• DEADSPIN needs a drink, as the alcohol content of the $8.50 beers at San Diego Padres games is only 3.2 percent!!!!

No wonder PETCO PARK visitors are able to stay up all night.

• THE SLANCH REPORT via WITH LEATHER serves up Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo singing the praises of big meat. It’s the finest union of Cincinnati sports & food products since Carson Palmer went long…er!

• AND WHAMMY has footage of LeBron James creating, as the announcers call it, “an earthquake in Cleveland, Ohio!” Wonder if Trenni Kusnierek felt that one, too.

• SI’s Richard Deitsch looks back on the many words of wisdom Isiah Thomas shared with the world during his Knicks tenure.

• WILLIAMS & HYATT SHOW BLOG keeps their Irish up, as they report that Notre Dame wins its spring game & immediately gets invited to the Orange Bowl.

• TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM congratulates Martin Brodeur for snubbing Sean Avery during their series-ending handshake.

• BABES LOVE BASEBALL acknowledges Chase Utley as your new MLB home run leader.

• MVN really wants the Maria Sharapova-Serena Williams rivalry to take off.