At this point, we've all been without baseball for so long, that even the not-always-highest-quality baseball with the not-always-highest-quality players of spring training seems like the greatest thing that we've seen since we got hooked on some kind of anime series.

I know practice makes perfect, but I can't believe coach is making us [...]

On Austin City Limits

The weekend grind is the best kind.

twayn sez: This one's just for fun. From Late Night with David Letterman, it's Men with Banjos and Know How to Use Them, featuring Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin, playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Pick 'em, boys.

If it's got art, it's classy.

Driver flees police at 20 mph down I-694.

Fan wears a t-shirt that says "Bring Back Bobby" and security makes him take it off or threatened him with ejection.

Kind of makes you want to balance the checkbook by hand.

Enough with this Clemens cr@p. A reader writes Frank Bruni, "You are one of the nation’s most influential palates and it is shocking to learn that you might be condimentally challenged."

Arlen Specter (R-Comcast) is pushing Roger Goodell on Spygate. After years of seeing my favorite sport dragged through the mud, it's good to see a little mud sticking to the NFL for a change.

Kobe Bryant has torn ligament in his pinkie finger.

from AMR, who sez: Jazzy. Album version has Fontella "Rescue Me" Bass on vocals, but she's to frail to perform live. From their new album "Ma Fleur". Another song from this album just got highlighted on "Grey's Anatomy," so I'm afraid of oversaturation. Please don't let them become Snow Patrol.

Live in London, 2007

McNamee's Lawyer: W will pardon Clemens. That would most definitely be a last day of the term affair, if it ever happens.

I promise, no more about Honest Abe. After today.

Top Jimmy seems to suggest that somehow the flurry of trades made in the NBA been arranged by David Stern.

Happy Heart Day, lovers.

<GreekHouse>The Wolves had a pretty good stretch that had everyone feeling a lot better about the team, but the recent skid has brought them back to reality. Still, the Wolves are playing better ball than they were a month ago. The problem is that they're still worse than most of the teams in [...]

Jeff Russell's Starship Dimensions blog!!! In case you ever wanted to compare the dimensions of V'ger and the Death Star.
Be sure to check out the interview with Robert Zimmerman. No, not THAT Bobby Z.

Jason Kidd apparently going to Mavs.

Jayson Stark is blogging the Clemens hearing. An excerpt: "Mr. Clemens, I am sure you are going to heaven." Wait, we are living in a post snark world, right?

Get up, Stand up. Stand up for your rights
Apparently, Florida has yet to institute sensitivity training in its law enforcement departments.

Good God, the NFL gets every break. Bad PR issue? No problem. Schedule meeting with Senator same day as Clemens circus.

Our favorite Chicago cartoonist strikes again.

Honest Abe turned one day old 199 years ago today. No word as to whether he'd decided to start growing a beard, wearing a stovepipe hat, or start the Civil War.

Link. I was incensed with Indiana's decision to hire Kelvin Sampson, a known rules violator, when they did it. That they may be in serious trouble is no surprise.

from davidwatts

BP linked to this article as support for the contention that HGH improves a person's look (Debby Clemens) if not their actual muscle mass.

Not unexpectedly, the Twins decided to get a veteran hurler to ingest innings.
Disturbing trend #1:
4.18 xFIP -- 2004
4.56 xFIP -- 2005
5.38 xFIP -- 2006
5.62 xFIP -- 2007
Which is mainly driven by disturbing trend #2:
6.8 K/G -- 2004
5.3 K/G -- 2005
5.2 K/G -- 2006
3.8 K/G -- 2007
He used to be a groundball pitcher, but his GB% [...]

I liked him best in that Elton John song.

Tough break.

WTF? I thought that Pettitte was going to be the tie breaker? And after threatening Chucky with a subpoena, he's not going to appear? Actually, each has been deposed already, of course, but this is turning into a soap opera. Update: The ESPN story says that Pettitte was "not a [...]

John Rocker is the latest to crawl out from under a rock and start spewing crap on steroids. What he says is pretty inflammatory. It also contradicts his earlier statements. Surprise.

No really. Honest Abe was born 199 years ago today.

[contributed by: Rhubarb_Runner]

Kirby Puckett: Fan Favorite

Rhu_Ru sez: "Two tracks by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - a real treat for those that haven't heard jazz banjo before (or Futureman on his Drumitar)". No gurl singers here.

Something you want to see? Call the request line. Did you miss a video or want to watch one again from a while back? [...]

Is this cool or what? Gives new meaning to the old phrase, "Wax on, Wax off"

I kind of wish that the Twins would have given him a flyer. He probably doesn't fit (unless he's an alternative for Monroe). But still.

The Kid and I have something in common.

He still gets the 20 Large per year, right?

Please let one of them be Top Jimmy.

Supposedly before a Sports Illustrated photo shoot where Clemens and wife posed in swimsuits, McNamee shot up Debby Clemens with hGH. Does this make sense? Would that somehow help a person look better for a photo shoot?

Honest Abe born 199 years ago today.

Performing a variant on the old folk song, "Frankie and Johnnie." The start of the video implies that she's covering the 1928 record by Mississippi John Hurt. In any case, the lyrics here refer to the man as "Albert," which indicates, using the Wikipedia as a guide, that her lyrical source (Mississippi John or otherwise) [...]

<GreekHouse>I just realized I hadn't posted anything and that SBG hadn't posted anything for this game. I was gonna write some stuff about Foye and McCants, but I guess that will wait until next time.
In any case, here's your not so sweet game thread.</GreekHouse>

I spent the day painting our family room and it was a crappy day outside. Plus, I have a pregnant wife and a nine month old daughter, so the best idea to relax on a Saturday night was to watch a movie. Due to an unfortunate scheduling decision, the Netflix movie in the [...]

Giants, man. Giants. From The Johnny Cash Show, 1969. In the studio, 1969.Something you want to see? Call the request line. Did you miss a video or want to watch one again from a while back? Click here for the SBG Music Archive.

If things look different or scrambled, that's because I'm working on the site. I am employ the, let's see how this looks live method of programming.

Scoff if you must, this is a great song. Jimmy Webb wrote a lot of 'em.
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Well, this is the one game featuring the Timberwolves to be shown on ESPN this season. Of course, this game features the Timberwolves only in that they are playing the Celtics, but the real draw here was, of course, KG returning to Minnesota.
As it turns out, however, he won't be playing, unless we've all [...]

KG is (not) coming to town!

on Austin City Limits

Something you want to see? Call the request line. Did you miss a video or want to watch one again from a while back? Click here for the SBG Music Archive.

Honey, we're out of filters.

"They're gonna hang me if I stay, and shoot me if I run."
Rippin' it up on German MTV, 2006. I'm calling this country. Something you want to see? Call the request line. Did you miss a video or want to watch one again from a while back? Click here for the SBG Music Archive.

This post is a blog test.

Shaq traded to Phoenix pending physical!

On Austin City Limits, so it's Country.

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I was reading Brit Robson's back columns on the Wolves tonight and I came across this from the Boston game last week.
Most Wolves fans are intimately familiar with the debate, which prompts eye-opening claims on both sides. Detractors like to say that Garnett is merely a great sidekick, that he needs a more dominant personality [...]

What's going on?

Live in Nashville, TN, 1993. "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." — Steve Earle.
Something you want to see? Call the request line. Did you miss a video or want to watch one again from a [...]

The Twins Territory blog has recently posted an interview with Denard Span where he is nothing if not chock full of confidence.
Denard Span felt he was ready to step up and play centerfield last season for the Twins. That viewpoint has not changed with the New Year, and Span says he is still ready [...]

The all-time leader in Division I college basketball coaching victories, Bob Knight, has resigned. His son, Pat Knight, will take over as coach.

The T-Wolves (10-36) host the Houston Rockets (27-20) tonight at Target Center and the recent good play by the Wolves has got me in a pretty good mood relative to this team. The big deal, of course, is BigAlJefferson, who has been pretty spectacular lately. He’s averaging 25.2 points per game over his [...]

How ironic is it that Randy Moss stood on the field to watch the last play and pretty much everyone else left?

It's Country Music Week at WGOM. First up, some English blokes covering Waylon Jennings. Austin, TX, 2006.For Twayn.Something you want to see? Call the request line. Did you miss a video or want to watch one again from a while back? Click here for the SBG Music Archive.

When it comes down to it, I think I watch sports to see athletes pushing themselves to the limit, trying to be as good as they possibly can. Things I'm looking for today:
- A good game out of Randy Moss
- A good game out of Laurence Maroney
- The Giants to push the Patriots just [...]

SBG reviews Groundhog Day, the 1993 release starring Bill Murray. GH Day is funny, inventive and quite simply, the role of Murray's lifetime.

Super Bowl, Homeboy!

From the Jean-Luc Godard film, Made in USA, 1966. What do you suppose Mick saw in her?
The other bird is the lovely Anna Karina.
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The T-Wolves host the LA Clippers in the second game of a five game homestand. Minnesota is coming off of a nice win against an admittedly depleted Chicago club. Tonight's opponent is the Los Angeles Clippers. It's unclear what kind of team the Clips will field with Chris Kaman, Corey Maggette, and [...]

How long until it's Brittney Spears Cover Week here at the WGOM?

My intent here is not to be ultra-precise (how could you be when forecasting six years into the future?) but to get a rough estimate on where this trade leaves the Twins as compared to the option of keeping Santana on what would amount to a 5-year/$107M extension, for a 6-year/$120M contract. While I [...]