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April 17, 2012 · 8:53 pm

BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 20: USCAA

 Balladeer’s Blog will henceforth be doing its own Top 20 for the divisions of college sports covered here. My inaugural list addresses the USCAA, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. The Newport News Apprentice School Builders (logo at right) occupy the number one spot. The Williamson Mechanics and the SUNY- Canton Kangaroos sneak in lower in the rankings.  

For the full Top 20 read on: 1. NNAS Builders *** 2. Rochester College Warriors *** 3. Spalding Golden Eagles *** 4. Selma University Bulldogs *** 5. Greater Allegheny Lions *** 6. Belleville Lynx *** 7. Dallas Crusaders *** 8. Penn Tech Wildcats *** 9. Ave Maria University Gyrenes *** 10. Continue reading →

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April 14, 2012 · 2:51 pm

BAD MOVIE PAGE: DR JEKYLL’S DUNGEON OF DEATH (1979)

This poster is much more exciting than the movie itself

 DOCTOR JEKYLL’S DUNGEON OF DEATH (1979)- Category: Enjoyably bad but not fun-bad enough for my highest rating.        

 It’s a heart-warming little movie about a mad scientist (are there any other kind?) who is a descendant of the original Dr Jekyll. He’s using a new version of the family formula on human guinea pigs who then engage in fierce martial-arts battles in his dungeon laboratory. Some of those unfortunate human subjects are provided to him via a covert arrangement with the local prison while others are snatched off the street for him by his regulation  hulking, simple-minded lab assistant.  

The best part is that he plans to use these kung-fu versions of Mr Hyde as super-soldiers to help win the Vietnam War! Well, it’s better than anything either Johnson or Nixon came up with! Actually, the movie goes to great pains to Continue reading →

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April 12, 2012 · 11:57 pm

SHINTO DEITY: SUSANOWO

 SUSANOWO – The Shinto storm god. He is appropriately depicted as an impetuous, ill-tempered god and was often at odds with his sister the sun goddess, Amaterasu. In the Nihongi he is the son of both Izanagi and Izanami but in the Kojiki he is born from Izanagi’s nose as a sneeze. 

At one point he was seriously over-stepping his authority in a fit of anger. In some versions he was angry over his sister Amaterasu being the Chief Deity in the Shinto pantheon instead of him, in others he was angry because his mother the goddess Izanami could never return from Yomi, where she was now fated to rule over the dead forever. At any rate he was Continue reading →

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April 7, 2012 · 3:13 pm

BAD MOVIE PAGE: THE BABY (1973)

 The encore presentation of my review of the 70’s cult horror bomb The Baby, originally from 2010, is up now at Man In Black Reviews.

THE BABY (1973) – Category: The 70’s version of camp, with a premise and plot elements that would have been banned in previous decades.       It’s hard to believe Ted Post was involved with this strange movie. It was considered very weird and kinky even in the 1970’s when it came out, and that was long before the internet made the entire world aware of the infantilism fetish that this film reeks of! “Baby” himself redefines the expression “arrested development”, since he’s a full-grown adult who crawls around in a diaper (which needs changing occassionally – all together now – Eeewwwww!), sleeps in a big crib, eats baby food and Continue reading →

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April 7, 2012 · 12:21 am

NAIA BASKETBALL PLAYER WINS ESPN’S DUNK CONTEST

 The NAIA’s James Justice, a senior basketball player for the Martin Methodist College RedHawks (logo at left) won ESPN’s live dunk contest, beating out NCAA Division 1 players like Auburn’s Kenny Gabriel, Miami’s Dequan Jones and Clemson’s Bryan Narcisse in the semifinals.

In its usual style, ESPN virtually never even mentions NAIA college sports. That’s because the behemoth outfit is geared purely toward hyping its own programming, not actual sports journalism. Since ESPN doesn’t broadcast NAIA games they pretend their football, basketball and baseball teams don’t even exist. It’s similar to Continue reading →

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April 4, 2012 · 12:42 am

COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 25: D3

 The Top 3 in the rankings remained the same, with the Christopher Newport University Captains (logo at left) holding at number 3, the Marietta College Pioneers in 2nd place and the Trinity (TX) Tigers retaining the top spot.

There was a lot of movement elsewhere in the poll, as you’ll see right here:

1. Trinity Tigers *** 2. Marietta Pioneers (defending champs) *** 3. CNU Captains *** 4. Salisbury Sea Gulls *** 5. Eastern Continue reading →

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April 3, 2012 · 8:46 pm

BAD MOVIE PAGE: BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957)

 I’ve been getting emails requesting that I review this movie, but I already did in 2010. For the folks requesting it, here it is again. And remember, if you want instant gratification for your bad movie fix you can check my Bad Movie page to see if I’ve already reviewed the movie you’re requesting: https://glitternight.com/bad-movies/

BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957) – Category: Bad enough and with a classically weird premise but not fun-bad enough for my highest rating.   Not to be confused with Blood Of Dracula’s Castle, yet another of the roughly 9,712 movies in which John Carradine appeared. No, this little honey is best remembered as the movie that should have been called I Was A Teenage Vampire. It’s from the people who brought us both I Was A Teenage Werewolf and I Was A Teenage   Frankenstein. Not only Continue reading →

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March 31, 2012 · 10:06 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL STANDINGS FOR THE NJCAA

 The Iowa Western Reivers, a noted baseball power in the NJCAA, come in at number 2 in the Division 1 poll, tied with the Louisburg Hurricanes. Walters State is in the top spot.  

NJCAA1 – 1. Walters State Senators *** T2. Iowa Western Reivers *** T2. Louisburg Hurricanes *** 4. Central Continue reading →

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March 29, 2012 · 8:55 pm

2012 COLLEGE HOCKEY CHAMPIONS

 The 2011-2012 college hockey season is over in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog. The St Norbert College Green Knights (logo at left) repeated as the national champions of NCAA Division 3 hockey. It was a case of “Keefer Madness” as St Norbert’s Cody Keefer registered a Hat Trick in the Green Knights’ 4-1 victory in the title game.

Here’s a final round of congratulations to this year’s various college hockey champs!

NCAA Division 3 – ST NORBERT COLLEGE GREEN KNIGHTS (def the Oswego State Lakers)

NJCAA – MONROE COLLEGE TRIBUNES (def the Williston State Tetons – as in the mountains)

ACHA Division 1 – Continue reading →

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March 28, 2012 · 7:54 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 25: WEEK OF MARCH 26TH – APRIL 1ST

 Basketball season is over in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog, so it’s on to baseball! Seamheads have been emailing me about how anxious they are to start my coverage since the season’s over a month old for collegiate play.

As always I’ll cover baseball for colleges in the NAIA, D3, D2, USCAA, NCCAA, ACCA and NJCAA all the way up through the World Series in each division.

For starters here’s a look at the Top 25 in the NAIA:  1. Lee Flames (up from 3) *** 2. LSU-Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) *** 3. Oklahoma City University Stars *** 4. Embry- Riddle Aeronaut Continue reading →

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