Friday, May 08, 2009

Brand New Day

Baseball: Yesterday when I boldly predicted the Dodgers would go 14-0 after dusting off the Nationals, I was missing one small piece of information, Manny Ramirez's 50 game suspension. So I can't be blamed if the Dodgers home win streak ended at 13 after a 11-9 loss to the Nationals...The Yankees succumbed to the Rays, 8-6...Luckily for the Yankees, they get back third baseman Alex Rodriguez on Friday...Speaking of comebacks, the Tigers will get Dontrelle Willis back on Wednesday for their game against the Twins. I guess that means the anxiety meds have kicked in...But frankly, things couldn't get much worse than their 6-0 loss to the White Sox...The Diamondbacks are hoping the worst is over after canning thier manager Doug Melvin. A.J. Hinch, former VP of Player Development for the team, will take over for Melvin...The Mets chased Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer pretty early with their three homeruns in the first two innings of their 7-5 victory...Sad news, former Phillies manager Danny Ozark passed away at the age of 85...The Red Sox crushed the Indians, 13-3. Boston scored 12 runs in the sixth inning alone...Sad news, former BoSox Dom DiMaggio has died. He was 92. God bless, 92 sounds like a good number to me...Brian Bannister tossed six shut-out innings for the Royals as they topped the Mariners, 3-1 for their sixth straight win...The Cardinals squeezed past the Pirates, 5-2...And then placed outfielder Rick Ankiel on the DL after his scary meeting with the outfield fence on Monday.

Basketball: The Cavs remain unbeaten in the playoffs after taking down the Hawks, 105-85...The NBA has suspended the Lakers's Derek Fisher and the Magic's Rafer Alston one game for their game two transgressions...In a vote of confidence, the Hornets have decided to keep coach Byron Scott despite a first round exit in the playoffs...Rick Pitino could be the next coach of the Sacramento Kings. When is he going to learn, he's better as a college basketball coach?...Steve Mills, the man responsible for hiring Isiah Thomas as the Knicks head coach will be leaving MSG in June...Antoine Larkins has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for robbing NBA star Antoine Walker and another 21 years for holding up Eddie Curry. Watch out Antoine, because the popo are on your tail!

Football: Brett Favre is staying retired, or at least he's not going to the Vikings, but it's only May so who knows what the next few months will bring us...The Dolphins are renaming their stadium Landshark Stadium in conjunction with their partnership with singer Jimmy Buffett. I would have preferred Cheeseburger in Paraside Stadium, but what can you do?..On the heels of Derek Fisher's and Dirk Nowitzki's respective stalkers comes word of Philadelphia Eagles QB A.J. Feely's stalker troubles. Out of those three, Feely would probably be the one I could spend some time stalking, but let it be know, I am not his alleged stalker.


Hockey: The Wings double upped the Ducks, 6-3 to tie the series at two a piece...Speaking of ties, the Blackhawks edged the Canucks, 2-1 in overtime to even the series at 2-2...Someone wanted to kill Alexander Ovechkin? And was not in the Russian mob? Crazy Penguins fans.
(Photo: Getty Images)

Nascar: Darlington's Sprint Cup sellout streak could be jeopardy. Uh-oh, everyone get in their cars and drive down to South Carolina pronto. I don't want this to be used by the France family as a reason to move their race to another track!

Best of the Rest: David Beckham really wants to stay with AC Milan.


Check this Out: The latest edition of the Star Trek franchise opens this weekend and it's coming out to great reviews. Click here for a rundown and here for the trailer.
(Photo: Reuters)

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