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Last year, Belvedere Adrian brought two vehicles from his fleet of old Plymouths, plus his vintage Serro Scotty trailer, to a tailgate party before an Oakland Athletics game, and a good time was had by all. Last weekend, however, we figured we needed more Belvederes, so Adrian brought five of his favorite B-bodies, including the still-streetworthy Thunderhill 24 Hours of LeMons-bound '66. The Junkyard Boogaloo Boombox was there, the food was excellent, and the A's ended up crushing the Royals like cockroaches. Lesson learned: the more Belvederes, the better the party!
Cincinnati Reds Toyota Truck Giveaway Is A Bit Of A Sham
Taking a cue from a similar Kansas City Royals promotion, Toyota has a giveaway going with the Cincinnati Reds for the upcoming baseball season. The promotion has a Toyota Tundra perched in the outfield. The deal is if a player smacks the Tundra with a home run, it will be given away to a lucky fan. The average baseball fan wouldn't know it, but there's a hell of a catch. More »
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Both Jalopnik and sister site Deadspin covered news of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa being a sleepy drunk driver back in March, but now we can see the video evidence. On November 28th, prosecutors in the case finally released the video from the cruiser and booking proceedings. Frankly, we're surprised that Mr. La Russa was able to walk a straight-ish line, hold up his foot for five-ish seconds, and recite the alphabet (ABCDEFGHIJKLMIZMNOPPQRSTUVZTVXYXZ) after two whole glasses of wine and a 6 a.m. wake up call. What kind of asshole restaurant serves wine that shoots you past 0.092 BAC after only two glasses anyway? We love that Ford product placement at the beginning too. Those viral marketers are clever ones.
Tony La Russa Not Convincing in Field Sobriety Tests
Both Jalopnik and sister site Deadspin covered news of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa being a sleepy drunk driver back in March, but now we can see the video evidence. On November 28th, prosecutors in the case finally released the video from the cruiser and booking proceedings. Frankly, we're surprised that Mr. La Russa was able to walk a straight-ish line, hold up his foot for five-ish seconds, and recite the alphabet (ABCDEFGHIJKLMIZMNOPPQRSTUVZTVXYXZ) after two whole glasses of wine and a 6 a.m. wake up call. What kind of asshole restaurant serves wine that shoots you past 0.092 BAC after only two glasses anyway? We love that Ford product placement at the beginning too. Those viral marketers are clever ones.
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SEMA 2007: Chevrolet Major League Baseball Silverado 1500 Lets You Look Even More Silly When You Play Wii Baseball
Oh look, it's another Chevy Silverado here at SEMA. This one's got a baseball paint theme incorporating every major league team logo just in time to celebrate the time of the season when only two teams are able to continue to play ball. Because when a baseball uber-fan thinks about what kind of truck they want to drive, they totally think driving around in a truck that's got not only your team's logo on it, but is also decked out in every other team's logos. But, there's other fun in here — like real baseball bat ash wood trim and leather seats that look and feel like a real baseball. Doesn't that sound so very comfortable? Oh wait, here's the kicker — a wide screen TV connected to a real live Wii system. Because nothing says "real live baseball action" like a game system who's baseball game plays like a steroid-enhanced home run derby contest. While we go and throw up into our vomit bags that look and feel like a real baseball glove, check out the press release from Chevy after the jump.More »
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Really Short Commute: Yankees Datsun Bullpen Car!
The well-heeled New York Yankees fan might choose to drive a pinstriped Rolls-Royce, but what if you don't got more louie than Phillip Rizzuto, yet still want to show off your pride that Steinbrenner's warriors are still hanging on in the playoffs? Well, you could get an early 70s Datsun
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So you've taken yourself out to the ball game and spent nine long innings boo, boo, booing for the home team, but instead of peanuts and Cracker Jack you've bought 19 cold foamers (the better to wash down that pint of Granddad you smuggled past stadium security). Whoa, little too much buzz! Well, better stagger out to the parking lot and rest for a while in the Audi... where you start the engine and promptly pass out with your foot wedged on the gas. The good news is that some fellow Philadephians rocked the brotherly love and shut off your engine before it spun all the bearings; the bad news is that they filmed the incident and posted it online for the world to see. More »
BOOOO! Phillies Fan Passes Out On Audi Gas Pedal! BOOOO!
So you've taken yourself out to the ball game and spent nine long innings boo, boo, booing for the home team, but instead of peanuts and Cracker Jack you've bought 19 cold foamers (the better to wash down that pint of Granddad you smuggled past stadium security). Whoa, little too much buzz! Well, better stagger out to the parking lot and rest for a while in the Audi... where you start the engine and promptly pass out with your foot wedged on the gas. The good news is that some fellow Philadephians rocked the brotherly love and shut off your engine before it spun all the bearings; the bad news is that they filmed the incident and posted it online for the world to see. More »
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DUI Day Afternoon: Now It's Tony La Russa's Turn!
We're just overwhelmed by the drunk-driving stories today, folks. Now it's time for multi-World-Series-winning baseball manager Tony La Russa to pose for grainy mugshots and mutter not-quite-apologies at the inevitable press conference. This one bums me out a bit, being an A's fan and all; La Russa always seemed to have more class than this. Damn, can't these guys afford taxis? More »
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