Posts Tagged ‘news and notes’
Week 11 News and Notes
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008What The Hell Is Andrea Doing On the Left Side?
Jim Dandeneau Didn’t Even Get The Chance To Be Booed Off The Stage
This year’s Sharif Corinaldi Hot Legs Competition featured the largest entrant pool in the event’s short history. Without previous champions, Sharif “The Chocolate Buzzsaw” Corinaldi and Minkus competing, there was no clear favorite among the pack. However, despite the plethora of particpants, the contest quickly whittled down to three finalists: Jason “The Hamburglar” Rosenstock (Mexican Standoff), James Townsend-Butterworth (Sky Fighters), and Ali Chenitz (LBS, Inc.). As clothes continued to be shed, and beer continued to be poured, one competitor rose above the others. Rosenstock recognized his boyhood dream, as he was declared the winner by the boisterous crowd. As per tradition, bartender Brent Smith “presented” Rosenstock with a victory cupcake.
Week 10 News and Notes
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008If You Were On LBS, You’d Be Smiling Too
LBS Goes Corporate
When you’re an elite conglomerate like LBS is, simply being called a “team” is not enough. LBS is far more than a loose a collection of hipsters who get together on Sundays like the rest of BTSH. Instead, their ranks include stock brokers, government officials, and other community leaders who you aspire to be. As such, the board of directors of LBS has declared that–effectively immediately–you must now refer to them as LBS, Inc. Ken “The Alpha Male” Poulin explains, “We’re more than just a team. We’re a brand…a brand that people widely recognize as the gold standard of BTSH. Kind of like Mr. Clean.” As a result of this change in marketing direction, captain Sascha Puritz shall now be known as the CEO, Karsten Pichon shall be the CFO, Molly Jacobs shall be the Vice President of West Coast Operations, and Sam Anthony shall be the Director of Investor Relations. Seth Wachtell has been reassigned to the mail room.
Week 9 News and Notes
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Dutch’s Parents Are Avid Readers of BTSH.org
A Brief Glimpse At BTSH.org
As a thank you to you, the loyal reader, we, the writers, thought we’d give you a snapshot of who’s going to btsh.org and how they are getting there. Here are some interesting trends we have noticed, taken directly from Google Analytics.
1. While the largest volume of site traffic comes from the United States (no surprise there), the second-ranked country is not Canada…it’s France. This can most likely be attributed to the Tuques’ iconic status in Marseilles. On a side note, one person has visited the site from Turkey, but he stayed on the site for thirteen minutes.
2. Although New York and New Jersey represent the bulk of U.S. based site traffic (again, no shocker there), the third highest state is not in the Northeast. Rather, it is the great state of Wisconsin. Without a doubt, this can only be the result of Dutch’s legions of fans back home monitoring his play. Plus, one or two of them might be looking for Dutch’s Brother. On the opposite end of the spectrum, no one from Alabama has visited.
3. The top keywords that have brought people to the BTSH site are as follows: “btsh”, “btsh.org”, “ant ventolieri”, and “street hockey”. Yes, more people come to the site looking for Ant than they do for street hockey. One can only assume that Ant is forcing his Foot Locker interns to repeatedly google his name and then go to all sites that find it. Oh yeah, and the number five keyword? You guessed it: “ellery gillette”.
4. Another interesting keyword we discovered was “beverly hills jeff lesser”. Although it is probable that whoever searched for that term did not find exactly what he wanted, this has provided the media with a new nickname. Jeff Lesser will now be known as “Hollywood”.
5. Several people have also visited the site searching “ken georgine paulin”. No, Ken “The Alpha Male” Poulin and Georgine “Mulva” Paulin are not related. In fact, they spell and pronounce their last names differently, as seen in the previous sentence.
Week 8 News and Notes
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Good Thing Stork Has Those Long Legs
Filthy and The Rehabs Have a Long, Strange Journey From Moffo to Corlears
Due to a postponed game, Filthy Gorgeous and the Rehabs had double duty on Sunday. In addition to having to make up their game against each other at Moffo, each had to play a second game at Corlears. The results for both teams were mixed. Although Filthy kicked off the day with an impressive shootout victory over the surging Rehabs, they could only muster a tie against LBS. On the other hand, the Rehabs rebounded from the heartbreaking loss to Filthy with a convincing win over the feisty Cobra Kai. Although neither team managed to sweep the day, both added three points in the standings, keeping them high in the upper tier of BTSH.
Week 7 News and Notes
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008What’s With the Dalai Lama Picture?
2008 BTSH Ladies All-Star Party from Erik Price (filmed by Len Guinto) on Vimeo.
Three Wheels Are Better Than Two
Just prior to the start of the Women’s All-Star Game, the (potentially) First Annual BTSH Tricycle Race commenced, as all five entrants chugged a beer to determine which trike each one would ride. Once each participant had his vehicle, the three-beer, three-lap race officially started when the five competitors, as well as self-appointed race official Bryan “Stork” Welch, drank their second beer. Dan Owens (Filthy Gorgeous) was declared the winner in a photo finish, after he stormed past runner-up James Townsend-Butterworth (Sky Fighters), who dogged it to the finish line, believing his victory was already secure. However, James’s efforts should still be commended as his front wheel broke off early in the race, thus requiring the assistance of teammate Chris Shumaker. Although Alex “Coop” Eben Meyer (Bad Touch) finished third, he was soundly booed for his blatant cheating. Erik Price (Mexican Standoff) finished in fourth place, despite jumping out to an early lead. Rob Gorden (Mighty Squirrels) struggled to down his first beer in one gulp and brought up the rear, even with Amy Kovner (Gouging Anklebiters) pushing him from behind. There will be an awards ceremony for the race at the Johnson’s this Sunday evening.
The only item missing from the race was a bullhorn for announcing purposes. Jefferson Hendricks had his sister bring one down from his parents’ house in Albany, but could not resist using his new toy on Saturday evening. It was confiscated by police at 3:00 AM, and he was issued a summons for using a sound production device without a permit.
For a different, and slightly Sky Fighters biased view of the race, check out Samantha Lee’s video here.
