No hyperbole, I swear. Fordham is actually the greatest team in the history div. 1 college baseball.

Fordham Basketball Might Want To Contact Brian Kownacki

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Brief update on the gutting situation at the old Giants stadium – not in reference to Rotund Rex per say – as the Jets and Giants get set to move into an enormous new building next year.

FOUND ON EBAY: The X-Ray System from the old Giants stadium

According to the ad, the unit is in excellent shape and was used by both teams during games for injuries, physical exams for Giant players, World Cup Soccer, College football games and all other events which required diagnostic imaging services.

Not sure how old it is, but it looks old.

So if you know any lucrative radiologists – they want 4 Gs for this bad sally – who are looking to wow their patients with fun facts like, this is where Dave Meggett got screened after Bill Romanowski tried to rip his finger off, pass it along.

In related news, the aforementioned Rex Ryan would like all New York fans to know that the Jets are now the biggest show in town. And in other New Jersey news, Xanadu (this fully-erect, but not yet fully built building next to Meadowlands) might be the biggest real estate blunder in history.

Stadium photos via Flickr

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I agree with First Cuts, I like the shirt.

Smooth moves by Common on there too, but who’s cooler than Boom Dizzle? (Certainly not Diz Gibran, the M.C.)

For the love of pete, vote for Baron to be in NBA JAM.

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I know it ended two days ago – possibly, when this guy finally crossed the finish line – but I had to follow up on Edward Norton’s running of the New York City Marathon – for I haven’t been this enthused about Norton since the first time I saw the final scene in Primal Fear.

I posted on Friday that Norton was running in his first ever marathon to raise money for Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust in East Africa. According to Ecorazzi, that little initiative raised $763,000 – with Norton pulling in over 300 K himself! He even brought these dudes – actual Maasai he met while on an excursion to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro – over from Africa to run the race with him.

That picture and the boku charity dollars don’t fully encapsulate Norton’s marathon badass however; he also murdered the course. 40-year-old Norton finished the 26.2 mile race in 3 hours 48 minutes and 1 second. That’s a sub 9 minute (about 8:42 by my estimation) pace. According to Eonline, that made him the top celebrity finisher this year.

Finally, not to be overlooked, he also realized one other marathon goal…

Note: Palin came in at 3:59:36 when she ran the 2005 Humpy’s Marathon in Anchorage, AK

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I actually saw this first on Pitchfork, and it happened to catch my eye because I happen to be reading the book Our Band Could Be Your Life at this time.

Thoughts and condolences go out to Gerard Cosloy, whose Austin, TX house burned down early this morning.

Gerard is indeed a sports blogger who runs Can’t Stop The Bleeding. He posted a photo of the rubble of his former home on his site today, along with the quote: “This was a hell of a way to get out of hoovering the living room.”

Gerard told the Austin American-Statesmen, “There are a lot of people who have a lot less than I do who deal with a lot worse, but this is pretty bad.”

More so than an establish sports blogger, Cosloy is an indie rock legend. He’s worked with such influential bands as Sonic Youth, Big Black, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, and Yo La Tengo. He started the rock label Homestead Records, putting out early work by Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, and is the co-owner of Matador Records.

I just got done reading about how he got F’d over by Dinosaur Jr in the mid-80s in Our Band Could Be Your Life. Plus, I think he’s a Mets fan. Wow, I feel bad for this dude.

Shoot Gerard some encouragement (he’s @cstbtweet or @gerardcosloy on twitter) if you have a minute.

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Some Staten Island kid tried to James Brown Super Bad-it into second and his mom is $125,000 fatter in the wallet because of it.

In 2004, Martin Gonzalez, 12 at the time, sustained torn ligaments in the knee sliding into second base in a Little League game. Martin needed two surgeries to repair the injury. His mom filed a lawsuit against the league and Little League Baseball Inc., alleging that her son was not taught the proper technique.

Now, five years later – family waited three to file the lawsuit – Little League Baseball has to fork over $125K to his kook of a mom.

Makes me yearn for simpler time of youth sports. I’m pretty sure you could run through the catcher in my Little League day. Everyone got hurt, no one sued, big league chew was legal.

H/T to Gothamist for this.

Staten Island mom settles suit with Little League and coaches over knee injury (Staten Island Advance)

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Well, it proved to not be a bad way to spend a balmy Saturday afternoon.

I met the task master himself. I asked Goodell what he thought about the Stafford contract, to which he responded, “Lot of money, good kid.” I detected a bit of seethe in those few words.

Newbie Stafford’s guaranteed money ($41.7 mil) trumps that of the highly-accomplished Ben Roethlisberger’s ($36 mil).

The spread in the VIP lounge, impeccable – penne ala vodka and phenomenal finger foods. We ran out of beer by the third pick. But they remedied that pretty quickly.

For a fleeting moment, I thought we weren’t going to get a boo barrage when the Jets took Sanchez…then we learned the details of the trade (the Jets gave up their first-round pick, their second-round (No. 52), and defensive end Kenyon Coleman, safety Abram Elam and quarterback Brett Ratliff), and it was much worse than booing; I heard ‘rape!’ being uttered, a lot.

In my opinion, the most intriguing moment of the first round came when the Ravens took  Ole Miss OT Michael Oher, the young man profiled in Michael “Moneyball” Lewis’ book, The Blind Side. A book about the behemoth of a gifted athlete who has everything in life working against him (homeless at one point). While at the same time being compared to Anthony Munoz and Orlando Pace, two guys who were instrumental in the left Offensive Tackle becoming the second-highest paid position (to QB) in the game.

Speaking of QBs, Cassel inked his deal today. He almost got Stafford money.

I stuck around until the Pats picked traded down twice. Thanks to @tarametblog and Pepsi for hooking me up with the pass.

Check out the rest of my photos from the Draft on Facebook.

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Before you get too offended, understand that contained within this post is an opportunity to hang with Scottie Pippen and drink free beer on a Sunday afternoon, as the title suggest.

The Tribeca Film Festival is getting underway, and amongst the films premiering at the Fest is the outlandish doc Midgets vs. Mascots. I’ll let the description speak for itself…

In this “Borat” meets “Jackass” shockumentary, 5 little people and 5 mascots battle for $1 million apiece in competitions like “how few insults does it take to get punched in a bar”, and “alligator wrestling”. Gary Coleman, leading the littles as himself, is a comedic freight train (or train wreck) as he gets into actual fist fights with mascots, coaches and even Scottie Pippen. Like “Borat”, much of the film is shot “guerilla improv” as they surprise unsuspecting bystanders when the teams crash restaurants, bars and neighborhoods during outrageous competitions.

Well, after viewing this trailer, I think it’s possible that Coleman & Co. may have usurped Sasha Cohen, and his upcoming part deux of the Ali G series Bruno, in the shock dept.

Gary, with all due respect, it’s a fair question. What else have you done? In fact, the first person to email me the show from this photo below (Gary appeared in an Episode once) wins the chance to, again, meet Scottie Pippen and drink free beer next Sunday.

The details, Gunaxin and Scottie are hosting a pre-party next Saturday in New York City at the Village Pourhouse, with free open bar from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.! Afterwards, we’re going to check out the screening of Midgets vs. Mascots. Send me the title of the show and you get to come hang.

Midgets vs. Mascots – a Gunaxin Party (Gunaxin)

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CC Sabathia is without question, undeniably overpaid overfed. No reasonable person would argue against calling CC a straight up fatso.

Plus, he’s not worth $161 million dollars. Plus, he recently bought a Giant Castle in New Jersey (astute observation by Deadspin commenter Business_Socks, “I see they’ve got the PVC for the fondue sprinklers. Fancy.” )

I’m having a really hard time dealing with this, and I’m sure you all are too. So, feel free to use any of these noms de om nom nom nom (30 in total, so far) when referring to CC…

1. Chimi Changa Sabathia
2. Cocoa Crisp Sabathia
3. Candy Corn Sabathia
4. Crab Casserole Sabathia
5. Crispy Chicken Sabathia
6. Corn Chowder Sabathia
7. Clam Chowdah Sabathia
8. Crowded Cafeteria Sabathia
9. Canned Cranberry Sabathia
10. Chester Cheetah Sabathia
11. Coffee Coolatta Sabathia
12. Campbell’s Chunky Sabathia
13. Captain Crunch Sabathia
14. Crusty Crouton Sabathia
15. Corn Chip Sabathia
16. Cajun Crawfish Sabathia
17. Clams Casino Sabathia
18. Con Carne Sabathia
19. Country Crock Sabathia
20. Corned Beef & Cabbage Sabathia
21. Cream Cheese Sabathia
22. Coca Cola Sabathia
23. Cous Cous Sabathia
24. Cheddar Cheese Sabathia
25. Cottage Cheese Sabathia
26. Cheese Curls Sabathia
27. Chocolate Cake Sabathia
28. Crab Cakes Sabathia
29. Coffee Cake Sabathia
30. Cup Cake Sabathia

I couldn’t seem to come up with any for Curry, Chives, Chutney, Canoli or Catsup. Feel free to leave those and others in the comments. Special thanks to @johnthedomingos for contributing to the list.

Note: It’s immaterial, but Fatty’s name is actually Carsten Charles Sabathia.

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The New York Times reports this week that the record for most wins by a Div. 1 baseball program is held, not by one of the Texas/Florida/California baseball factories, but the University of Fordham Rams of Bronx, NY with 4010 wins in the program’s 150 year history.

(The Fordham baseball field in 1902; photo credit: Fordham Library)

And get this. The next closest is Texas with 3,117 – a margin of 893 games.*

I crunched the numbers and, short of any hard data calculations to report, I’ve determined this record SUPREMELY UNBREAKABLE!!!

To honor the record and the 150 year Anniversary, Fordham will take on Williams College, also celebrating their team’s 150 year heritage, next Tuesday. Rev. Joseph M. McShane, Fordham’s president and the padre behind the game, will toss out the first pitch on Fordham’s Bronx campus. As sort of a backhanded complement, Hal Steinbrenner, a Williams grad. was invited to throw out the second pitch.

Check out the NYT story for all sorts of baseball almanac-type info. Like for instance, according to the article, Williams technically played the first NCAA baseball game. But they played using “Massachusetts rules,” which allows 14 players on the field, and no foul territory. Williams lost that game to Amherst 73-32.

*To be fair, Fordham baseball started 36 seasons earlier than Texas. Should have been a little less slow on the uptake, Quickdraw.

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