Break Out the Obituaries: Ted Kennedy
August 26, 2009 – 10:00 pm | Comments

BOTO salutes the Democratic Party’s greatest soldier and the heart of the liberal movement, Ted Kennedy, who passed long before his time. We need him now as much as ever. Read more »

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The Good, the Bad, and the Idiotic
February 3, 2009 – 2:36 am | Comments

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
Break Out The Oreos is beginning its oft-promised, nary-delivered comeback! We’ll go into the changes that are happening all around us in a later post, but for now we’ll turn … Read more »

I Don’t Like Mondays
October 20, 2008 – 7:12 pm | Comments
I Don’t Like Mondays

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
… especially Mondays on which Shea Stadium is renamed “Tadium.”  Behold (courtesy of MetsBlog):

This unfortunate moniker has been adopted due to the demolition of Shea, as pictured below:

Oh, well.  At … Read more »

Links for Your Monday!
October 20, 2008 – 2:24 am | Comments
Links for Your Monday!

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
So we haven’t been writing, but we’ve sure had a lot on our minds!

Visions of an America under Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin headbobbing on SNL.
SNL somehow creating something hilarious from something … Read more »

Sarah Palin On Ice!
October 12, 2008 – 2:39 am | Comments

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
We here at Break Out The Oreos are good New Yorkers–we boo our Republican mayors, salivate over sexy corruption scandals, and remain moderately aware of our hockey team (go fuck … Read more »

Baseball: Still The World’s Best Sport
August 7, 2008 – 10:55 am | Comments
Baseball: Still The World’s Best Sport

DEVON GRANDY (Matsumoto, Japan)
…seriously, fuck soccer.
What a crazy time it’s been these past couple of weeks in the world of baseball. Let’s recap:

Old Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium featured the big names: newly-named Hall-of-Famer Goose … Read more »

George Carlin Would Disapprove
July 13, 2008 – 8:05 am | Comments
George Carlin Would Disapprove

DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Dear readership, there are times when snarkiness and humor simply don’t come to the Break Out The Oreos writing staff; these times are not frequent, as we would not be very good … Read more »

Douchebaggery Roundup (with dessert!)
July 12, 2008 – 8:48 am | Comments
Douchebaggery Roundup (with dessert!)

DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Break Out The Oreos has noticed a particularly abundant quantity of both douchebaggery on the interwebs of late. A quick rundown follows.
Karl Rove, an already notable and well-established douchebag due to his … Read more »

Letting Fans Choose All-Stars Is A Terrible Idea, But…
July 9, 2008 – 11:18 am | Comments
Letting Fans Choose All-Stars Is A Terrible Idea, But…

DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Yeah, we know we’re shameless, but we’re also passionate.

Devon would like you “support the ’stache” and vote for Jason Giambi for the final AL spot at the All-Star Game.
Nicole would like you … Read more »

Devon Needs To Get Back To Both New York And Blogging
July 7, 2008 – 6:33 am | Comments
Devon Needs To Get Back To Both New York And Blogging

DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
If there were ever a time at which Devon wished he could be in New York with Nicole, yesterday was most definitely it. The Yankees battled back to win a hell of … Read more »

Jason Giambi is a BAMF, With or Without the Thong
June 6, 2008 – 1:59 am | Comments
Jason Giambi is a BAMF, With or Without the Thong

DEVON GRANDY (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
While Jason Giambi and his arguably distasteful slump-breaking method have been well-documented both here and in the more mainstream media, one thing is certain after yesterday’s day epic game between the … Read more »

Alumni Recognition, Tarsem Singh’s New Film, and the Return of Pedro Martinez
June 5, 2008 – 2:15 am | Comments
Alumni Recognition, Tarsem Singh’s New Film, and the Return of Pedro Martinez

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
In what is certainly the worthiest story to appear before the jump, BOTO heartily congratulates Columbia’s hottest alumnus in the current news cycle for wooing the requisite number of delegates … Read more »

Annual Funeral for Research Universities and Thong Etiquette for Baseball Players
May 27, 2008 – 11:15 pm | Comments
Annual Funeral for Research Universities and Thong Etiquette for Baseball Players

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
The second, newest half of the BOTO team is outraged.  In the midst of her mourning stage, she couldn’t help but remark that New York’s leading newspapers have failed to commemorate the … Read more »

Volcanic Ash and Buried Treasure
May 23, 2008 – 6:31 pm | Comments
Volcanic Ash and Buried Treasure

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
We’d like to cover two lines of business today at BOTO. First, we bid a hearty farewell to Devon, handkerchiefs in hand and tears in our collective eye, as … Read more »

We’re the Best Around!
May 23, 2008 – 12:39 am | Comments
We’re the Best Around!

DEVON GRANDY (Bariloche, Argentina)
We’ve never been one to brag, but BOTO just couldn’t help it upon realizing that Devon’s beloved high school has recently been named by Sports Illustrated as the best school in the … Read more »

The Real Baseball Season
April 14, 2008 – 3:54 am | Comments
The Real Baseball Season

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
As any baseball fan from the Northeast tell you, the baseball season starts at the beginning of April but doesn’t really heat up until the first Yankees-Red Sox series. As … Read more »

Ivy League Quidditch?
March 27, 2008 – 9:28 am | Comments
Ivy League Quidditch?

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
It appears that the student-athletes at Middlebury College, driven mad in the wilderness of rural Vermont, have remedied their lack of things to do by turning to their old Harry … Read more »