Wait 'Til Next Year - Episode 16: Cletus is an Idiot

In the latest episode, Solly and Nate talk about the injuries to the aces of their staffs, Roy Halladay and Jered Weaver.  They insult Cletus Van Dam.  And they listen to a voicemail from someone who sounds oddly like a cross between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes.

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From the Porch: Sweepless

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Arizona 4, San Francisco 1 AT&T Park

AZ (23-28) 010 001 020  4 8 0

SF (27-24) 000 100 000  1 7 1

WP: Kennedy (4-5)

LP: Lincecum (2-6)

SV: Hernandez (1)

HR: Goldschmidt (4)

Kennedy: 7.2ip 5h 1er 2bb 7k 4.26 era

Lincecum: 7ip 4h 1er 5bb 6k 5.82 era

In the NL West: Milwaukee beat Dodgers (sweep), Cubs beat San Diego (sweep), Colorado lost to Houston. Giants still 5.5 back.

Update: Oops, sorry about that; not a Brewers sweep of LA yet, they play fourth game in series today. But here's hoping!

Comments: Shoot, somehow the Giants just cannot sweep anybody this year, apparently. Seemed like Ian Kennedy was very good, but Giants still had lots of opportunities, right up until the eighth inning, but just couldn't cash in. Kept waiting for Buster to cash in on major opportunities but they kept getting him. Dang, dang, dang-o.

Pitching: Timmy seemed to battle a little better, but five walks (he's in the top four in the majors in walks the past two years), and probably pitched well enough to win, but it just wasn't there. Giants 2/11 in his starts; which isn't good enough to be a fifth starter anywhere. Not sure what to do there. Hard to say that Edlefson was awful; he's a sinker-baller  and sometimes grounders find holes.

Defense: Kruk and Kuip seemed to think Ryan The Riot had his best defensive game of the year. Two nice double plays, one that limited the damage when Edlefson was pitching and the deficit went from 2-1 to 4-1. 

Offense: Two hits apiece for The Riot and Blanco; Blanco had a nice triple and scored. Melky Cabrera had one hit, which closed May with 51, tying the Giants record for any month with Randy Winn. With the Giants, if you pass Willie Mays one day you usually have to catch Randy Winn the next. Legends.

Baseball Quote of the Day: "It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy." (Nolan Ryan)

Next game: Cubs at Giants, 7:15 p.m. PDT Friday, June 1 at AT&T Park. Maholm (4-3, 4.62) vs. Bumgarner (5-4, 3.14). TV: NBC Bay Area, 7.2 Cable 191 in Central Valley, also TBS cable.

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2HoT's iMPACT Recap - May 24, 2012

iMPACT Recap May 24, 2012

iMPACT is filmed before a live studio audience.

Hey Fuckers!

It’s the network’s only TNA fan here with YOUR iMPACT RECAP!!, Now since you better not forget it again, Cue MY Music!

-Also, never going to miss another music cue, huh?  Tell you what.  If it’s underlined, cue it.  Got that?


-It’s OPEN FIGHT NIGHT! We open back stage with Real American Hulk Hogan and the 4 contenders from last week as we hope to find out who will get his title shot against the champ tonight and attempt to end his attempt to become the longest running champ in TNA history.  Hogan goes in to this long monolog about a bunch of inside shit that no one cares about and tries to get the four to argue about why they should get their shot.  Hogan decides, after about two hours of talking, that twenty year veteran “Every Segment” Bully Ray should be eliminated from contention for the title shot because he is too green.


-In the ring, everybody is Kung Fu Fighting, as Gail Kim comes out to drop some ancient Chinese secrets on our asses.  She lets us know that she is the most important woman in this company and that the fact that the Knockouts title is held by a man and also Eric Young.  She decides that they do great dishonour the Knockouts famarie and must be dispatched!


-EY and ODB take on Gail Kim and Madison Rayne in a Boy and Lady Vs Lady and Ladyboy Knockouts Non-Title Tag Match.  Gail and EY start things of and it goes about as you’d expect with EY shrugging off most of Gail’s offence before tagging in ODB to come smash her box in to everything that moves and most things that don’t.  The match goes back and forth for quite a while and at one point EY loses his pants.  Mid match, Tenay randomly announces on the air that Brooke Hogan is in charge of the Knockouts Division now as a throwaway line even though it hasn’t been announced in any way ahead of their move to live broadcast next week.  Way to go Tenay, you spoilerin jackass.  The end of the match comes when Madison distracts ODB from the outside, allowing Gail to ambush her like some kind of ninja and get the pin.  This was an exciting and fast paced match of the night contender for sure. 5 stars for the stellar performance put on in the ring, and negative 5 stars to Tenay for being a giant tool.


-Backstage, the champ is here!!  He walks past a camera and goes in to a room.  Riveting.


-As you recall, it’s Open Fight Night, and as a result, Bob Van Damn is heading to the ring to let his mouth do the talking! Apparently while he was fighting for the world title, he was letting some unfinished business go umm, unfinished?  Brilliant.  Anyway, he wants to fight Gunner.  Outstanding.  Well, we know Gunner isn’t doing anything important so it’s on!  This is your textbook main-eventer VS glorified jobber match.  Lots of stiff shots thrown in this one.  The two went back and forth for almost a full minute and a half before Bob hit a frog splash from down town and got the three count.  Way to go Bob, you just had a potential match of the night against Gunner...  5 stars for obvious booking choices.


- In the ring, RBD is here to tell us that as the TV Champ, he is required to defend his belt on iMPACT every single week (except last week for some unknown reason).  Tonight he’s decided that New Bishoff will be his opponent this week because when you have to defend every week, the last thing you want is a credible challenger.  I am not sure if this is slightly better or slightly worse than having to watch RBD fight a Robbie for the seventy fifth time.  Speaking of the Robbies, they come out to attack both of the in-ring competitors.  No Contest. Champ Retains.  It’s hard to call this a match, but in spite of that, it might be the match of the night.  5 stars for adding an albatross to an already sinking ship.


-Backstage, Real American Hulk Hogan is again wondering who he’s going to have challenge Ravishing Bobby Roode for the World Title tonight.  He again gets in to a bunch of inside shit that no one cares about before eliminating Ed Hardy from contention because he’s clearly not prepared as he slouches in his chair smelling like PBR and covered in vomit.  He then tells both the remaining choices to get ready because thankfully we’re taking this to the ring!


-Hey, remember how it’s Open Fight Night?  “Every Segment” Bully Ray does, and as far as he’s concerned, that means he can challenge Renown Chicago Lawyer and obviously non wrestler *wink, Joseph Park.  Joseph decides that Bully should be tried for the disappearance of his brother Chris Youknowabyss.  I’ve watched enough Law and Order to know that this is complete horseshit and apparently so does Bully because he does exactly what I would have done in that situation.  Kicked him square in the nuts and walked away.  Thanks Bully.  I am in your debt.


-It’s GUT CHECK TIME.  This is the gimmick were some indy jobber gets the chance to try out for a TNA Contract.  It’s kind of like what the WWE calls a Dark Match, except everyone gets to see it!  This gut checker is Joey Ryan.  He gets to try out against a man twice his size: Triple A Austin Aries.  True to TNA tradition, the match is booked to make Ryan look strong, and the longest running X-Division champ of all time, look weak as shit.  Ryan did manage to blow a few spots and almost sandbag Aries finisher.  Man, it takes some real skill to make Aries look like shit.  This match had all the pacing of an Undertaker/Kane match.  That said, it was still easily the tryout match of the night.  5 Stars for hoping they give this guy a contract and make him fight Zema Ion.


-Since Slamiversary is coming soon, we get a video package of Hulk Hogan not putting people over.


- Apparently since we still don’t know who the challenger is, it’s MAIN EVENT TIME!  The champ, Ravishing Bobby Roode makes his way to the ring.  I guess it’s Ring Entrances for EVERYBODY! as AJ, Kurt, and Hogan all make their way to the ring as well. The Real American takes one more chance to bore us with inside shit that no one cares about before letting us know that it will be AJ that Roode gets to beat to become the longest running champ in TNA history.  Incidentally, that honour is currently held by AJ himself.  I think the writers might have accidentally stumbled in to layers of storytelling.  I guess a room full of monkeys at typewriters was bound to come up with something eventually.  Also if Roode wins, Hogan has to throw him a party.  This was about as good a main event as a person could ask for from two stellar performers. It went back and forth with many near falls and near submissions.  Near the end of the match, two thirds of the KKK decide to come out to the entrance platform to watch.  This distracts AJ enough that he blows a spot and gets caught in the most devastating Fisherman’s Suplex in history and goes down for the count.  There’s no doubt that this was the match if the night if only for making the right booking choice.  5 stars for having an actual torch be passed.


-As you know, wrestlers always cut better promos when they’re out of breath so Bobby Roode gets on the stick to tell Hogan to get out to the ring to get drunk with him.  Hogan obliges but then starts prattling on about more inside shit that no one cares about including letting us know that the show is in a new time-slot starting next week but is mercifully not going to be three hours long.  Suddenly the lights go out.  This never ends well.  The lights come back on.  OMG Taz!  What’s Steve Borden doing in the iMPACT ZONE?!?!  Attacking the champ, that’s what.  How’s this going to end?!?!  Stupidly most likely.  But we’ll have to wait till next week to find out.


Anyway...


That happened.


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FTP: Got Melk?

May 29, 2012

Giants 3, Diamondbacks 1 at AT&T Park

AZ (22-28) 010 000 000  1 6 0

SF (27-23) 000 001 02x  3 7 0

WP: Hensley (2-3)

LP: Shaw (1-3)

SV: Casilla (14)

HR: None

Saunders: 5.1ip 5h 1er 5bb 5k 3.61 era

Vogelsong: 7ip 6h 1er 3bb 8k 2.36 era

In the NL West: San Diego lost to the Cubs, Milwaukee beat the damn Dodgers, I guess Rockies were off. Giants in second, trailing by 5.5.

Comments: Have a month, Melky Cabrera! He had three hits tonight to reach 50 for the month of May and pass Willie Mays for the San Francisco May hits record. I'm not sure that's much of a real record, but if you pass Willie Mays in anything, that's something. If he gets a hit tomorrow he'll be tied for the most hits for the Giants in any month. And yes, of course if you pass Mays, your next target is the holder of that record, Randy Winn.

Pitching: Ryan Vogelsong is a steely-eyed missile man. I think (wait, that's not a thing one needs to say while blogging) that Zito yesterday and Vogie today really turned in fantastic performances; if you don't have your best stuff and the offense isn't happening or is slow to happen and you can give your team a chance? Ball. Zee. Also Santiago Casilla has quietly now tied for NL lead in saves with 14.

Defense: Not a lot to talk about; Ariz turned one double play.

Offense: Two really nice pitching performances; D'backs 2/9 RISP and 9 LOB; Giants 1/6 RISP and 8 LOB. A battle and a half and Giants finally broke through with one run in sixth and two in the eighth. Buster Posey is coming through behind Cabrera and had two RBIs tonight.

Baseball Quote of the Day: "I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher." (Rogers Hornsby)

Next game: How about a sweep for the first time this year? Arizona at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 30 at AT&T Park. Kennedy (3-5, 4.65) vs. Lincecum (2-5, 6.41). TV: CSN-BA

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The Microwave - Tale of the Tape: Avengers vs. Independence Day

The VP kidnapped/bribed me to go to the theater with her Saturday night. Me going out to see a new movie is the equivalent of John Tortorella partaking in a game of 21 questions with the New York media. It just doesn’t happen. You can count the non-kid movies I’ve seen in the theater in the past 8 years on one hand: The Expendables, Rush Hour 3, Rocky Balboa, Collateral. That’s it – that’s the list. (Toy Story 3, How To Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me, and Cars do not count.)

I also have a genetic disdain for any movie that requires me to completely suspend my disbelief for two hours. I can handle one plot point of disbelief, but beyond that, I’m out. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and anything where the main character has supernatural powers draws immediate ridicule from a guy like me. Shoeless Joe Jackson appearing out of thin air decades after he died? That’s cool.  Doc Brown building a time machine? No problem. But if you’re doing shit with a wand, a ring, a suit of armor, a hammer, a shield, or if you spontaneously turn into a giant green badass with a simple insult, I’m laughing your ass out of the theater.


Given those first two paragraphs, my viewing of The Avengers on Saturday night was a potential trainwreck of epic proportions.


For the most part, however, it was fairly amusing. For someone going in basically blind, I thought the beginning was a bit slow, but necessary, particularly for someone like me who had no clue what this movie was going to be about. The middle portion in which the plot was pushed along was really well done, even if the revolutionary boat that turns into an airship was brought down by two plumbers in Super Mario Bros. 3 more than 20 years ago. And the climatic finish… well, the only thing left was for 1987 Hulk Hogan to show up and drop the big legdrop on the bad guy and pose for the crowd.  Ridiculously over the top, ending never in doubt, completely unbelievable and utterly impossible.


I can see why the geeks out there eat this shit up.


It’s a good movie. It’s not the 8.6 or whatever the hell the dorks have voted it up at IMDB – because that would put it in the same company as films such as Forrest Gump, Se7en, Saving Private Ryan, The Departed, and To Kill a Mockingbird, a notion which is preposterous – but it was entertaining crap. The parallels between it and a summer blockbuster of nearly a generation ago, though, are far too numerous to overlook. The film in question comes in on the admittedly flawed IMDB scale at a 6.7, which is probably where I’d stick The Avengers. The film in question also saw the world at risk from invaders from another planet. The film in question was also a jingoistic, predictable, pile of popcorn that made a shitload of bank at the box office. Let’s break this baby down:

THE AVENGERS vs. INDEPENDENCE DAY

American Badass: Captain America vs. Capt. Steven Hiller

It’s pretty hard to top a dude with the name “Captain America” as the prerequisite badass defending the Stars & Stripes. World War II hero, wears the colors, has a shield that blocks all. But come on, is Chris Evans going to spin his Captain America role into billions of dollars of income over the next 15 years on this performance? No, no he’s not. Will Smith played the fairly undeveloped character of Hiller with so much gusto and charisma that he parlayed it into being arguably been the biggest movie star of the past decade. And he didn’t need to hide behind a friggin shield. Flying jets and UFO’s and dragging smelly ass aliens thru the desert, talking shit the entire time? I’m taking the sheer screen presence of Smith over anything Captain America brings to the table. Hiller, in what should be an upset, but rather what looks like an instance in which the wrong team was favored. ADVANTAGE: ID4

Brain Power: Iron Man vs. David Levinson

Now THIS is an ass whipping. Goldblum gets his shit packed in by Downey. David is a meek, scientific dude working at a TV station who stumbles upon alien transmissions. He proceeds to clumsily stagger thru the remainder of the movie, delivering stilted dialogue, with his only saving grace being that he’s the smart one of the bunch. Tony Stark has no such problems, being the genius, witty, ladies’ man that cruises thru every situation he’s in. Maybe a little too easy, but we’ll look at that later. HUGE ADVANTAGE: AVENGERS

The Different Guy: Thor vs. Russell Casse

Another one sided beatdown. Thor comes from this other galaxy with this badass hammer. The VP also chimes in, noting he looks like he’s straight out of a bad romance novel based in Scotland, so bonus points there. Or he loses points there, based upon your opinion. Either way, Chris Hemsworth kicks ass and he looks good doing it. The bumbling Casse, on the other hand, gave us bad acting (not necessarily a bad thing), bad jokes (definitely a bad thing), but perhaps the most real of the multiple storylines behind the ID4 alien invasion: a dad trying to do his best for his kids. Good idea in principle, bad idea in practice with friggin RANDY QUAID as the dad. ADVANTAGE: AVENGERS

Hey, We Need One More on the Good Guy Side: The Incredible Hulk vs. Julius Levinson

The Hulk’s involvement in The Avengers felt quite a bit forced, like they said, “We’ve got this other badass over here and we don’t know what to do with him.” Did they REALLY have to bring in Dr. Bruce Banner for his scientific knowledge when Stark had the capability to do his homework and learn EVERYTHING IN ONE NIGHT? But they needed an excuse to get the big green guy some action, even if his role on the team didn’t feel organic at all. As for David’s father in Independence Day, his reason for being there was to show his son that he needed to loosen up – and to carry Goldblum’s scenes for him.  Julius at least provided some comic relief at times, but he wasn’t necessary to the film at all. He was a plot prop, nothing more. At least the Hulk caught Iron Man on the way down. ADVANTAGE: AVENGERS

The Leader: Nick Fury vs. President Whitmore

One would assume that Samuel L. Jackson would wipe the floor with Bill Pullman in this department.  I mean, the guy from Pulp Fiction, Juice, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and SHAFT ought to make a phenomenal leader. What’s Pullman got on his resume? Spaceballs? Have you LOOKED at his IMDB page? It is BRUTAL. But somehow, Fury comes off as paranoid and losing control from within, whereas Whitmore is having his control ripped from him by a diabolical ememy… until he wrests it back with one of the all-time great (read: ridiculously corny) movie speeches. Blood on some trading cards? Nick Fury, sit your ass down. Today is our Independence Day! ADVANTAGE: ID4

Hot Chicks: Natasha & Pepper vs…. Vivica A. Fox?

It’s clear that studios hadn’t quite figured out the sex appeal thing yet in 1996. This isn’t even a fight, it’s a forfeit. DEFAULT ADVANTAGE: AVENGERS

We’re Doin It For Johnny: Coulson vs. Capt. Jimmy Wilder

Someone’s gotta take one for the team in these types of flicks. These were the two poor saps that drew the short stick. I guess Coulson was one of Fury’s right hand men, but I was given little reason otherwise to care about him. I had to look his name up, that’s how much of an impact he made in the film. Jimmy, on the other hand, cracked jokes with Hiller for the first part of ID4, and while we didn’t have a huge vested interest when the aliens finally shot him out of the sky, it was a slight bummer to see Harry Connick, Jr. out of the movie so early. Instead, we were left with Smith and Pullman carrying a bunch of stiffs to a watchable film. ADVANTAGE: ID4

Random Good Guy Who Doesn’t Do Much: The Chick with Fury vs. Robert Loggia

I know NEITHER of their names. That’s ok, because their names don’t matter. They were just there to give the other good guys means to which further the plot along via conversation and/or action. The girl in The Avengers at least got to shoot some people. But none of her scenes were memorable. Loggia didn’t do much, but he managed to come across as the old badass military guy in every scene, despite his lesser role. Nobody’s going to quote whatever that girl’s name is next week. But everyone knows that El Toro was indeed completely destroyed, thanks to Mr. Loggia’s fine work. ADVANTAGE: ID

The Bad Guy: Loki vs. Razor Ramon.  Wait, check that…
The Bad Guy: Loki vs. The Aliens

Loki was a ridiculous character, played totally over the top by whoever the guy is. Some might call it bad acting, but I call it good entertainment for a ridiculous flick such as this one. The rest of the movie is unbelievable, so why should the villain be the least bit believable? Hilariously bad. He was my favorite part of the movie. I could at least halfway believe the Aliens in Independence Day, even if they were bland. Why would the Aliens have much to do with puny earthlings like us? Do you cut a promo on ants when you step all in their antpile? No, so neither should have the Aliens. Their big thing was being able to communicate with telepathy and having badass ships with their “primary weapon.” Loki spoke English (even to mass crowds of Germans – which makes perfect sense, right?), could like clone himself and be two places at once and carried a cool staff thing that he could like brainwash guys with. Even if he was totally ridiculous, he was at least fun. ADVANTAGE: AVENGERS

The Plot: Bad Guy Steals Big Ice Thing, Uses It to Open the Space Time Galaxy Black Hole Continuum, Tries to Turn All the Good Guys Against Each Other, Attacks Their Invisible Flying Battleship, Attempts to Rid Earth of All Its Energy vs. Aliens Visit Earth By Spaceships, Commandeer Our Own Satellites to Communicate Mass Worldwide Attack via Insane Laser Beams, Attempt to Rid Earth of All Its Energy

The Aliens’ “primary weapon” laser beam was totally over the top. However, everything that happened in the Avengers makes it look completely plausible. Just… read the matchup again and tell me which one makes more sense. There really doesn’t have to be a million things going on. ADVANTAGE: ID4

The Finish: Steal the Ice Staff, Wipe Out the Bad Guys, Fly a Nuclear Bomb into the Space Time Galaxy Black Hole Continuum, Close Space Time Galaxy Black Hole Continuum while Lots of Shit Blows Up and the Good Guys Never Get Hit vs. Fly to the Mother Ship, Install a Virus in its Computer to Shut its Force Field Down, Hit Center of Ship like Legend of Zelda, Tell Rest of World How to Do It

Oh lord, where do I start? Both of these are so ludicrous that I’m tempted to disqualify both movies right here and throw the match out. First of all, I’m not sure either movie (or perhaps any movie EVER) has a more ridiculous plot point than “COMPATIBILITY BE DAMNED, WE’RE GONNA PUT A VIRUS ON A COMPUTER THAT WAS MADE ON ANOTHER PLANET!” This was 1996 we are talking about here. They’ve got a laser that can turn New York and L.A. into parking lots but you’re gonna roll up there with your Windows 95 and shut down the mainframe? SUUUUUUUUUUUUURE. I’m not even touching the rest of that sequence, from the flying out of the mother ship to blowing up the primary weapon.  However, is that really that much more silly than Iron Man carrying an atomic bomb thru a black hole and blowing up the bad guys across the universe? What, was Superman not available to fly backwards around the Earth to turn back time? I appreciate the great effects of the flying chase scene thru NYC with the alien ships shooting everything, but the good guys hitching rides on the back and never getting hit? Wait, Hawkeye got nicked in the shoulder I think. I’m sure that affected him in shooting arrows blindly and never missing. (And here’s another thing, HE NEVER RAN OUT OF ARROWS! Was his pouch of arrows like the bike chain in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure?) God, both of these climatic scenes were SO BAD. Very fun, but bad. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but despite the presence of the Space Time


Galaxy Black Hole Continuum and all the plot holes such an idea opens up, I think the ID4 end game was somehow worse. Anything but a virus. Unless it’s Cyrus the Virus, but that’s a different summer blockbuster. ADVANTAGE: AVENGERS


FINAL SCORE: AVENGERS 6-5


There you have it. By the slimmest of margins, The Avengers is indeed a better flick than Independence Day. That doesn’t mean, though, that I’m going back to watch it anytime soon. I’ll take the rewatchability of ID4 any day of the week. Nobody’s going to be quoting Avengers 20 years from now.  It’s just another comic book movie, like the other 30 or so that have been released in the past decade.  Independence Day was cutting edge in ’96. Every end of the world melodrama since then can trace its roots to that summer. The special effects, the snarky humor, the bad acting… it changed the game.


Final story before I close. The night after we watched this, the oldest snuck back downstairs before bed while me and the VP were, like neanderthals, eating cake straight out of the pan in the kitchen. He came up to us and asked in a whisper, as to not wake up the girls who were already sleeping, “Can I have a piece?” The VP answered him back in a whisper: “Piece? Nooooo pieeeeeeece.”

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From the Porch: Better Barry

Monday, May 29, 2012


Giants 4, Diamondbacks 2 at AT&T Park


AZ (22-27) 001 000 010  2 9 0
SF (26-23) 310 000 000  4 9 0


WP: Zito (4-2)
LP: Cahill (2-5)
SV: Casilla (13)
HR: McDonald (3)


Cahill: 6ip 8h 4er 2bb 5k 3.96 era
Zito: 7ip 7h 2er 1bb 3k 3.41 era


In the NL West: Colorado beat Houston in the first of two; San Diego lost to Cubs and Dodgers lost to Milwaukee. Giants trail by 6.5. Rare that Giants win and Dodgers lose; SF beat 'em themselves on May 8; on May 6 SF won and LA lost to Chicago.


Comments: Wow, Barry Zito was actually quite good and the offense put together a very exciting 3-run first inning to give him a bit of a cushion. He still has that odd stat that I can't find -- if you give him 4 runs he pretty much never loses. He went deeper into the game (into the 8th) than any other time this year, and don't forget, this is four wins and he had only three all last year. Only one walk, outstanding.


Defense: Solid, no errors; Zito was working pretty quickly and getting lots of pop-ups, very nice.


Offense: Loving what Gregor Blanco is doing atop the lineup, .400-plus OBP, two doubles today; he hit a double in the first, was sacrificed to third by Crawford and then scored on nice double steal. Brandon Belt also contributed with a monster triple that scored the fleet afoot (ahem) Hector Sanchez. Blanco and Belt have the opportunity to be magicians if they can (Blanco already is) -- they can make Nate Schierholtz and Aubrey Huff disappear.


Baseball Quote of the Day: "Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played." (Burleigh Grimes)


Next game: Diamondbacks at Giants, 7:15 p.m. PDT Tuesday, May 29, at AT&T Park. Saunders (3-3, 3.79) vs. Vogelsong (3-2, 2.50). TV: CSN-BA

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From the Porch: More Melky

Why is this brick wall behind home plate?

Sunday, May 27, 2012


Giants 3, Marlins 2 at Marlins Park


SF (25-23) 100 101 000  3 7 1
MIA (26-22) 000 010 100  2 6 1


WP: Cain (5-2)
LP: Nolasco (5-3)
SV: Casilla (12)
HR: Cabrera (4)


Cain: 6.2ip 5h 1er 3bb 4k 2.79
Nolasco: 7ip 5h 3er 2bb 2k 4.26


In the NL West: COL lost to CIN, SD lost to NYM, LA-HOU and ARI-MIL just getting started. Giants 7 back at the moment.


Comments: Matt Cain was back in beast mode, scattering five hits and only getting in trouble a couple of times; and Melky Cabrera was just amazing, 4/4 with a home run, and scored all three Giants runs. Series split 2-2, road trip 4-3.


Defense: Cabrera and Angel Pagan made a couple of wicked plays in the outfield besides having good days on offense.


Offense: Melky is hitting .369 and  threatening to break Willie Mays' Giant record for most hits in May. Willie had 49 in 1958; Melky has 46.


Baseball Quote of the Day: "I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me." (Barry Zito)


Next game: Diamondbacks at Giants, 2:05 p.m. PDT Monday, May 28 at AT&T Park. Cahill (2-4, 3.74) vs. Zito (3-2, 3.53). TV: CSN-BA

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From the Porch: Feckless

Saturday, May 26, 2012


Miami 5, San Francisco 3 at Marlins Park


SF (24-23) 001 000 011  3 9 1
MIA (26-21) 013 001 00x 5 9 0


WP: Buehrle (5-4)
LP: Bumgarner (5-4)
SV: Choate (1)
HR: None


Bumgarner 6ip 7h 4er 2bb 7k 3.14era
Buehrle 7.1ip 8h 2er 0bb 3k 3.26era


We at From the Porch ran the numbers through the FTP Cray supercomputers and they came up with this: Giants aren't a good baseball team. They don't play baseball well. They aren't good baseball players, and they aren't going to become good baseball players.


Baseball Quote of the Day: "I don't want to win my 300th game while he's (Earl Weaver) still here. He'd take credit for it. (Jim Palmer)


Next game: San Francisco at Miami, 10 a.m. PDT Sunday, May 27 at Marlins Park. Cain (4-2, 2.94) vs. Nolasco (5-2, 4.31). TV: CSN-BA.

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FTP: We've Got Trouble

Oh yes, we've got trouble. And that starts with T, and that rhymes with P and that stands for Jesus Christ What in the Fucking Hell is Wrong with Lincecum?


Friday, May 25, 2012


Marlins 7, Giants 6 at Marlins Park


SF (24-22) 011 010 012  6 14 2
MIA (25-21) 000 105 10x  7 7 0


WP: Jennings (1-0)
LP: Lincecum (2-5)
SV: Cishek (1)
HR: Cabrera (3), Stanton (11), Coghlan (1)


Lincecum: 5.2ip 6h 6er 5k 4bb 6.41era
Johnson: 5ip 9h 3er 1bb 3k 4.87era


In the NL West: Sketchy at this point; CO beat CIN, SD lost to NYM, MIL pounding AZ 6-1 in the 8th; LAD down 3-0 to HOU in the 8th. If all holds up, Giants in second, still 6.5 back of damn Dodgers.


Comments: Holy smokeballs, Batman, Timmy is terrible! What the heck is going on here? Even the real seasoned bloggers are starting to get worried. Something kwazy is going on here. If you're a Giants fan, we have $60 million  in three starting pitchers right now; two of whom are automatic losses and one is very shaky. Trubble-some. Credit to the offense again, same as the last game in Milwaukee Wednesday, for battling like mofos to get back into the game and almost pull off a win despite horrific pitching. Can you imagine a world where the SF offense is pretty much fixed, with 14 hits and 6 runs, but Timnmy von Lince-spliff cannot pull off a win? I guess it's getting boring to wonder if he'll ever be himself, maybe this IS himself. How wonderful this would be; two of "our" $20 million pitchers are guaranteed losers every time and one is shaky.


Pitching: Bullpen was absolutely fine; again giving G's a chance to come back after the starter gave it all away.


Defense: Costly errors by Loux and Theriot, one PB by Posey.


Offense: Way more hits and runs than they should have needed; Blanco and Aris with 2Bs, Cabrera with a 3B, HR by Cabrera; 2/11 RISP and 6 LOB.


Baseball Quote of the Day: "You can't tell me the Babe was any better than this guy. You can't tell me this guy isn't the best player in the history of the game." (Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon on Barry Bonds)


Next game: San Francisco at Miami, 1:10 p.m. PST at Marlins Park in Miami. Madrigal Bumsnorter (5-3, 2.85) vs. Mark Buehrle (4-4, 3.36).TV: CSN-BA.

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The View From Down Here - The Cubs Should Give Me a Call

I think my 4 year old could provide more offense than this current Cubs team right now.

 

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Northern Reflections – A Bunch of Quick Hits

It’s been how many and a half months since I wrote a blog entry? Two? That’s a lot. Busy with family, busy at work, I’m sure my ones of readers understand.

So, what’s happened since mid-March? Plenty, I’d imagine. Here’s what I’ve got off the top of my head:


The Stanley Cup Playoffs

In the West, the 8-seed LA Kings (a.k.a. the West Coast Flyers) shocked the world (outside of the U.S., where they don’t watch ice soccer), beating the 1, 2, and 3 seeded Canucks, Blues, and Coyotes to make the Finals. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that’s never happened in pro sports before – 8-seeds have made finals, but not by going through the 1, 2, and 3 is my guess.

In the East, my Philadelphia Flyers won the highest-scoring series in the history of time (source: Wikipedia) against the stupid Penguins before completely forgetting how to score goals in the second round and falling to the stupid Devils. The stupid Devils are playing Game 6 tonight against the stupid Rangers. I’m pulling for the lesser of two evils and hoping the stupid Devils advance to lose to the Kings.

My concern about the Kings is that they’ll have been off for eight days by the time the Finals start on May 30 (all games start at 8p.m. ET, check your local listings). That break will help them get healthy, but it will also completely negate their incredible momentum. Here’s hoping they can keep the mojo going. I’d love to see Carter, Richards, Williams, and the rest of the West Coast Flyers get a Cup, even if it’s not with the right team.


Stella Ella Ola’s Free EP

A Canadian band called Stella Ella Ola released a self-titled four-song EP for free. Since it was brought to my attention by Hollerado, whose awesome Record In a Bag album I reviewed here back on March 9, I figured I’d give it a listen. I honestly expected to half pay attention then delete the files. I mean, it’s free – how good can it be? What happened instead is that I was completely drawn in. I now follow the band on Twitter (@_StellaEllaOla_) and Facebook, and I’m very eagerly awaiting the release of their full album (which is, apparently, scheduled to drop in the fall).

I’m going to wait for the full release to do a review. In the meantime, go here to download the four-track EP for free: http://stellaellaola.bandcamp.com/album/stella-ella-ola-ep. Seriously. Do it. It’s a few minutes of your time to get four great songs for free. You’ll thank me later.


The Flawedcast Network

Holy shit did this take off. Congrats to all involved, but especially to Andy Gaston, who’s the driving force behind it.

During my blogging hiatus, I also fell behind on the podcasts, so I missed a bunch of Flawedcast Prime, Monday Night Flaw, and WTNY episodes, but I’m back to listening to those regularly, along with Gamer and Proud and Army of Dorkness. I haven’t heard MMA-Hole yet. I have zero interest in MMA, so I doubt it would be for me, but I hear good things for anyone out there who is interested. I am looking forward to TV for Vendetta. Hope that hits soon.

Seriously, congrats guys. This is a lot of fun. Keep up the awesome.


The NBA Playoffs

I understand that these are occurring.


The Avengers

Wow. This is a very good movie. Not Oscar-good, but popcorn-great. Fuck the Oscars anyway. They don’t concern themselves with “movies.” They deal in “films.”

If you haven’t seen The Avengers, you might be the only one. It’s on pace to become the highest-grossing thing that’s ever been done (source: Wikipedia). I’m not reviewing it here. If you want a review, there are thousands available on that Internet thingy, and Army of Dorkness carved out a tight 6.5 hours of an 8-hour show to talk about it. Just see it if you haven’t. It’s awesome.


Jack White’s New Album

Not surprisingly, Blunderbuss is really fucking good. White’s able to make an album that’s clearly not The White Stripes, but still has the occasional nod to the band. On top of that, it’s clean, language-wise, which is important to me because there’s a dearth of really good music I can share with my daughter. I’d love to have her listening to Green Day, Foo Fighters and Beastie Boys, but you can’t just hit play and walk away. You have to monitor each song as it comes up and be ready to hit FF if it’s swear-laden, which many of them are.


R.I.P. MCA

Speaking of Beastie Boys…

Poor dead MCA. Along with his band mates, the guy entertained me for 25 years. I owe him a huge debt of “Gratitude” (couldn’t resist) for that. I haven’t been this upset about a celebrity death since Clarence Clemons, and those are probably the only two that have really affected me. (Even Cobain didn’t bother me much. It was shocking, but not surprising, and I’d moved on to Pearl Jam by the time it happened.)

I listened to Licensed to Ill and Paul’s Boutique sparingly as a kid. I enjoyed them (and still do), but the band was really a comedy act at that point. They changed that image with Check Your Head, and that’s when I really started paying attention. I love that album. They followed it with the masterpiece that is Ill Communication, and then they fell off a bit. Hello Nasty was merely good, which, to me, was a letdown after back-to-back greatness. Then To the Five Burroughs happened. I guess it’s my fault for expecting more than a love letter to a post-9/11 New York City, but I was really disappointed in this album. Even when they dropped the pure comedy, these guys were still all about fun. Well, not with this album. It’s dark and it’s angry, and it took the band a long time to release another (rap) album.

Seven years after Burroughs, and well into MCA’s battle with throat cancer, Beastie Boys released Hot Sauce Committee Part Two in 2011. What a great album. It goes back to the basics, with the band not taking themselves or their music too seriously – but not sacrificing quality for an instant. A really fun, star-studded video for “Make Some Noise” only added to the excitement I felt for this album. It was getting better and better with each listen.

And then MCA died.

I knew he was sick. I knew this was a possibility. I was still waiting with bated breath for the concert tour announcement. I was really looking forward to seeing Beastie Boys tear up a stage one more time.

But MCA died.

I can’t imagine what Ad Rock, Mike D, and the extended Beastie Boys family have gone through over the past few months. I know it’s immeasurably worse for them than it is for me. But I hurt too. I hurt for them, and I hurt for me. I hurt for everyone who won’t get to see Beastie Boys in concert (again or for the first time). I hurt for the knowledge that there’s no follow-up album to Hot Sauce coming. I hurt for selfish reasons, and I don’t care.

But I’m also thankful. Thank you, MCA, for 25 years of entertainment. I obviously didn’t know you, but everything I’ve ever seen or read tells me you were a really decent human being who was loved and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to know you. There may not be any new music coming, but you’ve left behind an unparalleled library for us to enjoy forever. So thank you.


And that’s it for me. Sorry to end it on a down note. I was just firing stuff out as it occurred to me, but that’s the first I’ve written about MCA, and it made me sad, and I don’t feel like writing anymore now.

If you’ve got thoughts you’d like to share on MCA or any of the other topics I covered, post them in the Comments box. I’m particularly interested to hear what people think of the Stella Ella Ola EP.

And I’m still very open to “Blog-on-demand.” If you’ve got something you want me to spout off on, just let me know.

Have fun. Play safe.

Your pal,

~Hodgey

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Wait 'Til Next Year 15 - I Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over Macho Grande

In the boys' longest show to date, Nate and Solly celebrate their milestone 15th episode with not one, but two special guests.  One, a visitor from beyond the grave, and the other, a Flawedcast host whose co-host just sounds like he’s dead.  Oh, and if you liked the song “Hey Ya!” by Outkast before this episode.....well....you won’t after this is all over.

Download on iTunes.

Discuss at Pun's House.

Also on Stitcher and at Flawedcast.net. 

And don't forget to get your Wait 'Til Next Year swag!

Unfortunately, we did not have time to get to the voicemails this week, because we had a loaded show, so here they are:

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From the Porch: Fishy

Thursday, May 24, 2012


Giants 14, Marlins 7 at Marlins Park


SF (24-21) 000 104 342  14 15 1
MIA (24-21) 010 000 240  7 13 2


WP: Vogelsong (3-2)
LP: Sanchez (2-3)
SV: None   
HR: Stanton (10)


Vogelson: 6.1ip 7h 3er 3bb 4k 2.50era
Sanchez: 5.1ip 7h 5er 2bb 7k 2.87era


In the NL West: Light schedule today; only other NL West game was SD 11, NYM 5; Giants still in second behind LA, trailing by 6.5 games.


Comments: Well now, a 15-hit, 14-run game in Giants' first visit to the new Marlins Park. Game started out pretty much as expected pitching duel between Anibel Sanchez and Ryan Vogelsong, but Giants went nuts starting in the sixth. Game should have been 17-7 instead of 14-7, but Giants missed a late field goal.


Pitching: Vogie was OK, bullpen wasn't great, giving up four runs after going scoreless the last few games, but the game was a blowout and all can be forgiven.


Defense: None!


Offense: Thirteen runs in four innings? We'll take that anytime. New outfielders were again the key, with Melky going 3-5 with 4 RBIs, and Pagan going 2-5 , also with 4 RBIs. Gregor Blanco also continues to be a wonderful catalyst at the top of the order.


Note: Ryan Theriot was activated but didn't play tonight.


Baseball Quote of the Day: "Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But  what it most truly is, is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps." (Willie Mays)


Next game: San Francisco vs. Miami, 4:10 p.m. Friday, May 25 at Marlins Park. Lincecum (2-4, 6.02) vs. Johnson (2-3, 4.82). TV: CSN-BA.

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From the Porch: Zito-ed

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Brewers 8, Giants 5 at Miller Park; SF wins series 2-1

SF (23-21) 003 200 000  5 9 2

MIL (18-26) 620 000 000  8 10 0

WP: Veras (3-1)

LP: Zito (3-2)

SV: Axford (7)

HR: Lucroy (5)

Zito: 3ip 5h 4er 4bb 3k 3.53era

Estrada: 1ip 0h 0er 0bb 2k 4.50era

In the NL West: All night games; probably safe to pencil in a Dodgers win that would put SF 8 back.

Comments: Wowie, now THAT was a Barry Zito start. First inning: Walk. Sac bunt  reaches on error by Zito. Walk. Double, 3-0. Error by Crawford. Walk. Finally first out on strikeout. Run-scoring groundout. Double by Estrada, two more runs but he (Milwaukee starting pitcher) has to leave game with a strained hip flexor. Finally flyball out to end inning, 6-0. Two more runs in second make it 8-0 before Giants started to come back. Gotta credit bullpen (Loux, Edlefson, Hensley) for keeping the game in reach as Giants attempted to catch up. Giants have $60 millon in very shaky starters right now (Lincecum, Cain, Zito) and two guys who make $27,000 (ish) who are nails (Bumsnorter and Vogelsong).

Side note: Brewers are Dodger-like in vying to be my least favorite team. They got rid of that fat-ass effer Prince Fielder, which raised their point total astronomically, but they still have whiny bitch cheater Ryan Braun, who today was either injured or just quit or something, waving a hapless bunt at a two-strike pitch in the sixth; if ump had been consistent he would have struck out four times and if Crawford hadn't made a bad throw he would have hit into a DP in the eighth. And they have Nyjer Morgan, who isn't worth the effort to think about, except to note that he's a .212-hitting little bitch who somehow thinks he can play. I don't have much patience for K-Rod or their closer, C.W. Reenactor Axford. I don't care what team you're on, if you're a closer with a stupid beard, get a life and shut up. Especially if you're a Giant oft-injured closer with a stupid beard.

Defense: Nice outfield today with Cabrera, Pagan and Schierholtz; another error by Crawford and one by Zito. The value of arms like those at the outfield corners can be seen in the hesitancy of the other team on the basepaths. Crawford gets more ridiculous each day with his supposedly-good defense.

Another side note: Giants better sign an extension with Melky pretty soon; he's so good he's pricing himself out of range!

Offense: Another nice day by backup C Hector Sanchez; this is only May 23 and Giants catchers have 34 RBI to lead majors. All of last year, Eli Whiteside and Chris Stewart had 27 RBI. WAY too many strikeouts today (15); way, way too many looking (8 by my count, TV said 7). Home plate ump (Kellogg?) had a very low strike zone.

Baseball Quote of the Day: "When Steve (Carlton) and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, sixty feet, six inches apart." (Tim McCarver)

Next game: Giants vs. Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, 4:10 p.m. PDT Thursday, May 24. Vogelsong (2-2, 2.27) vs. Sanchez (2-2, 2.32). TV: CSN-BA.

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2Hot's Impact Recap - May 17, 2012

iMPACT Recap May 17, 2012

iMPACT is filmed before a live studio audience.

Hey Fuckers!

It’s the network’s only TNA fan here with YOUR iMPACT RECAP!!, Now cue MY music!

-We open with a video package that reminds us of everything that we’re being told is supposed to matter in TNA right now.  So of course we get things like Joseph Park looking for Chris Youknowabyss, pix of AJ Styles slutting it up with Dixie Carter, and the champ beating the hell out of a 41 year old man and retaining his title even though no one (And by no one, I mean everyone) thought it was possible.

-Thankfully THE CHAMP IS HERE!!  Ravishing Bobby Roode makes his way to the ring to tell all you fat, ugly sweathogs to shut your mouths, and let the ladies see how a real man reminds us how he is able to overcome the odds.  He also reminds us that he is one week away from being the longest running champ in TNA history but mainly because he is one of the few in the company who doesn’t have to worry about dying of old age.  He decides that it is time for a “Celebration of Domination”, but he can’t do it without Hulk Hogan.  So he says Hogan’s name three times to summon him to the ring to lay out his demands.  Hogan bores the audience with a bunch of inside shit that no one cares about on the way to telling us that next week is “Open Fight Night” again, and Roode will have to defend his title.  Hogan took a pole in the back and discovered that half the locker room wants a piece of Roode.  The upshot of all this blabbing is that we get 4 qualifying matches, one of which is a wildcard battle royal.   And also some other stuff.  So let’s get to the action, shall we?

-Bully Ray takes on BVD even tho he’s feuding with Triple A Austin Aries, this is TNA and we can’t risk that guy getting a title shot now can we?  We may joke about how shitty TNA is but Bubba Ray really is doing some of the best work of his career both inside the ring and out.  As heeals often do, he controls the early action, but Bob Van Damn eventually makes a comeback.  Just when you think Damn has it in the bag, Bubba hits an RKO out of nowhere and gets the pin.  This was an outstanding opening match in that stiff east coast style.  Match of the night without a doubt.  5 stars for reminding us of what could have been.

-Backstage, “Every Segment” Bubba Ray is angry about how fat the Kardashian girls are getting when Joseph Park comes by.  Bubba tells him to go away and he does.  I love it when stories move forward.

-A Video Package informs us that TNA has signed an MMA champion to their roster to come in and “legitimize” their craft. We get a clip from MMA UnCensored, where the bald guy asks Dixie Carter who’s idea it was to bring a Mixed Martial Arts champ in to the fold, and Dixie says that no matter what anyone tells you, it was hers and not Vince McMahons.

-Camera shot of two hookers walking their beat, one ranting at the other like she stole her last crack rock.  Oh wait, those aren’t hookers, it’s Gail and Madison again.  Gail thinks it’s really unfair that she has to be forced in to a threeway (and not the good kind) tonight for her Knockouts title.  Madison reminisces about the last time she was in a threeway...
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Wait, what was I talking about?

-It’s Wild Card Battle Royal time.  For this match, everyone on the roster who doesn’t already have a match tonight comes out to try their luck.  Like any battle royal, it’s pretty clear who has a shot and who doesn’t (sorry about your damned luck Garret Bishoff, Magnus, and ODB).  Especially since it includes AJ Styles.  During the match, Madison comes out to gawk at someone in the ring.  It’s a mystery who it is tho.  Final three is AJ, Aries, and Gunner.  Gunner powers Aries out and AJ low bridges Gunner.  Way to go AJ, you beat Gunner.  Pretty much textbook battle royal booking here.  It’s easily the battle royal of the night.  5 Stars for not letting Gunner win.

-Since it’s better when wrestlers cut promos when they’re out of breath, AJ gets on the stick to let us know the pictures are not what they seem.  This brings out 2/3rds of the KKK to let us know that the point of this is that AJ gets special benefits because of his relationship with Dixie that the others don’t get and they aren’t happy about it.  They also have a video that basically proves nothing.  AJ has seen enough now and he leaves.  I wish I could...

-Outside, Samoan Joe finds Kurt Angle and lets him know that he’s gonna kill you so Angle pulled a school yard prank he learned growing up in America and did the whole “Look at this hand” before belting him with the other hand gag.  Hahaha, stupid foreigners.

-Backstage, Mr Kenderson is reviewing the screwy finish to his match at Sacrifice and wondering if his shorts make his ass look big.  If you have to ask, sir, then you already know the answer...

-Since Slamiversary is coming soon, we get a video package of AJ Styles not putting people over.

-It’s Rematch Time.  Mr Kenderson takes on Ed Hardy. This match happened a few days ago at Sacrifice, but Earl Hebner is so old, he fucked up the ending and now we have controversy in a feud that didn’t even have any reason to exist in the first place.  And because they’re going to keep making him ref till he gets it right, Earl Hebner is back to oversee this one.  Hardy is in the driver’s seat early on until Kenderson realizes how dangerous it is to have a drunk driver behind the wheel and takes over.  The ending comes when Hardy blows a Whisper in the Wind, then blows a twist of fate, then somehow manages to roll Kenderson up and get the three count.  This match was full of fast paced action. It was easily the rematch of the night.  This match 5 stars for trying to turn nothing in to something.

-The slow pan on Christy Hemme means it’s KNOCKOUTS TITLE TIME!!  This time it’s Gail Kim against Vanilla Sky and Big Brooke Tessmacher!  The match starts out with Sky and Brooker T double-teaming Gail.  She manages to escape leaving the two to fight each other.  Bam Bam manages to hit both of her moves a few times before Gail gets back in the ring.  The two challengers work each other over till Gail hits a missile drop kick on both opponents.  Later, Sky manages to hit her finisher on B-Tizzle, which gives Gail the opportunity to ambush her like some kind of ninja, toss her from the ring, and pin the Total Package, Brook Tessmacher. This was as good a Knockouts match as there ever was.  Definitely a match of the night contender as well.  5 stars for letting Canadians keep the companies top two titles.

-Up next, it’s MAIN EVENT Fight Night Qualifier match from 2006 TIME! One third of the KKK, Kurt Angle, takes on Non-white Samoan Joe.  Who’s going to get the win in this one?  We’ll find out, after this commercial break...

- Were back and as you’d expect, Samoan Joe is beating Kurt Angle to within an inch of his life.  Of course, Kurt’s not going to tolerate that for long.  Especially from some foreigner. The two trade moves so stiff they’d make Chris Benoit look like Chris Jericho.  The end of the match comes when Kurt hits Joe with a headbutt and rolls him up for the pin.  What the hell kind of weak shit is that.  You can’t beat a Samoan with a headbutt?  Wtf TNA.  W. T. F.  Until the BS ending, that match was Solid Gold.  Definitely the match of the night.  5 stars only because I’d give it more if it wasn’t for that Cam Gullet of an ending.

-Post match, all 4 of the qualifiers come out to celebrate in the ring and we learn that even though they all won their matches, Hogan is going to pick who fights Roode next week because he has serious control issues, bruther.

 
Anyway...

That happened.

You can follow me on Twitter at @2hot2k, or send your questions or comments to 2hot@flawedcast.net
 
See you next week!!
 
Your Pal
 
2HoT

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