Cobra Commander

Will the Harris Brothers be his references? or Chuck Zito (remember that random episode of Nitro from 1999?)

Odd, earlier at lunch we came up with: I am a Real American Cannot let Brooke date Africans I am a Real American. Fight for what's right. Fight for what's white. We are dumb. It is Friday. Hulk might think that "When It Comes Crashing Down / And It Hurts Inside" is about the impact of the race wars

"Hi, Jerry Lawler? It's Jimmy Hart, do you need a personal manager?"

Hulk's gonna become born again again and hit the "Former Wrestler Evangelist" circuit.

Has anybody checked in with Dennis Rodman to see about his state of mind?

I get the sense that Hayes hangs out in places where bikers would kick the shit out of you for trying to record somebody

it's horrible that I thought of Hulk Hogan going on his racist rant in the style of one of his delusional 1980s house show promos, right? Obviously Tough Enough should go to a judge that is guaranteed to not embarrass the company. Yes, Ric Flair, Tough Enough Judge! Flair will advance or eliminate contestants based off of their alcohol tolerance

yeah, I don't know what to tell you if you didn't see the ref dragging Mexico across the finish line again. There's a chance of a Dusty Finish for Jamaica/Mexico. Jamaica thinks they won 2-1, then the original referee announces later that Mexico actually won 2-1.

i'd gotta imagine the trademark for "Virgil" expired years ago

plus, Del Wilkes did play college football at SC.

Where does Windham rank for 80s/90s guys that would have done better if more territories lasted longer? People talk about a lack of territories hurting guys now but it probably hurt a bit 25yrs ago too

i'm gonna hope his Middle School had a gym and not an armory

i'm kinda surprised that Saberhagen made it for KC since you'd think there'd be enough "15 years ago" voters to carry a Mike Sweeney or Jeff Montgomery though the voting. also, not sure which non-teammate pitcher/catcher duo had the hardest time tonight. Wade Davis/Russell Martin probably didn't totally gel but Davis rolled anyways. Aroldis Chapman had "holy shit" stuff tonight but he didn't get to pitch in a bigger situation. Somehow batting Prince Fielder v. Kershaw paid off.

are there any Podcasts that Kevin Sullivan isn't gonna appear on over the next few weeks? not that i'm complaining, but he's been going everywhere lately

hey, the first half of 1982 was apparently a big time for Steve Travis. Travis/Andre worked Fuji/Saito best 2 of 3 in April 1982 at the Boston Garden. the next go-around at Blackwood:

my first show was a Nitro: that leaves out dark matches (Bobby Eaton beat some dude and Public Enemy over Reese/Horace)

Backlund is weird enough without pretending to be Irish

Well, Kevin Sullivan wasn't tall enough for that ride

the Sunday version of Blue Jays/Royals was a giant clusterfuck. And I was there live to experience my team blowing a 7 run lead in a 100+ heat index.

Short of Vince McMahon's heart exploding or his family performing a coup, that feeling isn't gonna happen i'm casting my vote for Rob Naylor for that spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nubmTq1j0

This episode is brought to you by strippers having to recite the Presidents in order before they could give Bob Backlund a lapdance

How many parts could Meltzer go on a Dusty obit before it seemed excessive?

on the offense.. their biggest changes on offense are Kendrys Morales and Mike Moustakas. Morales seems to be around his 2012/13 form in 2015 after his 2014 was a total loss. Moustakas is finally good for once. I'd imagine that KC is also helped by them condensing their 2 worst bats (Rios and Infante) in back to back spots instead of having them kill multiple innings (Infante hit 2nd until last September) The Royals are 29-3 when their starting pitcher gives them a quality start (at least 6 innings and no more than 3 earned runs). They haven't gotten near enough from their starters but they're almost automatically winning all of their best starts. Although having a bullpen full of Terminator robots helps preserve any game where the starters only gave up 0/1/2/3. On Wednesday in KC, they lost Gordon (presumably for a month or 2), went down 3-2 with their worst starter against Chris Archer. Then they got a big play at the plate, and scored 5 runs in an inning off of Archer. All 9 runs they scored off of Archer came with 2 outs. So there's some stuff that isn't sustainable. But They also haven't had their offense put together a good hot streak since April. They could possibly make a run soon, even without Gordon. KC v. Toronto this weekend should be a contrast in teams. Toronto has great hitting and almost no starting pitching. KC has average hitting and average starting pitching. So if the flyball inducing pitchers can hold off Toronto, they might scrape runs together to pull out a game or two.

I have specific umpires that I've disliked for years due to one thing or the other.