ouch

so, i made it to my first cougar football game this weekend. and man, did i ever pick a bad weekend for it. oregon walked all over them, and the clock finally put an end to our misery with the score 63-14. i'm hoping to make it down for a basketball game as well... hopefully they stay pretty good

cougars ftw

i meant to post this immediately following the game, but a friend and several greyhounds distracted me. cougars beat the huskies, 42-35. if jake locker could actually complete a pass every now and then though, it probably would have been a different story; that kid will be damn good in a few years.

awesome football play

i think some people must have been spending a bit too much time watching espn classic, but it worked, so who cares?

h/t dave barry

w00t

we own other teams, indeed. with their 6-4 victory over arizona tonight, colorado continues their perfect record in the 2007 playoffs, and will face either cleveland or boston in the world series.

heck yes

the colorado rockies just beat the arizona diamondbacks in 11 innings, giving them a 2-0 lead as the series heads back to denver.

improbability

i never thought i'd say this, but the yankees got screwed. with two outs in the top of the eighth, willie bloomquist stole second. except for the part where he was out by about a foot. so either the umpire is a huge fan of bloomquist, or he had a really horrible angle on it. willie would go on to score on a single by kenji johjima, tying the game. the yankees were unable to score in the bottom of the eighth, and then with two outs in the top of the ninth, adrian beltre hit a solo shot to put the mariners up by one, and j.j. putz was able to shut down the yankees in the bottom of the ninth to give the mariners the win.

everything changed with "the stolen base that wasn't." if bloomquist was called out and nothing else changed, beltre wouldn't even have batted in the ninth, and the mariners would have lost. i'm glad when the mariners win (and when the yankees lose), but i much prefer it to be a legitimate victory.