Playing soccer while on fire is a heck of an idea

I love this idea. There are literally dozens of soccer players (and coaches and fans) I'd like to see play soccer this way (only without the flame retardant suits).

Interlude: Blessed

NFL: Pope blesses daughter of Jets QB Clemens
NFL: New GM inadvertantly tips Dolphins' draft hand
NFL: NFL Network to file FCC complaint against Comcast
MLB: Tejada admits to Astros he's actually 33, not 31
HSBB: Team hit for 66 runs in two innings
CBB: UCLA's Love says he's headed to the NBA
CBB: Sources: Rush, Arthur to declare for NBA
CFB: Congress wants Justice Department to probe BCS
CFB: Former New Mexico assistants face fraud investigation
EWWW: Truckload of human feces spills on Indiana roadway

Japanese guy dunks from 30 feet away

Fuck Dwight Howard. Okay, so this guy used a trampoline, but still... let's see DH do this...



H/T: Horny Oyster

The most amazing professional wrestler evar

The other day I was chatting with my guy The Prophet of The Savage Science and he mentioned this Japanese wrestler that he claimed was "borderline ridiculous." So I check this guy out and learn that there is nothing borderline about it. He is 100% ridiculous.

The wrestler I am speaking of is a man named Takuya Sugi. He is 24 years old, was trained by Ultimo Dragon, and he is absolutely amazing. How this man has not been signed by Vince McMahon and the WWE is beyond me. I don't care if he is only 5'4" and 143 pounds, I would pay to watch him wrestle any day of the week. Something I cannot say about 99% of the current wrestlers performing in the United States today.

How good is he? I'll let some of the comments (with spelling/grammar errors corrected by me) from people who watched videos of him on YouTube tell you...

• "He is a living video game. DAMN!!!!!!!!!"
• "I don't really like wrestling, but this dude is awesome!"
• "OK, umm this guy is insane. And yeah, holy crap."
• "Dude, he is insane."
• "He has flawless form. The absolute pinnacle of high-fliers."
• "That blazing arrow [move] made me spit out my Mountain Dew!"
• "One of the very best in the whole damn planet!"
• "This dude is fuckin' wicked."
• "Damn, this guy is only in his 20's and he is doing moves no one else can do!"
• "There is a legend, that after God created men, he realized he could do much better, and then Takuya Sugi was born."

Here's a quick rundown of his numerous finishing maneuvers:

• Shooting star senton
• Swan dive 450° splash
• Twisting victory roll pin
• Slingshot corkscrew split-legged moonsault
• Swan dive dragonrana
• Reverse 450° splash
• Running standing step-over shooting star press
• Diving inside cradle
• Ropewalk springboard dropkick
• Corkscrew 450° splash
• High mounted corkscrew 450° splash
• Corkscrew Asai moonsault
• High speed pinning hurricanrana
• Corkscrew dragonrana
• Corkscrew shooting star press
• High speed swan dive pinning hurricanrana
• Corkscrew moonsault
• Electric chair twisted into a sunset flip powerbomb
• Split-legged springboard leg drop
• Double springboard frog splash
• Iconoclasm
• Déjà vu headscissors takedown
• Déjà vu implant DDT
• Springboard moonsault into a double back elbow smash
• Tiger feint kick over the top rope
• Springboard diving elbow drop
• Inverted hurricanrana
• Cartwheel into a moonsault plancha

For comparison's sake, I've listed the finishing maneuvers of the legendary Undertaker (who headlined the latest edition of Wrestlemania and is arguably the greatest wrestler of the past 15 years)...

• Tombstone Piledriver
• Last Ride
• Chokeslam
• Gogoplata

If that's not enough to convince you of Sugi's talent, just check this out... (And be sure to hang around because the second half of the video is the real treat.)

As my man Matt of Let's Wrestle and Epic Carnival says, "Bottom line is wrestling in Mexico and Japan is downright an art form. The wrestling here in the U.S. is NOTHING like that of Japan and Mexico."

So which type of wrestling do you think is more fun to watch? Takuya Sugi sure makes me wonder.

Top 10: Baseball Oddities

Gepetto here.

With baseball season right around the corner, I thought it would be good to take a look at some of the stranger moments in the game. We're all used to seeing the Cubs choke, the Devil Rays lose, or the Toronto Blue Jays cry about their division placement. Let's look at some of the unexpected, shall we?

#10

Pay attention!

#9

Bunting for a triple? Only the Cubs.

#8.

If you're going to charge the mound, you had better make sure the catcher can't stop you.

#7.

People still care in AA, and apparently also smoke crack. Bonus points for the rosin grenade.

#6.

Who uses an eephus pitch? Bonus: He gets the K.

#5.

Being outside of America only means the Red Sox will overpay for this guy.

#4.

Throwing the ball back at the batters' head? OK.

#3.

I'm not much of a physics guy, but I'm pretty sure rounded objects don't do that.

#2.

Losing in a college game? Try this!

#1.

Randy Johnson winds up, and detonates a bird with his fastball. Easily the strangest thing...ever.

Dumbass of the Year Nominee: Tranquilizer Dart Guy

Some dumbass thought it would be interesting to be shot with a large tranquilizer dart to see how long it would take before he succumbed. Trust me, it's as dumb (and painful) as it sounds. Enjoy!!



What a baby.

H/T: CO-ED Magazine

I can't watch ... chinups at 60 stories

Can you watch this whole thing? I couldn't. Not that I am afraid of heights or anything. I just don't approve of people using 60 story tall cranes for their own personal entertainment. I mean where is the respect for large, uh... construction... stuff?



H/T: Horny Oyster