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Okay its a few days late, I’d like to say that its late because I have spent the last three days celebrating the New York Yankees 2009 World Championship (thats 27 for those of you scoring at home) but the reality is that the same night our fearless heroes brought championship home to the bronx I came down with a nasty case of the flu (no I don’t think its full blown swine flu but I may go as far as calling it Piglet) that I am still battling.

Anywho a day or three late and a dollar (or a few hundred million for the Yankees) short but I just wanted to congratulate them on a job well done and a relief to finally win again after our little dry spell.  27 championships, thats basically 25% of the championships since 1900.  1 in 4 people, does it just totally suck to be a fan of any other team?

And if you are keeping track, here is another reminder of how my 2009 sports fandom has gone:

NCAA Mens Basketball – UNC Tarheels National Champions

NBA – LA Lakers World Champions

MLB – NY Yankees World Champions

NFL – Indianapolis Colts 8-0….??? Lets just say if your a betting man put some money on the Colts baby!  (Seven and dropping can not be held responsible for any monetary losses or otherwise from following my advice)

(*you’ll notice no NCAA football team listed.  My two favorite teams aren’t exactly lighting the world on fire and originally I thought that my mojo wasn’t going to work for everything this year however I realized that my mojo doesn’t apply to fake sports that don’t crown a real champion with a playoff.)

The new Rip City jersey is what the Blazers wore last night in order to pay homage to their 40th anniversary as a professional team. This is the first of two nights that the Trailblazers will wear the Rip City jerseys.  The next time that they plan on wearing them is not until April 14th, 2010.

Rip City is a nickname that the Portland team was given way back in the day by Bill Schonely, and has become a way to tie the team and its fans together over the years. To honor the memory of not only the players that have come before this team, but the fans that have stuck with the city for all of these years, the Rip City jerseys were born. The first unveiling of the Rip City jerseys actually came during a pre-season game against the Suns, but on Sunday night it marked the first regular season game where they were worn. The Rip City jerseys may look a bit odd on Sports Center without an explanation, but they definitely will hold special meaning for fans.

SLAM ONLINE | » Blazers Introduce ‘Rip City’ Uniforms.

I’d like to be the first to congratulate the Boston Red Sox on their 3-0 sweep elimination at the hands of the Angels today!

It’s really sad how relieved I am that the Red Sox 2009 season has now officially come to a close.  As a die hard Yankee fan the only thing that is worse than the Yankee’s losing is the Red Sox winning.  I could almost bear to have the Yankees lose as long as Red Sox fans aren’t happy.

Of course I should know better than to doubt that the Yankees couldn’t beat the Sox, it is after all the year of Seven when it comes to sports.

For example, who is my favorite NCAA Men’s Baksetball team…the UNC Tarheels of course, your 2009 NCAA Mens Basketball Champions.

And who is my favorite NBA team?  Come on its the 2009 NBA World Champion Lakers, always has been.

So lets just say when the Yankees win (yes when) I’m going to officially retire as a sports fan.  No way I can top this year…

Behold, the seven minute trailer for the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII from the Tokyo Game show now dubbed in English, you know so you can actually have some clue as to whats going on!

Well our favorite novelty music act may have been snubbed from the emmys but perhaps a bigger claim to fame awaits our favorite heroes Bret and Jemaine, better known as Flight of the Conchords.

If they can be believed (and who knows if they can but their label SubPop also confirmed it) the Kiwis will have at least three of their songs coming to a Rock Band game near you as downloadable content.  Just which three songs haven’t been revealed just yet but SubPop also claimed in an interview last year that they were working with the developers to convert all of the Chonchords songs to the popular game.

So which three songs would you like to see for the first release?    If I’m thinking of which three songs would best fit Rock Band you have to think of something that includes good guitar, drums and vocals.  That makes it a little bit hard because our boys aren’t known for their drumming prowess.  They have also confirmed that one song from the new album (I told you I was Freaky aka the season 2 songs) would be part of the first downloadable track pack.  I’m thinking we’ll probably also see some more of their popular stuff so prime candidates would be Business Time, Robots, The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room and Sugalumps.

Now what would it take to get playable versions of them in the game?

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FX announced its comedy scheduling plans, setting a release date for its new ensemble series “The League.” “The League,” about a fantasy football league from producers Jeff Schaffer (“Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Jackie Marcus Schaffer (“Disturbia”) will premiere Oct. 29 and run Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. after new episodes of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

The new trailer for Gentlemen Broncos…LINK

Okay I like Justin Timberlake as much as the next guy…okay okay I like Justin Timberlake more then the next guy…okay I like Justin Timberlake as much as a guy probably can while being straight.  There I said it.  That said the current rumor going around that he may be cast as the title character in the upcoming Green Latern movie….I’m not a Green Latern fan but oh please no!

EDIT – Okay moment after posting this I read that the part has instead been given to Ryan Reynolds which is a slightly better choice but also makes no sense.  How is the guy who is cast as the lead in the new Deadpool movie for Marvel going to also star in a DC superhero vehicle?  Stay tuned.

As the proud papa of a 4 year old and an 18 month old I have been exposed to an awful lot of childrens television programming over the past few years (I’m looking at you playhouse Disney, Noggin and Nick Jr.!) and while much of it is completely unbearable for an adult (I will literally scream if I have to watch the grumpy old troll under the bridge on Dora one more time, in fact I think I screamed the last time I saw it.)  some of the shows are downright entertaining (Wonder Pets, Lazy Town, Charlie and Lola, Imagination Movers and Wow Wow Wubzy have been a few of the favorites around our house).

There is one show in particular though that seems to be a little more polarizing then all of the others, Yo Gabba Gabba.  Recently I have heard the opinions of many parents that can’t stand this show so it’s time that I stood up and defended it.  I love Yo Gabba Gabba and I don’t care who knows it.

As a child of the late 70’s early 80’s I grew up watching shows like “The Polka Dot Door” and Sesame Street during my formative years.  Yo Gabba Gabba seems to be a throwback to the time of human sized puppets, trippy old school special effects, and basic life lessons that speaks to me.  And let’s not forget about the fantastic songs that reinforce these lessons.  (“Keep trying, keep trying, don’t give up, never give up”, ”Dreams will take you near and Dreams will take you faaaar!!!”, “Theres a party in my tummy, so yummy, so yummy!”, “don’t, don’t, don’t bite your friends!”  just so sing a few, I could go on and on and on.)

To top it all off there are the amazing guest stars.  How can you not like a show that has featured segments with Elija Wood, Jan from the Office, Murray Hewitt, Biz Markie and countless others?  Jack Black even stared in his own episode.

To tie things all up nice and tidy they give you DJ Lance Rock whose skin tight orange outfit is straight from the 60’s and hes got the hat to match.  I love this show and I don’t even do drugs!

Oh and I almost forgot the best part of all…MY NAME IS SEVEN…AND I LIKE TO DANCE!!!!

Two thumbs waaay waay up for Yo Gabba Gabba.