The guys in our promos department here are some creative and funny people, but sometimes their ideas get rejected for being a little too far out. This is my favorite SNY promo ever. It was meant to air in advance of the 2009 season, but never did:

There’s also this, featuring me channeling my inner Joe [...]

Every time I’m close to entirely losing faith in humanity, someone comes out of the woodwork to restore hope.
In this case, that someone was reader A.J., who created this new proposed mascot for the Nippon Ham Fighters, the Japanese baseball team that recently celebrated Tsuyoshi Shinjo.

I’m not even entirely certain what’s going on here, but [...]

There are a lot of Olympic events that seem silly or unnecessary, but perhaps none so much as the luge.
Maybe it’s just that I don’t really fully understand the sport, but it’s basically just sledding, right? I mean, what is the skill set necessary for being a good luger? I understand that there’s steering involved; [...]

Good buddy Scott writes a perfect recap of Game 5 at Rockiescast.com.
Other good buddy Jake Rake explains why things keep getting worse for the Mets in a post to The Nooner’s blog.
Storming the floor lists the early favorites for the God Shammgod award.
Sam Page at Amazin’ Avenue joins me on the Mike Fontenot Express. I’ve [...]