Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Cheers and Jeers


Let's get cheery and jeery...

Cheers to the Giants and the Rangers, my World Series picks
Jeers to the New York Giants and New York Rangers
(Also, Jeers to the Yankees, Mets, Jets, Knicks, Islanders, Liberty, and other NY teams)

Cheers to the Cleveland Cavaliers post LBJ
Jeers to the Cavs losing to CSKA Moscow, led by former Cavalier first rounder Trajan Langdon

Cheers to Indians ex-skipper Eric Wedge, who was hired by the Mariners this week
Jeers to the Cleveland Indians for hiring Manny Acta in '09, the losingest coach in the MLB

Cheers to Gilbert Arenas wanting to give a rookie teammate playing time
Jeers to Arenas faking an injury, and then after admitting to it, actually getting injured

Cheers to the Ohio State Buckeyes, #1 or #11, I still love you
Jeers to the Boise State Broncos, "#1 or #1000, I still hate you

Cheers to Sporcle.com's MLB Opening Day Lineup quizzes
Jeers to me not being able to get all 200 of the Cleveland Indians starters since 1991 (I got 185!)

Cheers to former Indians Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia getting some postseason action
Jeers to current Indians who didn't get us anywhere near the playoffs

Cheers to Cody Ross
Jeers to Pablo Sandoval

Cheers to Seneca Wallace and Colt McCoy
Jeers to Jake Delhomme

Cheers to Bobby Cox's legendary managerial career with the Atlanta Braves
Jeers to Bobby Cox's 1995 Atlanta Braves squad that beat the Indians in the World Series

Cheers to Nike Shox (boing!)
Jeers to the NBA for banning these

Cheers to The Browns trading away Brady Quinn for Peyton Hillis
Jeers to The Browns trading away Jerome Harrison for Mike Bell

Cheers to The League, the best sports show on TV right now
Jeers to Two and a Half Men (How are they still making new episodes?!)