DJ Big Cat Joins the Team!

Three if by Strike has been doing some big things over the past couple weeks. Max and Span have both hopped on board and are writing up a storm. We're generating more posts than ever, you're loving them and we're just getting warmed up.

Like the Sox we're looking to add some veteran depth to our rotation with our latest move, the acquisition of Jaime De Pena, aka Big Cat, aka DJ Big Cat, aka Gato Grande, aka "a mouse under a blanket".

Hailing from Yonkers, New York, Big Cat is a baseball aficionado, holding down 1st base for the Emmanuel College baseball team for several years and also earning accolades for his work on the Fenway Park Grounds Crew. Additionally, Big Cat adds some much needed basketball knowledge to the blog (because believe it or not the Celtics are still a team). DJ Big Cat should also provide a nice balance to Span and Jon's country loving ways with his own musical tastes.

Finally, Big Cat will be running Three if by Strike's twitter account. Start following us at @ThreeifbyStrike if you aren't already and let us know what you think. This is just a taste of what the Big Cat has to offer, the kid is a fashion guru, a cool customer with the ladies, can talk sports for hours, and did we mention he can dance?

Terry Francona Dance Moves + Harlem Shake = Absolute Madness

.........................Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Miami Heat Pull Out All the Stops in This Harlem Shake Video

The Harlem Shake just isn't going away.  Which is awesome.

The Miami Heat have put out a video, still in its infancy with just over 300 views at the time of this post on Thursday.  With any of these videos, all you gotta do is watch, but I have to give credit where credit is due.

Dwayne Wade takes the gold medal here.  He's the guy in the red suit and bear head, doing the weird finger-pointing dance.  Silver has to go to Chris Bosh.  On the left side, wearing a bathrobe and cowboy hat with that obnoxious boom box.  Who actually owns one of those?  And bronze, goes to LeBron James.  The king outfit is pretty serious.

Harlem Shake Reports to Spring Training

How awesome are the Diamondbacks?

Highlights here include the giant Randy Johnson head in the back, the guy casually walking in with the afro, and the Kirk Gibson fist-pumping home run trot near the end.

Late to the Party - Harlem Shake

I apologize for coming late to this party, but the blog's gotta talk about the Harlem Shake.  I was introduced two nights ago to the Harlem Shake by my friend Span, and spent a good hour and a half watching the :30 second videos.

They really need no explanation, but in case you're a little confused, then that sucks for you, because I just sat here trying to coherently map out steps to follow to make this video, but if I were to post it, it would make us all look like idiots.

The video at the top is my number one, here.  "The Today Show" on NBC gets an honorable mention for their Valentine's Day-themed video this morning on the show, complete with Al Roker doing the moonwalk across the screen with angel wings on.  To round out my top three are these two in an office/classroom setting.  Just the idea of that happening in either of those places is hilarious to me, and picturing the people I work with getting in to this song and going bananas for :15 is too much.



The scene at 2:02 wins the bronze for me, but some other ones are classic in this collection, too.