Pieing, the act of throwing something resembling a cream pie in someone’s face, has happened to a Yankee more than 10 times this season, thanks to A. J. Burnett, a pitcher who has made a ritual of celebrating walk-off victories — games the Yankees win in a game-ending at-bat — with a creamy slap in the face. (Yes, “pieing” is a recognized word in the Oxford English Dictionary).But while everyone calls what they do pieing, there is no crust and no tin. “It’s not even a pie,” said Zack Hample, a b
By Brian Whitehead Daily Titan Sports Columnist My girlfriend and I watch a lot of game shows: “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” “Deal or No Deal,” “Jeopardy,” “Family Feud” – we watch them all. The one show I find horrendously dated yet surprisingly entertaining is “The $100,000 Pyramid.” (OK, stop laughing. No, really. Stop laughing.) The show is more dated than Janice Dickinson’s face. It’s in desperate need of the Joan Rivers specialty. So, let’s reinvent “The Pyramid.” New host, ne
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Well, I suppose this was predictable. I’ve been trying to make an active effort not to focus on the crazy ramblings of one Mr. Plaschke over at the LAT, because I feel like whenever I talk about him, it just brings more attention to him that he clearly doesn’t deserve. However, sometimes he just goes off the rails so far that I feel like I wouldn’t be doing my job here if I didn’t present a counter-argument that contained a little bit more, what’s the word? Oh yes. Truth . Okay, Bill. Get
Posted on Thursday, 15 of October , 2009 at 10:51 am INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENTBy Gene PolicinskiFirst Amendment Center The sports adage “It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game” has a unique link and application to how the future of a free press plays out in the 21st century.As news organizations – new and traditional – struggle in a down economy and a technology storm to develop financial models that pay the bills, a major question they face is how to “monetize” what the p
…. to me, Giants fans. I’m not gonna waste my time, my energy, and my love for baseball on this collection of fools. It’s not bad enough that Brian Sabean, fresh off of three years in a row of worst in baseball offense, still thinks he knows better than every other team in the game: ….At a time when younger, number-crunching GMs are in vogue, Neukom is placing his faith in a 53-year-old executive who has begun to embrace sabermetrics but still has a stronger scouting background. Indeed, whe
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