And at least we have moved forward from matches in which England batsmen score double tons in Australia and still lose (see: Paul Collingwood, Adelaide, 2006). That second innings was superb and far better than I expected following the first, so fair play to Messrs. Strauss, Trott, and especially Cook and his 235 not out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poll’
Stupid Alastair Cook probably needs a new nickname.
Posted in Dottie, tagged awesome, cricket, poll on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NLCS Worst Facial Hair Awards
Posted in Dottie, Kit, tagged awesome, baseball, not awesome, poll, possible eye candy, silly on October 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps football facemasks are hiding some doozies, and we’re too distracted by horrible tattoos in the NBA, but baseball seems to take the cake in players with hideous facial hair. This is certainly true in the MLB in general, but some combination of topicality and their actually being worse than average has led us to [...]
Chair umpires get insufficient love.
Posted in Dottie, tagged poll, tennis on June 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
They mostly get yelled at by players and fans, and their job is really not that easy. They are also, as a rule, not that cute. But Carlos Ramos is. So, in the spirit of featuring an actually obscure sporting personage on this blog, as we said we would do, here he is. He’s actually [...]
Club vs Country? (Part I)
Posted in Dottie, tagged poll, soccer on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, Owen Hargreaves is no longer injured! Probably. Also, Manchester United spent £17 million on him. For this reason, Sir Alex thinks that Mr. Hargreaves should probably not fuss himself about the World Cup. Now, £17 million is a great deal of money, and generally you want a better return on that kind of investment [...]
I don’t think Graham Onions looks like Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
Posted in Dottie, tagged cricket, poll, silly on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you? Stop being mean, Jonathan Agnew. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: When there are actual sports there will be actual content, we promise.
So, Alistair Cook is probably cute.
Posted in Dottie, tagged cricket, poll, possible eye candy on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I’m sure you all know, England triumphed over Australia today at Lord’s for the first time since 1934 in an epic and glorious match in which Freddie Flintoff was cosmically effective. And I’m not really making any of that up or editorializing much. Without the stress, then, of watching England blow it, as usual, [...]
Luxembourg seems pretty great.
Posted in Dottie, tagged cycling, eye candy, poll on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Until recently, I had never considered the eventuality of people actually being from Luxembourg. I’ve heard possibly apocryphal things about it (e.g. that there’s a national referendum every time someone wants to become a citizen), but this merely cemented its status as a mildly fictional, if totally gorgeous, country where people might go on holiday. [...]
Stuart Broad’s hamstring is better.
Posted in Dottie, tagged cricket, poll on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I realize that you’re probably really sick of hearing about him and you really couldn’t care less about cricket as a sport, but, for serious, guys, he is really really hot. And looking a little older. And, as an added bonus, he will be bringing a little more zip and zing to the England attack. [...]
