Well, it seems this place has died down a bit, but I'm going to keep posting the gold that I come across. To wit:

Gilbert Arenas vs. DeShawn Stevenson for $20,000



The story:

Here's the story: Arenas and Stevenson engaged in a friendly shooting contest following practice - Arenas shot the ball with one hand from the college 3-point line, while Stevenson shot normally from NBA distance. But that's not the whole story - watch the video for the hilarity that ensued...

DeShawn is good friends with young girls.

Strib baseball blogs

With pitchers and catchers already reported and position players due in on Friday, I thought we'd get the spring training flavor going. La Velle E. Neal, Joe Christensen and Howard Sinker are each writing Twins blogs this year.

Neal and Christensen are down in Ft. Meyers. I highly recommend all three as daily reading.

Twins Opener?

April 2, 6:05 pm. Anyone interested?

Well, they kind of strong arm you into updating but it is probably for the best. Anyways, What's up chickens?

[EDIT] I've been trying to decide which of the videos from the link in the previous post to enbed here. Sadly, I am not strong enough. I left the one I came accross initially.

Holy Jesus.

Light brights, Aqua Teen and '24'...

While tooling around ESPN.com the other day, I came across this - a poll designed to help figure out how most of the general public is evaluating baseball players.

So I took the poll... and for the first question I characterized my knowledge of
Sabermetrics as "Familiar", meaning to me that I at least know of most of those stats and have vague ideas of how they work. Turns out only 1.1% of people that took the poll are familiar, 96.7% of people are "experts". Shit, I'm behind. Also, I said I trust old school stats more when evaluating a player, because I do, that's just the way I roll and that's the information that's readily available. Only 1.8% of people do that anymore I guess, meaning 98.2% of people trust sabermetric stats more to evaluate. It's a fucking anonymous poll, nobody knows that you took it. I think people need to get over themselves.

Do you use Fielding Runs Above Average more when evaluating fielders? Well, you are part of the 97% of fans that do I guess. I use errors. Only 1.8% of people use errors anymore. I'm a simple minded idiot.

I guess I better start boning up on my sabermetrics if I want to have a conversation about baseball with anyone, whether it's Rob Neyer, my mom, teeblah's nephew, Lavelle E. Neal or Blade. I suggest that all of you do the same.

John Edwards feels pretty...

Uptown Saturday Night

Fun times outside of Holli's

If it's true that guys only fuck so they have a memory to jerk off to later (which I think is true) - than I understand why I actually enjoyed reading this after struggling through the overwhelmingly awkward premature pop-shot that the rest of you ladies enjoyed on this very blog last ball season. F theb - I'll be thinking of you...

Link

Do I want to go to this? Do you want to go to this? What do you think it will be like? Is the band any good?

Friday, February 23rd, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
Chuck Klosterman
89.3 The Current presents The Current Fakebook with Chuck Klosterman and Tapes 'n' Tapes at The Fitzgerald Theater on Friday, February 23rd at 8:00 pm. The Current Fakebook will bring together writers, be they novelists, screenwriters, bloggers or critics, and some of their favorite musicians for an evening of music and insights that spring from the written word. Current on-air host Mary Lucia , a writer and humorist in her own right, will interview guests and give them time and space to express themselves in a casual, creative and innovative format.

Chuck Klosterman is an American pop-culture journalist, critic, and essayist. He is the author of Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota; Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto; and Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story. He is a columnist for Esquire, and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine. He has also written for The New York Times Book Review, The Believer, The Washington Post, The Akron Beacon Journal, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Gear, Blender, Film Comment, The Village Voice, and GQ and was a senior writer for SPIN. Fargo Rock City, his first book, chronicles his life growing up in North Dakota and in love with eighties hair metal bands.

Tapes 'n Tapes, Minneapolis, indie rock band, formed in the winter of 2003, the band has released two albums, the self-released Tapes 'n Tapes followed by the full-length release, The Loon. Tapes 'n Tapes' musical style varies in tempo and in influence, ranging from fast-paced polka renditions to the slower, more blues-influenced songs. The band made its American television debut on Late Night with David Letterman on July 25th, 2006, performing the song "Insistor." The band's song "Jakov's Suite" was used in a television commercial for Nissan.

Tickets are available for $15.00. Minnesota Public Radio Members receive a discount.

Eh?