The Roundup: Memorial Day

Before I get to Memorial Day, let's first talk about the Angels Kendry Morales. Morales hit a walkoff Grand Slam against Seattle. When Morales reaches home plate to celebrate with his teammates he snaps his ankle and needed surgery. I would rather blow out my ankle than receive one of those stupid shaving cream pies. My ankle will heel, my eyes burn forever because of shaving cream.



Today is Memorial Day. While I hope you enjoy the Monday off with your family, I also hope you acknowledge the brave men and women who serve this country. Today is their day and we should thank them for protecting us.



I have several friends in the armed services. I made sure to contact them on their Facebook pages and thanked them for their service.



My last tribute video goes out to the Navy football team. Thanks for beating Notre Dame once again in South Bend. We appreciate it boys.

Elbows, Technicals, & More Elbows

While another Boston team is choking a 3-0 games playoff lead, the big story coming out of Orlando last night was the rough play the technicals being thrown around. Kendrick Perkins was given a double technical and thrown out of the game. Luckily for Perkins and the Celtics, one of the T's was rescinded so Perkins won't be suspended for game 5.

The other story coming out of the game was the rough play of Dwight Howard. In the 2nd quarter Howard nailed Big Baby Davis with an elbow giving him a concussion. Was it an inadvertent elbow? You be the guess(Video below). Big Baby has already said he will try to play in game 6. Howard also nailed Paul Pierce in the third quarter going up for a rebound injuring Pierce.



Just a week ago everyone said let's get done with the conference finals and go straight to the NBA Finals with Boston and Los Angeles. Now the Phoenix-Los Angeles series is tied and the Boston-Orlando series has become very interesting. Boston looks old and flat, while Orlando looks rejuvenated. The NBA playoffs have finally become interesting.

Pictures of the Night courtesy of Jose3030.

We Finally Have a Series

Despite 38 points, 15-for-22, 6-for-9 from behind the arc, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds from Kobe Bryant, the Lakers still lost game 4 and are now headed back to Los Angeles tied in the series with the Phoenix Suns. The biggest difference in the game was the 54 points the Suns bench scored, including Goran Dragic's sick layup. That wasn't the only story from the game. The supposedly smaller Suns out-rebounded the Lakers 51-36, including 18-13 on the offensive glass. The Lakers must improve their defense if they want to go back to Phoenix with the series lead.

Craig Sager suit watch.


God is on the Suns side.


Steve Nash = Pirate


Does Pau Gasol shower?


(Photos courtesy of Jose3030)

Can The Magic Win This Series?

(Advertising for Frank Caliendo? That should only be done on TBS. Via Jose3030)

This isn't really hard to believe, but no NBA team has come back from a 0-3 hole in a seven game playoff series in NBA history. Could it happen this year? The Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics last night in overtime to keep themselves from being eliminated. After showing no fight in Game 3, the Magic proved last night they won't go down quietly.

Jameer Nelson outplayed Rajon Rondo with 23 points and nine assists. Dwight Howard added 32 points and 16 rebounds and proved that he has the mental capacity to play in the big games. By avoiding the sweep, Orlando can take this series one game at a time and try to climb back into this series.

Other Notes: Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard got into a skirmish last night after Howard landed an elbow on Garnett.



- Big Baby Glen Davis had some weird tongue action going on during the game. He must be a fan of Lengua.



- Kevin Arnovitz of TrueHoop breaks down the terrible final possession of the game for Boston.



Now some Dwight Howard highlights from the night.

Video of the Day: Nyjer Morgan Temper Tantrum

Nyjer Morgan probably endured one of the most embarrassing moments of his young career. With the Orioles in town and the game tied at two, Orioles Adam "Not Pacman" Jones hit a ball to center. Nyjer Morgan had the ball bounce off his glove. In frustration, he threw his glove to the ground and started walking away. Only one problem, the ball never went over the fence and Jones hit an inside-the-park home run. It was embarrassing and very entertaining. Unlike Hanley Ramirez though, Morgan admitted his wrongdoing.

"I went back for the ball, I leaped up and thought the ball went over the fence," Morgan said. "I guess it didn't, and it was standing right there. I really didn't check out the inside-the-park homer. My emotions got to me, because I knew I should have had the ball."

He didn't exactly apologize, but he knew what he did wrong. No shame in that. Still it was one of the more entertaining moments on the baseball diamond that you will see in a while.



(MLB.com)

The Rundown, 5/24/2010

Craig Sager's Suit: I guess I really shouldn't be surprised when Craig Sager wears a suit like this, but I am. That suit is so awful that Phil Jackson made fun of Sager during the between quarters interview.



Brown Out in Cleveland: Silly editors think they are so funny using the headline, "Brown Out" for their story on recently fired Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown. It's so funny that a poor guy lost his job despite the fact that he doesn't play. "Brown Out", calm on we can make better headlines than that.

I Now Have Interest In the French Open: The French Open started yesterday with a few mundane matchups. The biggest headline from France yesterday was a risque outfit Venus Williams wore for her first round match. It was a black see-through outfit with lots of lace. Here's how Venus describes it, "The outfit is about illusion,'' Williams said. "And that's been a lot of my motif this year.'' By the way, Venus is playing the best Tennis of her career and should be playing for the title in a couple of weeks.


Milton Bradley Takes Responsibility: At the beginning of the month, Seattle Mariners outfielder Milton Bradley was placed on the "restricted list" for he could take care of some personnel problems. Bradley has finally opened up since then and is no longer blaming others for his problems.

"I used to put responsibility on other people,'' Bradley said. "That part of my life is over. The thing I've learned is that I have to take responsibility for what I do now.''

Bradley has been receiving counseling to help him deal with his anger issues. I truly hope Bradley continues to seek treatment. Milton became a punchline in recent years because of his outbursts and anger problems. He needed help and I was glad to see he asked the Mariners for that help and they gladly gave it to him. Get well soon, Milton.

Foul Ball: R.I.P. Jose Lima

Oakland 3 San Francisco 0: The Giants have reached unwatchable status in the Bay Area. They were swept by the juggernaut known as the A's while only managing 1 run for the entire series. Yep, 1 run for the entire series. I don't mind losing, but I do mind being entertained and the Giants are no where near entertaining right now. I seriously don't know how the pitchers don't mutiny the rest of the team at this point?

Los Angeles 2 Detroit 6: Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez both homered as Detroit saved themselves from being swept. Rick Porcello picked up his first road victory of the season despite being hit with three line drives. The Dodgers honored Jose Lima before the game, who passed away at the age of 37 from a heart attack.



Philadelphia 3 Boston 8: If I thought the Giants had a bad series, what about the Phillies? One day after being nearly no-hit, Tim Wakefield out-pitches Roy Halladay. Wakefield gave up five hits, no runs, and struck out one batter in eight inning of work while Halladay gave up gave up eight hits and seven runs. I bet Doc is glad he's no longer pitching in Toronto and facing the AL East.

Chicago White Sox 0 Florida 13: The Marlins hit five home runs off of the White Sox pitching staff including two by Cody Ross. Three different Marlins, including Ross, had three RBIs in the contest. Josh Johnson picked up his fifth win of the season. Meanwhile the Phillies are reportedly in trade talks with the White Sox over J.J. Putz, Bobby Jenks, and Bobby Jenks' goatee.

Ozzie Guillen Quote: Uh Oh! Another un-written rule of baseball was broken in Chicago and Ozzie is pissed about it. From the AP recap, “I don’t know what happened there. This is baseball, you have to respect. I was up by eight a couple days ago, and that’s just the way we learned how to play the game,” Guillen said. “We had to do something about it, and we did. We just told the guy not to play like that.”

Minnesota 3 Milwaukee 4: Corey Hart and Prince Fielder both homered as Milwaukee only won their second game in 13 games. Milwaukee's bullpen almost blew another save opportunity, but John Axford picked up the save.

Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 2 in 10 Innings: In the only non-Interleague action of the weekend, Pittsburgh beat Atlanta on a Ryan Doumit walk-off home run in the tenth inning. Doumit knocked in two of Pittsburgh runs in the game. Pittsburgh won the game despite stranding 11 men on base.

Create a Caption: It's okay Jeremy, you offense sucks.


Video of the Day: Hawk Harrelson Theme song to start your week.

The Roundup: Movie Weekend

(Thank hh1edits for the following videos.)

'Heart of Darkness': Top human movie villains of all-time. My personnel favorite is Hans Gruber of "Die Hard". My second favorite villain is Hannibal Lector. They're both creative and cunning and they both thoroughly make their movies more enjoyable to watch.



Yes, I'm a Nerd: One of my favorite movie series' of all-time is 'Star Wars.' I can't help it. When I was a kid during Summer Vacation, my mother, brother, and I would watch the original 'Star Wars' series. A fan was born right then and there. I especially loved the lightsaber duels. Well now there is a compilation of the lightsaber duels from 'Star Wars.'



Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes: Before Arnold decided to run California into the ground, he was one of my favorite actors of all-time. His movies consisted of violence, comedy, and cheesy quotes. So when I saw this compilation video of Arnold's greatest quotes, I was 12-year old happy on Christmas Morning. Check out the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes.





Top 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes: I'm a cheesy guy. Whether it's munching on Cheetos or watching movies. I've always enjoyed cheesy movies with cheesy lines. It goes back to watching Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. Arnold was the king of cheesy one-liners. They're funny and memorable. So without further ado, here's the top 100 cheesiest movie quotes.



Have a great weekend!

Foul Ball: Grand Slam Walkoffs & Energy Bars

Cincinnati 9 Atlanta 10: Just when the Reds fans were just feeling good about themselves, their team blows 9-3 lead in the ninth inning. The final nail in the coffin for the Reds was when 30-year old rookie Brooks Conrad hit a game-winning Grand Slam. The best part of the grand slam, was that Laynce Nix had a chance to catch the ball but it bounced off his glove and over the wall.



Dusty Baker Quote: Dusty knows all about losing terrible games. *Cough* Bartman game *Cough* Game 6 of the 2002 World Series. From the AP recap, “It was a horrible ending,” said Reds manager Dusty Baker, who appeared close to breaking down after the game. “Boy, that was a tough one.”

Philadelphia 5 Chicago Cubs 4: Jimmy Rollins hit a three-run home run for his second homer of the season while Chase Utley also went deep. Tony Bastard blew the save in the eighth inning by giving up a game-tieing home run to Fukedome. Raul Ibanez would knock in the game-winning RBI in the eighth inning for the Phillies off of John Grabow.

Oakland 2 Detroit 5: Energy bars are all what you need. At least that's all what Miguel Cabrera needed. Cabrera hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning. And to think it was all because of an energy bar. “Eating the energy bar helped because I didn’t have anything in my stomach,” Cabrera said. “I was feeling pretty good after that.” See, I told you.

St. Louis 4 Florida 2: Adam Wainwright shut down the Fish in seven innings giving up six hits, two runs, and striking out eight. Matt Holliday drove in two runs for the Cardinals while also steeling a base. Willie McGee is quite impressed with Mr. Holliday.

NY Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 8: The Rays went into New York and declared that they are indeed the best team in the AL East. The Rays swept the Yankees with a dominating performance by their bats. The Rays hit four home runs including three off of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettite to knock him out of the game by the ninth inning. The Rays are now 16-4 on the road.

NY Mets 10 Washington 7: The Natinals yacked the ball around all around the yard on Thursday, especially Ian Desmond. Desmond committed two errors to go along with a Tyler Walker error. David Wright finally snapped out of his slump by actually not striking out and driving in four runs, including three runs off of a double.

Texas 13 Baltimore 7: Texas won their fourth straight game behind Nelson Cruz's four hits, four RBIs, and a home run. Scott Feldman picked up the victory despite giving up twelve hits. Makes you think if Feldman really deserved that win? Another reason why the win stat is completely irrelevant in baseball at the moment.

Create a Caption: Fly like an Eagle


Video of the Day: Watch out for that bat, Marcus Thames

The Roundup: Floyd Landis is a Rat, Theo Disguise, In the Navy, & Mascot Fail

Floyd Landis Must Be Broke: Former Tour De France winner Floyd Landis admitted in a interview with ESPN that he did in fact use PED's. You might remember Landis as the fellow who won the Tour De France back in 2006 and was then stripped of the victory once it came to light that he used Performance Enhancing Drugs. Landis fought that drug test tooth and nail, but eventually lost the verdict and was stripped of the title. Four years later Landis is coming clean and he's going Jose Canseco on everyone.

"Landis confirmed he sent e-mails to cycling and anti-doping officials over the past few weeks, implicating dozens of other athletes, including seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong; team management and owners; and officials of the sport's national and international governing bodies. ESPN.com is in the process of seeking comment from those individuals. Armstrong has long been dogged by accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs, but no anti-doping authority has ever confirmed that he tested positive."

In the words of Shawn Michaels, "if I'm going down, I'm taking everyone with me in a blaze of glory." Landis claims "he wants to clear his conscience" but I'm calling B.S. on that. He's no better than Canseco or Pete Rose who also "cleared their conscience" with rich book deals. I guarantee there is a book deal coming out of this with a million dollar advance.

Cleaver Disguise Theo Epstein: Remember when former Mets manager Bobby Valentine used a disguise to re-enter the dugout after he been kicked out of a game? Bobby put on sunglasses and a fake mustache for his disguise. Well we have another baseball employee using a disguise. Only this time it was Theo Epstein and he was at a Pearl Jam concert. Check out the photo below.


Yep, that's Theo wearing a mustache to disguise himself. Thanks to Big League Stew for the photo.

Derrick Caracter, Future Navy Man: Former UTEP college basketball player Derrick Caracter has dreams of playing in the NBA. One problem though, Caracter is an undersized forward with a legendary reputation for lack of discipline. So he's not a sought after draft prospect. No problem for Caracter though as he has a backup plan. If Caracter doesn't catch on with a team, he's going to join the Navy.

"If Plan A doesn’t work out, Plan B would be joining the Navy," Caracter said. "I would do something like that. Seriously. I think it would be a great experience. You travel, you train, you can be chillin’ in Japan. You get to see different things and differents parts of the world. That’s something I always wanted to do: travel around the world. See different things, new people, cultures and lifestyles."

I guess Caracter will be in the Navy.



Seriously? That's Your Mascot?: Let James Craven describe the London Olympic games mascot: "Meet Wenlock (the orange wang on your left), named for the English city of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, where the alleged Shropshire Slasher lived, that hosted an Olympics-type event in the 19th Century who was unveiled as the official mascot for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in London in 2012."

Deadspin also has more on these mascots: "Wenlock and Mandeville, their cyclopean eyes representing England's Big Brother police state, were unveiled today. You might as well just sacrifice your firstborn now and get it over with."

Take a look for yourself at the mascots.


Yep, that's an epic fail.

The Roundup: Sharks in a Hole, NBA Draft Lottery & Get Well Soon, Manute

Busy with school today, so instead of The Links and Foul Ball you'll get The Rundown today.

The Sharks Are In a Big Hole: Before the Western Conference Finals, I said I didn't like the Hawks as a match up for the Sharks. The Hawks have fast front lines and huge defenseman. They're just a plain old bad match up for the Sharks. Well I haven't been proven wrong now the Sharks have dug themselves into a 0-2 hole against Chicago.



After watching other teams in the playoffs, it's quite clear how important the defense in front of the goalie is. Look at the Flyers for instance, they're on their 2nd goalie of the playoffs and are up 2-0 on Montreal in the Eastern Conference Finals. Their defense has played such a huge part for them that it doesn't matter who their goalie is. Sharks fans are witnessing how important defenseman are in the West. Chicago's defensemen are doing a great job protecting their rookie goalie. While the Sharks defensemen have done a poor job protecting Nabokov.

I'm not going to panic though about the Sharks being down 0-2 in the series. We've already seen Philadelphia come back from a 0-3 hole in these playoffs so it's not out of the question for the Sharks to make a comeback. Sharks defensemen Dan Boyle hasn't given up hope.

"The good news is everybody thinks we’re done. Nothing would make me happier than to come back and disappoint everybody. Because everybody thinks we’re done."

I hope your right Dan.

NBA Draft Lottery: The annual NBA draft lottery was held last night. And for the second time in ten years, the Washington Wizards will have the number one overall draft pick. If there was a team that needed the first draft pick, it was the Wizards. This is the team that saw Gilbert Arenas suspended for the rest of the season for going "High Noon" in the locker room and then seen their team gutted by trades. The Wizards need John Wall just as much as the Nets or Sixers.

The biggest loser of the draft lottery was obviously the New Jersey Nets. The Nets had the worst record and the greatest odds of receiving the number one overall draft pick. So they end up with the third pick in a two player draft. Welcome to hell otherwise known as the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov.

Get Well Soon Manute Bol: Former NBA center Manute Bol has been hospitalized with kidney failure and a painful skin condition. Bol is hospitalized in Washington D.C. after returning from his native Sudan where he was fighting election corruption.

I wish Bol a quick and speedy recovery. He was one of my favorite players because of his sheer size and his ability to shoot 3-pointers. Get well soon, Manute.

NBA Draft Lottery Open Thread

(Photo courtesy of Jose 3030)

Once again it's time for the annual NBA draft lottery. Team's future's can sway with ping pong balls (just ask San Antonio). Every team theoretically has a chance at the number one choice, but only New Jersey, Minnesota, and Sacramento have the best odds. I'll update this thread with the teams order that is announced. Good luck to your favorite NBA team.

14. Houston Rockets
13. Toronto Raptors
12. Memphis Grizzlies
11. New Orleans Hornets
10. Indiana Pacers
9. Utah Jazz
8. Los Angeles Clippers
7. Detroit Pistons
6. Golden State Warriors
5. Sacramento Kings
4. Minnesota Timberwolves
3. New Jersey Nets
2. Philadelphia 76ers
1. Washington Wizards

The NBA is fucking rigged. Of course small market Sacramento gets fucked. Stern has always hated us.

/starts drinking
//walks to Tower Bridge to jump off of

Foul Ball: Crazy Game Between Boston and New York

NY Yankees 11 Boston 9: Crazy game between the Yankees and Red Sox. The Yankees jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the fifth inning only to blow it. The Red Sox paid back the Yankees in the ninth. Jonathon Papelbon blew the save by giving up a game-tieing home run to Alex Rodriguez and then gave up the game-winning home run to Marcus Thames. I can't stand the Yankees, but at least they beat Papelbon who I hate with the passion of a thousand suns. The question in Boston is, it panic time in Boston yet?

Florida 1 Arizona 5: Two things of note came out of this game. The first is the 12 strikeouts from Edwin Jackson against the Marlins. The second note about this game was Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez pulling Hanley Ramirez in the third inning for "an lack of effort." I have a solution for the Marlins, trade Ramirez to the Giants for Edgar Renteria and Aaron Rowand.

Toronto 3 Minnesota 8: Justin Morneau had himself quite the game. Morneau went 3-for-4 with two home runs, four RBIs, and a walk. Delmon Young also homered for the Twinkies. Kevin Slowey picked up the victory.

Tampa Bay 4 Cleveland 3, 11 Innings: Only Cleveland could lose on a walkoff bunt. Jason Bartlett laid down a bunt down the first base side with a runner on third base. Indians pitcher Jamey Wright was forced to go home with a throw and sailed the ball over his catchers head. Epic fail.

Chicago Cubs 4 Colorado 2, 11 Innings: Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and the game-winning home run in the eleventh inning. The Cubs tried to do everything in their power to lose to Colorado. The Cubs grounded into three double plays, including two by Derek Lee, while leaving five men on base.

Chicago White Sox Detroit, Postponed

Create a Caption: Joba on Sunday and Paplebon on Monday. Good times.


Video of the Day: Houston Astros and Burger King

The Links: BS Study, Lakers Destroy the Suns, Draft Lottery Lucky Charms

Playmate of the Year Hope Dworaczyk to start the day..... Nick Backstrom will be staying in Washington for a while..... John Wall is the first big free agent in basketball..... In least surprising news department, we have Nick Johnson once again hurt..... R.I.P. Hank Jones..... Country stars raised money for Tennessee flood victims..... YouTube celebrates it's fifth birthday...... Heinz Ketchup placates to the Food Nazis...... Rajon Rondo hyperbole machine is in full force..... NBA draft lottery superstitions

This study is complete bullshit. I was exposed to Pesticides my entire life and I don't have ADHD. Ooo shiny object........ (Comcast.net)

A High School football recruit has a questionnaire for college teams looking to recruit him (SI)

The 2010 NBA Draft Lottery lucky charms (Sports Pickle)

LSU Freek: Kobe, Lakers deal swift kick to Steve Nash and Suns (Sporting Blog)

This idiot should be tazed next by the Philadelphia police (Sports By Brooks)

I hate to agree with Jay Mariotti, but he's exactly right. Media shouldn't vote for player's awards (Fanhouse)

Andre Johnson wants a lot of money (Battle Red Blog)

Chiefs Matt Cassel falls under "one year rule" (Arrowhead Pride)

The McCourts are stealing money from the Dodgers (Fanhouse)

Psychic predicts NBA Draft Lottery (Basketball Jones)

Baseball Update: NL West

Once again it's time to look at the individual divisions within baseball. The NL West is actually one of the better divisions in baseball this season. Every team is within 6 and a half games of first place. And since it's only the middle of May, every team has a reasonable chance to win this division. The Padres have been the surprise team of the year in baseball with a record of 22-15.

The Padres have been able to maintain the top spot in the NL West on the backs of their pitching staff. The Padres are second in the league in WHIP, first in BABIP, third in FIP, and second in batting average against. All of this has happened without a true ace of the staff. The Padres traded away Jake Peavy last season and Chris Young has been injured. The Padres have relied on cast aways (Kevin Correia), low draft picks (Wade LeBlanc), one-year free agent pickups (Jon Garland), and nobodies (Matt Latos). With a pitching staff like that, you wouldn't expect them to keep up this pace but you never know. It's going to be enthralling to see if the Padres can keep up with this pace.

Series of the Week, Giants at Padres: There is no other way to say this, but the Padres flat out own the Giants this season. The Padres are 6-0 against the Giants with sweeps in San Diego and San Francisco. The Padres pitching staff only allowed 8 runs against the Giants in six games. That's domination. So this two-game series in San Diego versus the Giants has a lot of meaning. If the Padres sweep again, they take a 2.5 games lead over the Giants in the West. If the Giants sweep they take a 1.5 games lead over the Padres and if they split both teams will be tied for the division lead. So yeah, this little two-game series has a lot of meaning.

Team of the Week, Dodgers: Since getting swept by the Mets in late April, the Dodgers have gone 12-4 including winning their last seven games. The resurgence of the Dodgers can be directly linked to Andre Ethier's blistering pace. Ethier is .392 batting average, .457 On Base Percentage, 11 home runs, 38 RBIs, .388 BABIP, and a 1.6 WAR. One problem though, Ethier will probably go on the DL soon with a broken pinkie. With Ethier possibility missing time, Matt Kemp, James Loney, and Manny Ramirez will have to pick up their pace if the Dodgers want to contend for the division.

Worst Team of the Week, Diamondbacks: So I'm cheating here because it's actually Arizona's relievers that are terrible. The Diamondbacks relievers have a combined 7.68 ERA and have blown a league-leading nine saves. Epic Facepalm!

Foul Ball: Bizarre Day of Baseball

NY Yankees 3 Minnesota 6: Up until this game, the Yankees had flat out owned the Twins. They beat them 10 times in a row, including a sweep in last year's playoffs, and haven't lost to the Twins at home since 2007. That all changed off of a Jason Kubel grand slam off of Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning. Rivera relieved Joba Chamberlain who had loaded the bases. Rivera walked Jim Thome making the score 3-2, then gave up the Kubel grand slam on a 1-0 count. The Twins finally exercised some demons against the Yankees.



Cincinnati 7 St. Louis 2: For the 1st time since 2007, the Cincinnati Reds are in sole possession of first place in the NL Central. Former Cardinal Scott Rolen knocked in three runs while Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo also knocked in two runs. Arroyo pitched a complete game giving up seven hits, two runs, and striking out three. Celebrate today Reds fans, but remember Dusty Baker is still your manager.

Dusty Baker Quote: Good ole Dusty has another team in first place of their division. From the AP recap, “You’ve got to enjoy the moment—enjoy May 16th,” manager Dusty Baker said. “My dad always said, ‘Enjoy today because tomorrow isn’t promised to anybody.”’

San Diego 0 Los Angeles 1: The Padres were able pick up a victory this year with only one hit, now their the team that is on the wrong side of a two-hitter loss. The Dodgers only managed two hits against the Padres, but still managed to pick up the victory. The Padres have a half game lead over the Giants in the NL West and play a crucial two-game series with the Giants starting on Monday.

Toronto 5 Texas 2: How's this for a terrible division. The Rangers are swept by the Blue Jays, but still lead the AL West by two games over the A's. The Blue Jays won behind Brandon Morrow's eight hit, two run, six inning performance.

Baltimore 1 Cleveland 5: Jake Westbrook gave Cleveland fans something to smile about. Westbrook pitched a complete game giving up nine hits, one run, 1 walk, and striking out eight. The Orioles left five men on base including three in scoring position while also hitting into two double plays. Even the Giants hitters think that's a complete fail.

Detroit 5 Boston 1: The Tigers are the first team to win four straight series at home against reigning playoff teams since 1995, when baseball began putting four teams in the postseason. Armando Galarraga picked up his first victory of the year shutting out the Red Sox in 5 1/3 innings.

Florida 10 NY Mets 8: With the sweep over the Mets, the Marlins picked up their first four-game sweep since 2006. The Marlins pounded the Mets in the third inning for six runs and then added runs in the fifth and sixth innings and had to hold on for dear mercy to pick up the victory and the sweep.

Tampa Bay 2 Seattle 1: Only the Mariners could lose a game that Cliff Lee pitched a complete game. Lee pitched a complete game giving up only five hits and two runs, but that wasn't enough to pick up the victory. The Mariners had their chances to give Lee some run support, but they left seven men on base. It's like poor Cliff is still pitching in Cleveland.

Create a Caption: Any time Joba Chamberlain loses, God smiles.


Video of the Day: Check out Tigers closer Jose Valverde's unique ninth inning entrance.

The Links: Use Your Fists To Escape the Alligator!

Nicole Scherzinger from Pussy Cat Dolls and Dancing with the Stars (Via James Craven) .... Blackhawks outlast the Sharks..... Flyers thump the Canadiens..... R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio the legendary frontman for Black Sabbath..... The Cincinnati Reds take control of the NL Central..... The Twins finally beat the Yankees..... Graphics fail on the part of ABC..... Dale Earnhardt Jr. is good at making excuses..... Miss Michigan becomes Miss America...... 'Law and Order' is no more..... 'Iron Man 2' once again tops the box office

Triathlete uses his fists to escape jaws of 8-foot alligator (Palm Beach Post)

The Sports Bloggers who changed the game (Sports by Brooks)

First LeBron, next the Celtics stymied Dwight Howard (Fanhouse)

It's an Conspiracy against the Sharks! (Puck Daddy)

Bret Hart returns to Canada on WWE Raw (Camel Clutch Blog)

You know this was coming. One of Tiger's whores will appear in Playboy (TMZ)

The Habs were unprepared for game 1 against the Flyers (All Habs)

Does LeBron not realize that John Calipari sucked in the NBA? (ESPN)

Clippers fans plan LeBron James parade (Larry Brown Sports)

In honor of the great Ronnie James Dio, here is 'Holy Diver'

The Roundup: Have a Great Weekend

(Sorry for no Foul Ball today. I have to take care of some personnel business(IE School). So for today I'll give you a quick Roundup post.)

Tim Donaghy Is Still a Scumbag: The disgraced former NBA referee who spent time in prison for influencing NBA games is still a scumbag. Reportedly Donaghy left threatening voice mails to his book publisher looking for more money.

"We've had to lock our office doors and get escorted to our cars," said Shawna Vercher, chief executive of VTi, which in December published Donaghy's blockbuster book, "Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal That Rocked the NBA."

Vercher said that Donaghy has been contacting company employees and book vendors with "increasingly irate and threatening calls," demanding money for his book.

"One thing he said in particular is that, 'You know I have associates in the Gambino crime family and they are active in this part of the state,' " Vercher said. "This stuff has gotten really ugly, really quickly."

Of course Donaghy is denying these reports, but really why should we believe this guy? This guy lied about everything. Why wouldn't he be lying right now? I don't know if any of this is true or false, but for the moment I believe the publishing company.

Introducing ESPN Sacramento: ESPN has recently began specialized websites for individual cities. There are ESPN's Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York. Well Sactown Royalty has learned that ESPN will soon launch ESPNSacto.com. Take a sneak peak of the new website below.


Do You Enjoy Penis?: The ABC affiliate in New Orleans has some great news anchors. While talking about a story that enhances the women's G-Spot, one of the news anchors asks an hilariously inappropriate follow up question. Listen and watch for yourself.



I could see a sexual harassment lawsuit coming out of this.

Now enjoy George Carlin's Baseball vs. Football routine and have a great weekend.

The Links: LeBron Fails, Now Looks For New Home

Christina Aguilera from a GQ shoot..... The Royals fire another manager..... Tom Brady's old lady makes more money than him..... I'm glad this Brian Cushing story is over..... The only baseball team more embarrassing than the Giants is the Mets...... Tony Allen making posters out of people..... Here's one Dallas Cowboy I can cheer for..... ACC Championship game to be broadcast in 3-D..... Some guy named Matt Latos dominates the Giants, I will cry now...... Brian Westbrook to Denver?

Bidding war set to begin on massive failure LeBron James (Sports Pickle)

LeBron trades one drama for another (Yahoo Sports)

11 reasons why the Cavs quit in game six (Five Tool Tool)

Still waiting for a championship in Cleveland (Waiting for Next Year)

LeBron, Cavs not ready to win (Washington Post)

LeBron to Chicago? (TrueHoop)

Arnold Palmer is finally making money off of the drinks named after him (CNBC)

Man saves beached whale while golfing (Deadspin)

Ever wonder what it's like to play basketball with one eye? Phoenix Suns players try their best (The Bright Side of the Sun)



Eric Byrnes played in his first softball game on Wednesday (SB Nation)