This is just pathetic on Gawker/Deadspin’s part. It isn’t the first time that live chats have completely failed over there and turned something that is supposed to be good for both the guest and for the site into a complete clusterfuck.
Who had the bright idea of using a comment system for a live chat anyway? Horrible idea! It isn’t the same function, don’t use the same tool. It’s like using a blender to mow the lawn.
And ya know, we may not have a lot of fancy traffic around here but atleast these live chats don’t look like a freaking mess. (Much love to the nine of you that do show up, though!)
That is to say: A championship always means something different to fans than it does to a team. If the Cardinals win the World Series this year, it’ll be a joy to be shared with my fellow Cardinals fans, with my family, with all the souls who followed the ups-and-downs of a Frankenstein monster of a team, one that put it all together for one crazy August and was mostly listless (outside of Pujols, Wainwright and Carpenter, of course) the rest of the way. It’ll be something we’ll always remember.
-Will Leitch
Best Deadcast ever?
Drew Magary and Spencer Hall run through the Top 25 college teams.
Most overrated team according to:
- Drew: Ole Miss #8
- Spencer: Oklahoma State #9
I love you guys.
Ugh. I can’t NOT post it. I hate myself for this.
She’s a bit pitchy though, to be honest.
(I hate you Deadspin)
n 2007 the team staged a Billy Donovan night, which mocked the UF basketball coach’s decision to back out of a contractual agreement he made with the Orlando Magic.
Other activities that were bounced around when the team was planning the event included a mock circumcision, which would have been meant to play off of Tebow’s missionary work in the Philippines.
It wasn’t included on Wednesday for obvious reasons.
“We bounced all kinds of ideas around when we thought of the promotion,” Sharp said. “But we wanted to keep it tasteful.”
What?! I have nothing.
(via Deadspin, because I really thought he was making these things up.)
3. I’m an American, and I did not ask for this team.
I haven’t loved Drew any more than I do today. There are plenty of gems in this wonderful post, but you’ll need to go read them yourself.
For me, I spent a few too many years of my childhood living outside of Wichita Falls, TX which as you all know might as well be named “That Place Where the Dallas Cowboys Have Training Camp”. I attended gymnastics at what was probably the only place in town and I remember quite vividly when my coach, Nat (yes, that was his name), told me my legs were too long for the uneven bars. I was 6 and already a freak.
But apparently, for reasons I do not understand, the Cowboys Cheerleaders also trained at this gym. I don’t remember much except for tan girls with big… hair. They always took up too much space in front of the mirrors and they had bags thrown all over the room. I think it was then and there that my hatred for cheerleaders and everything about them was born.
My hatred for the Cowboys on the other hand started when I took my first breath.
