So, a buddy of a buddy, etc. etc. was at a high-end bar in Chicago, when Podsednik walks in with an unbelievably hot girl on his arm. (Ed. Note: We're guessing it's Podsednik paramour Lisa Dergan.) He makes a beeline for the bar, and she heads to the ladies room. He orders a drink for her, and three bottles of Bud Lite. He chugs, and I mean, chugs, the three bottles of beer before his woman returns. Then he looks around, sees his woman isn't back, and order three more bottles of Bud Lite, and chugs the crap out of those as well. Finally, and just before his woman gets back, he orders a high end microbrew, picks that up with his woman's apple-tini or some such horseshit, and goes to sit down with her. The rest of the night he just sips at that microbrew. I need to do this more often.

You're telling us. It's funny: The more stories like these we receive, the more we actually like these athletes.

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We're wondering what's the worst mistake a broadcaster could make in a postseason situation like that, a Buckner Moment. Could you do worse than McCarver's gaffe? The best we could come up with this morning was, say, Buck announcing Keith Foulke's final out last season by accidentally saying, "And the NEW YORK YANKEES have won the World Series!" Save John Madden throwing down his headset and yelling, "I hate this bullshit, honestly, I always have," that's about the only thing to top McCarver last evening.

Other World Series tidbits:

• We know the umpiring has been suspect this series, but, honestly, calls that aren't even that "controversial" are being blown up into another Denkinger moment. (For the record, there will never be another Denkinger moment, because God loves the world too much.) That pitch where Jermaine Dye was hit (or wasn't) last night was a call that was impossible for the naked eye to see. You could barely tell from the replay. But Buck acted like the umps had been paid off or something.
• Yes, yes, Podsednik is dating Playmate Lisa Dergan. We hate our lives enough already, thank you, please stop bringing this up.
• Is it just me, or were agents actually chasing soon-to-be-free-agent Paul Konerko around the bases after he hit that grand slam?
• We're always hesitant to call a team "lucky." Every game, every moment, has luck in it. But boy, haven't things lined up for the White Sox perfectly, like, all year?