On Thursday, Lee scored the game-tying run in the top of the ninth inning after Jeff Baker hit a homer with two outs to give the Cubs the lead over the San Francisco Giants. As Lee and Baker entered the dugout, teammates were celebrating.

During that celebration, Guzman greeted Lee with a helmet slap. The problem? The helmet slapped caused Lee to suffer neck spasms. Lee was then forced to leave the game and he wasn’t in the lineup for Friday’s contest.

As it stands, the Cubs are 80-73 and out of the playoff chase. Good thing there is always next year. That will be the year the curse ends. Right, Cubs fans?

Derrek Lee Injured by a Celebratory Helmet Slap (Image: Zuma Press)

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The renewal of vows between Madonna and Ritchie supposedly took place over the weekend in a Kabbalah ceremony in London. Madonna, who recently turned 50, is about to embark on a world tour. Ritchie, who is about to turn 40, is off to plan his birthday part. Rodriguez, who is 9.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL West, is trying to find a way to lead the New York Yankees to the playoffs with a wife ready to divorce him and an alleged girlfriend on the side who appears to no longer be a girlfriend.

Will Alex Rodriguez look past his relationship troubles long enough to lead the Yankees?

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Watching the video, Mihiro Taniguchi actually has a pretty good swing. While she might have to practice some more to reach the level of Ichiro, she looks like she is off to a good start.

Here is the Mihiro Taniguchi Baseball Video:

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In this video, you see a Cubs fan pick up a Gatorade tub and dump it on the head of a reporter. While it looks a little bit like a setup, reports indicate that this is indeed legit. Unless the reporter won some sort of reporting championship we aren’t aware of, the dumping of Gatorade was probably inappropriate.

Here is the video of the Chicago Cubs fan dumping Gatorade on a reporter:

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• 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 Astros – at Inside the Ballpark.
• Jodie tells us about favorite players, teams and more across many sports at Gossip on Sports.
• Cherie reminisces about her favorite moments as an Ohio State fan at Dejuiced.
• Stephen talks about his favorite baseball teams of 2008 at Knuckle Curve.
• Stephen also discusses his five favorite fantasy basketball players at HoopsFantasy.
• David talks about America’s favorite spectator sport at Every Morning Quarterback.
• Kori discusses her favorite fantasy football players at The Fantasy Kickoff.

Thanks for reading and hopefully you visit all the great blogs here at b5media often.

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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 fighting for the same cause on the other side of the country.

Chicago Cubs
The lovable losers are actually winners this year. This is one of the best Chicago Cubs teams in a long time. If the Cubs are ever going to end their World Series drought, wouldn’t this be the perfect year?

Texas Rangers
The Josh Hamilton story is just too cool not to follow. Hamilton has gone from heroin to hero in record time. Although the Rangers don’t have much of a chance to make the postseason, they have an puncher’s shot.

Tampa Bay Rays
Who can’t love what the Tampa Bay Rays are doing. In years past, the Devil Rays were one of the worst franchises of all-time. Seemingly overnight, the Rays are now making a run at the American League playoffs.

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• Ryan from College Fast Break tells us how he enjoys the summer without college basketball.
• David from Every Morning Quarterback discusses how summer vacation is over … at least for NFL players.
• Jodie at Gossip on Sports chats about how Dwyane Wade almost ruined her day at the beach.
• Cherie from Dejuiced talks about her summer fun as baseball leads up to pre-season football and then college football.
• Lyndsey at Girls Dig Sports tell us about her good times at the Gus Macker national 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
• Sandy at Green Posse talks about the British Open which begins on July 17th. She also discusses the ultimate sports fun this summer – the Beijing Olympics on Light The Torch.
• Tony at Inside the Ballpark talks about the Midsummer Classic and his experience at the All-Star break festivities back in 2005.
• Michael from Jab & Grapple loves WWE’s SummerSlam and reminisces back to the first SummerSlam back in 1988.
• Jeanne at Hockey Beat tells us ways to enjoy hockey during the summertime.
• Stephen at Hoops Fantasy discusses the fun of NBA Summer League. He also talks about the Home Run Derby over at Knuckle Curve.
• Jyle loves about kicking around a soccer ball at The Footie and wearing your favorite pair of sneakers at Sneaks ‘N Gear.
• Kori at The Fantasy Kickoff talks about preparing for your fantasy draft in the summertime.

What are you doing for fun this summer? Visit one of the b5 sports blogs and let us know about your sports summer fun.

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Cynthia Rodriguez is saying that Madonna’s use of Kabbalah has resulted in some kind of mystique Jewish mind-control on Alex Rodriguez. Due to that, she says, A-Rod has turned cold and is now under the control of Madonna.

Seeing how the Yankees have lost five of their last six games, Madonna might try to use Kabbalah to help out New York’s team. If it works well enough to get A-Rod to leave his wife, it should help the Yankees get a few wins.

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The last we heard about the Yankees superstar third baseman and his wife, they seemed happy. The two were celebrating the birth of their second child. Cynthia even gave an account of how Alex Rodriguez choked in the delivery room.

Three months later, the couple has seperated. Some reports have even linked Cynthia with Lenny Kravitz. Cynthia and Kravitz supposedly were seen in Paris — however, Kravitz maintains it was the two are just friends.

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. Will A-Rod trade in the wife for Madonna? Will Cynthia leave Alex for Lenny? I guess we’ll find out.

The good news for Yankees fans is that Rodriguez is swinging the bat well. After a relatively slow start, Rodriguez is hitting .316 with 17 homers and 47 RBI. In the month of June, Rodriguez had nine homers and hit .366.

Will Alex Rodriguez stay with his wife Cynthia or are the Madonna rumors real?

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