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Does anything scream Major League Baseball like that dude from “Moonlight and Valentino” singing a country music song? (Correct answer: Yes, everything.)
More impressive than Jon Bon Jovi — the visionary responsible for Slippery When Wet — getting all countrified in this TBS spot for the upcoming playoffs, is the breaking news that the Yankees are “expected to be competing in this year’s postseason.” Video evidence after the jump.
Good to see Curt Schilling is keeping busy. The Red Sox pitcher took time out from doing absolutely nothing to call Boston radio station WEEI and force his thoughts on the Tom Brady injury down our throats. And why shouldn’t he? He was last relevant in 2004, after all.
Apparently, there was much celebration across the five boroughs as Brady lay on the Gillette Stadium turf clutching his knee last Sunday. Which prompted Schilling into action.
Why does any sportswriter ever ask any ballplayer for their opinion on what their team should do to go to some mythical next level or stop drowning in the current one? (We mean, other than the easily-produced quote and/or controversy to fill inches and minutes.) What gives sportswriters the impression that ballplayers know any more about front office skills than we do?
(We imagine Curt Schilling had this made for one of his fantasy football trophies)
For example, the NEW YORK TIMES checks in on the most exciting time of the year for many baseball players. No, not the pennant races. Not September callups, offering more people to carry their bags for them while dressed in drag. (Though that one’s kinda cool. We won’t lie.)
No, it’s time for fantasy football drafts, where you can get in on pools with Scot Shields (also known as “Easy Money”).
Why is he now known as “Mr. Sucker Bet” in the Tuffy household?
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• World record-breaker Usain Bolt could have run even faster, but it could have cost the Jamaican sprinter more money down the road.
• If he ran the Rams, Marshall Faulk would balk at Steven Jackson’s ongoing holdout.
• Ocho Cinco no es bueno after suffering a shoulder injury.
• It took him three decades, but one college football fan has finally seen all 119 Division 1-A teams in action in person.
• A 7-year-old named Wrigley Fields will get to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field. Now’s a good time for any pregnant Boston baseball fans of Korean descent to christen their child Fenway Park.
Curt Schilling is as a controversial figure as there comes in baseball (non-steroid related, anyway). Perhaps its because perceived by some as being a “big bag of gaseous air”. But he’s won in his career, so he at least deserves the right to tap a little.
As long as he’s playing anyway, which might not be that much longer. GAME ON! picks up on the sickner buzz out of 38Pitches that Mr. Ketchup Sock might be hanging up his helium inflater for good.
What a week for baseball here in Los Angeles. First, the normally trade deadline-dormant Angels wrangle Mark Teixeira away from the the Braves. Then soon after, the Dodgers have a life vest handy after Manny Ramirez is thrown overboard from the S.S. Lucchino.
(With Ramirez deal, McCourt’s Dodgers no longer botoxed boxed in by Halos)
I heard Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt say today that the Ramirez deal was right up against the deadline, and that to assist in consumating the agreement, “the commissioner’s office ran interference.”
The comment came after a press conference announcing the World Baseball Classic being held at Dodger Stadium in ‘09 - and a subsequent mention of the Ramirez trade being finalized. The main media has yet to pick up on the comment, which was aired on local Los Angeles sports radio.
Just exactly what McCourt’s remark means, I have no idea. But I’m guessing that Bud Selig & Co. were delighted to assist in any way to get Ramirez out of Boston - and into Los Angeles - where the Dodgers have long fallen flaccid in the local community.
Additionally, Curt Schilling gave perhaps the best indicator that the Red Sox would deal Ramirez at any cost this morning on his weekly WEEI-AM hit: Read more…
Is Barry Bonds Boston bound? Curt Schilling sure doesn’t hope so.
(Barbara Bush is certainly scared at the prospect of Bonds in Beantown)
The BOSTON GLOBE’s BUZZ was tuned into ESPN’s umpteenth telecast of the Red Sox-Yankees on Sunday, when Peter Gammons mentioned that the Sox were involved in “internal discussions” about the out-of-work slugger.
(Of course, “internal discussions” can mean anything from “Should we give Barry Bonds a chance at a roster spot?” to “Isn’t Barry Bonds the biggest d*ck you ever met?“)
However, Gammons added that it was “unlikely” that the team would give the 43-year-old suspected steroid user a tryout. Still, Schilling shudders at the thought that Barry would ever be in Beantown. Read more…
If Cora is what the SbB public wants, Cora is what the SbB public gets.
• Curt Schilling finally has time enough at last to eat as many Baconators as he can - But he might have a little trouble lifting them up.
• A woman involved in the Pacman Jones Vegas club fight has reportedly fallen to her death in New York.
• A minor league pitcher & batter both pull the ol’ switcheroo.
• David Beckham gets burned by his own SUV seat warmer.
• Lacrosse can be dangerous, especially for the cheerleaders. In other news, lacrosse has cheerleaders.
Curt Schilling posts on his 38 PITCHES blog today that he’ll have shoulder surgery on Monday, which could effectively end his career:
(Not Pictured: Schilling’s 319 Wendy’s Baconator wrappers from that season)
I am set to have what could be extensive and potentially career ending shoulder surgery on Monday. The result of that surgery could be waking up and being told “It’s been a nice run big man, but you’re done” or “It wasn’t THAT bad, but it’s going to take serious time and effort to ever pitch again”.
Not a word in there about the Red Sox’ misguided attempt to have Schilling rest and rehab his injured shoulder this season, which surprises me.
Normally Schilling would be crowing about the fact that he was right, before Spring Training, in calling for the surgery. Now the Sox have wasted a good portion of the season with Schilling, guaranteeing that he won’t be able to come back this season. If ever. Read more…
Brooks is heading back to L.A., maybe snag some Game 5 seats (if necessary).
• Seems that Curt Schilling isn’t such a big fan of Kobe Bryant.
• A Laker Girl’s been caught playing for the other team - the Celtics.
• Big Brown’s trainer chooses to crap all over his jockey.
• The Tampa Bay Rays have a lot of fight in them this year - even between themselves.
• Oscar De La Hoya still has his panties in a bunch, once again claiming that his crossdressing phots are fakes.
