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYlSyNjUqhI/AAAAAAAABGk/uBiWXeGbAow/s1600-h/baconflex.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYlSyNjUqhI/AAAAAAAABGk/uBiWXeGbAow/s400/baconflex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298857459162851858" border="0" /></a><br />Having a slice of bacon on your computer screen is pretty cool, but it makes me really hungry. And it gets in the way of the porn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-10827827830185127412009-02-03T00:01:00.001-06:002009-02-04T03:11:54.243-06:00Tyler Greene Goes To CampCardinals prospect Tyler Greene recently went to some career developmental program for the youngsters. His favorite part? The lesbian make-out session.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYeqGeqFCrI/AAAAAAAABGc/OLbjJSwu6xY/s1600-h/tylergreene.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 436px; height: 344px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYeqGeqFCrI/AAAAAAAABGc/OLbjJSwu6xY/s400/tylergreene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298390514910169778" border="0" /></a><br />There's more where that came from Tyler. Word on the street is that Crush Drunkan needs some new blood to drive him to Penthouse every night. Now if you want some career development, that's how you do it, kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-56239137145359188502009-02-02T20:10:00.000-06:002009-02-02T20:10:00.826-06:00Stripes: Not For EveryoneIn all the hubbub of watching (or not watching) the Super Bowl on Sunday, you might have missed some north of the border grossness. The Montreal Canadiens decided to do this for their game vs. Boston:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYelLuju7BI/AAAAAAAABGE/qUJjpmPHc4U/s1600-h/canadiens1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYelLuju7BI/AAAAAAAABGE/qUJjpmPHc4U/s400/canadiens1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298385107519728658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you didn't poop your pants in disgust, maybe this will help (socks too!):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYelVw_1ByI/AAAAAAAABGM/foENO8lI38Y/s1600-h/canadiens3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYelVw_1ByI/AAAAAAAABGM/foENO8lI38Y/s400/canadiens3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298385279973132066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Note to the Habs: Robert Lang is walking in the right direction with these bad boys. Yeesh. And because I know Sir and Big Head will be in an eBay battle for these in about 20 minutes, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_dmptZUSQ5fSMQ5fFanQ5fShop?_nkw=montreal+canadiens+throwback&_sacat=0&_fromfsb=&_trksid=m270.l1313&_odkw=montreal+canadiens+retro&_osacat=0">here</a> is the link to save some time. Unfortunately this particular jersey isn't up as of press time, but give it another day or so. Then go seek psychiatric help.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYelvq_2d5I/AAAAAAAABGU/nGhR22n_6rU/s1600-h/canadiens2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 186px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYelvq_2d5I/AAAAAAAABGU/nGhR22n_6rU/s400/canadiens2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298385725039212434" border="0" /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-20328458200896996342009-02-02T00:01:00.002-06:002009-02-02T00:01:00.443-06:00The Bert Flex Baseball Nickname Glossary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYZebBs2WYI/AAAAAAAABF8/E1krWH5HNjE/s1600-h/maysmets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYZebBs2WYI/AAAAAAAABF8/E1krWH5HNjE/s200/maysmets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298025830053992834" border="0" /></a>Now that we're in the Willie-Mays-in-a-Mets-jersey stages of Bert Flex, I'd like to do a little housekeeping on one post that I've had buried in the drafts since last summer.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Okay, maybe Willie Mays is too good of a comp. Let's say we're in the Jermaine-Allensworth-in-a-Mets-jersey stages. Hey it </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;" target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenje01.shtml">actually happened</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.)</span><br /><br />I've been wanting to unleash all, or at least all I could think of, our baseball nicknames. Some probably warrant further explanation. Some are probably blatantly racist. Some are gold/some are stupid. But I'll just list the nickname and the player, and we'll leave it like that. Hope you don't like capital letters; here goes:<br /><br />big donkey - adam dunn<br /><br />pat the girl - pat burrell<br /><br />chocolate cheesecake (+ other variations) - c.c. sabathia<br /><br />crush drunkan - chris duncan<br /><br />bert flex - albert pujols<br /><br />hurt flex - mark prior<br /><br />mark flexsherra - mark teixeira<br /><br />yo mtv gallardo - yovanni gallardo<br /><br />larry the crime donkey - chipper jones<br /><br />shoes - carl crawford<br /><br />frankenstein/harangatang - aaron harang<br /><br />charlie murphy - juan encarnacion (no "lazy eye" jokes, you bastards)<br /><br />ryan dumpster - ryan dempster<br /><br />chris black young - chris b. young (d'backs version)<br /><br />chris white young - chris young (padres)<br /><br />monsta - jose reyes<br /><br />miggy - miguel cabrera<br /><br />o-crab - orlando cabrera<br /><br />napoleon - john lackey (gosh!)<br /><br />CaZam - carlos zambrano<br /><br />flyin' hawaiian - shane victorino<br /><br />j-roll...phenominal - jimmy rollins<br /><br />gay rod - alex rodriguez<br /><br />hebrew hammer - ryan braun<br /><br />victurd fartinez - victor martinez<br /><br />russ the bus - russell branyan<br /><br />russell the muscle - russell martin<br /><br />saltalamacho man - jarrod saltalamacchia<br /><br />paul lodooky - paul loduca<br /><br />noodle arms - joe mauer<br /><br />"razor" ramon hernandez<br /><br />black donkey - ryan howard<br /><br />fat lance - lance berkman<br /><br />pauly walnuts - paul konerko<br /><br />meat hook - dmitri young<br /><br />so terrible - so taguchi<br /><br />mud butley - chase utley<br /><br />dan struggla/thuggla - dan uggla<br /><br />"stickie" rickie weeks<br /><br />o-dog - orlando hudson<br /><br />THE RIOT - ryan theriot<br /><br />flip lopez - felipe lopez<br /><br />chone/auto chone - chone (somehow pronounced "shawn") figgins<br /><br />cuban mike - mike lowell<br /><br />crushin russian - kevin kouzmanoff<br /><br />ha ha ha, me so funny - ichiro (not really a nickname, but we just say that whenever ichiro is shown on tv)<br /><br />hankie b. - hank blalock<br /><br />not enough mustard for that hot dog - derek jeter<br /><br />j-honny - jhonny peralta<br /><br />great white hope - khalil greene<br /><br />little davey no-arm - david eckstein<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">player(s) who don't need nicknames</span><br />-jack custAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-37637312683306790292009-02-01T20:25:00.001-06:002009-02-01T23:36:08.324-06:00Sunday Night Check-In<span style="font-style: italic;">Time: 8:17 pm</span><br /><br />Do you ever see the Super Bowl ratings and wonder, "Who are the idiots that don't watch the fucking Super Bowl?" For one year - and hopefully one year only - that idiot is me.<br /><br />Not because I am in jail or anything, just because of a lack of interest late in the day. No two-second scoreboard checks, no peeking at espn, no food, no commercials - nothing.<br /><br />Going back through the memory bank, the last Super Bowl I didn't watch was XXIII (23 for the non-Roman speaking Flexers). SB24 was the first one I watched, and I've seen 'em all since. I'm assuming twenty years ago there was an A-Team marathon on, which preoccupied my little seven year old eyes.<br /><br />Hopefully this wasn't the greatest game of all time. I'll leave it up to Sir to let me know how it went. All wasn't lost tonight though; the BFHQ dishes are done and the trash is in the dumpster. Yup. Feel free to shoot me at any time...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">update: 11:05 pm</span> - I finally broke down and watched the highlights. Whoops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18967791.post-56804528858819366672009-01-30T11:00:00.000-06:002009-01-30T11:00:04.829-06:00Let It Sink In One More Time: We Have Brett Wallace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYKAp9XBxzI/AAAAAAAABFM/HMydiywKXOs/s1600-h/colby.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 183px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYKAp9XBxzI/AAAAAAAABFM/HMydiywKXOs/s200/colby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296937570075264818" border="0" /></a>A lot of baseball prospect talk has hit the internet recently, and here at BFHQ, we're still getting over reading scouting reports on Low-A 19 year old pitchers who may or may not make an impact on our 2014 fantasy baseball teams. Before you ask, why yes - that is important stuff. How useful would it be if we knew a lot about literature or how to fix cars?<br /><br />A few weeks ago Baseball 'Mericah's Cardinal <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2009/267431.html">top 10 list</a> was released.<br /><br />It goes a little something like this:<br /><br />1. Colby Rasmus, of<br />2. Brett Wallace, 3b<br />3. Chris Perez, rhp<br />4. Jess Todd, rhp<br />5. Bryan Anderson, c<br />6. Clayton Mortensen, rhp<br />7. Daryl Jones, of<br />8. Jason Motte, rhp<br />9. David Freese, 3b<br />10. Pete Kozma, ss<br /><br />No big surprises on the players listed. I think 4 through 8 can be shifted around a bit, but nothing to get upset about. Oh and congrats to Pistol Pete Kozma for cracking the list! I wonder where <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2009/267221.html">Rick Porcello</a> would have ranked...<br /><br />I believe BA's Top 100 will be out within a couple weeks, so be on the lookout. Unless you don't spend half your life infatuated with 18-22 year old boys who play baseball. It's a choice I made a long time ago, and my parents are fine with that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYKBT8HB4JI/AAAAAAAABFc/BhEt1onNu8U/s1600-h/keithlaw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYKBT8HB4JI/AAAAAAAABFc/BhEt1onNu8U/s200/keithlaw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296938291294232722" border="0" /></a>Moving on, ESPN's Keith Law came out with his own top 100 last week. An excellent recap of how Rasmus, Wallace, Jones, and Perez ranked was <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" target="_blank" href="http://www.insidestl.com/STLCardinals/tabid/91/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1816/Quick-Hits.aspx">written by Gabe Kiley</a> on insideSTL last Friday. I probably would have done the same, but the rankings weren't out yet. Really guys, I would have worked hard too!<br /><br />As a preview, the last line of Wallace's report: <span style="font-style: italic;">Brett Wallace will hit.</span><br /><br />But one thing I feel like sharing is a little more analysis from K-Law, mostly because he introduced me to the word NASTYGRAM in his description of A's prospect Trevor Cahill. From here on out, I consult my Nastygram before making any life decision.<br /><br />Here is what Law had to say about the Cardinals in his post-list chat on espn.com last Thursday:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tim (STL, MO): </span>Klaw, I like to see where you ranked the Cardinals org in your rankings. Because the Cards seem to be short on high upside, but have a lot of fill-in types, do you think they should alter their strategy to go after more toolsy guys, or stick with whats working now?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keith Law: (1:06 PM ET ) </span>Given the depth in their system, it's a good time for them to take some more risks in the draft, but I don't blame them for taking Wallace when he slipped to them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Corey (Missouri):</span> There was a story just posted at Stl Today saying that Troy Glaus just had shoulder surgery and may not be ready for opening day. Who would you put in at third in his place if you were the Cardinals? Craig, Freese, Wallace, Mather?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keith Law: (1:59 PM ET )</span> Probably Freese. That's pretty aggressive for Wallace; I don't doubt he could handle it at the plate, but he hasn't had much chance to work with their coaches on his D.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rick (Chars, MO):</span> If you were only judging based on offensive potential approximately where would Brett Wallace place among prospects (thinking from a fantasy baseball standpoint)? Thank you<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keith Law: (2:01 PM ET ) </span>Top ten.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin (St. Louis):</span> Gotta agree about Joyce. Trying to wade through "Portrait" right now and it is brutal. Anyway, what do you think the chances of Jess Todd becoming a middle of the rotation starter?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keith Law: (2:23 PM ET )</span> He's a reliever for me. It's all sliders.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYKAyFPm6RI/AAAAAAAABFU/Fmw7ePxMI3s/s1600-h/brettwallace1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBTfVT95Cd0/SYKAyFPm6RI/AAAAAAAABFU/Fmw7ePxMI3s/s200/brettwallace1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296937709630581010" border="0" /></a>Sweet. Jess Todd, apparently the fourth best player in the system, is destined to be a relief pitcher. Good job Cardinals. Besides that, the lesson in today's story is to always check the Nastygram...and Brett Wallace rakes the universe.<br /><br />The End.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0