19/26 on free throws

5/22 on three point field goals

Kyle Korver fucking sucks.

I should have known. They barely beat a shitty Bucks team the night before. I can’t wait to see Saturday’s disaster against the Jazz.

The Bulls might have won Monday night’s game against the Pacers, but that doesn’t mean I was pissed off the entire game. Don’t get me wrong, it was nice to see the Bulls outscore the Pacers by 20 in the 3rd. However, they completely crapped themselves in the other quarters and nearly blew a 22 point lead late in the game before Luol Deng and Joakim Noah came in to make sure that didn’t happen.

Here is what pissed me off the game:

1. Omer Asik – Can someone please tell me how this asshole is in the NBA? He has, by far, the worst hands ever. This turd has never been productive. Monday night, I had enough. First, he had two easy layups that could been made while being fouled. The ball seems to just fly out of his hands as he goes to the basket without even being touched. Two, he sucks at free throws (more on these later) as he went 3-6. Then late in the game, he grabs a rebound and instead of holding onto the damn ball close to him, George Hill steals it out of nowhere for a turnover. So Asik overall, is a turnover machine. He is also terrible at handling the ball and he can’t even make a damn shot unless he is completely by himself. I have no idea how this guy was even drafted. If people think this guy is any good, maybe I should go to Turkey and play basketball just like he did. I can be damn sure I’ll suck at basketball just as bad Omer Asik. Yawn.

2. Turnovers/free throws – For crying out loud, I feel like I am repeating myself. The Bulls can get away with 16 turnovers and 10 missed free throws against the Pacers and bum teams like the Bucks or Cavaliers. However, when the Heat come to town, this is a recipe for hell and why I am saying for the second year in a row, the Bulls won’t go anywhere when they do stupid shit on the court. In Monday night’s game, Kyle Korver threw at least two stupid passes in traffic and both were stolen. It helps if this team learns how to pass to people that are actually open. Then there are the free throws. Bulls win this game against bums but not against the Heat, Lakers or Thunder when they miss 10 free throws. Asik, Gibson, Noah and Rose all missed at least two in the game against the Pacers. I really wish somebody from the media would ask these players if they work on this shit in practice. It’s going to cost them. Yawn.

3. Richard Hamilton – I have to say, I was really excited that the Bulls picked up Hamilton before the season started. It seemed like he was finally healthy and not even two minutes into the game, he is out with an apparent shoulder injury. It’s one thing after another and now, the Bulls need help. Stephen Jackson from the Bucks may be available for a cheap price. Rumors of the Celtics dismantling could mean that Ray Allen gets traded. I don’t give a damn if he’s old. He can still give a team 20 points a game and he is healthy unlike Hamilton or Jackson. Other options could be Antwan Jamison and to bring out the meatball in me, Ben Gordon or John Salmons. Regardless, the Bulls need help and they need it fast.

I’m tired.

Last year, it was Deb Placey. Now, it’s Kathryn Tappen who joined the NHL Network at the beginning of the season. She came from NESN in Boston where she hosted Bruins pre/post game shows. Now, she hosts NHL On The Fly as well as NHL Tonight on the network. I have to say as with Deb who is still my #1, I am impressed. Long blonde hair, awesome smile and an excellent rack. The best part about all of this? The woman knows her hockey and that’s the most beautiful thing.

Kudos to the NHL Network for not just hiring two babes, but two babes who know what they are talking about.

For the recap of Smackdown, click here.

For everyone else, fire away. Have a good week folks.

Tonight will be a very meaningful night for yours truly. It is Smackdown! live on SyFy tonight at the Metro Centre in Rockford. This means a lot because it was ten years and two days to the date, that I attended my first ever wrestling event which was ironically, WWF Smackdown! at the Metro Centre.

I will have a recap over at Falls Count Anywhere as well as some pictures in the next day or two. So for you wrestling fans, you can check it out. I will have two signs for tonight. Look for “Larry Horse wants ice cream” or the infamous “Put Some Pants On” and you will know who it is. Until then, enjoy this video that someone posted of me many years ago.

too many sheeple

…and Springtime will follow; as it has every year since 1908, the last time the Cubs won a World Series. Do any of us dare to BELIEVE that the Cubs could win it all soon…or at least before we’re all dead and gone? (baaaah baaaaahh baaaaaaaahh)

I’ve been following the Cubs for 44 years or so, but my patience is wearing thin. While not claiming to be a sports expert or the next Bukowski, I have no trouble spotting mediocrity a mile away and am happy to comment on it. I’d rather comment on excellence, of course…perhaps Theo can be a catalyst for positive change. Wait a minute, he already is…he unloaded Lil’ Z!

Thank You, Fro for starting and keeping this site going after “bobbyd” disappeared and the original firedustybaker.com vanished (overnight), several years ago. And thanks for inviting me to contribute…work is really picking up so my posts could be few and far between, at least for awhile. But I’ll do my best as possible to spark some conversation, debates, rants, and the like…and to not be PATHETIC.

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It’s not often I tune in to Chicago Tribune Live. Usually, I am at work during this time so the TV stays on some news channel or ESPN. On Friday however, I was pushed over the edge from watching this show and I now, feel dumber.

Why you may ask? Because long time Chicago sports talk show “host” David Kaplan hosts this show and has convinced me he nor his colleagues know nothing about sports.

I am going to take a guess and say that K(r)aplan decides who appears on this show. When I tuned in the past, I saw idiots (majority of them from the Tribune) such as David Haugh whom I wrote this article about a little over a year ago about how much of an idiot he is. Other morons who appear on that show to talk about subjects they have little or no knowledge of are Paul Sullivan, Phil Rogers and Teddy Greenstein. On Friday, the wonderful round-table included a guy named “Frankie-O” who happens to be a bartender at Harry Carry’s Restaurant. Supposedly, this guy is on at least once a week to “discuss” sports. Forget the rest of the issues but isn’t this show suppose to have columnists and talk show hosts who actually know what they are talking about? Instead, they bring a bartender in.

David K(r)aplan: Congratulations. You have reached a level stupidity next to every sports “writer” in the Chicago Tribune. Bravo to Comcast SportsNet as well for allowing  some viewers to make their ears bleed. I should just go back to listening to The Score at work like I use to do many years ago.

I was doing my best to try it take it easy this year on my teams but to be honest, I FEEL like I have reached a tipping point.

1. I figured on Sunday, I was going to sit and watch the Bulls run over another team. Too bad the Boston Celtics are not the Charlotte Bobcats. If you check the wins and losses of this year, you will see that the Bulls are merely a .500 team when they actually play teams that are competitive. The Bulls lost by four but it wasn’t even that close. Just like the game against the Heat two weeks ago, it was a Sunday afternoon and National Television and the Bulls never saw the lead. The Bulls couldn’t even tie the game after it was 4-4 early on. If people think that this team is any good at all needs their head checked. They once again, lost this game because of stupid turnovers and missed free throws (seven to be exact). Other teams can miss a bunch and find a way to win like the Celtics did. The Bulls also couldn’t make a shot to save their life. They were down 14 in the final minutes and somehow came back to get within three. What happens next? C.J. Fucking Watson throws up a wild three-point shot with plenty of time left on the clock and misses horribly. That guy is fucking horrible and I don’t care what anybody else says. He throws up dumb shots and has a low basketball I.Q. I wish someone would hit him square in the face with a basketball. He has no business being in the NBA.

Then there’s Carlos Boozer. The Bulls are better off on defense with just four guys rather than Boozer joining them. He plays zero defense. He stands three feet away from whoever he is guarding then when someone is actually close to him, he doesn’t even bother to stick one of his hands up in attempt to play defense. Next up is Kyle Korver. This fucking idiot can have one outstanding game where he hits everything in site. Then for the next five games, he’ll make one out of every ten shots.

For the second year in a row, I will say this: The Bulls aren’t going to contend for an NBA Championship. They have too many flaws and they are now hurt in the process. Unless a miracle is out there where they all of a sudden learn how to make free throws and not be so shitty overall, they will continue to be the Orlando Magic. That’s it for me.

By the way, the 2012 Chicago Blackhawks are starting to remind me of the 2006 Chicago Blackhawks. Not good.

For the zero wrestling fans here, I would like to thank Sarah from Falls Count Anywhere for letting me on board to talk wrestling on her site. I will have articles on there from time to time. I have taken this site and made it the darkest corner on the internet. I promise not to disappoint over there.

Feel free to add whatever else is on your mind.