There have been some great epic battles throughout our lifetimes. Ali Vs. Frazier, Sugar Ray Vs. Haggler, Red Sox Vs. Yankees, Lakers Vs. Celtics, Cobra Kais Vs. The Slackers, Germany Vs. The World, Knicks Vs. Bulls, Luke Vs. Vader, Balboa Vs. Creed, Rambo Vs. anyone in the jungle, and Superman Vs. Lex Luthor . . . . .
However as I was up late again last night watching HD-Net. I realized that none of them can compare the battle of all battles, the war of all wars, the gruesome blood and guts, knock-down, drag-out trilogy of all time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Pesci Vs. Frank Vincent, Enjoy!
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If it were up to me I would hand over the Pulitzer Prize right now to this photographer.
Hey guys, check out this website.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02142008/news/worldnews/pats_nicaragua/photo06.htm
"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting." The words of Yogi Berra proved rather fitting for Us as we started off the year with a tough loss failing to bet on Black in the season opener.
"I feel confident we can bounce back and have licked our wounds and properly cleansed them with a thorough downing of beers last Friday" said Coach Capt. Tucci. Bet on Black put their best hand down in the 3rd inning when the game started to unravel for us. The Mad dog put together another impressive outing on the mound but the team could not support him in the field or at the plate as our rust was slowly coming off and we never quite got our momentum going.
"I look for a fresher team out there this Friday, and I'm confident my teammates and I can bounce back from this one and we will come back with a vengeance on those Bible Thumping Baptists this week" said Johnny Blaze who said he was putting game 1 behind him and focusing on the rest of the season. Blaze was also quoted as saying "Hey yo, I didn't hear no bell, this season ain't over yet."
At any rate things are looking good for the season. The Kai's made a big free agent signing in bringing in a new Cleanup hitter Robb "Roundhouse" Reiger whose impact was immediately felt as he lead the team in RBI's and stolen bases....I mean he tied for the team league in stolen base attempts with Capt. Tucci. Reiger's name has been attached with the Mitchell report but nothing was proven so the team looks for a big season from him. As our young team continues to mature I think we have a great shot at competing for the title this year and with our blend of young guys and key veterans I think we should be just fine" said Big Daddy Guttierez at his locker after the game as he was icing down his throat getting ready for the post game tradition of the beer slamming competition.
A record crowd did come out to support the team under the Friday Night lights sporting their Cobra Kai gear. According to Redbuglakeinsider.com The Cobra Kai lead the league in apparel sales and their is clearly high expectations for the team this year. "We saw all the fan support out there and I can guarantee you we will have a better showing for the greatest fans around next game" The Don JuanDiggler was heard saying after he posted the team's best offensive performance with an impressive .1000% OBP (On-Base-Percentage). There are definitely alot of negatives to take away from this game but we choose to focus on the positive outcomes and work from there and hope to improve each and every game said "Xavy" the all start 2nd baseman last year for the Kai's.
Well, we will certainly find out as the Cobra Kai's set out to prove they are more like that fearsome fighting dojo squad than the Bad News Bears as they take on the Aloma Baptists this Friday night at 6:30. Get your tickets quick as it is expected to be a sell-out.
See You under the Friday Night Lights!
I'm sure most of you have seen these, but just in case anyone didn't, they are hillarious:
I was watching this movie the other night and it made me think of us and our game. Our team represents everything that Al is talking about. We are built to win as a team, there is no I or we. When we play togther as a team nobody can stop us. Well our season is finally here. We must fight our way through one inch at a time. Game time is 8:30 so try to be there early so we may fill out the roster and get a good warm up.
Gents,
The time is here to lace up the cleats and get back on the field in our never ending quest to win and drink as much beer as possible. Capt. Tucci has the scorecard filled out and the troops are ready to go. In honor of opening night I found some of my favorite quotes to help get you through till game time tommorrow.
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime." Babe Ruth
"When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit." Shoeless Joe Jackson
"Think. Don’t just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who’s up next. Think." Ted W
illiams
Since we were all talking about Walken Friday night here are some of his best SNL sketches . . .
From Crackle:
The patriots are believed to be 19 -0 in some parts of the world. Check this site out.
http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d806b4035&template=with-video&confirm=true
Sorry Mikey, this dog just won't die.
I feel like I need to explain myself a little more on the Eli Theory. Let me set it up better.
I just got done watching this scene from Rocky IV....please watch it and maybe you will get a better understanding of my mindset when I couldn't sleep and this theory kept popping into my head. I thought it was pure genious at the time but now realize it was some rambling...maybe I will be able to better explain during my next story telling session. Somehow, I feel I can explain better after 8-10 beers.
Anyways, watch the video and then compare it to Eli and the Giants deciding to take on an unbeatable force of the 2007 Patriots. It is a perfect comparison...Rocky was an unprecedented underdog against Drago....yet the majority of the free world...outside of New England was rooting for the Giants.
Drago was Unbeatable. There was also accusations of Drago juicing up....which he was. So, now we even have the Cheating correlation between Drago and the Pats. The only thing that would have made this comparison actually perfect would have been if Junior Seau or Teddy Bruschi had ruptured Peyton's achilles tendon and potentially ended his career a few games earlier...then the revenge factor would have been perfect.
Cmon, can you just picture Strahan taking Eli and the Big Blue crew to some remote training session in the Arizona desert for 2 weeks before the game and the team digging down deep to beat the Unbeatable????
Lastly, one more side note...how was Drago juicing up in 1985 but MLB didn't figure it out that athletes could do this until last year????
Eli Theory:
( I wrote this at 4:30 AM so excuse the length)
One Goal: A Common Opponent. I have a theory on why the 2007 Giants were able to rally together and become the greatest underdog in the history of the sport and it all began on the road. They won all their playoffs games……on the road. I believe this has to do with the camaraderie teams must develop on the road and their sense of purpose for the road trip. Also, throw in the fact that they just lost Tiki and Shockey two of the biggest mouths and probably detractors from guys feeling like themselves and developing that Team Camaraderie. Did you ever notice when you are with your girlfriend/wife for extended periods of time without a significant dose of “Man” time with your boys you start to lose your confidence in being a man and start to question little things like….Did I tip the waiter enough…do you think he thinks I’m cool, or “fill in the blank with your worries” but when you are out with the guys you don’t have a care in the world and we are usually united in the One common goal of getting drunk and having a good time.
Goals and having a common opponent is fundamental I believe to success in what you are doing. For example, when the Giants were at home in NY they probably had many distractions…it’s NY so I can’t even begin to scratch the surface there but in addition to those distractions they all have families or wives and girlfriends they need to please making them have additional goals added onto their plates. However, when on the road their families, wives/girlfriends, and Big city distractions are left behind and with Tiki and Shockey out of the picture the team could be united in Just one goal…..to win the Game! Just think about the night before a game, the team probably goes out to dinner and has a good time together and discusses what a great movie Rocky is or how they are going to defeat their next opponent. One simple goal. However, when at home they have many unknown opponents like did they fold the towel in the bathroom the right way, or were they attentive enough at dinner to their wive/girlfriend, or did I talk enough in the car on the way home from dinner…etc… You get the point.
Having a common goal and opponent is what makes greatness. This is where I think Women struggle in today’s world; they don’t know who their opponents are in life so they get confused and can’t unify their emotions into fighting for a good cause. As a man I know my opponent in the morning is going to work and kicking ass or whatever your goal may be, with a sports minded thought process I work and try to liken it to athletics which keeps me sane and working hard. I don’t have to explain this theory to ya’ll because I think we are all on the same page, why else would we take part in our softball team other than the camaraderie it fosters and allows us to have a common goal (to win and get drunk) and have a clear opponent.
Our country is at its greatest when it is unified in a common goal with a clear cut opponent. I think we can all remember the USA at it’s peak when Pres. Reagan shouted…”Mr. Gorbachev….TEAR DOWN THESE WALLS!”. The U.S. was peaking when we had a clear cut opponent in the Cold war and the entire country was unified in their hatred of Russia and communism. The U.S actually defeated a world Superpower simply by will and a common goal and changed the world forever without actually engaging in a full out war. Then the country started to languish a little because we didn’t have a common goal or clear cut opponent. So, what happened next…..”Desert Storm” Yeah we had another reason for the country to rally around a common goal and opponent. I’m sure we have all read and have our thoughts about the Iraq war, but a major reason it is not working out is because there isn’t a common goal or clear cut opponent.
Just think about Rocky whenever he had his best fights it was after he went off to the barren lands of Russi
a or the hoods of California to train and regain that “Eye of the Tiger” mentality away from the distractions of Adrienne or other factors that come in life. He had one simple goal of training to defeat his opponent. Anyways, to make a long story short this is why I believe Eli and the Giants came together so strongly is because they were able to form a team bond in the last half of the season going on the road together and building camaraderie in search of one common goal. Have you ever heard an interview with a retired athlete or coach on what they miss the most……almost every time without hesitatation they say……the camaraderie and locker room. Where guys can be guys and laugh, crack jokes with one another, and their testosterone is at an all time high.I guess what I’m saying is that the Giants found lighting in a bottle forged through a strong team bond and common goal forged on the road in that warrior mentality of Us against the world. So, whenever you get confused just think of sports and frame it into a common goal and decide what your opponent is and fight away to defeat it. Thank God for ESPN, Softball, Good Friends, and Rocky Balboa.
2/12/2008 02:25:00 PM
Merchandising Merchandising . . . Where the real money from the Super Bowl is made.
Posted by KokoYou didn't really think I was over the Giants Super Bowl yet did you? This is the greatest victory in the Boston/New York War ever!
Check out the T-Shirts I made: I'm selling them like crazy on Ebay.
In a follow-up to Juan, Neil, Johnny, and Koko's New Favorite Commercial this one never quite made the Airwaves.
Maybe Prosthetic Johnson can confirm if this one was already airing in the Boston area or not.
Hey Gents! What's the good word? When am I gonna see you suckers up in BeanTown? There are a lot of bars and miserable people. Weather kinda sucks and they have the worst sport teams. At least these people can concentrate on buying shoes instead of those 18-1 Pats. That is until those sorry a$$ Red Sox start up again. I will be down in May so we got to hook up. That means hang out get drunk and throw the balls around. You know what I mean.
JW's post in conjunction with Koko's got me to thinking. In today's modern world we do tend to think that newer is always better.
While the New Yankees stadium is a testament to new wonders and looks to be an unbelievable new structure it will never be able to replicate the Original Yankee Stadium you know the "House that Ruth built." While the new stadium I'm sure will be awesome it can't replicate human history or tributes to mankind.
Just think would you rater watch a Cardinals Vs Packers game on a sunny Fall day at University of Phoenix stadium or at historic Lambeau Field? Or would you rather watch a Red Sox Vs Padres game at PetCo park or Fenway?
Anyways, it also got me to thinkin of another great travesty where somebody thought technology was more important than the human factor. Some of us may be too young (you don't have to rub it in JW) to remember the original Incredible Hulk but it was Awesome! Lou Ferrigano as the Hulk was waaaaay better than the newer digitally created turd sandwich they had in the updated movie version. You know , the one that could leap from San Fran to La in one bound or pick up an entire moving train.....it just had no personality. I like the human factor and Lou Ferrigano as Dr. David Bixby's alter ego. This was a perfect match something you just can't explain. It was the human factor, his personality that made it different. The human touch will trump technology most any day.
I mean we live in a world where the 07 Giants came out of nowhere to ruin the perfect story of the 07 Pats. I mean no hot shot writer could have written a better story than the Giants coming out of nowhere to stun the world.
Anyways, to increase your enjoyment I also posted on the side every reason the great Dr. Bixby ever transformed into the Hulk.
This is one of the greatest sports movies of all time. Its in the hole. Just wanted everyone to know we got two weeks to go. Maybe we can try to have practice this friday. If anyone wants to go to the mgrs meeting w/me it is on Wednedsay night.
This thing is going to be insane!
Check out the story:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3235847
Here it is the original American Gladiators game. I like the new show, but I don't like the futuristic look they are going for. The gladiators are too much of characters and not mud hole stompers like the old ones.
http://www.nintendo8.com/game/721/american_gladiators/
I don't know if anybody cares about these games that I put up, but I have a lot of time on my hands and I want to contribute to this site.
In the words of mercury morris...Anybody can beat anybody on any giving sunday .
EXCEPT THE 72 !
Congrats to the giants, great team, great game !
I'm not sure if it was the greatest Super Bowl ever, I'm not sure if was the greatest upset ever. But one thing I am sure of, is that the 2007 New York Giants had the greatest postseason in NFL history.
You can argue that there have been more exciting Super Bowls, i.e. Rams/Titans, Giants/Bills, 49ers/Bengals. You can easily argue there have been greater upsets, i.e. Jets/Colts. But I defy anyone to convince me that any team in the history of professional football drove down a tougher road to a championship.
Four other wild card teams have gone on to win the Super Bowl, but none of them did it on a bigger stage, against bigger oppenents, and in more harsh conditions than the 2007 Giants.
The G-Men were not favored to win any of the 4 playoff games they won. Starting in Tampa Bay against a very tough secondary, Eli started to show that Manning control. Managing the game and changing plays at the line almost as often as big brother. By the end, the only QB with Int. stats was the trusty, mistake-free Jeff Garcia. And the front 4 grew stronger.
Against the hated rival Dallas Cowboys, the Giants went into Texas again under appreciated and dismissed as any kind of threat by both media and fans. The Giants came out swinging, scoring a quick 7 on their frist possession. However late in the first half it looked as if the Cowboys were starting to get into a rhythm and the Giants would be in for a long day.
Then "It" happend. The "It," that everyone had been waiting for from Eli. Less than 2 minutes left in the half, Eli's Manning genes kicked up a level. Driving the Giants right back down the field to tie the game up 14-14 before half time. It made everyone look at Eli in a different light. Even the most avid nay-sayers started to think maybe there is more to this baby-faced, layed-back, runt of the liter afterall. The Giants rode the emotion of that drive to a very tough win, and the front 4 grew stronger.
On to the 3rd coldest game in NFL history against the storied Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field, the Yankee Stadium of football.
The Giants can't play in bad weather, Eli won't be able to handle the cold, the Green Bay secondary will eat up the Giants wide receivers. Wait, check that, the Giants played near mistake-free football, Eli's blood matched the day's thermometer reading, and Plaxico Burress had one of the greatest receiving performances in playoff history. Oh, and the front 4 grew stronger.
The Giants had stomped out their past defeats from earlier in the season by the Cowboys and Packers in succession. Now they had the chance to avenge their last loss, make history, and win a championship all in the same game.
Michael Strahan, Dave Tollefson, Osi Umenyiora, and Justin Tuck. Make no mistake, this is the best front 4 in football and the 18-0 Patriots had not faced anyone tougher all year long. The Giants came out more passionate than anyone could have expected. They were in Brady's face immediately. Sacking him 5 times in the game and knocking him around like Ivan Drago vs. Apollo Creed. The Big Blue Wrecking Crew was back indeed, resurrecting from the days of Carl Banks, Leonard Marshall, Pepper Johnson, and of course the original LT. However the defense could only keep the Patriots at bay and needed something special from their offense, they needed something special from their leader.
Then "It," happened again. But this "It," was even bigger than the last one. You will see it every year during the NFL Super Bowl films in January. It was history the second the ball was snapped. Somehow, someway, Manning (no need for first names here), was able to escape a sure game-ending sack, and throw an amazingly accurate toss with more pressure right in his face to David Tyree. Who!? David Tyree? Who the hell is he? Only known to Giants fans, he has the best hands on the team and displayed them to the entire world Sunday night. It was one of those catches where even a second after the play was over, no one was really sure if the ball was caught. It's without question the greatest catch in Super Bowl history and will cement Manning into the NFL films rotation forever.
Bradshaw to Swan, Montana to Rice, Manning to Harrison, Brady to Moss, and now Manning to Burress. Fitting it was that connection which sealed the deal and gave the Giants their 3rd Super Bowl Victory.
The Patriots had a chance to complete the greatest season in NFL history. To be engraved into the record books as "perfect." The only thing that can even come close to equaling the unbelievable disappointment and mortification of New England's season, is the astonishing and implausible road the Giants took to stop them.
PS . . . . . Oh yeah, these guys were pretty happy about it too!
Here are some pictures from after the game. Taken on my cell so not the best quality.
Johnny Blaze is super fast!
Conspiracy? Somehow, Eddie Murphy predicted the Giants were going to the super bowl 10 years ago. Conspiracy or did his African roots give him special powers?
Go G-Men!
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