Sports Blog

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Marty Brennaman doesn’t really like Cubs Fans - Sports by Brooks
• Steve McNair Calls it Quits After 13 Seasons - Fox Sports
• Rockies win 22-inning marathon against Padres - Fox Sports
• Spend $76 and watch Joe Buck host a spelling bee! YAY! - Deadspin
• Michael Westbrook can now beat people up for fun. With Jujitsu - Deuce of Davenport
• Top 7 - Worst Baseball Contracts Ever - Joe Sports Fan
• LaTroy Hawkins switches to Clemens’ old number. Fans appreciate him more - The Sports Hernia
• Baseball players are meant to be fat - Larry Brown Sports

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “If this is our only hope, I’ll take my chances with the asteroid”
  
• Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen engaged
• Kobe’s Car Jump - Take One
• Senators Try to Pump Up the Crowd. Could Use Better Mics
• Trick Shots Video Reminds Me of Old MJ Commercials

I don’t know if it was the mic that kept going out or the one-size too big helmet this guy was sporting that made this video cheesy. Either way, this lame attempt at a 300 inspired rally brightened up my day.

You’d think that the Ottawa Senators could have thought of a little better way to pump up the crowd. The guy seemed like a bad version of the Ultimate Warrior.

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Source: GoingFiveHole.com

Photo Source.

After recently watching a Philadelphia Phillies game, I couldn’t help but notice that the Phillies’ Pat Burrell looked very familiar to me. Then it dawned on me. Who else in this year’s playoff rosters look like familiar Hollywood stars?

This is what I came up with.

• The Phillies’ Pat Burrel has a striking resemblance to a young Ray Liotta.

• Phillies’ Ryan Howard and action star Michael Clarke Duncan have the looks and the size to match up to each other.

• Casey Blake of the Cleveland Indians and Gerard Butler from 300 with their matching beards.

• Garret Anderson of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Morgan Freeman. The potential is there. Give Garret another 15-20 years and he’ll be a carbon copy.

• Jorge Posada of the New York Yankees and Harland Williams. Harland is the one who’s not in the dress by the way, just in case you didn’t make your way to the bottom of the picture. Scary resemblances in the smile and ears.

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Photo Sources: Pat Burrell, Ray Liotta, Ryan Howard, Michael Clarke Duncan, Casey Blake, Gerard Butler, Garret Anderson, Morgan Freeman, Jorge Posada, Harland Williams.