"Abe, you're too tall, man" - Weekly Trivia!

Everything I learned about history, I learned from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and The Colbert Report. OK, and maybe just a smidgen from two years of World Civ. with Mr. Haight.

But I do know a bit about Lincoln, and in fact he is still the tallest President of all-time - a fact that's incredibly freakish when you think about how people were smaller back then. He was also the first President with a beard. Big props to Marty Van B. for some solid chops though.

Nope, the answer this week was that Lincoln was NOT weak and sickly. In fact, he was an accomplished wrestler and considered impressively strong, which might be surprising to some given his lanky frame.

Better luck to the acolytes this week. I haven't given a good geography question in a while, so here it is:

Which of the following Asian countries is landlocked?

• Laos
• Bangladesh
• Pakistan
• Syria
• Qatar

Roster Freak Out - Week 12

This week is a very special Thanksgiving Day edition of the Freak Out. I'm actually going to include the Thursday games because there's nothing more enjoyable than watching the holiday games and seeing the points pile up for TDZ's band of rejects.

Mmm... feel that tryptophan setting in...

Roster Freak Out - Week 11

Oh man - it only took me 10 weeks, but I'm finally on a winning streak. Will it continue this week?

Never too soon to showboat with full-on breakdancing

Birth Cert Don't Lie - Weekly Trivia!

I gave a list of older Celtics (and Rondo) to choose from this week - but actually, the correct answer is the only one on the list that is not a current Celtic: Rasheed Wallace.

Sheed was actually out of the league the past couple years, but the Knicks were dead set on becoming the oldest pro basketball team in the universe. He's 38 years old - second on that list was KG at 36. If you're the winner, let yourself be known to claim your bragging rights.

It seems like all I ever hear about these days is talk about Abraham Lincoln. Whether it's Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book, Team of Rivals, or DDL's Oscar-baiting performance in the newly released Lincoln, the American public is going to up their Honest Abe IQ this month. How about a pre-test though?

Which of the following is NOT true about Abraham Lincoln?

• He's the tallest U.S. president of all-time
• Suffered from depression
• Was considered weak and sickly
• Was the first U.S. president to have a beard
• His home state was Illinois
• Had a different Vice President for each of his terms
• Was watching the play "Our American Cousin" when assassinated

Have a good weekend, acolytes.

The All Big Bigs Team

Baseball has always been known as a plump man's game. Perhaps its biggest star of all-time, Babe Ruth, was infamous for his hot dog binges and plus-sized waistline, and portly players excelling in baseball isn't the exception - it's the norm. Children of America: if you want to be a great ballplayer, don't you dare think aerobics will get you anywhere. The best thing you can do is strengthen those wrists scooping out ice cream to feed a doughy frame.

In recognition of the more corpulent MLB stars, I'd like to present a sabermetric analysis of the best blubbery big league team a manager could ask for.

Roster Freak Out - Week 10

Aww yeah, look who's got the mojo now. TDZ's still got the most expert fantasy analysis and shortest memory in the pro bono blogging biz. Let's keep things rolling in Week 10.

Yup, got that swagger again. Soak it in, people.

Roster Freak Out - Week 9

TDZ has been in a terrible funk the past few weeks. Now about halfway through the season, it's time to make it up to his loyal readers.