Giving the finger...

Do you ever find yourself wondering things like, "Who was the first person to say 'I'm going to Disney World' after he won the Super Bowl?" (Answer: Phil Simms was paid $75,000 to utter the phrase in 1987). Completely meaningless stuff, but if you're one of those curious souls... Then this might interest you, as well.
Who was the first professional athlete to give the middle finger to a photographer?

1886, Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, opening day team portrait for the Boston Beaneaters. Yup, that's the first recorded "f— you photo," as relayed by NBC's Out of Bounds blog.

From Out of Bounds/NBC Sports: "It's a staple of high school graduation photos across our land; as American as the Fourth of July picnic, or Lady Gaga appearing in public in her underwear. Giving the finger on camera is a time-honored tradition, but until today I had no idea that the first person to do it may have been a pro baseball player. Here's Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, a late-19th century pitcher for the Providence Grays and Boston Beaneaters who, among other things, holds the professional record of 59 wins in a season. They played baseball barehanded in those days, and players weren't above cheating, or trying to maim an opponent, in order to win. So flipping the bird during a team photo shoot was no big deal for Radbourn (see it following the jump). Circa opening day, 1886, it's believed to be the first time anyone's done that on camera.
Photo following the jump. "

Drew Miller Currently Atop the USADGC Leader Board

Still a few more cards to come in yet today, but as it stands, our local boy, Drew Miller, that's a lefty, is on the top of the leaderboard with -6. Keep it up big guy. If you bring home the Championship, you have to move up. Good luck to you, Cory Corwin and any other locals who are up there. Here's a link to the scores.

2010 Bluegrass Open Sponsors

Team BGO would like to thank the following 2010 Bluegrass Open Sponsors:

Title Sponsor: Disc 'n Dat
Co-Sponsor: Buffalo Bob's Restaurant
Bag Tag Sponsor: Fade Gear
Course Sponsor: GCFDA/www.cincinnatidiscgolf.com

Tee Shirt Sponsors:
Flywear Disc Golf Apparel
Sweetees Disc Golf Shop
Beth McGue/Shear Bliss Salon
Liz & Ben Shooner
Russ Toelke
Jim Ferrara & Karen Farrell
Dave & Georgette Marlow
Drew Miller/Drew's Brews
Wednesday Night Doubles
Jason Anderson
Adam Jones

Commercial Tee Sign Sponsors
Fade Gear
Buffalo Bob's Restaurant
Sweetees Disc Golf Shop

Personal Tee Sign Sponsors
Tori Caldwell
Candy Aulick
Wednesday Night Doubles
Thursday Night Bag Tags
Phil Miller
Gerry Stricker
Joe Rott
Gary & Crystal Thompson
2010 Eades Family Reunion
Sarah Stanhope
Anonymous - more to come
Anonymous - more to come

We're still taking sponsors of all kinds and there are plenty of Tee Sign Sponsorships left - that's a great way to get your name on a sign you get to keep after the tournament and to help support the tourney. We'll add to the list as we get more. Thanks to all who have supported the tournament. Without sponsors we wouldn't have a tournament.

R-Pro Rocs

Who doesn't like a Roc? Ok, those who throw the Buzzz. But for those who love the Roc, it is now available in R-Pro. Players who love the Roc AND love the added grip of R-Pro will love the new R-Pro Roc. It is great for accurate Mid-Range shots in all weather conditions. Try one when the weather looks questionable, or if you just love the feel of R-Pro.

Now in stock at Disc 'n Dat.

Nukes & STAR Katanas in stock today

Yep, the Nukes are back in stock and in already, good mix of weight ranges 167-174g; Note: these are 3rd Runs, not the First Runs, as in the picture.

The STAR Katanas will be in a little later today.

Rules School

The PDGA is introducing a new feature to their site: Rules School. I think this is a good feature and hope you will check it out. I'm putting the first paragraph of the first in the series - Interference - on here and then you can click the link if you'd like to read further - it really is pretty interesting and helpful for playing in tournaments. It clarifies some things for you.

Rules School is a new PDGA series to highlight and explain each section of the PDGA Rulebook. Interference 803.07 is the first installment. A recent event brought up some interesting issues pertaining to Interference. So this looked like a good topic to kick off the series. The format will be to reproduce a passage from the rulebook and then discuss its background and meaning along with some real world examples to illustrate the points.
Rule 803.07A: A thrown disc that hits another player, spectator, or animal shall be played where it comes to rest.
A moving disc contacts a living object that is unaware the disc is coming toward it or is unable to get out of the way fast enough. The disc is marked and played from where it lands after the deflection. The thrower does get an OB penalty if the deflection is unlucky and the disc ends up OB. This is no different from the randomness of a disc deflecting OB off a tree branch waving in the wind – 300 milliseconds later the disc might have missed the waving branch completely.

For more on the Interference Rule and there is a bunch more. Good stuff.

Landmark Challenge 3/6/10

Landmark Disc Golf Challenge
1st Annual Fundraiser

March 6, 2010
Challenge 1
The date for the remaining challenges to be announced

Location: Temporary Course
Landmark Church
1600 Glendale/Milford Rd. 45215
(I-75 and Glendale/Milford Behind St. Rita’s School for the Deaf)

Cost: $20.00 Per Person
$2.00 Ace Fund (50% Payout)
$1.00 Mulligan (Total 6)

Divisions: Open, Pro Masters/Grandmasters, Advanced, Recreational and Women's
Divisions in any of these

Time: 9:00 am Registration Closes
9:15 am Player Meeting
9:30 am Tee Off

Prizes: Cash for Pros, Prizes for Ams

Points: Will be using the same point system as the CCS

Contact: Alan Lane 513.295.0916
Disc 'n Dat 859.371.3668

$8 of entry goes to Landmark Church, along with Mulligan $ and half the Ace Pot.