Former Miami Heat player...takes some real heat.

Let me premise this by saying that I have the utmost respect for our men and women in the armed services. However, there is some degree of confusion here for me. Could it have been early consumption of lead paint? Maybe early onset dementia? Just plain old stupidity? Because I certainly do not understand how one goes from being a first round NBA draft pick, to a U.S. Army Task Force officer.

Let's start with saying that Tim James traded in a 7-figure paycheck to make around $2,600 a month, 5 star hotels to live in 130+ temperatures, and manages to be as far as humanly possible from his family. If he were my husband, I'd be on a plane to Iraq with a frying pan in hand to smack that guy in the head a few times.

Granted, his NBA career was really just a shooting star in the midst of the giant solar system of big time ball, but I thought most of us had a similar goal in life: work less, make more. Maybe that is just mine?

I can't see how this could end well, taking into consideration that there are no other known former NBA players to ever enlist in any armed services. There was an Arizona Cardinals safety that did years ago, and he was killed by 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan in 2004. Friendly fire, huh? I think David Cross has a killer skit on that. Talk about an oxymoron. Moron.

Wolfin' down the competition.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf stole the show yesterday against the Arizona D-bags to avoid a sweep at Chase Field. Just a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, Wolf struck out ten, and retired 20 batters straight. This comes after 13 no decision games of his 26 starts. Maybe he's finally heating up. Our bullpen could use some dirty.

Andre Ethier also smacked a multi run homer to help the Dodgers defeat Arizona 9-3.

Go Blue!

Man down!

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda was dinged in the head and knocked to the ground tonight by a line drive from Arizona Diamondbacks Rusty Ryal. Awkward elevator music played for what seemed like decades as the emergency cart came out and twenty people worked to get the pitcher off the field.

Kuroda signaled to onlookers as he was being hauled away at 3 mph by lifting his hand in the air.

CT scans have shown no signs of fracture or internal bleeding, which is a great sign. Kuroda never lost consciousness, and has been diagnosed with only a concussion. He will remain in St. Joseph's hospital overnight for observation.

I say he's out for the season, but we'll see.

The Dodgers (and by Dodgers, I mean Jonathan Broxton) went on to blow the game for Kuroda in the tenth inning. I'm having nightmares of last year's NLCS all over again. Get it together, boys.