Baseball vs Football

Football season has started this weekend with the NCAA's first full week of games. The NFL begins next Sunday. The MLB is nearing towards the end of the season, with the teams duking it out for those wild card spots. Here's the late George Carlin's take on both sports:

George Carlin's Take on Football vs. Baseball

For the Love of Ball Card Collecting

Like many kids across America, I grew up with the obsessive hobby of collecting trading cards. It started out with Topp's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cards (still had the rock solid sticks of gum back then), then Marvel Comics cards, and as I grew older I turned to basketball and football. I loved the anticipation of going to the ball card or comic book store to burn any allowance money I had on these plastic or foil wrapped treasures. The smell of printed comics, the feel of plastic coated cardboard, the obsessive drive to complete a set, and contemplating if I could afford any rare gems behind lighted glass counters are all fond memories to me. Even if you had the complete series of cards, the ones most sought after would be the 'chase' cards - holograms, transparent cards, jersey swatches, rookies, or autographed. This age-old pastime has evolved to some degree, as cards have become pricier and even more collectible. Here's a documentary short, called The Baseball Card Movie, that was shot in a ball card shop in Brooklyn that encapsulates the rush of trading card collecting.

The Baseball Card Movie

2 Loser Teams Take Different Directions on Their Image

The big news this weekend was the 1-10 Washington Nationals displaying a major uniform fail with the unveiling of the 'Natinals' jersey. Whoever made this goof-up may have just as well printed 'Expos'. Maybe in 30 years these can be throwback jerseys for a 'turn back the clock' game.


In other news today, last year's record breaking 0-16 Detroit Lions unveiled their new logo - a fiercer lion. They're trying to follow the trend of past teams in recent history such as the Cardinals, Falcons, Seahawks, and Bucs to try to improve their image and record. We'll see who the Motor City drafts this weekend, maybe they should look at one's ability to break dishes.

To Philly....

Yesterday, the Philadelphia Phillies won The World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays in 5 games. The Phillies broke the City of Brotherly Love's championship drought, being the first major league team to win one since the '83 76ers. But great competition and rivalry has existed in Philly for a while, in the form of the Philly Cheesesteak. Sure you've had a form of the sandwhich in one way or another, but Philly's the place to get it. The original does not have provolone cheese or onions, just thinly sliced ribeye and Cheez Whiz - that's right, Cheez Whiz. Like the battle of the Ray's in New York City for pizza, the cheesesteak has locals and tourists going for the best in Philly. The two heavyweights are Geno's and Pat's. Pat's invented the sandwich, but Geno's claims to get the more celebrities as well as a better sandwich. Here's a clip about the shops, located across the street from each other:

Ichiro Good Luck for AL All Stars

After a long and drawn out All Star Game for the last time in Yankee Stadium, the AL All Stars finally won their 6th straight All Star Game in 15 innings. Although no team won in 2002, as a result of a tie, the NL team has not won an All Star Game since 1996. Ichiro has been to the All Star Game since 2001 representing the Mariners and has not lost in the game since. Last year, he won MVP honors in San Francisco and scoring the first in-the-park homer in All Star Game history. Recently, reports from AL All Stars are that the Japanese import is the secret to the AL's recent success due to a speech he gives before the game. He gives a speech, in English, cursing out the NL team. Ichiro usually uses an interpreter for interviews, but this speech is all on his own. It's been quoted as "Bleep, bleep, National League, bleep, bleep, bleeping National bleep." Below is an interview with Bob Costas, including Ichiro speaking some English....he' never going to play for the Royals: (Explicit Language)