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Entries from July 2008

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 17

July 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Is there anybody alive out there!?!
1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 139 (-0): In prepartion for a potential 2nd straight title, I went back to my original team name from this year. It ain’t easy bein’ brown. […]

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Tags: Power Rankings

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 16

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from two weeks ago) / Snarky comment]
1. The Starlighters (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 139 (-0.5): Don’t worry everyone! According to Crimmings, my team is “done.”
2. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 136 (-4.5): “Hmmm. Do I add Jesus Flores? Or John Buck? No, maybe […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · Power Rankings

Weekend at Steinbrenner’s

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

NOW IN PRODUCTION: Weekend at Steinbrenner’s.  
Somebody call Jonathan Silverman’s agent.  (Wha?!?) 
The Boss would be the perfect host, except for one small thing… He’s dead.
The drop dead comedy of the year!
Boss may be dead, but he’s got something in his front pocket…for you!
Two morons. One corpse. And the plot thickens

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Tags: Is it OK to make fun of Old Tyrants? · Steinbrenner's Face is Frozen! · Weekend at Bernie's

New York, New York

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Over at my blog, 42 Inch Television, I decided to do what every single other blogger on earth did last night and keep a running diary of the All-Star Game.
11:05: David Wright does his Carlos Beltran impression, striking out looking to end the inning. Despite the fact that the run scored because of an error, […]

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Tags: Mating Call of the Mute Button · Self Promotion

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 15 (The All-Star Break)

July 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Since it’s the All-Star Break, I’m going to do things a little differently with this week’s Power Rankings. Instead of just burying your team with a snarky comment about one of your underachieving players, I’m going to bury you. Using a very scientific system that I just invented this very second, I’m going to give […]

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Tags: Power Rankings · Willie Scale

Picture Of The Year

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: "blown" players · Who's that girl · arod · madonna

Zing! Boom! Ta-Ra-Rel!

July 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Question: Does the rest of the country tailgate like this?

I ask because last weekend I made it to Miller Park for a few games and it dawned on me that I’ve never seen people tailgate like this at other stadiums.  It was a weird realization because this is what I grew up with and […]

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Tags: Drunken Ramblings

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 14

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Special thanks to Crimmings for writing the best Power Rankings ever last week.
1. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 140.5 (+4): I was away for the week, but it looks like Justin’s team still sneaky stinks.
2. Sabor de Soledad […]

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Tags: Phoning It In · Power Rankings