Tuesday, May 21, 2013
WaPo | Ryan Mattheus breaks throwing hand punching a locker, adds to bullpen disarray
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The disarray in the Nationals’ bullpen reached a bizarre and self-inflicted new height Monday night. After the Nationals’ 8-0 loss to the Giants, Manager Davey Johnson revealed that set-up man Ryan Mattheus had broken his right hand Sunday when he punched his locker after a dreadful performance, landing him on the disabled list and leaving the Nationals scrambling for fresh arms.
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1 2 >Gerald Ford would probably beg to differ on that, although admittedly if we are only including athleticism as president it is Teddy hands down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9JAtl3Jm3k
I, too, love TR -- I actually picked up a first edition of Teddy's autobiography at a charity rummage sale for $10 last night... it's not in pristine shape or anything, but I was pretty elated to run across it.
If we're going to rank 'athletic Presidents' -- I do think George Washington probably at least belongs in the discussion. He was tall, considered one of the best riders in the colonies, and generally a rather vigorous fellow.
Awfully hard to make era adjustment between the three of them -- but I think GW belongs in the top 3 with Teddy and Ford.
Who else would make up the top 5? Lincoln was supposedly a pretty good 'rassler'... HW? Obama?
I think the 'least athletic' probably has to start and end with Taft (depending on how you deal with FDR's polio... though - he was pretty active prior and swam a hell of a lot post-polio).
JFK would probably be the Jeff Franceour -- everyone probably thought he was athletic and he cultivated the image well, but he had tons of health problems by his 40s.
(Teddy was of course DQ'd for violating the rules.)
Obama's not all that accomplished by standard measurements, but if you can believe that Michael Lewis profile in Vanity Fair, at 51 he still plays basketball against an impressive collection of former NBA players, and anyone who cuts him any slack during these games doesn't get invited back. Given the mix of athletic talent and conditioning that goes into basketball, and given the level of competition that Lewis describe, that's more than 99% of men in their 50's could ever dream of doing.
He's a natural athlete, but not gritty at all.
Can we give Jim Thorpe muttonchops and just insist to the Russkies that he's actually Chester Arthur?
I've got to find room for that on my list of top 10 things on the internet... time for the Pamela Anderson sex tape to drop off?
FWIW- I disagree (he picks TR)... Andrew Jackson would win and I don't think it would be particularly close.
Damned one percenters!
Agreed; in grade school, I was proud to talk about Andrew Jackson in my history class. Any man who's last two regrets involved not killing/harming someone, I'd be willing to put my money on.
Maybe if a sitting President would volunteer to don the TR costume.
Grant was also pretty short, supposedly. As was Polk, another guy that the writer said would do well. They wrote "Hail to the Chief" for him because people didn't notice when he entered the room.
I'd think Washington or Grant. They were both officers at the right time to have experience with both horsemanship and at least a little swordsmanship. The modern guns might freak them out, though.
Putin recently admitted that all of his gung-ho outdoor exploits were staged for publicity purposes, so it might not be as hard as you'd think.
Clinton, Harding, and JFK would seem to be the likely candidates, although -- let me put in a darkhorse vote for George Washington again... while I do not believe there's any evidence of infidelity, I do believe Washington was considered a bit of a flirt - in his younger days, a rather dashing figure and one highly sought after for dances at society events.
If only Ben Franklin had wanted to be President!
What about Mark Twain? Not a politician, obviously, but the man's coolness and badass cred is often heavily overlooked. The man piloted riverboats, went on a stagecoach into the Wild West, toured almost every part of the world at one time or another, hung out with Nikola Tesla, did rabblerousing against the establishment that in some cases would still be considered radical today, all while growing his epic mustache...
This gives me an idea for a presidential Don Juan...
Supposedly Lyndon Johnson was much more successful in sheer numbers than Kennedy, just not the same high quality.
She sure didn't take W's backrubs very well. And that really happened.
How'd you like to have one of these hideous devices described in this article strapped on you lest you "abuse" yourself in bed one morning? Kind of takes the sheen off Teddy and his pals.
So I really don't care if Teddy ever wins. If he does, woo hoo. If not, meh.
1. The Lewis article is almost certainly embellished a bit.
2. Even that did not say he was playing against NBA players. They were former college and overseas professional players.
3. There is no way Obama could hold his own against NBA players without them letting him. He's the same age as Michael Jordan, and at this point I don't think even Jordan could do that.
I'm sure Clinton was quite athletic, as long as the playing field was a mattress.
You should have seen me at Fallen Timbers. Let me in the race and that asthmatic TR will never have a chance.
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