Monday, February 4, 2013

A's Acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros in 5-player Deal

Today the Oakland Athletics agreed on a deal to acquire shortstop Jed Lowrie, along with pitcher Fernando Rodriguez from the Houston Astros in exchange for first baseman Chris Carter, pitcher Brad Peacock, and catcher Max Stassi.

This trade greatly benefits both organizations.

The A's are still gearing up for a run at the division title by adding a talented and versatile shortstop in Lowrie, who hit 16 home runs and posted a 2.1 WAR in only 97 games last year.

The Astros, who are clearly rebuilding, ship off Lowrie, who at 28 is in the middle of his prime, to make room for their future shortstop Carlos Carrera. They also received powerful first baseman Chris Carter and pitcher Brad Peacock. Carter swung a strong bat last year by hitting 16 bombs in only 67 games last year and with the short porch in left at Minute Maid Park, that could be a nice combination. Peacock has shown potential too. He was ranked as the 42nd best prospect in 2011 and should crack the Astros rotation fairly soon.

The NFL Didn't Want the Lights to Go Out, Just So You Know

(Warning: Sarcasm) Just in case you thought the blackout was a planned embarrassment for the NFL, they released a statement assuring you that it wasn't. They even get into the girtty details and say that an "abnormality in the system" caused the 34-minute blackout.

I'm glad they told us that, otherwise I would have thought that it was normal for the power to go out, and it was all planned so the awkward CBS reporters could get more air time. One might have also been confused and thought the abnormality wasn't in the system, but instead in some sort of bird or small insect thousands of miles a way.

With this statement, the NFl really cleared up any and all confusion that could possibly arise from this situation.
(To me, this seems like something Buster from Arrested Development would say. "Well, obviously something went wrong and the lights went out.")

To make matters worse, they're also letting us know they had a back up generator the whole time. They were just about to turn it on, and then the lights came back on. So yeah, it was a total success all around.

Possible story behind the prolonged blackout: There was some old janitor guy who hadn't kept up the backup generator, and knew it was going to fail. So when the lights went of, he made up tons of excuses, getting progressively stupider, to not use the backup, and then, just as the head guy in the suit was about to flip on the backup generator and find that the janitor guy had failed at his job, the normal lights came back on.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Ray Lewis Gots This


Beyonce's Speedy Dancing


Jacoby Jones' Touchdown Dance

The Sign Language Guy at the Super Bowl is Super Cool

Watch the Best Super Bowl Commercials Here: Walter's Big Kiss!

Maybe you don't like football. Maybe you do. Either way, the commercials are awesome, usually. So I'm going to gather all the best ads, and some of the worst, here. Hopefully, they'll pop up here as they air, so you can check back to relive your favorites instantly. For now you can check out this funny Samsung commercial preview.  Note: You may have to click "read more" to see the commercials.
Let us know in the comments if there's a cool ad we missed!
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