Ryan's Ryno
The Blue Ryno Foundation, a charity program founded by former
All-Star outfielder Ryan Klesko, will host a benefit concert at Backwaters in
Jill and the Phils
R.I.P., Studs Terkel
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, radio show host, actor and
baseball fan Studs Terkel died October 31 at the age of 96. The
Miller's tale
A two-and-a-half-minute ad for Remington's Shortcut Clipper
stars Brewers All-Star third baseman Ryan Braun and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Issue cover girl Marisa Miller competing in a softball game. There's a "plot"
thrown in about a game between "Barbers" and "Stylists," and some
cringe-inducing one-liners in the dialogue and narration, but somehow we're OK
with it. Check out the full ad below. --Ben Apatoff
Hall classic
Hello Darling
Frisky business
'Season's' greetings
Some enthusiastic Rays fans recently
recorded "It's Our Season," a hip-hop video tribute to this year's ALCS
victors. The song has made minor celebrities of its MCs, whom you can read more
about here, but we'd put "It's Our Season" more in line with Kevin Costner's
tribute to the Rays than anything by Jay-Z. Watch the video below. --Ben Apatoff
Phall classic?
If you were anywhere near a radio last summer, chances are
you couldn't escape Kid Rock's hit "All Summer Long," a rewrite of some classic
rock tunes by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Warren Zevon. It was a matter of months before
someone rewrote the rewrite, which is just what a Phillies fan did recently,
changing the song's lyrics to reflect his team's postseason victories thus far.
We're just glad that he honored Kid Rock by keeping the original's rhyme of "things"
with "things" in the song's chorus. Check out the video below. --Ben Apatoff
