D.C. Sports Bog: May 13, 2007 - May 19, 2007
Watch Blog Show IX
As always, I'd recommend you tune in sometime around 6 p.m. tonight to watch the glory that is your Blog Show. In tonight's installment, Mister Irrelevant's Jamie Mottram and I will shamelessly steal news stories from the usual suspects, along with such made-for-primetime blogs as The Jaunt, Every Day Should...
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May 18, 2007; 2:02 PM ET |
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The Secret to the Nats' Success (Rhymes with Anger Mans)
[Actually, we're not 100 percent sure on the pronunciation here, so possibly "Anger Mans" is incorrect.] Anyhow, another day, another win for the Nats. That's six out of seven, as the long climb back to a division title continues. I attempted to be a real reporter and figure out what...
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May 17, 2007; 5:06 PM ET |
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The Nats on American Idol
Remember earlier today, when I asked Robert Fick for his take on the sporting issues of the day? Well, I also asked about last night's "American Idol" results, figuring he would not be a fan. "I just think it's the way she looks," he said of Melinda and her untimely...
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May 17, 2007; 3:25 PM ET |
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Brian Billick Does Commencement
Camille Powell just reminded me that Brian Billick is giving a commencement address at Johns Hopkins today. You know, just so those kiddies understand that there are people in the world more genius than they. He's actually the speaker at the The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and...
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May 17, 2007; 2:14 PM ET |
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Robert Fick on the Sporting Issues of the Day
Day game today. The regular beat writers were all sitting in the dugout talking baseball this morning. Suckers. Me, I went into the locker room after Robert Fick, who showed up at the park wearing a Randy Moss Oakland Raiders jersey. I wanted to know why he chose Moss, and...
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May 17, 2007; 1:21 PM ET |
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Melinda Doolittle is the Spurs
That was the first thing that popped into my head when Melinda was inexplicably booted last night: she's the Spurs. There's no reason not to like her. She smiles, she seems friendly enough, she clearly has the best combination of talent and polish, there's no reason America shouldn't have embraced...
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May 17, 2007; 9:49 AM ET |
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This Morning in Bog
The worst thing about this Jerome Williams injury is he has great promise as a blog subject, what with his Hawaiian music thing. Meanwhile, John Patterson played catch for the first time and was encouraged, but it's not like they really need him. This pitching staff is unbeatable. Twenty-one runs...
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May 17, 2007; 8:59 AM ET |
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Hoyas Grow Playoff Beards
The Georgetown lacrosse team has been to the NCAA quarterfinals six straight years. The Hoyas have been to the quarters 10 of the last 11 years. It's an incredible run, and yet it's yielded only one Final Four appearance. "A semi-curse," is how senior defender Jerry Lambe described the quarterfinal...
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May 16, 2007; 6:11 PM ET |
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Nats Launch New Batting Songs
This, sadly, is a woefully incomplete story. The final chapter will be told. Tomorrow, maybe. Anyhow, when I was at Monday's Nats game, I heard some rumblings of several Nats choosing new songs for their plate appearances. In fact, Robert Fick was spotted, CD in hand, in some back tunnel....
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May 16, 2007; 2:47 PM ET |
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Al Saunders, Journey and John Walsh
Also known as, a much shorter version of what I wrote about polo. In case you've forgotten, here is what I wrote about polo, featuring Al Saunders, Journey and John Walsh. And here is the video version, courtesy of Adam Littlefield, Comcast SportsyNet producer extraordinaire. Upon rewatching this, I believe...
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May 16, 2007; 12:29 PM ET |
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Ryan Wagner Gets Creamed
You know how during Wizards season I kept wondering whether the team was winning because the locker room was fun, or whether the locker room was fun because the team was winning? Well, I have no idea what the answer is. All's I know is, on the heels of a...
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May 16, 2007; 11:29 AM ET |
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Catch Dmitri Young for $100
The lead-up to a baseball game is so long. There are hours and hours to pass. That allows the following two things to happen on a night like last night. 1) Mike Wise can discover that he and Nats starter Jerome Williams went to rival high schools in Hawaii. Williams's...
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May 16, 2007; 10:18 AM ET |
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This Morning in Bog
Redskins.com posts a Sean Taylor video interview that's pretty vanilla, but he does say he likes the draft picks and isn't unhappy with his contract and that the team is like "a big ol' family." The team's story is here. Our paper writes about the interview, as does the Washington...
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May 16, 2007; 9:29 AM ET |
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A Near No-Knitter
I spent the first inning of Monday's near no-hitter wandering through the 500 section and hanging out with the arts-and-crafts set, who had descended with their yarn and their needles and their crochet hooks for Stitch N' Pitch night. I wasn't sure whether this would be interesting or not. The...
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May 15, 2007; 2:33 PM ET |
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Gilbert Contestants
Remember Gil's Video Challenge, in which contestants aged 25 or younger had to make videos showcasing their special talents in no longer than 30 seconds? Well, the Top 10 have been revealed, and no, Sanjaya is not in this Top 10. I guess these 10 all get signed Arenas jerseys...
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May 15, 2007; 1:39 PM ET |
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J-Lo's Tattoos and Daughters
Jen Lopez, the wife of the Nats' Felipe, was helping promote last night's Stitch N' Pitch event, which will be discussed in this space later today. Anyhow, as part of this promotion, Jen was appearing on Washington Post Live, a television show on Comcast SportsyNet with which I used to...
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May 15, 2007; 11:57 AM ET |
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Art Monk for Hall of Fame: The Song
When one of the representatives from The DirtBags, my favorite D.C. sports team-themed rock band, e-mailed me their musical entreaty to put Art Monk in the Hall of Fame, I was initially reluctant, based on the oft-repeated lyric that drives the song: "Peter King is a Queen." But today's Redskins...
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May 15, 2007; 10:44 AM ET |
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Redskins: Second to Naan
Remember all that fussing last year about Carlos Rogers and Sean Taylor and Marcus Washington and their pre-snap dancing? Well, that was not choreography. This is choreography. More seriously, this also speaks to the perpetual rift in the mind of the Joe Sportsfan, or even Arjun Sportsfan; the confident, free-spirited,...
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May 15, 2007; 9:36 AM ET |
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This Morning in Bog
Our paper decides to submarine Jason Bergmann's no-hitter attempt. First Svrluga drops a blog item full of subtle import. Then I, seeing the item, turn on the TV between the 7th and 8th, just before McCann's at-bat. Plus, a high-ranking WaPo editor sends out a message to the sports department:...
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May 15, 2007; 9:09 AM ET |
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Al Saunders Loves Polo
When I arrived at the America's Cup of Polo Saturday in Leesburg, there were women in sun dresses, men smoking cigars, a massive sound stage for the Journey show and U.S. Park Police performing some sort of choreographed horse demonstration to the music of James Bond and "Mission: Impossible." The...
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May 14, 2007; 4:53 PM ET |
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The Prez of the Ritz Loves Rugby
Not a headline that I expected to come out of the America's Cup of Polo, but strange things happened during that magical afternoon in Leesburg. For a really comprehensive review of all the strange things that went on, check The Dude Abides. The part where we interviewed TV superstars and...
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May 14, 2007; 2:54 PM ET |
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A Message From God. Shammgod.
Subhed: A travesty of a mockery of a Shamm. And many regards if you get the reference. In this God (Shammgod)-obsessed city of ours, any blog post about the man in question is worth highlighting, especially when it comes from the Bog-friendly Name of the Year blog. The face of...
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May 14, 2007; 1:50 PM ET |
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Bobby Boswell Wears Fred on Chest
On his blog last week, between saluting his mother (and frequent Bog contributor Susan) and philosophizing about the MLS salary structure, BobbyBoswell.com noted the following: I am currently preparing for the Chili Cook-Off tomorrow, in which I have to wear a shirt that says "They call me the preacher!" on...
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May 14, 2007; 11:01 AM ET |
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Nats Win, Stands Empty, Blogger Remains
I still regret not heading for RFK last fall to watch that bizarre midnight game with the Phillies. Once the newspaper presses have shut down for the night, the reign of the bloggers begins. Or the rain of bloggers. Or something. The sun always shines in Kastenville. Anyhow, we had...
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May 14, 2007; 9:46 AM ET |
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This Morning in Bog
Clinton Portis guarantees that the Redskins will make the NFC Championship game, on BET, tomorrow night. The most important thing about the Nats' weekend sweep? They no longer have the worst record in baseball. (By a half-game, over the Royals, but still.) The next-best thing? Nats fans chanting "overrated" at...
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May 14, 2007; 9:03 AM ET |
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