Thursday Morning Starting Five: The Dammit I Missed the Playoffs Last Night Edition
Gotta make the doughnuts. I’d be stupid to complain of having a job in this economy, but missing the playoffs at night is wick, wick, wack. If I’m not texting everyone I know at all kinds of crazy hours, I’m literally going crazy trying to get the results. I hope you all had a good night. It’s 6:27 and after I post this, I’m crashing like J.R. Smith. Anyone need me, text me and I’ll get back to you when I wake up from battling Rip Van Winkle for the most zzzz’s. Be Peace.
Oh…
Question for the TSF fam…Do you want me to report baseball scores? If you want me to, I will. It’s up to you. Anyone notice the reemergence of the stolen base?
Embattled mayor dies after losing re-election bid (USA Today)
I asked Kobe about toughness here. Last night he was tougher. (Houston Chronicle)
Celtics blow out Magic. Courtney Lee hopes to be back for game three. (Orlando Sentinel)
Subcommittee meeting on the future of journalism (Commerce.Senate.gov)
Detroit-area businessmen are accused of paying and giving gifts to Toledo football and basketball players to shave points. (LA Times)
In Georgia, lawyers abandoning the poor. (AJC)
Sister of Cuban activist ‘Antúnez’ to deliver letter to Congress. (Miami Herald)
D.C.’s ‘Ambassador of Rap’ has little time for chillin’ (Boston Herald)
The Wale I bang…
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May 7th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Mizz…. you might have a piece coming.
May 7th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/04/06/jose-canseco-says-90-chance-manny-ramirez-is-on-steroids-list/
Jose Canseco put out Manny Ramirez’s name about a month ago to the press, which was very odd at the time.
It is what is, or maybe it isn’t. Was Manny set up?
Canseco, in my opinion, is likely to have been a government informant for the Bush Justice Department and this is Canseco’s last opportunity to get his last fifteen minutes of fame.
I am Braves fan, but I root for the Dodgers as well.
Manny as been an increasing target over the last couple of years by the mainstream sports media (Manny being Manny) in essence questioning his intelligence and to a degree his character. It wasn’t the same type of persecution Vick received, but Manny draws this type of mainly white outrage or contempt. And Manny may have under-estimated that wave of anger and (also A-Rod)… and it may be an effort to invalidate minorities who are approaching the HR and offense records of baseball. Plus to pump up the Babe Ruth crowd and Mike Lupica/Costas/ Joe Buck ‘pure baseball’ crowd…
Manny ain’t going to jail, but it looks to be a smear job…
May 7th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4148907
The word on the street is that Manny got suspended for 50 games.
I think the jury will be out on exactly what was the banned substance that he took — and the circumstances under which he took it.
Frankly, dude looks a little too chunky all over to fit the profile…but maybe it’s all been a baggy clothes charade to mask an unbelievably ripped frame. I’m going to wait on this one. We will see what we see.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
With that — all of this was easily avoidable and it’s 100% on him.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
I was wondering why the Yankees didn’t sign him…or any other team for that matter.
May 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Forget reporting the scores, I want to report baseball games. The time and access you get in clubhouses is the day to the night you get in locker rooms. Put that together with your interviewing and there is a world of stories out there for the telling.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
It’s hard to get in bruh. Totally different atmosphere than other sports…as you say. Love it in there. Maybe I need some hCG…
May 7th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
http://talkhoops.net/2009/05/i-love-ron-artest-post-game-interviews.html
Ron Artest is really trying to stay under control, but Artest is so unpredictable (if he feels disrespected) he might just choke out Kobe on the court on national TV if he gets elbowed by Kobe.
May 8th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Patrick, your conspiracy theories of the true origin of the problems Manny and ARod are having are a load of totally unsubstantiated crap. If you need a recent history less, I could rattle off half a dozen infractions of each of these guys that pisses off a vast wider swath of people than just snowflakes.