Bobby Jenks and Phil Jackson

The Major League Baseball Association needs to take a page out of the NBA’s book.  Just this past week after a game four loss to the Denver Nuggets, Phil Jackson commented on the performance of the refs.  The complaint was due to the lack consistency in regards to the way the game was called.  He said that his players did not know what a foul was or was not.

Ensuing the following day Phil Jackson was slapped with a $25,000 fine.  To say this fine is a bit hefty would be an understatement, yet by issuing such stiff penalties it cleans up the post game banter in the press room, and keeps the conversation for the most part on hoops.

Lets jump over to the MLB now.  About a month ago Bobby Jenks, and his Chi Town White Sox, got hit six time from the Texas Rangers.  When Jenks came in to close, the very first pitch he threw behind Ian Kinsler.  Jenks got his point across along with a warning.  After the game Jenks admitted he did it on purpose.  The very next day Jenks was slapped with a seven hundred and fifty dollar fine.

What is the MLB doing in regards to protecting its players?  If Phil Jackson can get a $25,000 dollar fine for verbal banter in a post game conference then a pitcher should get that for throwing at a player purposefully.  Even the flagrant foul penalty or the technical foul penalty in the NBA is much stiffer than the throwing at a player penalty.  The MLB needs to get some sort of policy in order for fining a player, that amount is just ridiculous and quite laughable.

For a more comical approach on this category check out Zach from Lost Angeles blog HERE

Our girls throw better than your boys….

Nicolette Sheridan threw out the first pitch for the Dodgers and this is the result.

Stephen King threw out the first pitch for the Red Sox and this is the result.

You be the judge……Plus she is smoking hot.

THE WORLD CUP OF BASEBALL

I ignored it, I did not care, I failed.  For the major baseball fan which I consider myself to be, last night I was not.   I instead watched the seventh inning and after failing to rally in some runs I switched over to my beloved Lakers who blew yet another lead in the fourth resulting in another loss.  For the select few of you who did watch the game, I give you praise.  The United States of America was facing off against a very talented Puerto Rico squad in the WBC (World Baseball Classic) which was an elimination game.

The United States lost on Sunday to the same Puerto Rico team that had to bring on the mercy rule.  If a team gets down by ten runs and can not close the gap then the game is called after the sixth inning I believe.  That is what happened to the all powerful team USA.  Pretty much an embarrassing and very low point for our sports nation.

Round two was going to be different.  We could not get embarrassed like again nor were we going to let that happen again.  Each team went back and forth exchanging leads steadily until about the seventh.  The US had two runners in scoring position with two outs down by one run.  All we could produce was an infield ground out to kill our chances at any rally.  The same happened in the eight.  No runs were scored by the good guys.  The bad guys did score another run putting us down three to five.

In the ninth inning we made our move which would eventually throw us into the semifinals to be played at one of the great ball parks in America, Dodger Stadium.  What I saw on Sports Center last night was magical.  It gave me goosebumps and put the feet of all those sports writers back into their mouth.  They said we did not have heart and did not care.  Did you see all the guys rushing the plate and second base off of the golf swing that even Tiger would struggle to make contact with?  Yeah it was sick.

My boy Tiger taught me this swing

Discipline is the only thing that I can say won the game for the USofA.  With the heads up base running of Shane Victorino and Roberts in the bottom of the ninth, it put lots of pressure onto the pitching of PR.  So much pressure that the bases then got loaded and they walked in a run.  The next at bat was brilliant.  David Wright worked the count and took a low breaking ball off of his shoe laces and hit an inside out golf swing that was place perfectly.  Barely landed fair and right in between first and right.  This shot scored runners from second and third giving team USA the W.

Hopefully this magic will get the baseball nation more interested in watching our team win it all, and wittiness that there is great baseball world wide.

Damn, you are one beautiful human. Did you get tickets to see the gun show?

Lets hope it gets more ratings and attention then A-Roids most recent Details photo shoot.  The mojo is back for team USA. It is time to get on the bandwagon once again and call yourself a fan.  Do not worry we will accept you back…….

Pedro Martinez should come home to the Dodgers…..

Pedro Martinez signed with the Dodgers in 1988.  To say he has had a great career in the MLB would be an under statement.  Over the past couple of years Pedro has not performed up to par and he would be the last one to disagree.  As a Kaliphornyan knowing that Pedro is unsingned and has the desire to still play in the MLB for another year I want to urge the Dodgers to sign him.  He would go great with the club.  I think he would be a great middle reliver or even an awesome setup guy.  

Bring him to LA

 

 

He has said he still wants to play and would like to win a World Series in the NL.  If we got Pedro it would not only add leadership but some depth to our pitching staff which is something you could never have to much of.  Look at his numbers and it is only right to try and go after him and get him a contract in LA.  It would be a great thing for the city as well as the ability to start and end your career in the same town.  

I know past history has said to not sign big name old pitchers but hey lets pull a move out of the Giants play book.  On that note lets try and get Jesus and Ramon as well so we could have all three brothers like we did back in the 80’s.  Not really but LA should go after Pedro.   Pedro and Manny could offer that Dominican Republic connection.

Manny being Manny

Thank you Manny, Thank you Boras, Thank you McCourt, Thank you Los Angeles…….Now lets go win a World Series