These are the kinds of stories that make me love this game: After meeting an Astros fan with Muscular Dystrophy, 74 year-old Miguel Tejada promised the eight-year-old Jacob Scott that he would hit him a home run in his game against the Milwaukee Brewers.In the 6th inning, Tejada does that. However, not to be done, both Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee hit home runs after Tejada, making for the picture-perfect back-to-back-to-back home runs. But never mind the game a moment — Tejada’s home run was something special — it made that kid happy, but I’m sure it also made Tejada happy if for no other reason than people would get off his back for a minute or two. I saw the E360 report on Tejada’s age, and I did not approve... [Read more]

Roger, Roger, Roger… what happened, man? You spent 20 years in the big leagues and cemented your legacy as, arguably, the best pitcher of all time. Now, you’ve been reduced to… to what? Your whole defense was that you were an honorable family man — and in the past week you’ve been linked to three women, including the ex-wife of John Daly and a fifteen year-old girl. Now you’re lawyer is suggesting you drop your defamation lawsuit for no other reason than so that you can save what little bit of face you have left. Yes, Brian McNamee is scum. He’s the lowest form of life on the planet Earth, but maybe you should just let this go and run while you still can. For your own sake, just let this drop and go... [Read more]

Okay, so I’ve been gone a few days — let me explain. I write for other websites besides this one. Case in point, I write for BingeGamer.net, a website that talks almost exclusively about video games. I love it, even if it doesn’t pay for [censored] (and I own the damn thing). I tell you this to tell you this: I’ve been playing GTA IV all week. That’s why I’ve been gone. I have to write three reviews for the damn game, so I’ve been busy this week. But I’m back now, and there have been some pretty interesting stories this week. So, let’s get back to it. [Read more]

Boy, it must suck to be Barry Zito right about now. Only a few years ago Zito was the talk of the baseball — a 23 game winner in 2002 who had always shown himself to be a quality starter — and now, in 2008, he’s done something that hasn’t been done by… by… *sigh* Mike Maroth in 2003. What such feat is this? Barry Zito has gone 0-for-April, taking on six losses this month. For the record — he’s lost more games this month than he did in all of 2002. So what is Barry’s problem? Could he be injured? Maybe. Could it be mechanical? Probably. But what if he’s washed up? Nah. It’s too early to think that. But I will say this about Barry Zito — he needs to get his act in order... [Read more]

There are few moments in sports that are truly scary. A NASCAR driver doing flip after flip after flip at 180mph, a NHL player getting slashed across the throat with a skate, and a batter getting drilled in the bean by a 100mph fastball immediately come to mind. But what about the umpire? If you hadn’t seen it yet, umpire Kerwin Danley was drilled in the jaw by a Brad Penny fastball. While he did lose consciousness for a brief period, he was overall fine — besides the fact that he kissed a fastball. Things like this can hurt, of course — but to this day, there has never been a more painful looking bean ball than the cosmic accident that was… the pigeon. (Note: If you’re squeamish, don’t watch) [Read more]