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PGA Pro Hits Bullseye From 300 Ft. Elevated Tee (And Won You Free Chinese!)

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

I don’t even know Briny Baird, son of Butch Baird, but what a guy! He won the whole damn Country P.F. Changs!

Yesterday, while a whole lot of you were sitting at work dreaming about P.F. Chang’s chicken lettuce wraps, B.B. was atop the Omni Hotel in San Diego staring down at a make-shift bullseye set-up in right field of Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres.

The task at hand, take ten shots from the 300+ foot elevated tee. If a single one landed in the center of the bullseye, every man and woman alive in America would receive a free P.F. Chang wrap (the kicker: you have to buy a damn entree. RATS!) Additionally, for every bullseye P.F. Chang’s donated $2,000 to the San Diego Navy/ Marine Corps Relief Society ($1,000 and $500 for the outer rings).

Now this was an elevated tee. It sat Monday on the roof of the Omni San Diego Hotel, 34 floors – 340 feet or thereabouts – above L Street, 268 yards to a flag stabbed into Petco Park’s right field turf and surrounded by a large bull’s-eye. Tough hole, but maybe the most picturesque in the history of golf.

Little wind, but always a threat of tricky gusts. No trees. Possible nosebleed. The only rough was the shot itself. Not since Alan Shepard sliced a few on the moon had we seen anything like it. A David Letterman stunt, perhaps. (SignOnSanDiego.com)

Briny put two in the center, and 8 of 10 in the scoring area – raising $17,500, which Chang’s upped to $25 large. Novel charity work by all (we all lost interest in the chicken lettuce wraps after hearing the damn entree kicker).

Go check out the video on SignOnSanDiego.com

I swore, One Fantasy League this year…

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

I pledged. I vowed. Things were going to be different this year…

One league.


I failed. I just finished my third fantasy draft of the year. Also, I signed up for the KSK Survival Pool this morning. Will Power? Never heard of him. Was that the Silver Surfer’s alter-ego?

I hi-jacked a Chinese Food delivery vespa tonight to make it home in time for the final draft (money league, keeper league – Mr. Number One Luck Sang would understand).

Last year, this exact scenario blew up in my face – three leagues, and after week one I didn’t even look at two of them. And I was out of the Survival Pool, before things even got started (damn, that Thursday Football Opening Night America Horse Caca!)*

And yet, here I am. Spread too thin . What is it that I can’t say no to here?

I can’t be alone on this. I want to know how indulgent your fantasy docket is? Post in the comments how many fantasy football leagues, NFL survival pools, bookies on speed dial, etc. etc. you’ve gotten yourself into this year.

And if a few people want to disclose that they also waste their time on Fantasy NASCAR, or better yet – an Oscar Pool, that would probably help too.

*Like every dedicated Football fan, I’m actually pumped that the NFL opens on Thursday. Make sure you have your picks and players set by kickoff!