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UFlorida sweeps UTenn, taking game three 9-1
Behind eight combined runs in the sixth and seventh, No. 4 Florida (24-5, 7-2 SEC) swept Tennessee (19-9, 2-7 SEC), with a 9-1 win Sunday.
The Gators combined for 12 hits, making it the third straight game Florida collected a double-digit hit total.
After struggling for much of last week at the plate and moving down in the order, Preston Tucker, Austin Maddox and Brian Johnson were a combined 7-for-10 Sunday. Maddox went 3-for-3 with two RBIs.
Freshman righty Karsten Whitson (4-0, 2.06 ERA) earned the win after pitching five scoreless innings and striking out six.
Tennessee registered just six hits Sunday.
A real bad ass, from the past
If you think the guy who James Franco played in 127 Hours are tough, you haven’t heard of Leonid Rogozov.
In 1961, Rogozov was stationed at a newly constructed Russian base in Antarctica. The 12 men inside were cut off from the outside world by the polar winter by March of that year. In April, the 27-year-old Rogozov began to feel ill, very ill. His symptoms were classic: he had acute appendicitis. “He knew that if he was to survive he had to undergo an operation,” the British Medical Journal recounted. “But he was in the frontier conditions of a newly founded Antarctic colony on the brink of the polar night. Transportation was impossible. Flying was out of the question, because of the snowstorms. And there was one further problem: he was the only physician on the base.”
There was no question that he’d have to operate. The pain was intolerable and he knew he was getting worse. He recorded his thoughts in his journal:
I did not sleep at all last night. It hurts like the devil! A snowstorm whipping through my soul, wailing like a hundred jackals. Still no obvious symptoms that perforation is imminent, but an oppressive feeling of foreboding hangs over me … This is it … I have to think through the only possible way out: to operate on myself … It’s almost impossible … but I can’t just fold my arms and give up.
Operating mostly by feeling around, Rogozov worked for an hour and 45 minutes, cutting himself open and removing the appendix. The men he’d chosen as assistants watched as the “calm and focused” doctor completed the operation, resting every five minutes for a few seconds as he battled vertigo and weakness. He recalled the operation in a journal entry:
I worked without gloves. It was hard to see. The mirror helps, but it also hinders — after all, it’s showing things backwards. I work mainly by touch. The bleeding is quite heavy, but I take my time — I try to work surely. Opening the peritoneum, I injured the blind gut and had to sew it up. Suddenly it flashed through my mind: there are more injuries here and I didn’t notice them … I grow weaker and weaker, my head starts to spin. Every 4-5 minutes I rest for 20-25 seconds. Finally, here it is, the cursed appendage! With horror I notice the dark stain at its base. That means just a day longer and it would have burst and …
At the worst moment of removing the appendix I flagged: my heart seized up and noticeably slowed; my hands felt like rubber. Well, I thought, it’s going to end badly. And all that was left was removing the appendix … And then I realized that, basically, I was already saved.
Two weeks later, he was back on regular duty. He died at the age of 66 in St. Petersburg in 2000.
Just a little reminder that humans can complete some pretty amazing physical feats when their lives hang in the balance.
Shaka (get) Smart and VCU
Great, great run in the NCAA tourney!…little doubt they earned some props for going 5-1 and beating down Kansas by 10! They got hot at a great time of the year!
BUT!…yeah, “but!”…come on!: They were 23-11 coming in, and racked losses to: Tennessee, USF, Richmond (by 12), Georgia State, Northwestern (by 11), Old Dominion TWICE (once by 11), George Mason (by 20), Drexel, UAB and James Madison!
Before they got to the Tourney, their ‘big” wins were against UCLA and Wake Forest?…
Hey, give some props to the Coach and the Team, but tender those props a little too guys. This Mr Smart should be asked to do a little more before he’s anointed the next John Wooden!
Additionally, most of these (impact) players were recruited by Anthony Grant!…..and both Smart and Grant coached under Billy Donovan, but that’s another story.
What happened in this tourney, to this hard playing VCU team is “one-for-the-ages” for sure!…but, it also has a lot to do with getting hot for a few games, at the right time! Its not east to do, but its also not turning water into wine!
Butler vs UConn Monday Night!…enjoy the final……6 for 23 from the field?..ouch!! UKentucky should have beaten UConn, but, hats off Huskies!
2-0 start!, but Coo-Coo gives up a run!
Reds Score early, then hold on to move to 2-0 on the season!
What a surprise, -Francisco Cordero got his first save despite giving up Casey McGehee ‘s RBI single. Shortstop Edgar Renteria made a diving stop to get a forceout and help close it out…..This Coo-Coo guy sucks!…ok, maybe sucks is too strong, but he sure as shit ain’t worth the money THIS team is paying him. There are other younger horses in the bull-pen that can give up a run an inning, and will walk every other first batter they face! This isn’t a guy worth 12 million! He’s had a decent career, but he’s not a premier closer…and The Reds cannot afford to turn the ball over to this guy, all year (again). Too bad no team will take this contract off the books for our club, mostly because they see him as I do.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| BREWERS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| REDS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
MILWAUKEE (0-2)| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | SEASON AVG. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| GomezCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| BraunLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| Fielder1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 |
| McGehee3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| AlmonteRF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| BetancourtSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| NievesC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| MorganPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| GreenP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| MarcumP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| BraddockP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| MitreP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| CounsellPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| KottarasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| TOTALS | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | |
| HOME RUNS | Almonte (1) | |||||||
| RUNS BATTED IN | McGehee (3) , Almonte (1) | |||||||
| 2-OUT RBI | McGehee | |||||||
| LEFT ON BASE | 4 | |||||||
| DOUBLE PLAYS | (Y.Betancourt to Weeks to Fielder) | |||||||
| ERRORS | Weeks (1) | |||||||
| MILWAUKEE PITCHING | ||||||||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | SEASON ERA | |
| Marcum(L, 0-1) | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5.79 |
| Braddock | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mitre | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Green | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PITCHES / STRIKES | Marcum 83-46, Braddock 3-3, Mitre 21-16, Green 5-4 | |||||||
| GROUND / FLY | Marcum 1-6, Braddock 0-0, Mitre 5-1, Green 3-0 | |||||||
| TOTAL BATTERS FACED | Marcum 23, Braddock 1, Mitre 6, Green 3 | |||||||
CINCINNATI (2-0)| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | SEASON AVG. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StubbsCF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Phillips2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .125 |
| Votto1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Rolen3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| GomesLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| CorderoP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - SUCKS! |
| BruceRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| RenteriaSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| HaniganC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| WoodP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| MassetP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| HeiseyLF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| TOTALS | 27 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 9 | ||
| TRIPLES | Stubbs (1) | |||||||
| HOME RUNS | Rolen (1) | |||||||
| RUNS BATTED IN | Stubbs (2) , Rolen 2 (2) | |||||||
| 2-OUT RBI | Rolen 2 | |||||||
| LEFT ON BASE | 4 | |||||||
| SACRIFICE FLIES | Wood | |||||||
| STOLEN BASES | Stubbs (1) | |||||||
| CAUGHT STEALING | Stubbs (1) | |||||||
| DOUBLE PLAYS | (Rolen to Phillips to Votto) | |||||||
| CINCINNATI PITCHING | ||||||||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | SEASON ERA | |
| Wood(W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1.29 |
| Masset(H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cordero(SV, 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| PITCHES / STRIKES | Wood 83-66, Masset 15-12, Cordero 15-9 | |||||||
| GROUND / FLY | Wood 8-6, Masset 1-1, Cordero 3-0 | |||||||
| TOTAL BATTERS FACED | Wood 24, Masset 4, Cordero 5 | |||||||
| GAME DETAILS | |||||||||
| TIME | 2:31 | ||||||||
| ATTENDANCE | 37,967 | ||||||||
| UMPIRES | HP - Vanover, 1B - Randazzo, 2B - Bellino, 3B - Gorman | ||||||||
Afgans “avenge” Quran Burning by killing 12 people?
That’s a fair exchange?…Where’s the outrage from the within?
Let’s review this story…Some Priest in Florida burns a Quran, and in Afghanistan they respond by killing 12 people? Where in the HELL do these people come from? When do these special “Ed” retards of the religious World finally get their due?
Really, this religion is for those a little slow on the uptake! As if the promise of 72 virgins in Heaven) wasn’t proof enough! Well, not only the promise, but the BELIEF in that promise!…AND, to a bit, the WANTING of that promise! Imagine you’ve never had sex before, but if you blow yourself up for some Whacko leader, you’re going to get a room full of inexperienced virgin trim? Who’d want that? You don’t even get ONE Pro who knows what the hell she’s doing? You wait your whole life, then martyr yourself, for rookies? -WTF?
Like every other American, I have done a fair amount of thinking over the past few years about the global Muslim community. I mean, how could I not? Every time I turn on the television, pick up a paper or open a web browser window, some wild-eyed Muslim group is pissed off about SOMETHING! Their inbred visage is usually some caption about how they just tried to kill a bunch of women and children or some other equally courageous act. Take that Muhammad cartoon silliness back in ’05. For those of you that might have forgotten; a Danish newspaper published some caricaturesof Muhammad (Allah’s prophet) that poked fun at militant Muslims. What happened? Muslims all across the world flip their shit. Muslims in France, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia…all freak out! They used their right to freedom of assembly and speech to demand that citizens of other countries (namely Danish newspaper editors) are denied their rights of freedom of speech and press (kind of hypocritical, huh?-Them using a right to depose another given “right”). To drive the point home that they are NOT irrational, violent and psychopathic, these savvy Muslims throw around some Molotov cocktails, send death threats, attack some police and trample to death some of their own in their beef’n”frenzy”.
For years now, I have been unable to silence the repeating series of questions that constantly run though my mind. “How could a group of people be so mislead?” “What went wrong with the Islamic faith and when did it go wrong? Basically, “What the f*ck is wrong with these people? Why does Islam have so many assholes in its ranks?”
What is it?…..Islam is a religion designed for stupid people! Hold on, hold on… Hear me out on this. In order to be a “good Muslim” you only have to follow five rules or “Pillars” as they are called;
1) You must declare your faith. You do this by accepting that “there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.”
2) You must pray to Allah.
3) You have to pay a tax—assuming you have in your possession, for one whole year, gold of the minimum weight of seven-and-a-half “tolas” (whatever the f*ck that is).
4) You must fast in the month of Ramadan.
5) And finally, you must visit Mecca. Boom! That’s it. You declare your faith, pray, pay taxes, fast and check out Mecca at some point in your life.
–It’s that simple?
Is it just me or does this religion seem like it is tailored to lobotomy patients with ADD? I got so excited by my revelation that Islam is designed for the Special Ed. cross section of society that I came up with the opening bit for a late night infomercial trying to sell people on the Islamic faith. It would open up with a close-up of some guy who looked like a Middle Eastern Elvis who would immediately point at the camera and yell in heavily accented English, “Too stupid for Christianity? Can’t remember all of the Ten Commandments? Try Islam! There is only half as much shit to remember!” I can’t recall exactly what I wanted to happen after that, but I think at some point in the infomercial there would be some Middle Eastern broads wearing only veils and bikinis – hoola-hooping. And, then the Middle Eastern Elvis would behead them for being “unclean”.
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Then I get distracted because my dog comes in the room and started licking his balls. It was then where I realized that even my dog was intelligent enough to follow the five pillars of Islamic faith. He had declared his faith in me and no other. He prays to me every time I am eating (some might call it begging, but then again is there really any difference?). I figure he is exempt from the third Pillar as he has never had in his possession seven-and-a-half tolas of gold. He fasts during Ramadan (from when I feed him before work until I come home at night and feed him again). He has never been to Mecca, but I guess that means he is only one plane ticket away from being a role model Muslim.Am I really equating the Muslim community’s intelligence and free-thinking ability to that of a dog’s?!?” Yes, I am. “But that is RAAACIST!! Wahhh!” Oh for the love of sweet ass-slapping Allah, shut the f*ck up! Bagging on a religion isn’t racist, you twit. It is “religionist”… or, something. If you want to accuse me of being a meanie towards a certain religion, go right ahead. But take your racist accusations, dip them in glue, roll them in rock salt and then jam them up your urethra. |
Over a quarter of the population on the continent of Asia is Muslim (which includes a lot of non-Middle-Easterners). Over half of Africa is Muslim which means a lot of Blacks subscribe to the faith. Almost ten percent of Europe is Muslim which means there are some lily-white Muslims with bad teeth and body odor–if they are French. And there is a decent handful in the Americas as well. Muslims come in every color, shape and size.
| Back to point; Islam caters to idiots—people who have 2-pound sacks of waterlogged cat ass where their brains should be. So what is the conclusion? Well, I am offering it as a partial explanation for why these fruit-loops keep popping up on our living room TV’s, interrupting our Van Dekamp’s Fish stick Extravaganza micro waved dinners with live reports on their idiotic actions. I am not, however, saying that all Muslims are stupid. I am not saying that most Muslims are stupid. But what I am saying is that if a stupid person is going to choose a religion, he/she is much more likely to pick Islam than any other because Islam is the community college of religions. When millions of stupid people unite under the same religious banner, bad things are going to happen! So when you turn on the news, click up on cnn.com, or when you strike up a casual conversation with some pin-head asshole at Starbucks and the topic of Muslim Aggression comes up, don’t get frustrated. Don’t get confused! Just remember that these people don’t know any better. They just need their noses rubbed in their own shit and piss to learn. |
…”if a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect, but for my submission”…
