After doing battle over the weekend with someone old enough to order from the senior’s menu at IHOP, Manny Ramirez has a new image problem. Before knocking down 64-year-old Jack McCormick because of ticket problems, Ramirez’s eccentricities were laughable...

On a historical scale of impasses, Marc Ecko v. the Baseball Hall of Fame deciding what to do with Barry Bonds Home Run 756 ball ranks somewhere between a Congressional stalemate and you unsuccessfully arguing to get a free...

When MLB decided to honor Yankee Stadium in its last season by holding this year’s All-Star game there, they thought they were getting the whole package. We’re not talking about Ruth or Gehrig’s ashes, but the Yankee stars in...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: Drunk with Euro tournament fever, we haven’t really checked in on MLB’s standings because, frankly, there isn’t a need to until late August. As of now, the Tampa Bay Rays are...

During our visit the Shea Stadium the other day to see the Mets get shellacked by the Mariners, the one genuinely exciting thing we saw was the confrontation between manager Jerry Manuel and home plate ump Brian Runge. Even...

Hey, remember Nomar Garciaparra? About six foot tall, 190 pounds, batting average somewhere north of .300. Well, it turns out he still plays baseball for the Dodgers. Surprising stuff you find out when you read the newspapers, especially the...

Oh Jerry Manuel. In less than a month into your reign as Mets manager, you’ve already threatened to go “gangsta” and shiv one of your best players, and now, you’re comparing your fans to fertilizer. Cow shit. Now, a...

As interleague play winds down in baseball, the most compelling match-up this weekend has to be the Cubs and the White Sox. This is the first time the two teams have met while in first place; there’s the Cubs...

A lot of people are painting new Mets skipper Jerry Manuel as a “nice guy manager” because he was Ozzie Guillen’s predecessor in Chicago and, well, people liked him. Apparently, anyone compared to Ozzie automatically win brownie points for...

When people learned that Mets’ GM Omar Minaya fired Willie Randolph yesterday, the response of most people was to shrug. It’s not like it was that unexpected. But when they got into the details of it, those shrugs quickly...

Omar Minaya is one inefficient GM. Under the cover of night, the Mets front office general flew to California yesterday and axed his manager Willie Randolph and two coaches after their win against the Angels. At 3 AM New...

It turns out the updated iPhone won’t simply be a geek’s play thing. One of the new applications for Apple’s App Store is one by created by Major League Baseball that will give fans video highlights and up-to-the-minute scores....

We don’t know if the New York Times is trying to reignite some type of east-west coast feud, but its travel writer Peter Meehan is about to get one going. Why? Did he diss the LA Times? No, Angelenos...

Ozzie Guillen’s tenure as White Sox manager could be going the Hilary Clinton-for-Presidency route. And—surprise!—it’s because of his mouth. The White Sox’s anemic offense made him go off his meds on Sunday, telling anyone who would listen that there...

We love our fantasy sports around here. But even we find it absurd that anything having to do with stat geeks hovering over the computer trying to find Roy Oswalt’s WHIP could make it to the Supreme Court. Yes,...

Whas Happened In Sports This Weekend MLB 2008: The Chicago Cubs win their seventh consecutive game and are atop MLB standings as of June 1st for the first time since 1908. In other news, a girl actually decided against...

While some of our fantasy teams have been enjoying the Tigers’ Carlos Guillen’s fine season, he’s actually having a tough go of late. That’s because according to his coach, Jim Leyland, the third baseman has been dealing with hemorrhoids...

What in the wide world of sports is going on with the state of the fan today? Yesterday, the NFL commissioner wanted to neuter the fans in the stands via a “conduct policy.” Now comes word from the Chicago...

What is it about grown men trying to imitate Bart Simpson sliding down the stairs at baseball stadiums? For the second time this year, a man fell to his death, this time in Atlanta, after trying to zip down...

The biggest knock on Albert Pujols entering the season was that his injured elbow would cause him to lose some of the pop off his bat. Well, if you ask the Padres’ pitcher Chris Young his catcher Josh Bard,...

When Cuba becomes a bettor’s paradise again, gambling won’t be the only vice that will bring people to the island. Golf is huge there (as are the asses, but that’s another story), so it’s no surprise that Minnesota Twins...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: Is that headline a bit blasphemous? Good. We really think Jon Lester’s first left-handed no-hitter in 52 years for Boston is a fantastic feat, but we’re also annoyed because Boston will...

While most of us rue each email we get promising something to do with sexual drive, enhancement or opportunities, at least we don’t get Ozzie Guillen’s email. The White Sox manger has been getting racist letters from anonymous jerks...

The Tampa Bay Rays sent the New York Yankees to their current domain: last place in the standings. It’s undeniably the worst slump the team’s been in all season. And there doesn’t seem to be a cure. Unless you...

Alex Rodriguez has gone ahead and recorded a message to be played after Manny Ramirez hits his 500th career home run (he’s at 498, not that he’s cognizant of it). But this message doesn’t contain the words “douche,” “asshat”...

Here’s Manny Ramirez from yesterday’s Red Sox-Orioles tilt A) catching the fly ball over his head, B) climbing the left field wall to C) high-five a fan in the stands before D) picking off the Orioles runner at first....

While most of the press was aimed at his pitching partner Johnny Cueto at the beginning of this season, it’s Edinson Volquez who has dominated so far this year. After last night’s win over the Marlins, he’s allowed two...

Out of all the people that Alex Rodriguez could at least hope wouldn’t criticize him publicly, you’d hope that his wife Cynthia would be on the top of the list. Apparently it’s time to make a new list because...

In light of the Chicago White Sox recent slump, Ozzie Guillen has resorted to, well, we really have no idea what sort of managerial practices he’s instituted, but there are now blow-up dolls in the White Sox clubhouse intended...

Miguel Tejada—who knew he would be one of the feel-good stories of the year so far? When he’s not being ambushed by ESPN about his age or dodging steroid questions, he’s been actually hitting the ball well during this,...

Chicago Cubs’ sensation Kosuke Fukudome was profiled on this week’s Sports Illustrated cover with the words “It’s Gonna Happen: Kosuke Fukudome can end the Cubs’ 100-year wait.” slabbed right underneath his lovely name. Of course, the Chicago Cubs’ can...

See the lovely young-ish lady to the left? Her name is Angela Moyer, and the New York Daily News, tired from trying to kill off Sean Avery, is reporting that Roger Clemens slept with her and many other women...

Alex Ferreyra is playing a season of fantasy baseball with just Latino players. You can read his original article here, and send him tips on players or comments about how he screwed up his team here. The Smiths once...

One of our favorite Simpsons is the Frank Grimes episode where the poor guy just can’t catch a break, even at his own funeral. That’s what immediately popped into our head when we finished this article about warring MLB...

At some point, someone much wiser that us is going to strap a microphone tp Ozzie Guillen’s body so the world can know what’s coming out of his mouth 24/7. It can’t be any worse than Barry Bonds’ reality...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: You can’t deduct wins, but the streaking, 10,000 games won Cubs’ couldn’t survive the Colorado Rockies. That’s all we’ve got. Chicago Cubs 2, Colorado Rockies 4. [AP] Bundesliga: Hey, maybe Frank...

At this time of the year, when the sun begins to come out and the children start to play, the freezer (and the treats that lie within) becomes our friend. Leave it to new Yankees manager Joe Girardi to...

eBay—it’s not just for unloading your Go-Bots collection anymore! It’s now the go-to place for on-the-fly charity auctioneering, as best exemplified by the Jimmy Fund’s high-end sale of the David Ortiz jersey the Yankees spent $50,000 to dig up...

As if the Giants didn’t have enough problems already this year with the whole lack of runs thing, it looks like they’re trying to start a holy war. Their reliever, Brian Wilson, wants to enter the game as pumped...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: The empirical evidence for what we’re about to say doesn’t exist, but we’ve connected with viable sources who’ve stated that Manny Ramirez’s dreadlocks are his source of power. And cheeseburgers. Cheeseburgers...

Miguel Tejada finally came clean about steroids today. One second. What’s that? He came out about being two years older than he really is? Sorry folks. Mix up. Miguel Tejada isn’t the rambunctiously young 31 year old that we...

It seems that the Dominican Republic isn’t just a hot tourist destination for bankers trying to maximize their last dollars. It seems that everyone—like renegade scouts and ex-major league ballplayers like former Dodgers Jose Lima and Ramon Martinez—are descending...

Alex Ferreyra is playing a season of fantasy baseball with just Latino players. You can read his original article here, and send him tips on players or comments about how he screwed up his team here. When I was...

Out of all the non-narcotic habits to kick, caffeine has to be up there with cigarettes and crazy-ass women. Between the headaches, cramping and sweet taste of Diet Cherry Pepsi (sorry, projecting), we understand Carlos Zambrano’s reluctance to give...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: Pittsburgh Pirate Nate McLouth stuns the Dodgers with a 3-run HR in the ninth, leading the Pirates to a 6-4 win. It won’t be too long until a stoic Joe Torre...

In the greatest Yankee save since Derek Jeter’s backhand toss threw out Jeremy Giambi in 2001, the team yesterday unearthed a Red Sox jersey from the site of the still-being-built new Yankee Stadium. In a scene reminiscent of Geraldo...

Oh man, pity poor Ozzie Guillen. When the White Sox manager’s not getting called racist or lambasting a kid for not eating lima beans (from Peru… ha!), he’s getting into it with umpires—specifically Phil Cuzzi. It seems that Ozzie...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: The Mets torture their fans until the 12 inning, but beat the Phillies 4-3 on Jose Reyes crafty slide. They lost the lead in the late innings to excite the fans,...

Turns out a cartoonist by the name of Dave Coulson and Topps trading cards were true contemporaries. Back in 1992, the duo teamed up to launch a children’s trading card series depicting major leaguers swollen from the waist up...

While some on our staff are off making Latino-only fantasy baseball teams, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is getting plenty of crap for creating what a lot of people believe is a real-life version. Guillen is getting emails...