Sox Opening 2011

Posted on April 1, 2011   Comments Off

By Anthony Pino, DT Lead Sports Columnist

Today is a great day in every kid’s school year. The fact that it’s a snow day here and a lot of kids got the day off just makes it even better. Is there anything really better or more American than Red Sox Opening Day.
Baseball in and of itself is a great institution. Just listen to Terrence Mann’s speech from the end of Field of Dreams…

and if you don’t get goose bumps, give me a call and I’ll stop by your house with some guys from the Army’s favorite JAG officer so we can revoke your American Citizenship.

This year Sox fans have a lot of reasons to be optimistic. I have a few questions about the team, but today is just a day to “dip yourself in the magic waters, and the memories will be so thick, you’ll have to brush them away from your face”.

The Sox lineup is one that should be legendary. Two of the best base stealers in the league and a former AL MVP are the first three batters in the lineup. If guys like Dustin Pedroia and Carl Crawford don’t make you think of the greats of the past then you aren’t watching close enough. The tough and intense way they play the game reminds me of the stories I heard as a kid about guys who we can only see statues and grainy videos of today.

Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Youkilis should be able to crush the ball all year. Will it be reminiscent of Manny and Ortiz from 04? Probably not, but it will be great to watch against an aging Yankee team with a questionable rotation, and a depleted Rays team whose all time best player is now roaming the same Left Field once occupied by Manny, the Gator, Yaz, and the Splendid Splinter. Come to think of it Crawford needs a nickname.

The rest of the lineup is just as good or better than last year as well, and the pitching rotation is devastating. Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz will both contend for the Cy Young this year, and with less pressure on them to be the aces John Lackey and Josh Beckett should have bounce back seasons. Not to mention they are going to be facing off against opposing teams 3 and 4 starters for the beginning of the season, so they’ll probably be pitching with a lead quite a bit.

Fenway Park is calling us all home this year. Screw the pink hats, screw “Red Sox Nation”, screw the Sox marketing department, and NESN. This is the year the real baseball fans take our team back. Red Sox baseball was once ours and it can be again. This team is filled with the kind of players who have substance over flash, skill over showmanship, and winning over dating game shows.

So our team would make a crummy reality show if cameras followed them this year, fine by me, because they are going to win the damn World Series. The reality show is the game, it’s on pretty much every night at 7:05. We don’t need stars, we need batting average, ERA, and winning percentage. Come Home Stat Geeks. Come Home Baseball Historians. Come Home guys who keep score in the back of the program. Come Home Dads who want to teach their kids about the game. The phonies are all gone after last year. Fenway Park is ours again, folks.

“Programming” Updates Here at DT

Posted on March 3, 2011   Comments Off

Let’s get down to business. We’re changing Dodging Traffic, and for the better.

Over the last couple of months, things have gotten a bit stale. As is necessary from time to time, we need to shake things up and give this place a shot of adrenaline. That said, we have a pretty big announcement. In a few weeks (we’re yet to hammer down the starting date), Dodging Traffic will be transformed into a two-part website. We’ll feature two different types of content, neither of which being our frilly daily updates. Posting videos, random crap…that is done.

Here’s what we’ll bring to you:

1. Weekly editorial columns. We realized that we’re giving you a bunch of content that isn’t work jack-shit. Let’s bring the quantity of content back a little, and turn the quality up a lot. You’ll still have your weekly staples like Music Mondays, MILF of the Week, Celtics Recap, Baxter Bleeds Black & Gold, etc., plus a few additions that will really help fill this place out.

2. Dodging Traffic Radio. We’re now officially a member of Blog Talk Radio, and will be bringing you at least one 30-minute show every single week. We’ll have a set time for DT Radio, plus broadcasts before/after big events. If the Bruins win a playoff series? We’ll be on the air for a post-game commentary. Charlie Sheen just drove off a cliff? We’ll be on the air to cover it. Oh, and the best part? We’re taking live callers, too. That’s right — we’ll have a number where you can call and participate in the show. You’ve been reading our material for over a year now, and it’s about time you got to talk to us.

So that’s it. This place is going to drastically transform over the next few weeks, and we’re excited as shit about it. We hope you are, too.

The Milk’s Gone Bad…

Posted on March 2, 2011   Comments Off

LONDON — A London borough council confiscated breast milk ice cream being sold in a shop in the city’s tourist district over fears it could contain hepatitis viruses and sent it for testing.

“Following two complaints from members of the public and concerns from the Health Protection Agency and Food Standards Agency, our officers visited the premises and removed all ice cream being sold as containing breast milk,” council officer Brian Connell told the London Evening Standard newspaper Tuesday. “Selling foodstuffs made from another person’s bodily fluids can lead to viruses being passed on and in this case, potentially hepatitis.”

The ice cream, dubbed Baby Gaga by maker Icecreamists, is made by combining a liter of donated breast milk from a single woman with vanilla pods and lemon zest.

The shop’s founder, 44-year-old Matt O’Connor, was outraged at the council’s actions and claimed that he took “every possible precaution” when preparing the ice cream.

“Our donor was screened at a leading medical clinic, and then the ice cream mix is fully pasteurized. We have had a fantastic response, and 200 women have come forward and offer[ed] to give us milk,” he said.

Lactating mothers are paid £15 ($24) for every 10 ounces of breast milk they supply for the ice cream and are required to undergo the same health checks used by the UK’s National Health Service to screen blood donors.

O’Connor added that he would consider protesting if the council banned him from selling the ice cream.

http://www.foxnews.com

Look I’m not gonna be chomping down on some breast milk clown sundae from Friendly’s that’s made from some 400lb nasty broad but let me tell you, if that’s Sofia Vergara or Brooklyn Decker…I’ll make the breast milk ice cream companies millions.

Bert Baccala, DodgingTraffic.com Co-Editor-in-Chief

Jets Scott On The Next TNA

Posted on February 28, 2011   Comments Off

Bart Scott sounded like a pro wrestler during some of his playoff interviews.

He now gets to try the real thing.

The New York Jets linebacker will have the chance to rant and rave for an actual grappling company. FOXSports.com has learned that Scott has signed for a March 3 appearance with TNA Wrestling.

Scott arrived Thursday in Fayetteville, N.C., to tape interviews for “TNA Impact,” which airs at 9 p.m. Thursdays on Spike TV.

Scott’s NFL contract will likely prohibit him from engaging in much — if any — physical activity. But just being involved will allow Scott to fulfill a lifelong dream. Scott is a diehard pro wrestling fan who counts Hulk Hogan among his all-time favorites.

The duo will be working together in some capacity on Impact, a source said. The 57-year-old Hogan will be returning to TNA television March 3 after an extensive hiatus following major back surgery.

The Hulkster positively critiqued a spirited postgame interview Scott did after New York’s second-round playoff upset of the New England Patriots.

“I knew when Bart looked down the barrel of the camera he believed in himself and in what he was saying,” Hogan told the New York Daily News. “That makes him a real dangerous man. When his career’s over and he wants to make some real money, tell him to give me a call and we’ll break him in the right way.”

TNA has used current and former NFL players like Adam “Pacman” Jones and Frank Wycheck in previous storylines. TNA also made a standing offer last month to Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco and head coach Marvin Lewis after the former sent a tongue-in-cheek Twitter message claiming he wanted a steel-cage match so the two could settle their differences. The bout, which neither has accepted, would be held April 17 on TNA’s “Lockdown” pay-per-view show emanating from Cincinnati.

Scott isn’t the only non-wrestling personality TNA has added. Former “Jersey Shore” cast member Angelina Pivarnick will be appearing on the March 3 and 10 episodes of “TNA Impact.” She will be joining forces with TNA’s “Jersey Shore” knockoffs Robbie E. and Cookie and issuing an open challenge to former castmate Jenni “J-Woww” Farley.

http://www.foxsports.com

Bart, there’s no way in hell you’ll be topping this…

Bert Baccala, DodgingTraffic.com Co-Editor-in-Chief

Ohhh Hello Ms. Upton

Posted on February 28, 2011   Comments Off

Hooooah…I’m Rick Vaughn

Posted on February 28, 2011   Comments Off

Thoughts on the Kendrick Perkins Deal

Posted on February 25, 2011   1 Comment

By Anthony Pino, DT Lead Sports Columnist

Around 3 PM yesterday my phone starting buzzing with text messages, facebook updates, and tweets and went through most of the night, with a brief break for a rec league game somewhere in there. Throughout the night I received texts that varied from “Thank god Nate is gone” to “I hate Danny Ainge.” I, on the other hand, decided to take 24 hours to let the trades sink in before I picked up a keyboard and said something I’d regret later. So here we are the day after 5 guys got shipped off from the C’s and the 7 remaining Celts and a D leaguer lost to the Nuggets, and I’ve finally formed a cogent opinion:

For this season, I’m ok with the deal, for the future, I love it.

Full Article After the Jump!

Speak Up!: Athletes & The Art of Complaining

Posted on February 23, 2011   2 Comments

By Mike Miccoli, DT Sports Contributor

For many reasons, basketball has never really appealed to me. It could very well be because I rarely watched it—my winter months consumed with all things hockey—or because I never played it. In fact, whenever I attempted a lay-up (is that what you call it?) when I was younger, the end result for me would usually be a missed shot along with a scabbed knee. Jumping was clearly not my forte.

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By AMP, DT Lead Music Columnist

Providence’s own She Rides will be embarking on an extensive tour of the US starting in March, highlighted by an appearance at Austin’s own South By Southwest festival, one of the year’s biggest symposiums of film, technology, and music in the country. I recently spoke to George Radford, one of the band’s guitar players about his thoughts on the tour, the band, and his experiences as a musician/jack of all trades for the variety of bands he plays in. George is an extremely personable and friendly guy, so don’t hesitate to say hi if you catch She Rides live, wherever they may be near you.

Full Article After the Jump!

MILF Of The Week (2/18/11 Edition – Michelle Marsh)

Posted on February 18, 2011   Comments Off

This week we have a former British glamour model who I’ve never heard of. The only ones I’d ever heard of were Jordan and Lucy Pinder. Either way, she’s married to some random soccer player and popped out two kids along the way however, by looking at her, you’d never know that. Let me introduce Michelle Marsh. Blonde, great body, and HUGE cans. 32FF..that’s right 32FF…that’s not a typo.These things are the size of my freaking head. This chick is absolutely slamming. Just look at the pics…you can see for yourself. Congratulations Michelle on DodgingTraffic’s MILF Of The Week.

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Last Day For Hottest Boston Female Radio/TV Personality Voting

Posted on February 18, 2011   Comments Off

Just a reminder to you horny fuckers out there. Today is the final day for voting in the hottest Boston female TV/Radio personality. We’ve got some good competition going on and some may or may not make the Final 16. It can be a anchor, reporter, weathergirl, on-air personality…it doesn’t matter. Bottom line, if you want your lustful woman in our top 16, vote. I’ll be compiling the list over the weekend and will start revealing the top 16 next week.

Brooklyn Decker Can Do No Wrong…

Posted on February 18, 2011   Comments Off

I don’t care if she took a massive, steaming shit right in front of me…I’d still be rocking a tent pole.


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