Friday Afternoon Fracas: 7-11-08

As Old No. 7 said, it's Friday. Wait. Apparently, it's Sexy Friday. Either way, it's been a long week, a fracas of days if you will, and I for one am ready to put this segment of July to bed. Translation: I'm ready to jump into a barrel of fermented cereals.

I think it's official now. There has been more Denver Bronco news with ex-Broncos this off-season, than with those still on the team. What's his name's been trying to get owed that never-been-paid jack, homeslice gets "robbed" in Vegas. And now, well, it's pretty amazing that we all continue to report any news regarding Travis Henry, like Deadspin has here. Are he and Chris (former Bengals legend) related? Can we get the queen of England over here to knight them the Henry Dukes of Dumbassery? Maybe these guys don't have that rationale argumentative side in their brains. You know, the one that goes, "Shit, I'm way hammered. Maybe I shouldn't drive." Or, "Damn, the last eight times I had unprotected sex, I conceived a child. Maybe I should use a condom this time." Or, "'Member how I weasled out of that banned-substance-violation last year? The one that would've cost me the season. Yeah, that one. Maybe I should be a bit more selective of when I'm gonna smoke my chronic." Simply stunning.

The Lone Reader wants soccer coverage? No problem. Have some.

Bloggers interested in diamond ball are hungrily writing about the mid-season trade winds. Readers who don't give two squirts about soccer might want to peep Joe Sports Fan's "Worst Trades of the Decade" post. Among the names are Joe Nathan, A.J. Pierzynski, Boof Bonser, and many more.

Bugs and Cranks delivers one of the best, or worst, YouTube clips in a long, long time. Slick rhymes, and mad beats y'all. Mad, mad beats.



B & C is also hosting a contest called Indoor Four this summer where readers can select one MLB player per month for a chance to win Best Buy gift cards. Apparently, they did this last year, too, but I'm slow at this information gathering stuff. Anyway, it sounds like great fun: The player selected should be a strong candidate for hitting triples and inside-the-park homeruns. Mark Teahen's second of the season last night prompted this post, and it would appear that nobody in the game had Teahen. Bummer, dudes.

Speaking of Teahen, Joe Posnanski thinks he's one of the most daring base runners in the American League. Read more about it here. No really, do it. Pos' has spruced up his site a bit. It looks pretty decent, too. I still, however, have no freaking idea how he has time to hammer out these volumes of blog posts, and his KC Star column and be a husband and a dad. He must be an insomniac.

Steve de Berg was one of my favorite quarterbacks as a kid. I can say that, knowing that he played for the Broncos and the Chiefs, behavior we at the House of Georges seldom justify. What's he up to these days? With Leather knows.

That's the haps for now. Check back with us later, when we might try to meld sports with music. Happy weekend.