Shark Week Wrap Up

Shark Week is over.  In fact, it's been over for a few days now (sadly...).  Before Tyler and I are completely able to let it go, however, we have a few things to wrap up...

Special thanks to Discovery Channel for the Roger Bernadina Shark Week shout out:

Thanks again to CalTort for giving us a chance to win some burritos.

Thanks to Topps for the best player blurb ever.

Thanks to this guy for getting into the Shark spirit.

Thanks AGAIN to that same guy for REALLY getting into the Shark spirit.

Thanks Lyle Lovett for giving Bernadina a Shark shout out at Wolf Trap.

Thanks to EVERYONE who thought about the Shark during Shark Week.

Finally,  thanks to the Shark, for reading our blog, and being potentially the only player who would accept this nickname so graciously.

Can't wait until next Shark Week!

More to come.

Shark Park

Yesterday, during the Nationals 5-4, 13 inning win over the second place Braves, the Shark had on pinch hit appearance.  This was the reaction of the crowd (thanks to best photographer ever, Cheryl Nichols for the shots):

Jaw-inspring.

More to come.

How We (Almost) Won Free Burritos For A Year (Again).

Here's a little story for you all on this fine Shark Weekend morning. Remember last year California Tortilla offered free burritos for a year to anyone who could get a picture of Roger Bernadina eating a fish taco? Well, no one won, but it did give the Shark a lot of publicity and a lot of photoshopped pics ended up on the Cal Tort website.

Why didn't we win this contest, you ask? Well right before Shark Week last year, Bernadina was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse  which led to THE SADDEST SHARK WEEK EVER. Boy, what a difference a year makes! I would call this THE HAPPIEST SHARK WEEK EVER with Bernadina batting 5-7 with 3 RBI's.

Anyway....now that you know the backstory we can fast forward to this year. California Tortilla opened up the contest again, with much less publicity, and maybe directed right at us in an attempt to make up for last year.  To tell the story of what happened, we have copied and pasted an email we sent to Cal Tort on the last day of the contest:


Dear Cal Tort,

As you are probably aware, we (Terry Cangelosi and Tyler Stoltenberg) are Roger "The Shark" Bernadina's biggest fans. We were the ones who nicknamed him the shark and we run the semi-popular blog www.Sharkadina.com. We love CalTort and we love the competition that you have started to catch Roger Bernadina eating a fish taco (We have submitted photoshopped pictures in the past). We would like to regale our story of attempting to win your contest.

On Friday, we bought two tickets for Sunday's Nationals game. We cleaned and pressed our shark hoods, and mentally prepared all weekend. Come Sunday morning, we stopped by California Tortilla in Bethesda to buy a fish taco and bring it down to the game. We arrived at approximately noon for the game. We baked in the sun for four hours and watched the Nationals defeat the Florida Marlins (another fish) 4-1. To prove that we were there, here is a link to us being interviewed live during the game by Fox Sports Florida.

We waited for another hour after the game, with our taco, in the hopes of snapping a picture and winning free burritos for a year. Unfortunately, the Nationals had to leave right after the game to catch a flight to Houston. Therefore, Bernadina could not come out of the park after the game to sign autographs (or take pictures) as they got right on the bus to leave for the airport. The closest we got was a wave through the window.

We did get a picture of Tyler with the taco outside the stadium to prove how close we got. 

still good after being in my pocket for 5 hrs in 90 degree weather

We also have pictures of the Sharkadina guys eating the fish tacos which is pretty cool too...

seriously, try these fish tacos. they are jawesome.

Anyway, we know that we didn't win the top prize, but we were wondering if there were any consolation prizes for our (near) success!  We'll definitely be stopping by to get fish tacos and Shark fins tomorrow for lunch!

Signed,
The Sharkadina Guys


Well, Cal Tort did come through with a consolation prize: two Shark Week T-Shirts! Here is us wearing them with the Cal Tort/Discovery Channel Shark Fins:

sharkadressed up

  Being this decked out in Shark Swag led to some Sharkanigans:

get your fin out of my face!

duh dun duh dun duh dun...ok, out of the water!

More to come.

Card Shark(adina)

We officially made it to day of 5 of Shark Week and managed to do a post every day this week.  This is both impressive for us (I honestly can't remember the last time we had 5 consecutive days of posts...) and lucky for you (because you, the reader, get to quietly judge us at our inability to spell wrds correctly and try to come up with things to write about).  Lucky for you because we actually do have things to write about!

As Tyler mentioned yesterday, this has been a big week for getting random Shark and Bernadina themed stuff (there is really no better word to describe it).  Firstly, as we mentioned last week, in a stunning and incredible turn of events, we randomly bought a couple 2012 Topps Roger Bernadina baseball cards...

In case you haven't seen the card yet, please read below:

As you will see, THE BACK OF THE CARD TALKS ALMOST ENTIRELY ABOUT THE SHARK NICKNAME.  As you will also see, OUR WEBSITE IS ON THE BACK OF A BASEBALL CARD.  We've had some awesome stuff happen to us, but I think this definitely ranks in the top 3...

Then, as you do with anything you get excited about, we bought as many as we could get our hands on...

These will be worth millions when the Shark gets inducted into the Hall.

The other exciting news we have for this magical fifth day of Shark Week 2012 is that Sharkadina is finally official.  Why?  BECAUSE WE HAVE BOSS SHARK BUSINESS CARDS!

Now, at baseball games, Tyler and I don't have to fumble over our words trying to explain (and spell) how to find or contact Sharkadina. SHARK YEAH!

Then, as you do with anything you get excited about, we bought as many as we could get our hands on...

These will be worth billions when the Shark gets inducted into the Hall.

Get one at a game near you!

In Other News:
We reached 1000 followers on Twitter (only a few days too late to get us to shave sharks into our hair....new attempt, 1500 by the playoffs)!
We broke the 300 likes mark on Facebook!
We broke the 100,000 pageviews mark on Blogger.
We finally have 2 real life friends (just to clear up the confusion, Tyler and Terry have no idea who these guys are.  Terry just googled "two random shark guys")

More to come.

Shark: "I love the nickname"

After Charlie and Dave read Sharkadina on the air, they had to talk to Roger Bernadina about what he thought of it. He was interviewed Nats Radio before the game on Tuesday and of course we have the clip for you! You can also watch a slideshow of some great Shark images during the interview!

The whole interview is worth listening to, but you can fast forward to 4:08 to hear him talk about us and The Shark nickname.

He LOVES the nickname and thinks this blog has "interesting stuff!" Thanks Shark!

In other news, Sports Illustrated has a slide show of "Sports Sharks" that DOES NOT include Bernadina. Please tweet them @SInow and tell them what a mistake they made!

Shark Week continues and we have some more exciting posts lined up for the next couple days about some jawesome items we have recently received in the mail...

More to come.

Radio Shark: You've Got Questions. We've Got Jaws.

You thought it was great when Shark Week started early in DC...but then Shark Week actually started and Bernadina had one of his best games of all time and this blog was read LIVE ON THE RADIO.

Last night in San Francisco, Sharkzilla really chompdowned on the Giants, going 4-6 with 3 RBI's in the Nats 14-2 victory. Shark's (near grand slam) 2 run double prompted F.P. to say: "Folks get the kids out of the water, here comes a Shark Attack."

It wasn't all offense though, with Shark making another fintastic diving catch which was again the  #1 top play on SportsCenter. This prompted the entire Nationals dugout to make the Shark Chomp:

everyone's doing the chomp chomp (yeah, yeah).

But that's not the big story...Remember when Terry and I were interviewed on the Matt Dahl radio show? Or maybe you listened last week when Bernadina was interviewed on 106.7 The Fan. Well Sharkadina made another appearance last night, only this time it was Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler who (after incessant tweeting) found the blog and read it live on the air in the 9th inning. The 5 Nats fans still listening to the game around 1:15 heard this live, but if you were asleep here it is accompanied by an artists rendition of "sharkadina.com blog site:"

Well, you're right Charlie Slowes, it WAS big on sharkadina.com blog site!

More to come.

Sharkzilla invades San Francisco

While Discovery Channel's Shark Week continues to ask viewers what they want to see crushed by a giant metal Sharkzilla jaw in their #CHOMPDOWN, Nats fans only want one thing crushed this week: The Giants.

not from Shark Week. clearly from a syfy original movie

Sharks were spotted in McCovey Cove last year and they are circling once again as the Nats look to increase their lead in the NL East over the Atlanta Braves. The Shark was a last minute add to the lineup tonight, with Jayson Werth being scratched due to "ankle soreness" AKA we need room in the lineup for Bernadina during Shark Week.

It's time for some Sharklinks:

Friend of the blog and JAWESOME photographer Cheryl Nichols wrote a great article for District Sports Page: "Shark Week” is all season in DC". It includes a summary of our nicknaming Bernadina and of course some fintastic photos. Here's a great one of Daddy Desmond doing the CHOMP!

The Washington Post has also been writing a lot about The Shark:

Roger Bernadina playing well, making acrobatic catches: "While a tremendous play, it should come as no surprise, as the 28-year-old outfielder, nicknamed the Shark, has been enjoying arguably the best season of his career."

And here is a really interesting article about Shark's bat. (Not to be confused with Bat Shark or The Shark Knight). Lighter bat behind Roger Bernadina’s offensive surge: "On Saturday, Bernadina walked up to DeRosa, patted him on the shoulder and said, only half-kidding, “This is the guy who changed my life.” Since Bernadina switched from a 34-ounce bat to a model that weighs 31 ½ ounces at DeRosa’s insistence, Bernadina, 28, has hit better and more consistently than at any point in his career."

Mark DeRosa will here on out be known as "The Shark Whisperer."

More to come.

SHARK WEEK IS HERE

Today is one of the best days of the year. It is the first day of Shark Week. This week, Sharkadina will be sharking up our blog to bring you the best, most jawesome coverage of all things Shark. Be sure to check the blog each day for exciting news and classic Sharkadina photoshops! To celebrate the start of Shark Week, why don't you buy your very own Shark Hat to wear to the next homestand? 

Today we are unveiling an image captured from a never before seen camera angle of THE CATCH OF THE YEAR. This photo was snapped the moment the ball hits Bernadina's glove and perfectly captures his expression. This photo has not been tampered with in any way:

OK, this photo was tampered with and was sent to us by fan of the blog @KarlJPotter. You too could be featured on Sharkadina, just tweet us your pic at @Sharkadina!

More to come.