TC the Terrible

Thanks to My Readers

A few days ago I asked my loyal readers to weigh in on what to do with the Barry Bonds baseball. You guys responded and pushed the vote over the top. An overwhelming majority of you (at least as many as voted for Bill Clinton back in the day) thought that branding the baseball with a big red astertik. Which is being more polite than the ‘roid boy deserves. If cramming the ball up Bond’s ass had been a choice I can only imagine how the vote would have gone.

All in all the Hall of Fame is glad to have the ball.

“This ball wouldn’t be coming to Cooperstown if Marc hadn’t bought it from the fan who caught it and then let the fans have their say,” Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey told The Associated Press. “We’re delighted to have the ball. It’s a historic piece of baseball history.”

But just to cover their collective ass, the HOF lawyers got the right words into print. In case Bonds ever choose to sue.

Petroskey said accepting the ball did not mean the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y., endorses the viewpoint that Barry Bonds used drugs.

Ten million people voted to put the brand on the ball. According to my un-named source over four million of those came from this site alone. Not shabby, but I wonder why the rest of you didn’t take the time to vote.

September 26th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Blog, Sports, Geek, Random Non-sense | no comments

Bonds Ball

Cheaters should be punished. Since Bonds isn’t going to be, we should all send a message that he might understand.

I have no idea who Marc Ecko is, but I like the guy already.

September 19th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Sports, Random Non-sense | 2 comments

Football Weekend

This weekend of football was about ten times better than last weekend. Not because the Living Legend won again, or because the Browns offense finally showed up to play. While the Arkansas State INDIANS pulled off a home win in high style after getting fucked over in Texas and rained out in Memphis, even that wasn’t the highlight of the weekend.

No, the highlight was getting decent HD service for the first time.

I’ve been suffering with Cox cable since moving into the new place this summer. Their version of HD is a bigger pile of crap than their slow assed broad band Internet service. Verizon Fios for television is a quantum leap better in quality and number of channels. Plus, the package is cheaper on a monthly basis even without a sign up discount. NFL games in HD from Cox looked identical to the regular broadcasts. On Fios the games in HD damn near jump out of the screen.

September 17th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Sports, Geek, DC Life, Random Non-sense | 4 comments

Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio?

I’ll let you guys insert your own captions on this one.

No I won’t.

When I was living in Memphis, TN we used to slam the Marlins for their piss poor attendance numbers. Our Triple AAA farm team regularly beat the crowds for the Marlins. Which leads me to this.

If you can’t put asses in the seats then you don’t deserve a team. Hell, Florida has two major league teams and both are dead last in their leagues for attendance. That’s what you might call a sign from God. The Marlins have won the World Series. Twice. Still nobody cares.

The next time baseball thinks about shrinking the league they should start with Florida.

September 14th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Sports, Geek, Random Non-sense | one comment