Sports headlines that write themselves

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So I hit a new peak in nerddom this year and bought a fantasy baseball team. One of the immediate side effects of this pastime is paying a lot more attention to box scores.

So today, the Toronto Blue Jays are playing the Boston Red Sox. The starting pitcher for Toronto was a guy named Dave Bush. He got yanked after giving up 7 runs in 2 innings. His replacement, Brandon League, did a little better, but gave up 2 more runs in the 2.2 innings he threw before getting the hook. Isn't this just BEGGING for a headline of "Bush-League pitching results in loss"?

This reminded me of another one, I live in a fairly small community of around 160,000 people. Our "big event" each year is hydroplane races on the Columbia River. Budweiser (and their boat, Miss Budweiser) has dominated that circuit for quite some time now, but a few years ago, Camel (Smokin' Joe) took the checkered flag. The front page headline in our local paper the next day was "Joe Smokes Bud"

The college headlines have more steady potential...living in the northwest I see plenty of Beaver references (Oregon State), funniest in a loss (e.g. Cougars Lick Beavers), but there are also plenty of opportunities with the Trojans, the Cocks (gamecocks), and the Crimson Tide.

You may now resume your regularly schedule programming.

Blues,
Dave

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