We get it. Shane Victorino got $8 worth of beer dumped in his eyes. The kid who did it didn’t get caught. He spent 20 hours getting called every colorful collection of adjectives bloggers could concoct, then turned himself in. He apologized. It’s over. In the end, it was just spilled launched beer. That’s it.
But what if that wasn’t it? The facts of the situation are that the Victorino’s Phillies were embarrassing the Cubs in a mid-August weekday game between two teams in different divisions. If the game were interesting or meaningful, we wouldn’t be talking about beer. Unless …
Boston baseball fans will tell you they have a sixth sense about their brethren. They’ll tell you they have inside information of their beloved team and the players connected to it that is otherwise unavailable to those foreign to Red Sox Nation. They’ll tell you they patiently waited out David Ortiz‘s horrific spring slump without boos or jeers because they knew – they just knew – Papi would turn it around. Without telling you that they know more than you, Sawx fans will tell you they know more than you.

Here’s a recap of the weirdest or most overlooked sports stories on the Interweb this week. Plus, as you’ve come to expect, a technologically advanced excuse to get drunk in October.
Now that the bombshell mildly notable item that Sammy Sosa juiced has soaked into the core of your being, it’s time to start hunting for witches.
As a diehard Cubs fan, I’ve been pelted with questions about Sammy Sosa’s retirement announcement all week. I say pelted because every inquiry leaves an emotional welt, like pops from a paintball gun.