With their playoff hopes vanishing down 8-6 in the ninth inning, the Twins got a game-tying homer from Alexi Casilla followed by a go-ahead butcher-boy double from Adam Everett. Imagine how exciting the past month would've been if the Twins had been on the right end of just a few more moments like that. If they can build on that crazy comeback and get a little help from the Royals the final week will be pretty thrilling. And if not, at least the image of Everett pulling the bat back will stick in my mind for a while.
Chris Cooley recently provided an important lesson for all bloggers: Don't show your junk.
When someone has a great speaking voice, it's often said that people would even enjoy listening to them read the phone book. My slightly different twist on the same theme is that when someone looks like Official Fantasy Girl of AG.com fourth runner-up Mila Kunis, people would even enjoy seeing them make a phone call.
Friend of AG.com (and diehard Rays fan) Thayer Rasmussen narrowly missed making his second World Poker Tour final table, settling for 11th place at this week's Borgata Poker Open. Rasmussen is probably disappointed with his finish given that he was among the big stacks late in the tournament, but it was great to hear him as a guest on my favorite poker podcast with Joe Sebok, Gavin Smith, and Ali Nejad. I'm jealous on approximately a dozen different levels.
On a related note, 75-year-old poker legend Doyle Brunsonblogged about meeting Tila Tequila:
I played in a charity tournament while I was in Macau. There were a lot of Asian celebrities. I sat next to Tila Tequila, a Vietnamese-American model from Houston, Texas. She is famous for having 3.5 million friends on MySpace along with her modeling and singing career. The biggest bluff I ran while I was there was when I told her if I was 40 years younger I would kidnap her. She replied, "Oh, I love older men." I had to fold and throw my hand away.
Good laydown.
I'd make the same offer if it didn't mean losing my "desk" too.
Second place goes to Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart's spectacular beard, which I've occasionally attempted in vain to duplicate for about five years now.
New York Post columnist George Willis recently explained that Derek Jeter "is going to the Hall of Fame primarily because of his hustle." Seriously.
I've never actually heard of Malibu Magazine before, but it's already on my short list of all-time great publications thanks to this month's Marisa Millerphoto shoot involving lots of knee-high socks.
Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Registerchecks in with a pretty strong showing of douchebaggery that unintentionally explains why fewer and fewer people get their sports analysis from newspapers:
It sure makes it easier to throw out opinions when you don't have to justify them to the people you're writing about or face the music by walking into a clubhouse the next day. Makes it easier. Not more valid, though.
Of course, there's a flip side to that and it goes something like this:
It sure makes it tougher to throw out opinions when you have to justify them to the people you're writing about or face the music by walking into a clubhouse the next day. Makes it tougher. Not more valid, though.
Call me crazy, but I'll take a smart outsider with an unfiltered opinion over an insider afraid of angering the people he has to rely upon for quotes and information every day.
Congratulations to George Takai, even if it means fewer afternoon field-trip dates with Artie Lange.
Speaking of gay couples, Sal Governale and Richard Christieappeared together on CNN recently, although you'll have to focus on the background to spot them:
And Bababooey to y'all.
Over at MLB.com, friend of AG.com Thor Nystrom recently wrote a nice "where are they now? article about Kevin Tapani, who ranked No. 29 in my long-delayed Top 40 Minnesota Twins series.
Compared to Brad Childress, Patrick Reusse almost manages to come across as blog-friendly in his recent Minneapolis Star Tribunecolumn:
The media session soon ended. As Childress walked past an old sportswriter, he offered this sentence of advice: "Don't look at those blogs."
Clearly if not for all those horrible blogs Childress' time as Vikings coach would be free of criticism.
Despite a ridiculous-looking dress and the presence of her husband, Official Fantasy Girl of AG.com third runner-up Kate Beckinsale still manages to be plenty fetching in these pictures.
