Sunday Funday!

I should probably start watching this game instead of writing about it, so we'll make this short.

The Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers are beginning Game 5 as we speak, tied in the championship series 2-2. Both teams seem to fare better on their home turf, naturally. Chicago seemed to have this under wraps, but the Flyers have definitely gotten a little more than their feet wet at this point in the series.  Can the 'Hawks recover from their ego bashing back to back road losses now that they're home?

Oh, this is almost as good as LOST....

You may think that boning a duck is an impossible feat...

Mark McGwire recently lost a battle of self doubt and guilt prior to taking up a coaching position with the St. Louis Cardinals and came out about his use of performance enhancing drugs during his record breaking career.

Amidst all of that, I received some pretty entertaining emails about other suspected steroid users in the MLB, however true they may be, all in jest. Until I received an email about MLB Hall of Famer, Ernie Banks, flat out calling on one of the greats to come forward and admit to his own drug abuse.

You might wonder what in the world is Sammy Sosa doing other than bleaching his skin. You might wonder if any of the greats did anything great at all without the use of something other than agressive training and practice. Something other than guts. I'm starting to wonder about a lot of things.

Banks was quoted in a recent interview telling Sosa to "come clean with it."

We'll see how this one plays out.

Kane indicted for assault.

First of all, if you google image search 'Patrick Kane mugshot,' a picture of Lindsay Lohan looking mighty cracked out in jail comes up. Awesome!

Chicago Blackhawks ice skating superstar was indicted today for assault and theft after beating up a 62 year old cab driver for 20 cents in change. Even more awesome!

Let justice be served, and hope that Kane learns to take his aggression out on the ice, not old men.

Kane is a cheap skate. Pun intended.

This just cracks me up. First off, does that kid look like he could hurt anyone? Second, you would think that 20 cents wouldn't matter to someone playing in the NHL.

Apparently, I am wrong on all fronts.

Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane is being tried before a New York grand jury for allegedly beating the crap out of a 62 year old taxi driver for not having proper change for him and his buddy in Buffalo this week. Kane pleaded not guilty to charges of robbery and some other charges.

Can we say a-hole? I know hockey players are supposed to be agressive, but this is a bit much.

Another reason that Shane Victorino is a pansy.

Philadelphia Phillies Shane Victorino center fielder can't take the heat. Or the pint. Victorino file a police report after having some beer dumped on him in a successful attempt at catching a long fly ball at Wrigley Field this week.

Of course, the Chicago Cubs chairman, manager and general manager all ran quickly to apologize for the incident (like they had any control over it).

"It's part of the game. It's one of those things that happens and I just want to make sure that guy gets what's due," Shane says of the incident.

If it's part of the game, why did you file a police report? Huh, huh?

Dick. I thought it was funny.

Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4eDJs1nrNw

UPDATE: The alleged beer thrower is facing two charges: battery and illegal conduct within a sports facility.

Soccer hooligans, be warned. Wrigley Field is not a safe place.

First of the year.

Every day gets a little more exciting for me as we creep closer to opening day. Today, I met up with some friends to watch the first televised game of the year for us Dodger fans. We played the Chicago White Sox in a pretty uneventful game. Half the time we were wondering who the hell was pitching, and I think I missed every single run scored because it was also a birthday celebration that included some non-baseball fans.

Regardless, the Dodgers took a loss 3-2 in one of the lowest spring training scores we've seen so far. I'm still just waiting for Kershaw to come out throwing gas. He's definitely not a favorite of the three in the running to be our season opener. Although that would be my choice.

Anyway, the Lakers took a loss to Shaq and his Phoenix Suns. We caught the last 2:48 of the game once we were done with baseball. Poor Kobe. He's probably crying himself to sleep.