The Roundup: Remembering Mike Schmidt Remembering
The Big Lead —
... she awoke, she saw the man jerkin’ his weiner as he stared at her and she then noticed semen in her hair. What a sick bastard. He should have his genitals forcefully removed and then be dropped from a plane in to the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
So uh, anyway, uh enjoy the day. And I don’t care what anyone says, Angelina Jolie is still one of the sexiest females in the world.
Brett Favre’s retirement press conference had nothing on Michael Jack Schmidt’s. Hilarious stuff. [Bugs and Cranks]
Thank the Lord: you ...
No Offense Taken By Albuquerque [Blogdome]
Deadspin —
• Not every blogger is taking Bob Costas personally. [Field Gulls]
• Levity at Shelley Duncan's expense. [Yankees 2000]
• Michigan basketball vs. hockey: a depressing comparison. [Hoover Street Rag]
• Ten questions for the upcoming baseball season. [Vitamin Z]
• Bruce Bowen's nine finest displays of footwork. [Double Viking]
• Laura Ingraham would probably categorize Mike Schmidt as a little bitch, too. [Bugs and Cranks]
• The NCAA's anti-Akron bias, with LeBron-spiracy goodness. [Cleveland Frowns]
• Better ...
By Laura Ingraham’s Math, Mike Schmidt Is A Woman
MVN Outsider —
... Big thanks to Bugs and Cranks for tracking down video of Mike Schmidt bawling at his retirement speech. I love how he desperately tries to hold back the tears for the first 20 seconds or so, but suddenly loses it — and never quite regains his composure. ...
In Vino Veritas
ShysterBall —
... 512 Chardonnay: Let's drink two! 548 Zinfandel: A vintage so good, it will bring tears to your eyes.
20 Years Ago Today...
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
... did the same in baseball (also, Von Hayes). Every kid at little league wanted to wear the number 20, especially the 3Bs. It's hard to think of any Philadelphia player who better played their position better than Schmidt did the hot corner, and no one alive during his years as a Phillie will ever forget the sound of Harry Kalas yelling his full name, particularly when he hit #500 (my favorite Kalas call of all time). H/t Macho Row and of course, Mike Meech, formerly of Bugs & Cranks.
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