Archive for July, 2008
Although he’s not a relief pitcher, I just watched Aaron Cook get out of the biggest all-star game jam of all-time. Mariano Rivera also got out of some tough jams tonight. It got me thinking about the Mount Rushmore of Relief Pitchers. Seems like this would be an easy one. Or is it? Goose Gossage [...]
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Tags: best, bruce sutter, dan quisenberry, goose gossage, relief pitchers, rollie fingers
The Mount Rushmore of: Guitar
This is one of those subjects that is already well documented in terms of the greatest of all-time. But The Mount Rushmore Of… is more about influence than prowess. Here’s my list: Jimi Hendrix – He’s been #1 on every list I’ve ever looked at including the Rolling Stone Top 100 Guitarists of All-time. B.B. [...]
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Tags: all-time, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, greatest, guitar, guitarists, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, rushmore
Mount Rushmore Of: Beer
My good friend and fellow blogger, Stan Hieronymus was nice enough to promote this blog and add his thoughts on the Mount Rushmore Of Beer. Stan is way more of a beer historian than I am so I can’t question his judgment on who should be on this list. But I can add some links [...]
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Tags: beer, charlie papazian, fritz maytag, influencial, jim koch, ken grossman, michael jackson, most important, mount rushmore of, people, the beer hunter
Since this is a blog, I thought we might pay tribute to the people that got us here with a Mount Rushmore of the Modern Day Internet. And I’m not talking about the early-day internet because apparently, no one really knows WHO invented this damn thing. A siamese, two-headed twin of Larry Page and Sergey [...]
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Tags: internet, modern day, most important, most influencial, mount rushmore of, people, web
You didn’t expect this one did you? Fine, I’ll admit it: I like County Music – but let me be clear: the bubble-gum pop stuff that dominates the radio airwaves IS NOT Country Music. But you knew that. Hank Williams – He defined a style that is still revered today, recorded 10 songs that reached [...]
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Tags: all-time, buck owens, country music, dolly pardon, greatest, hank williams, johnny cash, mount rushmore, musicians, western
Is there a better topic to debate than who should go on the Mount Rushmore of Douchebags? Let’s get to it. First off, it probably makes sense to define Douchebag. Urban Dictionary has a bunch of definitions, but this one is my favorite: An individual who has an over-inflated sense of self-worth, compounded by a [...]
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Tags: all-time, biggest, bill o'reilly, douche, douchebags, oj simpson, roger clemens, wilmer valderrama
The Mount Rushmore Of: Baseball
Let start with a topic that everyone has an opinion on: Baseball. My Mount Rushmore of Baseball is: Jackie Robinson: No, not even one of the top 50 baseball players of all-time, but what he did for the game is undeniable. He’s the only player who’s number is retired by every team in Major League [...]
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Tags: all-time, babe ruth, baseball, greatest, jackie robinson, mount rushmore, players, ted williams, walter johnson
