What in the world is going on with Sammy Sosa?
If you didn’t know that the man on the right was Sammy Sosa, you would think it was just some creepy looking guy with pasty skin and freaky looking eyes. It’s Sammy Sosa with pasty skin and freaky looking eyes.
He looks like a vampire or a zombie.
Is pale skin one of the side effects of long time steroid use? If it is, it wouldn’t be the first time Sammy Sosa displayed an unwanted side effect from hard-core steroid abuse. Who can forget the time Sammy Sosa was called before Congress to talk about performance enhancing drugs in baseball and he lost the ability to speak English? If I’m not mistaken, that’s one of the possible side effects of steroid use. I once took a cortisone injection in my shoulder and I stopped being able to speak Klingon.
A coincidence? I think not.
One of his “friends” told the Chicago Tribune that he is going through some kind of “rejuvenation process for his skin” and that it left his skin looking white. This friend also said something about Sosa using moisturizing treatment at night on his face.
If he’s using moisturizer on his face, why are his ears white too?
Ruth didn’t build this house and coincidently, it’s falling apart
The concrete pedestrian ramps at the new Yankee Stadium are cracking, and nobody seems to know why. These are the same concrete pedestrian ramps built by a company that is rumored to have connections to the mob. Then again, if it’s concrete related and it’s in New York City, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the mafia is connected.
Personally, I don’t think it’s shoddy work, a bad design, or watered down concrete. I think it’s the wrath of God. I think God is a baseball fan (and why wouldn’t he be?) and he’s tired of the way the Yankees throw their filthy money around, mucking things up for everyone else.
Maybe you don’t agree. Maybe you think it’s a good thing that the Yankees are able to pay CC Sabathia so much money that his children’s children’s children will never have to work a day in their lives. I just think it’s a shame that there isn’t a way that would allow Sabathia’s descendants to be spared the unpleasantness of working for a living, but would still allow Sabathia to remain a Cleveland Indian for as long as he played baseball.
Or until he stopped being good at getting guys out.
Now you might not agree with me, but don’t be surprised if more strange things happen, things to do with the New York and/or the Yankees. For example, if the Hudson River turns to blood or if millions of locust descend upon the Triborough Bridge.
Those are the kind of things that happen when God gets mad. Bad things happen. Don’t take my word for it, look it up in the Old Testament.
David Wright’s gigantic helmet
A lot of people are making fun of New York Mets third basemen David Wright’s gigantic helmet, and rightfully so. The helmet makes him look completely stupid. I don’t know if it’s because his helmet is just too big, or that his body is incredibly small.
He’s wearing this contraption because he was hit in the head with a pitch a few weeks ago by Matt Cain of the San Fransisco Giants. Wright went down hard and stayed down for a couple of minutes. He was eventually able to leave the field under his own power and the Mets put him on the 15-day disabled list. He suffered a concussion and the fear is that if he’s hit in the head again, the concussion will be worse. That’s the way concussions are, each one is progressively worse.
This new helmet is supposed to give his head more protection than the standard MLB batting helmet.
I think the problem with this helmet is that the designers tried to make it look sort of like a baseball cap. Back in the olden times, batters went to bat without a helmet, they simply wore the same wool cap that they wore when they played defense. When helmets first appeared in MLB, they looked just like wool caps, only they were hard plastic. Over the years, they slowly evolved into safer helmets, yet they have retained the look of a baseball cap.
I think that’s a mistake.
They should just design a safe helmet and not worry about making it look sort of like a baseball cap. No matter what they do, it’s not going to look like a baseball cap so they should just stop.
The guy that would rather pee than stand for ‘God Bless America’ is suing the New York Yankees
Last year Bradford Campeau-Laurion was ejected from a baseball game at Yankees stadium because he tried to leave his seat during the start of the seventh-inning stretch to use the restroom. The problem is that this is when the Yankees play God Bless America over the PA system. Fans are supposed to stand and show respect.
They are not supposed to go and relieve themselves.
A police officer stopped Campeau-Laurion and instructed him to return to his seat. Campeau-Laurion refused saying that he really had to go pee. When Campeau-Laurion tried to step around the officer, the officer grabbed Campeau-Laurion’s right arm and twisted it behind his back. A second officer grabbed Campeau-Laurion’s other arm and twisted it behind his back. They then marched Campeau-Laurion out of the stadium where one of the officers told him that if he didn’t like it, he should leave the country.
Bradford Campeau-Laurion is now suing the New York Yankees.
The police of course are disagreeing with Campeau-Laurion’s account of what happened. According to them, Campeau-Laurion was a drunk that was standing on his seat and loudly cursing, “reeking of alcohol”.
If that were true, why didn’t the police arrest Campeau-Laurion?
Even if I didn’t hate the New York Yankees, I would side with Campeau-Laurion on this. The seventh-inning stretch is intended to be a time for fans to get up and, well, stretch. It’s not supposed to be a time for faux patriotism.
Alex Rodriguez must think he’s a parakeet
Yankees star Alex Rodriguez appears in a photo spread in Details magazine (no, I don’t subscribe) where he is shown doing some rather peculiar things, including kissing his own image in a mirror like he’s a lonely parakeet. The difference is that parakeets don’t do steroids and they don’t date aging pop singers.
Doesn’t he have people working for him that should be telling him not to do stuff like this? This is just weird, even for A-Rod. It just looks like two guys kissing.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
A-Rod sits down with Peter Gammons and talks about the loosy goosy era of baseball
Alex Rodriguez tells ESPN’s Peter Gammons that he is sorry for what he did, but he fails to say exactly what it is he did. He refuses to state what exactly he took and he refuses to state where he got it. It almost sounded as though he was blaming everything on GNC. He mentions the vitamin retailer quite a bit.
A-Rod insists that since 2004, he has been completely clean of banned performance enhancing substances.
He also has quite a bit of anger for Sports Illustrated reporter Selena Roberts. He said that she is a stalker that is making things up.
I’m not sure A-Rod is in any position to judge the truthfulness of anyone.
Shocker of all shockers, Yankees sign CC Sabathia
The Yankees, a team that hasn’t won a World Series in eight years, has signed CC Sabathia to a 7-year, $161 million dollar contract. As if he wouldn’t have taken the job if they only offered him $160 million. As if they had to kick in another million bucks just to make the deal work.
How do they come up with these contracts? $161 million is such a weird number to settle on.
The funny thing about this is that New York taxpayers are forking over $200 million to the Yankees organization so that they can build the new $1 billion Yankees Stadium. If they have $161 to spend on a fat pitcher, why can’t they build their own statium without getting a handout from the taxpayer?
Game 5 of the World Series suspended for puddles and wetness
The fifth game of the World Series was suspended last night in the 6th inning. The game is rescheduled for today at 8:00 p.m., but that seems unlikely since they are calling for even worse weather.
The Phillies and Rays are tied 2-2 with the Phillies leading the series 3-1.
Phillies take Game 1 of the World Series
I didn’t get to watch much of the game last night between the American League champs the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the National League champs the Philadelphia Phillies. Even though both teams are here on the east coast, the game didn’t start till nearly 8:40 p.m. The game was scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m., but Fox being Fox had to waste the first 40 minutes with redundant filler. The highlight was former Phillies great Mike Schmidt announcing the Philadelphia starting lineup.
I’m pretty sure he was drunk.
I got up this morning and the Internets told me that the Phillies won, 3-2.
If only both teams could lose
The Yankees play Boston tonight on the ESPN. I can’t ever figure out which team I hate the most. The Yankees are the Yankees. The Red Sox are kind of like the Yankees version 2.0. Just like the Yankees, they rely on high priced free agents to win championships.
Boston fans are even more obnoxious then Yankees fans. That’s something I didn’t even know was possible.
The game tonight will be called by Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. These two men are as complete polar opposites as two people can be. Miller is one of the best play by play men in baseball while Joe Morgan is semi-mentally retarded. You know that guy at work that is constantly saying things and telling stories that are just not true?
Joe Morgan is just like that guy.
(Photo: Deadspin)
Do the Washington Nationals tickets come with a time machine?
One of the side-effects of purchasing tickets online to see the Washington Nationals is that they find out what your email address is. They then use it to send you a seemingly never ending flood of special offers. This morning I received an email from them telling me about a special Hispanic Heritage night at the ballpark. The email states that the promotion will take place on July 1. That’s almost a week ago.
How am I supposed to attend a promotion if they don’t tell me about it until almost a week after it happened? I am all for honoring Hispanic heritage, especially if it means I get to eat chile rellenos.
I love chile rellenos.
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