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Tommy Lasagna wasn’t always the jovial and easy going grandpappy that he portrays today but that didn’t stop President Bush and the Mrs. from extending an invitation to today’s Papal meet and greet at the White House. Follow this NSFW old school link to find out how Mr. Dodger feels about being the “luckiest son of a bitch in the world”.

I’m still recovering from yesterdays all day baseball-fest as Opening Day hit most of the stadiums across the States. I was on my couch for so long I started to develop hypostasis in my arse and legs. The highlights of the day include:

The Bucs avoiding a 2 out, shouldda been game ending fly ball as if it had been dipped in the plague, allowing the tying runs to score capping off a 5 run bottom of the 9th inning for the Braves. The Bucs did come back and win on the back of X-Man’s 2nd HR.

Johan absolutely dominated the hapless Marlins while Fukudome and Wood make their marks on the North Side and the Cubbies promptly lose.

Needless to say the Bucs, Royals, DRays, and Nats all winning did wonders for El Doctor’s bank account. Don’t worry though, I will end this on the plus side with the bookie…or lose my son. Despite this, here are my official predictions for the upcoming season. Should you find yourself in Las Vegas (or in front of a computer) feel free to heed my advice and win some hard earned money. Continue Reading »

My Padres are/were in China playing the Dodgers. Originally this post was going to be a rant on the fact that they played to a tie!! Then I navigated my way over to the Home Run Derby website and came across something much more interesting, namely pictures of Chinese cheerleaders.

More pics after the jump.

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A buddy of mine emailed me this morning with this charming item from True Blue L.A.:

I’ve disappeared for the week because I’m down in Vero Beach right now, and I don’t really have internet access. I’ve got pictures and all that fun stuff queued up that I’ll be able to post in a bit. For now, all I have is one fairly interesting story.

I was talking to a guy that slings hooch at one of the local speakeasies and had Derek Lowe walk in a couple of nights ago. In addition to being with a very beautiful woman, he went on a fairly long rant about why he hates Vin Scully. D-Lowe thinks he’s past his prime and he just tells stories instead of actually calling the game.

I can forgive pretty much anything, but this might be way too big of an offense. Lowe can join Elijah Dukes on the bad citizen list.

A few links to look at while not doing work at your real job today:

An interesting story about 1/4 of the Cuban soccer team defecting so that they can tryout to play for MLS or USL teams. Political ideologies aside, you have to admire the guts it takes to walk away from your family, friends, and teammates to chase the dream of playing soccer (or baseball, whatever) professionally. Sadly, it appears they were horribly misinformed about the quality of soccer in the MLS.

Joe Girardi might miss the Yanks season opener due to a suspension from the ‘fight’ recently.

Baseball has been trying to expand to new markets, particularly in Asia. This continues again this year with exhibition games set to be played by the Dodgers and Padres in China this weekend and the regular season opening in Japan with Oakland taking on the Sawks. While baseball has taken off in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, there has been much less success in China.

Apparently a lot of Men’s Hoops teams hopes died yesterday. It would be a lie for me to say I gave two deuces but I know many of you do.  Baseball can’t start quick enough for me.

Clayton Kershaw is not even 20 years old, but he possesses what Vin Scully calls “Public Enemy #1.” What is it exactly? His curveball:

Seriously? How do you hit that? I have not been that impressed by a pitch since the first time I saw Trevor Hoffman unleash his changeup in person.

As Yahoo Sports and others have reported, Alfonso Soriano broke his finger.

He will only be out 3-5 days however, and this is much more important, this is a very poor way to start my fantasy baseball season. Sori was one of my keepers and I can’t have him going down with pesky injuries for the rest of the year. His leg injuries last year crippled my team, but not enough for me to not be champion. (waits for applause). Other Spring Training info after the jump: Continue Reading »

CBS Sports line has put out their first power rankings list.

1. Mets
2. Red Sox
3. Tigers
4. Phillies
5. Indians

Read the rest here: CBS Sportsline

My beloved Padres are in the 15th spot. Behind the D’Backs, Rockies and Dodgers, picked to finish 4th in their division again. Do the writers and “experts” never learn?

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