Poop On Your Star Wars Night!

The Sky Sox are having their 3rd annual/2nd annual Star Wars night on Saturday, June 23rd. It will be a night of nerds in Star Wars outfits, freaks not in Star Wars outfits, confused and bewildered baseball fans wishing they had checked the promo schedule and a giant evil rat.

Anytime something like this comes up all I can think of is Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hanging out with the Episode I crowds in New York:

Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog - Star Wars - watch more funny videos

Hello evil rat. Where are your bells?

You look sad vandalized Stormtrooper. What's wrong?

A skinny Boba Fett in sneakers, a Stormtroop hanging out,
a pink Stormtrooper lookin' sassy
and a skinny Stormtroop posing for a snapshot with a fan.

Fat Vader is too fat to pitch.
His minion tosses the ball while Darth wanders off for a snack.

The event is a good time for families, Star Wars fans and nerds. Game time is 6:05pm. Get there early to see all the freaks.

Erin go Bragh!

Ireland crapped out of EURO 2012 today after getting smoked 4-0 by Spain. Earlier this week they lost 3-1 to Croatia. They still have a game against Italy but are officially eliminated from advancing to the next round. Did anybody expect them to win it all? No, but Ireland just hoped to steal a game or two and make it to the knockout stage. Were the defeats surprising? No. But getting crushed is disappointing. And with all the news of riots and hooligans at EURO 2012 one would expect fans of eliminated teams, fans that spend a lot of Euros/Zloty to attend the matches in Poland, to run wild through the streets. Did they? No. Did the Irish fans get drunk? Well, they are Irish, so I would guess a few did. So what did the Irish fans do? They sang. They sang The Fields of Athenry as the game wound down. 

The Fields of Athenry
by Pete St. John
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary when you're free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

They sang beautifully. They sang a song about a man that was sentenced to transportation to Australia for stealing food to feed his starving family during the potato famine. How so very Irish.

The Fields of Athenry by ftw1905

To the Ireland soccer team, to the Irish soccer fans I say, thank you. Moments like this make whatever Irish I have left in me swell with pride. Moments like this make me a bit less cynical. Moments like this make me remember why I love sport. Thank you and Erin go Bragh!

Group of Death!

EURO 2012 Group of Death games today!

GAME 1

Denmark v Portugal

10:00am on ESPN proper

Watch it. Watch it. WATCH the f-ing BALL!
Watch the Danes shock the world?
...watch Ronaldo choke again?

Portugal and Netherlands need full points today or it's DEATH to them.

 Game 2

Netherlands v Germany!

12:45pm on ESPN proper

The Dutch lose, they die (or get invaded)!

Tulo's Back

TULO'S back!

One day only. At Security Service Field. Tulo the Great! Wednesday, June 13. Showtime 12:30pm. Come see Tulo the Great catch! Come see Tulo the Great throw!! Come see Tulo the Great hit!!! Or just come, sit in the sun and enjoy some day baseball at the ballyard while clap, clap, clap-clap-clap, clap-clap-clap-clap, clap-clap TULO! echos all around you.

His hair is hypnotic. Don't stare lest ye be HYPNOTIZED!

And now, PengoSports is proud to introduce our newest contributing photographer, the ColoSportSpaz herself, Jenn Grayson! Jenn will showcasing her photos from time to time. This is one of those times. Here are her 1st two:

Sox the Fox has balls. Sox the Fox has 3 balls. Sox the Fox has 3 blue balls.

Dude. Duuude! You're in public!
Kay-riste! Why don't you and that thing get a room?

 Like shooting fish in the barrel:

If you do not know Flula get to know Flula.
Subscribe to his YouTube feed.
He is German. And get this, he's funny! No. Really!
He is funny! And yes, he really is German.

ORIGIN II !!!

STATE OF ORIGIN II!!!  

Beau Scott confronts Sam Thaiday in Game 1
of the 2011 State of Origin series, Brisbane.
Creative Commons - HeavenlyDivine

Wednesday morning. Tomorrow June 13.
Fox Soccer Channel (Comcast 125/ DirecTV 619/Dish 406).
Pregame - 3:30am. Kickoff - 4:00am.

 
New South Wales v Queensland at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

Watch it! You won't regret it! It is the AWESOME!

 

Kings Win Stanley's Cup!

Congratulations to the LA Kings for their incredible run to hoist Stanley Roper's Cup! (If you loved him in Three's Company you should check out Twelve Angry Men. Awesome film! But not quite as 'wacky')

The Stanley Cup, the most respected trophy in sports.

Plus you gotta love Dustin Brown dropping an F-Bomb on NBC:

That what you get for interviewing a guy who adrenalin level is pegged at 11( it's one higher you know).

Two Mannys?

With a tear in our eye, we say, 'goodbye!'

Peeking in the RiverCats' dugout during Sunday's game something didn't seem right about Manny:

Here is Manny being Manny from Game 1...

...and Manny from game 4. When did he start wearing glasses?

 Hmmm? Looked odd with the naked eye. Really looked odd zoomed in.

And he looks kind of doughy. What the?

Wait a second! That's not Manny! IMPOSTER!

Who is that fake-dreadlocked man? And what has he done with Manny?
 

The imposter inspects his bat like Manny...

...wanders the dugout aimlessly like Manny...

...he's even wearing Manny's batting gloves,
protective elbow guard and doo-rag...

Does Manny have a doppelganger?

The face is starting to look familiar...

...is it? Could it be?

It is! It's ex-Sky Sox pitcher Bruce Billings!
Now sporting a beard and glasses to fool the masses.

Damn! Manny's going to be so pissed! Bruce is going to die!

Bruce Billings give Manny back his stuff.
Manny seems cool with it.

No hatin', just lazin' on the fence together. Manny is a good dude.

Bruce lived. Manny hit a couple of balls hard and seemed to be a good teammate. Good luck with your comeback Manny. Thanks for a fun weekend. You deserve to go out on your own terms. Hope you get that chance.

Manny-Apocalypse

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Well, Saturday was Todd Helton bobblehead night!

I've always had the feeling Todd didn't like me...hmmm?

People love them bobbleheads! There is one already on eBay starting at $29.99, or buy it now for just $59.99 w/ free shipping! Wow! That's almost as cool as this thing (or not):

The horror! The horror!

It's got to be the legs, or the transition of the legs to the tomato body, or the lack of pants that push it over the normal, creepy mascot vibe into the 'get the hell away from me' mascot vibe. Let's just chalk this one up in the 'I Do Not Like That Thing' category okay? 

Hernan Iribarren makes a fine running catch
in front of the Sky Sox bullpen.
Kennil Gomez, standing, shows his appreciation.

Onto the game. Cats crushed the Sox 10-2. Cats always crush the Sox. The RiverCats are a damn good baseball team. And Manny Ramirez was a 40 year old Manny Ramirez. Going 1 for 6 with a weak single to rightfield.

Manny singles to right even while playing with a cat trapped under his helmet.

Manny watches one of his 'foul' balls.

Just when I think I get my shot of the season (see the Why I shoot Post) I stumble on a better one the very next day...

The Zombie Manny-Apocalypse is upon us!

Why I Shoot

Moment like this are why I shoot:

Sky Sox shortstop Tommy Fields turns two
despite the slide of Sacramento's Brandon Hicks
and the distraction of 2nd baseman Hernan Iribarren
kung-fu-ing himself into the play.

You work into position. Then you wait. And wait. And wait. Most of the time you get squat, or pictures of bullpen shenanigans...

The Sacramento RiverCat bullpen doing a lot of sitting around and stuff.

...or pictures of Manny Ramirez doing stuff...

Double-Dutch. Man-Ram style!

...but sometimes your preparation and work pay off. You have the perfect light, the right play and an awesome shot (see above). This is why I shoot.

Sky Sox 3rd baseman Brandon Wood takes a poop on the field.

Speaking of squat, you mostly get this. Mostly. 

 

Euro 2012!

EURO 2012! It's like the World Cup but without all the teams that have no hope of winning ('cept Brazil and Argentina). It's EURO 2012! It's on ESPN proper! It's usually great soccer! PengoSports sez, check it out! We are betting it will be the Netherlands v Spain with the Netherlands taking it all! Finally!

Soccer! He's ready for a touchdown or homerun or something!

Saturday's games are:

 Germany v Portugal @ 1000am 

Netherlands v Denmark @ 1245pm

Sunday has:

Spain v Italy @ 1000am

Ireland v Croatia @ 1245pm

Click here for the rest of the schedule

Give it a watch. And don't worry about Iceland.

They didn't make it.

Mailing This One In

Manny made it. Manny didn't play. It was supposed to rain, rain, rain. It only rained (started it the 4th and the game was suspended). It was suppose to hail. It hailed. On the drive home that hail broke my f*#%kin' windshield. I probably should care. I don't. Windshields are so over-rated. Now here is what happened Wednesday in...  

Manny didn't not sign any autographs, but he did pretend bat alot and, for a while, chewed on a sunflower seed bag.

Manny eating the seeds bag. Get it! Get it Manny!

This guy came in to much fanfare...

Hey! It's Rick from Pawn Stars! Wait. I have to call a buddy on this...

...at least minor league baseball fanfare. He was dressed as John McClane from Die Hard and announced as Bruce Willis here to throw out the 1st pitch. He looked like a dude that looked like Rick from Pawn Stars pretending to be Bruce Willis playing John McClane from Die Hard. Meh. 

...nope. Just a guy impersonating Rick from Pawn Stars
impersonating Bruce Willis from Die Hard
throwing out the 1st pitch.  Why?

During the anthem Manny spit and reached for something in his back pocket (not finding anything).

Manny being Manny while spitting on my logo!

He then spent most the game pretend to bat, actually he just stood there in his stance. I never saw him swing.

Manny pretend hitting in the dugout. Look at the focus! Just look at it!

This impersonating stuff is getting out of hand.
Here is Manny impersonating Captain Jack Sparrow
impersonating Manny's batting stance.

Then someone told me that Rockies' manager Jim Tracy was in the house. I shot a picture of him eating.

Rockies skipper Jim Tracy just out and out destroying some type of sandwich.
Could it be a Philly?

Then the rain came. The umps called the game after a 13 minute rain delay. I drove home and my windshield got smacked by giant hail and it is now cracked.

That weather? It came it the 4th.
Crap broke my windshield. Insert curse words here...

Meh.

MANNYWOOD-SPRINGS!

Manny Ramirez is coming to Security Service Field! You know Manny Ramirez of Manny being Manny (BoSox) and MANNYWOOD (Dodgers) fame!? He's trying a comeback with the A's and is getting up to speed with the AAA affiliate Sacramento River Cats. Fresh off his 100 50 game drug suspension, if our memory serves us correctly we believe he was trying to get pregnant, got suspended because MLB is a haters league when it comes to pregnant men, then retired when he was all emotional and stuff from not getting preggers/getting suspended and is now un-retired and still not pregnant but trying to make the A's and maybe trying to getting pregnant again or something. Got it? 

Just Manny Being Manny, at Altitude!

The series runs Thursday, June 7 - Sunday, June 10. Good seats are available for all the games. So come out and root on the pregnant man and bask in the wonders of MANNYSPRINGS!  (Then again it is Manny Ramirez and he might not even play, or show up, or whatever.)