All I can say is that I hope I am half as cool as she is at that age!
(Photo: Paul Betty/AP)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday Funnies
I've actually had this picture saved to my hard drive for a couple of weeks now, but I keep forgetting to post it:
All I can say is that I hope I am half as cool as she is at that age!
(Photo: Paul Betty/AP)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
All I can say is that I hope I am half as cool as she is at that age!
(Photo: Paul Betty/AP)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Get yourself one of these snitches!
The Giants finally picked up their Tiffany Super Bowl rings on Thursday and frankly, I bet your jealous at how blinged out they are. 53 members of the winning team including Kawika Mitchell and Gibril Wilson who signed with other teams this off-season and Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, almost neighbor Jeff Feagles, Osi Umenyiora and Shawn O'Hara all turned out to pick up their 1.5 carat diamond incrusted stunners. Noticably absent were Jeremy Shockey (to which I don't blame him in anyway, he couldn't have become any further removed from the team during those final weeks) and Antonio Pierce who was on his hooneymoon.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Here's what they look like:
As modeled by Michael Strahan
And here's a few pictures of the guys showing off their rings:
(Source; Photos: Jason DeCrow/AP)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
the train broke down in the tunnel edition
Baseball Update:
Whatever supposedly slump David Wright was in may officially be over after he knocked 2 two run blasts in the Mets 8-4 drubbing of the Dodgers. That's now three in a row, but sorry boys I'm done helping you continue this crazy streak you're on.
The night marked Joe Torre's first game managing back in New York since being let go by the Yankees and signing with the Dodgers. Apparently the time out in Lala Land has been good to him, he looked tanned on TV and reports say he is very relaxed. Honestly though, how could you not be relaxed, after all he doesn't have to deal with Hank Steinbrenner!
Randy Johnson matched Roger Clemens' strike out total but the Diamondbacks fell to the Giants 4-3, thanks in part to Randy Winn's two homers.
Double wammy for the Rays, they sent closer Troy Percival to the DL and lost to the White Sox, 5-1.
The Oakland A's had some DL moves of their own activating Eric Chavez a few days ealier than expected and placing the Big Hurt, who is nursing a strained right knee and quad tendinitis on the 15 day DL.
Then they promptly went out and got pounded by the Blue Jays, 12-0. Ouch!
The Royals are spiralling out of control dropping their 11th straight to the Twins, 5-1. With such a promising start to the season, it seems Kansas City maybe righting itself, well really wronging itself, but you know what I mean.
The Cubs rallied passed the struggling Rockies, 8-4 to hand themselves the best record in baseball.
The Braves avoided the sweep with a 8-1 mashing of the Brewers. Chipper Jones is now sporting an almost gawdy .420 batting average. I'm so glad to see that people are beginning to notice how valuable Jones is to the team now that he has been able to stay relatively healthy this season.
The Braves' Matt Diaz may have caught Jones injury fever after an MRI showed a partial tear in the posterior cruciate ligament. Meaning, he'll be out for at least 4-6 weeks.
Albert Pujols' homerun in the sixth proved to be the deciding run in the Cardinals 3-2 win over the Astros. But the Cardinals received some bad news, pitcher Mark Mulder does not seem ready to return by the all-star break. His shoulder looked good in an MRI but it feels much differently.
The Reds sent Corey Patterson down to the minors in the hopes that he'll be able to fix whatever is ailing him and then lost their nine game home winning streak, falling to the Pirates 7-2.
There has been a lot of noise lately about the use of maple bats in the majors. But the photo towards the end of this article is creepy enough for me to join on this stop maple bats bandwagon.
Nascar Update:
The Monster Mile has Nascar's number this weekend as the Cup boys travel to Dover to take on the 1 mile concrete track. The high banks make for some fast laps but also have a way of producing big time crashes like the ones at Daytona and Talladega with cars unable to move out of the way of their spinning friends in front of them. Martin Truex, Jr. will be returning to the site of his first ever Cup Series win, can he do it again at his so called "hometrack" or will some else sneak in victory lane? Tune into FOX at 1:30 PM/est to catch all the action from the Best Buy 400.
Marathon Partners, LP, a shareholder at Dover is thinking about selling to SMI. Don't do it. There is already one monopoly in Nascar, ISC, there doesn't need to be two. They'll take all the dates away from the interesting tracks and we'll be watching every race from California or some other cookie cutter type track. (And yeah, even at 2 miles long it still seems to produce races like other 1.5 mile tracks but with less butts in the seats!)
Elliott Sadler has signed an extension with Gillett Evernham Racing to keep him in the #19 for the foreseeable future.
Speaking of extensions, Jeff Gordon signed a two year one with his long-time sponsor DuPont.
And Greg Biffle is thisclose to re-signing with Roush Fenway Racing.
Popo in my crib News:
As the saying goes, you don't screw around with the Feds. Too bad track coach Trevor Graham didn't heed that warning. Graham was found guilty of one count of lying to federal investigators
about his relationship to an admitted steriods dealer, Angel "Memo" Heredia. The jury was delocked on two other counts. Watch out Trevor, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The Lakers are going to the NBA Finals after rapping up their series with the Spurs, 100-92...Richard Hamilton is questionable for game six between the Pistons and Celtics...While teammate Rasheed Wallace is a little shorter on the dough after being fined by the league for comments made after game five...They don't call it hockeytown for nothing, ratings in Detroit have the Stanley Cup Finals in which the Red Wings hold a two games to one lead over the Penguins are trumping the Eastern Conference in which the Pistons are down 3 games to 2 to the Celtics...Sad news, Canucks Rookie Luc Bourdon was killed on Thursday when his motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer near his hometown in Canada. Bourdon was just 21 years old...Brian Urlacher may show his pretty little face at Bears minicamp after all...Doug Collins is interested in coaching the Bulls, but the deal is not exactly done according to the former coach...James Blake and Serena Williams were early exits at the French Open. Well there went my reason to watch tennis. I guess I'll have to wait until the US Open...David Beckham has appeared to start a new trend, after jumping ship and heading to the US other European players could be following suit. American Brian McBride is looking to come back to the US and Gillette spokesman Thierry Henry says he hasn't ruled out a move to America. Seattle, it rains a lot there, what about the Red Bulls Thierry?...Louisiana-Lafayette begin the Women's College World Series with a 3-2 upset win over Florida.
Check this out: I bet you thought I'd be telling all of you to head to a theater near you to catch the new Sex and the City movie, well honestly, I'm kind of on the fence as to whether I really want to spend $10.50 on it, so instead I'm bringing you this link. I'll admit that I didn't watch it when it premiered last summer. But thanks to my DVR, I was able to catch up on Mad Men since about March and I'm telling you its one of those hidden gem type of shows that you MUST watch this summer!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Whatever supposedly slump David Wright was in may officially be over after he knocked 2 two run blasts in the Mets 8-4 drubbing of the Dodgers. That's now three in a row, but sorry boys I'm done helping you continue this crazy streak you're on.
The night marked Joe Torre's first game managing back in New York since being let go by the Yankees and signing with the Dodgers. Apparently the time out in Lala Land has been good to him, he looked tanned on TV and reports say he is very relaxed. Honestly though, how could you not be relaxed, after all he doesn't have to deal with Hank Steinbrenner!
Randy Johnson matched Roger Clemens' strike out total but the Diamondbacks fell to the Giants 4-3, thanks in part to Randy Winn's two homers.
Double wammy for the Rays, they sent closer Troy Percival to the DL and lost to the White Sox, 5-1.
The Oakland A's had some DL moves of their own activating Eric Chavez a few days ealier than expected and placing the Big Hurt, who is nursing a strained right knee and quad tendinitis on the 15 day DL.
Then they promptly went out and got pounded by the Blue Jays, 12-0. Ouch!
The Royals are spiralling out of control dropping their 11th straight to the Twins, 5-1. With such a promising start to the season, it seems Kansas City maybe righting itself, well really wronging itself, but you know what I mean.
The Cubs rallied passed the struggling Rockies, 8-4 to hand themselves the best record in baseball.
The Braves avoided the sweep with a 8-1 mashing of the Brewers. Chipper Jones is now sporting an almost gawdy .420 batting average. I'm so glad to see that people are beginning to notice how valuable Jones is to the team now that he has been able to stay relatively healthy this season.
The Braves' Matt Diaz may have caught Jones injury fever after an MRI showed a partial tear in the posterior cruciate ligament. Meaning, he'll be out for at least 4-6 weeks.
Albert Pujols' homerun in the sixth proved to be the deciding run in the Cardinals 3-2 win over the Astros. But the Cardinals received some bad news, pitcher Mark Mulder does not seem ready to return by the all-star break. His shoulder looked good in an MRI but it feels much differently.
The Reds sent Corey Patterson down to the minors in the hopes that he'll be able to fix whatever is ailing him and then lost their nine game home winning streak, falling to the Pirates 7-2.
There has been a lot of noise lately about the use of maple bats in the majors. But the photo towards the end of this article is creepy enough for me to join on this stop maple bats bandwagon.
Nascar Update:
The Monster Mile has Nascar's number this weekend as the Cup boys travel to Dover to take on the 1 mile concrete track. The high banks make for some fast laps but also have a way of producing big time crashes like the ones at Daytona and Talladega with cars unable to move out of the way of their spinning friends in front of them. Martin Truex, Jr. will be returning to the site of his first ever Cup Series win, can he do it again at his so called "hometrack" or will some else sneak in victory lane? Tune into FOX at 1:30 PM/est to catch all the action from the Best Buy 400.
Marathon Partners, LP, a shareholder at Dover is thinking about selling to SMI. Don't do it. There is already one monopoly in Nascar, ISC, there doesn't need to be two. They'll take all the dates away from the interesting tracks and we'll be watching every race from California or some other cookie cutter type track. (And yeah, even at 2 miles long it still seems to produce races like other 1.5 mile tracks but with less butts in the seats!)
Elliott Sadler has signed an extension with Gillett Evernham Racing to keep him in the #19 for the foreseeable future.
Speaking of extensions, Jeff Gordon signed a two year one with his long-time sponsor DuPont.
And Greg Biffle is thisclose to re-signing with Roush Fenway Racing.
Popo in my crib News:
As the saying goes, you don't screw around with the Feds. Too bad track coach Trevor Graham didn't heed that warning. Graham was found guilty of one count of lying to federal investigators
about his relationship to an admitted steriods dealer, Angel "Memo" Heredia. The jury was delocked on two other counts. Watch out Trevor, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The Lakers are going to the NBA Finals after rapping up their series with the Spurs, 100-92...Richard Hamilton is questionable for game six between the Pistons and Celtics...While teammate Rasheed Wallace is a little shorter on the dough after being fined by the league for comments made after game five...They don't call it hockeytown for nothing, ratings in Detroit have the Stanley Cup Finals in which the Red Wings hold a two games to one lead over the Penguins are trumping the Eastern Conference in which the Pistons are down 3 games to 2 to the Celtics...Sad news, Canucks Rookie Luc Bourdon was killed on Thursday when his motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer near his hometown in Canada. Bourdon was just 21 years old...Brian Urlacher may show his pretty little face at Bears minicamp after all...Doug Collins is interested in coaching the Bulls, but the deal is not exactly done according to the former coach...James Blake and Serena Williams were early exits at the French Open. Well there went my reason to watch tennis. I guess I'll have to wait until the US Open...David Beckham has appeared to start a new trend, after jumping ship and heading to the US other European players could be following suit. American Brian McBride is looking to come back to the US and Gillette spokesman Thierry Henry says he hasn't ruled out a move to America. Seattle, it rains a lot there, what about the Red Bulls Thierry?...Louisiana-Lafayette begin the Women's College World Series with a 3-2 upset win over Florida.
Check this out: I bet you thought I'd be telling all of you to head to a theater near you to catch the new Sex and the City movie, well honestly, I'm kind of on the fence as to whether I really want to spend $10.50 on it, so instead I'm bringing you this link. I'll admit that I didn't watch it when it premiered last summer. But thanks to my DVR, I was able to catch up on Mad Men since about March and I'm telling you its one of those hidden gem type of shows that you MUST watch this summer!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Next Winter Classic at Wrigley?
A few months ago it seemed like the next chapter in the wildly popular NHL Winter Classic was headed to Yankee Stadium as a fond farewell to the house that Ruth built and Steinbrenner gutted in the 70s. But that idea has seemed to be put on ice (excuse the pun) and now it’s looking like an even older ballpark could play host to what is turning into an annual affair for the League. Reports are flying that Wrigley Field (not Soldier Field as rumored) will house the event, with the could be Stanley Cup Champion Red Wings going up against the hometown Chicago Blackhawks. (Confirmation could be coming as early as next week.)
While I enjoy the idea of playing at Wrigley, I would have preferred it at Yankee Stadium or the other rumor of a game between the Penguins and Flyers being held on the Penn State campus. One thing’s for sure, the NHL may have hit upon something, but hopefully they won't go all Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and over schedule it.
(source)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
While I enjoy the idea of playing at Wrigley, I would have preferred it at Yankee Stadium or the other rumor of a game between the Penguins and Flyers being held on the Penn State campus. One thing’s for sure, the NHL may have hit upon something, but hopefully they won't go all Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and over schedule it.
(source)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
The Penguins finally score...on the ice
Baseball Update:
Losing their 10th in a row in true slump fashion (giving up five runs in the ninth inning) would make anyone want to snap, so it's not unsurprising that Jose Guillen is calling his team a bunch of babies, but maybe next time he should tell it to his team, not the press.
The White Sox have some turmoil of their own between manager Ozzie Guillen and shortstop Orlando Cabrera, but the bickering hasn't hurt their AL Central leading team, edging the Indians 6-5.
Speaking of off-the-field insansity, the Mets have started to settle in after the whole will he or won't he get fired manager debate in heroic fashion. Endy Chavez bettled his first homerun in over a year to tie the game at five a piece in the ninth and then Fernando Tatis drove in the game winning run with a double in the 12th to hand the Mets a 7-6 victory over the Marlins. Maybe a three game win streak could be in order for the Metsies?
Alfonso "don't boo me" Soriano gave the fans something to cheer about with his game winning single in the 10th to give the Cubs a 2-1 win over the Dodgers.
Cincinnati brought out the big bats in their 9-1 bashing of the Pirates. The game marked their ninth straight home win.
The Phillies themselves know a little thing about offense, like their 20 run outting on Monday, but on Wednesday they only were able to manage a measley 6 runs, including Chase Utley's 17th homer of the season. But luckily, Adam Eaton pitched six innings, giving up only one run for his first win in the Phils 6-1 win over the Rockies. The game completed a three game sweep by the Phillies.
Chase Ultey was named one of the "25 Fittest Guys in America." So that explains the league leading 17 homeruns.
Rockies minor league catcher Humberto Cota was suspended for 50 games after testing positive to performance enhancing drugs.
The Yankees are all hands on deck with this Joba move, having him pitch 2 scoreless innings before sending him back to the bullpen to continue to stretch out the reliever. In the meantime, Andy Pettitte was able to do his job, limiting the Orioles to just two runs in the Yankees 4-2 victory.
The Mariners and Padres swapped righties with Cha Seung Baek going to the Pares for Jared Wells...And then the M's blanked the Red Sox 1-0 to complete a pretty productive day.
For the Red Sox, they await word on expensive ace Daisuke Matsuzka's shoulder. Dice-K flew back to Boston and is scheduled to have an MRI on his "fatigued shoulder" on Friday.
With all this focus on speeding up the games, who you might ask plays the fastest games in baseball? Why it's the Minnesota Twins, but don't ask them how, they're not completely sure. click here for more.
I'm pretty sure this will bring tears to your eyes, Sammy Sosa says he plans to retire after the 2009 World Baseball Classic...Meanwhile Bret Boone announced his retirement after 14 years in the Majors.
My new best friend Pete Rose admitted he bet "like $2,000" on Reds games while he was managing. You know, because like to me, 2 grand is like pocket change, I just toss that around on Marc Jacobs bags and Bottega dresses.
This is crazy, a hydrochloric acid leak caused Wednesday night's game between the Omaha Royals and Oklahoma Redhawks to be suspended while the Stadium was evacuated. The game will be finished before the start Thursday's scheduled match-up. Of all the reasons to cancel a game, a midge infestation, lighting issues, lightning, a tornado, this one would have to top the charts.
Nascar Update:
Nascar is stiffing its standard COT penalties after handing Haas CNC's #66 and #70 a 150 point car owner and driver penalty for altering the bolts holding the wing on both cars. In addition to their points infraction, both teams will be without their crew chiefs for the next six weeks in addition to the $100,000 fine and probation both Bootie Barker and Derick Jennings were levied.
In addition to the Cup Series fines, JR Motorsporst Tony Eury, Sr. was fined $1,000 and place on probation, crew member Michael Sandlin was handed a one race suspension and fined $1,500 and crew member Jordan Allen was placed on probation until October 15th and fined $1,500 for their actions during a post-race dust-up with Denny Hamlin's crew. How did Brad Keselowski not get fined?
Kurt Busch lead the second day of testing at Pocono.
Marcus Smith has been officially tabbed as the new president and CEo of SMI, replacing Humpy Wheeler who was unceremoniously dumped by the speedway corp last week. It's good to have parents in high places.
For one week, and maybe one week only, a driver actually has been receiving more press than Dale Earnhardt, Jr. But what can you expect from Joey Lagano an 18 year old making his Nationwide Series debut. Well according to the media, greatness, like the second coming of Jeff Gordon or something.
Kasey Kahne is hoping to turn his 2 race sweep at Lowe's into enough momentum to get him into the Chase.
Is racing the new trend for celebrities? Goodness, I hope not.
News&Notes: Not only did the Penguins finally score some goals, they actually won a game, 3-2 to cut the Red Wings Series lead to two games to one...The Red Wings weren't the only Detroit team losing on Wednesday, the Pistons failed to complete a fourth quarter rally, falling to the Celtics 106-102...Detroit's Rasheed Wallace got his sixth techincal of the postseason. If Wallace gets one more T, he'll be forced to ride the pine for one game...The NBA admits there was a foul committed in the closing seconds of game four between the Lakers and Spurs...One of the greatest rules ever, the NBA plans to impose fines to players that "flop" during a game. Yeah, I hate sissy moves like purposely falling to the floor to get a foul. C'mon, play like a man!...Tank Johnson is begging NFL commish Roger Goodell to reinstate Pacman Jones. It's really bad when your character witness is Tank Johnson. At least try to get Romo to beg. You know if he's not busy with Jessica and her dad.
Check this out: Summer TV has already started, so EW.com is taking a look back at the 22 best shows that debuted during the Summer. And then giving you a list of 10 shows you should start viewing over the next three months. (We totally agree with Reaper and FNL.)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Losing their 10th in a row in true slump fashion (giving up five runs in the ninth inning) would make anyone want to snap, so it's not unsurprising that Jose Guillen is calling his team a bunch of babies, but maybe next time he should tell it to his team, not the press.
The White Sox have some turmoil of their own between manager Ozzie Guillen and shortstop Orlando Cabrera, but the bickering hasn't hurt their AL Central leading team, edging the Indians 6-5.
Speaking of off-the-field insansity, the Mets have started to settle in after the whole will he or won't he get fired manager debate in heroic fashion. Endy Chavez bettled his first homerun in over a year to tie the game at five a piece in the ninth and then Fernando Tatis drove in the game winning run with a double in the 12th to hand the Mets a 7-6 victory over the Marlins. Maybe a three game win streak could be in order for the Metsies?
Alfonso "don't boo me" Soriano gave the fans something to cheer about with his game winning single in the 10th to give the Cubs a 2-1 win over the Dodgers.
Cincinnati brought out the big bats in their 9-1 bashing of the Pirates. The game marked their ninth straight home win.
The Phillies themselves know a little thing about offense, like their 20 run outting on Monday, but on Wednesday they only were able to manage a measley 6 runs, including Chase Utley's 17th homer of the season. But luckily, Adam Eaton pitched six innings, giving up only one run for his first win in the Phils 6-1 win over the Rockies. The game completed a three game sweep by the Phillies.
Chase Ultey was named one of the "25 Fittest Guys in America." So that explains the league leading 17 homeruns.
Rockies minor league catcher Humberto Cota was suspended for 50 games after testing positive to performance enhancing drugs.
The Yankees are all hands on deck with this Joba move, having him pitch 2 scoreless innings before sending him back to the bullpen to continue to stretch out the reliever. In the meantime, Andy Pettitte was able to do his job, limiting the Orioles to just two runs in the Yankees 4-2 victory.
The Mariners and Padres swapped righties with Cha Seung Baek going to the Pares for Jared Wells...And then the M's blanked the Red Sox 1-0 to complete a pretty productive day.
For the Red Sox, they await word on expensive ace Daisuke Matsuzka's shoulder. Dice-K flew back to Boston and is scheduled to have an MRI on his "fatigued shoulder" on Friday.
With all this focus on speeding up the games, who you might ask plays the fastest games in baseball? Why it's the Minnesota Twins, but don't ask them how, they're not completely sure. click here for more.
I'm pretty sure this will bring tears to your eyes, Sammy Sosa says he plans to retire after the 2009 World Baseball Classic...Meanwhile Bret Boone announced his retirement after 14 years in the Majors.
My new best friend Pete Rose admitted he bet "like $2,000" on Reds games while he was managing. You know, because like to me, 2 grand is like pocket change, I just toss that around on Marc Jacobs bags and Bottega dresses.
This is crazy, a hydrochloric acid leak caused Wednesday night's game between the Omaha Royals and Oklahoma Redhawks to be suspended while the Stadium was evacuated. The game will be finished before the start Thursday's scheduled match-up. Of all the reasons to cancel a game, a midge infestation, lighting issues, lightning, a tornado, this one would have to top the charts.
Nascar Update:
Nascar is stiffing its standard COT penalties after handing Haas CNC's #66 and #70 a 150 point car owner and driver penalty for altering the bolts holding the wing on both cars. In addition to their points infraction, both teams will be without their crew chiefs for the next six weeks in addition to the $100,000 fine and probation both Bootie Barker and Derick Jennings were levied.
In addition to the Cup Series fines, JR Motorsporst Tony Eury, Sr. was fined $1,000 and place on probation, crew member Michael Sandlin was handed a one race suspension and fined $1,500 and crew member Jordan Allen was placed on probation until October 15th and fined $1,500 for their actions during a post-race dust-up with Denny Hamlin's crew. How did Brad Keselowski not get fined?
Kurt Busch lead the second day of testing at Pocono.
Marcus Smith has been officially tabbed as the new president and CEo of SMI, replacing Humpy Wheeler who was unceremoniously dumped by the speedway corp last week. It's good to have parents in high places.
For one week, and maybe one week only, a driver actually has been receiving more press than Dale Earnhardt, Jr. But what can you expect from Joey Lagano an 18 year old making his Nationwide Series debut. Well according to the media, greatness, like the second coming of Jeff Gordon or something.
Kasey Kahne is hoping to turn his 2 race sweep at Lowe's into enough momentum to get him into the Chase.
Is racing the new trend for celebrities? Goodness, I hope not.
News&Notes: Not only did the Penguins finally score some goals, they actually won a game, 3-2 to cut the Red Wings Series lead to two games to one...The Red Wings weren't the only Detroit team losing on Wednesday, the Pistons failed to complete a fourth quarter rally, falling to the Celtics 106-102...Detroit's Rasheed Wallace got his sixth techincal of the postseason. If Wallace gets one more T, he'll be forced to ride the pine for one game...The NBA admits there was a foul committed in the closing seconds of game four between the Lakers and Spurs...One of the greatest rules ever, the NBA plans to impose fines to players that "flop" during a game. Yeah, I hate sissy moves like purposely falling to the floor to get a foul. C'mon, play like a man!...Tank Johnson is begging NFL commish Roger Goodell to reinstate Pacman Jones. It's really bad when your character witness is Tank Johnson. At least try to get Romo to beg. You know if he's not busy with Jessica and her dad.
Check this out: Summer TV has already started, so EW.com is taking a look back at the 22 best shows that debuted during the Summer. And then giving you a list of 10 shows you should start viewing over the next three months. (We totally agree with Reaper and FNL.)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
New T-shirts for the ladies
Remember like two years ago when you saw all those Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Utley shirts at a ballpark near you? Well, a few years and an actual Mrs. Utley later and the Mets have decided to re-vamp their marketing of David to the females with this tee:
It kind of got us wondering if more ball clubs market their very young, attractive and single (as in not married) stars with t-shirts what would they look like? Here’s what we think:
(T-shirt via mlb.com. Click here to purchase)
It kind of got us wondering if more ball clubs market their very young, attractive and single (as in not married) stars with t-shirts what would they look like? Here’s what we think:
The "I'm Hunting for Mr. Pence" Tee
Along the lines of the Wright t-shirt, perfect for any fan of the Astros' centerfielder.
The "Grady: When Size Does Matter" Tee
I can just see this shirt on a Grady's Lady near you.
The "Joe: Hometown Hottie Since 1983" Tee
This tee celebrates the Twins' catcher's roots as a hometown boy making the fans in Minnesota proud. We see crossover potential to even some male Mauer fans.
The "Nick Marks the Spot" Tee
Nick Markakis is pretty much the only reason to visit Baltimore (besides our friend Kath), so we had to give those female Orioles fans something to feel proud of.
The "Taking a ride to Grandy Land" Tee
I guess our only question is, what time does the train leave that station?
The "I Stop Short for Troy" Tee
We view this t-shirt as just the beginning of a product line featuring the "stop short" tagline. Think about all of the bumper sticker, pins, hats, bracelets, handbags and even mesh shorts this could work on.
The "I Got Hammered with Ryan Braun" Tee
Don't feel bad manishevitz does taste so good going down. But we'd prefer to get hammered with Ryan on some good old fashioned Miller Lite.
The "I Slept with Derek Jeter Too!" Tee
Perfect for all of your whorish Yankee fan friends. But hurry, we only made like 1,000 of these tees and we're not sure that's enough to cover all of Jeter's conquests...in like the passed five years.
(t-shirt template via istockphoto.com)
Got any other ideas? Put them in the comments section.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Hump Day Hair
Let it be known, we did not alter this image in anyway. This is Jimmie Johnson's actual hair.
(Photo: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for Nascar)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Homerun Derby
Baseball Update:
Usually if you score eight runs by the fifth inning you're walking your way to an easy win. Conversely, if you give up eight runs by the fifth inning, you're screwed. But that's not the way things went down in Baltimore, as the Orioles topped the Yankees, 10-9 (11). There were nine homeruns hit during the game including shots by the Yankees Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez and the Orioles Kevin Millar (150th career), Ramon Hernandez, Melvin Mora and Luke Scott.
Yankees pitcher Ian Kennedy left the game in the third inning with a slightly strained muscle near his rib cage.
The Red Sox are facing losing a pitcher of their own after Dice-K left Tuesday's game before the start of the fifth inning after throwing two warm-up pitches. Matsuzaka was seen holding his back before he exited the field. although the Red Sox are calling it "shoulder fatigue." Even worse for the team, they fell to the struggling Mariners 4-3.
The Mets on the other hand got some good news, starter Pedro Martinez will return to make his second start of the season on June 3rd against the Giants. And bonus, they actually won a game, taking out the Marlins 5-3. Could this be the beginning of a two game win streak? I don't know, that maybe aiming too high, especially since their right fielder, Ryan Church is still dizzy after that crash landing against Atlanta last week.
Oakland pulled out a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, but not before losing DH Frank Thomas with what is believed to be a slight strain of his right quad muscle. The game was his first against his former squad.
Prior to the start of Tuesday's game, the Blue Jays activated infielder David Eckstein from the DL.
Speaking of the DL, the Tigers placed Gary Sheffield on it with an oblique strain and then lost to the Angels, 3-2.
Despite early an early lead taken by the Braves, Milwaukee battled back with a Mike Cameron walk-off sac fly to give the Brewers a 3-2 win. The Braves placed Matt Diaz on the DL with a left knee injury after the leftfielder crashed into the wall during Tuesday's loss.
Andruw Jones is likely to miss 4-6 weeks for the Dodgers after undergoing surgery to repair some torn cartilage in his right knee. Hopefully, this time off will help him right his ship. Meanwhile, Los Angeles fell to a rallying Cubbies, 3-1.
Tim Lincecum remains the only bright light for the Giants pulling out his seventh win of the season in San Fran's 6-3 win over the D'Backs. The Diamondbacks placed left fielder Eric Byrnes on the DL with a sore hamstring for the first time in his career. This season has become the season of first time DLers with Tom Glavine, Jorge Posada and now Byrnes making their first trips.
The Phillies only scored seven runs...in the first two innings...against the Rockies, but were able to somehow pull out the 7-4 victory. Goodness, these guys are going into an offensive slump. haha
The Indians hit a grand slam and had a triple steal in their 8-2 win over the White Sox. The Indians have been so streaky this season, if they could get some consistency they could really make a run at the Central.
Josh Hamilton's five RBIs helped the Rangers pass the red hot Rays 12-6.
The Reds got a spark from call-up Jay Bruce who went 3-3 with two walks in Cinci's 9-6 win over the Pirates. Adam Dunn went yard for his 252nd career dinger.
Beware Yankees fans, a whole bunch of Sox maybe ruining your swan song to Yankee Stadium if you don't start voting. Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Jason Varitek, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez would all make the starting line-up of this year's all-star game while only Yankee's Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter would be out on the field if voting ended today. Click here to see the rest of the leaders in AL All-Star Balloting.
Nascar Update:
With testing in full swing at Pocono Raceway, track owner Rose Mattioli told the AP that she and her husband have no plans to sell the 2 1/2 mile track.
David Gilliland lead the first day of testing at Pocono. Click here for afternoon speeds.
Click here for the Dover Cup Entry list.
Juan Pablo Montoya's request for a meeting with team owner Chip Ganassi was granted on Saturday morning. Montoya expressed his displeasure with the direction the team was headed especially after the firing of crew chief Jimmy Elledge earlier in the week.
Kyle Busch is apparently feuding with a couple of Hendrick Teammates including Jeff Gordon.
Meet Nascar's version of Sean Avery here. One question, when will he ever fit his internship with Vogue in?
News&Notes: A late game foul turned into the most discussed non-call of the year as the Lakers edged the Spurs 93-91 to take a three games to one lead in the Western Conference Final...Pacman Jones met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss his reinstatement into the league last week in Atlanta. So far a decision has not been made public, but I'm hoping Goodell drags this out until July so Jones will be forced to stay on his best behavior...Speaking of Goodell, the NFL announced they will not punish teams for player violations prior to the June 1st policy change. The league will also not penalize a team for picking up a player will a checkered past...The Broncos inked a back up plan in Michael Pittman, while they await the return of running back Travis Henry who's been out with a hamstring injury...Jose Canseco will fight former NFL pro bowler Vai Sikahema in Atlantic City. The apparently short on cash Canseco will offered $5,000 Sikahema for the publicity stunt...Tiger Woods says he's on track for his U.S. Open return. Tiger has been out since undergoing knee surgery on April 15th.
Check this out: Like you needed another reason to love Kristen Bell more. I mean, she was awesome in Veronica Mars, narrates our guilty pleasure Gossip Girl, adds spice to Heroes, was hilarous in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and even wowed us in that Lifetime movie Gracie's Choice but courtesy of nhl.com via people, we've learned that Bell shares our love of hockey players. Click here for the details.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Usually if you score eight runs by the fifth inning you're walking your way to an easy win. Conversely, if you give up eight runs by the fifth inning, you're screwed. But that's not the way things went down in Baltimore, as the Orioles topped the Yankees, 10-9 (11). There were nine homeruns hit during the game including shots by the Yankees Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez and the Orioles Kevin Millar (150th career), Ramon Hernandez, Melvin Mora and Luke Scott.
Yankees pitcher Ian Kennedy left the game in the third inning with a slightly strained muscle near his rib cage.
The Red Sox are facing losing a pitcher of their own after Dice-K left Tuesday's game before the start of the fifth inning after throwing two warm-up pitches. Matsuzaka was seen holding his back before he exited the field. although the Red Sox are calling it "shoulder fatigue." Even worse for the team, they fell to the struggling Mariners 4-3.
The Mets on the other hand got some good news, starter Pedro Martinez will return to make his second start of the season on June 3rd against the Giants. And bonus, they actually won a game, taking out the Marlins 5-3. Could this be the beginning of a two game win streak? I don't know, that maybe aiming too high, especially since their right fielder, Ryan Church is still dizzy after that crash landing against Atlanta last week.
Oakland pulled out a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, but not before losing DH Frank Thomas with what is believed to be a slight strain of his right quad muscle. The game was his first against his former squad.
Prior to the start of Tuesday's game, the Blue Jays activated infielder David Eckstein from the DL.
Speaking of the DL, the Tigers placed Gary Sheffield on it with an oblique strain and then lost to the Angels, 3-2.
Despite early an early lead taken by the Braves, Milwaukee battled back with a Mike Cameron walk-off sac fly to give the Brewers a 3-2 win. The Braves placed Matt Diaz on the DL with a left knee injury after the leftfielder crashed into the wall during Tuesday's loss.
Andruw Jones is likely to miss 4-6 weeks for the Dodgers after undergoing surgery to repair some torn cartilage in his right knee. Hopefully, this time off will help him right his ship. Meanwhile, Los Angeles fell to a rallying Cubbies, 3-1.
Tim Lincecum remains the only bright light for the Giants pulling out his seventh win of the season in San Fran's 6-3 win over the D'Backs. The Diamondbacks placed left fielder Eric Byrnes on the DL with a sore hamstring for the first time in his career. This season has become the season of first time DLers with Tom Glavine, Jorge Posada and now Byrnes making their first trips.
The Phillies only scored seven runs...in the first two innings...against the Rockies, but were able to somehow pull out the 7-4 victory. Goodness, these guys are going into an offensive slump. haha
The Indians hit a grand slam and had a triple steal in their 8-2 win over the White Sox. The Indians have been so streaky this season, if they could get some consistency they could really make a run at the Central.
Josh Hamilton's five RBIs helped the Rangers pass the red hot Rays 12-6.
The Reds got a spark from call-up Jay Bruce who went 3-3 with two walks in Cinci's 9-6 win over the Pirates. Adam Dunn went yard for his 252nd career dinger.
Beware Yankees fans, a whole bunch of Sox maybe ruining your swan song to Yankee Stadium if you don't start voting. Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Jason Varitek, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez would all make the starting line-up of this year's all-star game while only Yankee's Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter would be out on the field if voting ended today. Click here to see the rest of the leaders in AL All-Star Balloting.
Nascar Update:
With testing in full swing at Pocono Raceway, track owner Rose Mattioli told the AP that she and her husband have no plans to sell the 2 1/2 mile track.
David Gilliland lead the first day of testing at Pocono. Click here for afternoon speeds.
Click here for the Dover Cup Entry list.
Juan Pablo Montoya's request for a meeting with team owner Chip Ganassi was granted on Saturday morning. Montoya expressed his displeasure with the direction the team was headed especially after the firing of crew chief Jimmy Elledge earlier in the week.
Kyle Busch is apparently feuding with a couple of Hendrick Teammates including Jeff Gordon.
Meet Nascar's version of Sean Avery here. One question, when will he ever fit his internship with Vogue in?
News&Notes: A late game foul turned into the most discussed non-call of the year as the Lakers edged the Spurs 93-91 to take a three games to one lead in the Western Conference Final...Pacman Jones met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss his reinstatement into the league last week in Atlanta. So far a decision has not been made public, but I'm hoping Goodell drags this out until July so Jones will be forced to stay on his best behavior...Speaking of Goodell, the NFL announced they will not punish teams for player violations prior to the June 1st policy change. The league will also not penalize a team for picking up a player will a checkered past...The Broncos inked a back up plan in Michael Pittman, while they await the return of running back Travis Henry who's been out with a hamstring injury...Jose Canseco will fight former NFL pro bowler Vai Sikahema in Atlantic City. The apparently short on cash Canseco will offered $5,000 Sikahema for the publicity stunt...Tiger Woods says he's on track for his U.S. Open return. Tiger has been out since undergoing knee surgery on April 15th.
Check this out: Like you needed another reason to love Kristen Bell more. I mean, she was awesome in Veronica Mars, narrates our guilty pleasure Gossip Girl, adds spice to Heroes, was hilarous in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and even wowed us in that Lifetime movie Gracie's Choice but courtesy of nhl.com via people, we've learned that Bell shares our love of hockey players. Click here for the details.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Coca-Cola 600
Winner: Kasey Kahne
Recap: Kasey Kahne completed the Lowe’s Motor Speedway sweep wining the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night. Kahne took the top spot after leader Tony Stewart blew a right front tire and hit the wall. Stewart’s tire malfunction was the theme of the night turning the car race into a war of attrition. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kurt Busch, Brian Vickers had tire issues which took them out of contention, while Patrick Carpentier, Jimmie Johnson, Robby Gordon and Paul Menard exited early due to mechanical problems. Kahne was able to keep his nose clean giving him his first victory since October 2006.
Results Points Standing Photos
Shout Outs: David Reutimann who ran a smart race bring his #44 UPS Toyota home in 10th place his first top 10 of the season and Elliott Salder who made it two Gillett Evernham cars in the top 10 with his eighth place finish.
Disappointments: After pacing the early part of the race, Brian Vickers' tire literally came off and bounced into the in field ending his promising day early and handing him a 42nd place finish.
Next Race: Sunday @ Dover
(Photo: John Harrelson/Getty Images)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
The box of tissues edition
Sorry, I'm posting a little later than usual. I had to stop by the drug store to pick up a box of tissues, thanks to this never ending cold I've got going on here.
Baseball Update:
Chase Utley had six RBIs in the Phillies 20-5 drubbing of the Colorado Rockies. It just keeps getting worse for Colorado huh?
Bradon Webb went 9-0 to start the season, but it seems his account at the luck bank is down to zero after losing to the Marlins and Monday to the Braves. Webb allowed seven runs (4 earned) over just four and a third innings, while Mark Teixeira looks like he's finally over his early season struggles after knocking in four.
More good news for the Braves, Rafael Soriano and John Smoltz could be back in the bullpen by the end of the road trip.
The Rays are giving the Braves a run for their money in games played at home. Currently, the Braves hold the best home record winning 22 of 29 games played at the Ted. But Tampa with their 7-3 beating of the Rangers, they are now 20-8 in games played at Tropicana Field, including going 16-1 over the last 17 games.
The Yankees snapped a five game losing streak falling to the Orioles, 6-1. Good news or bad news (depending on where you stand on the great Joba debate), the Yankees are expecting to bring Chamberlain into the rotation after his next relief appearance on Wednesday.
The Mets will keep Willie Randolph on as Manager of the ballclub, but that vote of confidence was not enough to give the Mets a win, falling to the first place Marlins 7-3. The Mets have lost six of their last seven games.
Prince Fielder scored the go ahead run in the 11th to give the Brewers a 4-3 win over the Nationals. Ryan Zimmerman did not play on Monday due to a sore shoulder suffered on May 18th when he dove head first into second base against the Orioles. He will be re-evaluated in San Diego.
The White Sox rallied with 3 in the top of the 12th to prevail over the Indians 6-3.
The Angels edged the Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings. Now that's my kind of game.
The Blue Jays completed a four game sweep of the Royals with their 7-2 win on Monday.
The Cincinnati Reds are hoping to spark their offense by calling up high touted prospect Jay Bruce. Bruce was hitting .364 with 10 homeruns, 37 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 49 games with AAA Louisville.
Sad news, former major league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez was killed on Sunday when he was struck by lightning in his native Venezuela. Gonzalez was only 33.
Nascar Update:
Congrats to Truck Series rookie Donny Lia on winning the Ohio 250 on Saturday.
Both Haas CNC Racing's #66 driven by Scott Riggs and the #70 driven by Johnny Sauter were confiscated prior to the start of Sunday's race. The cars "ha manipulated rear-wing mounts on the deck lid, causing them to not fit properly in the inspection grid." Expect penalties to be handed out sometime this week.
Dario Franchitti is expected back in a Cup car on Tuesday, testing the #40 Chip Ganassi Dodge at Pocono. Franchitti has been on the sidelines since fracturing his ankle in a Nationwide Series race in Talladega.
Brian France isn't rushing to add Kentucky Speedway to the Cup Series schedule. I say, any place you can sellout is better than going to a major market *Fontana* and having loads of empty seats. Although, I'd understand wanting to add a track closer to New York or the in the Pacific Northwest, but as of right this very minute, there isn't a track in either of those locations ready to be added to the schedule, so it's a moot point.
Popo in my crib News:
Following his season in Chicago and this incident, I think it's safe to say, Bulls forward Joakim Noah probably should have stayed at the University of Florida for another season. Noah was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol after a Gainesvill popo spotted Noah walking on the sidewalk holding a plastic cup filled with an amber drink. After a seach at the popo station, the popo found marijuana in his pocket. Goodness, walking around with an open contianer, what is this Laguna Beach. Because they classed things up when they made it to The Hills. Watch out Joakim, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The Penguins have failed to score one goal against the Red Wings in their first two games of the Stanley Cup finals falling to Detroit 3-0 on Monday. Pittsburgh is heading home for the next two games, where they have gone undefeated in the playoffs...Detroit tied the series at 2 with their 94-75 win over the Celtics...In a recent interview, Titans QB Vince Young admitted he almost quit after his rookie season in the NFL. I can understand that, you go from king of Austin who can do no wrong to an overly scruntized pro-QB it could play with any kid's head...Congrats to Syracuse on winning their 10th Lacrosse Championship...Congrats to Scott Dixon on winning his first Indy 500. Could this mean he's ready to win his first IndyCar Championship since 2003? I hope so!
Check this out: Summer is here. Yeah!! But before you start to ignore you're newly found TV until September, click here to see all of your favorite returning shows hitting the air waves this summer. (Shout outs to MY BOYS which starts on June 12th!)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Baseball Update:
Chase Utley had six RBIs in the Phillies 20-5 drubbing of the Colorado Rockies. It just keeps getting worse for Colorado huh?
Bradon Webb went 9-0 to start the season, but it seems his account at the luck bank is down to zero after losing to the Marlins and Monday to the Braves. Webb allowed seven runs (4 earned) over just four and a third innings, while Mark Teixeira looks like he's finally over his early season struggles after knocking in four.
More good news for the Braves, Rafael Soriano and John Smoltz could be back in the bullpen by the end of the road trip.
The Rays are giving the Braves a run for their money in games played at home. Currently, the Braves hold the best home record winning 22 of 29 games played at the Ted. But Tampa with their 7-3 beating of the Rangers, they are now 20-8 in games played at Tropicana Field, including going 16-1 over the last 17 games.
The Yankees snapped a five game losing streak falling to the Orioles, 6-1. Good news or bad news (depending on where you stand on the great Joba debate), the Yankees are expecting to bring Chamberlain into the rotation after his next relief appearance on Wednesday.
The Mets will keep Willie Randolph on as Manager of the ballclub, but that vote of confidence was not enough to give the Mets a win, falling to the first place Marlins 7-3. The Mets have lost six of their last seven games.
Prince Fielder scored the go ahead run in the 11th to give the Brewers a 4-3 win over the Nationals. Ryan Zimmerman did not play on Monday due to a sore shoulder suffered on May 18th when he dove head first into second base against the Orioles. He will be re-evaluated in San Diego.
The White Sox rallied with 3 in the top of the 12th to prevail over the Indians 6-3.
The Angels edged the Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings. Now that's my kind of game.
The Blue Jays completed a four game sweep of the Royals with their 7-2 win on Monday.
The Cincinnati Reds are hoping to spark their offense by calling up high touted prospect Jay Bruce. Bruce was hitting .364 with 10 homeruns, 37 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 49 games with AAA Louisville.
Sad news, former major league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez was killed on Sunday when he was struck by lightning in his native Venezuela. Gonzalez was only 33.
Nascar Update:
Congrats to Truck Series rookie Donny Lia on winning the Ohio 250 on Saturday.
Both Haas CNC Racing's #66 driven by Scott Riggs and the #70 driven by Johnny Sauter were confiscated prior to the start of Sunday's race. The cars "ha manipulated rear-wing mounts on the deck lid, causing them to not fit properly in the inspection grid." Expect penalties to be handed out sometime this week.
Dario Franchitti is expected back in a Cup car on Tuesday, testing the #40 Chip Ganassi Dodge at Pocono. Franchitti has been on the sidelines since fracturing his ankle in a Nationwide Series race in Talladega.
Brian France isn't rushing to add Kentucky Speedway to the Cup Series schedule. I say, any place you can sellout is better than going to a major market *Fontana* and having loads of empty seats. Although, I'd understand wanting to add a track closer to New York or the in the Pacific Northwest, but as of right this very minute, there isn't a track in either of those locations ready to be added to the schedule, so it's a moot point.
Popo in my crib News:
Following his season in Chicago and this incident, I think it's safe to say, Bulls forward Joakim Noah probably should have stayed at the University of Florida for another season. Noah was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol after a Gainesvill popo spotted Noah walking on the sidewalk holding a plastic cup filled with an amber drink. After a seach at the popo station, the popo found marijuana in his pocket. Goodness, walking around with an open contianer, what is this Laguna Beach. Because they classed things up when they made it to The Hills. Watch out Joakim, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The Penguins have failed to score one goal against the Red Wings in their first two games of the Stanley Cup finals falling to Detroit 3-0 on Monday. Pittsburgh is heading home for the next two games, where they have gone undefeated in the playoffs...Detroit tied the series at 2 with their 94-75 win over the Celtics...In a recent interview, Titans QB Vince Young admitted he almost quit after his rookie season in the NFL. I can understand that, you go from king of Austin who can do no wrong to an overly scruntized pro-QB it could play with any kid's head...Congrats to Syracuse on winning their 10th Lacrosse Championship...Congrats to Scott Dixon on winning his first Indy 500. Could this mean he's ready to win his first IndyCar Championship since 2003? I hope so!
Check this out: Summer is here. Yeah!! But before you start to ignore you're newly found TV until September, click here to see all of your favorite returning shows hitting the air waves this summer. (Shout outs to MY BOYS which starts on June 12th!)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Friday, May 23, 2008
Things I Learned at Yankee Stadium 2008
1. I need to dress warmer. I have been to a Giants Stadium in November, I went to a Phillies game last year when it was about 40 degrees, hell I even had to trudge into the city to exchange a Marc Jacobs bag when there was a wind chill of minus 25, but I have never been so cold in my entire life. Yeah, I could have thrown on my DKNY sweater stockings under my jeans (because I’m way too old to be wearing leggings) or possibly worn the lining to my coat, thrown on my ski cap and topped it off with a scarf, but it’s MAY! Shouldn’t it be warmer by now? Apparently not, and with the wind whipping through the stadium, I saw shivering the entire time.
2. It was apparently Ridgewood High School Class of 2001 day in the bleachers. I literally saw eight people I graduated high school with in the section next to mine last night. And bear in mind these eight people were not all sitting together meaning that there were 10 RHS class of 2001 grads sitting in two sections of the bleachers on the same night that did not all come together. Who knows how many other grads were floating around the rest of the stadium. That is beyond weird. I had flashes of sophomore year all night, all I needed was a spotting of some random high school teacher and it literally would have been 10th grade all of again.
3. When buying nachos it’s best to get the cheese on the side. The lady at the nacho stand got a little cheese happy and poured it all over the chips (which yes, I get is the idea) but there were not enough napkins to wipe the cheese off my fingers, thus preventing me from chowing down on the entire stack. Next time I’m getting the cheese on the side and just dipping the chips, if only so I can completely gorge myself on tortillas and Velveta.
4. Speaking of food, it’s best to buy an extra ticket just to have a place to put your food and beverages. So we actually ended up having two extra seats which meant ample space to stretch out and a spot to put the food and drinks. It’s nice not to have to keep shuffling around your goodies when people get up to use the bathroom. Equally nice, not having to put the drinks on the floor where someone will end up walking into it and spilling the drink all over. Of course this only works in the bleachers since your sitting on a bench. I don’t think you can lay out quite the same in the expensive seats. Giving you another reason why box seats suck.
5. The wave is only done at Shea Stadium and maybe the University of Michigan. The other side (aka the left side) of the bleachers attempted the wave but it never made it over to the right field side because that kind of behavior is just not tolerated in Yankee Stadium. And when they kept booing us for not rising out of our seats everyone just kept yelling “Go back to Shea Stadium; we don’t do that stuff here.” And then the guy behind also made mention that they do the wave at the University of Michigan, although I’m pretty sure that’s not the only place people do the wave. And in the midst of the wavers vs. non-wavers battle, ARod struck out, so yeah, that’s another reason why they don’t do the wave in Yankee Stadium!
6. Adam Jones’ mom does not make good meatloaf. Also according to the loud mouths behind me, he was just potty trained yesterday (“Ew, messy”), he’s the reason why there is birth control and the ever popular, he just plain sucks. Oh those Yankee fans, they are very creative.
7. Besides the Chatty Kathies behind us, the crowd was very tame. It must have been because the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend produces a very mellow crowd.
8. Ian Kennedy is not as horrible as I thought. In the third when Kennedy gave up that RBI triple to Freddie Bynum and then walked Brian Roberts and Jay Payton to load the bases, I thought, oh great there he goes again. Once he gives up a big hit, he just can’t mentally get back in the game, but he proved me wrong. He struck out Nick Markakis (who had a terrible game at the plate) and then Aubrey Huff flew out to end the inning. And for the next three innings, Kennedy shut out the O’s to get his first win of the year. I don’t know if this is an aberration or the beginning of something new for him, but I totally thought this was going to be a slugging match and it turned into a well pitched game.
9. If you miss the D train it’s going to be a while before another one comes your way. I literally heard the train leaving as I was walking down the stairs, twenty minutes and four north bound trains later, another D finally came. But as an added bonus we had a prolonged stop at the 7th avenue station so I had to sprint to catch my train home. Luckily I think I only sprained my ankle during that little adventure.
10. There are only 58 more games left at the “old” Yankee Stadium. I would like to say that it will be sad to see the Stadium go, but it won’t. Frankly, I’m not a Yankees game, but rather a fan of the sport, (And since all my friends are Yankees fans the only games I get to go to are ones at Yankee Stadium and the one Braves game I guilt my friends into going to at Shea) and I have visited newer and much nicer Stadiums mainly Citizens Bank Park in Philly. To me, the old charm of the Stadium was remodeled away in the 70s and the “new” Yankee Stadium being erected across the street looks like a true gem. So sorry Yankees purest, but I’m way more excited to go see games at the new stadium than I am sad that old one will be leveled to the ground.
For more pictures from the game click here.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Sweeps Week
Baseball Update:
Ken Griffey, Jr. belted homerun #598, but it wasn't enough as the Reds fell to the Padres 8-2.
Albert Pujols' victims, Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard are both heading to the DL. I mean, I knew Pujols could hit, but I didn't know his body could be considered a lethal weapon.
The White Sox made it 8 straight with their rally in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie with the Indians, winning it 3-1.
Josh Hamilton hit a two-out dinger in the tenth inning to give the Rangers a 8-7 victory over the Twins.
The Braves completed a four game sweep of the Mets by tagging Johan Santana for three runs in the seventh inning in their 4-2 come from behind win. It was the Braves first four game sweep of the Mets since 2003.
Even worse for the Mets, their left fielder Moises Alou will be going back to the DL with a strained right calf. That's what you get when you trade all of your youngin's for a pitcher and keep all old veterans around, a crowded DL.
The Red Sox completed a sweep of their own with a 11-8 win over the Royals. The game featured gran slams by Boston's J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell, while Dice-K improved to 8-0.
And the Marlins swept the Diamondbacks with their 4-0 blanking. Andrew Miller pitched seven shut out innings for the Fish.
The Tigers completed their first sweep of the Mariners since 1995 pounding them 9-2 on Thursday.
Did the Yankees hit rock bottom and are now finally ready to turn the corner? On Tuesday, it seemed like the team could do nothing right falling to the Orioles 12-2, but since then, they were able to blow out Baltimore with a 8-0 win on Wednesday and managed a 2-1 on Thursday in a game where Ian Kennedy finally held his own and the offense was able to bang out an extra run with two outs in the ninth to bring home a victory. I guess we'll have to see how they handle the slumping Mariners this weekend.
LaTroy Hawkins was suspended 3 games for his horrible attempt at hitting the Orioles' Luke Scott on Wednesday. If you can't get them the first time, don't try again! Just throw a bat at them and pretend it was a ball.
The Yankees did a little remodeling to what will be their condemned stadium at the end of this season. Officials placed netting on a staircase that is just beyond the right center field wall to aid the umpires in figuring out if a ball is a homerun after they blew a homerun call hit by Alex Rodriguez.
After three blown homerun calls in less than a week, MLB is reportedly considering the idea of adding instant replay. The League may test it out in the Arizona Fall League before trying it in the World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. I'm all for it, but only to decide if a ball is foul/fair/homerun.
A new report says the Angels will host the 2010 All-Star game. This would be the third such game they've hosted.
Nascar Update:
Get ready for the longest race of the season on Sunday when the Cup cars take to Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. With the extra 100 miles, mechanical failures more so than accidents tend to take some cars out of contention making pacing and preservation a race drivers best friend. Not to mention constant adjustments as the race moves from day into night. Lowe's truly is Jimmie Johnson's home but could someone else land in victory lane. Perhaps Carl Edwards who has been dominate on 1.5 mile tracks this season or could Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finally break through? You'll have to tune in to find out. Coverage starts at 5 PM/est on FOX.
Kyle Busch will be on the pole for this weekend's race. Click here to see the full lineup.
Nascar has set limits on the amount of rear adjustments beginning this weekend at Lowe's.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. seems to be a much happier guy now that he has made the switch from DEI to Hendrick Motorsports. And if this whole racing thing doesn't work out for him, he's happy to take an Office job at Dunder Mifflin Scraton.
News&Notes: The Celtics are screwed unless they can start winning on the road after falling to the Pistons 103-97...With rumors to the contrary, Calvin Andrews, agent for Carmelo Anthony is saying that the Nuggets are not shopping the all-star around. Reports had Anthony heading to the New Jersey Nets...O.J. Mayo has cut ties with sports agent Calvin Andrews and Bill Duffy Associates after a story broke that the agency may have been illegally padding Mayo's pockets...The Stanley Cup Finals start this weekend. Tune into Versus to catch the action as the Red Wings take on the Penguins...The Colorado Avalanche have promoted assistant Tony Granato to coach for the team...The Raiders are bringing back QB Margues Tuiasosopo as a back up for JaMarcus Russell. Tuiasopo had been with the Jets last season...Penn State head coach Joe Paterno still doesn't get why there is no playoff in college football, calling the BSC's reason "bogus."...Olympic Gold Medalist Antonio Pettigrew admits he used performance-enhancing drugs. Good luck trying to find someone to give his medal to.
Check this out: The 92nd Indianapolis 500 is this Sunday. Tune into ABC at 12 PM/est to catch all the side by side racing from the brickyard. And with the recent unification, the field will be even more competitive so there is really no reason for you not to watch. Click here for the starting grid.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Ken Griffey, Jr. belted homerun #598, but it wasn't enough as the Reds fell to the Padres 8-2.
Albert Pujols' victims, Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard are both heading to the DL. I mean, I knew Pujols could hit, but I didn't know his body could be considered a lethal weapon.
The White Sox made it 8 straight with their rally in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie with the Indians, winning it 3-1.
Josh Hamilton hit a two-out dinger in the tenth inning to give the Rangers a 8-7 victory over the Twins.
The Braves completed a four game sweep of the Mets by tagging Johan Santana for three runs in the seventh inning in their 4-2 come from behind win. It was the Braves first four game sweep of the Mets since 2003.
Even worse for the Mets, their left fielder Moises Alou will be going back to the DL with a strained right calf. That's what you get when you trade all of your youngin's for a pitcher and keep all old veterans around, a crowded DL.
The Red Sox completed a sweep of their own with a 11-8 win over the Royals. The game featured gran slams by Boston's J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell, while Dice-K improved to 8-0.
And the Marlins swept the Diamondbacks with their 4-0 blanking. Andrew Miller pitched seven shut out innings for the Fish.
The Tigers completed their first sweep of the Mariners since 1995 pounding them 9-2 on Thursday.
Did the Yankees hit rock bottom and are now finally ready to turn the corner? On Tuesday, it seemed like the team could do nothing right falling to the Orioles 12-2, but since then, they were able to blow out Baltimore with a 8-0 win on Wednesday and managed a 2-1 on Thursday in a game where Ian Kennedy finally held his own and the offense was able to bang out an extra run with two outs in the ninth to bring home a victory. I guess we'll have to see how they handle the slumping Mariners this weekend.
LaTroy Hawkins was suspended 3 games for his horrible attempt at hitting the Orioles' Luke Scott on Wednesday. If you can't get them the first time, don't try again! Just throw a bat at them and pretend it was a ball.
The Yankees did a little remodeling to what will be their condemned stadium at the end of this season. Officials placed netting on a staircase that is just beyond the right center field wall to aid the umpires in figuring out if a ball is a homerun after they blew a homerun call hit by Alex Rodriguez.
After three blown homerun calls in less than a week, MLB is reportedly considering the idea of adding instant replay. The League may test it out in the Arizona Fall League before trying it in the World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. I'm all for it, but only to decide if a ball is foul/fair/homerun.
A new report says the Angels will host the 2010 All-Star game. This would be the third such game they've hosted.
Nascar Update:
Get ready for the longest race of the season on Sunday when the Cup cars take to Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. With the extra 100 miles, mechanical failures more so than accidents tend to take some cars out of contention making pacing and preservation a race drivers best friend. Not to mention constant adjustments as the race moves from day into night. Lowe's truly is Jimmie Johnson's home but could someone else land in victory lane. Perhaps Carl Edwards who has been dominate on 1.5 mile tracks this season or could Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finally break through? You'll have to tune in to find out. Coverage starts at 5 PM/est on FOX.
Kyle Busch will be on the pole for this weekend's race. Click here to see the full lineup.
Nascar has set limits on the amount of rear adjustments beginning this weekend at Lowe's.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. seems to be a much happier guy now that he has made the switch from DEI to Hendrick Motorsports. And if this whole racing thing doesn't work out for him, he's happy to take an Office job at Dunder Mifflin Scraton.
News&Notes: The Celtics are screwed unless they can start winning on the road after falling to the Pistons 103-97...With rumors to the contrary, Calvin Andrews, agent for Carmelo Anthony is saying that the Nuggets are not shopping the all-star around. Reports had Anthony heading to the New Jersey Nets...O.J. Mayo has cut ties with sports agent Calvin Andrews and Bill Duffy Associates after a story broke that the agency may have been illegally padding Mayo's pockets...The Stanley Cup Finals start this weekend. Tune into Versus to catch the action as the Red Wings take on the Penguins...The Colorado Avalanche have promoted assistant Tony Granato to coach for the team...The Raiders are bringing back QB Margues Tuiasosopo as a back up for JaMarcus Russell. Tuiasopo had been with the Jets last season...Penn State head coach Joe Paterno still doesn't get why there is no playoff in college football, calling the BSC's reason "bogus."...Olympic Gold Medalist Antonio Pettigrew admits he used performance-enhancing drugs. Good luck trying to find someone to give his medal to.
Check this out: The 92nd Indianapolis 500 is this Sunday. Tune into ABC at 12 PM/est to catch all the side by side racing from the brickyard. And with the recent unification, the field will be even more competitive so there is really no reason for you not to watch. Click here for the starting grid.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Fake ID Club
When I was growing up there used to be this magazine called Teen People. (I bet you were thinking about I was about to write Sassy, but that’s for another post) Anyway, they used to do an annual issue of the 21 hottest under 21. Well, I couldn’t muster up 21 athletes, but here’s my version of the Fake ID Club.
Sidney Crosby (20) and Jordan Staal (19)
The Penguins will face off against the Red Wings this weekend in the Stanley Cup Finals. It could be billed as the Electric Company vs. Hannah Montana, although I’m not sure that’s quite how they’re doing it, because of Pittsburgh's young team leaders Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin (who at 21 is too old for this list) and Jordan Staal. The team is so young; their 23 year old goalie Marc-Andre Fleury could be considered steps away from the nursing home. (Fine they actually have some players born in the 70s, who would totally get the Electric Company reference, but that’s just not as funny.)
Justin Upton (20)
Upton broke into the majors with the Diamondbacks last season and helped ride that team to the National League Championship Series...where they were promptly swept by the Rockies. Fast forward a couple of months later and Upton and company are leading the West while the Rockies are somewhere south of where they were hoping to be. If he’s anything like his brother B.J. who’s playing over in Tampa Bay, this kid’s got a very bright future ahead of him.
Michael Beasley (19) /Derrick Rose (19)
Both Beasley and Rose are considered the jewels of the NBA draft this season. The pair is thought to go 1-2, landing them in either Chicago or Miami thanks to both team’s lucky draws in this year’s lottery. They both had dominating freshman seasons at Kansas State and Memphis respectively before jumping into the pro leagues and also project to make big impacts on whichever team they land on. Oh to be really young, really talented and soon to be really rich.
Michelle Wie (18)
Wie is an interesting case. The youngster impressed her older counterparts at the many tournaments she entered as a teen, turning pro in 2005, but her lack of trophies and her odd move to the men’s side of things has set her up more as the Anna Kournikova of golf instead of the next Lorena Ochoa or Annika Sorenstam.
Chrissy Wallace (20)
Wallace comes from a long line of racers. Her dad: Nationwide Series drive Mike Wallace. Her Uncles: Cup Series Champion/Race analyst Rusty Wallace and Cup/Nationwide Series driver Kenny Wallace. Her Cousin: Nationwide Series driver Steve Wallace. So it is any surprise that the 20 year old can be seen wheeling a racecar in the ARCA and Truck series? Nascar is searching for their version of Danica Patrick or Ashley Force and Chrissy could be just the ticket.
Sidney Crosby (20) and Jordan Staal (19)
The Penguins will face off against the Red Wings this weekend in the Stanley Cup Finals. It could be billed as the Electric Company vs. Hannah Montana, although I’m not sure that’s quite how they’re doing it, because of Pittsburgh's young team leaders Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin (who at 21 is too old for this list) and Jordan Staal. The team is so young; their 23 year old goalie Marc-Andre Fleury could be considered steps away from the nursing home. (Fine they actually have some players born in the 70s, who would totally get the Electric Company reference, but that’s just not as funny.)
(Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Justin Upton (20)
Upton broke into the majors with the Diamondbacks last season and helped ride that team to the National League Championship Series...where they were promptly swept by the Rockies. Fast forward a couple of months later and Upton and company are leading the West while the Rockies are somewhere south of where they were hoping to be. If he’s anything like his brother B.J. who’s playing over in Tampa Bay, this kid’s got a very bright future ahead of him.
(Photo: Doug Benc/Getty Images)
Michael Beasley (19) /Derrick Rose (19)
Both Beasley and Rose are considered the jewels of the NBA draft this season. The pair is thought to go 1-2, landing them in either Chicago or Miami thanks to both team’s lucky draws in this year’s lottery. They both had dominating freshman seasons at Kansas State and Memphis respectively before jumping into the pro leagues and also project to make big impacts on whichever team they land on. Oh to be really young, really talented and soon to be really rich.
(Photo: Orlin Wagner/AP; Ronald Martinez/AFP/Getty Images)
Michelle Wie (18)
Wie is an interesting case. The youngster impressed her older counterparts at the many tournaments she entered as a teen, turning pro in 2005, but her lack of trophies and her odd move to the men’s side of things has set her up more as the Anna Kournikova of golf instead of the next Lorena Ochoa or Annika Sorenstam.
(Photo: Steve Helber/AP)
Chrissy Wallace (20)
Wallace comes from a long line of racers. Her dad: Nationwide Series drive Mike Wallace. Her Uncles: Cup Series Champion/Race analyst Rusty Wallace and Cup/Nationwide Series driver Kenny Wallace. Her Cousin: Nationwide Series driver Steve Wallace. So it is any surprise that the 20 year old can be seen wheeling a racecar in the ARCA and Truck series? Nascar is searching for their version of Danica Patrick or Ashley Force and Chrissy could be just the ticket.
(Photo: Mike McCarn/AP)
Did I miss anyone? Put them in the comments below.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Homeruns and Complete Games
Baseball Update:
Bradon Webb's bid for his 10th straight victory hit a little bit of a wall called the Florida Marlins. Ricky Nolasco pitched a gem in the Marlins 3-1 win.
Speaking of hitting a wall, could it get any worse for the Padres? Well on Wednesday they found out the answer was yes. After drilling pitcher Chris Young with a linedrive, which broke his nose, Albert Pujols then slide into catcher Josh Bard causing Bard to sprain his ankle. And worst of all the Padres got batted around losing 11-3 to the Cardinals.
Bartolo Colon picked up the win in his first start of the season as the Red Sox rolled to their sixth straight win, 6-3.
Following the Braves 11-4 victory over the Mets which saw both Jeff Francoeur and Mark Teixeira knock in a combined 7 runs, a 25 year old fan who attended the game at Turner Field fell to his death after it was thought that he may have been sliding down the handrail before he fell.
Pedro Martinez flew to the Dominican Republic to be with his ailing father possibly setting back his return to the diamond. Our well wishes go out to the Martinez family.
Vlad Guerrero knocked two out of the park as the Angels edged the Blue Jays, 4-3.
Jermaine Dye's two homers helped push the White Sox passed the Indians 7-2.
Tuesday's nailbiter was apparently more than the Phillies were willing to stand, so instead they decided to break the game wide open early including eight runs in the sixth in their 12-2 blasting of the Nationals. Ryan Howard had two homeruns while Shane Victorino picked up his second of the season.
Alex Rodriguez's two...I mean one homerun helped spark a flailing Yankees club to a 8-0 victory over the Orioles. That Darrell Rasner could be turning into something special at the end of that rotation, especially with Kennedy pitching the way he has at the Major League level and with Hughes out until July.
Speaking of the Yankees rotation, they have decided they'll be moving Joba Chamberlain into the starting rotation before the year is out. I understand the idea that if you keep giving the other team big leads there's no reason to have a quality set-up guy. But this kid could be a premiere closer in the future, I wouldn't be so quick to give that up.
Dontrelle Willis will apparently be taking the Barry Zito guide to overpaid pitchers coming out of the pen, after the Tigers decided to bring Willis up as a reliever. They will adventually move him back into the rotation. But they certainly weren't hurting for him on Wednesday as Kenny Rogers and the rest of the crew walked away wiht an easy 9-4 win over the Mariners.
Ben Sheets was one of three pitchers (A's Dana Eveland and Rangers' Sidney Ponson) to throw a complete game in the Brewers 4-1 victory over the Pirates.
In other Brew Crew pitching news, they have shut down "closer" Eric Gagne after the $10 million a year reliever complained of shoulder tightness and inflammation.
Here's something barely worth DVRing, Mindy McCready will discuss her relationship with Roger Clemens in an upcoming film. I think I'd prefer her talk about those DUI arrests and that time she dated Dean Cain more than I want to hear about her time spent with the Rocket. Maybe I'll watch it if it's on like at 2 AM on HBO and I can really fall asleep, it would probably work better than ambien.
The commissioner's office is asking for faster games and urging umpires to enforce the rules to do so. I'm all for it. How many times does a guy have to adjust his batting gloves or step out of the box, into the box, and constantly throwing over to first when you know the guy's not running? Inherently, baseball is a slow game, and that's part of the reason why I like it, but sometimes, it's' ridiculous.
Nascar Update:
Poor Casey Mears, he jumped from car to car to car while at Ganassi and then finally gets to run with the big boys at Hendrick Motorsports and they bounce him from the 25 to the 5. Now all he here's are rumors that he'll be out of the #5 car all together and searching a new ride for 2009. Give the kid a break, especially since I heard Jimmy Elledge is out of job and those two were quite a pair towards the end of their relationship at Ganassi.
Speaking of Elledge, Juan Pablo Montoya is not happy that his fair crew chief was given the old heave-ho after working less than a month together on the 42 car. I know that Ganassi is inpatient, but that's his own fault. If he wanted a more competitive line-up of cars he should have never gotten rid of Sterling Marlin and then replace him with David Stremme. And he should have allowed Montoya to become more accustomed to the cars before brining Franchitti over. Seriously, the most experienced guy on the team is Reed Sorenson and he's like 22.
Speaking of Franchitti, while he won't race in the Coke 600, he is expected to return to the #41 car in time for the race at Dover.
Despite written reporst, Helio Castroneves has no immediate plans to make the jump to Nascar.
Sources revealed that Speedway Motorsports, Inc. is intersted in purchasing the Kentucky Speedway.
News&Notes: The Lakers took care of the Spurs 89-85...Cedric Benson showed up to Bears camp on Wednesday. Benson was arrested last month for boating while intoxicated...The Dallas Cowboys could use Pacman Jones as a WR this year...Dancing with the Stars runner-up Jason Taylor will boycott any offseason work outs with the Miami Dolphins. It's amazing what a big head someone can get from joining d-list celebrities on a reality tv show...Remember last week when I said I would start paying more attention to soccer? Well, I just happened to make that remark right before the Champion's League Finals in which Manchester United was able to squeak passed its rival Chelsea 1-1 (6-5) to take the Title. (P.S. I did try to watch it work, but it was a little hard to completely concentrate on that and do my actual work. Oh well.)
Check this out: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes out today it's actually getting really good reviews. Click here to see it's fresh rating and what movie critics across the country are saying about the fourth Indy.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Bradon Webb's bid for his 10th straight victory hit a little bit of a wall called the Florida Marlins. Ricky Nolasco pitched a gem in the Marlins 3-1 win.
Speaking of hitting a wall, could it get any worse for the Padres? Well on Wednesday they found out the answer was yes. After drilling pitcher Chris Young with a linedrive, which broke his nose, Albert Pujols then slide into catcher Josh Bard causing Bard to sprain his ankle. And worst of all the Padres got batted around losing 11-3 to the Cardinals.
Bartolo Colon picked up the win in his first start of the season as the Red Sox rolled to their sixth straight win, 6-3.
Following the Braves 11-4 victory over the Mets which saw both Jeff Francoeur and Mark Teixeira knock in a combined 7 runs, a 25 year old fan who attended the game at Turner Field fell to his death after it was thought that he may have been sliding down the handrail before he fell.
Pedro Martinez flew to the Dominican Republic to be with his ailing father possibly setting back his return to the diamond. Our well wishes go out to the Martinez family.
Vlad Guerrero knocked two out of the park as the Angels edged the Blue Jays, 4-3.
Jermaine Dye's two homers helped push the White Sox passed the Indians 7-2.
Tuesday's nailbiter was apparently more than the Phillies were willing to stand, so instead they decided to break the game wide open early including eight runs in the sixth in their 12-2 blasting of the Nationals. Ryan Howard had two homeruns while Shane Victorino picked up his second of the season.
Alex Rodriguez's two...I mean one homerun helped spark a flailing Yankees club to a 8-0 victory over the Orioles. That Darrell Rasner could be turning into something special at the end of that rotation, especially with Kennedy pitching the way he has at the Major League level and with Hughes out until July.
Speaking of the Yankees rotation, they have decided they'll be moving Joba Chamberlain into the starting rotation before the year is out. I understand the idea that if you keep giving the other team big leads there's no reason to have a quality set-up guy. But this kid could be a premiere closer in the future, I wouldn't be so quick to give that up.
Dontrelle Willis will apparently be taking the Barry Zito guide to overpaid pitchers coming out of the pen, after the Tigers decided to bring Willis up as a reliever. They will adventually move him back into the rotation. But they certainly weren't hurting for him on Wednesday as Kenny Rogers and the rest of the crew walked away wiht an easy 9-4 win over the Mariners.
Ben Sheets was one of three pitchers (A's Dana Eveland and Rangers' Sidney Ponson) to throw a complete game in the Brewers 4-1 victory over the Pirates.
In other Brew Crew pitching news, they have shut down "closer" Eric Gagne after the $10 million a year reliever complained of shoulder tightness and inflammation.
Here's something barely worth DVRing, Mindy McCready will discuss her relationship with Roger Clemens in an upcoming film. I think I'd prefer her talk about those DUI arrests and that time she dated Dean Cain more than I want to hear about her time spent with the Rocket. Maybe I'll watch it if it's on like at 2 AM on HBO and I can really fall asleep, it would probably work better than ambien.
The commissioner's office is asking for faster games and urging umpires to enforce the rules to do so. I'm all for it. How many times does a guy have to adjust his batting gloves or step out of the box, into the box, and constantly throwing over to first when you know the guy's not running? Inherently, baseball is a slow game, and that's part of the reason why I like it, but sometimes, it's' ridiculous.
Nascar Update:
Poor Casey Mears, he jumped from car to car to car while at Ganassi and then finally gets to run with the big boys at Hendrick Motorsports and they bounce him from the 25 to the 5. Now all he here's are rumors that he'll be out of the #5 car all together and searching a new ride for 2009. Give the kid a break, especially since I heard Jimmy Elledge is out of job and those two were quite a pair towards the end of their relationship at Ganassi.
Speaking of Elledge, Juan Pablo Montoya is not happy that his fair crew chief was given the old heave-ho after working less than a month together on the 42 car. I know that Ganassi is inpatient, but that's his own fault. If he wanted a more competitive line-up of cars he should have never gotten rid of Sterling Marlin and then replace him with David Stremme. And he should have allowed Montoya to become more accustomed to the cars before brining Franchitti over. Seriously, the most experienced guy on the team is Reed Sorenson and he's like 22.
Speaking of Franchitti, while he won't race in the Coke 600, he is expected to return to the #41 car in time for the race at Dover.
Despite written reporst, Helio Castroneves has no immediate plans to make the jump to Nascar.
Sources revealed that Speedway Motorsports, Inc. is intersted in purchasing the Kentucky Speedway.
News&Notes: The Lakers took care of the Spurs 89-85...Cedric Benson showed up to Bears camp on Wednesday. Benson was arrested last month for boating while intoxicated...The Dallas Cowboys could use Pacman Jones as a WR this year...Dancing with the Stars runner-up Jason Taylor will boycott any offseason work outs with the Miami Dolphins. It's amazing what a big head someone can get from joining d-list celebrities on a reality tv show...Remember last week when I said I would start paying more attention to soccer? Well, I just happened to make that remark right before the Champion's League Finals in which Manchester United was able to squeak passed its rival Chelsea 1-1 (6-5) to take the Title. (P.S. I did try to watch it work, but it was a little hard to completely concentrate on that and do my actual work. Oh well.)
Check this out: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes out today it's actually getting really good reviews. Click here to see it's fresh rating and what movie critics across the country are saying about the fourth Indy.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Hump Day Hair
Saturday marks the first day of the Stanley Cup Final, so we'd like to celebrate that with some photos of our favorite playoff beards of the conference final round of play.
Eastern Conference:
Braydon Coburn (Philadelphia Flyers)
Mr. Coburn is not only rocking an awesome beard but look at that hair and that battle wound. Goodness, it's the total package!
(Photo: H. Rumph, Jr. /AP)
Pascal Dupuis and Maxime Talbot (Pittsburgh Penguins)
It's an unedited separated at birth.
(Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Ryan Malone (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Here's what I love about playoff beards, you grow them, they bring you luck or whatever and best of all, no upkeep. I hate the playoff goatee or playoff handlebar mustache, or whatever the heck Sidney Crosby's attempting. I like the good old fashioned, I ain't shaving this thing until I'm molesting the Stanley Cup or hitting the links playoff beard.
(Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Western Conference:
Marty Turco (Dallas Stars)
Ever been to Dallas? Yeah, me neither but I have been to Houston and if they are anything alike, it can get a little hot and humid and sticky frankly so I applaud any member of the Dallas Stars that grew a playoff beard and totally forgive anyone (even you Mike Madano) for shaving it off. But props definitely have to be sent out to Turco who not only has to brave the heat outside, he has to rock that itchy beard under a goalie mask. Too bad that wasn't enough to help the team advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(Photo: Dave Sanford/Getty Images)
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Amazing Guy who is not Kevin Smith (Dallas Stars)
Pictured above is an employee of the American Airlines Center in Dallas. He loves his job so much he took it upon himself to grow a beard. And once again I point out the fact that this guy is living in Dallas and is wearing that thing. Maybe he can drown his sorrows in some fried calamari and a beer.
(Photo: Tony Gutierrez/AP)
Tomas Holmstrom (Detroit Red Wings)
It was hard to find a great picture of a Red Wings playoff beard so we went with this one. A) because Tommy here looks like he's watching a video of how he was conceived on the jumbo tron and B) because it looks like he got that whole unmanicured beard look down pat.
(Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Catch the Stanley Cup Finals game 1 on Saturday at 8 PM/est!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Eastern Conference:
Braydon Coburn (Philadelphia Flyers)
Mr. Coburn is not only rocking an awesome beard but look at that hair and that battle wound. Goodness, it's the total package!
(Photo: H. Rumph, Jr. /AP)
Pascal Dupuis and Maxime Talbot (Pittsburgh Penguins)
It's an unedited separated at birth.
(Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Ryan Malone (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Here's what I love about playoff beards, you grow them, they bring you luck or whatever and best of all, no upkeep. I hate the playoff goatee or playoff handlebar mustache, or whatever the heck Sidney Crosby's attempting. I like the good old fashioned, I ain't shaving this thing until I'm molesting the Stanley Cup or hitting the links playoff beard.
(Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Western Conference:
Marty Turco (Dallas Stars)
Ever been to Dallas? Yeah, me neither but I have been to Houston and if they are anything alike, it can get a little hot and humid and sticky frankly so I applaud any member of the Dallas Stars that grew a playoff beard and totally forgive anyone (even you Mike Madano) for shaving it off. But props definitely have to be sent out to Turco who not only has to brave the heat outside, he has to rock that itchy beard under a goalie mask. Too bad that wasn't enough to help the team advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(Photo: Dave Sanford/Getty Images)
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Amazing Guy who is not Kevin Smith (Dallas Stars)
Pictured above is an employee of the American Airlines Center in Dallas. He loves his job so much he took it upon himself to grow a beard. And once again I point out the fact that this guy is living in Dallas and is wearing that thing. Maybe he can drown his sorrows in some fried calamari and a beer.
(Photo: Tony Gutierrez/AP)
Tomas Holmstrom (Detroit Red Wings)
It was hard to find a great picture of a Red Wings playoff beard so we went with this one. A) because Tommy here looks like he's watching a video of how he was conceived on the jumbo tron and B) because it looks like he got that whole unmanicured beard look down pat.
(Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Catch the Stanley Cup Finals game 1 on Saturday at 8 PM/est!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
It's getting more painful in New York
Baseball Update:
Just when you think things are going to turn around, Alex Rodriguez back in the lineup, Mike Mussina gives up seven runs (1 earned) in 2/3 of an inning and Derek Jeter leaves in the third inning after being hit on a pitch. Such is the luck of the 2008 New York Yankees who lost to the Orioles 12-2. I guess that deal with the devil ran out circa game four of the the 2004 ALCS.
Speaking of the bad news bears, not only did the Mets lose both games to the Braves on Tuesday, but their hot handed right fielder Ryan Church left the game in the ninth with a concussion (his second of the year) after colliding with Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar. Escobar also had to be helped off the field.
Former Met and Dodger Mike Piazza announced his retirement. Although I have to admit, I kind of thought he had already retired with him not playing and all.
The Red Sox made it five in a row with their 2-1 win over the Royals. Well, you can't have a no-hitter every game, once a year should be good enough. Don't get greedy Boston.
Speaking of that no-no fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is giving shout outs to Jon Lester on his courage and strength coming back from battling cancer just two years ago to throw a no-hitter. Did we mention he's just 24!
Doug Davis who has been out of the Diamondbacks rotation to battle thyroid cancer will return to the team on Friday to pitch against the Atlanta Braves. This is awesome news! Totally makes up for losing to the Marlins 3-2.
The Marlins got some bad news after an MRI revealed a herniated disc in outfielder Josh Willingham's back. Willingham who has been out of the lineup since April 27th, will likely miss another 4-6 weeks.
Detroit has been all or nothing this season and Tuesday's game proved that. The Tigers bats came out swinging including Edgar Renteria's five RBIs in their 12-8 defeat of the Mariners.
Fellow AL Centralers the Twins tacked on 11 runs in their bashing of the Rangers.
Emil Brown's misfortune in the eighth inning sealed a win for the Rays. Brown misplayed a Dioner Navarro sinking liner which allowed three Rays to score in their 3-2 defeat of the A's.
Hunter Pences grand slam in the fourth ended up being the decisive hit in the Astros 4-2 win over the Cubs.
Troy Tulowitzki was a welcome face during Rockies' batting practice. The second year shortstop has been out of the lineup since tearing a quad muscle on April 29th. But don't get too excited, although he was knocking balls into the seats, he'll remain on the sidelines until the all-star break.
In other Rockies news, they lost to the Giants 6-5. The Giants are now 7 of 10 when Tim Lincecum pitches.
Cole Hamels struck out 11 batters in a game that came down to two pinch players in the ninth inning, pinch hitter Greg Dobbs and pinch runner Eric Brunlett, who scored the winning run in the Phillies 1-0 win over the Nats.
Nascar Update:
I hope this isn't because Carl Edwards didn't win...H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler is expected to announce his retirement as president and general manager of Lowe's Motor Speedway. He will succeeded by Marcus G. Smith, son of Speedway Motorsports chairman O. Bruton Smith.
Juan Pablo Montoya will have his third crew chief in a month sitting atop his pit box at Lowe's. Brian Pattie will take over for Jimmy Elledge, who was released by Ganassi.
This weekend's race at Lowe's is the longest of the season, and according to one popular driver, you definately can tell there's an extra 100 miles.
Popo in my crib News:
New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant has been charged with involuntary manslaughter stemming from a February altercation in which he was stabbed in the neck. Laquient Macklin who was also allegedly involved in the fracas was charged with felony murder and feticide in the shooting death of Koryanda Reed. Watch out Charles and Laquient, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The NFL owners have opted out of the labor deal that is set to expire in 2011...Plus the NFL is planning on a 17th game...Oh to be a high drafted NFL player, Matt Ryan hasn't even taken a snap in a professional game and the third overall pick will be guaranteed $34.75 million...The Celtics took game 1 of the conference finals 88-79...The Bulls have the number one pick in the upcoming draft thanks to that insane thing called the draft lottery...Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo says he open to moving to Real Madrid. Then maybe LA, C?...Congrats to Kristi Yamaguchi on winning Dancing with the Stars.
Check this out: Tonight we get to find out which David will be this year's American Idol. If you care even less than I do, well then you'll probably watching something else during the sure to be extended finale. Although *Spoiler Alert* if you turn into the last five minutes you can skip the painful look backs and song reutines. *Spoiler Alert* if you wait until tomorrow morning and turn on any tv program including your local news, you can skip the whole painful viewing altogether and find out the winner. Because *Spoiler Alert* I'll probably be at home on my couch watching America's Next Top Model reruns from my dvr wishing that Anya didn't suck so bad in the final episode. Damn you Whitney. But if you're totally not like me and you do actually care to watch the whole episode tune into Fox around 8 PM/est. But don't say I didn't warn you!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Just when you think things are going to turn around, Alex Rodriguez back in the lineup, Mike Mussina gives up seven runs (1 earned) in 2/3 of an inning and Derek Jeter leaves in the third inning after being hit on a pitch. Such is the luck of the 2008 New York Yankees who lost to the Orioles 12-2. I guess that deal with the devil ran out circa game four of the the 2004 ALCS.
Speaking of the bad news bears, not only did the Mets lose both games to the Braves on Tuesday, but their hot handed right fielder Ryan Church left the game in the ninth with a concussion (his second of the year) after colliding with Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar. Escobar also had to be helped off the field.
Former Met and Dodger Mike Piazza announced his retirement. Although I have to admit, I kind of thought he had already retired with him not playing and all.
The Red Sox made it five in a row with their 2-1 win over the Royals. Well, you can't have a no-hitter every game, once a year should be good enough. Don't get greedy Boston.
Speaking of that no-no fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is giving shout outs to Jon Lester on his courage and strength coming back from battling cancer just two years ago to throw a no-hitter. Did we mention he's just 24!
Doug Davis who has been out of the Diamondbacks rotation to battle thyroid cancer will return to the team on Friday to pitch against the Atlanta Braves. This is awesome news! Totally makes up for losing to the Marlins 3-2.
The Marlins got some bad news after an MRI revealed a herniated disc in outfielder Josh Willingham's back. Willingham who has been out of the lineup since April 27th, will likely miss another 4-6 weeks.
Detroit has been all or nothing this season and Tuesday's game proved that. The Tigers bats came out swinging including Edgar Renteria's five RBIs in their 12-8 defeat of the Mariners.
Fellow AL Centralers the Twins tacked on 11 runs in their bashing of the Rangers.
Emil Brown's misfortune in the eighth inning sealed a win for the Rays. Brown misplayed a Dioner Navarro sinking liner which allowed three Rays to score in their 3-2 defeat of the A's.
Hunter Pences grand slam in the fourth ended up being the decisive hit in the Astros 4-2 win over the Cubs.
Troy Tulowitzki was a welcome face during Rockies' batting practice. The second year shortstop has been out of the lineup since tearing a quad muscle on April 29th. But don't get too excited, although he was knocking balls into the seats, he'll remain on the sidelines until the all-star break.
In other Rockies news, they lost to the Giants 6-5. The Giants are now 7 of 10 when Tim Lincecum pitches.
Cole Hamels struck out 11 batters in a game that came down to two pinch players in the ninth inning, pinch hitter Greg Dobbs and pinch runner Eric Brunlett, who scored the winning run in the Phillies 1-0 win over the Nats.
Nascar Update:
I hope this isn't because Carl Edwards didn't win...H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler is expected to announce his retirement as president and general manager of Lowe's Motor Speedway. He will succeeded by Marcus G. Smith, son of Speedway Motorsports chairman O. Bruton Smith.
Juan Pablo Montoya will have his third crew chief in a month sitting atop his pit box at Lowe's. Brian Pattie will take over for Jimmy Elledge, who was released by Ganassi.
This weekend's race at Lowe's is the longest of the season, and according to one popular driver, you definately can tell there's an extra 100 miles.
Popo in my crib News:
New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant has been charged with involuntary manslaughter stemming from a February altercation in which he was stabbed in the neck. Laquient Macklin who was also allegedly involved in the fracas was charged with felony murder and feticide in the shooting death of Koryanda Reed. Watch out Charles and Laquient, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The NFL owners have opted out of the labor deal that is set to expire in 2011...Plus the NFL is planning on a 17th game...Oh to be a high drafted NFL player, Matt Ryan hasn't even taken a snap in a professional game and the third overall pick will be guaranteed $34.75 million...The Celtics took game 1 of the conference finals 88-79...The Bulls have the number one pick in the upcoming draft thanks to that insane thing called the draft lottery...Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo says he open to moving to Real Madrid. Then maybe LA, C?...Congrats to Kristi Yamaguchi on winning Dancing with the Stars.
Check this out: Tonight we get to find out which David will be this year's American Idol. If you care even less than I do, well then you'll probably watching something else during the sure to be extended finale. Although *Spoiler Alert* if you turn into the last five minutes you can skip the painful look backs and song reutines. *Spoiler Alert* if you wait until tomorrow morning and turn on any tv program including your local news, you can skip the whole painful viewing altogether and find out the winner. Because *Spoiler Alert* I'll probably be at home on my couch watching America's Next Top Model reruns from my dvr wishing that Anya didn't suck so bad in the final episode. Damn you Whitney. But if you're totally not like me and you do actually care to watch the whole episode tune into Fox around 8 PM/est. But don't say I didn't warn you!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
More inappropriate things found in “new” Yankee Stadium
For a guy that only worked at the construction site for one day, Gino Castignoli sure did a whole lot of not working. According to last night's “Countdown with Keith Oberman” Castignoli has told friends that he not only buried a David Ortiz jersey in the concrete but also an official program from the 2004 ALCS. (You know the one where the Yankees totally blew it) Ah that Gino, he’s a smart guy, but not smart enough. You see the last time he mentioned an improper burial, the guys were able to drill in the exact spot to pull out a damaged Ortiz jersey. I mean if this isn’t another publicity stunt to get people’s minds off the fact that the Yankees are sitting in the cellar in the AL East behind the Red Sox, RAYS and ORIOLES than I don’t know what is.
Or Castignoli is not as smart as I thought. You don’t go blabbering to all your friends about burying Red Sox stuff at the "new" Yankee Stadium until the Stadium has been open for like ten years. By then you can pocket some cash by doing a tell all on “E:60” or “Outside the Lines” or even “Access Hollywood.” Or maybe you can dig up Geraldo Rivera and he can try to redeem himself from the whole Al Capone's vault bit. What, Geraldo can never redeem himself from that publicity stunt? Well then just stick to the money, Gino.
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It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate