Too bad the networks don’t come up with a show about the Ladies… #9 hotties. That show would never get canceled. Hey networks, you’re welcome. I expect to be compensated properly. Anyway, the Ladies… top nine guys are after the jump. They just keep getting better and better.

Miss Minda

My #9 is Shane Costa, an outfielder who perpetually bounces between AAA and the Majors with the Royals. He’s got a dark, brooding quality about him that makes the ladies go pretty crazy.

Games Mistress

Irving Saladino – Panama’s first ever Olympic gold medalist is also a medal winning hottie. I keep flipping by that new Universal sports channel hoping to catch him when they replay track events, but so far no luck.

Mistress Christina

My # 9 pick: Tom Brady. I mean come on, he’s not called Dreamboat for nothing! He may have been ranked higher had he not been injured in the first stinking game of the Pats season, and hence I have not seen him
in all his eye-black wearing glory for 6 weeks now.

Thank God for Stetson. (never thought I’d say THAT prior to his ad campaign!)

Lady Andrea

Marek Svatos - I decided to adopt the Avalanche after I previewed them for a Ladies piece and realized how hot they are.  Marek Svatos was my favorite.  I even bought his hockey sweater.  I just found out he got married this past off-season and I’m very upset about it.  Doesn’t he know how great Andrea Svatos sounds?

Chitown Chick

BJ Armstrong. He was the first basketball player I remember having a crush on, and then when I met him, he was super nice and even more adorable in person.

Cinnamon Girl

I like to imagine he’s in my bathroom shaving! Right…..

Metschick

TSW turned me onto this delicious boy, and I’m so glad she did.  I’m only sad that the Rangers didn’t get the first draft pick that year.  I wouldn’t mind seeing Sidney Crosby splashed across the Daily News.

SA

You would think that I’m a big soccer fan by the number of soccer guys on my list (my second so far) but I’m not. But Owen Hargreaves is enough to make me get up early and tune in to the Premiere League every Saturday and Sunday. If you must have a face pic of him then here. But who cares with a bod like that?

La M. Alana

Rodney Stuckey. He intrigues me, he’s got great eyebrows, and he’s going to be a great star one day - maybe someday soon. I’m so watching the Pistons this season, and, yes, I would.

The Starter Wife's father is the reason why you can't get her naked in strip poker, Clare shares some charming memories of her sweet, turkey-loving father, and Lady Andrea shares her dad's story of being forced to sit on the bench of a high school basketball game, shoeless.

And then there's this warm and sweet story at Kermit the Blog, about a father sharing his intense love of college football with his son. Even though he omits that Major Harris was injured in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl (and that changed everything), it's such a great post that I'll forget about that, and strongly point you in that direction.

Thanks for sharing, Ladies... and Precious Roy. Really.

Father's Day Aftershave - Who else is going to teach you how to keep score? [Ladies...]
To My Dad... It's Father's Day, So I Thought I'd Give Sincerity a Try [Kermit the Blog]

I asked The Starter Wife to project some of the "too-close-to-call" voting duels that will come down to the wire. (Any influence you would like to influence, individually or as a group, is strictly up to you.) Remember: Much like March Madness, your office pool could hinge on first-round results! (What? You mean you didn't have an office pool about this?)

NL West Region: 6-seed Red Sox Stats Guy in a virtual TIE with 17-seed Kevin of With Leather.

Mid-Atlantic Region: 12-seed Signal To Noise leads 11-seed Satchmo of Manning Family Reunion by two dozen.

AFC North Region: 8-seed Jack Cobra has a slim 30-vote lead over 15-seed Shane from Wade Blogs.

Campbell Conference: 16-seed Troy Nunes from an Absolute Magician leads 7-seed J-Red from East Coast Bias by a mere couple dozen votes.

Democracy in action, and "hot-blogger" status on the line.
— D.S.

Hot Blogger Bracket [Ladies...]

You cannot be prepared for fun, or the gun, that this bull gator is bringing to your wallow tonight. Both are unprecedentedly awesome. I can honestly say that you are not prepared. Like Fred Taylor, you will be perpetually injured after I freak you like I'm gonna. Like Chris Leak, you will go down in a beautiful crushed heap again and again. Like Steve Spurrier, I'm going deep on you tonight. Like Ohio State's offensive line, you will be penetrated deeply, frequently, and completely. And in the end, there will be no need for overtime, because you are about to be Swamped. Brace yourself, Gator fan.

I'm about to show you my Tim Tebow stiffarm without using my arms. Consider yourself warned.

They will be running on EDSBS and Ladies ... — which just put up their Mets post — all week. We can't wait.

How To Make Love To A _________ Fan: Florida Edition [Every Day Should Be Saturday]