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Luis Alicea Will Pee For You
Former St. Louis Cardinals infielder Luis Alicea is now the manager of the Lowell Spinners, the Class A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Last week, the Spinners were selected for random steroid testing. Alicea says the test wasn't too tough....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... · 11 a.m. MLB With Rob Neyer: Now, don't take this the wrong way, but would you say Bill James is a pitcher and you're a catcher, or vice versa? Because we have a guess. · 2 p.m. NBA Draft With Chad Ford: Hey, so who is new Cavs general ...
Maryland's Great Fake Farters
The Bowie BaySox, the double A minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, are celebrating the birth of our country in the way our dad probably would, if he owned a baseball team: By farting. The BaySox, on July 4, are attempting to break the world record for fake flatulence, handed out whoo...
Brad And Grace
Meet Brad Wackerlin. He lives in Lake of the Hills, Ill., is 33 years old and hey, sorry ladies, he just got married. He is also unnaturally obsessed with former Cubs first baseman Mark Grace. How obsessed? Well, he has 2,000 different Mark Grace baseball cards, runs two Mark Grace Web sites — Ma...
John Rocker's Next Career (Hint: Kip Winger's Involved)
Last night, the Long Island Ducks released former Braves cattlehand John Rocker after Rocker said he needed to "take a step back" from baseball. It is not known if Rocker is going to try to peddle his wares elsewhere, or if he will look for a second career....
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While Chasing The Ice Cream Truck Eight Blocks For A Creamsicle ... · Indians at last give Red Sox fans something to complain about. [Tribe Report] · A day after hiring Ferry, Cavaliers turn down Larry. [LeBron And The Cavs] · Yankees win, pissing off Steinbrenner even more. [Bronx B...
The LaVar Arrington Weekend
A spy sends us this report from an event that Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington and 49ers defender Julian Peterson hosted this last weekend which allegedly involved gunfire:...
To Watch Tonight ...
What To Watch As The Undead Rise Outside And Search For Human Flesh ... · Indians at Red Sox: Antidote to all the bad baseball we've been watching. · Braves at Marlins · Night Court: Wimbledon recap. No John Larroquette....
Left On Base: Wait ... Where's Larry Brown?
· Cavs Catch Ferry: Cleveland has a new GM. [Cleveland Plain-Dealer] · Valentine to Baseball: World Tourney is "insulting." [Associate Press] · Have Gun, Will Travel: Clippers' Wilcox arrested. [USA Today]...
Today In MLB Blogs
OK, here's the thing. Baseballs are plentiful and relatively cheap. So why do people become village idiots when one is batted in their direction? We've seen fathers elbow their young daughters out of the way in order to catch a foul ball at a major league game. We've seen men knocking over the eld...
Blogdom's Best: Since When Do Republicans Care About Baseball? (Wait ...)
News And Views Sent From A Fat Guy Into The Air ... · The GOP is pissy about billionaire George Soros' bid to buy the Washington Nationals. [Can't Stop The Bleeding] · A new blog launches, devoted to Astros stud Craig Biggio and his odd quest to be hit by baseballs. [Plunk Biggio] · Confusion about ...
Cricket Star Not Well-Endowed, Kind of Chubby
Warne, whom the British tabloids have been tracking for years, is being divorced by his wife after he was nailed for cheating on his her for the umpteenth time. This in itself is not necessarily newsworthy; athletes, we hear, are known to sleep around a bit, maybe, not sure. But the story here is pr...
The Most Pointless Job On Earth (And You Can Still Get Fired From It!)
ESPN is reporting — and apparently they're actually reporting it this time — that the Minnesota Timberwolves have hired former Suns guard (and notorious dater of black chicks) Rex Chapman to be the new general manager of the team. He replaces current general manager Jim Stack, a former Northwester...
What Clinton Portis Likes In A "Bad Bitch"
An update to the wht kinds of groupies does Clinton Portis like item:...
OK, Sometimes Peter Gammons Freaks Us Out A Little
From today's Peter Gammons column:...
Hey, Sometimes You Need A Place To Sleep During Devil Rays Games
Well, it was only a matter of time. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays — the saddest, cheapest, most desperate franchise in baseball — has taken to selling furniture at the ballpark. Seriously. The D-Rays have a deal with a local furniture outlet to sell ottomans and sofas and all kinds of things you lie d...
Draft Star Warming Up In Underoos
Meanwhile, as Utah's Andrew Bogut talks about the large numbers of big black stiffs, North Carolina guard Marvin Williams — his only real competition for the first overall pick — merely sounds happy to be watching cartoons, drinking Capri-Sun and playing kiss tag....
Bogut Obsessed With Big, Black Stiffs
NBA Draft is tomorrow night, and Utah center Andrew Bogut is expected to be the first pick by the Milwaukee Bucks. Bogut is not considered a can't-miss prospect, and he thinks it's maybe because he is white. In an interview with Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune, Bogut points out that there are ple...
David Beckham No Longer Fantasized About In Prison
Apparently, athlete culture's a little different in England than it is here. Soccer "megastar" David Beckham — also, in England, you don't necessarily have to be all that good at your sport to be the most famous — lamented to the soccer press that he is losing all of his gay fans to rugby star Gav...
The Bizarro Bill Simmons
From the great Yard Work satirical blog, here's an imaginary (but just barely) selection from Bill Simmons' mailbag:...