Sunday, March 22, 2009

Where have you gone, Ken Tremendous?

"When the Cubs signed him last year they thought he was gonna be a guy that could hit in the fifth spot, drive in some runs, but he has proven that he wasn't that type of hitter, he was a top of the order hitter, and I guess he proves that again because he swung at the first pitch and couldn't do much with it."

- Joe Morgan, after Kosuke Fukudome's first-pitch flyout in the bottom of the 2nd inning in the USA-Japan WBC semis game.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

March Madness 2: Bracket Boogaloo

Tuesday is my day for browsing teh internets while at work, because I teach every other block (of the four daily) starting with the first one. While perusing the web this afternoon, it seemed like every website had created some kind of bracket, as a result of what I can only imagine is people across the country catching a severe case of March Madness (likely contracted while watching Youtube clips of Duke players taking eleven steps and not getting whistled for traveling). Some were for culture, others for hot womens, and still others for names. And lo, I began pondering...

Has anyone put together a Best Bracket Bracket? How much work would that take? What would you say to the person who had the free time, desire, and specific form of dementia necessary to produce a Best Bracket Bracket?

Wednesday, March 11, 2009