Archive for April, 2012

It’s National Pretzel Day

That makes me think of the “Twisted World of Marge Simpson” Roll the clip!

Poor Whitey. I hope he survives the day.
There are probably places giving away free pretzel’s today, but I’m not looking it up. Free food posts as linkbait aren’t what they used to be…

Game 7: Washington Capitals 2 BOSTON BRUINS 1 (Overtime)

JOEL WARD!
An overtime goal wins it for the Capitals in game 7. Dale Hunter has seen this before.
Big win for the Caps, who looked like they were not going to be a playoff team for large parts of the season and now they have eliminated the defending Stanley Cup Champion on the road. That’s [...]

Capitals vs. Bruins game 7 tonight

It would figure that the one weeknight game of the Washington Nationals western swing is the same night as Game 7 of the first round of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs. The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins drop the puck around 7:30 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet. The Caps went up 2-1 and then 3-2 on [...]

NPR on tacos, because tacos are awesome

The California Taco Trail: ‘How Mexican Food Conquered America’ – NPR
NPR reporter Carolina Miranda went on a “taco tour” in Southern California with Gustavo Arellano who wrote Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. The origins of the American taco are traced through 3 restaurants — “taking a taco trip through time.”
I love tacos. There [...]

2012 Nats vs. Padres Q&A and prediction with Jason Woodmansee

It is guest prognosticator time again! Legendary displaced Washington Redskins fan Jason Woodmansee lives in San Diego and is thus the closest to be a Padres fan that I know, online or otherwise. He’s returns to talk about the upcoming Washington Nationals visit to the Gaslamp District; last year’s Q&A. I probably should have made [...]

Nats: Frank Howard, Edwin Jackson and the number 33

Washington Senators slugger Frank Howard was the last great D.C. baseball player before 2005. He hit 237 home runs for the expansion Senators from 1965-71, still an all-time Washington record. A long-time resident of Loudoun County, Va., Howard is an ambassador for the Loudoun Hounds independent minor league baseball team headquartered about 30 miles west [...]

Boston Bruins 4 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 3 (Overtime)

The Washington Capitals lost a tough, exciting hockey game yesterday. The Boston Bruins scored first, but the Caps got the equalizer. This cycle repeated itself another two times before the Bruins scored again when the Caps had no answer — overtime. It has been a very close series. The crowd sounded great on TV. Good [...]

Nats send off friend’s bachelorhood with a 3-2 win over Marlins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, nearly a dozen of us celebrating the impending obsolescence of our friend Fritz’s bachelorhood with a trip to Nationals Park. Seven years ago, my bachelor party (Tony Armas pitched — I think we’re still waiting for him to get through the 4th inning) was at RFK Stadium during a similar run [...]

Washington Capitals 4 BOSTON BRUINS 3

The Caps went up 2-0 and then the Bruins scored twice in about a minute to tie it up, the Caps pulled ahead again and then the Bruins tied it up, but Troy Brouwer scored the game winner at 18:33 in the 3rd period.
The series resumes today in D.C. at 3 p.m. on NBC (Ch. [...]

Nats can’t take Astros series, get clobbered 11-4

Is it just me or does it seem like your team starts getting noticed for being good nationally (Daily Pitch, USA Today), they seem to lose? That happened last night with the Washington Nationals. Edwin Jackson gave up 5 Houston Astros runs (3 triples!) – (The Post) in the first inning and the Nats never [...]

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