Quick phone post because I haven’t
Andrew Jackson on his high horse is accurate.
updated in a few days. I’m in New Orleans for a roofing show. I woke at 330 am on Tuesday to catch a 6am flight. I had about an hour of time in the airport to read.
I was beat after the show yesterday and didn’t get into much but the bed in my hotel room. Today I’m feeling re-energized. I hope to have some stories but you never know.
This post was suggested to me by Brookes and I think it’s stupendous. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed researching it. My biggest factor for judging difficulty was the feat of the streak and the level of competition.
Julio Cesar Chavez as a young boxer.
10. Julio César Chávez 87 straight boxing victories
Floyd Mayweather is 41-0 and at the end of his career to give you an idea of how tough Julio Cesar Chavez was. Fighters today just don’t fight as often as Chavez did. Starting in 1980, he was fighting nearly once a month for the early stages of his career and still getting in the ring 6 times a year during the run. 13 years after he started he drew a fight to Pernell Whittaker. His career lasted 25 years and he won 107 fights. Arguments would be made to the quality of opponents but a 13 year run doesn’t happen overnight and boxing isn’t one of those non-contact sports.
Opposing teams did not want to see Eric Gagne in the 9th.
9. Eric Gagne 84 consecutive saves
A tainted streak as Gagne admitted to using HGH but impressive none the less. He sported a .83 era, 14 K’s per 9, only gave up 3 homers, and inherited 23 runners and 0 scored. The next closest closer is Tom Gordon who had 54. Keep in mind that in the midst of Gagne’s streak of consecutive games saved, he has lost games after entering a tie contest — but those don’t count as blown saves (espn). Further reading on this streak can be found here.
Gretzky hoisting the cup on the Edmonton Oilers
8. Wayne Gretzky 51 consecutive games with a point
The Great One is oh so great that this record most likely will never be touched. Mario Lemieux holds second place with 46 games followed by Wayne Gretzky again with 39. Mats Sundin holds 3rd place with 30 games. Gretzky averaged nearly three points a game during that stretch, with 61 goals and 92 assists for 153 points. When you are head and shoulders better than your competition it’s easy to accumulate a streak like this. This isn’t even putting the competition down, it’s saying how good Wayne Gretzky was. Averaging 3 points a game statistically makes this streak possible. However, no one else in hockey has ever done it for as long as Wayne.
John Wooden and Bill Walton- key components during the 88 game streak
7. UCLA Bruins 88 game win streak
John Wooden is possibly the most underrated coach of all-time. This is probably not true amongst basketball intelligentsia but the general public isn’t keen to UCLA basketball in the early 70’s. UCLA was the most dominant college team of all time when it comes to college hoops. Notre Dame gets the prestigious honor of being the team that ended UCLA’s streak in ’74 AND also beating them in ’71 to reset the streak. UCLA won 3 national championships during the run and 7 consecutive championships starting in ’67. Famous greats on these teams were Lew Alcinder and Bill Walton.
Edwin Moses using his patented 13 steps through the 400 meter hurdles.
6. Edwin Moses 122 straight wins in 400m hurdles
Edwin didn’t lose a race from 1977 until 1987. He won 2 Olympic gold medals in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1976 Montreal games and 1984 Los Angeles. He still holds the 2nd fastest time in history in the 400m hurdles at 47.02. When he lost to fellow American Danny Harris, 21, said Moses, 31: “I ran a good race, and the guy that beat me is 10 years younger and ran the race of his life.” To set a record in 1983 and still have it be the 2nd best 32 years later shows how dominant Moses was during the stretch. It’s hard to lose when you are that much better than runners 30 years later. Never getting tripped up by a hurdle too is noteworthy.
The 71-72 Lakers anchored by Wilt the Stilt
5. L.A Lakers 33 game win streak
The 71-72 Lakers were led by Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West. Wilt had shifted his game to defense, averaging 14.8 points — his first season of less than 20 a game — and 19.2 rebounds while West and Gail Goodrich drove L.A.’s attack from the backcourt.”(nba.com) The streak was broken by the Milwaukee Bucks who sported a roster of Kareem Abdul Jabar and the “Big O” Oscar Robertson. The Heat were the latest team to make a run at it peeling off 27 in the ’12-13 season led by Lebron. 33 games in game like basketball against professional competition is the definition of consistency. Read more about the 71-72 Lakers.
Quite a few banners.
4. Detroit Red Wings 24 consecutive playoff appearances
A city with a hockey history that cannot be matched. For 24 straight seasons the Red Wings have made the playoffs. The next closest is 10 years by the San Jose Sharks. Pats on the back all around to management, players, and coaches. They have developed a winning culture that provided 24 years of success (soon to be 25 as they sit tied for 4th with 3 other teams) and 4 Stanley Cups. Greats include Steve Yzerman, Sergei Federov, and Niklas Lidstrom.
A long career awaited for Brett Favre
3. Brett Favre 321 consecutive starts (including playoffs)
For a QB in football to play for 18 straight years while not missing a game due to injury is unreal. Brett wasn’t the most mobile QB so he avoided taking collision like hits but football is a sport where every game you can get injured. I can’t even imagine how many times he played through broken fingers, twisted ankles, and bruised hips. Peyton Manning was the next closest QB with 208 that ended in ’11. Jeff Feagles holds the record for most consecutive games played with 352 but that’s no where near as impressive.
Joltin’ Joe
2. Joe Dimaggio 56 game hit streak
To get a hit 1 time for every 3 at bats is considered being a great hitter. All it takes is one game in a very small sample size of at bats to have to start over again. Plus pressure starts building when you’re 0-3 at bat the final time with a 40 game hitting streak on the line. This man laughed in the face of pressure and rolled it out 56 games. He had 91 hits over those 56 games, batted .408 and struck out just five times. It should be noted that the streak would have went to 75 if Ken Keltner’s glove didn’t make two great catches. Pete Rose was next closest with 44. Jimmy Rollins was the last closest player with a 38 game hit streak in ’05-’06.
Cal Ripkin breaking Lou Gehrigs streak of 2130 games.
1. Cal Ripkin 2,632 consecutive games played
My top honor goes to the “Iron Man” Cal Ripkin besting Lou Gerhig’s consecutive game streak by 532 games. 16 straight years of playing baseball and never missing a game. No streak has the dedication as a man that Ripkin’s does and that’s why it’s the best. Time against man is a constant battle and to avoid injury or sickness for this much time shows more commitment to a sport than can be asked from any one man. He was incredibly talented to boot. Sure it’s baseball and not the most physically demanding sport but 16 years is 16 years and no other schedule asks as much from an athlete. Incredible.
The new Imagine Dragons album was released on 2/17/15. I read the 2 star review in Rolling Stone and wondered, “huh?” Night Visions is possibly a top 20 album of the entire 2000’s, how could they have fallen off so far? Not to mention Rolling Stone has a weird rating system. Unless you are Bob Dylan, the Beatles, or Led Zeppelin, you rarely see a 5 star review. However, it’s equally rare to see 1 star review. 2 stars is pretty bad
With the opportunity to listen through the 13 tracks today…I was equally disappointed. I’m not a music guru but I know what I like quickly. The sound was no Night Visions. It was harder and the lyrics seemed less important. I can 180 quickly and I’ll continue to give the tracks more listens. Shots and I Bet My Life were above average releases but won’t carry the album. Polaroid and It Comes Back To You are my favorite tracks. The last 6 songs are all forgettable except Trouble.
Even though I believe it’s a step back from Night Visions, it’s still a good album and certainly not 2 stars. I named 5 tracks out of 13 that I would consider good. Most artists are lucky to get 2.
I can’t think of a work week where I was less enthusiastic to get out of bed. If I had to live in Antarctic I’d jump in one of those small fishing holes and turn into an ice cube. I don’t mind a day or two at temperatures under 32 degrees but an entire week in a row is wearing me down.
Today I looked at my clock and it read 8:15. I usually get out of bed at 7:30-7:45. I jumped out of bed fretting another day in my 16 degree car. I bundled up, walked out the door, got in the car and prepared to freeze. The car radio said 7:30 and I was confused. I looked at my phone and it also said 7:30. For some reason my bed side clock was an hour ahead. Fascinating I know.
I should create a post category that reads “no one care”. Unfortunately I think 99% of my posts would go there.
Here are some hot pictures of JLH. I’d put her as the #1 babe for the year of ’97 and ’98 with these classic movies. Can anyone name her character names?
I need to buy a camera because I don’t have enough images to play with. This leads to experimenting with the same images over and over. I’m starting to get more familiar with the adjustments. Next stop are the filters.
@TheKendraS You’re doing a good job embracing the new found fame. Most people would crumble.
— Tom Stortz (@rnningfool) February 18, 2015
I know what you’re thinking, who cares when a 19 year old amateur porn star favorites your tweet. Normally I’d agree but you’re seeing a meteoric rise in popularity simply by masturbating in a public library. It’s unheard of. Up to 40.7k Twitter followers. That’s a 7k increase in less than 7 hours. I can’t even get 7 extra followers in 7 months. It also shows the amazing power of Twitter because by favoriting that tweet, Kendra Sunderland immediately moves up my list of hot girls due to interaction.
I wasn’t joking around on that tweet either. If I was getting that kind of attention for beating off in a bathroom I’d be crawled up in the fetal position in bed waiting for everything to blow over. However, she’s tweeting out that if she gets 1,000 re-tweets she’ll post naked tweets. She’s taking the bull by the horns and running with her 15 minutes of fame. The only mistake she made was issuing a sex tape before she got famous. That would have brought in millions. She’ll have an agent in no time.
@Bmore_horny @blownstangog @evilredxxx @Lovethemmilfs @ToicoElPorno @SexyJane99 Am I a naughty school girl? pic.twitter.com/7KsrHqy0r1
— Kendra Sunderland (@TheKendraS) February 18, 2015
Kendra Sunderland at Oregon State studying for a breast exam.
NSFW video found here. Best report of the story found here.
This story starts like all good stories start, with a big breasted blonde girl alone in a library at Oregon State University. She’s an amateur cam girl who made a video that got uploaded to Pornhub and here we sit with Kendra being threatened with jail time.
Sultry Kendra Sunderland
The video is pretty boring. If you watch 1 minute, you’ve watched all 30. Talk about a springboard though. I think she’s hot and it’ll only be a matter of time before hot girls start stripping in courtrooms and pre-schools.
I started following her on Twitter and she now has 33k followers. I would not be surprised to see her hit 6 figures. Authorities are talking 11k in fines. She’ll be a millionaire by the time everything clears up.
Not to mention she’s breaking the internet with #library girl.
Make #librarygirl trend, a stupid amount of RT’s and hits to http://t.co/ACAnJVwQJE I will make this pic sexier 4 U! pic.twitter.com/hM65Yja4AY
— Kendra Sunderland (@TheKendraS) February 18, 2015
What did this girl do wrong? At 20:15 she starts “masturbating” and it lasts about 30 seconds. Throw her in the jail! Today she truly became an Oregon State Beaver! I actually read she doesn’t even go to the school anymore. As I did my “research” for this post, she’s a bona fide pornstar.
“Ici c’est Paris”. At 2:45pm today I watched my first Champions league match ever. PSG is one of the richest French team’s and Chelsea is atop the EPL standings. The line was -115 for PSG to win and a draw gets the bet back. Brookes liked PSG at home and that was enough for me.
The draw of the Champions league is that it’s supposedly the best teams in the world duking it out for the championship. The round of 16 started today which is done in a format that I find fair. Each team plays 2 games, one home and one away, and the goal differential separates ties. This is fairer than a knockout round and limits upsets. HOWEVER, this method favors the better teams and from what I can tell, there are about 7 teams that realistically have a shot to win and the other 9 are longshots. The odds to win:
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Real Madrid
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Porto
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Schalke
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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With my bet on PSG, I was met with an early Chelsea goal in the 35th minute. Halftime came and went and Cavani (a Brookes favorite) tied it at 1 on a sweet header. The game ended 1-1. It was the first time I got to watch Zlatan Ibrahimović who stands a mighty 6-5. He doesn’t seem to move much but makes magic when he gets the ball.
I enjoyed the game completely dominated by PSG but unfortunately didn’t win or lose my bet. I feel the “meh” feeling of a game that doesn’t end in a win or loss. Hazard for Chelsea was fouled 9 times which is ridiculous. The whole soccer fouling I’ll never understand. The players take dives and the refs are blowing the whistles whether they see contact or not. It’s weird.
Pablo Torre from Around the Horn
Sixers article from ESPN magazine found here.
It’s a long article written by Pablo Torre that has good insight and is informative if you can get the entire way through it.
Sam Hinkie is the Sixers GM
The first tidbit I take away is that Sam Hinkie is a secretive strategist who shares as little info as possible with the media. Pablo’s 1st part of his article can be summed up in these 3 concepts that are part of Hinkie’s strategy:
1) Find injured prospects and foreign players,
2) Utilize a collective-bargaining-agreement-driven, pre-apocalyptic stockpile of second-round picks
3) Players who have long wingspans and are subpar shooters
1) Injured players can indeed provide value if they stay on the court. It’s like drafting Arian Foster in fantasy football. You know he’s great except he will only give you 12 games if you’re lucky. Difference here is that his players are not even proven. Foreign, injured players, are even riskier. It must be noted that Joel Embiid recently hit 48/60 from 3 in a shoot around so that’s promising. Grade: C
One of the greatest 2nd round picks ever.
2) 2nd round picks are also incredibly risky and flop more often than not. To give you an idea of the top ranked active 2nd round picks:
1) Manu Ginobli (HOF)
2) Marc Gasol (Top 5 Center)
3) Paul Millsap (All-Star)
4) Monta Ellis (Scorer)
5) Lance Stephenson (Meh)
Fine players but none were ever top 10 in the league. Grade: C
Now that’s a wingspan.
3) This specific body type is somewhat mind boggling. What these players produce has both negatives and positives. “Philly is forcing turnovers at a league-high 15.6 percent through the All-Star break but shooting a league-low 41 percent, is incentivized to wait on such a large-scale renovation.” Grade – C
A final thought on what produces championships:
FiveThirtyEight found that of the past 40 teams to make the Finals, their No. 1 player, on average, ranked in the 96th percentile in statistical plus/minus. The No. 2 player was 90th percentile; the No. 3, 79th.
Now correct me if i’m wrong but is the Sixers best player even in the top 79th percentile? They have no superstar. No leader. No experience. This team might be good in 2020 if all works out. What kind of a strategy is that? I’m not arguing what they were doing before was working but to automatically think that Sam Hinkie knows what he’s doing here is crazy.
3 bowling posts in a row. My life is in the gutter. It was especially difficult getting out of bed today. It’s President’s day and many people are off and it’s 4 degrees out and my bed is nice and toasty. Shit.
After coming off a historic game and people saying I wouldn’t touch that score for the rest of my life, I wasn’t buying it. If I could do it bowling on my 4th time of the year, I was pretty certain I could eclipse the mark set.
The Cohen’s and myself headed to Facenda Whitaker for 9pm bowling. The special was dirt cheap at 10 bucks for 3 hours of unlimited bowling. The Shee and I were teammates vs Weens and the Wevs. I decided on a name change to Big Ern from the Dude.
We got our clocks cleaned for the first 5 games. My magic was nowhere to be found and Shee was lost on the lanes. Big Wevs was rolling heat and Jordan Belmonte was no slouch. With our team down 30 bucks, we decided to let it roll.
We opened the game behind but nothing insurmountable. The game drew close to even in the 8th frame. I could have created separation but split in the 8th. I split again in the 9th and it was looking grim. After not splitting all night, Evan split the 9th. Wads and myself both got 20 pins in the tenth and Evan needed a mark and some pins to close it. Another huge split and the crowd was stunned. The underdogs overcame the odds to break even in the slickest hustle of all time.
I also used Adam’s pick on the West All Stars and increased my gambling account to over 1k. I had wins with the Wildcats and the Terrapins on Saturday night for a nice boost.