Baseball players blowing bubblegum bubbles in 1975! I say yes.

In 1970 Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter. An amazing achievement on itself Ellis threw the no-hitter after dropping a hit of acid. Here’s an animated rendition of the event.

Oh those Phillie’s fans.. funny guys I tell ya.

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How do you spice up a lousy game between two of the saddest sackers in Major League Baseball?

With bees of course!

Various lessons learned here:

1- always keep a bee keeper on your speed dial

2 – never leave a jar of honey in your jacket

3 – don’t hire Winnie The Poo as a ballboy

4 – your chances of getting attacked by bees at a hockey game are much lower

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Please god, never allow Denise Richards to sing again. Otherwise I’ll have to hurt myself.

With nowhere left to turn, New York Yankees Outfielder and Steroid user Alex (Hem-A-Roid) Rodriguez came out and admitted to having used Steroids from 2001 to 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers.

Here is the full interview that aired on ESPN:

Let’s face it here. Hem-A-Roid would have never come out in public with this admission had he not been pushed into a corner to do so. Rather than face legal issues not unlike other MLBers Barry (Head Growth) Bonds and Roger (Road Rage) Clemens, Hem-A-Roid was no doubt schooled by his agent and a slew of media training experts to try to woo over the perception of Joe Public. A few small glitches came up that weren’t scripted out in the master plan however:

• 1. The face cake they applied on him prior to the taping made him look like a pumpkin colored circus freak.
• 2. Whoever picked out his sweater must be smoking crack.
• 3. Hem-A-Roid is not an actor; he’s a cheating overplayed ball player. His delivery of ‘the truth’ came across as one of the most insincere admissions of guilt ever seen on television, and now all over the internet. We can only assume his “MiLF” also helped him go over his lines as well.

For old time sake take a look at this 2 year old interview on 60 Minutes in which he denied ever taking steroids:

Something tells me this story isn’t over quite yet. It’ll be interesting when Human Growth Hormone testing becomes more prevalent in baseball, and the amount of ball players that no doubt will be caught using them. Makes you wonder if and when Hem-A-Roid ends up on that list as well.

It looks like Jose Canseco was right after all.. I guess he must be getting a good laugh this week.

All is not lost however, we can only hope Hem-A-Roid turns the page a few years from now and tries to cash in on his situation just like the grandfather of steroid cheaters Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson did in this energy drink TV spot.

And no story is complete until Letterman makes a top 10 list out of it. Very Funny.

I just realized why getting drunk at a ball game is a bad idea.

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Spare a few bucks for a Phillies Victim?

My name is Ted. Philly flipped my car. I hope they can help fix it. It happened after the world series at Broad and Ellsworth St. at approx. 1:30am. Please help if you can. If 300 people (ideally those on Broad St. who got to enjoy the flipping spectacle) give $10.00 each I’m sure I could get a new car. Whatever you can offer will be much appreciated.

http://phillyfixmycar.blogspot.com/

The Los Angeles Times reports L.A. Dodger Jeff Kent donated $15,000 to the Yes on Prop 8 campaign that seeks to ban gay marriage in the state of California. “In a disclosure filed with the California secretary of state, Kent listed his occupation as professional baseball player for the Dodgers and his address as Austin, Texas. He gave the $15,000 in a transaction dated Monday but which only now is public. A review of campaign records shows no other donations to federal or California state campaigns by Kent.”

One thing for sure, Jeff would have fit in well in the West Hollywood gay club scene sporting that manly stache of his. This bonehead move probably blew his chance of being a “big hit” with the boys.

Perhaps Little Jeffy should relax a bit.

Oh oh
Wee-ell-now!

Hey

What is up with the biggest story in the recently (deadly dull as usual) World Series getting the gag order? Why was there absolutely no mention of closer Brad Lidge’s miraculous comeback? Were the announcers too scared to revive the jinx? Did writers not know of his recent history? Who knows?

Anyhoo, here’s the deal.

Lidge was a flame thrower closer for the Houston Astros who struck batters out at an unbelievable 15.2/9 innings rate in 2004. He was simply ridiculous. Then something strange happened, though in baseball circles it actually happens with an alarming frequency. Lidge had a mental glitch under extreme pressure, and during the 2005 playoffs became unravelled. You remember Rick Ankiel throwing nothing but wild pitches in the playoffs a while back? This was similar, except Lidge could throw strikes, but they turned into the juicy variety. He was clobbered, losing three games and his confidence. That continued into the next season as his ERA rose from 2.29 to a nasty 5.28, and he promptly lost his closer job.

The Philadelphia Phillies gambled that Lidge could regain his touch and made him their closer this year. Lidge screwed his head back on and had a perfect year. Yup perfect: he saved every game that he was called on for, including the World Series Finale. And in all of this Hollywood style story there was absolutely no mention about his past demons. And I thought everyone loved a fairy tale. Maybe Lidge’s jinx didn’t have a cool name like the Curse of the Bambino (Boston Red Sox), or the Curse of The Billy Goat (Chicago Cubs).

So let’s change all that.

From heretofore all refer to the story above as “The Unbelievable and Totally Loopy Lidge Soul Sale to the Devil Reverse Curse”.