TMZ has video of Brad Penny at the Key Club in West Hollywood, taking a swing on the sidewalk at some well-heeled clubgoer:

My first question is, why was Penny in Los Angeles? The worthless injured pitcher was reportedly in Vegas while his Dodger teammates lost to the Phillies in the playoffs. So why is he now gracing us with his presence? (Video link after the jump.) Read more…

• Last Saturday, BILL SIMMONS witnessed “two legends lift themselves to a higher place, a ferocious battle that left everyone drained and exhausted for days.”

• THE DEUCE OF DAVENPORT uncovers a new league showcasing America’s Pastime….TO THE EXTREME! And we all remember the last time a league went Xtreme.

• If you can’t get enough of watching guys in suits sitting at tables on the phone for hours on end, LION IN OIL is happy to tell you that ESPN2 will be televising the MLB draft.

• BABES LOVE BASEBALL congratulates Brad Penny on striking out 14 Marlins last night - all while his fly was open.

• THE 700 LEVEL informs the Eagles that newly-drafted QB Kevin Kolb can’t wait to bring home the bacon - literally.

• THE WIZARD OF ODDS continues the tale of the Arctic Circle’s very own Barrow Whalers football team, who begin a training camp tour of the Lower 48.

• Tom Kirkendall of HOUSTON’S CLEAR THINKERS believes the Astros were better off not signing Roger Clemens.

• Speaking of RC, SEAL CLUBBERS does the math and concludes Roger’s paychecks from the Yankees will total more than the Devil Rays’ entire payroll.

• THE HATER NATION kindly asks HBO to update their aerial shots of the Las Vegas Strip.

• MR. IRRELEVANT gets wind of yet another controversy over the 2006 NCAA Football Championship - why not Frostburg State?

METSBLOG is speculating that actress Alyssa Milano is bad for baseball.

Expect Yankee operatives to dispatch Milano to Beantown sometime soon to prepare for the arrival of Daisuke Matsuzaka.

What Winona Ryder is to moody indie-rock singer/songwriters, Alyssa Milano apparently is to major league starting pitchers. The erstwhile “Who’s the Boss” hottie, who formerly was courted by the likes of Barry Zito and Carl Pavano, is now said to be dating Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, that is if she wasn’t too grossed out by Penny’s make-the-batboy-chug-the-milk routine in Florida last week. Rookie phenom Felix Hernandez is 2-1 with a 1.75 ERA for the Mariners; if all goes well Hernandez is on track to win his first Cy Young award in 2007, and begin dating Milano in 2008.

The BOSTON GLOBE reports that two fans bid a combined $14,125 for an honorary batboy job with the Red Sox and the right to say "Play Ball" before Friday’s Tigers-Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
With the size of that winning bid, I’m guessing the Bosox players had Brad Penny on their speed-dial, as they cooked up some high stakes clubhouse challenges to bilk the kid of his milk money.

BAD EGG BRAD: Brad Penny of the Dodgers cost a batboy of the Marlins six games-pay after daring the poor kid to drink a gallon of milk in an hour for $500.

Egging a child into a senseless bet, and then costing him money in the process is the worst thing I’ve seen since having to stare at George Kennedy’s half-naked body during this on-screen hustle.