Yankee Pride

If you know me, then you know that I have been a Yankees fan for a long time now. In fact, I even have a Yankees Tattoo! It’s been 9 years since we last won a World Series and that has been too long.

We are back, for now. I will just sit on this win and see what happens next year.

I just wanted to say Congratulations to the Yankees!

NFL

I just recently finished morning the death of the last NFL season and now the 2009 NFL Schedule is out. Damn, when is spring training coming? When will baseball season be over?

I can’t wait…

I was heading to nfl.com today because I knew the schedule was out and was greeted with the picture you see on the left (click image for nfl.com 2009 NFL Schedule). Very cool from nfl.com I must say.

Those of you who know me will know that I am a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Don’t laugh, seriously… I like to follow players from college and then to the NFL team they are on. Currently my favorite player in the NFL is Larry Johnson; he is used to be great. So I downloaded the 2009 schedule for the Kansas City Chiefs from nfl.com and linked a PDF at the bottom of this post. You can get your own teams schedule by clicking the image above…

Arrowhead Stadium

KC Chiefs 2009 Schedule

Download 2009 KC Chiefs Schedule

The 2009 schedule is in PDF format and can also be downloaded from nfl.com. You can download your own team’s schedule too! Just click on the picture at the top left of the post and select your team.

• 2009 NFL Schedule – KC Chiefs

Here I am in Costa Rica and it’s FOOTBALL SEASON! Now, I love the NFL and can’t get enough fantasy sports. I haven’t purchased my satellite system yet so I am stuck with the local cable stations. This means that I can only watch 2 stations for the games. One is CBS and is in English, but the other is FOX and is in Spanish.

My Spanish is OK, but these guys on Fox talk way too fast for me to understand. I am subscribed to an RSS feed for AM Costa Rica, which is a American page about Costa Rica. They recently posted this article and I love it so I am giving some link love out to them. Below is text I copied from their post so you don’t have to go there, but you can visit the original article here.

Here is a list of basic terms used by the broadcasters;

abucheos – boos (noise)
acarrear – to carry a ball
acarreo – a carry
aguador – water boy
ala abierta – split end
ala cerrada – tight end
alineación titular – starting line up
anotar – to score
apoyador – linebacker
árbitro – ref
arranque en falso – off sides
atrapada –a catch
atrapar – to catch
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balón suelto – fumble (noun)
banca – bench
buena posición de campo – good field position
caderera – hip pad
campo de juego – playing field
captura – sack
capturar – to sack
carga – rush
casco – helmet
castigo – penalty
cuartos – quarters (periods of time)
centro – center (lineman)
¿Con quién vas? - Who are you rooting for?
corredor – runner
defensivo – a defensive player
defensiva – defense
doble marcaje – to have two men guarding one man
doblar la esquina – turn the corner on the outside
empate – tie game
echar porra al equipo – to cheer or root for a team
entrenador – coach
engaño – a trick play
equipo favorito – favorite team
escopeta – shotgun formation
estadio – stadium
finta – a fake
fuerza excesiva – unnecessary roughness
ganar – to win
guardia – guard (lineman)
gol de campo – field goal
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hombre en movimiento – a man in motion
hombrera – shoulder pad
hueco – a hole in the scrimmage line
intercepción – interception
interceptar – to intercept
jugada – a play
jugada de anotacíon – scoring play
jugada de pizzarón or de película – a picture perfect play
jugador – player
interferencia – interference
lesión – an injury
línea de golpeo – scrimmage line
lineros – linemen
marcador – score or scoreboard
marcador final - final score
marcar – to guard a player
mariscal de campo – quarterback
mascarazo – illegal grabbing of the facemask
mascarilla – facemask
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medio tiempo – half time
muerte súbita – sudden death
narrador o locutor – announcer
ofensiva – offense
oviode – football (the ball)
pañuelo – flag (penalty)
pasador – passer
pasar – to pass
pase – pass
pase completo – completed pass
pase incompleto – incomplete pass
patada corta – short kick or onsides quick
patada de salida – kickoff
patear – to kick
perder el balón – to fumble (verb)
pédida – a loss
primera, segunda, tercera oportunidad – first down, second down and third down
por aire – through the air
por tierra – on the ground
postes – goal posts
postemporada – postseason
pretemporada – preseason
primer tiempo – first half
primera y diez – first and ten
profundo – safety (player)
protector bucal – mouth piece
protesta – challenge
punto extra – extra point
receptor – receiver
repeteción de jugada – replay
reserva o suplente – back up player
retorno – kick return
rodillera – knee pad
sujetando – holding
Super Tazón – Super Bowl
tabla de posciones – standings (record)
tacleada – a tackle
taclear – to tackle
temporada regular – regular season
jugador titular – player in the starting lineup
tiempo extra - overtime
¡tiempo fuera! – Time out!
uso ilegal de las manos – illegal use of hands
utilero – equipment man
victoria – victory
zona de anotación – end zone
La ópera no ha terminado hasta que cante la gorda – The opera isn’t over until the fat lady sings!

If you go to any of the major sports sites on the Web
ESPN.com, Yahoo Sports, Sports Illustrated—you’ll find pretty much the same thing: a picture of Michael Phelps, Olympics coverage, and maybe some fantasy baseball. David Katz, a former Yahoo executive who used to run Yahoo Sports, is trying something different with SportsFanLive, which has just launched in beta.

Rather than being organized around the big sports headlines of the day, SportsFanLive is organized around the fans themselves and the obsessions. Instead seeing the same general sports information that everyone else sees on the homepage and taking thre or four clicks to get to the page about your team, SportsFanLive lets you put the information you want up front. You tell it what teams you follow, and whatever is happening with those teams is front and center when you visit the site. As he was creating the site, Katz asked himself:

What do sports fans want to do? Consume content about their favorite teams and players, connect with like-minded (or non-like-minded) fans, and compete.

SportsFanLive looks a little bit like a green Netvibes, with different widgets arranged on the page: a fun poll up top, a feed of major sports story headlines, another feed of top headlines from the teams you are following, and a Facebook-like FanFeed that lets you keep up with all of the sports news and events your friends are watching. There is also a FanFinder that shows you local sports bars where tonight’s game is being watched (organized by team loyalty).

The site is designed to recreate the chest-thumping bravado of a sports bar. Bragging rights are key, which is why the site also includes virtual betting. Says Katz:

Every sports fan thinks they know everything about sports, but they all know something different.

With SportsFanLive, Katz is trying to create a friendlier gathering place for sports fans than the faceless major sports sites. But he still has a lot of work to do. A Facebook or MySpace app would be nice for starters, so that fans don’t have to recreate their social networks. There are also simple things he could do, like letting fans take their team headline widget and embed it anywhere on the Web. Also, mobile and Twitter integration are key if Katz wants fans at the game to be able to interact with their friends and other fans online.

The company that operates SportsFanLive is called Sports Media Ventures, and is based in Los Angeles. It faces competition from all the big sports sites, as well as social sports sites such as Citizen Sports, Screaming Sports,, and SportsTwit. All you sports fans out there, chime in. Would you use it?

Should Brett Farve Retire?

Training camp opens Sunday for the Packers. What would you like to see?

Vote

Just Comment with your Vote…

1) Brett shows – Should be named Starter

2) Brett shows – Trade him

3) Brett please stay out of football forever

Now I have to say, The Saints start looking better every year. Now they have a tier 1 TE, RB (well Bush is almost), QB (Drew Brees is a Stud and WR (In Colston).

What a show last night by Josh Hamilton! I am glad the TV here in Costa Rica was showing the Home Run Derby. After watching the show I started thinking about the All Star Game.
Does anyone remember the all star game that went like 16 innings? There were no more pitchers to use and there was a huge controversy over whether or not the all star game should be an important game, or just for fun.

My opinion is this; I believe that the game should be for fun, and giving that I think there should be some rule changes just for the all star game. Does anyone have ideas for new rules to the all star game?

I believe that each pitcher should get 3 innings to pitch, but those can be used at anytime throughout the game. So let’s say that Smoltz starts the game and play 1 inning and then is replaced by Santana.

Well, Smoltz would still have 2 innings he could play, let him come back in the 10th, if it goes that far.
Then if a game ever went 20 innings (I hope not) then pitchers could still pitch.

Also, let’s say A-Rod doesn’t hit well against Smoltz, well you could bring in Smoltz whenever A-Rod is up to bat. This could make the game a lot more fun,

Any thoughts??