“I was shocked at first, but once I realized it was just water, it wasn’t that big of a deal,” said our reporter Molly Dapier. “I was going to dry off eventually. I really didn’t think this whole thing would be that big of a deal and I’m just glad everyone could get a good laugh from it all!”
Well, as you might recall, the MPS video guy kept rolling as Dapier got doused and even after the event.
Wouldn’t you like to see that angle?
Here’s the video taken by the Mouthpiece Sports camera.
God, I hate the Yankees. This latest reason is courtesy of Hank Steinbrenner:
I think it’s very simple, we’ve been devastated by injuries. No team I’ve ever seen in baseball has been decimated like this. It would kill any team. Imagine the Red Sox without [Josh] Beckett and [Jon] Lester. Pitching is 70 percent of the game. Wang won 19 games two straight years. Chamberlain became the most dominating pitcher in baseball. You can’t lose two guys like that.”[emphasis added]
OK, we know what Erin Andrews thinks of Joba(/snark), but is there anyone who truly believes he is the “most dominating pitcher in baseball” with his 89 innings pitched this season and 113 innings in his career?
Really, He’s better than Cliff Lee and Brandon Webb? or CC Sabathia or Roy Halladay? or Carlos Zambrano or Jake Peavy? He’s not even better than two Red Sox pitchers mentioned by Hank himself. Hell, he’s not better than John Danks and about 30 other pitchers.
Yes, Hank…Joba is good. Really good. In fact, he may be an all-star one day, but can we save the hyperbole? You made your point, the Yankees had a lot of injuries. Problem was, they were having a hard time competing before the injuries. God forbid that the Yankees are….wait for it…..a mediocre team. *Gasp* That can’t be!
And, what’s with the name Joba anyway? Nice little story on wikipedia there, Justin! Boy, if I changed my name to one of my nicknames growing up, I would be Chewbacca the Greek!
Better yet, Chewy the Greek. My wife would love that! Gotta go, I heading to the courthouse right now.
Home Run Derby has been accused a few times of being Gnat-swatters.
I suppose we fall into that category, considering how much we love to bash the worst team in baseball … the Washington Nationals (currently MLB Worst in Wins, AVG, SLG, OBP, Runs, and Save %).
But even though we predicted that the Nats would be the worst team in baseball and told you about their misfortunes plenty of times this season … we’ve never ripped on Nats fans (we may have questioned their judgement once or twice). As a long suffering Cub fan, I just can’t do it – I know how it is to have a team that’s not quite up to competing in the Majors. Besides, the Nats fans turned out in droves to support their Racing Presidents in Mascot Brackets.
And via the JotW tip line, one special Nat fan is now rewarded with Jersey of the Week honors. From Nationals Stadium …
BEER !!
You gotta love a guy who can tell a vendor what he wants without saying a word or turning around. My guess would be that a Nats fan needs a lot of beer to get through a Nationals game.
BEER Jersey Rating:
Cleverness: 7
Originality: 5
Understandability: 10
If the jersey number was $7.50 (price of beer at Nats Stadium) or 16 (as in ounces) instead of “80″ … it would have been a perfect score.
If you see a great baseball jersey that everyone else needs to see … let us know at the JotW tip line !!
Okay, I have a general rule that I don’t post videos of fan fights at Home Run Derby – because people who fight at ballgames are little douchebags who don’t deserve the attention* it gives them, for whatever reason the fight started.
But this one proves my point … so here goes. Watch as a couple D-Bags get into it at U.S. Cellular Field during the 8/8/08 Red Sox vs. White Sox game. Section 109. $50 seats.
In the foreground, watch the guy in gray with the dark cap with the C on it. There’s a bunch of finger and tongue wagging until he suddenly starts it all with a sucker punch …
Where the hell did that come from? And where the hell did he go – besides bailing after 25 seconds? You start a fight, at least have the stones to finish the fight (whether that means kicking ass or getting your ass kicked). Pansy.
And what’s with the blond guys all dressed alike? Shouldn’t they be walking around Six Flags in their little uniforms or something? Freaks.
During the whole thing, the Red Sox fans filming this seem to be encouraging the whole thing. They’re a-holes just as much as the fight participants.
By the way, did it take long enough for security to not show up … at all?
* Then again – I gave a whole bunch of attention to the water-dumping smurf the other day, so call me a hypocrite if you must.
I have always been a firm believer in the power of baseball. I still well up when Terrence Mann, aka James Earl Jones, gives his “People will come” speech to Ray Kinsella, aka Kevin Costner, in Field of Dreams.
And they’ll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh… people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.
I found myself thinking of that movie moment driving up the Edens Expressway Friday Night as I made my way home from the White Sox-Red Sox game at the Cell. You see, the night before, my buddy, Brian, who works for ESPNZone, called me up to offer an extra ticket to the game.
In the Second Half chase, new faces rule the leaderboard.
Led by the awesomely named Evil Toast, who leads the 2nd season with 66 Home Runs. The Croatian Sensation (65 HR) trails ET by a single HR with the 62-HR triumverate of the Quebec Nordiques,Snowmashers, and GLUCK FU! in third place.
For the big money, Belichoke is back in the overall lead with 437 Home Runs. He’s followed by Team Minivan (342 HR), and Sultans of Swat (337).
Sultan will have a hard time holding off five teams right on his heels.
And it looks like the Nat-o-Sphere came through … as their Racing Presidents are gonna trounce the Swingin’ Friar in the 2nd Round of Mascot Brackets, barring a late comeback from the Pad Squad. A new Mascot Showdown will be live on Monday.
Okay … I have no idea whether this is a set-up or publicity stunt …
On Wednesday, 8/6/08, some online sports video site called Mouthpiece Sports was doing some interviews outside Wrigley Field.
Some blue-painted idiot decided to dump a Gatorade tub full of water on the head of a lovely blonde reporter who was interviewing people.
That young lady’s reaction makes me think that it she was not expecting it – she looks flabbergasted and at a complete loss for words (except for the “WTF” she mouths). Her sound guy seems pretty stunned too. Nice how her camera guy just keeps recording. Part of me still wonders if it was a setup. Gatorade tubs full of water don’t just sit at Clark and Addison.
The young lady has been identified as Molly Dapier. She was doing dome freelance work for Mouthpiece Sports and it’s not a publicity stunt. Deadspin confirmed all this for us (as I have a day job).
First, ESPN.com called Jim Thome’s 3-Run Home Run last night a Grand Slam (I mean a BOOYAH!).
But that’s not where the bad reporting ended on Jim Thome Home Runs this morning. Because Yahoo! Sports can’t figure out how many career Home Runs Thome has.
Thome followed by hitting a 0-1 pitch opposite field to left, his 22nd homer of the season and 429th of his career, giving the White Sox an early 3-0 lead.
Sheesh … even Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander knew that Thome has already hit 500 Home Runs. 529 to be exact.
But what’s the difference between 429 and 529 Home Runs?
Well, as you might recall, the MPS video guy kept rolling as Dapier got doused and even after the event. 
In the Second Half chase, new faces rule the leaderboard. 
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