As you probably know by now, Penny reacts to every strikeout like he's just closed out Game 7 of the World Series, and to every taunt like you've just spat out his mother's cooking. Monday's game against the Padres made Penny especially combustible because it involved both multiple strikeouts by Penny (six) and taunts aimed at him (two). So when Adrian Gonzalez paused to admire his home run, Penny became predictably enraged. Strangely enough, though, Penny directed his hostility toward not only Gonzalez but the entire Padres dugout as well.

Initially, nobody, including Padres manager Bud Black, understood why Penny was acting like such a baby:

"He popped off after the home run and I'm not sure why. Adrian has done the same thing 36 times this year. I don't know what the hell he was looking at. He gave some gesture toward our dugout … I didn't quite understand that one either."

Only later did ESPN's Buster Olney theorize that Penny's outburst had less to do with the home run than it did with the meanies in the Padres dugout who were mimicking the grunt he emits when he pitches. So Penny exploded. And from the looks of this video, it's a wonder that the umpires who had to restrain Penny didn't put him in a timeout.

Brad Penny Is A Completely Rational Human Being [Rumors and Rants]

• Bummer. Just as soon as it appeared Adam "Pacman" Jones was given another shot at redemption, the poopypantsed ninnies of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers decided they are not offering the former Cowboy/Titan/strip club enthusiast a contract. Blue Bombers coach Mike Kelly got all smug about it: "We will pursue athletes that we believe will contribute to our organization on and off the field."

• Oh, and what about Charles Rogers, you say? Yeah, he can't play in Canada either. Back to the vaporizer for you, Chuck.

• Once again, a former struggling ace pitcher proves that sometimes the best way to rejuvenate a season is just to get the hell out of Boston. Brad Penny made his Giant debut last night and shut down the WFC with ease.

• Roger Federer did his Roger Federer thing at the U.S. Open. Serena did her Serena thing. Venus did her Venus thing. Simon Greul did his Simon Greul thing.

• Oh, and it appears Green Bay linebacker Nick Barnett had sex with his wife last night using some new gadgetry:

And just to clarify for the Twitterverse....

Thanks, Nick!

Because now sports reporters at college newspapers take drunk athlete photos and post them to their blogs.

The scene: The DI Sports Bar Crawl is underway at Joe's Brewery and things are just starting to get exciting on the poles. Then, a phone call was received from a friend of a friend of DI on-air reporter, Jon Stiffler in fact, who said Jake Peavy, Roy Oswalt and Brad Penny — three of the National League's most dominant pitchers (Peavy, my favorite player/hero being the 2007 NL Cy Young winner) — were at KAM's fraternizing with the UI student body.

We don't see anything wrong with this, of course — Peavy and company don't look particularly drunk (though they can find the ladies!), and it's mostly a breathless Holy Crap Look Who's At Kam's! — but it does seem to make some sort of shift, somehow, we're not sure how.

Oh, and we love the first sentence of the piece: "The DI Sports Bar Crawl is underway at Joe's Brewery and things are just starting to get exciting on the poles." Christ. College. Nothing like it.

I Met Jake Peavy At Kam's [Daily Illini Blogs]