Stick with me

Hey just wanna throw it out there, the Fooch Report is back and running. Been bogged down a little lately, but I honestly have at least nine to ten blogs all lined up to drop soon. You guys keep reading and i promise to keep writing. Let me know what you guys wanna see, drop some comments on The Fooch Report facebook. Let me know what you guys think. You keep reading, I'll keep writing.
Cheers
The Fooch

P.s. Working to get a second writer on here so we get some fun multi-point of view writing and discourse like we did when Russolini was here. Holla is the guy in line, we're just having problems getting him signed up. We're making steps.

Hank Williams Jr. Gone At MNF, wow..

AP Photo/John Raoux, File

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/06/sports/main20116656.shtml

Ok. Ok. ummm. Ok. All right, so for a second there I wanted to be speechless, but nobody reads speechless. Basically, from what I got. Hank Williams Jr. the musician that I know only as the Monday Night Football guy has been let go because he stated that Obama and John Boehner(....boner...ha..) together would be the same as Hitler playing golf with the Israeli Prime minister. He made a reference and compared two people. I feel like this is getting amazingly blown out of proportion. He made a comparison, he didn't say Barack Obama was Adolf Hitler. Why is this such a fuss. This guy is Monday Night Football. Nothing gets me more pumped up then this one song. I get it, ESPN doesn't want to be connected to someone with controversial ideas, but he never really did anything. ESPN, your being way too protective here. No one is going to boycott MNF because of this stupid passing comment. Its time to grow up ESPN. There are no outside politics in football. No one is going to stop watching because the guy who gets you pumped up for the game has an opinion. Worst off, this guy did nothing. Michael Vick murdered so many dogs, yet at the end of the day, you're still gonna broadcast his game. This is just ridiculousness, I just do not understand.

Not My best, just do not know what to say.

Sincerely,

The Fooch

Where to go from here...The Fooch's 10 points about tonight's game and what's left of post season.

Ok. So suffice it to say I am in no way happy about the way tonight turned out. Yankees started the game doing what they do to Ace pitchers. We came in swinging, scoring runs, and reminding the Tigers who they are dealing with. One ill-advised Facebook status about how Verlander is an overrated AAA pitcher and how we were tearing him apart, and 11 strikeouts later, the Yankees are now down 2 games to 1 in the ALDS. No need to recap the stupidity, crassness, and immaturity of my words, its what I do. I would like to however cover a few things I felt about the game tonight, if for anything to make me feel better. (as seen on my twitter)

1. Screw Valverde. there is no single relief pitcher I hate more than him. (will be revisited)

2. Verlander is not a human being he is megaman incarnate, a straight cannon for an arm. He deserved everything he got tonight, I felt like some of the ump's calls were off, but it's hard to tell a strike when the ball is consistently hitting the plate at 100 mph. If I were umping tonight, or even catching, I would probably spend the majority of that game in the fetal position, sucking on my thumb. 

3. To our credit we put up 4 on him so I am not at all worried, any other pitcher woulda been smoked, nuff said. 

4. That ump made ridiculous calls on both sides. Carsten was throwing heat right down the middle early, and catching corners like no one's business. I felt the ump let some clear strikes go as balls, and that's why C.C. walked so many tonight. That also frustrated him into making some of those pitches that lead to runs. That's my view on that, I would like to clarify, I am also not standing behind the plate I am sitting on my couch at home, going by the little blue box on the screen. There's a reason why he's behind the plate and I am not. 

5.This whole game came down to that one pitch against Young. Can't really hate on Soriano, other than that one pitch he was pretty lights out. 

6. This is not an excuse, but some of those deep fly balls to right by the Yankees late in the game would have been home runs back home. It's not an excuse whatsoever. It's not why we lost, you have to play the park your in. All I am saying is in the Bronx this would have been a much different game. 

7. Winning isn't something that happens, its a habit. Winners aren't struck by luck, they win again and again, they come up big in situations that require them. With that said, Jorge is a proven winner. With 5 rings he has proven he can do it again and again. This season he has seen his share of criticisms and was even questionable making the post season roster. However, with the way hes been playing this ALDS, Jorge has proven who he is, and his worth to the team. Jorge is a winner and is showing it. Come on who thought he would ever hit a triple? 

8.Screw Valverde, Verlander won that game.

Honestly, this guy has not been as productive as he looks. He has the numbers and in the end that is what matters. However, he is walking an increasingly tightening rope. He is literally one hit away each night from this being a Yankee sweep. At the rate he's going he is one mistake away from wearing a big pinstriped dunce cap. The Yankee line up is too powerful for him to be making the mistakes he has. He cannot keep up at the rate he is going, he's liable to make that one slip up, and then we'll be dancing around the diamond.

9. Big performances from the lesser bats, if there is such a thing in the Yankee lineup, Detroit is in for a hurting once we get the chance to showcase our big bats, (Cano, Texiera, Granderson.) 

10. "Winners want the ball when the game is on the line"- Gene Hackman, The Replacements. A.J. Burnett does not have the best history but the Yankees picked him up, but more importantly kept him on the roster for the playoffs for one important reason,  all though we have not seen it much as of late, not since...2009 postseason? When he stepped up big and shut down the Phillies? I am not saying he was perfect, but he did his job. The ball is in A.J.'s hands now, and so is the season. I am completely calm. I acknowledge that A.J is far from perfect, but winning is not about being it's about being clutch.

These are my points. In the end, I think the Yankees should not fear the Tigers next game. We are simply too good from an offensive perspective. Even if A.J. goes up and gives them 6 runs, we should score 12. It's that simple. Look for the series to come back to New York. 

At the very least....at least...we're not....Boston.

Sincerely,

The Fooch

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Ortiz V. Mayweather- Cheapshot? I think not

Let me paint you a picture. a few weekends ago I was sitting in the stands of Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts watching a buddy of mine, Jamal Mitchell, play some college ball. Being a kicker he doesn't get to see much action, so by the time kickoff comes around, he's chomping at the bit to do something. Anyways, he kicks the ball down field, and the returner breaks free down the sideline. The returner gets to the sideline, hes running up the field, but before he can get into open field he is pushed out of bounds and tip toes up the field. This kid is running down the sideline out of bounds just trotting along, then WHAM! the poor returner is absolutely demolished by 210 pounds of action repressed kicker. Of course the refs went crazy throwing their yellow flags, but what no one realized is not only was the returner still  moving up field toward the end zone, but more importantly, the refs never blew the whistle. The point here is, the kid got hit because my buddy played to the whistle, like every athlete should. When you step foot on any field of battle, whether it be a boxing ring, ice rink or in this case grass field, you fight and battle until the play has concluded and this whistle is blown. you go on that field and you compete until you are instructed to stop. If you are lazy and laid back then you do not belong on the field.

Now let's get to the heart of the matter, the match last night between Ortiz and Mayweather. As you can see on the clip attached, Ortiz got knocked the hell out. Everyone wants to cry foul, say Mayweather is a cheap fighter, and doesn't deserve the win. That is all a load. This is boxing, when you go in the ring, you swing until told otherwise. The ref very clearly restarts the fight, and what does Ortiz do? He walks over to Mayweather, hands spread wide and tries to hug and kiss him and apologize. At this point one has to wonder if Ortiz is even remotely fit to fight as it is, maybe he took too many shots to the head thinking he can walk up to a man in the ring and give him a hug and a kiss. The action  was reinstated the gloves were touched, the action had restarted. Ortiz had broken the one rule of boxing, always keep your hands up. There is no question of who is at fault here. Ortiz was inexperienced and lost due to this. He deserved to be knocked out. If you want to fight with the big boys then you need to stand like the big boys. When the heat is on and the fight is in action, you never let up your competitive edge. The fight is on, you do not stop swinging until the bell rings and you are physically forced to retreat to your corner. Mayweather is undefeated for a reason. He knows how to box. Ortiz a little advice, keep your eyes on the prize and act a little more like an athlete and stop crying. Hes been interviewed and all he does is say that Mayweather didn't beat him, and hes right, he didn't beat you, he knocked your crybaby ass out. Take a back seat and let the real fighters fight, let the real athletes compete, if you want to complain about these things than you can go play soccer or croquet. Let me know when your ready to actually compete.

P.s. If you have trouble wrapping your mind around it, picture this knockout like the wrong ball play in football, where the QB walks the ball to the sideline saying wrong ball, and everyone acting like idiots allows this, and before you know it he's streaking down the sideline into the end zone. The point is, pay attention, there's a play going on and if you do not realize it, then you deserve to lose.

Reboot, Re-Tweak, Rerun, Reload, RETURN

I know this is about time 4 that I, The Fooch, have said to returned. This has happened again and again and I know must have frustrated many, many fans of The Fooch Report. I figured instead of just saying "hey guys I want to write again," I would ensure a true and lasting come back by revamping and rebooting the whole blog.

First off, yes I will be blogging. So yeah that is new I guess seeing as I haven't posted much since the site faded out.

Second, there is a revamping of the staff of The Fooch Report. We're adding a new flavor to The Report. We now have my man Holla writing as a featured blogger, (Russolini has slacked and faded out). Holla is a well known sports enthusiast and will hopefully bring more of the sport element into the blog. I'm expecting exciting sport game analysis, and analysis for fantasy sports, most notably Fantasy Football. He has a lot to say, and I do not expect him to be shy about it.

and

Lastly, I revamped the look of the site...so stop crying and enjoy.

So take this one to heart fans. We're back, and this one is for real. Now you have something to read in class again.
Take us home, show your folks, send us around to your friends.

P.S. There's a special thanks to those readers who approached me this summer and asked for a return. Kids i haven't talked to since Freshman year of high school came up to me and asked me where The Fooch Report went. Thank You, We're Back.

With Love,
      The Fooch

Forgot About The Fooch

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothin comes out when they move they lips
Just a buncha gibberish
And muthafuckas act like they forgot about THE FOOCH


Yeah thats right Its Part 3! I'm BACK! until i lose interest. I've decided at 3 am whilst i should be writing a paper that it is time for me to start my writing again. the last few times i promoted this event heavily, but The Fooch is gonna play this one Low Key. I'm gonna lay low until someone says "hey, what happened to the Fooch? do you think hes still writing?" then theyre gonna click on the Fooch Report on Facebook. and they're gonna be like, "Dang, he still writing?" (bad grammar intended). So mothalickas, protect yourselves because I'm back. 




(for the record I have a full list of puns i can use for every time I return to the blog, never you worry)