Obligatory Alex Anthopoulos Post

Hey friends remember when I wrote a weekly sports blog??  Well the events of today was enough for me to type out a few thoughts.  A Facebook post would've been TL:DR for most, then I remembered, oh yeah I have a blog.

Well the last 3 months were the most turbulent times as a sports fan in my life.  Yeah I remember 92 and 93, but I was a kid and kids are stupid.  The last 3 months had it all, the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles.  Despite me whipping out my "Reasons To Live" book and pointing at a blank page when the Umpires, Major League Baseball, Fox, noted squid Harold Reynolds, ISIS and the Illuminati conspired to rob the Blue Jays of a World Series berth I wouldn't trade that playoff run for the world.  It was such a fun fucking ride, for the first time in my life one of my miserable teams was on the verge of something special.

I am not here to write about that today, I am writing about the architect of this team being unceremoniously cast aside by the dickheads at Rogers.

Fuck Rogers as a team owner, telecommunications company, record label and as a motherfucking crew.

Mark Shapiro fuck you too, I am never going to pronounce your name like you want to, it's Sha-pee-ro not Sha-Pie-Ro you fucking asshat.

Rogers is the most tone deaf piece of shit owners in the history of sports.  I hate how they renamed SkyDome "Rogers Centre" I hate how they're a bunch of cheap assholes when they make money hand over fist robbing Canadians blind for cell phone, cable and internet service and I especially hate how there is a statue of Ted Fucking Rogers outside of the SkyDome, but no statues honoring the many great players in Blue Jays history.  I hope that god damn statue gets toppled Saddam Hussein styles.

I especially hate how they handled Alex Anthopoulos.  What they did to him is a complete joke and it makes the Blue Jays the laughing stock of the sports world.

This all goes back to last winter when Ed "Bumblefuck Eddie" Rogers clumsily went behind Paul Beeston's back looking for his replacement.  This asshole tried to get Kenny Williams from the Chicago White Sox to be team President.  The Chicago White Sox happen to be owned by one of Paul Beeston's best friends in Jerry Reinsdorf, so of course that blew up in Rogers' face. Then there was the whole Dan Duquette saga.  The whole thing was a god-damned Didsaster.

All the whispers surrounding this club at the start of the season was playoffs or bust for AA and John Gibbons (who is the best...and is likely gone too).  From April-July 27th things looked like always did for the Jays, treading water at .500 but I always knew that this team was better than their record.  Then Tulo happened... Then David Motherfucking Price.  The rest is history.

I am so fucking upset about Rogers letting AA walk, I know them and their minions at Sportsnet are putting the spin on it that AA was offered a contract and a raise and turned it down.  Bumblefuck Eddie even put that in his god damned press release.  But the fact is Rogers wanted AA gone, it was clear for almost a year.  It's a fucking shame too.

They brought in a Baseball guy to be team President in Mark Shapiro, not a guy to oversee renovations of the SkyDome, not some pencil pusher to increase popcorn sales and negotiate on the business side of things.  They thought someone they thought could run the team better than Alex Anthopolous - the man who was named Executive of the Year during his good bye press conference.  Rogers promised Mark Shapiro final say on all baseball decisions, and to be fair to Shapiro, he didn't leave his job in Cleveland to be second banana.  He came to Toronto to run the show, so AA had no choice but to walk away.  Why the fuck would AA want to clear all his decisions with someone, and potentially have that same person veto his decisions??  Apparently the first meeting Shapiro had with AA he 'scolded' him over his decision to sell the farm for the playoff run.  Fuck off bud Flags Fly Forever.

AA was a great GM, I know he made mistakes but fuck bud who hasn't??  I forced myself to watch Tim and Squid to see his interview and you can tell in his voice how upset he was.  It should not have happened like this.

Mark Shapiro could well have a great reign as President of the Club, I fully expect the Jays to be in the thick of things next season, and as a diehard Blue Jays fan I can only hope so.  That being said, I am concerned for the future, AA was able to do most of his magic through trades, because whether we like it or not American baseball players do not want to play in Toronto.  To them Toronto might as well be a distant outpost on the god damned moon.  Is David Price going to want to re-sign with these assholes? Doubtful.  What does Jose Bautista and the rest of the team think?  They all loved and respected AA and now this.

There was a very poignant tweet today, it said being a Toronto sports fan is like being a Chicago Cubs fan if the Cubs played all 4 sports.  Can we ever have nice things in Toronto?  Why am I doomed to a life of sports misery.

Many question my mental capabilities (not just with sports, but with coaster slanging, my day to day life etc.) for continuing to support these Toronto teams, and it is fucking hard, but I will be cheering this team in 2016 and beyond despite the assholes that own this team and are insistent on running it into the ground.

Thanks for listening to me rant and rave.

Your boy HDH

Big Brother 17 Week 11 Thoughts

Is this shit-sandwich of a season over yet?  Holy fuck buds, if it wasn't for a Blue Jays rain out I don't think I would've caught up tonight, and might have just skipped over this episode.  This season is DRAGGING.

First thing I guess Julia was evicted...whoopdee fuck,  Yet another spineless and dumb move, if Vanessa had half a brain she would've targeted Liz.  Liz is the one winning god damned competitions this year and Julia has been just as bad as Meg at comps.  How do they keep Liz and Austin "The Grossmance" together in the house?  Man oh man these people are fucking stupid.

Austin and Liz make me physically ill, especially Austin.  Fuck that is one ugly dude, these two don't stand a fucking chance outside the house.  He said that he'll be there for Christmas dinner?  Fat fucking chance these two won't be together by October 1st.  Julia put on a brave face with my beloved Julie Chen, but she like the rest of us know how disgusting this relationship is.

Austin's act during Wednesday's episode was nauseating... the Judas thing is so excruciatingly terrible, the top hot, the weird DR's.  Get a fucking life bud, give it up for lent.  I honestly can't believe Liz is into them.  Liz is a pretty girl, dumb as a post, but is pretty and can do much better than this squid.  Is she that desperate to get finger-banged that she'll let anything in?   Austin is professing his love for her is so corny, how can he possibly truly love her??  Of course she didn't say that back to him, file the restraining order now for after the show.  He said he "ruined his life" for her, well you ruined my summer of Big Brother you fucking arsehole.  I was so happy when I thought they had broken up, and Liz and Julia were making fun of him, I was truly disappointed to see them back together.

I just want this fucking season to end.

Spoilers at the end.

Other Random Thoughts:

CBS Head Honcho (and Mr. Julie Chen) Les Moonves said he is "disappointed" in 5 to 6 houseguests, he said usually it's a couple a season, but it's odd that the Big Cheese would go on record saying what we all think that this season is balls.  I am sure he is talking about the Twins and Austin,  Julia and Liz would have been WAY better without Austin, we saw their humour at the start in the season, and when they were making fun of Austin on Wednesday, but their alliance with that Weird Al looking Squid ruined everything.

Steve wants to bang his Mom and it's disgusting.  I love my Mom, we all love our mothers but his act with his Mom is downright sad, creepy and pathetic.

All I really want now is a Steve-Johnny Mac final 2 because then I'm guaranteed to win a cool $40 in my work pool.

Vanessa won HOH... just give her the $500K now and spare us the last two weeks.  I hope to fuck she puts up Austin and Liz, but as we've seen this season these people are dumb fucks and the most obvious plan can go sideways.

Big Brother 17 Week 9+10 Thoughts

Sorry, not sorry for not writing a blog last week, honest to God I can't deal with this fucking season anymore.  When the fuck does Big Brother Canada 4 start?  What a complete trash season run by a neanderthal with a god damned beard pony tail and airhead twins. Yet somehow week after week these fucking squids stay in. Jesus Sawed Off Christ this season can't end soon enough.

Steve and Johnny Mac are fucking retards for not voting out Julia, complete fucking downie bears of the third fucking degree.  From what I heard Johnny Mac was more for voting out Julia but Steve and his ridiculous circle of tears was too much of a fucking nancy boy to pull off a big move, so Johnny Mac had to fall in line for his own good.  Whatever happened to making big moves in the Big Brother house?  Just give the fucking game to the Austwins.  Gah.

How many god damned times do these pylons need to say they don't want blood on their hands? IT'S FUCKING BIG BROTHER YOU GET BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS THAT IS THE POINT OF THE GAME.

This has to be the worst Final 6 in the history of the show, aside from Johnny Mac I hate them all equally:

Austin - you're a squid, you look like Weird Al on steroids.  It shouldn't come as any surprise that you have a girlfriend on the outside and you're cheating on her.  The whole Judas thing is a complete embarassment and I wish you nothing but the worst in your life.  I projectile vomited when you asked Liz to be your official girlfriend, get off my TV and never come back.

Liz/Julia - Ohh my goooooddd-uhhhhhhhh I have to honor my twins wishes-uhhh.  Seriously I can't tell you two apart, but I guess only one has given Austin a hammer-jammer.  Liz is going to be so fucking embarrassed when she watches this season.  One of these dingbats is actually going to win this season and that makes me nauseous.

Steve - You little fucking dork.  You honestly look like you're about to burst into tears at a moments notice.  You claim to be a superfan but you are a complete disgrace to Big Brother.  You actually think you have a chance to go to final 2? That Austwins are not going to string you along.  Holy shit but you're stupid, you must ride to school in the fucking short bus.  You're as bright as a bucket of fuck.

Vanessa - Quit talking out of the side of your mouth like you're Jean Chretien.  Go fuck yourself, out of everyone left I kind of respect your game the most, since you have been the the cause of so many people being eliminated, but fucking OWN it.  You're there to be the last one standing, enough tears, enough saying you don't want blood on your hands, you could be one of the best players, but you are so much of a mental case you can handle it.  Get a new fucking hat.

Johnny Mac - I love ya but you're the combination of the Cookie Monster and Beavis -

Spoilers below...

As my 5 or 6 regular readers can tell I am hardly in a rush this season to write these blogs this season, and out of 3 BBCAN seasons and 2 and a bit BBUSA seasons I missed my first week, but that just goes to show how truly deplorable this season and the players left are.  With the Jays playing so well I rarely watch Big Brother live anymore.  Thankfully there is only 3 weeks left!  Don't hold your breath for 3 blogs though.

Steve won HOH... I hope to fuck that this is the end of Austwins.  It better be, he really has no other move, apparently he is working with Vanessa and Johnny Mac so the only logical thing to do is to break up Austwins, but as we have seen so far, this season has been devoid of any logic.

Big Brother 7 Week 8 Thoughts

Well my sincerest apologies to the 6 or 7 loyal readers of this blog for being so late with my weekly ramblings.  Excuses, Excuses I know, but with the Jays playing so well, BB has taken a back seat... plus do I really need to see/hear about that Caveman Austin finger banging Liz?  Or him getting a hammer-jammer under the covers? No fucking thank you, those two make me physically ill.

Sooo a lot has happened since we last spoke, Becky was eliminated... big fucking deal.  She had some good ideas in her HOH but she was boring as all get out.  I don't think she stands a chance coming back in the house especially against Shelli, Jackie or (potentially) Johnny Mac.  It does suck to her that she put all her cards on the table to eliminate Vanessa (the proper thing to do) and yet she is on the outside looking in and Vanessa is still safe in this game.

Holy fuck is Austin a loser.  I really can't stand this caveman, this whole Judas schtick needs to end immediately.  I really hated how he kept referring to his god damned Top Hat and turning into Judas, plus his speech at the eviction ceremony was amongst the most painful things I have sat through watching Big Brother ever... and that includes two seasons of Rachel Fucking Reilly.  I don't think I was in too much of a hurry to catch up on this past weeks episodes knowing Austin and the twiiiiiinsss-uhhhh had all the power-uhhhhhh.   Seriously Liz and Julias voices are so fucking annoying, why do they say uhhhhhh after every other word??  Oh my gooooddd-uhhhhhhhh you just gave Austin a handy?? Ewwwwww-uhhhhhhhhhh.

How is Vanessa made out of teflon in this game?? Jesus Christ do these people not have a clue... it seems to me they do have a clue (shockingly) yet are doing aboslutely nothing about it.  I suppose it does make a little sense to boot her after the jury member comes back in, that way when they do eliminate her she is gone for good.

I would honestly have more respect for her game play if she wasn't such a blubbering paranoid lunatic.  She has played a good game so far, but for christs sakes have some composure.  Her lying and constant scheming and paranoia has put a big target on her back and it's only a matter of time before she is gone.

OTHER RANDOM THOUGHTS:

I know who wins Veto and if they use it... spoilers at the end.

David Price pitches for the Jays on Wednesday, and there is a Ti-Cats game on Thursday so I won't be catching up on BB until the weekend, hopefully I post one of these on Saturday or Sunday.

I can't wait for the return of Zingbot.  He's the highlight of the season for me, I love some good ol insult-comedy.

Otev was incredibly annoying this year with the whole BUTTTAAAH thing... no one besides Paul Stanley screams like that.

Austin's Angels? Scamper Squad?  Fuck off... especially Austin's Angels.

Steve is still a sniveling little wiener, and all those nerds in his home town can fuck off too.  Unfortunately I have him in my work pool and he is my last shot to win some money.

I hope if Johnny Mac gets eliminated he comes back, him and James are the only reasons to keep watching now.  They're both hilarious.

Ughhhhh, Vanessa won veto and of course she didn't use it.  It looks like Johnny Mac is the one to go. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-uhhhhhhhhhh

Big Brother 17 Week 7 Thoughts

OK what the fuck just happened??  Steve quite possibly made the worst move of the season thus far.  What a fucking doorknob.  I knew you shouldn't trust nerds, there is a good fucking reason why nerds are my mortal enemy.

Why on Earth did he put up Meg and Jackie? I am trying to think about his reasoning and I am drawing blanks.  I am not sure if he was planning on back-dooring someone but fuck the Double Eviction episode is not the god damn time to get cute with nominations, you have your target in mind and you put them up immediately.  If he was targeting "the other side" why didn't he go after James?  Why didn't he put up the fucking twins? Vanessa? What a completely stupid decision.

Steve clearly over-thought this, like my man Johnny Mac said nobody was targeting him, nobody thought this fucking nerd was in the house until two weeks ago.  I don't get this kids fucking deal, he talks to himself and dances around like a Jerry's Kid.  He shouldn't be allowed to leave his house let alone appear on national television.  Someone evict this dork as soon as possible.

How in the fuck did Vanessa survive this week?? As far as I am concerned she is playing a terrible game, and looked to be good as gone, and yet there she is.  With the double eviction they didn't really have time to explain how she managed to pull it off, and I really don't follow the live feeds as much as I used too (I got a lot on my plate - school, the OHL, my record deal).  They almost need to use the whole Sunday show to explain what went on in that house between Veto and the Double Eviction.

Vanessa looked down and out, but if she can remain emotionally stable (something that is clearly a challenge for her) she could pull off the win this season.

As for the evictees this week... meh.  I really don't care that either of them are gone, plus I think they both have a good shot of coming back in the house.  I am sure they'll wait another two weeks and have 4 evicted houseguests compete to come back in, obviously we don't know who the other two are but despite who it is both Shelli and Jackie have proved to be good at competitions and have a chance to get back in.

Other Random Thoughts:

No idea when they are going to do HOH, I'm sure it'll happen at some point tonight, I'll post spoilers in the morning if they do. UPDATED WITH SPOILERS

Apparently Austwins are celebrating this "victory" for them.  Vanessa somehow stayed safe, and they are still flying through.  I am starting to really dislike Liz, Julia seems to be the normal one.  Plus Liz is actually falling for Austin?  Gag me with a fucking spoon.

WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T STEVE PUT UP THE TWINS.  Seriously I still can't get over that, it's completely god damned absurd.

Everyone on Twitter is saying the momentum has swung in favor of the remaining "6th Sense" losers.  I don't think that is necessarily true.  If fucking Johnny Mac and Steve stop playing the middle and they actually go after these assholes then they're done.

I really don't like Becky much... I don't hate her as much as my buddy Bobbo who texted me "I wish the train had finished her off" but I really don't like her... not that I like Vanessa either, but fuck everyone except Johnny Mac, James and Meg at this point.

Tough to predict what happens next week.  If one of Vanessa, Austin or the Twins wins HOH I am sure James is their target.  If someone else wins, hopefully the twins go up with either Austin or Vanessa as a back door target.

Liz wins HOH.... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck, this sucks that means Austin and Liz making gross whoopee in the HOH room, that means Vanessa is safe too.  I think Johnny Mac isn't too much longer for this game now.  He is a Veto champ, but I see them putting up James and Johnny Mac this week.

Big Brother 17 Week 6 Thoughts

What an absolutely dreadful display put on by Ken and Barbie Clay and Shelli last week.  It was a complete fucking embarrassment to themselves, to Julie Chen and to the entire Big Brother franchise.  Get the fuck off my TV and never come back you obnoxious plastic twats.

Tens of thousands of people apply to be on the show every year and this fucking clown gives it all up for some retarded showmance.  They didn't even kiss until week 6 for christs sakes!  There is probably some dreadful holier than thou Jesus-y reason behind it, which makes it even worse.  I have absolutely no game at all but I think even I would have gotten to First Base a lot sooner... how many nights did they spend alone in the HOH room and all they did was cuddle?  Go back to Grade 6 losers.

Anyways half the power couple is gone, which I am obviously happy about.  Clay is just a dumb fuck who has been hit in the head far too many times... he needs subtitles for christs sakes.  Shelli is even worse, has she never seen the show before?  Big fucking deal if you were blind-sided that's the name of the game.  How can these cretins not realize that they were not going to be in charge of the game forever and eventually they were going to be the target.  Delusional fuckers. Unfortunately we still have to deal with Shelli for the next few weeks, while she is good to look at I can see her pull a VaGinaMarie and cry and be stupid about this for the rest of the season.  I guess unlike VaGinaMarie and Nick her and Clay actually had a relationship.  Hopefully she doesn't start sniffing Clay's shorts like VGM.

James is the man, despite me saying that Johnny Mac is going to win, I really want James to win.  Unfortuneatly I would lose my office pool, but the $10 would be worth it.  Finally someone is stepping up and making big moves in this game.  Good for him for stabbing Shelli/Clay in the back, that's what this game is all about, it's not about falling in love and dry-humping someone you didn't know existed 2 months ago.  I really hope he makes it far in the game, because he's great entertainment.

For those who were wondering, when James said he spent three years in prison having big guys yelling at him, he wasn't actually locked up as an inmate, it turns out he was a jail guard.

Other Random Thoughts:

Given that it is Saturday afternoon I know who won HOH and who the HOH put up, Spoilers at the end as usual.

Standard Austin is a creep comment.

What was with Meg all over Clay when she was white-girl wasted?  That was a bit embarrassing...then Clay said that she has had a showmance with everyone?? Yikes.

As hard as I was on Shelli, and will continue to be hard on her her the rest of the season her punishment was extremely hard, and I can't believe she pulled it off, I would have quit for sure.

Vanessa is bat-shit crazy, 6 weeks without her booger-sugar has really messed with her head.  At first I thought she had a good chance of winning the game, but I don't see her lasting for too much longer.

More Johnny Mac please.

So a jury member gets to come back in the house....ughhhhhh.  I hate this twist more than any of the other ones, if you get evicted that should be it, no second chances.

Whatever happened to the Big Brother Take-Over??  Not that I miss it, but they dropped that like a dirty shoe pretty quickly.

Becky the train wreck won HOH?  Oh, she was playing this game?  She puts up Shelli and Steve... Steve???  What has that guy even done this season?  He has gotten absolutely no air time and it is a fucking nerd (my mortal enemies).  I haven't read any context to why she did that, but hopefully Shelli is gone this week, or they are using Steve as a pawn to backdoor Vanessa or Austin.

Everything is Happening!!!! Jesus Price!!!

Lord Thunderin' Jesus

When I last wrote my "weekly" sports blog, the Jays had just limped into the All-Star Break and they were about to embark on a West Coast trip, and once again I was hoping the Jays would pull the trigger on a move.

Jesus H. Christ the Jays not only pulled the trigger, they launched nuclear fuckin' missiles.  Never in my wildest dreams did I envision the trades the Jays made.  David Fucking Price buds.  I still get goosebumps seeing him in Blue Jay blue.

The first move was sending Jose Reyes and prospects for Troy Tulowitzki.  Troy Fucking Tulowitzki, only who many believe to be the best shortstop in baseball! This trade happened in the middle of the night, I got up at 3:45 am to rock a piss, and of course the first thing I look at is my phone, and I see a bunch of Notifications about the trade... I was up for the next hour laying in bed refreshing Twitter on my phone to get the latest #hot #takes.  My bud and Jays Blogger extraordinaire Andrew Stoeten must've pulled an all-nighter because he was right in the middle of things, even Fav'ing one of my tweets at 4:20 am.

The Tulowitzki trade came out of absolutely nowhere, he was the face of the Colorado Rockies organization and is in the middle of a 10 year contract, but somehow AA managed to get him and LaTroy "I'm Too Old For This Shit" Hawkins (who has been awesome) For a declining Jose Reyes and some prospects.

It does suck to see Reyes go, he always embraced Toronto and always had a smile on his face playing (much to the chagrin of Jerry Howarth).  Reyes wasn't nearly as bad as his detractors said, but holy fuck did he ever have some poorly timed errors.  I wish Reyes well in Colorado, but my goodness Tulo is a dream.  He had that amazing debut game, and has been solid ever since, and you don't have to worry about a routine fucking ground ball go through his legs.

What can I possibly say that hasn't already been said about David Price 1000 times over.  My heart went aflutter when I heard the news, this is the best pitcher the Jays have had since Roy Halladay.  Price was incredible in his debut on Monday, and the whole town has embraced him.  Price has said that it was the best atmosphere he has ever pitched in, and he has been to the playoffs.  I watch 95% of Jays games anyways, but Price starts are going to be must-see TV, especially against the asshole Yankees on Saturday afternoon.

Despite the euphoria there was a smattering of garbage clowns poo-pooing the prospects they gave up.  As Alex Rios said "WHO GIVES A FUCK!?!"  Yes they could end up being All-Stars but they could also be like JP Arencibia and Ricky Romero.  In 2009 would you have wanted to trade Romero and Arencibia for a rental like Price?  Fuck no, but now both those guys are pretty much out of baseball.  Flags Fly Forever and yes the Jays gave up 11 pitching prospects, but fuck this team could win the World Series.  Plus, who is to say that Price doesn't re-sign?  Beeston is gone after this year and so his ridiculous 5 year cap for contracts.  Rogers has BILLIONS... it's time to pony up the dough.

This is the year buds.  This is the one we've been waiting since 1993 for, I have nothing buy sky-high expectations for this team.  For years all I have been asking for is meaningful games in September, this is the year we will not only get that but meaningful games in October. 

The Week Ahead: vs. Minnesota (8/4 - 8/6) @ New York Yankees (8/7 - 8/9).  This is a pretty big week for the Jays they are currently tied with Minnesota for the 2nd Wild Card and they are chasing the Yankees for 1st in the AL East.  By the end of this week they could well have a playoff position solidified and be only a mere game or two out of the lead in the East swoooooooooooooooon.  I'm going to the game on Thursday too!

After Sunday's bru-ha-ha there is a bounty of Squid of the Weeks to choose from.  Could it be Edison Valquez for starting this shit by throwing at Josh Donaldson and then saying he was a baby and is "no Barry Bonds"  Could it be Umpire Jim Wolf who had one of the most poorly umpired game I have seen in my life, calling the absurd warning, failing to enforce it THREE times then doing so against Blue Jay Aaron Sanchez.  It could be fucking MLB for giving Sanchez an absurd 3 game suspension for nothing, but no it is Royals Manager Ned Yost.  

This fucking squid actually went on record saying that he thought the umpiring was "phenomenal"  Get the fuck out of here.  That's some next level trolling, it's unbelievable.  He's a terrible manager and a terrible person, the KC Royals have been involved in 3 bench clearing incidents this season, but no it's always the other teams fault

Fuck the KC Royals as a staff, record label and as a motherfucking crew, and if you want to be down with the KC Royals then fuck you too.  I hope we see those squids in the ALCS so we can demolish those assholes on a national stage.

The Ti-Cats finally played a game back at Horton's Field and boy was it worth the wait, demolishing the ever loving piss out of the woeful Argos.  I was pretty chewed at the game so I don't remember too much of the X's and O's but I do remember cheering a lot, and thinking the Tim Horton's Field has the best home field advantage out of any team in the CFL, and how much I love being there.

Things I do remember is some of the Heckles of the Week.  Well I don't remember a lot of them but, I did heckle some kids hahaha (not my finest hour)

I saw two kids in Argos Jerseys and first I called them "Squidlets" and said that they had no futures.

My best heckle was to these idiot Argo Fans.  They made everyone go to the concourse because there was Lightning in the area, and I see these Argos fans all decked out in shitty Argo gear, and one was holding up two flags and I said:

"Leave it to an idiot Argo fan to hold up a pole during a Lightning Storm!!"

That got a few laughs... I really got to start writing these down because my friends had some really solid heckles too.

The Week Ahead: vs. Winnipeg (8/10)  Back at Hortons Field for a bizarre Sunday 5pm game.  Winnipeg is trash, and I can see the Cats going on a solid run with all these home games on the horizon. 

Big Brother 17 Week 5 Thoughts

Holy fuck for the first time since the first week your boy is on time with one of these posts! Anyways it was a frustrating week in the Big Brother house.  Jason was evicted 7-2 and I honestly thought it was going to be so much closer.  If "the other side" of the house had half a fucking brain than that dullard Becky would've been shown the door, and they would have turned on the Sixth Sense, but nope another case of "going with the house".

I'll miss Jason, he was pretty funny, and I thought he was going to last a lot longer than he did, but like he said in his exit interview as soon as he felt comfortable he was blindsided.  Hopefully his former allies can smarten the fuck up and get the people who have been dominating the game out of the house pronto because it's getting absurd.

Fucking Vanessa.  She had the chance to actually make a proper game move but she fell apart like a Chinese Motorcycle.  Many people have predicted her to win the game, but I think she blew it this week.  I am so fucking sick of her and Shelli saying they "don't want blood on their hands" not wanting blood on your hands is a decent Big Brother strategy when you don't win HOH week after week.  Be like that fucking nerd Steve and make everyone forget you're there, that way you don't get fucking blood on your hands

This week highlighted how terrible the Battle of the Block twist is, the two HOH's end up working together yet again, formulating a plan based on throwing the BOB competition and that ended up blowing up in their faces.  PS Praise be to Jacosta that the BOB twist is done for the season and hopefully forever.  It was a terrible twist right from the jump, it never worked out the way the producers thought it was going to, it was terrible to have it in the first place, and it was even worst to bring it back.  I still can't believe they made my beloved Julie Chen call it "a fan favourite"

I am kind of glad that happened Vanessa's plan blew up in her face, because I am sick of everyone throwing comps, but ultimately it led to another week of this asshole stalker...

Seriously though this guy is a major league creep, I guarantee Liz is missing a pair of underwear or two... maybe that's going to be Judas' new ring attire??  Speaking of which someone posted a YouTube clip of Austin's actual wrestling entrance, and it was the most ghetto cringe worthy thing I have seen in my life.  I used to watch WWE back in high school, this was NOTHING like it... he was wrestling this Amazon Woman (could've been a man...) in what looked like a Legion in front of 12 people.  I had to turn it off.

It's so uncomfortable to watch, Liz has said she doesn't like him, he has said he is falling in love with her, how fucking awkward is that.  Liz shouldn't lead him on, but also Austin should keep his greasy caveman paws to himself... and that kiss??? Gag me with a fucking spoon.

Other Random Thoughts

As of right now 7 housesguests remain in the endurance comp... I'll update this post in the morning with HOH spoilers for those who want to know! Updated - Spoilers Below! 

I really don't like Clay and Shelli....BUT... I have to admit they've played a good game, they've held all the power so far, but they have severe HOHitis.  Apparently Clay, Shelli and Vanessa are in the HOH room 23 of 24 hours of the day. Thankfully, I think their reign is going to come to and end soon.

More Johnny Mac please.

Jackie is actually starting to play the game, and I don't mind her too much, plus I have her in my pool so she better do something.  She is my pick to win HOH again this week... Titty Shakes for all!!!

Has there been a more useless BB player ever than Steve?? His only scene was him giving perv eyes to a god damned camera.

The twin reveal happened....

Except the only one who truly seemed shocked by Julia coming in was James.  I don't think the dumb southern boy thing is a schtick, he is really that dumb.  That being said I like him in the game and I hope he makes it far.

James is HOH!! Woo-Hoo, a power shift!! Apparently during the feeds last night Shelli, Clay and Vanessa are rightfully having a shit hemorrhage, well fuck them.  Apparently Shelli keeps trying to throw Becky under the bus... c'mon bud she has done fuck all.  She's already been hit by a train does she really need to be thrown under the bus??  Here's hoping one of the 6th Sense is gone!

Big Brother 17 Week 4 Thoughts

Finally the fucking Unabomber is out of the house.  Audrey was annoying as fuck and has severe mental issues, and I am sure it is a massive relief to the rest of the house that she is gone.  Yeah it's a nice story that she was the first transgendered person on Big Brother and how the rest of the house accepted her right away, but holy fuck she was nuttier than squirrel shit.

The last week she was in the house was fucking pathetic.  Speculation ran rampant that she was going to self-evict, and she may as well have.  Thousands of people want to be on the show, and she makes it and just quits because things don't go her way... fuck off.

She was the first person to not show up to a Veto Meeting, she spent hours in the Diary Room presumably being talked off the ledge by the producers, she bizarrely wrapped herself in that blanket.  What they didn't say on the show was she was a have-not yet she blatantly ignored the rules and ate real food, because of that she had a "penalty vote" against her in the eviction ceremony. I think she should have been kicked out out of the house for her flagrant disregard for the rules, but I think the producers kept her in because the optics of kicking her out would have looked terrible.

I don't think she is mentally unstable because she is transgendered, she is just spun period.  She played a terrible Big Brother game and she really should've been voted out sooner, but I think everyone was afraid to evict her because they didn't want to be seen as transphobic or whatever.  Anyways good riddance Audrey try to stay on your meds because holy fuck you need them.

I don't think the show edit has done anything to show how much of a creeper Austin is.  You thought fucking Caleb was bad with Amber last season, Austin is a million times worse with Liz. What a smothering neanderthal he has become.  Austin has this whole suffocating, domineering caveman mentality when it comes to Liz, and it's really fucking creepy.

The whole Judas thing needs to stop immediately, what a fucking loser he is with that, get a fucking grip on reality you squid.  When he said Judas votes to evict John, c'mon bud you suck.  I really hope he gets evicted soon because I can't take him anymore.

Other Random Thoughts:

Johnny Mac is still the best, holy fuck he makes me laugh every time he opens his mouth.

Jackie and Vanessa are HOH's, one has been playing the game, one I have forgotten that she is even on the show.  I'm not sure what's going to happen, hopefully they don't plan their nominations together.  The 2 HOH's and the whole Battle of the Block thing is fucking terrible anyways, they need to end it immediately, it defeats the purpose of what they are going for when the 2 HOH's are always in cahoots, it happened last season and it is happening again.

I don't think anything earth-shattering will happen with Vanessa and Jackie has HOH's, if anything Jackie is just going to do what the stupid Sixth Sense assholes want her to do.

Speaking of Jackie what's with that weird titty-shake she always does when she is excited?  Relax, Jar-Jar

The Saved By The Smell thing was pretty funny, but aren't they aware that Screech released a sex tape called Saved By The Smell where he gives a chick the Dirty Sanchez??

My prediction for the week is someone useless like Becky will go home, when it should be someone from that stupid alliance like Clay or hopefully Austin.

Crucial Jays Road Swing Upcoming

Hey buds, you didn't think I was going to pull one of these out of my ass this week did you?  Well unfortunately for you I did!!  Like I explained in my last Big Brother post between slangin' coasters and my drinking habits there isn't enough hours in the day!  I will still try to maintain a Sunday or a Monday posting for these in the future.

The All-Star break was last week but as we all know All-Star Breaks are....

Thankfully the dreadful All-Star Break came and went, and the Blue Jays managed to take 2 of 3 from Tampa, with by some miracle Marco "Polo Erik" Estrada out-dueling noted Blue Jay Killer Chris Archer.  The game on Saturday was bullshit, all it proved once again that this dumpster fire of a bullpen can't be trusted in tight games.

The Jays still need an arm, do I need to go through this bullshit again??  Apparently David Price is on the market, and that would likely require a King's Ransom.  Personally I'd trade anyone but Marcus Stroman for him.  Aaron Sanchez is heading to the bullpen, surely this means a trade for a starter is in the works?  That immediately makes the bullpen better, but I think long term both Sanchez AND Oswoona are starters.

The Week Ahead:  @ Oakland (7/21 - 7/23) @ Seattle (7/24 - 7/26)

Now comes the hard part, a tough 6 game road swing through Oakland and Seattle, places where they have had trouble playing and where seasons have gone to die the last few years.  Not gonna lie buds, I am kind of fucking nervous.  I am not going to go into full garbage clown mode and say if they end up going 2-4 or god forbid 1-5 or 0-6 that the season is over, but I think a strong west coast swing will be the kick in the ass this team needs to have a dominant second half of the season.

We get to see this squid over the next few games...

That will forever go down as the greatest trade ever.  Check this out:

Donaldson: .288/.351/.530, 22 2B, 22HR, 62RBI, 33BB, 67 Runs Lawrie: .280/.315/.410, 16 2B, 8HR, 37RBI, 14BB, 31 Runs

Obviously now Lawrie is going to have a great series against us. That said this is one of the most lopsided trades in Blue Jays history, and the garbage clowns are insisting that AA get fired... Newfie Please.

The Ti-Cats played last week, and like the previous 17 times they've played in fucking Montreal they lost. They haven't won a game in fucking Montreal since god damned 2002. Mind you the Cats were complete horseshit for most of those 13 years, but this team is different and is much better than those Tabernac Pea-Soup Swilling Alousquids.

Turn-overs were once again costly for the Cats with Zach Collaros throwing 3 INT's (plus one that was called back on a penalty) and Terrence Toliver fumbled the ball on what was looking like the game winning drive. The fucking clown show CFL officiating once again cost Speedy Banks a Punt Return touchdown that was called back on a rinky-dink penalty that had absolutely nothing to do with the play. CFL officiating gets this weeks....

C'mon bud does a fucking flag need to be thrown every god damned play??  I am finding myself constantly defending the CFL, but I look at last Thursdays game as an outsider and see all those ticky-tack calls the referees are making and I can see why so many people see the league as a joke.  CFL referees have full time jobs outside the league, but for fucks sakes get your head in the game, not everything is a fucking penalty.  It ruins the game when everything is decided by some shitty middle school gym teacher in a striped shirt.

The Week Ahead:  @ Saskatchewan (7/26)

This is the last game on the road before the Cats FINALLY play their first home game, a 2-2 record during that stretch is nothing to sneeze at and is very attainable versus the Riders.  If the defense keeps playing like they've been playing and they shore up the turnovers this could be a very winnable game.

I've meaning to have this dreadful Squid as the Squid of the week for months now, but this morning he finally gave me a good reason too.  Check out this headline that came up on my Facebook feed:

What a fucking hammerhead.  I know he's a fucking neanderthal and isn't the brightest crayon in the box but come the fuck on.  You've only read 80% of your autobiography??  Something tells me he has only read 8% of it.  Last time I checked an autobiography is something you write yourself.  I guess Gronk had someone interpret his cave-drawings and crayon scribbles to be his book.

"Me Gronk, me catch fooseball, me help Brady cheat, me party"  Who wants to read 200 pages of that garbage?

I hate this guy, he ruined this past week of Big Brother with his "Gronk Party".  I am so sick of this fucking schtick he has where he is this big party animal... I am sure he is but fuck bud so are a lot of people but they don't broadcast it like an asshole.  Some squids just like to be the centre of attention and that caveman Gronk is one of them.

Big Brother 17 Week 3 Thoughts

Once again I apologize for the lateness of this, between slangin' coasters and my drinking habit there isn't just enough hours in the day!  I think I am more upset because I am neurotic about sticking to a schedule, oh well, I'll try to keep to a routine more.

ANYHOO.... Jeff the Jacker is gone and good riddance.  What a fucking terrible decision it was to have this pylon on the show in the first place, I don't watch the Amazing Race so I don't know if he was as big of a dullard on that as he was in Big Brother.  After the show he said that him and Jackie were brought in for ratings... what a delusional bastard.  How did these people even make it on 1 TV show let alone two.  And those phony baloney tears? Newfie please get the fuck off my TV and go back to the bung hole from whence you came.

I really don't like the "Sixth Sense" alliance.  Especially Austin and Clay.  Austin is a fucking sociopath.  Not only does he have that whole weird controlling/jealousy thing over Liz, who isn't even his girlfriend... the squid actually has a girlfriend outside the house!  Jesus Murphs bud I can't imagine a) another person can see anything in that neanderthal and b) what she must feel seeing him try to knock another woman over the head with his club and drag her back to his cave.  He has a real off-putting look to him too, I dunno I get major douche chills watching him, especially when he puts that whack top-hat on trying to be a bootleg Slash.

Shelli and Clay are really bugging me too, that was really fresh when Shelli said that Austin would just control Liz's HOH, what exactly has Clay been doing while she has been in charge?  I am so fucking sick of her saying "I don't want blood on my hands" then don't be HOH for Christs Sakes, throw the competition like the rest of these retards are doing.

I feel bad for my boy Johnny Mac, I don't know why he keeps agreeing to be put up on the block, I suppose he doesn't have that much of a choice, but it's absolutely absurd that it keeps happening.  Clay and Shelli can fuck off, they can't stay in power forever, and here's hoping there is a power shift soon in the house.

Other Random Thoughts:

I honestly haven't read too many spoilers this year, I am not on Twitter as much as last season (being gainfully employed and all...), and I never go to Jokers or anything anymore.  It's amazing what 40 hours a week at a job can do to your free time!  That said I did hear there was a huge fight and something big may be happening this week, but I'll keep that on the DL for those who don't read spoilers.

Jackie is completely useless and looks like Jar Jar Binks.

So many floaters this season, it's unbelievable.  Has Becky said or done anything since describing being hit by a train?  Did the train mangle her personality too?

It's about time the other side of the house band together instead of sitting around with thumbs up their asses.  I know it's easier said than done but wake the fuck up already.

The Gronk party was the stupidest thing the show has ever done, and they have done a lot of dumb shit.

I should have one of these done on Thursday night, because the next couple of nights should be interesting, but I won't make any promises.  If not I'll post one next weekend.  Until then you can always give your boy a follow on the Twitter @HDH2112 

Jays Limp Into the All-Star Break

These days the Jays got me like...

What in the flying fuck is going on in Blue Jay Land these days?  What an absolutely frustrating and annoying road trip that was.  A mediocre 3-7 marred by terrible pitching, comatose bats when they were pitching well, defensive and baserunning miscues that your average T-Ball player would make has left them below .500 heading into a crucial second half of the season.

This All-Star Break couldn't come at a better time.  Jose Bautista has time to get a cortisone shot in his wonky shoulder without having to miss any time,  the rest of the boys can rest some minor nagging injuries, maybe Jose Reyes can go do some fucking ground ball drills.  I hate to be hard on Reyes, because he does a lot more good than bad for this team, and I hate justifying the garbage clowns but Jesus Murphs Bud, it doesn't make it easy to defend the guy when his bumble-fuck errors single-handedly lose the team games.

Despite all the moans and feet stomping of the pissy pant man babies, this is still a good team, the AL East is still up for grabs, the team is only 4.5 games out, and if they fire off another 11 game win streak (something which this team is perfectly capable of doing) then I think it'll be PLAYOFFS!!!!11 for the first time in 22 years.  Because like Ricky says...

For the Jays to actually not take my eternal optimism... or optometrism for granted...

THEY NEED SOME FUCKING PITCHING

Hollering Fuck has anything been more glaring in your entire life?  Papa Buherle and Dickey are not going anywhere in the rotation, but one of Drew Hutchison, Polo Erik or fucking Felix Doubront could easily take a seat for Cole Hamels?? Johnny Cueto??  Craig Kimbrel??  Please AA for the sake of my soul and my sanity get us another arm, another bullpen arm would be swell too, that Pig Fucker Papelbon told my boy Barry Davis that he would welcome a trade to Toronto.  Just get it done, anyone but Marcus Stroman should be available.  Hutchison? Hoffman? Norris? Sanchez?  It's been a slice boys, enjoy your new teams because Flags Fly Forever.

I know it's easier said than done to make a trade, and with the second wild card and the amount of parity in baseball not a lot of teams are ready to pull the plug on the season, plus every other team within contention are going to make the same calls for players like Johnny Cueto that the Jays do, and they could come up with a better package.  But if AA stands pat and doesn't make a big move, it could come with disastrous consequences.

It was criminal on Sunday when the Jays offense brought them back from being down 7-0, score 8 runs in the inning, only to have the pitching and defense piss it all away twice.  This is one of the best offenses I have ever seen, and while they will lose to great pitching, they'll beat up on the dregs of the league.

Throughout all the bullshit and frustrations it's a dream watching Josh Donaldson play.  I just saw this picture on Twitter courtesy the hilarious @matttomic that perfectly sums up the fleecing AA and the Jays made on the Oakland A's... and people are begging AA to get fired.

This weeks Squid of the Week could easily go to Umpire Jerry "Eats Too Many" Meals for the absolutely embarrassing Ump Show he put on display tossing Jose Bautista mid-at bat on Sunday,  But the Squid(s) of the Week is the entire MLB Umpiring Fraternity.

What is up with these assholes?? They are fucking BRUTAL, the strike zones some of these boys have is absolutely unbelievable.  They need just to use pitch-tracks for balls and strikes, make it fair and across the board for everyone.  How does 99.9% of people see something as a ball, but 0.01% of people (the one who matters the Ump) sees something as a strike happen all the god damned time

Yeah I know they are only human, but what Meals did to Bautista is something I have seen across the league, in that these Umpires are challenging players, they are taking their masks off and initiating arguments, they are practically BEGGING the players to yell something at them so they can throw them out.  People don't pay money for a ticket to watch the fucking Umpires and I think some of these squids don't realize this.

I understand these guys don't want to be chirped at but, they have to be the bigger man in this situation.  What Meals did was unforgivable on Sunday, he should be fined, he should be reprimanded but it won't happen.  These Umpires stay in the league until they retire, or until they drop dead.  Managers get fired, players get sent to the minors but umpires will always have their jobs no matter how fucking terrible they are.

The Week Ahead: vs. Tampa Bay (7/17 - 7/19) No baseball until Friday :( Well the Home-Run Derby is on now, I watch it every year but turn it off every year because it is unbelievably boring.  I'll at least watch until Josh Donaldson is out.  PS It can't be stated enough that Josh Donaldson is the greatest.  The All-Star Game is kind of stupid too, I like the player introductions and that's it. 

They get Tampa when they come back from the break ugh.  At least it's not at the Trop, I want to go to one of the games this weekend but if Chris Archer is pitching one of them for Tampa there is no way I am going to watch them get shut out.

I was racking my brain for a C'Mon Bud all day today (trust me working this noodle requires A LOT of work) and was just going to skip it this week, that was until I tuned into the Home Run Derby and saw Chris Berman's "Hair"

C'Mon Bud, what's up with that comb over mullet??  Did he put some Sun-In in his hair??  Hulk Hogan wants his look back bud.  Jesus Murphs just embrace the #PlayBald movement and live your life as a bald man, trust me once you do that things will be a lot better for you.

I actually don't have that much of a problem with Chris Berman, he gets a hard time from a lot of people but I like him.  In fact, this segment "C'Mon Bud" is a complete rip-off of his "C'Mon Man" segment on the Monday Night Football Pre-Game Show.  Plus he came to Hamilton last year for the Labour Day Classic and I saw him pounding back beers, so for that alone he will always be fine in my books... but fuck get a new hair doo.

I was too busy ranting and raving about Phil Kessel and the Squid of the Year Steve Simmons to talk about the moves the Raptors made last week.  But... the Raptors made moves!!  Positive Moves!

Cory Joseph is going to prove to be an incredible signing for this team, he is a proven winner and comes from one of the best organizations in all of Pro Sports in the Spurs.  Plus unlike the crop of players last year he can play defense.  Yeah he is from Toronto and that is going to get the Maple Dicks erect, but I think his passport is secondary compared to the player they got.  It's a nice storyline that he is the first Canadian to play on the Raptors in his prime, the first Raptor who grew up idolizing the team to come home and play for them.... actually Maple Dicks Ahoy that is pretty fucking awesome.

The Raptors also picked up Demarre Carrol from the Hawks, he is going be a fan favourite in Toronto, he's already promised to be JYD 2.0.  Raptors fans appreciate the player Carrol will be and I am looking forward to seeing him play.  Defense was obviously the major issue down the stretch with the Raptors down the stretch and in the playoffs, and I think getting the likes of Joseph and Carrol and losing Lou Williams and Amir Johnson will pay dividends

That being said, it is with a heavy heart to say goodbye to Amir Johnson, yeah he was slowing down and the best move basketball wise was to let him walk, but the guy was a pro.  He actually embraced the city of Toronto and embraced being a Raptor, he was the best player on some really shitty Raptor teams, and I will miss him and I wish him the best of luck in Boston.