The Morning Wood - 08/03/2006

Welcome to the 100th post for the Sports Untertainers! If you had told me a year ago that I would be making the 100th post on a sports blog with minimal following and exposure, I would have told you that you were dreaming. There's so many people I feel like we should thank. Oh well, you know who you are.

Stud: Jim O'Brien
So you slip $6,000 to a Yugoslavian recruit, lie about it, cover it up, admit it, get canned, and are still going to make $2.2 million on the deal? BUCKEYE!!! You want to know what you can get for $6,000 in Yugoslavia? This, this, and this, as well as $5,000 in change.

Dud: Jeffrey Lurie
No shit you wouldn't sign TO again if you had known that he was going to tear apart your whole team the second season you had him. But you know what, you had to take risks because you couldn't have Bulemia McNabb leading you through the Super Bowl by himself. Call TO what you want, but he at least has some balls attached. Nice hindsight pussy.

Talk Around the Cooler:
That David Stern is a thinker: He realized that the playoff seedings were screwed up and instead of lame duck Bud Selig (bitch, don't pretend like you can't hear me), he's a commish that makes things happen. Now instead of the division champions getting undue respect, the top four teams in each conference will be seeded according to their record. Great move for the NBA, although being a fan of the Celtics, who reside in the Pathetic Atlantic, this will surely hurt if they were to win the division. Oh well, at least Tony Allen hasn't shot anyone this offseason...yet.

The Red Sox are clutch! They’ve won three out of their last five games in their last at bat! For the average fan, this hides the fact that they are only 12-9 since the break, the Yankees are percentage points ahead in the east, and that Jason Johnson (the team he was cut from before signing with the Sox’ era: 4.74) and Kyle Snyder (team he was cut from before signing with the Sox’ era: 5.63) are getting multiple starts lately. Ouch. Girls with pink Red Sox hats deserve matching pink socks.

Quick Hits...
Chase Utley continued his hitting streak to 34 games. The last day he didn't have a hit was a 5-0 loss to the Yankees on June 21st. To put this streak in perspective, on June 21st, I was 25 years old, gas prices were out of control, there was fighting in the middle east, and Lance Armstrong was the only American that had ever cheated at the Tour De France. Wow, how things change. That hit was not very quick. Floyd Landis' lawyer is complaining about leaks in the drug testing of his client. HA! Leaks! It's a urine test! How can Jeremy Shockey get a concussion? Doesn't a brain have to slam against the skull? Giants' chemistry looks good though .