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Joe Mauer has been caught red-handed cheating. Now, I’m not particularly concerned about what this says about Joe as a ballplayer, but this does indicate some things about him as a person. Sure, ladies, he looks like an upstanding young man, one that would remain faithful as a boyfriend.

However, this video clearly demonstrates that he secretly jokes about you behind your back to your hotter friend and then after a playful night of flirting while you were away at a conference they would consummate their lust with some doggy style sex and light bondage.

Either that or is this video pretty unremarkable because almost every ballplayer is taught to do this while growing up. Read the rest of this entry →

In 1994, one of the greatest upsets in sporting history occurred on U.S. soil. It was then that a ragtag group of kids from the Minnesota suburbs joined up with a collection of “talent” from around the country to participate in the Junior Goodwill Games. There they somehow managed to defeat a loaded Iceland team that saw seven (!) players make it to the NHL.

That was fifteen years ago. Unbelievable.

The question remains; what have the USA Ducks been up to since then? A lesser blogger might have just done a quick Google search to see what the team had been doing since they left Eden Hall Academy, but not this man. I crisscrossed the country in hopes of interviewing the whole gang.

The first three installments caught up with Coach Bombay, Averman, Luis Mendoza, Charlie Conway, and The Bash Brothers; this one with Ken Wu, Julie “The Cat” Gaffney, Russ Tyler and Jesse Hall.
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In 1994, one of the greatest upsets in sporting history occurred on U.S. soil. It was then that a ragtag group of kids from the Minnesota suburbs joined up with a collection of “talent” from around the country to participate in the Junior Goodwill Games. There they somehow managed to defeat a loaded Iceland team that saw seven (!) players make it to the NHL.

That was fifteen years ago. Unbelievable.

The question remains; what have the USA Ducks been up to since then? A lesser blogger might have just done a quick Google search to see what the team had been doing since they left Eden Hall Academy, but not this man. I crisscrossed the country in hopes of interviewing the whole gang.

The first two installments caught up with Coach Bombay, Averman, Luis Mendoza and Charlie Conway; this one, the only true physical presence on the team, The Bash Brothers.
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In 1994, one of the greatest upsets in sporting history occurred on U.S. soil. It was then that a ragtag group of kids from the Minnesota suburbs joined up with a collection of “talent” from around the country to participate in the Junior Goodwill Games. There they somehow managed to defeat a loaded Iceland team that saw seven (!) players make it to the NHL.

That was fifteen years ago. Unbelievable.

The question remains; what have the USA Ducks been up to since then? A lesser blogger might have just done a quick Google search to see what the team had been doing since they left Eden Hall Academy, but not this man. I crisscrossed the country in hopes of interviewing the whole gang.

The first installment caught up with Coach Bombay, Averman and Luis Mendoza; this one, with their team captain, Charlie Conway.

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In 1994, one of the greatest upsets in sporting history occurred on U.S. soil. It was then that a ragtag group of kids from the Minnesota suburbs joined up with a collection of “talent” from around the country to participate in the Junior Goodwill Games. There they somehow managed to defeat a loaded Iceland team that saw seven (!) players make it to the NHL.

That was fifteen years ago. Unbelievable.

The first installment catches up with Averman and Luis Mendoza. But first, it locates coach and mentor Gordon Bombay.

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These fans know how scary the Home Run Derby Curse is.

Several players have seen their performances dip dramatically after putting on a spectacular display at Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby. Recently, Lance Berkman (2008), Alex Rios (2007, David Wright (2006) and Bobby Abreu (2005) all saw their home run rates plummet after hitting ten or more home runs in the Derby.

But does this handful of data points suggest that there might actually be a curse that affects these players after the All-Star Break? Read the rest of this entry →

As fans of sports we are naturally drawn to sports movies. There are the classics that everybody loves, Rocky, Caddyshack, Bull Durham, etc., and then there are those sports movies that aren’t actually any good, but since you watched them when you were little you still love them tremendously. I’ve taken it upon myself to list those movies that were favorites of The Rookies staff when we were kids.

[Note: I guess I haven't made it clear, but the cutoff for these movies is the year the first of us went to Kindergarten, 1992, so any movies made before that time will not be on the list.]

Earlier I ranked numbers 20-14, and 13-6. Today I do the Top 5, but first I’ll recap 20-6, after the jump.
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As fans of sports we are naturally drawn to sports movies. There are the classics that everybody loves, Rocky, Caddyshack, Bull Durham, etc., and then there are those sports movies that aren’t actually any good, but since you watched them when you were little you still love them tremendously. I’ve taken it upon myself to list those movies that were favorites of The Rookies staff when we were kids. Yesterday I ranked numbers 20-14, today I do 13-6. After the jump.

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As fans of sports we are naturally drawn to sports movies. There are the classics that everybody loves, Rocky, Caddyshack, Bull Durham, etc., and then there are those sports movies that aren’t actually any good, but since you watched them when you were little you still love them tremendously.   I’ve taken it upon myself to list those movies that we here at The Rookies loved when we were kids.  Movies ranked 20-14 after the jump.

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Does “Minnesota Nice” not apply to aging, past there prime, quarterbacks with a penchant for throwing touchdowns?

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