Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to the list of potential Chicago Cubs buyers.
According to the AP and ESPN, “Mark Cuban confirmed Thursday that he has submitted his application to Major League Baseball to purchase the Cubs. Cuban, who has owned the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks since January of 2000 and is known for his free-spending ways, told the newspaper he sent the paperwork in last week.”
Oh joy. At least he spice up baseball a little bit more…
Thanks to Justin Morneau, and Joe Mauer along with an inept Chicago pitching staff, the Minnesota Twins scored 32 runs on Friday, winning 20-14 in the opener, and 12-0 during the night cap.
Morneau became the fourth Twins player to hit three home runs in a game (game two), as he killed the White Sox single-handedly.
According to the AP, Veteran John Smoltz will return to Atlanta on Thursday and meet with Braves doctors about his right shoulder discomfort, which will force him to miss next Tuesday’s All-Star game as well as Saturday’s scheduled start at San Diego.
It is yet to be seen who will take Smoltz’s place…
According to the AP, the Boston Red Sox have formed an alliance with Bobby Valentine’s team, the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Pacific League, to share player evaluations and statistical analysis.
Yep. The move is brilliant, and a total strategic one to use Japan as a resource for MLB talent.
George Steinbrenner turns 77 today. With his health in supposedly in decline, and his role with the Yankees seemingly shrinking, the most well-known owner in all of sports is celebrating his birthday today.
Whether you care for him or not, let’s wish him a happy birthday and for making the game of baseball colorful and interesting.
That being said, here’s a video of George Steinbrenner (taken by yours truly) signing autographs for fans and a friend of mine during spring training in Tampa, Florida.
Now, I don’t get this, either you want attention, or you don’t.
Cynthia Rodriguez I guess wants the latter, and she doesn’t care what the world thinks about it. On Sunday, according to the New York Post, Ms. Rodriguez wore a shirt on the back that said F**k You.
She was with her 2-year old daughter at the time…
I guess no one told Ms. Rodriguez that shirt is not allowed in Yankee Stadium, but yet security did nothing about it.
Sigh.
Although the Yankees are floundering, they still manage to keep the team in the news — for better or worse.
Barry Bonds is the All-Star Game as a starter. Yay.
He overcame a overcame a 119,000-vote deficit in the final days of balloting and finished 123,000 ahead of the Chicago Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano on Sunday to claim the third and final starting outfield spot for the National League.
Out of the blue, Mike Hargrove resigned from the Seattle Mariners before Sunday’s game. The Mariners are currently one of the better teams in the game sporting an 8 game winning streak and a 45-33 record.
With the worst record in baseball, the Reds decided to can Jerry Narron. Perhaps in a move long in the making, he was fired after the team finished Sunday with a MLB-worst record 31 wins in 82 games.
Week 14 Lines and Fantasy Advice. Our apologies for being so untimely, we had to write this at our late lunch.
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Funk's Corner - Idea of Working the Amarillo Territory. Funk's Corner - Just to give you an idea of what it was like working the Amarillo Territory.
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CM Punk Blogs from Iraq
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Punk packed for Iraq
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Tribute to the [...]
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An "eye-opening experience"
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John Cena Blogs fron Iraq on WWE Universe.com:
Back again for the troops
WWE Universe, Hello from Iraq.
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Brad Pitt Larry King Live Transcript
The wonderful Isa sent a link to the transcript of the Brad Pitt Larry King interview! Check it out!
Larry King: We now welcome to "Larry King Live," from New Orleans, Brad Pitt, the [...]
Seattle Weekend Edition for 12/06/08 - Page 4 Here is a really great opportunity to experience history live. Take the spoiled ones with you.:
19th Century Christmas
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Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts
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The silver lining in layoffs From the Microsoft Office Live Small Business blog: Every morning, it seems, the news brings tidings of another massive layoff. Recently, Citigroup announced plans to lay off more than 50,000 [...]
