Yesterday in sports ….

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Hey boys and girls, thought I’d toss an open thread out there for everyone who’s watching the game today. Feel free to rant, rave, yell, scream, and otherwise support the USMNT (or not, as warranted).

Ed. Note:  I need a breather, and I need to make something to eat. So I’m just going to be ultra lazy, and turn this into Last Call. For those of you who are just strolling in, feel free to raise a glass to the USMNT, or bemoan their performance – both are equally warranted in my opinion.  Last Call is open, come on in.

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Hey gang, we need your input. Actually, Max Power of Daddy’s Sugar Ball needs your input:

Much like some sites doing during Super Bowl week, I would like to cull together World Cup picks from many different personalities across the blogosphere and mainstream media.

We are only asking two questions:

1. Who will win?

2. How will the US do?

Think about it for a few seconds, and then leave your thoughts in the comments section.  Max Power will swoop on by at some point and gather up everyone’s thoughts and comments, and he’s planning on running his column at DSB on Friday, June 11th.  I think this might encourage some interesting discussion – have fun!

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I’m running out of motivation.  It’s Friday and it’s been a long week.  It’s the weekend before the World Cup starts, and everyone’s dropping like flies.  It looks like Kobe Bean Bryant is gonna get another ring, and the Flyers need to win tonight to ensure the NHL stays relevant for another week.

The Orioles are gonna fire their manager because that will surely fix things for the worst team in baseball.  I checked this morning and there are plenty of good seats available for this weekend’s Red Sox series if you’re of a mind.

The oil spill continues unabated and the President keeps making comments about LeBron James.  I feel like if W. had done something similar during Katrina, there would have been a pitchfork-and-torch wielding mob outside the White House.

Anyway, enjoy your Fridays, keep watching the skies, wish @williamfleitch a happy wedding day tomorrow and get back here later for what will surely be the best Last Call in the history of recorded time.*

*not a guarantee

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Want.

Eventually you’ll all get sick of Olivia Wilde and request someone new but for now, deal.

I’d say that Jim Joyce had the worst night ever in Major League Baseball umpiring history and defy you to tell me different, although Denkinger’s World Series fuckup is right there at 1a.  Man, how do you make that call AGAINST the guy throwing a perfect game even if you’re not sure.  I’ll tell you this much, though.  I was on twitter as were a lot of people, obviously, and the instant reaction you get from all parts of the world, the instant perspective, the instant anger, it’s a thing of beauty.  I don’t want to get all sentimental or whatever, but man, it’s instantaneous.  Just frightening and beautiful at the same time.

So, it’s Thursday and we’ve got Game 1 between the Lakers and Celtics tonight at 9 pm eastern, hockey’s off til tomorrow but it’s now a series, baseball is marching along as usual and the prep for the World Cup goes on.  We have Last Call here tonight, per the usual, so get back here later for that.  Y’all have a good afternoon.

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Right, so I’m late for this as usual lately.  I can barely keep up with all the, ahem, discipline, that Sculptor has been dishing out.

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Right, so I dunno.  Click below for something.

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FO COTCH YA. That's how you pronounce it.

HI!

I’m unnecessarily excited.  Sorry.

So, what’s new with you?  Nothing?  Nothing is new?  Okay, good.  I’m going to talk about LOST if you don’t mind.  It’s gonna be spoilery so if you haven’t seen the finale, feel free to not read and just go comment on other things.

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You forgot your knickers, Mrs. Brady.

Right, so obviously real life intervened this morning, so you’re getting a mid-day open thread.

The two big events in the sports world today occur tonight.  We’ve got Lakers-Suns Game 4 at 9:00 PM EDT on TNT, with the Lakers holding a 2-1 lead.  This game is obviously huge to hope that this might turn into a series.

The other big event tonight is the USA-Czech Republic men’s soccer friendly at 7:30 PM EDT (8:00 PM kickoff if you don’t want to suffer through Alexi Lalas’s bullshit for half an hour).  The USA is in the upcoming World Cup while the Czech Republic will be sitting this one out.  It’s likely that there will be tons of hand-wringing and angst over the result but really it’s just Bob having a look at the fringe players and hoping for a good result.  So calm down, in advance.

I don’t see afternoon baseball today, so we can talk about whatever you like until the festivities start at Gally’s place later.  Have at it.

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