PSoTD

Slappy McBluelips and his slimeball agent Scott Boras called on the carpet for dissing the World Series in announcing their latest greedfest.

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball had this message for Alex Rodriguez and agent Scott Boras: Shame on you.

Boras announced during Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night that A-Rod was opting out of the final three seasons of his contract with the New York Yankees. The timing left baseball officials livid, and Boras apologized Monday evening, just after Rodriguez filed with the players' association and became a free agent for the first time since 2000.

"We were very disappointed that Scott Boras would try to upstage our premier baseball event of the season with his announcement,'' Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said Monday in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

"There was no reason to make an announcement last night other than to try to put his selfish interests and that of one individual player above the overall good of the game,'' DuPuy said. "Last night and today belong to the Boston Red Sox, who should be celebrated for their achievement, and to the Colorado Rockies, who made such an unbelievable run to the World Series.''

Think Progress highlights this barf-worthy moment from before game three.

Fox highlighted famous individual accomplishments by baseball icons in World Series history — such as Kirk Gibson’s game-winnning homerun in 1988 and Babe Ruth’s “called shot” in the 1932 World Series. Fox also deemed President Bush’s first pitch in Game 3 of the 2001 World Series worthy of inclusion.

In the segment, actors playing firemen gather around the television to laud Bush for “wearing our uniform” and watch in awe as Bush throws “a strike.”

I'm not going to embed it but click here to see the YouTube. Don't watch if you have a weak stomach.

If there is a God, and I'm an agnostic, so I don't I have any way of knowing, but if there is a God, then a sports tragedy of sorts is pending in New England, and it has to do with the football Patriots. Take a look at the scoring summary of their game yesterday, and perhaps you'll see something pop up at you.

What you see there is ego. Is it Tom Brady? Is it Bill Belichick? Is it everyone with that team? In their pursuit to crush their opposition, they seem to insist on playing some of their most important players well beyond the necessary time needed to guarantee victory. At what risk? Is it so inconceivable that Tom Brady or Wes Welker or Randy Moss could get hurt? Doesn't that happen to other teams? Why take the risk?

Whatever the reason, it isn't common sense. Maybe Matt Cassel could use some more reps, some more action. Maybe that would be good for the Patriots - not that I care about their team, but this arrogance of playing starters to run up the score is just the kind of thing to make one actively dislike a team, considerably so.

I think Tom Brady is going to find himself a bit of a marked man in the NFL if the Patriots don't wise up about when to put in the second string because the game is over.

Tommie Harris - fucking shut up already.

Detroit 16, Chicago 7

Bears Needs, in Order:

A real running back
A real quarterback
A real defense that tackles
A real offensive coordinator

And most of all, somebody who can use first round picks in a way that actually benefits the team.

Why is Tom Brady playing in the 4th quarter of a game the Patriots are winning 38-0?

Bill Belichick might be a football genius, but this seems pretty dumbass to me.

I'm thrilled to have the Red Sox in the Series again but how about starting the games earlier or speeding them up? I hate waking up on the couch at two in the morning wondering who won the game. Made it all the way to the bottom of the eighth inning last night and then zzzzzzzzzz ......

Let this be a warning to all hot tub owners!

In other football news, Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Jon Runyan was expected to make his 184th consecutive start Sunday despite a bruised tailbone. Runyan was hurt Thursday when he slipped while getting into a training room tub and landed on the tub's edge. Ouch. ...

From the Chicago Tribune:

Brian Griese was not hearing the voice in his head anymore.

This was not a result of modern psychiatry but of faulty technology. The audio communication from offensive coordinator Ron Turner's headset to the quarterback's helmet went on the fritz just before the Bears' last possession of Sunday's game, and all Griese could hear was the ominous roar of the crowd. It was like living inside a seashell.

There are cynics out there who would say this was a good thing, that taking Turner's vocal cords and play-calling ability out of the equation was not a technical difficulty but a competitive advantage.

Thank you, Joe Torre.

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Remember when they played defense on the Chicago Bears?

It's really, really close to time to consider the Bears out of it for this season. It looks to me that the Bears cannot afford another loss for at least another month - that's three games and a bye week. They're not playing at a level that suggests they can do it, even though we're talking about Philadelphia, Detroit and Oakland here. Defense stinks, embarrassingly bad, even with all the injuries. It looks to me like Urlacher has lost a step - which, considering , this is his eighth season, is not a big surprise.

Congratulations, Cincinnati Reds, you figured out how to do it!

I'm sure they could have done it, but off the top of my head, I can't think of a worse manager for the Reds than Dusty Baker.

You know the tune...

Oh! You better not hope,
You better not try,
You better not root,
I'm telling you why:

Charlie Manuel's Stayin' In Town

He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
He's gonna find out
who's naughty or nice.

Charlie Manuel's Stayin' In Town

He sees pitchers when they're balking,
He knows when they're real wild.
He knows when they've been bad or good,
But he doesn't care, they're going to pitch!

So, You better not hope,
You better not try,
You better not root,
I'm telling you why:

Charlie Manuel's Stayin' In Town

Chokie old bats,
Swing and a miss
Weakly ground into
cake double plays...

Charlie Manuel's Stayin' In Town

Rubber armed vets
that waddle and flop,
7 third basemen
none hit worth crap.

Charlie Manuel's Stayin' In Town

The kids in Philly Fan Land
will have a dental jubilee.
They're going to gnash their teeth about
David Montgomery...

Oh! You better not hope,
You better not try,
You better not root,
I'm telling you why:

Charlie Manuel's Staying,
Charlie Manuel's Staying,
Charlie Manuel's Staying,

In Town!

Sure didn't take long for The Bears to be the big story once again in Chicago.

Chicago Bears fans know, there's a problem with the offense. And fingers are pointing at offensive coordinator Ron Turner:

Finally, offensive coordinator Ron Turner has to go. This man cannot put together a decent string of plays.

and

Dear Ron,

Oh yea, I will be extreemely happy to see your ass get booted.

and

What the hell, let’s fire Ron Turner and hire, well, anybody to coach this offense.

And the heat is only starting up. A few more losses in the next month and there will be effigies.