8:00 PM CSN Baltimore has video of Marcus Smith, a U.S. soldier who dressed as a minor league umpire to surprise his children at a Bowie Baysox game with a home visit from Afghanistan.
7:45 PM A Japanese Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was swept out to sea during last year's tsunami washed up on a shore in British Columbia last month. The bike's owner asked that the motorcycle be displayed at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee as a memorial to the tsunami victims.
7:30 PM Buffalo Bills receiver David Clowneytweeted the results of his HIV test which came back negative. And to the critics of his decision to share his results, Clowney added: "Some people are Ridiculously stupid ... And can't see the bigger picture about things that are important in this world."
Don’t forget to tune into tonight’s big event - the “Dancing With The Stars” finale! Oh, and there’s also some kind of lottery we’re feeling Bullish about.
As always, we look beyond the news trends to bring you the truth here at SbB. Today is no exception as we spotted Andruw Jones’ MRI results in the LOS ANGELES TIMES. Not only does poor Andruw have to deal with a miserable year in the field and at the plate for the second straight season at the relatively tender age of 31, but he now has torn cartilage and fluid in his right knee.
This would be enough to get our attention as Jones has been a stalwart for attendance, having avoided the disabled list for his entire career so far. He averages nearly 160 games each year, which belies his supposed dispassion for the sport.
However, we became truly concerned for Andruw Jones’ well-being when we also heard in the same piece that he has a “golf-ball sized wart behind his knee that might have to be surgically removed.” [our disgusting emphasis added]Why have they waited so long? Are they waiting for it to grow to baseball size so he can take batting practice with it?
He has torn cartilage and fluid in the knee and a huge wart behind it during an extended two-year slump during the supposed peak of his career? That can only mean one thing, true believers:
Portfolio.com follows up on that today with a report on further abuses throughout the league, including Yankee Stadium, Citizens Bank Park, Coors Field, Miller Park, AT&T Park, Shea Stadium, Safeco Field, Kauffman Stadium and the worst offender of all - McAfee Coliseum in Oakland. Read more…
• Andrea Reiher of BUGS & CRANKS believes that this whole tizzy over the White Sox clubhouse dolls has been blown up out of proportion.
• Meanwhile, CHICAGO BULL finds a Tribune columnist calling out the Sun-Times columnist who made a big deal about the dolls in the first place.
• But the Trib notes that the Sox aren’t so insensitive, as Nick Swisher, Bobby Jenks, Toby Hall and John Danks all think pink - by dyeing their facial hair for Mother’s Day.
Andruw Jones is in a season-opening slump. The new $36.2 million addition to the Dodgers lineup has begun his first year in L.A. with a batting average around .100 and no home runs yet belted.
And speaking of belts, T.J. Simers of the LOS ANGELES TIMES argues that it could be Andruw’s expanding waistline that’s expanding his problems in the batter’s box. Read more…
• DAMN I’M CUTE believes Tara Reid was pleased with Sunday’s outcome, since she supposedly said at a Super Bowl party in Italy:,”F— Tom Brady! I hope the Giants win.”
ANDRUW BRAVE ENOUGH TO SIGN 2-YR DEAL W/DODGERS: The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports that Andruw Jones will be trading his tomahawk chop for sun block, as the former Atlanta Brave has agreed to a deal with the Dodgers:
Sources say the free-agent outfielder is expected to sign a two-year contract worth $36.2 million in order to jolt hits for Joe Torre - provided Andruw passes a physical.
The deal is a little less than the five-year, $100 million offer agent Scott Boras was hoping to connive for his client. But Jones should still be able to afford food - thanks to the All-You-Can-Eat Right Field Pavilion!
