Name that Baldwin!!!

An epic round two this week, as we played an exciting edition of, “NAME…THAT…BALDWIN.” Is it Alec, Daniel, William, or Steven? Let’s see how you do (see answers by clicking “continue reading”):

Round Two: Name that Baldwin!
1. This Baldwin was BizMarkie’s teammate on Celebrity Fit Club.
2. Called Dick Cheney a lying, thieving oil whore and murderer of the US Constitution
3. Starred in the Movie Flatliners
4. This Baldwin stole an SUV in November of 2006
5. Appeared in Usual Suspects
6. Married to a former member of Wilson Phillips
7. Starred in Bio-Dome
8. In the movie Malice, stated, “I am God.”
9. Is a born again christian who has started his own ministry.
10. Has a daughter who is a rude thoughtless little pig

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Phils questions

Maybe all it took was Charlie Manuel going after Howard Eskin for this team to turn it around, but they have been hitting the tar out of the ball ever since. Which leaves a couple of questions. Shoud they move Rollins back, since he is leading the NL in homers, so he can start hitting homers with runners on? Should they trade Aaron Rowan while he’s hot? Is Pat the Bat really as good as he looks? And will Matt Smith ever play in a major league game again? Your thoughts, concerns? Oh, and even better news: the Braves totally choked last night, in one of those games that can really start a team on a slump. Let’s hope so.
RELATED: Beerleaguer weighs in on Phils game last night.

Around the Horn

-In 1990, somebody at ABC had an idea. “What if we took a cop show and turned it into a heartwarming musical?” And the top brass at ABC said, “It’s so crazy, it just might work!” And Cop Rock was born. It didn’t work. It was just too artistic for American audiences.

-Pretty fascinating and scandalous history of American Bandstand.

–Sal Fasano could be called back up to the majors. The Blue Jays need a catcher, and they just picked up Fasano. We play the Blue Jays next month. And it would be cool if, in the 9th inning, Sal stepped aside and let a ball get past him with a runner on 3rd in a tie game and the runner scored and then Fasano pointed up at Sal’s Pals, who have reunited one last time, and says, “That was for you guys.” That would be awesome.

Alien Betting

-I will totally change my mind and get behind Philly casinos if they’ll let us bet on stuff like this:
British bookmakers wasted no time slashing the odds on aliens being discovered after astronomers announced Wednesday that they had discovered an Earth-like planet. William Hill cut the odds on proving the existence of extra-terrestrial life from 1,000-1 to 100-1.

Merc Brothers Pizza

On Friday night, I finally kicked off the 2007 Pizza Hunt in the Great Northeast with D-Mac. We decided to head to Merc’s (8108 Roosevelt Blvd), a non-descript but quite good pizzeria in a strip mall. Here was D-Mac’s take:
When Johnny suggested somewhere in the Northeast, I knew we had to go to somewhere good. Of all the sections of Philadelphia, Northeast Philly has the best pizza. After brushing off the billboard directing us to the $4.99 pizza buffet in Bristol, we pulled up to a small shopping center off Holme Circle and Johnny got this first taste of Merc’s.

Merc’s doesn’t have the best decor or atmosphere, but it really makes up for it with the pizza. Somebody once told me it’s an offshoot of Tony’s,
but there isn’t a Wikipedia page for either so I don’t know if it’s true. Like Tony’s, Merc’s makes both regular and tomato pies, with the sauce on top.

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Now let’s rag Seattle

Alright, we had our fun with Denver. Almost. But first…I was in Denver last year, and while it is a pretty nice city, the fever they have for their baseball team is…non-existent. They built the stadium way too big, so when their usual crowd of about 15,000 shows up it’s kind of sad. Then those people just stare at the field for three hours. No cheering, no booing, I swear they just stare at the field. And the people there are none too bright either. We were giving away $25 gas cards to anyone who could beat me at hula-hooping, and nobody would do it! It was amazing. Those cards woulda been gone in 10 minutes in Philly, but in Denver, people just got uncomfortable and ran off (kind of like girls I talk to in bars). Anyways, I don’t got much on Seattle, b/c I’ve never been. But in case you’re wondering, it is one of the few cities we can make fun f b/c they haven’t won a sports title since 1979. Now, bash away at the Emerald City.

Happy B-Day Ginger!

Today is Ginger’s B-day. Her party is tonight at Bob and Barbara’s at 9p.m. and you are all invited to swing by. If you want, you can wish her a Happy B-day below in comments or on her Myspace page. She’s turning the big two-nine.

Denver is Talking Smack

The following was taken from Dicker’s Geeks Who Drink website (yes, Denver’s head quizmaster is named Dicker). If anyone would care to respond, I heartily invite you to go to Dicker’s website and start talking smack.
Hey, Philly: When did you guys last have a championship that was at any level above a father & son game, 1983? Talk all you want about the body bag game but lets face facts, it PALES in comparison to THE DRIVE. The most talented athlete to come out of there isn’t even real, but the guy that played him is…though he’s a 60 year old man getting busted in foreign countries with enough HGH to make Barry Bonds blush, boy Philly’s battin’ a thousand in the “we’re almost great” category.

You can remember what that’s like right? Well, at least what its like to bat .300, I never thought we’d ever have to say “PLEASE COME BACK JOHN KRUCK!” So keep swingin for the fences kids, because come quiz time, we’re gonna whomp you like you’re a hooker and we’re Charlie Sheen on an 8 ball and a 6 pack of PBR tall boys! Later ya bastards!
RELATED: How much should we play for?

Party in the Gutter

That bowling party I was tellig y’all about is a go. Being put on by some members of Narcotizing Dysfunktion, including Badmintonstamper Philabuster, this is the best deal of any party I have ever heard of in my life. $10 for all you can drink and all you can bowl. Here’s the release:
Basically, we’ll provide all you can drink beer, all you can eat fresh Philly pretzels, and free bowling on 12 lanes. We’re capping entry to 150 people, so everyone should get plenty of rollin’ in. We haven’t finalized the DJ line-up yet, but we promise it’ll be first-rate BadmintonStamps approved goodness. What do they call it? indiedance.cocainesexjams.thebangers? That music..

‘Cause we need to know how much booze to buy & how many people are coming to keep the party under control, we’re doing advance ticket sales. To buy tickets, click here. Please buy your ticket ASAP!
Friday, May 11th, 2007
9PM – 1AM
16th & Shunk
Philadelphia, PA, USA
$10

What are you doing to make your community a better place?

Here’s what Dwayne Wade is doing, and here’s a great quote from one of the best players in the NBA:
“I want to change communities, not just one community,” he says. “I want to help change communities in our inner-cities, for our youth, for our black kids, for all of the young ethnic kids, to change their whole outlook on life. These kids don’t experience the world; they are living in boxes. I want them to have the opportunity to get out there, experience what the world is about, not just what the ‘hood is about. I want to have to do my part to make sure that they experience the world.”
Change a childs outlook on life TODAY. Make this city a better place! You don’t just change the life of one child forever, you change the life of that child and everyone they come in contact with forever. And don’t tell me you don’t have enough time. Bullshit. If you’ve got 6-8 hours a month to play quizzo, you’ve got 6-8 hours a month to make Philadelphia a better city. And to the guys who have signed up already, I say thank you. Everybody talks the talk, but you guys walked the walk.