Day 19
Record—
Spread: 22-33
Straight up: 32-11-12
Yeeooouch. May we all softly tap a gong an observe several
minutes of awkward silence for the gallant and noble play of the Japanese team, who did their utmost
to bring honor to my upset special. Dong………………….dong……………..dong………. Watching a
well-played match being decided on the Roulette Wheel of penalty kicks is never
a pleasurable experience LL
Anyone with some semblance of soul must empathize with Kawashima and Komano.
Even a world-class athlete delivering a world class performance can still make
a mistake or two that brings their countrymen to tears.
Dong…..dong……..dong………..dong……dong…….dong…….dong……..
Thanks to everyone who fell into my Dutch Spread Trap, and
thanks to everyone who has been watching way too many of those Christiano
Ronaldo Nike Spots J Finally, thank you David Villa for proving yourself
worthy of that one-year Azulgrana contract. You’ll be starting for an English
Superclub by 2011. “Viva Villa” just rolls off the tongue.
Read a fascinating editorial piece in the Wall Street
Journal during my time off. Apparently, those of us against video replay in
football fall into three distinct categories: “The Hopeless Romantics”, “The
Slippery Slopers”, and the “But I must prepare for the next match by reading
everything on ESPN.com! Not now, busy!”. I clearly belong to the first
category, with my fondness for tweed jackets, proclivity towards pipe tobacco,
tendency to start boorish conversations in airport bars, and deep love for a
good academic wine & cheese. Guilty as charged. LL
Even though I also like American Light Beer, porn, puerile jokes, RPGs, more
porn, nacho dip, gate-crashing parties, still more porn, baseball, Bill
Simmons, Collegehumor.com, construction work, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and even more
porn, yes….I’m a bit of a snob sometimes L You caught me.
As always, the wit on the one-page WSJ sports section is
always appreciated. It washes the foul taste of yet another Karl Rove?William
McGurn/Kimberely Strassel/Bret Stephens abomination out of the pre-vomit-mouth.
Alas, I would be remiss if I did not mention that the WSJ boys neglected to
include one significant category of sports fans: “The Losers who DVR Around the
Horn, OTL, ‘Jim Rome is Burning’ and Sportscenter nightly”. Fuck these fucking
fucktards. Always looking for the next sports “talking point”. This is a
serious problem. Sports are a fantastic escape, but a 24-hour conversation is
about as useless as 24-hour news. Eventually, we have to go on with our lives.
Nothing warrants so much fucking attention. Ahem. Allow the “snobby Romantic”
to make a counter-point: “GET A FUCKING LIFE PEOPLE!! WHEN THE GAME IS OVER,
MAYBE ITS TIME TO TALK TO A STRANGER IN A PUB AS OPPOSED TO A TALKING HEAD.”
That’s about it. Someone needs to assassinate Jim Rome.
Okay that’s not it. If you DVR “Around the Horn” or “Jim
Rome is Burning”, I just wanted to let you know that you should go ahead and
kill yourself now. Your life is devoid of meaning. The only permissible time to
watch those shows is when you are gorging yourself at the $7.95 Mr. Gatti’s
Pizza Buffet and the kids working the oven won’t give you the remote. Perhaps
you can also watch Jim Everett punch Jim Rome on Youtube, but don’t actually
watch this nutless dipshit’s show!!!!!:
Hot Girl Standings
Country
|
Tally
|
Games Played
|
Japan
|
54
|
4 (finished)
|
Netherlands
|
52
|
4
|
Spain
|
50
|
4
|
South Korea
|
49
|
4 (finished)
|
Brazil
|
46
|
4
|
United States
|
45
|
4 (finished)
|
Argentina
|
41
|
4
|
New Zealand
|
37
|
3 (finished)
|
Cameroon
|
35
|
3 (finished)
|
Paraguay
|
33
|
4
|
Germany
|
32
|
4
|
Portugal
|
32
|
4 (finished)
|
Italy
|
32
|
3 (finished)
|
South Africa
|
27
|
3 (finished)
|
Cote d’Ivoire
|
26
|
3 (finished)
|
Mexico
|
26
|
4 (finished)
|
Australia
|
24
|
3 (finished)
|
Chile
|
24
|
4 (finished))
|
Greece
|
22
|
3 (finished)
|
England
|
21
|
4 (finished)
|
Denmark
|
20
|
3 (finished)
|
Ghana
|
18
|
4
|
Honduras
|
16
|
3 (finished)
|
Slovakia
|
14
|
4 (finished)
|
Nigeria
|
12
|
3 (finished)
|
Uruguay
|
12
|
4
|
Serbia
|
11
|
3 (finished)
|
Switzerland
|
10
|
3 (finished)
|
Algeria
|
7
|
3 (finished)
|
Slovenia
|
7
|
3 (finished)
|
North Korea
|
4
|
3 (finished)
|
France
|
4
|
3 (finished)
|
There you have it. One of the eight teams still alive looks
to claim the crown. Spain, Holland, Brazil and Argentina fight a close battle
for supremacy. Germany and Paraguay are your dark horses. After a strong start,
Ghana took a horrible nose dive and looks unable to recover. Uruguay Chips away
both on the pitch and off. Japan
holds top spot, as they deserve to, for one single day.
