Recent Posts Tagged With 'baseball'

• Firing CEOs is Just Part of the Job

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 18:43 in politics, entertainment, Democrats, baseball, Barack Obama, gm, New York Mets, Jon Stewart, chrysler, tenacious d

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) Some people may have been surprised yesterday by the announcement that Rick Wagoner, chairman of General Motors, was stepping down.  Of course, the fact that the CEO of a failing company resigned might not catch...

• I Don’t Like Mondays

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 18:12 in sports, baseball, New York City, demolition, devastation, mondays, shea stadium, citi field, the mets, tadium

  NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York) … especially Mondays on which Shea Stadium is renamed “Tadium.”  Behold (courtesy of MetsBlog): This unfortunate moniker has been adopted due to the demolition of Shea, as pictured below: Oh, wel...

• Links for Your Monday!

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 01:24 in sports, entertainment, Republicans, Film, baseball, new york, New York City, television, mets, red sox, snl, cubs

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) So we haven’t been writing, but we’ve sure had a lot on our minds! Visions of an America under Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin headbobbing on SNL. SNL somehow creating something hilarious from something stupid....

• Sarah Palin On Ice!

  Posted on Sunday October 12th, 2008 at 01:39 in sports, republican, Republicans, baseball, new york, hockey, corruption, election, red sox, boston, philadelphia, islanders

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) We here at Break Out The Oreos are good New Yorkers–we boo our Republican mayors, salivate over sexy corruption scandals, and remain moderately aware of our hockey team (go fuck yourselves, Islanders). So it sh...

• Baseball: Still The World’s Best Sport

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 09:55 in Tino Martinez, japan, baseball, new york, Pirates, New York City, trade, pittsburgh, mets, los angeles, tokyo, red sox

  DEVON GRANDY (Matsumoto, Japan) …seriously, fuck soccer. What a crazy time it’s been these past couple of weeks in the world of baseball. Let’s recap: Old Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium featured the big names: newly-named Hall...

• George Carlin Would Disapprove

  Posted on Sunday July 13th, 2008 at 07:05 in Republicans, baseball, new york, New York City, death, nbc, yankees, Colbert Report, obituary, ronald reagan, tony snow, eulogy

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) Dear readership, there are times when snarkiness and humor simply don’t come to the Break Out The Oreos writing staff; these times are not frequent, as we would not be very good at our jobs if they were. This however...

• Douchebaggery Roundup (with dessert!)

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 07:48 in Republicans, baseball, England, New York City, manny ramirez, iran, alex rodriguez, John Kerry, Jon Stewart, Karl Rove, toronto blue jays, madonna

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) Break Out The Oreos has noticed a particularly abundant quantity of both douchebaggery on the interwebs of late. A quick rundown follows. Karl Rove, an already notable and well-established douchebag due to his role as ...

• Letting Fans Choose All-Stars Is A Terrible Idea, But…

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 13:18 in baseball, new york yankees, New York Mets, shameless self-promotion, jason giambi, david wright, all-star game, all-star voting, support the 'stache

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) Yeah, we know we’re shameless, but we’re also passionate. Devon would like you “support the ’stache” and vote for Jason Giambi for the final AL spot at the All-Star Game. Nicole would like you to sup...

• Devon Needs To Get Back To Both New York And Blogging

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 08:33 in baseball, new york, New York City, red sox, manny ramirez, boston, yankees, derek jeter, alex rodriguez, kevin youkilis, jonathan papelbon, mariano rivera

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) If there were ever a time at which Devon wished he could be in New York with Nicole, yesterday was most definitely it. The Yankees battled back to win a hell of a game, 5-4, against the rival Boston Red Sox last night ...