The Run

-Just when we thought things were different in 2008. Rolling along nicely with the Major's best record, and BAM! Right between the eyes. Alfonso Soriano was hit by a pitch on the left hand and will be out atleast 6 weeks.

After he was hit in the second inning, Soriano left the game and went to a hospital for X-rays. He will be in a splint for three weeks, Cubs spokesman Peter Chase said.

Soriano was on the DL earlier this season with a calf injury -- the Cubs were 9-5 during his absence -- and was just beginning to look comfortable on the bases. After a slow start this season, he came off the DL the first time and during one stretch last month hit seven homers in six games.

"He was just starting to run the way we thought he could, playing well in the outfield and hitting the ball with some power," manager Lou Piniella said.

"A bad break for us. Just an unfortunate thing. ...It's a shame, it really is. Things happen in baseball."

The Cubs are more than capable of keeping up their NL Central lead but they will have to pick up the Soriano slack somewhere. Jim Edmonds really needs to pick up his offense in Soriano's absence.

-The 108th edition of the U.S. Open of Golf gets underway today in San Diego, California. Expect a hard course with fast greens and long rough. The USGA likes their champion of their Open event to be around even par. Last year's champion Angel Cabrera won with a +5.

I look for this to be an entertaing tournament. I still think Tiger Woods will win despite his knee surgery following the Masters. If I have to pick someone else, I will take David Toms. Look for the winning score to be -1.

-More drama for the New York Giants. Most people expected TE Jeremy Shockey to not show up as he said he wouldn't for the last couple of weeks. To a lot of people's surpris, Shockey showed up on Wednesday ready to go. Problem is, Plaxico Burress pulled a no show and said he won't show until he gets a new contract.

I for one am sick and tired of all of these NFL players bitching about everything. If you have a contract, get in camp and practice and try and get a contract then. Why does everyone have to complain so much? I know they don't want to practice in the heat but come on? It is a different player every day.

-Celtics and Lakers will renew their series with Game 4 tonight. Following a miserable Game 3 to watch we all hope for a "Bird/Magic" type game. But I doubt we get that. Look for the Celtics to bounce back strong in a game that will go down to the end. The Celtics will win Game 4 93-90.

-The Indiana Hoosiers storied basketball program is in trouble. With the announcement today of Sophomore to be Jordan Crawford is transferring, the Hoosiers have 1 scholorship player returning for the upcoming season. Just 1. That is not good for new head coach Tom Crean.

The only returning players still on the roster are forward Kyle Taber, who started four games and averaged 1.3 points, and walk-on guard Brett Finkelmeier, who totaled two points in 11 minutes all season.

Needless to say the Hoosiers will be bad in the '08-'09 season. Last year the Hoosiers won 25 games, this year, the Hoosiers will lose 25 games.

The Hoosiers Could Probly Use This Guy On Their Bench


*Stat O' The Day"
384
-The Number of at bats George Brett Had Before He Fell Below .400 in 1980. 384 ab's is the most before falling below .400 since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941.

*Today In History*
-{1994} Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman Were Murdered
-{1920} Man O' War Wins Belmont In Record Time
-{1963} Movie Cleopatra Opens

*Today's Birthday's*
-{1924} George H.W. Bush (President)
-{1929} Anne Frank (Author)

*Quote Of The Day*
-To be is to do.
Immanuel Kant

*News Of The Weird*
-ROME - An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop.

The couple, in their early 30s, were detained by police earlier this month after they had made love in the confessional box in the cathedral in northern Cesena. They were cautioned for obscene acts in public and disturbing a religious function.

Their lawyer said they had been drinking all night and realized they had gone too far.

*Joke Of The Day*
-I'll Drink To That!-
Steve, Bob and Jeff were working on very high scaffolding one day when, suddenly, Steve fell off and was killed instantly. After the ambulance left with Steve's body, Bob and Jeff realized that one of them had to tell Steve's wife.

Bob said he's good at this sort of sensitive stuff, so he volunteered to do the job. After two hours he returned, carrying a six-pack of beer.

"So did you tell her?" asks Jeff.

"Yep", replied Bob.

"Where did you get the six-pack?"

"She gave it to me!"

"What?!" exclaims Jeff, "You just told her her husband died and she gave you a six-pack?!"

"Sure," Bob says.

"Why?" asks Jeff.

"Well," Bob continues, "When she answered the door, I asked her, 'Are you Steve's widow?'”

“'Widow?' she said, 'No, no, you're mistaken; I'm not a widow!'

'So I said, ‘I'll bet you a six-pack you ARE!’”

*Funny Pic Of The Day*

This Is About As True As It Is Now Adays

*Video Of The Day*

They Aren't Throwing Nude Pics of Their Ex-Wife

The Daily Run

-Is it just me or did it seem as if Shaq played in that game last night? No. Well, maybe it was the Shaq like free throw shooting in an awful game to watch. The Lakers beat the Celtics 87-81 to cut the series down to 2-1.

This game was just ugly. Where to start, there is so much. The two teams combined for 38.9% shooting from the field and 25 turnovers. Paul Pierce was out of this world bad, going 2-14 and scoring just 6 points. KG wasn't much better with 13 points on 6-21 shooting. For the Lakers, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom combined for 17 points on 5-18 shooting.

The two teams also combined for 64% from the charity stripe. Kobe was 11-18 and Pau was 3-8. That is brutal. I thought these guys were professionals. How the hell can you shoot that bad. Think about it, these guys only play basketball. Why you can't make a minimum of 70% is beyond me. I guess Shaq did rub off of them last night.

-Well, I did get half of my prediction right from yesterday. I said the Lakers would cover the 9 points...which they didn't. But, I did say they would have a decided advantage in free throws and they did. The Lakers out attempted the Celtics at the stripe 34-22. Now you don't hear Phil and Kobe crying do ya?

-Everyone is all nestalgic over the Lakers and Celtics renewing their rivalry in the NBA Finals. But, I didn't notice that Game 3 was an 80's throwback night, did you? Sure looked like it in the stands if these two get front row seats!...

-As I said yesterday, Dontrelle Willis sucks! Well, seems the Detroit Tigers agree and have had enough. The Tigers shipped Dontrelle to A-Ball. A? Wow, he really sucks. "Our objective is to get Dontrelle back to being Dontrelle," Tigers president, CEO and general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "We don't want to put a time frame on this. We want to get it right. The arm strength is still there, on occasion. The breaking ball is still there. But we want to get him back to being comfortable throwing strikes." Good thing they gave "D-Train" that $29 mill for a Single A pitcher. .laugh.

-St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols was helped off the field with a strained left calf he suffered in the seventh inning of the Cardinals' game Tuesday at Cincinnati. Pujols, who hit his 16th homer of the season in the third inning, hit a grounder to first baseman Joey Votto and took three steps before reaching down to grab his left lower leg and falling to the ground.

Cardinals better hope this injury isn't too bad or they could fall out of the race pretty quick.

-Reports are that former NBA player Jason Caffey may have some children. Now you may say, "So What?". And normally, you would be right. The problem with Jason is, he has 10 children by 8 different women. Yes, read that sentance again. I think he may even have Shawn Kemp beat in this category. The problem is, Caffey is claiming bankruptcy from all the child support. Ya think? Someone should have changed his name to "Jimmy" after a couple of kids.

-The New York Daily News is repoting that Roger Clemens also kept Viagra in his locker in a GNC bottle. Could things get any worse for "The Rocket"? I want to say no but tomorrow is another day. I know it was "hard"(no pun intended) to keep up with a 15 year old but jeez Roger. There are so many one liners that could come out of this, I won't even try. Wait, yes I will.

I wonder what Raphy Palmeiro thinks? My commercials worked maybe?

No wonder Roger was so hard-on himself.

Do you think he will get a "stiff" penalty for lying?

Roger is getting the "shaft" on this deal.

I mean we could go on and on and on. Oh, if we go on for more than 4 hours, should we call our doctor? .laugh.

"Took 2 Before The Game DJ"


*Stat O' The Day*
155
-155 MPH Is The Fastest Tennis Serve On Record. Held By Andy Roddick

*Today In History*
-{1979} John Wayne, Actor, Dies at 72
-{1962} 3 Men Escaped From Alcatrez
-{1977} Seattle Slew Wins Triple Crown
-{1982} E.T. Open In Theaters

*Today's Birthday's*
-{1913} Vince Lombardi (NFL)
-{1956} Joe Montana (NFL)
-{1986} Shia LaBoeuf (Actor)
-{1933} Gene Wilder (Actor)
-{1978} Joshua Jackson (Actor)

*Quote Of The Day*
-The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery

*News Of The Weird*
-WELLINGTON, New Zealand - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday.

Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.

The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.

*Joke Of The Day*
-Drunk Fishing
An extremely drunk fellow decides that he wants to go fishing. He packs up all his tackle and sets out in search of a suitable spot. Eventually, he stumbles across a huge area of ice and decides that he'll give it a go. Taking out a saw from his tackle box, he starts to saw a hole in the ice.

Suddenly, a loud voice booms out at him, "There's no fish in here." The drunk looks all around him but can't see anyone. He decides to ignore the voice and carries on sawing.

Again, the voice booms out, "I've told you once, there's no fish in here!" He looks up again but there's still no sign of anyone so he returns to his task.

"Stop it!" shouts the now very angry sounding voice, "You'd better pack up your stuff and get out of here or there'll be trouble."

"Who are you?" shouts the drunk guy.

"Look," replies the voice, "I'm the manager of this Ice Rink!"

*Funny Pic Of The Day*

So That Is What We Are Doing?

*Video Of The Day*


The History Of The Fist Bump

-Those of us who remember "Junior" when he was in his absolute prime in Seattle, aren't really all that surprised he has hit 600 home runs. You can make the arguement that he was the best player of the 1990's...and I would. When at his best, there was nobody better on offense or defense in Center. He was the "5-tool player". If it weren't for major injuries, he would be passing 700 home runs instead of 600 home runs. First the broken wrist from the wall in Seattle up to his oft injured days in Cincinnati. "Junior" has slowed down a lot now adays, but remember him for what he was in the 90's, MLB's finest.

-Nobody in the NBA is a bigger legend in their own mind than that of Gilbert Arenas. Well, the self proclaimed "best finisher" in the game is now a free agent. This is no surprise as Arenas had repeatedly said he would forgo the final year of his six-year, $65 million deal so that he could re-sign with the team for an even larger amount. Arenas, a three-time All-Star, missed most of last season after two operations on his left knee. He has averaged 22.8 points, 5.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds in his seven-season NBA career. So, is "Agent 0" a coveted free agent? I would lean towards yes. He is a big time threat if you can put up with his oversized ego. He and "Ocho Cinco" have a lot in common.

-Looks like the "D-Train" is off the tracks, again. How big of a joke has this guy been since coming to Detroit? And you thought Barry Zito had it bad. If I were the Tigers, I would trade Dontrelle Willis straight up for Zito and feel I just stole someone's lunch money. Willis became the 3rd pitcher since 1956 last night to give up 8 earned runs on 3 or fewer hits. That is hard to do. Willis has walked 21 batters in 11 1/3 innings. I bet they wish they could bring back Frank Tannana, atleast he could throw strikes at the age of 60.

-The College World Series is set. Here are the opening round games...
Saturday, June 14
Game 1 -- Stanford (39-22-2) vs. No. 4 Florida State (54-12), 2 p.m.
Game 2 -- No. 8 Georgia (41-23-1) vs No. 1 Miami (52-9), 7 p.m.
Game 3 -- Fresno State (42-29) vs. No. 6 Rice (47-13), 2 p.m.
Game 4 -- No. 7 LSU (48-17-1) vs. No. 2 North Carolina (51-12), 7 p.m.

-My prediction sure to go wrong is, the College World Series Final will have No.2 North Carolina v. No.8 Georgia. UNC will take down the title.

-Of course, the best part of College World Series week is ESPN's coverage right? Of course it is. Atleast the people who cover it. E.A., nuff said.

-In another prediction sure to go wrong, the Los Angeles Lakers will win Game 3 tonight. Now I am not happy about this, but it will happen. The Lakers are favored by 9, expect the cover. Lakers will win big because the refs will even things out, mark my words. The officials have been getting hammered since Game 2 and it will even out tonight so Phil and Kobe can stop their complaining. Lakers 103-90.

We Would Rather Have Elmo

-Michael Strahan of the Giants retired. I don't really like him or the Giants that much, but I wish he would keep playing so I don't have to hear his crap on TV this fall. You know he will get hired for some 6 hour pregame show or something on ESPN and waste my time. Maybe he can join the Today Show with Tiki?


-Cedric Benson was cut by the Bears yesterday following his second arrest in a month. When asked why, Benson said, "Somebody from the '05 draft has to keep up with Pacman." Ok, so he didn't say that but they were in the same draft, just 2 picks apart. Congrats on that draft to all those teams who passed on Shawne Merriman to the 12th pick.

-T.O. has been placed in the "reasonable cause" NFL drug testing program. Owens was placed in the program because he missed day-of telephone calls to set up random tests. Owens acknowledged Monday having missed the test several weeks ago, blaming it on a "communication problem involving cell phone numbers." Ooops, can ya hear me now T.O.?

*Stat O' The Day"

13.5

-K's per 9 innings by Cubs pitcher Carlos Marmol.

*Today In History*
-{1752} Ben Franklin's Kite Is Hit By Lightning Demonstrating Electricity
-{1692} First Salem Witch Hanging
-{1775} John Adams Proposes Continental Army
-{1944} Joe Nuxhall Makes MLB Debut at 15

*Today's Birthday's*
-{1922} Judy Garland (Actress)
-{1965} Elizabeth Hurley (Model/Actress)
-{1962} Gina Gershon (Actress)
-{1982} Tara Lipinski (Figure Skating)

*Quote Of The Day*
-Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
[i]Bo Jackson[/i]

*News Of The Weird*
-LEBANON, Pa. - Rescue crews had to cut apart a portable toilet to rescue a man who got stuck naked inside the potty. Authorities say the 31-year-old man used his cell phone to call 911 on Sunday from inside a portable toilet.

Police say the man had been drinking and had taken off his clothes. Somehow, he immersed himself in the holding tank.

Police charged the man with public drunkenness and creating a health code violation, but they have no idea why he was in the toilet with his clothes off.

*Joke Of The Day*
The Diagnosis
A beautiful, voluptuous woman goes to a gynecologist. The doctor takes one look at this woman and all his professionalism goes out the window. Right away he tells her to undress. After she has disrobed he begins to stroke her thigh.

As he does this he says to the woman, "Do you know what I'm doing?"

"Yes," she says, "You're checking for any abrasions or dermatological abnormalities."

"That's right," says the doctor. He then begins to fondle her breasts. "Do you know what I'm doing now?" he asks.

"Yes," the woman says, "You're checking for breast cancer."

"That's right," replies the doctor. He then begins to have sexual intercourse with the woman. He says to her, "Do you know what I'm doing now?"

"Yes," she says. "You're getting herpes."

*Funny Pic Of The Day*

Place Your Trays In The Upright & Locked Position

*Video Of The Day*


Who Knew? A Laker Fan Game 2 Watch Party At Staples Center

R.I.P. Kirby (1960-2006)

-Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett, who led the Minnesota Twins to two World Series titles, died Monday due to complications resulting from a stroke. He was 45.

Kirby was one of those guys, who wasn't your favorite player, but he defined his generation of baseball players. He was on that elite list of guys who marked my childhood that really started in the early to mid 80's along with guys like Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn, Don Mattingly, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens. When I think of the Minnesota Twins, to me, it starts with Kirby. I was never fortunate enough to see Kirby play in person. I saw a game in Minnesota the year he retired. Now that I think about it, it is too bad I didn't get to see him play. My thoughts and prayers are with the Puckett family. He will be missed, R.I.P. Kirby.

-On a lighter note, the World Baseball Classic starts up again tomorrow, and I honestly can't wait. Mexico v. USA, Canada v. South Africa, Panama v. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic v. Venezuela, and Australia v. Italy. The D.R. v. Venezuela game is the best game out of all the preliminary round games. People should really stop being so harsh about this thing and enjoy what it really is...baseball! Baseball is back!

-Isn't the NFL labor problems a joke? Just like all the other sports when they have labor problems, it is the billionares vs. the millionaires. Who really cares? Get this thing done and get it done yesterday! They will all be rich in the end.

Just 5 days to Selection Sunday!