Home Run Derby

I got nothing today.  Something good is in the works, but it ain’t ready yet.

So here’s some places to spend your surfing time.

• Roger Clemens cost the New York Yankees $24,766,578 this season.  Was it worth it?
• Speaking of the Yankees’ pocketbook, they’ve spent over a Billion dollars since their last World Championship seven years ago.
• There’s no crying in the press box.
• The Yankees have some fun Hotel psuedonyms.
• Last Yankees link - The Yankees don’t seem to win the World Series when Don Mattingly is around.
• This is the first postseason for the Humidor at Coors Field.
• Ivan Rodriguez will be back with the Tigers next season … for $13 Million.
• George Steinbrenner might replace Joe Torre with Tony LaRussa.
• The Rockies’ farm system is paying off
• Cubs fans knew how bad a broadcaster Chip Caray is.  Now everyone else does.
• Peeing in the bleachers is not limited to men.
• Mark Cuban, Bleacher Bum.
• Okay I lied, there was one more Yankee link.  Video actually …

Apparently $6 is too much for some Indians fans to pay for a beer in Cleveland, even during the Playoffs. It’s still $6 at Jacobs Field for a Budweiser, right?

Too bad it’s not Buzz Beer.

Because in the following video clip you’ll see an Indians fan (all the way to the right) take a healthy swig of some beverage (probably not beer) that he brought from home.

Out of his binoculars.

I’ve been to countless sporting events and that’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone use a binocular flask. AKA Barnoculars.

Dude, the camera catches everything. The Indians would like to talk to you about your season ticket privileges.

Funny thing is, it’s the Yankees fans who needed a stiff drink during that game.

If you look hard enough, you can find the 2007 Division Championship T-Shirts over at MLB.com.  Well, that’s no surprise, as the Angels and Indians have already clinched …

What?  They’ve got shirts up for teams who haven’t clinched yet? 

Yep.  Until they discover we’ve discovered them (Mets link is down already).  

National League Central (Cubs or Brewers)

I just jinxed my Cubbies by posting that pic, didn’t I? 

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So two weeks ago, we took a stroll into the jewelers and looked at some rings. World Series Championship rings, to be exact. The Ultimate in Baseball Bling.

But I’m kinda cheap. I don’t have the scratch for a World Series Ring. So I asked if there was anything … uh … a little less expensive. You know, maybe some Cubic Zirconia or some Diamonoids or something?

Turns out there is … League Championship Rings! Because for some reason, players get a ring if they lose the World Series.

In reverse order …

2006 - Detroit Tigers

Whoa. That’s pretty sharp.

White Gold with a huge “D” made of Blue Sapphire set on a field of plenty of Diamonds. This piece of bling could easily pass for a World Series Ring.

I think I like this ring more than the Cardinals 2006 World Series Ring.  Then again, the Cardinals’ ring says “World Series Champion” on it.  This one doesn’t.
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Frank Thomas, designated hitter for the Blue Jays, just made things even more interesting in the American League East … by hitting three Home Runs in a win over the Boston Red Sox.

Coupled with the Yankees’ win in Baltimore … the Red Sox lead in the American League East is now down to 3 1/2 games with 13 days left in the regular season.

The milestone is Frank Thomas’ second career Three Homer Game and his first since September 15, 1996 in a game against … the Boston Red Sox.

That’s kinda cool.

So before yesterday’s Reds-Brewers contest in Milwaukee, Cincinnati pitching coach Dick Pole was reading the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. And came up with the line of the year …

Dick Pole comes up … and he has the Milwaukee paper in his hand. “Do you know this guy?” as he points at a picture of Milwaukee columnist Michael Hunt. No, we answer.

“His parents weren’t thinking any better than mine where when they named him.”

I wonder if Dick Pole ever met Pete LaCock?

Other stuff that happened this week

• Alyssa Milano scores a reporting gig with MLB.com for the MLB Playoffs.
• Sooze from Babes Love Baseball won third place in the Win a Date with Alyssa Milano contest.
• OMDQ scored an interview with NESN reporter Tina Cervasio. No word on any scoring after the interview.
• Some Blue Jays fans threw virtual beanballs at A-Rod and made Joe Torre mad. The Jays won’t let that happen again.
• Early reports say Mr. Met was elected to the Mascot Hall of Fame. He’ll be up soon in Mascot Brackets
• Ozzie Guillen got his contract extended even though his team is in last place (South Side Sox).  Happens in the business world all the time.
• Twins GM Terry Ryan called it quits (Twins Geek) Imagine what he’ll do when he lands with a club that spends money.
• Nobody’s going to Marlins games anymore (Nationals Enquirer)
• Fenway Franks can’t be called Hot Dogs anymore (Call of the Green Monster)
• Red Sox fans continue to drink weird stuff. First Mustard, now Salsa. (Red Sox Monster)
• MLB announced that there will be 10-foot tall bobbleheads during the playoffs.
• Bugs and Cranks give you 40 Reasons to hate the Cardinals.

So last night in Toronto, some Blue Jay fans got to throw beanballs at Alex Rodriguez.

What is this world coming to? Oh wait, it was only a video game …

In a video game promotion in the middle of the sixth inning, two Jays fans were playing a baseball game on the scoreboard screen, pitching to A-Rod. Twice they threw at him, missing once and hitting him once and leaving Joe Torre unhappy.

Of course, Yankees Manager Joe Torre said it was “ridiculous” and that it “lacks good sense.”

Some of the videos they have period, it’s all about violence … To me, this game is about playing it and not about hurting somebody.  To me, if you show it at a ballpark, you’re telling the youngsters it’s OK to do it and that’s not a good message to send.

Wait - it’s okay to try to bean someone in real life, but not while playing a video game?

Joe … do you mean to tell me that when your pitcher Joba Chamberlain intentionally throws two balls at the head of Kevin Youkilis it isn’t “ridiculous” or it’s not “about hurting somebody” or you’re not “telling the youngsters it’s OK to do it?”

It’s not like after the pixellated pitcher beaned the digital A-Rod, the pitcher heard Shang Tsung say “FINISH HIM” and then charged the plate and ripped A-Rod’s spine out of his body or anything.

But everyone’s missing the big news story here …

People are playing Video Games on a freakin’ JumboTron.

HOW AWESOME IS THAT?

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A lot of people have accused Yankee fans as being a lot of different things. 

Loud.   Smug.   Obnoxious.   Carpetbagging Bandwagoners.   Intolerant.   Evil.   Baby-Haters. 

Wait.  What was that last one?

Two guys (Angels fans?) claim to have video proof that Yankee fans are being Baby-Haters. 

Watch as they claim a Yankee Fan is trying to shake her baby to death at a recent Yankee-Angels Game. 

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There’s about 36 hours left in the Racing Pierogi-Righty/Lefty battle, in which the Pierogi are off to a decent lead (they are racers, you know) …

Time for another matchup … Let’s head back to the Feather Division for a battle between an Avian Mascot Legend … and a bird you’ve probably never heard of …

#2 The Famous Chicken (San Diego Padres) vs. #7 Dandy (New York Yankees)

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