• 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.

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• YOU BEEN BLINDED tunes in to see the gang at “South Park” taking a run at Bill Belichick.

• THREE STRIKES AND OUT wants to invoke the Patriot Act, as an American basketball player will suit up for the Russian women’s Olympic team.

• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY has found the perfect halftime entertainment for next year’s gridiron games in Tuscaloosa.

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A.J. Daulerio, writing for PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE’s Daily Examiner blog, caught up with Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino who happened to be hitting the links at the time of their conversation. Apparently, in Clearwater, mini golf is about as much fun as it gets.

It’s a hilarious back and forth with questions like “Do you think you’ll have to purposely smash your face into the wall during a routine warning track fly ball to gain acceptance?” and “Did you know that Dobbs is ranked number two on the list of guys on the Phillies that white women under 30 want to bang? He’s behind Utley.”

Perhaps Victorino’s best reponse is when asked about running through a stop sign at third base. Read more…