Scoreboard, Brought to You By the Place I’ll Be This Week

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O’NEALS

  1. Devon Sawa’s Butt 88**
  2. Dorksided 88
  3. This is Not a Bus 84
  4. Same Name as Last Week 75
  5. Standing Reputation 69

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 112
  2. Hurtin Bombs 99
  3. Narcotyzing Dysfunktion 95
  4. Ottoman Empire 80
  5. Operation Mayhem 58

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. Albuquerque Isotopes 95
  2. Quiz On Your Face 90
  3. The Jams 87
  4. 1022 83
  5. Guys at the Bar 82

BLACK SHEEP

  1. Duane’s World 101
  2. The Unusual Suspects 92
  3. Satan’s MInions 87
  4. Keep On Scratchin 71
  5. Cat Minus Dog 71

BARDS

  1. Mary Poppins Carnage 111
  2. Hurtin Bombs 104
  3. L. Ron Hubbard’s diabetics 102
  4. Transients 86
  5. Rodney dangerfield is back to school 74
  6. Fettucini Linguini Martini Bikini 74

**Won in Overtime on the question, “What is the population of Topeka?” They guessed 90,000, Dorksided guessed 300,000. The answer was 122,000.

I Left Early

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Ok, I’ll admit it. I left the game early yesterday. My #1 rule has always been, “You never leave a baseball game early.” The reason is simple. There is no such thing as a safe lead in baseball. It is safe to leave a 35-0 game in football. It is not safe to leave a 10-3 game in baseball. That being said, I had to work. I had warned the Vous and the players that I might be a bit late due to the game, but with it 10-3 in the 7th, I figured I might as well leave to get there on time after all. I hopped on the subway and rode under the city to the Rendezvous, hearing the other hopeful Phils fans in the subway reassuring each other with things like, “Hey, it’s a long season” and “They’ll get their bats back in Colorado.”

I walked into the Rendezvous, and everybody’s eyes got big. “Don’t tell me you left!” someone screamed. “Yeah, of course I left. Why would I have stayed out in the wind for that garbage?” Someone told me to look at the TV. My jaw hit the floor. 10-9 Braves. Chase was then walked 10-10. Howard grounds out but drives in a run. 11-10. I shook my head in disbelief. Of course, a comeback unlike any I had ever seen in person took place…while I was riding on the subway under the city. And which leaves me in a curious position. Did my attending the game spur the team onto victory, or did my leaving the game inspire the club to a win? Do I need to leave the stadium every time the Phils fall behind? Should I spend the rest of the season riding on the subway whenever the Phillies have an important game? There are a lot of questions to be answered over the next few months. But hey, it’s a long season.

Happy Birthday David Rittenhouse

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Happy birthday to Philly legend David Rittenhouse, who was born on this date in 1732 near Germantown. You know all about his park, but how much do you know about him? He was one of America’s foremost scientists of the 18th century. He was exceptionally famous and respected in his day, as you can see in this letter from Jefferson to him in 1778: I doubt not there are in your country many persons equal to the task of conducting government: but you should consider that the world has but one Ryttenhouse, and that it never had one before. The amazing mechanical representation of the solar system which you conceived and executed, has never been surpassed by any but the work of which it is a copy. He was an excellent surveyor, called upon to determine the boundaries of numerous states, created the first observatory in the United States, and was the first director of the United States Mint. He died in Philly in 1796.

Happy Birthday Zamfir


The King of the Pan Flute is turning 68 today, still blowing on that flute like there was no tomorrow. Alright, I’m off to the dentist so he can admonish me for not taking better care of my teeth. Be back this afternoon with pics of last weeks winners. Oh and thanks to everybody who came out to the Bards last night to the Phils game. It was a lot of fun, even though the Phils didn’t live up to their end of the bargain. And thanks to the Bards for having us. We’ll have to do it again sometime.