We’ve seen Omar Vizquel’s prowess with the glove on the field and his “skill” with a paintbrush but I was never prepared for this little item in a notebook from Phil Rogers; “Rangers infielder Omar Vizquel has three pet kangaroos at his home in Seattle.”
The marsupials don’t spend all their time at his home, he apparently brought them to the clubhouse last week. No word on whether or not Frank Francisco went a couple rounds boxing with them…
[Chicago Tribune via With Leather]
Lawrence Taylor reinvented the linebacker postion, thanks to him, there is a distinction in the NFL between pre-LT and post-LT. In his retirement he has done many different things, including Dancing With the Stars but the one thing he doesn’t do is his former profession. When not describing his golf game as similar to the Unabomber, LT explained in an interview with KLAC in Los Angeles that:
I don’t really mess with football anymore. That’s an era of my life that has passed. A lot of the guys will sit there and live football. Every Sunday they’re glued to the TV watching football. I don’t watch football. I’d rather watch two people fuck. Now look, I don’t really watch football. I am very appreciative of all the fan love and all the people that remember the things you have done. But that’s not what turns me on in the morning.
Now there’s a man who knows what he likes…
[Sports Radio Interviews]
Over 500 women came out for the opportunity to become a vaunted Laker Girl the other day and LAist was there, complete with camera crew to get all the hard news. It being LA, there was more plastic at this audition than a Lego factory.
[LAist]
Today is Gisele Bundchen’s 29th birthday, (we’re so CLOSE to having the same one!) and normally a story about her husband and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is an excuse for me to post a photo of her. Instead, this time a post about her is an excuse to write a small something about the Pats.
This season, look for the Patriots to go 15-1. You heard it here first. For reals, this is no-homerism, just fact. The only thing that could derail the season is an injury to Brady, Moss or Welker, which, god help me, won’t happen.
When I was around 11 or so I got an awesome BMX bike for my birthday — only two shopping days left! — and a few days later went to this awesome BMX course nearby in Cape Cod; it was a totally great day.
Now, the BMX bike has been updated in a great way thanks to Rintendo. They are selling a bike called the Fire Trick Bob which seems to be a rocket-powered conveyance.
According to their site (Google translation) the turbine engine spins at a rate of 120,000 RPM and produces the equivalent of 4.4 horsepower. The 1 liter fuel tank is good for about 7 minutes of continual thrust, and you’ll probably want to be careful about where you’re riding this thing since the exhaust can reach about 700 degrees.
This thing will absolutely kill you, but it only costs about 1,oo0,ooo Yen, or roughly $10,000, seems worth it! Think about how easy it would be get around on this thing, presuming you don’t burn your balls off. Of course, it also adds new meaning to saying you’ve got a pocket rocket…
[Oh Gizmo]
As part of the festivities for their “Bellies and Baseball: A Salute to Pregnancy” promotion, the Brooklyn Cyclones held a Lamaze class in centerfield before Sunday nights game. They also had a run/walk around the bases, a throwing of a ceremonial first pitch by women in their third trimester, and instead of the 7th inning stretch, held the 7th inning stretch marks on the field.
The team also said that any expectant mom who gave birth at the game or names her child “Brooklyn” or “Cy” gets free season tickets for life. Not a bad deal!
In addition the team also featured special “craving stations” with pickles, ice cream and anchovy pizza.
The Cyclones won 2-1.
I don’t know where this video is from, it appears to be from one of the Red Sox minor league affiliates, but which one is a mystery to me. Not as much a mind-boggler as why Chewbacca is riding around with the gang from Scooby Doo in the Mystery Machine, but then, what do I know, I’m just a lowly blogger…
When Julian Tavarez signed with the Washington Nationals he dropped this great quote about what it was like signing with them:
Why did I sign with the Nationals? When you go to a club at 4 in the morning, and you’re just waiting, waiting, a 600-pounder looks like J. Lo. And to me this is Jennifer Lopez right here. It’s 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. So, Nationals: Jennifer Lopez to me.
Well, what does it feel like when you get unceremoniously dumped by that same 600 pounder? After a month where he went 8 1/3 IP with a 7.56 ERA and a 3.00 WHIP with opposing batters hitting .521 off him over that span, Julian was designated for assignment following Sunday’s depressing 11-3 loss to the Cubs.
I’ve been in this situation before,” Tavarez said. “It’s just tough. I haven’t been able lately to do my job. Just a lot of up-and-down this year. This doesn’t surprise me. There are a lot of young arms down there, they had to make some changes, and they’re going to bring some young kids over here. They have to get this ready for next year.”
This makes it at least the 3rd straight team that has DFA’d Tavarez, with the Nats following the example of the Brewers and Red Sox before them.
While in China, newly acquired Cleveland Cavalier Shaquille O’Neil visited the Panda Breeding Research Center in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province and took the opportunity to get a photograph of him with a giant panda on his lap. Precious.
I would like very much to meet and shake the hand of the person in charge of promotions for the Cleveland Indians because he or she has an amazing sense of great bobbleheads. First we saw 80’s Shin-Soo Choo, then there was the Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn one, and now, as part of “Beach Weekend,” for all fans in attendance at Saturday’s game comes the Surfin’ Sizemore bobblehead.
Since Grady Sizemore was born in Seattle, I’m not sure exactly how much surfing he has done, but that’s neither here nor there. Same with having “Beach Weekend” in Cleveland, which is probably the last place I’d think of when contemplating sandy white beaches…
Regardless, this is the 3rd incredibly awesome bobblehead they’ve had this year; I seriously may need to move to Cleveland. SO GOOD!
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“Dad told me to do it.” That’s the reason a 14-year old boy (not pictured) gave to police after being arrested for running on the field at a Charlotte Knights minor league game on Saturday. Thanks to a beach bag give-away, post-game fireworks and the Gwinnett Braves there was a larger than usual crowd on hand for the excitement. After being led away by the police, the boy told them that his father, Jeffrey Richards, had dared him to do it and even had told him he’d be “a man” if he did. Now THAT’S parenting!
The police then arrested his father as well, charging him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The dad was released on bond the next day but his son was held in jail until Tuesday morning when the next session of Family Court convened which absolutely has to suck.
“I said, ‘Boy, if you do, you’d be the man,'” Richards said. “It wasn’t like we went to the rail and helped him over or anything. I think he thought it was going to be funny. He’s more of a prankster than a troublemaker. It’s nothing mean or spiteful. You hate it because there were 9,000 people there. You can’t necessarily slap him on the wrist and let him go back. The sheriff’s office had to do what they had to do.”
Sounds to me like someone just earned an Xbox from his dad in order to try and gloss over having to spend 3 days in jail for a dare.
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