Austin Kearns was arrested last month for DWI after having a few Bourbons and Cokes. Although he was reportedly driving in stealth fashion no to draw any attention to himself he was spotted and stopped by on off-duty officer. The officer reported that Kearns was weaving and flashing the lights of his Caddie Escalade. … The weaving I sort of get.. hey if you’ve had too many Bourbons & Cokes.. but flashing lights. .. Driving that was so outrageous that a cop off duty, probably sick of his job and wanting nothing to do with another [click to contimue reading...]
David Wilder formally of the Chi White Sox was formally charged with taking kickbacks from young prospects. If you don’t know the story then here’s the deal: David was the Senior Director of Player Personnel for the White Sox who apparently according to the Chicago Tribune “The indictment alleged that Wilder and two former Sox scouts, Jorge Oquendo Rivera and Victor Mateo, fraudulently inflated the signing bonuses of Latin American prospects and then had the players kick back the extra money to them over the more than three-year scheme. In all, they pocketed about [click to contimue reading...]
If I were a major league player the following would definitely apply to me given my luck. First off, I’d be a major leaguer by the seat of my pants. I’d have one foot into Triple A Ball at all times and just by sheer luck there would be no one better around to kick me down there. Second, given the reason I just gave for being in the majors my team would not be any good (and therefore I could make the team). However, this would also mean that the All-Star Game would have to pick [click to contimue reading...]
So when does tradition translate into stupidity? Look no further than major league baseball. You see “we’ve always had human beings make the calls it’s part of the tradition of this grand old game”. Right… try telling that not only to amanda Galarraga who had his perfect game stolen from him but to Jim Joyce who blew the call, has apologized and is sort of extremely hated by everyone in Detroit. Here’s the youtube video, yeah I know it’s 7 minutes long but trust me just put your ADD on hold.. watching the two outs prior [click to contimue reading...]
Of all the ways to loose a game this has to be one of the worse. The Nationals fight it out until the 10th, then load the bases and walk in the final run. You know it must have been hard to be a Nationals fan. There you have your paid subscription to MLB.com, staying up, game goes to the 10th and then this happens. It’s kind of sad really and almost hard to make fun of. I don’t know, let’s see how the stats look, maybe this is an aberration (although I know it [click to contimue reading...]
The Twins Players and the Twins Fans are loving life. They’re outside again and happy about it. Talk of puffy clouds, taking junior out the ball game and all that. And good for them. As someone who grew up going to games at Fenway I don’t know any better. I think I love it but I never had the day in and day out of an indoor stadium to compare it to. But I imagine that it could have been pretty bad in Minnesota. It gets cold over there which means that warm air isn’t [click to contimue reading...]
Apr 062010
So this guy is a little (lot) off in accuracy but is probably good enough to make the Washington National’s Team. Check it out …
Two news stories come out. One had a 21 year old Dan Duffy of the Kansas City Royals System abruptly quitting the game and then on the other side of the coin is Derek Jeter saying essentially that he’s a lifer, there’s no way he’s going away. … What’s up and what’s my opinion? Well, from my perspective (of knowing nothing of Duffy’s inner reasons) Jeter has this all figured out. From those of us working in the tranches we say .. grab this baseball gig and hang on with your dear life. Because the [click to contimue reading...]
Minnesota Twins move to Target Field Detroit Tigers Seay in question for opening day Chicago White Sox Guillen looking to have a changing lineup Cleveland Indians Acta comments on what’s ahead Kansas City Royals ink a deal with Butler and Callaspo
Minnesota Twins Hubert’s Sports Bar Opening in area of Target Field. Fans will rejoice Detroit Tigers Bonderman pitches well against the Jays Chicago White Sox Ramirez working on not being as inconsistent at shortstop Cleveland Indians Brown with the long ball, 2nd in as many games Kansas City Royals ink Hochevar who serves up a HR Ball
