tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178233212008-08-19T21:52:04.074-05:00Foul BallsFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3708125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-41718796293400019432008-08-19T15:10:00.003-05:002008-08-19T15:12:11.073-05:00Why You Shouldn't Go Kite Boarding In A Hurricane
Sucks for him. Awesome for us.Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-8020903747406597512008-08-19T12:05:00.002-05:002008-08-19T12:06:23.026-05:00Cal Poly Basketballer Is A Major In Bank Robbery
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-89308005002535351562008-08-19T11:33:00.002-05:002008-08-19T11:35:46.637-05:00Carlos Quentin Should Be The AL MVPI was at U.S. Cellular Field last night sitting behind home plate when Carlos Quentin hit his Major League leading 35th home run of the season into the left field seats. Seeing Carlos go deep this season was nothing new, but there was something different about his blast on Monday night.
It didn't mean anything. The White Sox were already sporting a 12-5 lead on the Mariners, so his solo shot Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-63175757766619459572008-08-19T10:01:00.001-05:002008-08-19T10:03:01.457-05:00When Shaving Cream Pie Attacks Go WrongThe Chicago White Sox have a bit of a post game tradition. No matter the case, when a player is doing an interview on the sidelines after a victory, Toby Hall is going to get him with a shaving cream pie to the face. Toby's gotten them all this season, even team captain Paul Konerko (which Paulie didn't appreciate too much judging by the look on his face afterward).
Still, when you do Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-45279477171481695192008-08-19T09:43:00.002-05:002008-08-19T09:44:42.065-05:00Ian Kinsler's Groin May Cost Him The SeasonWhile Josh Hamilton gets most of the publicity when it comes to the Texas Rangers, that doesn't mean he's the only player on the team having an MVP-caliber season. Let's not forget about the team's second baseman, Ian Kinsler, who is currently hitting .319/.375/.517 with 18 homers and 71 RBI.
Unfortunately for the Rangers and Ian, his numbers probably aren't going to change. Kinsler had to leaveFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-63332910986887124492008-08-19T09:26:00.002-05:002008-08-19T09:27:57.493-05:00Can The Cincinnati Bengals Really Be This Dumb?
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-44741932960390528722008-08-18T13:42:00.001-05:002008-08-18T13:43:47.472-05:00Charlie Manuel Is Open To Your AdviceThe Philadelphia Phillies have one of the best ERA's in the National League at 3.96, and that's a good thing because they've really needed it lately. As the Phils fight with the Mets and Marlins for control of the NL East, their bats have gone dormant over the last month.
Since July 13th the Phillies are hitting .236 as a team and as you'd expect, they're having trouble putting up runs Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-65771441186579644362008-08-18T13:03:00.001-05:002008-08-18T13:04:48.776-05:00Josh Hamilton Takes Out Frustration On Fans
The Rangers Josh Hamilton may be getting a little too much respect from opposing managers lately, but it doesn't look like he's giving that same respect back to his fans.
Hamilton was in Boston over the weekend for the Rangers series against the Red Sox when he got word that his wife was going into labor with their child. Obviously Josh left Fenway to head to the airport to get home in time, Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-38302479279291044302008-08-18T12:16:00.002-05:002008-08-18T12:26:06.184-05:00Blogpoll Ballot: Pre-SeasonYeah, I realize that rankings in college football before a game has even been played is incredibly stupid, but I also happen to be incredibly stupid. So I have no problem doing it.
So the first ballots in the Blogpoll are due tomorrow, and I've turned mine in. I have no explanation as to why I've ranked teams where I have, other than I think this is what the final rankings might look like comeFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-38807632555805768202008-08-18T11:50:00.000-05:002008-08-18T11:50:00.435-05:00Wrigley Fields To Throw Out 1st Pitch At Wrigley Field
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-73514555247574556232008-08-18T11:43:00.006-05:002008-08-18T11:47:20.360-05:00Bela Karolyi Loves Him Some Humping TurtleOn Friday night NBC showed footage of Bela Karolyi watching Nastia Liukin's floor routine during the women's gymnastics event. Liukin's routine clinched the gold medal for her, and since he's fucking insane, Karolyi really enjoyed it.
Personally, I enjoy this version much better.
(Via With Leather)Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-57248392884380542352008-08-18T10:33:00.003-05:002008-08-18T10:34:36.631-05:00Did Usain Bolt Slow Down To Make More $ Later?
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-82725897097970376872008-08-17T13:27:00.001-05:002008-08-17T13:29:08.723-05:00Tom Glavine's Career May Be OverOn Thursday of last week, Tom Glavine returned to the mound for the Atlanta Braves for the first time since June 10th. Things didn't go very well, as the 300-game winner gave up seven runs in four innings, and still felt pain in his elbow after the game. It's because of this pain in his elbow that we now know Glavine has pitched his last game in 2008, as he's going to be shut down for the season.Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-87767678807027995022008-08-17T13:01:00.001-05:002008-08-17T13:03:36.321-05:00Jeff Kent Doesn't Care What Vin Scully ThinksLos Angeles Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent has never been known as the most congenial guy on the planet. If I were to describe Jeff's personality in one word, well, one word that I can use here, I'd take cantankerous. The dude just gets mad at everything. He's like the old man next door always yelling at you to get off his lawn or turn the damn music down.
Jeff's fought with teammates, most Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-47086800891416824162008-08-14T13:38:00.002-05:002008-08-14T13:39:44.019-05:00Will Brad Ziegler Ever Allow a Run?On May 30th, the Oakland Athletics called up relief pitcher Brad Ziegler from their Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats. He was brought up to the team just to give a new look from the right side of the bullpen thanks to his side-armed delivery, and hopefully get a few outs as well.
I'm pretty sure it's safe to say nobody within the Oakland organization was expecting to get what Ziegler has Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-25125796410580901372008-08-14T13:15:00.001-05:002008-08-14T13:17:50.183-05:00Joel Zumaya's Season Is Likely OverOn Wednesday morning I wrote about Tigers manager Jim Leyland saying he wasn't sure when he was going to use Joel Zumaya again. Going off of what he'd been seeing from Zoom while on the mound, Leyland felt that something had to be wrong with flame-throwing reliever.
Well maybe Jimmy should start up a psychic hotline, because it turns out his fears for Zumaya were dead on...
Continue reading at Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-34458668172031515562008-08-14T12:57:00.003-05:002008-08-14T13:00:25.342-05:00Angels Fans Question Scioscia's Use of K-RodThings are going really well with the Angels right now. They have the best record in baseball, and a hefty 15 game lead over the Rangers in the AL West. Basically, the last six weeks of the season will be nothing but preparation for the postseason.
The only thing the team really has left to accomplish is Francisco Rodriguez's bid to break Bobby Thigpen's mark for most saves (57) in a season. Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-59509663865038403612008-08-14T12:15:00.001-05:002008-08-14T12:16:44.967-05:00Olympians Like To Have Sex When Not Competing
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-16270127521831641642008-08-14T12:01:00.001-05:002008-08-14T12:03:32.388-05:00O (For) Canada Still Looking For Elusive 1st Medal
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-36008090585873512992008-08-13T13:56:00.002-05:002008-08-13T13:58:45.212-05:00Ryan Theriot Says He Can Beat Mike Fontenot Up, Is Terrified of ZambranoIt doesn't matter what team you root for, but in every Major League city around the country there is that one player on the team who isn't the biggest star, but draws some kind of cult following anyway. In Chicago with Cubs fans, that player is shortstop Ryan Theriot. He's been beloved by Cubs fans since about fifteen seconds after he first became a regular player with the team last season.
Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-40785985110708780132008-08-13T13:10:00.001-05:002008-08-13T13:10:00.867-05:00Jason Kidd Is Tired Of May Anderson's Partying
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-73566693119188152202008-08-13T13:06:00.001-05:002008-08-13T13:08:29.526-05:00Baseball Will Have Instant Replay SoonConsidering how slow moving baseball has been historically in making changes to the game, for once I have to give props to Bud Selig for actually getting out and doing something. With so many questionable calls being made by umpires on home runs this season, the clamor for baseball to use instant replay has grown louder than ever, and MLB is responding accordingly.
In fact, it's starting to lookFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-1654609401299543582008-08-13T11:50:00.000-05:002008-08-13T11:50:00.327-05:00Steroids Helped Turn Female Athlete Into A Man
Read the post at SPORTSbyBROOKSFornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-66740920387873578062008-08-13T11:33:00.001-05:002008-08-13T11:35:23.990-05:00Justin Morneau Prefers AnonymityIn 2006 Twins first baseman Justin Morneau won the American League MVP award, hitting .321 with 34 homers and 131 runs driven in for the division winning Minnesota Twins. At the time there was plenty of uproar coming from the east coast where a lot of Yankees fans thought that Derek Jeter deserved the award.
Personally, if I'd have had a vote that year (I didn't, though that didn't stop me from Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17823321.post-58864609372920801862008-08-13T11:31:00.001-05:002008-08-13T11:33:38.419-05:00Joel Zumaya Could Be Out AwhileWhile the Tigers learned something new about Gary Sheffield on Tuesday - that he hits really well when he's angry about being placed on waivers - they also saw something they've known about for a while. Their bullpen sucks. After Sheffield's two home runs helped get a lead for the Tigers, the Detroit bullpen came in and blew the game like they normally do.
Tuesday's goat was Joel Zumaya, who Fornellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815399575993032693noreply@blogger.com