Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy New Year



Here are some things to look forward to in 2010:
Penn State beating LSU in the Capital One Bowl.
The Steelers making the playoffs and returning to the Super Bowl.
The Pens defending their Stanley Cup.
The Pirates ... never mind. We'll get to that next year.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Who You Gonna Call? Penguins Beat Phantoms 4-3

Dustin Jeffrey scored two goals and had an assist to led Wilkes-Barre/Scranton over Adirondack 4-3. Lane Caffaro got his first career AHL goal and Eric Tangradi also scored for the Pens. It was the 3rd win in three nights for WBS. Here are some pictures I took and posted on Twitter. If you follow me then you may have already seen them. For the other 23 people who come to this site by searching for "how to stop getting old", then these are especially for you. By the way, good luck with that.









Saturday, December 19, 2009

The Dynasty Continues



The Penn State Lady Lions won their 3rd straight NCAA volleyball championship beating Texas 3 sets to 2. It was their 102 consecutive win, second in Division I team sports, behind only the Miami men's tennis team's ridiculous 137 straight victories from 1957-64.

One of the greatest college teams ever! We Are...

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

My New Favorite Song This Week

The band is named fun. The song is All The Pretty Girls. Pretty girls = fun. Sold.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Pirates Give Matt Capps The Hook



Another bobblehead pushed to the back of the shelf. In news that sent shockwaves through the Pirates blogosphere, the Bucs did not offer a contract to Matt Capps yesterday making him a free agent. I guess we will have to find someone else to blow games for us. I wasn't the biggest Capps fan so this news is rather exciting to me. I mean seriously, the guy has one pitch, a fastball with no movement what-so-ever on it. GM Neil Huntington has a set of balls on him though because I think we can all agree that this can backfire on him. Relievers are so unpredictable year after year so Capps could return to his 2007-08 numbers and make Huntington like like a jackass. I'm with our GM on this one. It became obvious after this was announced that Capps had little or no trade value. Cut ties and move on. There was no need to offer him salary arbitration and overpay for a closer who might not even be the closer out of spring training. I'm in the minority on this so click on these links for other opinions.

Pat's take [WHYGAVS]

Tim's piece at [Bucco Fans]

Brian will miss the Bull-Rider video the most [RTJR]

Jon from [The "Mc Effect] weighs in

Shaftie's thoughts from [Rum Bunter]

Keep the faith kids. 2011. Mark it down. Go Bucs!

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Do The Hokie Pokey- Virginia Tech 66 Penn State 64



Talor Battle tied a career high with 32 points but missed the one that would matter most, a layup at the buzzer as Penn State falls to Virginia Tech 66-64. Free throw shooting once again killed the Nittany Lions as they went a dreadful 13 for 22 from the stripe. Penn State also went just 7 for 24 from 3 point range. Ouch. Tech was led by Malcolm Delaney who had 27 points including some clutch free throws late in the game. Up next for the Lions is a home game next Saturday against Gardner-Webb. The game starts at 9 o'clock and can been seen on ESPNU.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Pirates Sign Bobby Crosby ... But More Importantly ...



The girl on the right is his better half. Yahoo indeed. Almost as nice as Miss Anna Benson. I can deal with this for one year.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Penn State 58 UMBC 42



Did you know that UMBC stood for the University of Maryland-Baltimore County? I didn't. Did you know that their nickname is the Retrievers? I didn't. Did you know that UMBC was 0-7 on the year? I didn't. Regardless, the Nittany Lions won. Jeff Brooks led the way with 14 points and Andrew Jones added 10 with 10 rebounds. Talor Battle had just 7 points. Up next is Virginia Tech this Saturday at 7. The game is on ESPN2. Go Lions!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Bucco Bits



Today was the first day of baseball's winter meetings so let's get caught up on what our Buccos have been up to.

Infielder Luis Cruz, who was placed on waivers, was claimed by the Brewers.

The Pirates signed right-handed reliever Vinnie Chulk to a Minor League deal. He pitched for Cleveland last year. He has a career record of 7-15 with an 4.33 ERA. Sounds about right.

The Bucs also outrighted Jeff Sues to Indianapolis to clear room on the 40-man roster. The roster now stands at 38 players. Are we making room for a run at Roy Halladay? More like making room for a Rule 5 pick (or two).

Former manager Danny Murtaugh fell four votes shy for the Hall of Fame.

Will GM Neil Huntington make any big moves this winter? Many fans don't think so but I have a feeling Zach Duke has pitched his last game for the Pirates. I also think Ryan Doumit will be moved. If anything major happens we will post it, otherwise the Bucs take a back seat around here until spring training.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Penn State To The Capital One Bowl



I agree that Iowa should have been picked over PSU for a BCS game. I don't agree with the BCS putting TCU and Boise State against each other. Pussies. It looks like the Lions will face LSU on New Years Day. More on this later.

This Is Why I Don't Watch The NBA



They won't let me. The Washington Wizards at Detroit game is blacked out in northeastern Pennsylvania. You've got to be kidding me! Let's go to the map...



The game is not on anywhere else in this area so why is it blacked out? Not that I care, I can't stand the NBA but this is not right. Plus I pay extra for this channel just to get the NHL and MLB Networks.



Our "local" teams in the Scranton area are the Nets and the 76ers. Two teams with a combined record of 6-34. We can live with that.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Whooo Hooo Whoo ... Temple 45 - Penn State 42



Some will call it a defensive battle. Some will call it bad basketball. I'll go with the latter. Talor Battle was held to 8 points, shooting just 3 of 15 from the field while missing all five of his 3 point attempts. This game had ugly written all over it. The Lions had just 22 points at the half and they were even worse in the 2nd half. Temple wasn't much better. The Owls would go on to shoot just 26% in the 2nd half and still managed to win. Penn State had a chance to tie the game but couldn't get a shot off in the final 30 seconds. Yikes. Up next is UMBC Tuesday at 6:30. The game is on the Big Ten Network. Tune in to watch this team continue to confuse us.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Penn State Survives Virginia Rally 69-66



Talor Battle scored a career high 32 points as the Nittany Lions held off a late comeback from the Cavs. Penn State trailed by as many as 10 in the first half before a 13-2 run in the second half gave the Lions a lead they would not give up. Tim Frazier chipped in with 11 points but this game was all about Battle. Battle was 9-of-15 from the floor and 5-of-9 from downtown. Virginia was led by Sylven Landesberg who scored 18 and Sammy Zeglinski who just couldn't miss hitting 3's down the stretch to get U.Va back in the game. He did miss the one that would matter most, at the buzzer. This was the third straight win for Penn State in the Big 10/ACC Challenge. Up next for the Lions (5-2) is a short drive to Philly to take on Temple (4-2) this Saturday at 4. Go Lions!