The Tale of the Tape: Shouse v. House

by Kyle Lobner on Mar 26, 2010 8:00 PM CDT in Conversation Starters

Like most of my clearly ill conceived notions, I'm giving this one a second chance. Last week, Derrick Turnbow snuck out a 60/40 victory over American Gladiator Turbo. This week, we'll pit another recently released former Brewer against an arbitrarily selected pop culture reference.

Brian Shouse turned 41 in September, and was released by the Red Sox this week, meaning it may very well be the end of the line for him. Shouse appeared in 201 games as a Brewer between 2006 and 2008, putting him in a tie for 20th place on the Brewers' all time games pitched list. He was primarily a lefty specialist, but did have one awesome three inning save against the Twins in 2007.

His opponent: House. To the tale of the tape!

Shouse		House
Formerly employed by Mark Attanasio	Attanasio connection	Created by Paul Attanasio
Ten major league seasons (3 in Milwaukee)	Tenure	Six seasons on Fox
Retiring lefties: Career .213/.262/.330 line against	Strength	Finding solutions to bizarre illnesses with questionable medical tactics.
Righties hit .312/.395/.468 against him	Weakness	Vicodin.
Didn't get significant playing time in the majors until age 34.	Other weakness	Diagnoses every patient with lupus.
Fourth oldest player in the AL in 2009	Recent accomplishment	Most watched television program in the world in 2008.
This incomparable work, from the Brian Shouse Fan Club	Fan art	This, which actually isn't bad either.
Left Milwaukee as a free agent following 2008 season	Downfall	Went to rehab to end Season 5

All House facts were found via the Wikipedia link above.

Poll

So, who wins?

Brian Shouse

124 votes

House

80 votes

204 votes | Poll has closed

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Shouse.

Because diagnostic medicine or whatever they say House’s specialty is is fake.

by MrPilkington on Mar 26, 2010 8:52 PM CDT reply actions

This poll is a travishamockery.

House always says it’s NEVER lupus. /nerd

by klwillis45 on Mar 26, 2010 9:59 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

House

But only because of this picture

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by kirbir on Mar 26, 2010 10:18 PM CDT reply actions

The Shouse always wins in the end.

by drezdn on Mar 26, 2010 10:25 PM CDT reply actions

I’ll be damned if I ever vote against Brian “The 40-Year Old Virgin” Shouse.

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by Bettman's Nightmare on Mar 26, 2010 11:59 PM CDT reply actions

I cant believe this poll is so close

But maybe my mancrush on shouse is forcing me to say that…. But still! how can any of you vote for HOUSE? over SHOUSE?

by Jeo on Mar 27, 2010 2:22 AM CDT reply actions

lupus?

that’s Foreman that does that

by PagsBrewCrew on Mar 27, 2010 6:02 AM CDT reply actions

My bad

For a while, Mrs. Snow would watch House every time it was on any channel. I’ve never been a big fan, because I find it (like a lot of TV dramas) formulaic and repetitive. So I’ve half-watched roughly 20-30 episodes, and remember lupus coming up in nearly all of them.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by Kyle Lobner on Mar 27, 2010 7:37 AM CDT up reply actions

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