OK, this is gonna be a tough one to find out. Might have to do more research than usual: At what no longer standing tavern, on 4th and Chestnut, did Jefferson stay while he was writing the Declaration of Independence, before he moved over to the Graff House?
The Greatest Music Video Ever Made
Ladies and gentlemen, this is what the holiday is all about. (Not only safe for work, but your boss will be so impressed by your rampant patriotism that he will probably give you a raise, so play it often and play it loud.)
Is Ryan Howard the next Rob Deer?
I made a remark on Beerleaguer a few days ago that watching Ryan Howard was like watching The Natural: every at bat is either a home run or a strikeout. Well, the stats bear me out, though he does mix in a walk every now and again. In the past year, Howard has had three games in which he had four strikeouts and a home run. No player in the last 50 years has had three games like that in a career.
The Deal for this week
Alright, I am kicking it from Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Went out to the beach yesterday with my extremely pregnant sister (with her husband and her dog, below). I am here b/c she is expecting a baby in the next couple of days. I’ll keep you updated. Anyways, quizzo as usual this week, except for the Rendezvous. Jam Master Sean will be hosting on Tuesday and Thursday, and MIke Minion will be hosting his own special quizzo at the Black Sheep on Wednesday. In other words, yes, we will be having 4th of July Quizzo at the Black Sheep, but 4th of July quizzo is cancelled at the Rendezvous.
Jams Win
The Flyers seemed to always win when this person sang “God Bless America” before their games in the 1970s.
Dork Sided Wins at O’Neals
Who originally sang “Coming to America”?
Pictures of the winners
Alright, I’m gonna post pics of last weeks winners and under them I’m gonna ask questions about patriotic songs. One guess per person. No cheating.
Lawchair Larry
I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. It was on this date 25 years ago that Lawnchair Larry flew 16,000 feet up in the air with nothing more than a lawnchair and some helium balloons. He got a little nervous and called in a Mayday on his CB before shooting out some of the ballons with a BB gun he had brought along. He then began drifting slowly back to earth.
Did we get our 2nd ever perfect score? The Week in Review
Alright, I gotta get crackin so I can make it to the Phils day game. Let’s start at O’Neals, where we had the same top two for the 2nd straight week. Dork Sided knocked off the Cracked Eggheads, 105-91. The Dorks have supplanted The Young the Old and the Restless as the team to beat at O’Neals, with 5 wins in the last 7 weeks.
On to the Bards, where the Narcotyzing Dysfunktion dominated the last couple weeks. But this week looked like it might be different, with the Sofa Kingdom returning from a two week vacation. Not so much. The Kingdom entered the 4th quarter up one, but the Dysfunktional blew by them in crunchtime and came away with a 105-86 win.
The Jams won at the Vous for the 4th straight week, despite going into the final round down 12. But El Train and the Criminalistics, who had a big lead after round three, exhibited one of the most astonishing meltdowns in modern history, getting only one question right in the final round and going from up 12 to losing by 28. Trust Us We Know finished 2nd.
Sorry Guys, Hannah’s Off the Market (aka the River of Rocks) came from 2 back to slide past the Satan’s Minions, 99-93. It was the 7th different team to win at the Black Sheep in the last 8 weeks.
A very weird hursday night at the Good Dog, which had a brownout shortly before kickoff. A few brave souls decided to withstand the humidity and stay for the first ever JGT Unplugged. It was kind of fun. In the end, it was John, Paul, George and Ringo holding off Armenia…A Solar Powered Country (aka Steve O.), 85-80.
And a spectacular finish to the week, as the Hurtin Bombs caught fire, and headed into the last question with a perfect score. The question: “Which two Vice Presidents served less than 6 weeks in office?” They answered John Tyler and Rufus King. The correct answers? John Tyler and…Andrew Johnson. Rufus King served 45 days in office, three days more than 6 weeks. The Bombs missed a perfect score by three lousy days. This Burrito is Delicious finshed 2nd with 106 points, the Kingdom finished 3rd with 103, and the 2 time Defending Champs Bob Ross… finished 4th with 92.
And to finish it all off, here’s a little bit of info about Levis’ Hot Dogs.
Sweet!
For some reason, Pat Gillick has it in for Chris Coste. The real life Rocky who gave the Phillies amazing at bats in their late season run last year was brushed aside so that the Phillies could pay $2 million on a catcher who is, without question, the worst at his position in baseball. Then, Coste came up a couple of months ago when Ryan Howard went down. He gave the Phillies some solid at bats, then was unceremoniously dumped to Reading. So what will happen now that Werth is on the DL and Coste has been called up? He will probably hit .333, throw out a few runners, and then be sent back to Reading so that Barajas can hit .209, not throw anybody out, and have runners slide through his legs. It makes perfect sense.