I know that the Dominican Winter baseball league is not quite in the MLB's league but how about
the news that Francisco Liriano may be back to form. The velocity is back and so is the slider. Some scouts say that he is starting to look like the old Liriano. He seems to finally healthy from the Tommy John Surgery. Here are some stats to chew on:
7 Playoff Starts
3-1 Record
.49 ERA
47 Strikeouts and 5 walks in 37 innings
Looks like we may be getting our ACE back! But on the other hand the team he played had Alexi Casilla starting on it so take those numbers for what you will.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Whiskey Bottle Curse
I'm tired of hearing Cubs fans saying that they are the one that are cursed. Do they know that their team has won the World Series? As I was sitting in my chair Sunday night with my head in my hands after another devastating Viking loss, I knew we were cursed.
Even though we had lost a couple of Super Bowls already in the 70's our best team of that era got the curse rolling. Now keep in mind I was still a glimmer in my parent's eye up to that point. Flashback to the 1975 divisional playoff, or should I call it the divisional push off. The infamous Drew Pearson push off. Any Viking fan from that era will tell you that was our best team. In the 4th quarter to decide the game, Dallas threw a Hail Mary. Pearson caught it after a obvious push off and they scored to win 17-14. Only one problem for Viking fans. NO FLAG! Let the years of screw jobs begin.
After the game an official got hit with a Whiskey bottle and 35 years of pain and anguish. Well actually there were 3 Super Bowl losses before that but a curse with a Whiskey Bottle is sexier.
Since Jack Daniels was imprinted on the official's head, we have lost another Super Bowl and 5 NFC Championship games.
We had the blowout against Oakland, another loss to Dallas. These don't really matter because I don't remember them. I will never forget the ball off the fingertips of "Disco" Darren Nelson in 1987. The defensive failure of 1998. It doesn't fall on Anderson's kick. Although it is what people remember. We were up by seven. We couldn't stop them when we needed to. Classic Denny defense. Another Denny classic, the knee. We had the 41-0 loss to the Giants. No curse there, we just sucked. Then we came to the worse of all.
I had fun watching the 98 team but this year was my favorite year. Getting to see Brett Farve in purple was something magical. This was our best chance at a Super Bowl in a long time and the curse set in again. We destroyed Dallas and I thought we had a better team than New Orleans.
One thing leads to another and we recover a Reggie Bush fumble right before half. What do we do fumble it right back inside the 10. CURSE! More fumbles in the 2nd half. CURSE! Somehow we are still in this game. 2 minutes left and Farve to take us on a drive. Speaking of curse, how does Reggie Bush get to play in the Super Bowl and bang Kim Kardashian. CURSE! IALTO. We get the 12 man in the huddle penalty CURSE! Favre throws the interception CURSE! Tyrell Johnson missed the pick in OT. CURSE! The Helmet hits the ball when Thomas leaps for the 4th and One and no fumble. CURSE! Field Goal. CURSE IS COMPLETE!
The rest is up to you. Is it a curse or did Jay Leno steal our Superbowl? He's been stealing everything else. Thanks Conan!
Even though we had lost a couple of Super Bowls already in the 70's our best team of that era got the curse rolling. Now keep in mind I was still a glimmer in my parent's eye up to that point. Flashback to the 1975 divisional playoff, or should I call it the divisional push off. The infamous Drew Pearson push off. Any Viking fan from that era will tell you that was our best team. In the 4th quarter to decide the game, Dallas threw a Hail Mary. Pearson caught it after a obvious push off and they scored to win 17-14. Only one problem for Viking fans. NO FLAG! Let the years of screw jobs begin.
After the game an official got hit with a Whiskey bottle and 35 years of pain and anguish. Well actually there were 3 Super Bowl losses before that but a curse with a Whiskey Bottle is sexier.
Since Jack Daniels was imprinted on the official's head, we have lost another Super Bowl and 5 NFC Championship games.
We had the blowout against Oakland, another loss to Dallas. These don't really matter because I don't remember them. I will never forget the ball off the fingertips of "Disco" Darren Nelson in 1987. The defensive failure of 1998. It doesn't fall on Anderson's kick. Although it is what people remember. We were up by seven. We couldn't stop them when we needed to. Classic Denny defense. Another Denny classic, the knee. We had the 41-0 loss to the Giants. No curse there, we just sucked. Then we came to the worse of all.
I had fun watching the 98 team but this year was my favorite year. Getting to see Brett Farve in purple was something magical. This was our best chance at a Super Bowl in a long time and the curse set in again. We destroyed Dallas and I thought we had a better team than New Orleans.
One thing leads to another and we recover a Reggie Bush fumble right before half. What do we do fumble it right back inside the 10. CURSE! More fumbles in the 2nd half. CURSE! Somehow we are still in this game. 2 minutes left and Farve to take us on a drive. Speaking of curse, how does Reggie Bush get to play in the Super Bowl and bang Kim Kardashian. CURSE! IALTO. We get the 12 man in the huddle penalty CURSE! Favre throws the interception CURSE! Tyrell Johnson missed the pick in OT. CURSE! The Helmet hits the ball when Thomas leaps for the 4th and One and no fumble. CURSE! Field Goal. CURSE IS COMPLETE!
The rest is up to you. Is it a curse or did Jay Leno steal our Superbowl? He's been stealing everything else. Thanks Conan!
Acknowledgement
Welcome to my blog. I figured it was time to share my voice with the mill... thous... hund... or five people who will read this blog.
I have to acknowledge the original who is the best of the lousiest and lousiest of the best. He is the Common Man Dan Cole of KFAN radio in Minnespolis. I had to steal his material for the title of the blog so I figured i would give him an acknowledgement. I listen to the "progrum" everyday so I figured I will be stealing more material. Especially a few IALTO's. Trans: I Always Love That One.
If you ever read this blog which you won't because you rather sort your sock drawer. Here's to ya Common.
I have to acknowledge the original who is the best of the lousiest and lousiest of the best. He is the Common Man Dan Cole of KFAN radio in Minnespolis. I had to steal his material for the title of the blog so I figured i would give him an acknowledgement. I listen to the "progrum" everyday so I figured I will be stealing more material. Especially a few IALTO's. Trans: I Always Love That One.
If you ever read this blog which you won't because you rather sort your sock drawer. Here's to ya Common.
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