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Sweet Chin Muzak — Live At Game 1 Of The 2012 World Series

GG October 25, 2012

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Thanks to a lucky break and some fantastic co-workers , I was able to attend game one of the World Series at AT&T Park. The closest I’d come to being at a game of this magnitude was in 2010 when the San Francisco Giants were playing the P…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — Sweat Equity

GG October 23, 2012

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The thing I liked most about the NLCS match-up between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants was that it was a duel between the two previous World Series winners. To win a championship is hard. To defend that championship is even hard…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — Ryan Vogelsong Is Too Sweet To Be Sour

GG October 22, 2012

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Former pro wrestler Superstar Billy Graham had one of the greatest raps of all-time. One of them could be used to describe Ryan Vogelsong tonight. “I’m the man of the hour, the man with power, too sweet to be sour.” And while Vogel…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — #RallyZito

GG October 20, 2012

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After I wrote many words about Tim Lincecum and his alarming regression in 2012, I added a couple paragraphs about #RallyZito . At the time of my writing, it was a fun little Twitter meme that Giants fans were using to try to stay positive about the…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — Cards Hold Off Giants In Game 1

GG October 15, 2012

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The Cardinals and Giants have played in the NLCS twice before. Giants fans remember the team being up 3-2 in 1987, only to lose the next two games in St. Louis. There was the 1-0 John Tudor vs. Dave Dravecky masterpiece and the Atlee Hammaker implos…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — Buster Hits For Us All

GG October 12, 2012

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Giants fans have been accustomed to Buster Posey’s theatrics all season long. The probable National League MVP hit a league leading .336 (thanks Melky Cabrera) with twenty four home runs and seemingly a big hit in every important game. Yet, in…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — The Redemption Of Tim Lincecum

GG October 11, 2012

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If you’ve ready any of my baseball posts around these parts, you may know that Tim Lincecum fascinates me. He fascinates me when he does well, and he also fascinates me when he’s not doing well at all . He’s the most charismatic ba…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — The Giants Show Life

GG October 10, 2012

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Early Tuesday before the Giants tried to hold on to their playoff hopes for dear life, there were whispers that Hunter Pence delivered an inspired speech to the team. After Pence struck out in the second inning, I joked on Twitter that Pence’s…

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10 Yard Fight — The New Peyton Manning

K-Daddy October 8, 2012

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DISCLAIMER: I have a Man Crush on Peyton Manning. I own two of his Colts jerseys (the Broncos one is currently being saved up for), a Colts hat and a sweet Colts helmet that my brother made for me out of metal. I love his commercials. I love the way…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — Mission Impossible

GG October 8, 2012

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In my post after Saturday night’s debacle , I mentioned that Sunday’s game was now a must-must-win. So what is Tuesday’s game three then? It may be “Mission Impossible”. The Giants looked flat on Saturday night in game …

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Sweet Chin Muzak — SF Giants Heat Check (End Of The Season Edition)

GG October 5, 2012

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The SF Giants Heat Check crew has covered the San Francisco Giants in an in depth fashion from spring training (my favorite search term for the Spring Training Edition was “brandon crawford mormon”), all the way until now, the end of the…

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10 Yard Fight — Mark Sanchez’s Right To Fight Regression

GG October 1, 2012

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As a 49ers fan, I don’t get to see AFC teams as often as I’d like. Because of the way the NFL does the scheduling, I only get to see AFC teams play the 49ers once every three years. I watch many of the big nationally televised games, and…

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10 Yard Fight — Torrey Smith Outshines Ugly Referee Display

GG September 24, 2012

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Throughout the ugliness of the officiating on Sunday night, Torrey Smith shined the brightest on a tragic day.

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Cold as Ice: The Lockout Blues

Stephen September 21, 2012

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Our worst fears as hockey fans have come true: the looming NHL lockout has become a real NHL lockout. Faithful hockey nuts Stephen and Jay return for a new season of Cold as Ice with their thoughts on the ordeal. Stephen A part of me wants to imagi…

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10 Yard Fight — 49ers Prove Last Year Was No Joke

GG September 10, 2012

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Even after winning 13 games last year, prognosticators weren’t sold on the 49ers this year. After beating Green Bay (in Green Bay), that has to change.

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Sweet Chin Muzak — What Baseball Should Do About The Steroid Issue

GG August 23, 2012

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I love discussing steroids. Growing up as a wrestling fan and now also following MMA closely, I feel like I’ve been aware of steroids for longer than most, including many sports writers today. The fact that writers were defending Ryan Braun in…

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Octagon Blues — Meet Ronda Rousey

GG August 16, 2012

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On August 15, 2009 I sat in media row to witness the first ever big-time MMA main event headlined by women. MMA (most of you know it as the UFC) is a male-dominated sport. Currently, the UFC, which is the number one MMA organization in the world, do…

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Roundball Soundoff — Team USA’s Gold Medal Caps An Insane Basketball Season

GG August 13, 2012

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As a NBA enthusiast (I’m not really a college basketball fan, like at all), I feel greedy every four years. After the ups and downs of the NBA season, which is now the best soap opera going on today (sorry WWE and other soap operas), you get a…

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Roundball Soundoff — Ranking Team USA Basketball Since The ”Dream Team”

GG August 8, 2012

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Internet: Did you hear Kobe Bryant say that Team USA can beat the Dream Team? He’s an idiot! They could never win! Me: What did you expect him to say? That they would lose? Yep, that would be a great way to market Olympic basketball this summe…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — SF Giants Heat Check (2nd Half Edition)

GG July 20, 2012

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For the last several years, I’ve taken my kids on a bit of a baseball vacation. We head out to San Francisco, CA from our dwellings in the South Bay and take in a few games in a row. Ever since the Giants won the World Series in 2010, that tr…

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Sweet Chin Muzak — Popblerd’s All-Star Starters

GG July 10, 2012

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Once upon a time I cared about the All-Star game. Somewhere in a garbage dumpster in heaven, my old VHS tapes of All-Star games from 1985-1993 are gathering dust. It was the one time that you could see all the stars of the game, hence the All-Star …

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 17 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis December 30, 2011

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Sorry, folks. Gamblor actually had a profitable week last week, but I’m on vacation this week so I don’t have access to the software I need to run a simulation…

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 16 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis December 22, 2011

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Gamblor was actually looking pretty sharp last weekend, having put together a tidy profit of about $200 by the end of the weekend. Unfortunately, it lost all its profits and…

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 15 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis December 15, 2011

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Last week, Gamblor suffered its worst beat of the year, but still almost managed to break even for the week. This week, it makes a big play on the Steelers.

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 14 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis December 8, 2011

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Away Home Spread Gamblor’s Pick Bet Amount Son of Gamblor’s Pick Bet Amount Overall Pick Overall Bet CLE at PIT -14 CLE $3.46 PIT $1.32 CLE — IND at BAL…

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 13 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis December 1, 2011

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I have to say, at this point the only positive thing I can find to say is that I’m glad I didn’t have much money left to lose last week….

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 12 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis November 24, 2011

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I don’t even know what to say anymore. Gamblor has effectively gone bankrupt. After hitting a peak of +$1,910 after Week 9 last season, Gamblor has proceeded to lose $2752…

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 11 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis November 17, 2011

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Gamblor’s having a terrible season, but it’s not backing down. The computer throws its lot in with the Chargers this week, hoping to claw its way back to .500.

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 10 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis November 10, 2011

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Two weeks ago, the computer had its best week of the season, winning $264 primarily due to a big win by the Eagles. Last week, the computer turned around and…

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Gamblor Raids Again: Week 9 NFL Picks

Zack Dennis November 3, 2011

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Last week the computer looked brilliant thanks to only one team: the Philadelphia Eagles. The computer nailed its second-biggest bet of the season ($335) and collecting positive juice to boot…

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