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Among baseball fans Tim McCarver is a known idiot. Thankfully he is doing his part to spread his message of idiocy and confusion to the masses by continuing to speak during Fox’s nationally televised games.

Just to make sure I understand:

Stonewall Jackson = Robert E. Lee = J. E. B. Stuart = Charlie Manuel.

O…..k.

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 »

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 »

So, we’ve all head about Pedro and Juan Marichal appearing in a cockfighting video. Apparently, they also train farm birds to do battle in a ring in their native Dominican Republic. Well, today it surfaced that Aramis Ramirez also handles cocks. Coincidentally, he trains birds to fight too.

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