...randomness surrounding Guided by Voices, Robert Pollard, and other great indie rock bands; a quasi objective look at "my" sporting teams; the random horror film; plus other crap as we see fit...all with a Pittsburgh based feel.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Bobby Mo, Beck, Henry, and AMERICA!

Hey kids...just passing this along from the RMU Office of Alumni:

Don't forget to join us for the
RMU Alumni Networking/Social Reception

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:00-7:00 p.m.at Primanti Bros. 8651 University Blvd., Moon


Come on out and meet your Alumni Relations staff and enjoy
the company of fellow RMU alumni living and working in the area.


And here's the part you may be interested in:

"Appetizers and 1st beverage are on us"

Unfortunately, I will not be there.

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More Bobby Mo...

Not sure why I'm about A YEAR LATE ON THIS (!!!), but just found a great blog covering our beloved Colonials, and I'm not sure there's anyone better suited to do it.

Appears fellow Colonial and CSCer Andrew Chiappazzi has a blog called Colonials Corner, bringing you the inside scoop on all you want to know about Bobby Mo athletics. Andrew's a brilliant, talented young writer who is professional beyond his years. He's been doing play-by-play for the football & hoops teams for 3 years now, so he definitely knows his stuff. I'm expecting big things from him in the future, and I'm extremely jacked to see there's finally a site out there dedicated to Bob. Go visit:

Colonials Corner

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From the sad side of sports:

Former relief pitcher for the Cubs, Pads, Giants, & Red Sox was found dead at his home on Saturday at the ripe, young age of 38. Now, before I get called out by people who may remember, I will admit that I never "appreciated" Beck as a player. I thought his curly mullet and stupid arm swing prior to delivery was...well...dorky.

That being said, it was found that during his comeback attempt while he was with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs in 2003, that Beck was a pretty swell dude. He would park his Winnebago (where he lived at the time) right outside the outfield fence, and he would sign autographs and drink beers with fans who would stop by to meet him. That's pretty cool. Even if I thought the guy was a dork at one time, that doesn't mean I'd wish ill will on him. Condolences to his family, and may the arm swing rest in peace.


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Thierry Henry, upon passing a physical today, will be the newest member of FC Barcelona.

YEAH BER-BER!!

I suspect this may spell the end of Samuel Eto'o in Camp Nou, but could you imagine:

Ronaldhino, Messi, Eto'o, AND Henry!!! That's some scoring punch right there, kids. And arguably the best players from Brazil, Argentina, Cameroon, and France all on the same squad.

Throw in Deco, Saviola, Iniesta, Zambrotta (Italian!!), Xavi, and Puyol. We want La Liga BACK, DAMMIT!


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And finally, in honor of US Soccer taking home their 4th Gold Cup yesterday:

Play it loud, play it proud kids:

(left click to play; right click to download)
::
Team America - America, F%&k Yeah! ::

2 comments:

Andrew Chiappazzi said...

Gary, brudda, thanks for the props on the blog. The kind words made me blush a little, but not nearly as much as that god-awful 70s wear you and Tirpak wore in your comeback on CSC.

Hah!

Don't give me the booty hat!

gary said...

Ha!! Wish I had a picture of us on the desk in those snazzy get-ups.

Wait...I take that back. Forget I said that.