My apologies for the dearth of posting this past week, but as I said last week, I had been infected with the Ebola Virus... or just a bad cold. Either way, writing was the last thing on my mind as I was too preoccupied with my Madden 10 franchise, coughing, sleeping, watching season 2 of Raising the Bar, coughing, sleeping, sweating, and then playing more Madden. 2 things - 1) When playing Madden 10, make Pat White your quarterback, and use Miami's playbook and run the wildcat. Then thank me later. 2) Raising the Bar is awesome. Don't dismiss it as just another courtroom drama, because it isn't. It has Zack Morris. 'Nuff said.
So anyway, I was able to achieve a level of healthiness by the end of the week that allowed for my attendance at one of our country's great traditions this past weekend: the Cortaca Jug. For those not in the know, it is the annual battle in football between the greatest college in the world, Ithaca College, and the shittiest college in the world, Cortland St. The rivalry is a heated one, but we're better, as shown by Ithaca's 39-26-3 lead in the series, and 34-17 advantage in games since the Jug was introduced. But the end result, as far as I'm concered, is always in Ithaca's favor, because there are only 2 results in the game. They are:1) We win.
2) They win, but we know that one day Cortland students will either be working for us, or scrubbing our shitters once we leave our place of work for the day. It's simple.
As you would expect, Ithaca prevailed 23-20, because not only are we better at football, but we're better people. Trust me - it's science. And as far as the rest of the weekend goes, we took part in some of the finer aspects of life that Ithaca has to offer that I will perhaps get into greater detail in at a later date. A lot of it involves alcohol and food, if you must know.
I didn't really get to see any football yesterday except for the Colts-Patriots Sunday nighter that I passed out in during the 3rd quarter because my body had gone through too much torture the previous two days. I was delighted to see that the Pats had lost though when I saw the highlights this morning, because whenever a team from The Nation loses, it's good in my book. I have to say I support Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 at the end there though. If you have a chance to end the game, you take it. Love the aggressiveness. Love that they didn't get it. Another excellent development from yesterday was that the Giants actually didn't lose! Sure, they didn't play, but who cares?
Yesterday, me and the guys got into a spirited debate about what happened at the end of A League of Their Own. I think Dottie dropped the ball on purpose because she is the supportive, older sister who realized the game meant more to her little sister Kit than it did to her. Dottie is too good a player to drop that ball by accident. THE BALL IS RIGHT IN HER GLOVE. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MESS THAT PLAY UP. SHE DID IT ON PURPOSE. Others think that she actually did drop the ball by accident, and that Kit's team won on their own merits. Nope, sorry. Dottie dropped the ball on purpose. Your thoughts?Ugh. Another week of work.
Dottie is a champion! She would never throw a game. She wouldn't do that to her teamates. She was over powered by her sister, who clearly got better since she was traded. This clearly seen when she hits the high fastball, something she never could do before. Give Kit the credit she deserves!
ReplyDeleteDottie is not a champion, and never will be, for several reasons.
ReplyDelete1. She threw the game on purpose because she felt bad for her kid sister.
2. She then quit the league, because she was going to quit anyways since it DIDN'T MEAN MUCH TO HER.
So she never won a championship, making her not a champion.
I mean the woman caught the ball BEHIND HER BACK. And did a SPLIT to catch another. Her little shit of a sister running into her wouldnt normally make her drop a ball.
Intentional drop.
Wrong. The idea of the ending is Kit is finally stepping out of Dotty's shadow. If she drops the ball than that deminises that sentiment or the climax of the movie. It isn't big sister lets little sister win. It's little sister FINALLY beats big sister.
ReplyDeleteAt the end when Kit says she is sorry for running her over, you can see the disappointment in Dotty's face. There isn't half smile showing that deep down inside she dropped it on purpose.
Dotty didn't come all the way back from her road trip just to let her kid sister win. She came back for the title.
AND WHY did Dotty tell the pitcher to throw high ones when Kit came to the plate. She wanted to strike her out.
Granted if she would have whiffed and the Peaches would have one, Dotty would have felt bad, but she still would have enjoyed it a bit.
what if kit didn't run through the stop sign? does dottie allow a passed ball on the next play? i agree, it did mean more to kit than dottie, but that does not show that dottie dropped the ball on purpose.
ReplyDeletenot only did she come back after leaving the team to play in the final game, but as discussed, she told ellen sue how to pitch her. you can't really believe that while kit was running the bases, dottie thought in her head, "hmm, maybe i should let her win now" even though she clearly didn't think that at the beginning of the atbat?
dottie loves kit, and she was genuinely happy for her at the end of the game. but, as she mentioned, she got kit on the bus, not in the league.
and just because dottie can make spectacular plays doesn't mean she would have held onto the ball. it's like kids that can do AND-1 mix tape with the basketball, but can't hit a jumpshot. one does not correlate to the other.
I did it on purpose, guys.
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD !!! I WAS RIGHT!
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget that Dottie Brett Favred. She left then came back, so she was not at her former glory.
ReplyDeleteAll I have to say is I love Zack Morris and Raising the Bar.
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