Bruce Pearl is Satan - A HyperMix Blog

This Dude Has A Sweet Name

2007-12-22T14:00:00.000-05:00

So I'm sitting here watching the Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati bowl game (sponsored by PAPA JOHN HIMSELF!) and they showed the kicker/punter/kickoff man for the Golden Eagles. His name, Britt Barefoot. Isn't your life plan pretty much set with a name like that? Great kicker, great soccer player, great at karate. I sure wouldn't like to get in a fight with him because I'm sure he could give me a swift kick to the balls! zing!

"Baseball Playa" Loves Playing With Bat and Balls...In Public!

2007-11-29T10:11:00.000-05:00

So I know I haven't posted in a long time, but I've been spending the last two months trying to find a job (and someone finally decided to hire me!). Anyway, here's a link to a video describing a man known to the internet world as "Baseball Playa." I don't know if I'm disgusted or impressed with this guy. I mean, I'm disgusted...but at the same time, he hasn't received one complaint! Unfortunately for him, he got a bit overzealous with his accomplishments and now the cops are on to him.

LINK TO VIDEO - Man Exposes Himself At Mall

Put This Piece Of Shit In Jail

2007-07-18T00:03:00.000-05:00

NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!! Joakim FUCKING NOAH?!?! FUCK! NO WAY!! GOD DAMNIT

2007-06-28T19:21:00.001-05:00

We drafted this guy??? WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE BULLS THINKING???

This guy is going to be a terrible pro; do not fall into the trap of what Jay Bilas is talking about. He's terrible and will be terrible. I hope to all the powers above that they trade him before the season starts...because how the hell can I root for a team that has this guy. FUCK!

If you fast forward to where there is 2:55 left of this clip, you will realize how I felt when the Bulls picked Noah.

Now all of this was my initial reaction to the pick. It's still true that I hate him and ~~some~~ all of his antics, but I didn't like the Hinrich and Deng picks either, and look how those have turned out. Hopefully Paxson saw more than me, or maybe he was able to look beyond that hideous human being, but I am not looking forward to rooting for him. Not yet at least.

Um...Yea, I Think This Hurt Really Bad

2007-06-22T14:35:00.001-05:00

I leave you with this video for the weekend. I'm sure it's been posted on a blog before, but I'm not about to search the thousands of blogs out there who have already posted it. So yea, enjoy this poor sap's meeting with the goal post.

Note: Now that I'm back at school, I look forward to hitting the blogging world heavy once again. So check back next week for better coverage.

Tony Batista Likes Scaring Japanese Pitchers

2007-06-16T18:33:00.000-05:00

In response to the fight (or lack thereof) in the Cubs/Padres game today between Derrek Lee and Chris Young, I went searching some fights on YouTube. Not exactly sure what I was looking to find (especially since MLB has taken down a lot of MLB YouTube clips), but I stumbled across this video and found it to be pretty amusing. Also make sure to note the name of the team wearing the white jerseys.

So yea, who names a baseball team the Swallows?? Only in Japan.

You Just Got Swindled

2007-06-13T22:47:00.000-05:00

This video clip is from the show Human Giant. It explains how to get free coffee everyday instead of spending an arm and a leg on coffee at places like Starbucks. Pretty funny stuff.

You Know What...I Liked The Sopranos Series Finale

2007-06-12T12:11:00.000-05:00

It has been about 24 hours since I viewed the Sopranos series finale (sorry for not watching it on Sunday night, but I was hanging out with a Major League Baseball player) and given some time to reflect on the episode, I am pretty impressed. Just like everyone else I've talked to or read about, I thought the DVR service screwed up and cut out the last 10 seconds of the episode. I saw the credits the furiously found the rewind button hoping that it would show what I had missed. However, I watched it again and the screen went blank for the second time and I figured that that must have been the way it was ending.

Was I disappointed at first? You're God damn right I was. I wanted closure. I wanted someone else to die. I wanted blood to spill. I wanted that jaw dropping ending that I think most everyone else wanted. When I didn't get that ending, I wanted to find David Chase and punch him in the face for ending a series that I had followed since season one.

Now that I've had some time to reflect and read/listen to what others thought, I liked it. My number one theory is that Tony was shot in the diner and that is why the screen went black. As people have noted and as most Sopranos viewers remember, Tony had a conversation about getting whacked with Bobby out in the boat earlier in the season. He said when it (getting whacked) happens, you don't see it coming. You don't feel, see or hear it coming. The screen just goes black. And as we all know, the series ended with the screen all of the sudden going black; maybe because the shady character who had entered the bathroom moments before came out and ended Tony Soprano.

The second theory I heard and liked was David Chase used that "not seeing or hearing a thing, it just goes black" to whack the viewers. None of us saw it coming. Maybe he was ending the series to let the viewers know what it's like to be whacked.

No matter what happened, I think Howard Stern hit the nail right on the head yesterday during his show. He pointed out that during the last scene that most viewers were getting pretty nervous about what was about to happen to Tony. I know my heart began to beat faster. I know I was on the edge of my seat, just waiting. It gave the viewers the feeling of what it is like to be part of the mob. Always nervous and on edge, sleeping with one eye open.

No matter what really happened, I gotta admit I really liked it. That ending also left the door open for a Sopranos movie down the road, which is an idea I really liked. My final grade is somewhere between a B+ and an A-. Like I said, I really liked it. However, a jaw dropping ending that we actually got to see probably would have raised the grade to an A+.

This Talkshow Host May Be A Little Frustrated

2007-06-09T00:01:00.001-05:00

Richard and Sal, the genius prank callers over at the Howard Stern show, have repeatedly been pranking some poor soul's Yankee's radio show on public access in New York...and quite frankly, it's hilarious. This guy really sounds like he wants to have a legit talk show and seems to still have the false hope that it might turn out to be a successful show, but Richard and Sal will have none of that. From the sounds of it, they are pretty much the only guys who listen to and call into his show.

In the following clip, Richard repeatedly calls in asking the radio show host about the weather. Sal just uses his calls for all sorts of funny comments. By the end of the clip you can hear it in the host's voice just how frustrated he is. Too bad though, because it's hilarious and I hope to hear more berating of this talk show host by Richard and Sal very soon.

Note: There are more clips of Richard and Sal calling in to this guy's show, I just felt this was the best clip. Either way, they're all pretty damn funny.

He Might Actually Be Howard Stern

2007-06-08T16:56:00.000-05:00

So I was down at my brother's house last night and he showed me some clips from the new show The Next Best Thing. The show is modeled exactly like American Idol but instead of looking for the best singer/performer, they are looking for the best celebrity impersonator. There are some pretty damn good impersonators and there are some that are absolutely terrible. But this guy did his Howard Stern impersonation and I literally had to watch it four or five times to make sure it really wasn't Howard. I'll let you decide for yourself, but I'd be shocked if this guy wasn't in the final three contestants when the show is winding down to the end.

Mac Gs World -- Get Out Your F**king Checkbook

2007-06-08T12:10:00.000-05:00

I was just introduced to the blog Mac Gs World yesterday, and so far, I have been nothing but impressed with this guy. I think I found a post of his linked via Deadspin and I'm glad I did. Here is one of the videos he put up this week and it's freaking hilarious. There's a lot of good stuff over there, so check it out, you won't be disappointed.

Cars

Note: This contains some NSFW (Not Safe For Work) language and also probably shouldn't be listened to around younger kids.

How Not To Act During a Sobriety Test

2007-06-04T20:53:00.000-05:00

I hope none of you ever have to do a sobriety test after a night of drinking...because, seriously, it's not worth it. But if you do, don't do what this guy did because you'll be assured a DUI...and nobody wants that.

DUI confirmed

The Wheels Are Falling Off...FAST

2007-06-01T15:02:00.000-05:00

Wow. That's all I can say about the Cubs and their play since they were 15-14 and looking to be heading in the right direction. Since reaching that 15-14 mark on May 6th, the Cubs have went an awful 7-15 and looked horrific doing it. They've been finding old ways to lose as well as new ways to lose. They can't hit and when they do, the bullpen blows it. They can't run the bases, and when they do they can't hit. They can't get good starting pitching, and when they can they can't hit. They can't make plays, and when they do they find another way to blow it. It's horrible, pathetic, disgusting and any other negative adjective all rolled into one. Their needs to be a new word created to describe the Cubs 99 years of disappointment because any word in the English language right now doesn't do their play and actions justice.

Anyway...to get to the point of this post. In the top of the fifth inning, the wheels really fell off for the Cubs. They had already made two errors which had cost them two runs and were looking to screw themselves over even more. Two runs scored on a double by Jeff Francoeur, which included the single worst relay throw I've ever seen by Jacque Jones. Cubs trailed 4-1 after that. The next batter hit a single to left-field and the Braves decided to test Soriano who threw a perfect strike to Barrett to gun down Francoeur for the second out of the inning. It looked as though they may get out of the inning only trailing 4-1 with some momentum. Boy was I wrong. During the sequence with the next batter, Zambrano threw a tailing fast ball that Barrett misplayed. However, to Barrett's credit, he was clearly expecting a slider. Anyway, the ball got away and instead of holding onto the ball and letting a guy get to third with two outs in the inning (something a smart player would do), he threw the ball into left field allowing another runner to score. Two more batters came to the dish (including pitcher Kyle Davies) and roped shots into the outfield increasing the Braves lead to 7-1. That's bad enough, right??

No, actually it got worse. After the break, the replays showed Barrett and Zambrano coming into the dugout. They got into a heated argument about who sucked worse and then it got physical. They pushed each other and tried to throw some blows, but none connected. It only lasted for a couple of seconds until the other players and managers got in the middle of it.

Today's game pretty much sums up how the Cubs have been playing the last three weeks. It's absolutely horrible and I don't see it heading in a positive direction anytime soon. What I would like to do is challenge the 40,000 people who will be at the games Saturday and Sunday to let them know exactly how shitty they have been playing. Or better yet, don't show up. Sell your tickets for half price and do something fun in Chicago. There's 8,000 other things to do in the city that won't leave you extremely frustrated and with a sour taste in your mouth. Why people (including me) continually spend $50 (or more) to watch that team play like complete garbage is beyond me. Find better things to do with your money because it's not worth watching those losers run out onto the field and make fools of themselves.

Here's the video of the fight in the dugout...and now it has been reported that they got into later in the clubhouse. What a bunch of babies.

(2nd Note: I really feel bad for guys like D-Lee, Theriot, Lilly and Marquis. Those guys care and play hard every day they're out there...too bad most everyone else on the team doesn't. Also, get Jacque Jones out of my face...he certainly isn't much better than Pie.)

Fantasy Players of the Week

2007-05-28T11:28:00.000-05:00

Sorry to all of you who have been eagerly anticipating some new posts from me these past few weeks. The past two weeks have been very busy with celebrating senior week, walking at graduation, saying goodbye to friends and attending the most kick-ass graduation party (think My Super Sweet 16 but for a graduation party). However, I am now back and ready to role again with this thing and what better way to start than with the fantasy players of the week.

Position Player of the Week -- Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins
The reigning AL MVP had one of those weeks that fantasy owners drool over. Morneau hit .400 this past week while belting four homers and driving in 13 runs. All four of his home runs came in victories for the Minnesota Twins and Morneau extended his hit streak to 10 games.

Pitcher of the Week -- Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres
Peavy, having two starts in one week, took full advantage of it. In his first start, Peavy shut down the Cubs, (which these days really isn't that hard) going six innings, striking out six and only allowing one run. For his second start, he went seven innings against the slumping Brewers while giving up only two hits and surrendering no runs. Peavy ended the week with two wins, 14 strikeouts and a razor-thin ERA of 0.69. If you have a pitcher with two starts against two teams from the "Comedy Central," then I would ~~suggest~~ urge you to start that pitcher (unless, of course, he plays for one of those joke teams).

On Vacation for Senior Week

2007-05-16T15:43:00.000-05:00

Sorry to those who have come over here this week to find a few posts and the fantasy players of the week. It is Senior Week here at Notre Dame and I have been pretty busy ~~getting drunk~~ doing things with my friends and preparing for graduation. Yes I know I'm not officially graduating until December, but I am taking part in the graduation activities/ceremonies this spring. I will be back in full force on Monday.

Craig Biggio Could Have A Pretty Sweet Year

2007-05-10T15:04:00.000-05:00

Houston Astros ~~catcher~~ ~~centerfielder~~ second baseman, 41 year-old Craig Biggio, is looking to reach one milestone and break another record this year. To date, Biggio currently has 2,963 hits; only 37 shy of the elite 3,000 hit club (currently at 26 players).

Also, Biggio has been hit by a pitch 283 times during his career in the majors. The current record of 287 HBP is held by Hughie Jennings, who played in the majors from 1891 to 1903. That means Biggio is four away from tying and five away from breaking his record.

I'd just like to make note that I'm not sure how legitimate his breaking of the HBP record should be. For as long as I can remember, he's been wearing that robo-arm padding which easily has helped him take some pitches off the arm. Then again, you still have to stand in there and let a ball coming at you at around 90mph hit you, which is not easy for anyone.

With that being said, good luck to Craig as he goes for both of those elite numbers this year.

Racism Study Among NBA Officials: Pointless and Stupid

2007-05-08T15:32:00.000-05:00

There has been a lot of news as of late on the issue that the white referees in the NBA are using race as a factor for making foul calls. Personally, I think this study is stupid and really serves no purpose (but I'll get more into that in a second). What I found even more interesting is a little piece I read in the Chicago Tribune yesterday. Richard Jefferson (of the New Jersey Nets) asked an interesting question about the study. He said, "What if you are half-black, half white? Because there some mix in my family. I wonder how that works." Jefferson's teammate Jason Kidd was counted as black while Yao Ming was counted as white. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. Also, the people who did the study did not know the racial identity of the referees making the calls, unless it was a crew of referees that were all the same race. Again, pretty ridiculous.

However, I want to step aside from criticizing the way the study was done, and instead move on to how studies like these continually remind us that race is always seems to be a factor in everything. In a country with so many races and ethnicities, isn't about time we stop doing surveys and studies to see how different races think? Personally, I am sick of hearing that white referees are racist or that more whites think Barry Bonds used steroids than blacks or whatever other study is being done to remind us that we are different colors.

Instead of pointing out that one race favors something more than another race, why can't we just take polls or analyze referees (or whoever) as a whole. We always want to use skin color or ethnicity to separate people, when in reality, we should be working to get rid of that mindset. We should be paving a path for the next generations to forget what race your neighbor, co-worker, classmate, etc. is and instead just acknowledge everyone for who they are as a human being.

I know this doesn't have much to do with sports, but it's something that has been bothering me for a while. And with that recent study of referees, it set me off. In the end, too many things come down to the issue of race/ethnicities and I would like to hope that we are trying to get past that. Unfortunatley, I don't think we are.

Fantasy Players of the Week

2007-05-07T12:52:00.000-05:00

This past week was a very exciting week for Cubs fans everywhere. Like I mentioned in my previous post, the Cubs seem to be hitting their stride right now and I don't think the Brewers can keep this up all year. However, this past week was a great week for some Brewers players as well; which is why they have swept the fantasy players of the week for this week.

Position Players of the Week - J.J. Hardy & Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers
These two both had tremendous weeks this week, helping the Brewers win 6 of 7 and hold steady their 5-game lead over the Cubs in the NL Central. Hardy hit .536 this past week with 2 HR's and 9 RBI's. His 15 hits during the week led the entire league. Fielder, Hardy's partner in crime, hit .440 over the past 7 days with 4 HR's (including 2 on Sunday) and 12 RBI's.

Pitcher of the Week - Jeff Suppan, Milwaukee Brewers
It's alwasy an advantage in fantasy for a pitcher to get two starts during a one week span. What's even better is when they take advantage of those starts. In his first start of the week on 4/30, he threw a complete game against the Cardinals scattering 8 hits while only giving up one earned run. His second outing didn't last as long, only 5.2 innings, but he only gave up 2 runs while giving up 8 hits again. His final stats for the week were: 2 wins, 1 complete game, a 1.84 ERA and 10 strikeouts.

So there it is. The first complete sweep of fantasy players of the week on this site. Let's see if some Cubs can do this next week.

Sweep and Read 'Em The Riot Act

2007-05-06T16:41:00.000-05:00

The Cubs are on fire the past week and a half, winning games pretty much every way possible. From close games to comebacks to blowouts, the Cubs look to be hitting their stride. Today's comeback win is their 5th in a row and they've won 8 of their last 9 to propel themselves to back above .500 (15-14) for the first time since when they were 3-2.

The game today was most definitely a team effort with almost everyone contributing in some way or another, but my MVP has got to go to Ryan Theriot (aka The Riot). He only went 1-5 today, but his at bat in the bottom of the ninth was spectacular. With a count of 1-2, he had enough plate discipline to take a close pitch on the outside corner and follow that up with four straight foul balls, before finally delivering the game-tying hit to right field. Obviously, I'm not going to forget that Daryle Ward had two hits, including the game winner in the 10th, coming off the bench, but Theriot's approach in his last at bat was phenomenal.

I am getting more and more excited about this team as of late. You just have to love how they've been playing this past week and a half. They get to enjoy a day off tomorrow before the Pirates come into town for a three game set. I am happy to say I'll be in attendance on Wednesday night to watch the Cubs hopefully pin down their 7th straight win.

(Note: I was at yesterday's game too in the first part of the upper deck directly behind home plate and got a foul ball. I've now caught and thrown back an opposing player's home run at Wrigley and got a foul ball. Gotta love time spent at Wrigley Field!)

Boom Goes the Dynamite!!

2007-05-05T00:12:00.001-05:00

I know this video is a couple years old and most of you have seen it at least a few times, but I just watched again for the first time in a year or so and died laughing. This is one of the all-time great meltdowns in television history; and for those of you who haven't seen it, well, get ready to laugh like you've never laughed before. And for the rest of you who are like me and who have seen it, take 4 minutes out of your day (especially if you're having a bad one) and laugh at this poor sole yet again.

Baw Wit Da Golf Clubs

2007-05-04T12:22:00.000-05:00

A set of decent golf clubs these days usually costs somewhere between $300-600. So when a six sets of clubs were stolen from a high school girls golf team in Michigan on Monday, they were in a pretty big financial hole; that is, until Kid Rock heard about the incident. Rock (aka Robert Ritchie) called the coach of the team on Wednesday evening and offered to replace the stolen clubs with custom golf clubs.

After talking with the coach, Rock made a call to (his buddy?) John Daly and inquired about who he should get the clubs from. Daly suggested TaylorMade Golf. So Rock called up TaylorMade and they arranged to have the six sets of new clubs sent out to the coach and her team today.

This is a really great gesture by Kid Rock to help out some unfortunate high schoolers. The even better part of the story is how Rock called upon John Daly for advice. Does that mean that these guys are friends and party together? Because if they do, those are two guys I would love to party with because they definitely know how to party.

(Note: Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause might be the greatest album ever created....it went platinum seven times.)

It Only Took a Month!

2007-05-01T18:10:00.001-05:00

Considering I (and every other Cubs fan) have been waiting for this all year, I feel it deserves it's own post. Alfonso Soriano FINALLY HIT A HOME RUN!!! Soriano hit his first blast of the season just a few moments ago off of Tony Armas. I hope this is the start of a 6 or 7 game streak where Soriano goes yard.

Felix Pie Does It The Right Way

2007-05-01T12:14:00.000-05:00

Edit: The video is working again! Hooray!

On Friday night, Chicago Cubs outfielder Felix Pie hit his first home run of his career. Pretty sweet stuff for a Cubs fan. But what's more is how he handled himself after he hit the ball and finally saw that the ball had cleared the fence in right center field. The video below is somewhat low quality (because all others of his first home run were taken off YouTube for copyright violations) but you can see what I am talking about.

I wish more players in the Majors handled themselves like Pie did. Granted it was his first home run, but I see this guy handling most of his home runs the exact same way. Running hard right out of the box and only slowing up (a little in Pie's case) when the ball actually clears the fence. Too many times I've seen major leaguers hit long drives that they think are home runs, only to see them wind up just short and see them held to a single or thrown out at 2nd or 3rd because they didn't hustle out of the box. Seriously, with all the money the get paid, is it that much to ask to run hard for 5-10 seconds once every 2-3 innings?

Now don't get me wrong, some players have the ability to hit absolute bombs and know when they're gone when they hit them. If you know it's gone, then I suppose you can watch it leave the yard. Gary Sheffield put it best last night after hitting his game-winning home run when he said, "I was always told by Dave Parker, when you hit it like that, you can look at it."

If you're 100% it's gone, then watch it. If not, run hard til it leaves the yard.

Don't Mess With This Fan

2007-04-30T12:58:00.000-05:00

After viewing the video of the angry hockey mom over at The Postmen, I decided to see if I could continue the fun and find another video of an angry fan or two. Well everybody, you're in luck! After searching through the archives of YouTube, I was able to find something to fill that void. Hopefully none of you will ever have to sit next to this guy at a sporting event. And if you do, try not to get in an argument with him. And if you happen to get in an argument with him, don't stand up and turn your back to him, because, you know, the following might happen...

Fantasy Players of the Week

2007-04-30T11:13:00.000-05:00

This week was another exciting week for fantasy players across MLB. The Cubs also showed some signs that they are indeed capable of winning and might just have a shot to put together a good streak and get back in the NL Central Division hunt.

But before we get into the fantasy players of the week, let me extend my sympathies to the Cardinals’ organization and fans after news broke early Sunday that relief pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in an auto accident. It is never easy for an organization to lose a player, especially right in the middle of a season. Here is a good write-up of what kind of man Mr. Hancock was.

Position Player of the Week – Magglio Ordonez, Detroit Tigers
Mags had a spectacular week at the dish. He hit .571 with 2 bombs and 11 RBI’s during his past six-game span, while adding an on base percentage of .654. He capped off the week with a 2-3 performance against Johan Santana and the Twins, including a 2-run blast to right field. Chase Utley came in a close second this week, hitting .444 with 2 homeruns and 10 RBI’s

Pitcher of the Week – John Maine, New York Mets
Maine’s week on the mound including two excellent starts for the New York Mets. His total stat line for the week was 14.2 IP, 10 H, 13 SO while only giving up 1 ER in his two starts. Maine pitched in dominant fashion yesterday; scattering only 3 hits in the seven innings of work in their 1-0 win over the Nationals.

Not that anyone really cares, but I feel it necessary to mention that my CBS Sportsline fantasy team led my league in scoring with 431 points. God I’m a genius!