Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Thems Kids Can Really Rake

Ryan Speier gives Damian Moss directions in the way of the rake.
(click pic to see pdf slides then click each slide to advance)


Make up your own caption:

Zen and the Art of Bullpen Mound Maintenance

Daniel San. Do 'rake the mound'!

Rake! Rake like the wind! Rake like you've never raked before!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Mental E-5


10.12 Errors
The official scorer shall not score mental mistakes or misjudgments as errors unless a specific rule prescribes otherwise.

While watching the Rockies (Ian Stewart) butcher their way to a loss to the Angels last night PengoSports got to thinking, "why the fu*k not score something as a mental error?" Huh?! If you screw up you screw up. Mentally or physically should not matter. Why punish the pitcher for the brain-fart of another? It is time for the 'MENTAL ERROR' to be added to official scoring in baseball.

To the game:

In the 8th, with a man on first and no outs, Stewart fielded a sacrifice bunt, checked second base, saw no play, looked to first, double clutched and threw late to Todd Helton at first. No outs and men on first and second. That's a Mental E-5, or E-5 m. He spaced the speed of the batter and the double clutch caused the runner to be safe.

Next batter and another sacrifice bunt. Jimenez makes a great play off the mound, fields it, and whips it to an unprepared Stewart who fumbles his feet around, but not on, the bag and the runner is safe.
Mental E-5. The rest is vintage old Rockies and that was the end of another win streak.

This is not a rant against Ian Stewart or any one fielder. It is a rant against a crappy rule. Make a bonehead play and get an 'E'. The ball drops between two slack jawed fielders, shortstop and second base for example, the team gets a Team Mental Error, or E Team-6/4. Pitchers would be happier, fielders are accountable, stat whores have a field day, and the truth is finally told.


Thursday, June 4, 2009

Champagne and Hotdogs

Overheard at a Colorado Springs Sky Sox game on a $2 Tuesday ($2 parking, $2 ticket, $2 beer, you get the picture):

"Before the Summer's out we got to get to that hot tub! You get like 12 (actually 8) people and they give you champagne and hotdogs and anything you want..."

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If that ain't livin' I don't know what is. Champagne and hotdogs. Hell yes! He forgot to bring up the free t-shirt. That was a man who knows the good life.

Colorado Springs Sky Chefs ready the world famous hot tub!

Friday, May 29, 2009

Rockies Lose a Scapegoat

After a lousy April and a crappy May the Colorado Rockies finally fired manager Clint Hurdle today. PengoSports never thought much of Hurdle as a manager, he over-managed the pitching staff and the team's execution was spotty at best, but he was a quality human being and always a stand up guy. He even showed up at his own firing press conference took the bullet and wished interim manager, Jim Tracy, good luck. Class. Yes it is possible to suck and have buckets of class. Good luck to you Clint. You will make some team an excellent hitting coach and some town an excellent citizen.

On a related note, MLB.com writer Thomas Harding reported that the Colorado Springs Sky Sox manager Tom Reynolds (it's Runnells asshat) was named the Rockies' new bench coach (he has since corrected it. The story was phoned in to MLB.com and the editor butchered it. Sorry Thomas. Your editor is the asshat). In the age of Google there is no excuse for this lazy crap. Come on MLB.com!

A big congrats to TR! Even though you will now have to go through life as Tommy Reynolds. At least this way if you owe money, are wanted by the feds or being hunted by the mob you are free and clear!

She "Bee" a Winner

The PengoTheory pays off! Kavya "Alphabet" Shivashankar wins the spelling bee! If your kid has a bit*hin', hard to spell name get them to the nearest bee! (She won $40,000! It's like PowerBall for smart kids).

Huzzah Kavya! Huzzah! Now please move your head. I'm trying to watch TV.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Sting Like a Spelling Bee

The finals of the National Spelling Bee are tonight on ABC, 7:00 PM MDT, and while this is still not a sport and still should not be on ESPN (the semis were on today), it gives us at PengoSports a chance to mock 12 and 13 year old kids that are smarter than we are and will eventually become far more successful than we could ever hope to (the wee bastards!).

(The spelling bee is just a freak show where we get to watch kids stressing out and acting like tools. Hell! They're kids. That's how they're suppose to act just don't put it on TV. The same thing goes for the Little League World Series. Do it without the television coverage. Let the kids play (spell) in front of family and friends and the world will never know what horrible bastards we adults are for doing this to them. I am tired of seeing stressed out kids crying to fulfill the dreams of some parents. At least the smart kids get some coin for college for the effort.)

If you ever wondered why these kids are such good spellers just look at their stinkin' names! From birth they were always having to spell these things for teachers, friends, the police, etc...Kyle and Tim, you don't have a chance! My money is on Aishwaryar, Kavya or Anamika.

When these kids get to college they will all go by the nickname of Alphabet (because they all seem to have every letter of the alphabet in their names,
no one can pronounce the things, and oh yeah, they enjoy spelling). "Hey Alphabet! Move your giant head so I can see the TV!" or "Yo Alphabet! Thems some mad-phat spellin' skills you has! Now get me a beer."

Your contestants:
  • Speller No. 19, Ramya Auroprem
  • Speller No. 65, Serena Laine-Lobsinger
  • Speller No. 88, Kyle Mou
  • Speller No. 89, Aishwarya Pastapur
  • Speller No. 103, Kennyi Aouad
  • Speller No. 110, Kavya Shivashankar
  • Speller No. 139, Sidharth Chand
  • Speller No. 158, Tussah Heera
  • Speller No. 170, Neetu Chandak
  • Speller No. 201, Anamika Veeramani
  • Speller No. 276, Tim Ruiter
So goodluck to all the Alphabets plus Kyle and Tim!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Two Batmans

Quote of the day:

"Mom! I want two Batmans so the Batmans can fight."

Some kid, overheard in the toy department at Ross (5/15/2009).

Yes. Please. Let the Batmans fight. While the kid did not mean for it to be sports related, it is about fighting. And cockfighting is a PengoSport. And batfighting would be better than cockfighting. And Batmans fighting would be the sh*t!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Aussie Rules!

The AFL season is under way and here is a sweet commercial. That is an actual game. It's such a bad-assed sport that they have bulls, cars, etc. in a free for all across Australia. First team to kick it in the ocean wins.

Watch it. Get Setanta. Watch the footy.
See you in September.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Dance Monkey! Dance!

What? It's a bear? Oh. Sorry. Dance Bear! Dance!

What's better than playoff hockey? Overtime playoff hockey that's what!

With that said, shame on you Versus! Shame on you NHL! Shame, shame! What's the deal with not showing every second of every game? How about just relevant seconds of a game? Games should be on Versus, the NHL Network, the Golf Channel, wherever! Just show the games! I had to wait for highlights of the Canes game winner over the Devils when all Versus was showing was the studio tools (sorry Mr. Jones. The studio tools and the great, please be nice to me, Keith Jones). Cut in live! Show the games! Showcase the sport! Live hockey, breathe hockey, show fu*kin' hockey! Versus stepped up on Thursday night and let us watch the last 6+ minutes of an entertaining 1-0 Devils victory. Huzzah to Versus! Now keep it up.

Speaking of Mr. Jones: what did the Habs' Mike Komisarek do to make him so angry? WOW!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Hootenanny Roundup Spectacular

Since the Pengos that be have been slackin', here is a roundup of what we've missed while making the world safe for bananas, banana tycoons and banana related freaks everywhere:

Broncos Update: Jebus fu*king christmas! What the Wide, Wide World of Sports is going on here?!

1. Josh McDaniels - You go boy! It takes a child to show Bronco fans that a TEAM is not made by one player (unless that player be named John Elway, praise be his name). PengoSports had its doubts about the boy wonder but his first few months on the job helped to open our collective eyes, and he will be the man and the team will be alright. 9-7 in 2009, really tough schedule, but the future looks bright. TEAM, that's a crazy as*ed concept. There is no "I" in team, but there is a "M" and an "E". Speaking of which...

2. Jay Cutler - Hey as*hole! Fu*k you! Fu*k you and that douche bag of an agent, Bus Cook! What the hell kind of name is Bus? Culter and Cook handled this whole affair with such class and reserve. "They were talking about me." "My coach does not love me." "McDaniel touched me in my bad place." Chrispts! Maybe we overlooked your whining because we hoped you were the next Elway, but you're not Elway! Your not even Plumber! You are just a worthless little bitch that let Phillip Rivers and half the league get into your tiny, bitch skull and have not won jack since high school! Just shut the fu*k up! Good luck with the Bears. We all know how gentle those fans are with little bitch quarterbacks (see Rex Grossman). Oh. Cook was Farve's agent and we all saw how that sh*t circus turned out last Summer. Good luck with that too Jay.

3. Pat Bowlen - WTF?! It took you long enough to step up and
take back your team. Within a day is saying "Cutler is outta here," Cutler was out of there. You are getting closer to being allowed to wear that nancy-boy coat of yours. Keep it up and you'll be pretty on the sidelines by December.

Avalanche Update: You cannot even lose properly!

It was a rough season. First you went with two sh*tty goalies. Then you signed a bunch of third-liners. Then everyone got hurt. Then the season went down the sh*tter. Yeah. That kind of season. At least they showed Giguere the door and now are just waiting for Granado's (a good guy but not the coach for the Avs) turn.

The team had a chance to finish in the bottom two, but screwed it up in the last couple of weeks by playing with pride and grinding out some unneeded points. While it was good to see them skate to the tape it would have been nice to suck and pick up Victor Hedman, the 6'7" 227 Swedish D man, with the 2nd pick.

PengoSports picks the Bruins over the Blues in the Cup Final in 6 games.


Los Nuggets update: We really don't like the basketball but good for them and whatever they do. As long as the Lakers and Celtics don't win it all the world will be a better place.


Rubgy
:
The Churchill Cup is coming to Denver in June!

A six nation, USA, Canada, Argentina, Ireland, Georgia (the country, not the state) and England will compete at Infinity Park and Dick's June 6-21. Tickets will be cheap. The violence will be fun. And we will get to watch the US get thumped by a bunch of Pengo countries that can't beat us in anything else (except Canada with hockey, Ireland in drinking, Argentina in rioting, England in inbreeding and Georgia in whatever the fu*k they do well).

Tickets are suppose to be on sale at Tickethorse.com now but are not. That's always a good sign. Still when they do go on sale buy them and enjoy the rugby.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Let's Bring the "Ocho" to Colorado!

Comcast of Colorado,

We, the PengoSports nation de
mand (beg, plead, hell, whatever you need us to fu*kin' do!) that you add Setanta Sports, a real, live version of ESPN 8 "the Ocho" to your International Programming lineup!

We need our strange Australian sports, Aussie Rules football! We need our violent sports, Rugby (both league and union)! We need our weird Irish sports, hurling and Gaelic football! And what the heck, we also need soccer from England, but we don't have to like it!

Setanta Sports is good, wholesome entertainment for the whole family. Just look at young Junior up there. He's studying! And watching Setanta on Comcast TV (simutation only. We don't have Setanta in Colorado yet. Think of the great PR if kids got smarter by watching sports on cable TV!). Only in America (Colorado, America that is) could something this wonderful happen. And only you can make it happen. Sign the petition today! Pass on the link today! And make tomorrow brighter for some fat kid with a crewcut who likes to watch TV (Yes, that would be me!).

5 out of 6 German soccer players agree (the 6th was probably a pinko-commie bast*rd), add Setanta to Comcast of Colorado!

Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Of All the Things to Babble About...


So. Chris Berman comes on with his Two Minute Drill (Super Bowl Edition) and interviews the Cardinals' punter and ex Aussie Rules star Ben Graham. Berman starts out by asking Graham a good question, "Which ball is easier to kick...", which is relevant, useful and, if you're a fan of footy, interesting. And then asks a lame, cliche of a question, "The guy in the white hat, under the goalpost, that does...". What the hell BOO-mer?! Ben Graham played FOO-tee (Berman's pronunciation) for GEE-long (again Berman's butchery), he was not a goal umpire. Jebus! Why don't you have him explain Jocko, Crocodile Dundee, Yahoo Serious, Nicole Kidman's face and that 'dingo ate my baby' thing while you're at it.

Thanks BOO-mer! You're a champ! Congratulations from all the FOO-ty fans and all the GEE-long fans! You are this week's winner of the Pengo Sports Tool of the Week award! Way to go fat boy! Way to go.

Chris "BOO-mer" Berman

Aussie Rules goal umpire or a banana tycoon or ESPN's Chris Berman?

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Speak of Yourself in the Third Person Day

To honor the greatness and self-indulgence that is the Super Bowl, the Government of the United Nations of the World has declared February 1, 2009, A Salute to Illeism: Speak of Yourself in the Third Person Day.


Illeism - The act of referring to oneself in the third person. Someone who practices illeism is an illeist. Adjective: illeistic. Etymology: From the Latin, "that man".

So, at your Super Bowl party, proclaim proudly your name, annoy your friends and let the world know the joys of irritating speech and become the illeist that you've always wanted to be.

#1 Sh*tty non-sport on ESPN

In a salute to ESPN and all of the crap, that is not sport, that they show, here is today's non-sport entry:

Eatting Competitions

This is the most non-sport of the non-sports. These competitions are like cock-fights, or dog fights, something you (Mike Vick) bet on in some dingy warehouse in the dark of night. An off putting, unsightly, nauseating, bizarre, fu*ked up kind of event that should be on Discovery Health and not ESPN.


This is the year that Fink beats the Stomach...

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

#2 Sh*tty non-sport on ESPN

In a salute to ESPN and all of the crap, that is not sport, that they show, here is today's non-sport entry:

Strong Man Competitions

Freaks! Fu*kin' freaks! What the Hell! If I need someone to toss a
keg over a wall or carry my car to the gas station I'll know who to call, but God damn! Get off my late night ESPN. You're creeping me out!

I want to pump you up! (and freak you out!).

Monday, January 26, 2009

#3 Sh*tty non-sport on ESPN

In a salute to ESPN and all of the crap, that is not sport, that they show, here is today's non-sport entry:
Spelling Bees

Spelling is not a sport. These kids are not athletes. Put them on the Learning Channel with the other brainy freaks and leave the sports world to the dumb, criminally insane freaks.

"Who's ready for years and years of wedgies and ass-whoopins?!"

Sunday, January 25, 2009

#4 Sh*tty non-sport on ESPN

In a salute to ESPN and all of the crap, that is not sport, that they show, here is today's non-sport entry:

Poker

It was interesting back when the Van Pattens, along with Gabe "Mr. Kotter" Kaplin, ruled the poker world with an iron fist, but now it is just boring.

All in my ass fancy lad!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

#5 Sh*tty non-sport on ESPN

In a salute to ESPN and all the crap, that is not sports, that they show, here is today's non-sport entry:

Fishing, or Fishin'

Some people like to fish. Good for them. Watching people fish on TV? No thanks.

How bad would it smell to be there?
Fish you fools! Fish!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Somebody Must Be Drunk.

ESPN is reporting that your Denver Broncos will name 32 year old, New England Patriots' offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, as the next head coach of the floundering organization.

McDaniels is considered an up and comer in the coaching business, but Broncos fans should be concerned that he is 32, and an offensive coach (it was the defense that sucked ass the last ten years) and comes from the Patriots, a team which has turned out such polished turds like Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini and the truly fat Charlie Weis. Sh*t. Things look dark for the boys in predominantly orange.

OK Mr. Bowlen, it's your team now. Shananhan overstayed his welcome, and this was your chance to lead the team back to the promised land. With Josh McDaniels as coach I can't see the promised land, just more of the same with a different, yet much younger, leader. Sure hope your right as*hole. And no, you still can't wear your fairy-boy coat until you win another Super Bowl. And stay out of the sun! You look kinda freakish.

Here's hoping they don't become the Browns, or Lions. Sh*t.

Friday, January 2, 2009

NHL Winter Classic - Cobras On Ice!

Did ya watch it? Huh? Did ya? Did ya?! The Winter Classic that's what! Jebus! Watching hockey is the closest you're going to get to heaven, unless you're playing hockey you bastards! So I take it that you didn't spend time on New Years' Day supporting the "Greatest Game on Ice", well then you can fu*k right off. OK!? What did you watch? Crappy bowl games? Ah, bite me! Sucking up to the "Man" and watchin' his "football". This is why the BCS is still in place! You'll all suckle at the teet of the bowl whores instead of viewing something of quality that happens to not be college football. Screw all ya all and fu*k Heineken! Pabst Blue Ribbon! And hockey, of course.

THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE
(if you did not watch the game)

The Chicago Blackhawks played the Detroit Redwings in Wrigley Field, home to the choking and forever losing Chicago Cubs (but hey, they are just so lovable!).

The vastly improved Hawks were thumped back to earth by the always good Wings, 6-4, but the sport of hockey in general was the real winner in this 2nd annual Winter Classic.


Wow! The place looked great, the atmosphere was perfect and the league and both teams said, and did, the right things. This is why hockey rocks! The players actually look and talk like they enjoy playing the game. Hell, that it seems like it's still a game to these people is what makes it so refreshing! Huzzah to Hockey!

Detroit's "D" sweaters were OK, but Chicago's 1936 throwback uniforms were oh so sweet! You can get one on Ebay for as little as $90 (but the price is rocketing, so buy it now). Do it and reap the rewards of the studliness that will engulf you when you wear it.

Great job NHL! Great job Wrigley Field! Great job Blackhawks! And a great job shout out to those evil-bastards, cheating SOB's, Stanley Cup champion, (and as much as it pains this Avs' fan) class-act from top to bottom Detroit Redwings!

Bring on 2010 and Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park! And Let's Play Hockey!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Cobras Get Shanahan

In a stunning development the Denver Broncos owner, Pat Bowlen, pushed Mike Shanahan into a cobra pit on Tuesday afternoon effectively ended his reign as head coach, king and chief fu*k up of the under-performing team .

Shanahan lead the Broncos to two Super Bowl titles in his 14 year tenure as coach, but floundered greatly after his personal muse, and the franchise's true leader, John Elway retired in 1999. The "Mastermind" tried to deflect blame for years by hiring and firing countless coaches and signing and cutting so many worthless players that the team became a metaphor for choking down the stretch (they really Broncoed that ending!).

We fans thank Coach Shanahan for the Super Bowl wins but it was time for a change. Sorry it had to be cobras but you had been warned throughout the season so cobras it was. Good luck with the Browns, or Jets, or Chiefs, or Lions, or wherever you end up (just don't start winning at Mile High once you are gone you bastard! You made such a nice habit of losing there the last few years).

Now a note to Pat Bowlen, don't fu*k this up! Spend the coin and hire Cowher! Give him the control he wants and get him in here! Shananhan was a pretty good coach and if you try to replace him with some worthless college fu*k or a has-been piece of sh*t NFL retread you can just go ahead and get fu*ked! OK? Thank you. As*hole (Invesco Field. You'll always be a cu*t for that one. Make it Cowher and Mile High and you can wear that girl-coat of yours again and we promise not to make fun of you rich ass. I mean it, we promise!).

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Count 'em Out!

Oh, whatever will the poor Denver Broncos do? Drive off a cliff? Ram into a tanker truck and explode? Or just quietly run out of gas, coast to a stop on the side of the road and wait for the off season to arrive in the Wait-till-Next-Year tow truck? Let's take a look-see!

1, 2, 3...The Broncos' season is finishing like the career of a fat, old boxer who knows nothing else so he keeps fighting and keeps getting his ass kicked and keeps getting more brain damaged. It is sad. It is embarrassing. It is the Broncos. Enough said.

San Diego leads 24-6 at the half and only need another 10 points to cover my prediction of winning by 28. The defense is the defense and has not stopped the Chargers. The offense looked good on the first drive (let's script the first 15 plays, but the game is not 15 plays long and the Broncos usually look like sh*t after the script is finished), but terrible ever since the missed extra point. It will be a long 2nd half, a long off season and a long 2009 season. At least we still have the Rockies (wait. They'll suck too.).

Holy sh*t! They are not staying down (Stay down Rock! Stay down!). Bell scores on the opening drive of the 2nd half (was it scripted? Why can't you just script the whole fu*king game!?) to make it 24-13. Maybe there's a chance? Maybe? Nawwww! L.T. just ran for a hatfull of yards and the Chargers are looking to score again. And they do. Sproles walks through the non-existent Denver defense and it is 31-13.

Interception! Another S.D. L.T. T.D.! 38-13! Almost to 28! Come on! Dammit! Denver touchdown. 38-21. Another Chargers T.D.! Hell! I was close enough! Pay me my moneys! And choke on it Denver. Choke on it just like you choke on everything else. I won't even waste a cobra on this one. The cobras have suffered enough. Pray for the cobras. Pray hard.

OK. Denver tried. At least they can say that. Tried like Poland in 1939. 52-21. That covers my 28, plus 3! Whoopee! Now they can look forward to next year with their own Nevil Chamberlain firmly entrenched as head coach. Shanahan has brought us "peace in our time" because there will be no playoff berth. No ass-whuppin' at the hands of the Colts. No more disappointment. No more hope. No more season. Just peace and lots of time to think about how bad this team has been since Elway retired. Fu*k.


Great season ya bastards!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

PengoSports Christmas Gift List

Merry Christmas, happy holidays and good lovin' from all the staff at the
Inadvertent Sexual Christmas Image Hospi
tal!

Now that's over let's get onto this year's gifts:

To the Colorado Avalanche:

A run of good health, consistent play and strong goaltending to get Super Joe to the playoffs in his last season. It ain't happening, but it's a nice thought.


To Joe Sakic, a class act and first ballot hall of famer:

A playoff run and

To the Arena Football League and the Colorado Crush: Someone to give a sh*t. The 50 yard indoor war is over. There were no winners.


To the the MLS, soccer in general and the Colorado Rapids:

Some fu*kin' balls. Christ! Play like men and quit yer flopping about, whining and cryin'!


To Aussie Rules Football and Rugby League: An audience in this country and a nationwide cable agreement between Setanta and Comcast so we can become said audience (keep harassing your local provider to carry the channel). These are awesome sports and would develop a good following if we only could watch them!


To the Colorado Rockies:
A plan. A clue. Anything. Just stick to it. Oh, and an owner with some cash.


And finally to the Denver Broncos:

A whole fu*k load of cobras! More cobras than can be counted. Cobras, cobras, cobras. Lock them in a room together and see what happens. Hey Shanahan! try scripting the first 15 cobras! Broncos and cobras go in, only cobras come out.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Happy holidays from PengoSports!