Land of the Leaf

Curtis Thigpen: Oakland A’s!
Thigpen wasn’t on the outside looking in for long.  The Oakland A’s picked him up earlier today from the Blue Jays for some cash and a player to be named later.  Thigpen will probably look across the diamond at some point in a series versus the Blue Jays this season and say, “I told you so”. [MLB Trade Rumors]

Some attractive names heading for NHL free agency this off-season
Assuming that the Leafs will look to solidify their defense core this off-season, there will be number of NHL veterans under 30 years old for the Leafs to target. Start the rumour mill, because Brian Burke could go after Mike Komisarek and/or Jay Bouwmeester. (Nod to Puck Daddy via USA Today)

Green Day Sucks
Hoop Heads North has the Top 5 FRESHEST & CURRENT NBA Alternate jerseys. The Raptors DO make the list, but for their slick black alternate. Oddly enough another abhorrent green top, the Chicago Bulls’ St. Patrick’s Day alternate, makes the cut.

Shaq on Greg Oden’s ninja level:
“So what did Shaq think of Oden?
“I don’t. I’m a Shogun. You can’t ask me about a low level ninja. I still have to worry about Yao Ming, Dwight Howard.”  Yup, the Blazers did wallop the Suns 129-109 last night.  (Sports Frog via Hoops World)

Dave Feschuk: Smug Prick
Feschuk literally made headlines this past week by referring to Chris Bosh as a “deadbeat dad”, now it’s actually starting to look more like Ms. Mathis is a “gold-digger”. Feschuk is on the other side of bloggers’ headlines with his latest act of smuggary: Leafs AbomiNation, a book by himself and Michael Grange (I know, two Raptors’ beat writers).  They cover all of the Leafs’ ownership and management blunders this side of 1967, they probably manage to say a few things that are funny and true.

Good Old Dorm Boxing
This video from YepYep rocks the very existence of males at its fundamental core: raging idiocy. I remember attending organized “Fight Nights” in university, man they sure got your testosterone pumping. It was for the better of the human race, as all of the proceeds (beer sales and $2 admission) went to a shelter for abused women.  Alcohol CAN solve problems.