| 12 March 2011
On Friday, GG was given the opportunity to appear on the internet talk show, The Pulse to discuss how/why GuysGirl.com was started and some of our recent stories like Real Life Super Heroes, some of the most famous Baseball Traditions and if the 12th, 6th or 10th man really matters in sports.
If you’re not familiar with internet talk shows, shows like The Pulse, are almost exactly similar to the same talk shows you watch everyday like The Today Show and Good Morning America. The Pulse is hosted daily by Maggie Rulli and Tyler Pyburn who talk on topics like sports, entertainment, fashion and tech. Pretty much right up GG’s alley.
The interview was conducted via Skype and it was my first time ever being interviewed live for something along these lines. Though I have been a nervous wreck in the past with radio interviews and tv appearances, this was the most relaxed interview and I felt like I could really be myself. Thanks to Maggie and The Pulse Network for having me on! It was an awesome experience and I look forward to the next time!
Watch the interview below and if you hit the title/read more, you can see a clip with links to the articles we were talking about...
Real Life Super Heroes
But what the mainstream public is unaware of is that many real life citizens take their comics and super heroes to heart so much, that they have actually created their own alter-ego and made themselves into real life super heroes.
Sure, I know what your thinking...."ridiculous"; "get a life", "they have to be losers" etc etc....
Master Legend and the Super Hero Couple NYX are my favorites purely based on the fact that they take their costumes seriously. I never trust a super hero who has a terrible costume. Its Un-American
Phoenix Jones: Real Life Superhero?
Phoenix Jones is a costumed crime fighter, The Guardian of Seattle. He is equipped with a ballistic vest, trauma pads, and a freaking utility belt with mace, a taser, a grappling hook and tear gas.
He claims a background in tae kwon do, traditional Greco-Roman Wrestling, and mixed martial arts.
He has a secret hideout.
He even publicly posted his email address,
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, for local citizens to report crime and request his help.
Jones patrols the streets 4-5 times a week in the dead of night. When Jones goes on patrol he will call ahead to the police to inform them of where he’ll be. He regularly puts himself in harm’s way to fight crime and he has the scars to show for it.
In his line of duty, Phoenix Jones has been stabbed, shot, and most recently had his nose broken.
SUPER the Movie
The new trailer for SUPER starring The Office’s Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler, Ellen Page and even Kevin Bacon has hit the web and it looks unreal.
Rainn’s character is upset that his wife is leaving him for Bacon so to combat his depression and self loathing, he creates an alter ego in the form of a super hero dubbed “ The Crimson Bolt”. Ellen Page, later becomes his “understudy” by creating her own super hero and becoming the Crimson Bolt’s sidekick.
So what’s The Crimson Bolt’s super hero message? Don’t Steal. Don’t Do Drugs. And perhaps most importantly: Don’t Molest Kids. SHUT UP CRIME!
BASEBALL TRADITIONS
Baseball season is right around the corner and to celebrate, we are featuring some of our favorite articles that make this game so great.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Was originally written in 1908 by Jack Norworth
- Another version was written in 1927 by Norworth as well.
- The "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as we know it today, was actually the chorus of the original songs.
Haray Caray started it all was responsible for making the singing of the song a 7th inning tradition with fans. Apparently Caray was so enthusiastic about singing the song, his radio producer at the time turned on Caray's mic without his knowledge and thus the fan favorite tradition was born. (early 1970's)
Honestly I'm surprised Harry has returned from the grave to strangle some of the people who have butchered the classic song.
Mike Ditka- To be honest, Ditka is like Chuck Norris to people who don't know who Mike Ditka is. Because he is awesome at everything he does, this rendition is pure magic.
Mr. T Rendention--I have no words...simply amazing and everything I imagined.
Ozzy Ozbourne--A simple song such as this is a little too much for Ozzy and the meds.
Jeff Gordon-- He was doomed when he said Wrigley "Stadium" instead of Field but he didn't even have the balls to sing out the song. He deserved the boo's.
The Ceremonial First Pitch
Contrary to popular belief, the first well known ceremonial "First Pitch" actually occurred in Japan in 1908 when Okuma Shigenobu, the former Japanese Prime Minister and founder of Waseda University took the ball in his hands and tossed it to the catcher. The team playing against the Japanese host collegian team just so happened to be a team from the US.
On opening day two years later, the big wig owner of the Washington Senators wanted the golden opportunity to socialize with politicians from the capital which included the current administration of President William Taft.
Before the game, the managers had been introduced and the home plate umpire handed the ball to Taft (who was an avid sports fan) and asked him to throw out the first pitch. Little did the former President know, but he was setting the MLB up for a new tradition in Ceremonial First Pitches.
Since 1910, almost every single President has thrown out a Ceremonial First Pitch. The only President who never threw out a first pitch was Communist Jimmy Carter.
Bonus Fact: Taft also inspired another tradition and didn't even know it, The 7th Inning Stretch
Memorable: Who can forget the World Series game at Yankee stadium right after 9/11 when former President George W. Bush came to the mound and threw a perfect strike down the middle. That single pitch lifted an entire country in an instant. Like Bush or not, that is the best thing he will ever be remembered for.
Awful notables include the Cincy Mayor that threw so horrible, the umpire actually threw him out of the game! Or Baba Booey's throw that has actually been pretty good compared to the current Mets team outlook. They might want to pick him up pretty quick.
How throwing the home run baseballs back started
Do you ignore the "throw it back" chants and keep the once-in-a-lifetime souvenir? Or do you prove your fanhood and respect for the home team?
Apparently back in 1969, the founder of the now famous Cub's "Bleacher Bums" Ron Grousl was the first fan to ever throw a home run ball back on the field after the famous Hank Aaron smacked one into the stands.
"It was spur of the moment," confided Murphy (local Chicago sports radio host) "Grousl caught a Hank Aaron home run and said, 'I don't want this ball!' He threw it back to the umpire Chris Pelekoudas ... and that had never been done before. ... It said we don't want any stinking enemy ball out here!"
Leave it to a bitter Cub's fan to start a tradition that is now a pretty heated debate among fans in all ballparks.
Once in a lifetime test- What Would You Do?
How Baseball Gloves are Made
But astonishingly, with all of today's technology, the baseball glove is 90% handmade from start to finish.
The leather is cut out from a giant piece of leather that looks almost like a giant Mario Brother's costume piece.
The glove itself consists of two pieces of leather that is shell and one that is the liner, padding, glue and stitching.
After the two leather pieces are cut, the padding is added. Parts of the glove are cut, woven like a basket and then glued to the shell of the glove.
After the glue is set, the most entrancing part of the process is started, the hand stitching.
There is no machine that can complete the hand stitching portion of the glove making and the stitching takes as much as two hours to complete.
SS examines the age old question of if the noise and distractions created by fans, actually has an impact on the result of a game.
A coordinated field of background movement (such as waving thundersticks in unison while an opposing team is taking a free throw) has shown to cause an observers movements to drift in that direction
In fact, over 3 games, Dallas Mav’s fans were instructed to do the coordinated moves and this study showed the moves actually affected the amount of free throw shots made by 8%. Not much, but 8% is still 8 friggin percent.
But even if visual distractions seem to work, its the audio distractions that could really pull off the desired effect.
Even though sound travels slower than light, our brains process sound 50x faster than vision.
Research has shown that sound over 85 decibels can cause fatigue and irritability. And with most basketball arenas averaging over 120 decibels, that’s the equivalent of standing by a jet engine.
Keep in mind that during March Madness, these 18-22 year old kids are trying to win a championship where these kind of audio and visual distractions occur every single game.
