Obama wins the Democratic presidential nomination. This is so significant that I am taking a day off from sports to talk about it.
OK, no I’m not. I don’t care that much. Good for him. He won the nomination when Hillary Clinton, excuse me, Hillary Rodham Clinton (Why does she insist people say her middle/maiden name? Just another reason to hate her?) conceded the nomination to him. Sure it was about three months in the waiting but Hillary knew when she couldn’t win. It was a nice gesture to concede the race to the front runner only when she had no chance of winning. It got me thinking about sports figures who should pull a Hillary concede something when there is no other option and everyone else already knows it’s coming.
> J Beanie concedes he was totally wrong on the Mastny/Joba argument from yesterday. Graig, you don’t even have to say anything since I’m admitting I was wrong. It’s not that Joba was outstanding – 2.1 innings, one hit, four walks, two runs (one earned) and just three strikeouts – but compared to Mastny – 1.1 innings, six hits, five runs, three walks and just two K’s for a whopping 21.00 ERA – Joba looked like Cliff Lee.
> Big Brown looked strong (or so they say) during is finally full speed workout before the Belmont. If he is truly healthy, the rest of the field should just concede the race to him since no one will come close to Big Brown. The rest of us should look forward to witnessing history on Saturday.
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> Big Brown’s owners should concede the horse ultimate death. In a sport where almost any injury means death, Big Brown is injured going into the race. He will start the race strong, then fall over in pain with a broken foot and here comes Barbaro all over again.
> Prince Fielder should concede and admit that he is no longer a vegetarian. He looks even fatter than he did last year. No way that weight is gained from fruits, vegetables and soy burgers.
> The Penguins should concede the Stanley Cup Finals. Game 5 was a great win for the team from the worst city in America but the team from the second worst city is too good. Pittsburgh’s goalie Marc-Andre Fleury played the game of his life and there’s no way he can do it again. He should concede that he sold his soul to the devil for one good game. Detroit closes them out in Game 6.
> Danny Ferry should concede the Cavs GM job and admit he has no idea what he’s doing. Mike Brown should follow suit as coach.
> The NBA should concede they fixed the NBA playoffs, maybe the entire season. The Lakers and the Celtics were on the verge of becoming the Clippers and Knicks at the end of last season. So the NBA force trades to both teams to make them better. Then with the NBA playoffs going the way they were going, they forced the refs to call the game in favor of “the two most storied franchises in NBA history.” No way the NBA wanted another Pistons-Spurs Finals.
> Speaking of the NBA Finals, can all the national media please concede this Bird-Magic comparison to this years finals? They aren’t playing, they aren’t involved in either organization anymore and this is the 1980s. I’m sick of the NBA Finals and it still doesn’t start for another 16 days.
> Chad Johnson should concede this non-insane act he has been putting on. Go check yourself into a clinic and get out of our lives forever. Not only have you flip-flopped on your “I’ll never play for the Bengals again” stance from a month ago, but you flip-flopped on your flip-flop in the same day. Please, go away.
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I like the format from today. As far as Joba goes, I’m not sure how people can call last night a failure. What did they expect, a no-hitter? I’m guessing that he was too amped up and couldn’t throw strikes, I’m not worried at all. They beat Roy Halladay once every 25 times anyway.
Bite your tongue about Prince! He had a stolen base on Monday night. That catcher should be shot.
I’ve had the Tribe/Rangers game on the last two nights…Josh Hamilton is freaking awesome. The Rangers lineup is much better than I thought. Two straight nights of God awful pitching though.
Who ya got in game 6 tonight? I’m picking the Pens.
The Rangers to got a sick line-up and that home run in the first inning by Hamilton was incredible. Simply a blast. I hope he wins the triple crown. They were talking about how players from both teams come out to watch Hamilton during batting practice. He just crushes the ball. I can’t wait to see him in the home run derby. He might not ever record an out. He needs a sweet nickname. Something about his past drug use and his amazing power.
Should have went with Slocum last night, although I really have no idea if he is any good. Eric Plunk could have done better Mastny. “Big League” Choo had another nice game last night. He is my new favorite player. He could be the the Indians version of Billy Thomas.
hey graig, cool use of the phrase “freaking awesome” dude!! we are all adults around here dildo, you dont have to sound like a six year old telling his dad how “freaking awesome” his new ninja turtle action figure is…
Thanks for the advice, gnarly dude. I see that Seal finally got done raping his way through the local nursing home to comment again. Your appearances are always tubular, yo.
I love it. It’s a tough call for round one. Seal saying we are all adults here but getting upset by the “freaking awesome” line is pretty contradicting. And his dildo name calling isn’t original. But his use of new ninja turtle action figure combined with using Graig’s line of “freaking awesome” again was pretty good.
Graig on the other hand, came back with some very good, very original material. I really liked the “raping his way through a local nursing home” line. However, may have went to far with the surfer dude stuff by using “gnarly” and “tubular.” Although you can help but laugh whenever someone says tubular for any reason.
I’d say round one goes to Graig 10-9 simply because of the nursing home line. But I’m just one judge. What’s everyone else think? Seal, come strong in round two. I’m counting on you.