After Shane Victorino got hit by a bear in Wrigley Field while making a grab in the outfield, he said that he planned to file charges against the fan of the Chicago Cubs who threw the beer. John Macchione, 21, has been identified as the beer thrower.
Macchione, who lives in the Illinois city of Bartlett, faces two counts — one for illegal conduct within a sports facility and the other one for battery. There has yet to be a public comment by Macchione.
Right after the game, Victorino talked about how disappointed he was at the fan’s action.
“It’s one of those …read more

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The Washington Nationals have a record of 1-10. They’ve been bad for as long as the Nationals have been in existence. However, they have apparently found a piece of their team that they want to stick around. Over the weekend, the Nationals gave Ryan Zimmerman a $45 million extension.
The deal is over five years and will keep Zimmerman in the fold as they try to build the team around him. On the year, Zimmerman is hitting .275 with two homers and ten RBIs. The 24-year-old out of the University of Virginia has played with Washington since 2005.
His best season came …read more

Jonathan Papelbon, the closer for the Boston Red Sox, let his true feelings about Manny Ramirez known during a recent interview. Papelbon repeatedly classified his ex-teammate as a “cancer” who everyone was happy to see go.
Ramirez, who was traded during the middle of the 2008 season to the Los Angeles Dodgers, helped the Red Sox win two World Series championships. However, his breakup with the team didn’t go smoothly by anyone’s account.
A free agent this offseason, Ramirez ended up re-signing with the Dodgers. His contract makes it possible to become a free agent next year if he wishes. If not, …read more

Andy Pettitte
Although Andy Pettitte reportedly turned down a one-year, $10 million deal from the New York Yankees earlier in the offseason, the two sides are still talking. The Yankees are hoping Pettitte will eventually accept a deal around the same amount of money.
Manny Ramirez
A lot of insiders have expected the New York Mets to make a run at Manny Ramirez but that doesn’t appear to be happening. The Mets instead are looking around for pitching. Ramirez looks like he has a couple suitors, with the San Francisco Giants showing the most interest. A new darkhorse? The Texas Rangers.
Ivan Rodriguez
The interesting …read more

Although other deals have been struck — such as Mark Teixeira signing with the New York Yankees — here are the baseball free agent signings that have become official to date.
CC Sabathia, SP – NY Yankees – 7 years, $161,000,000
A.J. Burnett, SP – NY Yankees – 5 years, $82,500,000
Ryan Dempster, SP – Chicago Cubs – 4 years, $52,000,000
Francisco Rodriguez, RP – NY Mets – 3 years, $37,000,000
Raul Ibanez, LF – Philadelphia – 3 years, $31,500,000
Rafael Furcal, SS – LA Dodgers – 3 years, $30,000,000
Kerry Wood, RP – Cleveland – 2 years, $20,500,000
Edgar Renteria, SS – San Francisco – 2 …read more

For the latest from the world of sports, the b5media Sports Channel provides our Sports Roundup.

Allison at BCS Frenzy offers four reasons USC thumped Ohio State.
Tony at Dejuiced talks about the Cubs’ almost pulling off back-to-back no hitters.
Tony also discusses the Brewers firing Ned Yost at Inside the Ballpark.
Jodie at Gossip on Sports talks about No Jet-ribution and tells a funny story about what happened to Tom Brady.
Jeanne at Hockey Beat discusses NHL 09 on XBOX 360 and their unreadable discs.
Jyle at Footie thinks that some fans of the UEFA Euro 2008 have gone bat crazy.
Over at Sneaks ‘N Gear …read more

When it comes to sports, everyone has their favorites, right? Favorite sports, favorite teams, favorite players, favorite stadiums, and so on. Well the fabulous b5media sports bloggers wanted to talk about their favorites.

Sandy kicks off the favorite talk with her favorite Olympic sport at Light the Torch.
Sandy also discusses her favorite golfer – Tom Weiskopf – at Green Posse.
Michael talks about not showing favoritism at Jab and Grapple.
Tim talks about Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing at Do You NASCAR.
Lyndsey tells all about being a Kansas City Chiefs fan at Girls Dig Sports.
Tony talks about his favorite team – the Houston …read more

I’m an admitted bandwagon baseball fan. I love the sport of baseball but I don’t love any specific team. The last team I loved was the Montreal Expos — and we all saw what happened to the Expos. However, each year I latch on to a few teams and watch those teams a little bit more. Who are my favorite baseball teams in 2008?
Los Angeles Dodgers
The combination of Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez trying to climb the mountain all the way to the World Series is a good story. Those two long-time rivals are now …read more

We are giving away a copy of Haunted Baseball. This is a cool book that talks about the legends, curses, ghosts and other stories surrounding baseball. The tales are compiled from players, fans, front office staff, stadium personnel, umps and other people around baseball.
So how do you win? Well all you have to do is caption this photo of Alex Rodriguez and his soon-to-be ex-wife. (Have you heard about the A-Rod and Madonna sex tape!)
Leave your caption in the comments below and you’ll be automatically entered into the giveaway.

On Friday, August 1 at 8:00pm, I’ll do a random …read more