More Ugly Than Usual In Cincinnati
I know living in Cincinnati isn’t fun. Nick Lachey is the city’s biggest celebrity, for Godssake. Living in Queen City is libel to make anyone cranky. But crikey Cincinnati Reds, what’s gotten into you?
Stephen Strasburg Added To Miami Heat Roster
As first reported and orchestrated by ESPN, the Washington Nationals have agreed in principle to send rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg to the Miami Heat in an unprecedented swap that will send three future second round NBA draft picks to the MLB franchise. Although details of the agreement have not been finalized, Heat officials have said they plan to start the 6’2″ pitcher at PG and figure out how the hell to incorporate his pitching skills “sometime later this season.”
Vuvuzela Horns Distract … Well, Everybody In Florida
“It was awful, awful. I can’t tell you how awful it was,” said outfielder Cody Ross.
It makes sense for you to assume Ross was referring to having to play in front of only 450 people for most home games, but in fact you’d be wrong. Actually, Ross was decrying the fact that his home field was too damn noisy.
It’s those vuvuzelas. They done crossed the ocean. And no one is happy about it.
Protestors Protest Unfair Descrimination By Descriminating Unfairly
Arizona passed an immigration-enforcement law last week making it justifiable for police to stop and demand documentation from anyone they suspect of being an alien “if reasonable suspicion exists” that they are in the state illegally. Already, Bill 1070 is considered in many parts of the U.S. a bigoted enactment, of which many throughout the nation have taken to protesting. The rationality behind some of the protests, however, remains suspect.
The Sissification Of Player Intros
Believe me when I say that there wasn’t much I liked about Paul O’Neill as a Yankee. Almost nothing. But at least he had the decency to enter the batter’s box to kickass music appropriate to what he was about to do: namely knock in a lot of runs. Springsteen’s “Born to Run” alternated with the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” – that’s how you dig in, kids.
Cincinnati’s Scott Rolen? Florida’s Cameron Maybin? Pull up a chair …
