FLASHBACK FRIDAY 3-27-15

VINTAGE DODGERS' UNI!!

OPENING DAY IS COMING SOON!

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BRACKET UPDATE

 In case you are keeping score ( and who isn't)

My "TOUGHEST MASCOT" bracket was a disaster. 

I only have 5 teams left in the Sweet 16.

 ( Kentucky, ND, Wisconsin, Michican State and Duke)

My championship game is still intact though, with 

The Blue Devils spearing the Wildcats for the title.

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I am doing better with my "4 MINUTE BRACKET" 

(so named because it took me a total of 4:00 to fill it out.

I have nine teams left in the Sweet 16

( KY, ND, Wichita St, Wisconsin, N. Carolina, Xavier, Michigan St, Duke and Gonzaga)

My championship game in that bracket has

 Kentucky beating Duke for the NCAA title.

Let the games begin again!

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WE'RE THE MILLERS- NCAA STYLE

IS THIS "HONEYMOONER"

THE MISSING MILLER BROTHER?

RALPH KRAMDEN

SEAN MILLER

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NCAA HOOPS ON A ROLL!!

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL IN THE 

NCAA TOURNEY AND ON CBS-TV! 

YOU HAVE TO CLICK AND SEE THIS!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/charles-barkley--kenny-smith-ride-around-on-ron-hunter-style-scooters--video-174203985.html

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MASCOT BRACKETS

 This year, I decided to do a MASCOT BRACKET 

for the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

I marked make my brackets based solely on 

which team mascot seemed tougher than its opponent

Some of the match ups were easy picks.

I mean WISCONSIN BADGERS VS COASTAL CAROLINA "CHANTICLEERS" ( Roosters)

            Badgers get the edge- EASY.

CINCINNATI VS PURDUE? 

Not so easy. Bearcats can be tough, but I figure a big guy with a shot and a beer and a hammer in his hand should win that battle.

Tough call with VILLANOVA AND LAFAYETTE, too.

The Wildcats vs the Leopards. I like Nova but in the wild kingdom, the leopard wins.

Same thing for LOUISVILLE VS UC- IRVINE.

The Cardinals vs the Anteaters. I figure the birds can "out-run" the Eaters and "beak peck" them silly.

Advantage red birds

How about VIRGINIA VS BELMONT(without Dion)?

UVA is the #2 seed, but they are Cavaliers. You can't go into the NCAA tourney cavalierly and expect to beat the Bruins.

MASCOTS ( I mean TEAMS) TO WATCH?

Stephen F. Austins' Lumberjacks. 

They make it to the Sweet 16 before falling to Duke. 

(how do you beat the Devil?)

University of Alabama Birmingham.

They are called the "Blaze" but UAB's mascot is a Dragon. Big upside there, but Bama- Birm falls to Duke in the Elite 8.

 (the Devil is formidable. do you see a trend here?)

In conclusion. 

Duke beats a very tough Michigan State Spartans' team in the Final 4  and Kentucky's Wildcats knock off Wisconsin's Badgers to advance to the NCAA Championship game.

YOU CANT BEAT THE DEVIL IN  MASCOT BRACKET PLAY, SO DUKE WINS THE NATIONAL TITLE OVER KENTUCKY AND RUINS THE Cats PERFECT SEASON.

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Please No Wagering.

NO MASCOTS WERE HARMED

 IN THE MAKING OF THIS BLOG!

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HOT BRACKETS!

I've never done well with office pools or NCAA brackets, so when I decide to fill them out, I try to make them 

interesting and entertaining for ME.

For the past few years, I have tried to fill out one bracket as quickly as possible, using as little thought and knowledge as possible. I still have not won anything, but I have had more fun than in previous years when I didn't win anything.

This year, I finished my bracket in 4 minutes . 

I have Kentucky, Wichita State, Wisconsin, Virginia , 

Villanova, Michigan, Duke and Gonzaga in the Elite 8. 

Kentucky, Wisconsin, Nova and Duke make it to the Final 4

 and the Wildcats beat Duke in the championship game.

PLEASE! NO WAGERING!

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MESSI FOOTWORK!!

LIONEL MESSI ASTOUNDS ONCE AGAIN!!

CLICK AND BE AMAZED!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-fc-yahoo/lionel-messi-produces-another-must-see-moment-in-barcelona-s-2-0-win-at-eibar-204213747.html

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FLASHBACK FLICKS FRIDAY

Good times watching classic movies on the big screen.

American Cinematique 

at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica

Pure gold and I didn't need 

"no stinking badges" 

to get in.

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CALL A DOCTOR!- Throwback

THROWBACK THURSDAY!

Hanging out with Dr. J

 at the 1989 NBA All-Star game 

in Houston, Texas

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TRADE WINDS IN SEATTLE

BIG MOVE in the NFL today!

Seattle traded with the Saints for TE, Jimmy Graham!

Graham will be a great addition to the Seahawks' offense.

He will also give QB- Russell Wilson one more weapon

NOT

TO 

THROW

TO

on 2nd and goal from the one yard line!

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TO BE OR LOTS OF BEES!!

If you heard a buzz in the audio during 

Sunday's Angels- Royals game,

 it could probably be attributed to this swarm that descended on the microphone near home plate.

It must have been one of those split-squad 

spring training games featuring 

the "B" teams.

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"MY NAME IS…"

I wonder if Ndamukong Suh has ever

 sacked an NFL quarterback, gotten up and shouted,

 " MY NAME IS SUH! 

      HOW DO YOU DO?"

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'HOMELAND" ALERT!

Friday night at Payleyfest in Hollywood with Claire Danes

 and some of the writers for "Homeland".

Executive producer, Alex Gansa, announced that:

1. Season 5 will air on Showtime in late September

2. Season 5 will jump ahead 2 + years from the end of season 4

3. Season 5 will be shot in Europe/Germany

4. In season 5, Claire Danes' character, Carrie Matthison, will no longer be a CIA agent. 

Should be interesting!

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THROWBACK TO MINNESOTA

TBT- MINNEAPOLIS, MN. -1980'S

KSTP-TV'S "finest"

Channel 5 anchorman, Dennis Bounds, with me 

and weatherman, Dave Dahl, at the "celebrity" softball game that preceded the Twins' game at the HHH Metrodome.  

Ah! Minnesota! 

Where the winters were way too long 

and the shorts were, obviously, way too short.

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