Eye Opener – 30 October 2009

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Who doesn’t love sauerkraut laced with heroin?  Well, me, for one.  I don’t know, maybe it’s YOUR thing.  Fine, then, pull up a chair, I’ll make us up some heroinkraut and we’ll have ourselves a lovely morning spent discussing what went on yesterday and overnight.  Follow me below the jump, and I’ll get the stove on.

The time we spend together is so precious to me.  Now, let me give you the overnight skinny.

• The Yankees used a strong pitching performance by AJ Burnett, solo home runs from Mark Texiera and Hideki Matsui, and a six-out save from Mariano Rivera to claim a 3-1 win over the Phillies in Game 2 of the 2009 World Series.  It’s off to Philadelphia for the weekend troika of games.  And delicious cheese steaks.  THAT’S WHAT PHILLY DOES
• Casey Barth booted a 21 yard field goal with 2 seconds left on the clock, and the North Carolina Tar Heels upset the #13 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg last night, 20-17.  I wish I had watched this instead of the “AJ Burnett dominates until Mo comes in” rubbish I caught on Fox.
• NBA scores from last night:  Bulls 92, Spurs 85, and Nuggets 97, Blazers 94.  Carmelo Anthony was ridiculous against the Blazers with 41 points and 6 rebounds.  No word on how many snitches had to suffer for that, though.  Story to follow, I’m sure.
• 7 NHL contests last night and your winners were New Jersey (yay Pam and Sculptor!), Washington, Tampa Bay, Phoenix, Nashville, Edmonton, and Vancouver.
• I know this is JB’s personal hell, and my apologies in advance, but who cannot be excited for the Vince Young Era V2.0?  Possibilities are ENDLESS.  And potentially shirtless.  With dudes.  Just saying.  I’m giddy.
• In the MLS playoff opener, it was Seattle 0 – 0 Houston.  Golic and Greenberg are dressed as Fred and Barney and it’s weirding me out first thing this morning.  Oh right, I was talking about the MLS playoffs.  Moving on.
• NASCAR is going to Talladega this weekend.  Let’s see, World Series, College Football, NHL, NBA, MLS Playoffs, Favre-apalooza 2, Halloween, the North London Derby.  Yeah, NASCAR, I’ll read about it on Monday, sorry.
• SI is currently shooting next year’s Swimsuit Issue, which of course is the annual proof that God does exist and He is good.
• Hulk Hogan has signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to…well, I guess wrestle.  Alimony ain’t cheap, yo.
• Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi top the list for the FIFA Player of the Year award.  My vote would go to Brian Ching.  Seriously.  No, I’m just joshing, Brian Ching is awful.
• I’m guessing Martina Navratilova doesn’t follow baseball too closely, because revelations that former superstars used drugs are a bit commonplace now, love.  Get with the times.
• The Kansas Jayhawks are your preseason choice for #1 in NCAA basketball.  Kentucky opened at #5, Ailanthus.  Penn State was nowhere to be found, sadly.  They WON the NIT last year, people.  Watch out for Penn State, just sayin’.
• AJ Daulerio is having quite an October.  The ESPN sexual doomsday event and now, the Donaghy revelations.  There’s still 48 hours left, AJ.  Get to work.
• One of the biggest rivalries in club soccer takes place tomorrow in North London and it’s on television (ESPN2, 8:30 AM EDT).  I urge you to watch this match and imagine me pacing the floor.  One of the toughest days of the year for me.

Right, how was that kraut?  Pretty good, eh?  Yeah, ignore the blood running down the wall, it’s actually grape jelly.  That tastes like blood.  Anyway, there’s way too much going on right now and I must be toddling off, so do this for me.  Get through today and visit here a few times to see what we have in store, enjoy Halloween tomorrow, don’t forget to change your clocks and stay fucking awesome.  Because that’s what you are, trust me.

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