Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 8

Fresh off last week's multi-faceted drama, the question was whether this Round could provide similar drama and surprises.  The answer, a new AFL footballer to meet, a NEW GAMBLING GAME, and this week's results, coming up on Welcome To Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! In last week's preview, I mentioned that the

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 7

Last week, I opened by referencing Temptation Island and showed a random picture of a movie called Number 96.  I am, quite frankly, surprised that no one commented on the Fox show, which was, for the time, quite unusual and titillating (he he).  Little did I know that the Number

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 6

No trips for me this week, so we are back to our regular schedule. There is a LOT to talk about.  Remember that talk we had about Hawthorn?  Apparently somebody was paying attention.  The details behind that, our first 100+ point victory margin of the season, a new footballer to

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Rounds 4 and 5

In case you missed it, I was in Dallas last weekend visiting a friend and enjoying a lot of this: and this so I was in no state to write the AFL Beat.  Upon my return, work was crazy busy so my promised mid-week edition of the AFL Beat did not happen.

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 3

I always enjoy the odd-numbered rounds more than the even-numbered ones.  I'm not sure why.  Around round three is where teams begin to differentiate themselves and you can start to tell who will be good, bad, really good, and really bad.  This glorious in-depth analysis you can't get anywhere else

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round Two

After a thrilling Opening Round that saw both the defending regular season champion and the Grand Final champion go down in defeat, the big question this week was how would the losers react.  Would they bounce back to keep everyone in the competition fairly close or would we start to

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round One

One of the things I love about this league is that it always brings you surprises.  Some are pleasant and some not, but it is not easy to predict what will happen week to week.  Maybe this is why the AFL has embraced gambling and has an online sportsbook as

Not Even Daddy (TWSS) Yet Blues

Alright, you cockstains, I’m looking for some help. As all are most likely aware, I’m about to be a dad for the first time. I am fucking terrified, as I’m sure you other parents were the first time (PHRASING) were, when the realization finally hit home that you’re about to

Special AFL Opening Day Late Night Insomniac-Heavy Open Thread

Congratulations!  You made it here!  On a weekday no less!  This realistically means that you are either an insomniac a huge AFL fan or you're lost.  Either way, welcome! Today's/Tonight's/This morning's Opening Day match features the Richmond Tigers taking on the Carlton Blues.  Even though Richmond made finals last year and the Blues

Balls’ Bedtime Stories – Chapter 13

Chapter 12 Who was that gorgeous blonde Russian track girl?  Who slipped that picture under the door?  It seemed that Balls had friends but the picture did not have any of the tell-tale codes that M would have ordered to be included.  Balls' mind was whirring with the possibilities. Balls had friends in