Madness? 300th Post

At The Weekend, we pride ourselves on bringing you the stories and videos you want to see and hear. We're 300 posts in, and maybe one day we'll perfect that...

Thanks for reading anyway. Thank you to Span, Jackson, Ry Guy, Kyle, Wes and Pat for their posts along the way, and everyone who has given us a video or story to bring to Blog City. Keep reading, and we'll keep writing.

THIS GUY

This week's "THIS GUY" is one of the craziest bastards on planet Earth. He has some strange obsession with lighting himself on fire. He's set the record for most people on fire in the same place (17,) and for being on fire the longest without oxygen (2:57.)

Why? Who the hell knows. But whatever helps you sleep at night, man.

In this video, he set the record for distance run while aflame (300 feet) SHATTERING the old record of 200 feet! Get this guy a beer!

This Guy

Curt Schilling said about a month ago, that as soon as Stephen Strasburg reached The Show, he was going to be the best pitcher in the game.

Ubaldo Jimenez is doing pretty good right now, sure. Making his cases for All-Star, Cy Young and MVP through his first 15 starts with a 13-1 record and a 1.15 ERA. But Strasburg, the 22 year-old from San Diego State has shown up, guns blazing through his first 3 starts.

He is 2-0, with a 1.86 ERA. Through 19.1 innings in 3 games, opponents have hit .149 seizing 4 runs and drawing 5 walks. More impressive than that? Strasburg has struck out 32 batters, a new major league record through 3 starts.


So maybe Strasburg is more legit than anyone really knows right now, huh? You win this round, Schill. Still, the guy's 22, throwing his ass off right out of the gate. You never know what could happen this early on. I still have my doubts, but I'll keep on living in the present, and waiting til his next start to see how many batters he can make look like little leaguers.