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Home run: San Diego Padres wear camouflage uniforms, give free tickets to military and vets

The Padres (wore) their camouflage uniforms Monday night for the opener of the three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Petco Park.

We’ve always been Los Angeles Dodgers fans, but this story is enough to make us consider becoming fans of the team just a couple hours down the freeway. The San Diego Padres have come up with the best damn promotion we’ve ever seen.

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It's a beautiful day at the ballpark

SignOnAndSanDiego.com has the details:

The Padres (wore) their camouflage uniforms Monday night for the opener of the three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Petco Park… They also will provide two free tickets to all active, retired and veteran military (with a military I.D. or Padres Veteran Appreciation card).

The Padres usually wear the Marine-inspired camouflage jerseys only on Sundays as a tribute to the military.

But at least one player requested that the uniforms be worn Monday night to honor the military in the wake of the slaying of Osama Bin Laden and to recognize the on-going war against terrorism.

There could be a moment of silence to honor the military personnel who have given up their lives in the pursuit of terrorists.

Go, Padres.

Meanwhile, up the freeway, the Dodgers held “Risk Your Life At the Stadium” Night on Monday. Tuesday will be “Mexican Gang Night” and Wednesday will be “Guess Who the Owner Is” Night.

Note from Administrator: I beg your pardon, Editor. No Dodgers for me, being from San Diego.

Source: SignOnAndSanDiego.com

The trifecta: Roseanne Barr, Keith Olbermann and Olbermann’s eyebrows, all in one story

We googled Christina Aguilera’s screeching version of the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl and stumbled upon this fascinating video clip.

We googled Christina Aguilera’s screeching version of the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl and stumbled upon this fascinating video clip.

Let’s go back to 1990 when Roseanne Barr did the all-time worst rendition of the national anthem at a San Diego Padres game.

Let’s go back to when Keith Olbermann was the sports guy on a local Los Angeles TV station commented on that event.

And let’s go back to when Olbermann’s eyebrows seemed to be independent life forms.

Hope and Change-up: Crowd roars its approval as George Bush throws out first pitch at World Series game

Wasn’t it nice to see an American president who doesn’t throw like a girl? One who wears man pants instead of mom pants? One who can hear the word strike without thinking of SEIU?

It was actually a fast ball down the middle of the plate, but we couldn’t resist the Hope and Change-up headline. Our apologies.

Seriously, though, wasn’t it nice to see an American president who doesn’t throw like a girl? One who wears man pants instead of mom pants? One who can hear the word strike without thinking of SEIU? One who throws from the right side instead of the left side (tell us there isn’t some major league symbolism in that).

Charlie Crist may claim he’s an Independent, but he throws like a Democrat

Charlie Crist, turncoat Republican and now Independent candidate for governor of Florida, assured his own defeat on Thursday when he threw out the first pitch at game two of the American League playoff game.

Seems to us that the American people want their President to be a manly man. Someone who can go toe-to-toe with Vladimir Putin. Somebody who can chop wood. Somebody who can fire a fastball down the middle of the plate.

Maybe that’s why there’s a bit of a correlation between the moment President Obama began slipping in the polls and the night he threw out that girly first pitch at the 2009 major league all-star game.

If that’s the case, then Charlie Crist, turncoat Republican and now Independent candidate for governor of Florida, assured his own defeat on Thursday when he threw out the first pitch at game two of the American League playoff game between Tampa Bay and Texas. It may have been the worst first pitches in the history of baseball.

Based on our previous experience with President Obama, it’s unfair to say that Crist throws like a girl. But it’s not unfair to say he throws like a Democrat.

Roger Clemens indicted for lying to a bunch of liars

The news that legendary major league baseball pitcher Roger Clemens has been indicted for lying to Congress struck us as rather odd, because we would have expected Congress to embrace a liar as one of their own.

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Being indicted for lying to congress is like being indicted for having sex in a whore house

There’s an old joke that says, “George Washington never told a lie, Bill Clinton never told the truth, and most members of Congress can’t tell the difference.”

So the news that legendary major league baseball pitcher Roger Clemens has been indicted for lying to Congress struck us as rather odd, because we would have expected Congress to embrace a liar as one of their own. But in Clemens’ case, they didn’t.

ESPN reports on this historic development:

Roger Clemens was vehement: “Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH,” he told a House committee in 2008. Now, instead of the Hall of Fame, baseball’s seven-time Cy Young winner could go to prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress.

The case writes a new chapter in one of baseball’s worst scandals, the rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and early 2000s, and leaves Clemens’ legacy in jeopardy.

The six-count indictment alleges that Clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 different statements made under oath, including denials that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone. The New York Times first reported the indictment.

If life were fair, Clemens would be judged by a jury of his peers – the lying, sanctimonious sacks of excrement in congress – and they’d give him a trophy instead of a jail term.

Source: ESPN

Even Prince Harry’s first pitch is better than Obama’s

We’re told by the biased left wing media that Obama is one of the finest athletes to have ever resided in the White House. Yet we’ve seen video of old ladies and children making better ceremonial first pitches than the ones Obama’s made.

We’re told by the biased left wing media that Obama is one of the finest athletes to have ever resided in the White House. Yet we’ve seen video of old ladies and children making better ceremonial first pitches than the ones Obama’s made.

Here’s England’s Little Lord Fauntleroy, who grew up playing cricket – which has a completely different throwing motion than baseball – making the ceremonial first pitch at Saturday’s Mets game.

For god’s sake, President Obama, if a bloody Limey Prince, who’s probably never thrown a baseball in his life, can fire a heater down the middle, why can’t the finest athlete who’s ever resided in the White House?

H/T: Gateway Pundit

Just another crazy coincidence in ObamaLand

This weekend, the First Fan In Chief was seen sneaking into a Washington Nationals/Chicago White Sox game. ESPN reported that “Obama’s arrival wasn’t announced inside the stadium, and there wasn’t the stringent security for fans that usually accompanies a public appearance.”

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There's an old joke that says, "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." In a similar vein, Barack Obama went to a protest and a baseball game broke out."

No matter what Barack Obama goes, some silly conspiracy coincidence follows him.

For example, Obama blasts Bank of America and the next thing you know bus loads of SEIU protesters are escorted by the Washington D.C. police department to BOA executives homes. Wow, what crazy timing.

Then this weekend, the First Fan In Chief was seen sneaking into a Washington Nationals/Chicago White Sox game. ESPN reported that “Obama’s arrival wasn’t announced inside the stadium, and there wasn’t the stringent security for fans that usually accompanies a public appearance.”

We assume he downplayed his attendance because of his many promises not to rest during this oil spill crisis. Far be it from us to criticize the President for taking a little time off, because he’s undoubtedly worn out from the many rounds of golf he has played recently and truly needs a break.

So there’s the Greatest President In History trying to rest up while enjoying America’s pasttime and what do you know? Another coincidence.

Continue reading “Just another crazy coincidence in ObamaLand”

Obama could learn a few things from Republican women. Including how to throw a baseball.

Jane Norton, Colorado’s Republican Lieutenant Governor and candidate for the U.S. Senate, could teach President Obama a few things about how to throw a baseball.

Jane Norton, Colorado’s Republican Lieutenant Governor and candidate for the U.S. Senate, tossed out the ceremonial first pitch of the National Junior College World Series – an 81 mile an hour heater right down the middle of the plate. In contrast, President Obama’s opening day pitches have always looked like something daughter Sasha might throw.

But in Obama’s defense, they probably didn’t play baseball in Kenya or Indonesia or wherever he grew up.

President Obama’s pitching coach revealed

After watching President Obama throw like a girl (at last year’s major league baseball all-star game, at this year’s opening day, and at a White House media family day carnival), one can only assume that he picked up his technique from singer Mariah Carey. Or from Janet Napolitano. Or even Sasha and Malia.

After watching President Obama throw like a girl (at last year’s major league baseball all-star game, at this year’s opening day, and at a White House media family day carnival), one can only assume that he picked up his technique from singer Mariah Carey. Or from Janet Napolitano. Or even Sasha and Malia.

Sad to say, but the President needs a lot of practice to get as good as a chick in skintight shorts and high heels. Maybe a little less time on the golf course and a little more time on the mound would help.

We are all Diamondbacks now

They want to boycott the state. They want to boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team because its owners support the law. They want Major League Baseball to pull its All-Star Game from Phoenix this summer. That’s why we say we are all Diamondbacks now.

We are all Arizona Diamondbacks now

Oh, how the libs are howling about Arizona’s new illegal alien law.

They want to boycott the state. They want to boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team because its owners support the law. They want Major League Baseball to pull its All-Star Game from Phoenix this summer.

That’s why we say we are all Diamondbacks now.

Visit the official Diamondbacks store. Buy a Diamondback cap or jersey or mug.

Show your support for the state. Show your support for the team. Show your support for the law. Show your support for America.

Now the Huffington Post wants to boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks

The article says, “This will be the last column I write about the Arizona Diamondbacks in the foreseeable future. For me, they do not exist. They will continue to not exist in my mind as long as the horribly named ‘Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act’ remains law in Arizona. This law has brought echoes of apartheid to the state.”

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The folks at the Huffington Post have taken too many pitches to the head

In the near future sportscasters may run down a players stats like this:

“Ed Shlumpy at bat. He’s hitting .311 this year, bats right, throws right and leans right with a pro-life advocacy rating of 93.0%”

It may sounds strange to you, but not to Huffington Post readers who are used to left wing nonsense like the article entitled “No one is Illegal: Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks”

The article says, “This will be the last column I write about the Arizona Diamondbacks in the foreseeable future. For me, they do not exist. They will continue to not exist in my mind as long as the horribly named ‘Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act’ remains law in Arizona. This law has brought echoes of apartheid to the state.”

It goes on to state that “This is not merely because they happen to be the team from Arizona. The D-backs organization is a primary funder of the state Republican Party, which has been driving the measure through the legislature.”

The article ends by saying “If the owners of the Diamondbacks want to underwrite an ugly edge of bigotry, we should raise our collective sporting fists against them. A boycott is also an expression of solidarity with Diamondback players such as Juan Guitterez, Gerardo Parra, and Rodrigo Lopez. They shouldn’t be put in a position where they’re cheered on the playing field and then asked for their papers when the uniform comes off.”

The same could supposedly be said of Phoenix police officers, 25% of whom are of Hispanic descent. Except that no one cheers them, on duty or off, especially when they – unlike the federal government – actually attempt to enforce the law.

To paraphrase Ernest Thayer, “Mighty Arianna has struck out.”

Source: Huffington Post

Gay softball team sued for rejecting switch hitters

Three bisexual men are suing a national gay-athletic organization, saying they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series for being “not gay.”

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Gay shortstop settles into his position

Do they award Pulitzer Prizes for “Headline of the Year”? If they do, we’d like to say, “Thank you. Thank you very much.”

But let’s get on with the story from the Seattle Times:

Three bisexual men are suing a national gay-athletic organization, saying they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series held in the Seattle area two years ago.

The three Bay Area men say the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance in essence deemed them not gay enough to participate in the series.

Not gay enough? Please explain.

The three plaintiffs — Steven Apilado, LaRon Charles and Jon Russ — played on a team called D2 that qualified for the 2008 Gay Softball World Series, which is organized by the alliance.

The alliance’s rules say that each World Series team can have no more than two heterosexual players. According to the lawsuit, a competing team accused D2 of violating that rule.

Each of the three plaintiffs was called into a conference room in front of more than 25 people, and was asked “personal and intrusive questions” about his sexual attractions and desires, purportedly to determine if the player was heterosexual or gay, the lawsuit alleges. The alliance has no category or definition for bisexual or transgender people in its rules, the plaintiff’s attorney said.

At one point during the proceedings, the lawsuit alleges, one of the plaintiffs was told: “This is the Gay World Series, not the Bisexual World Series.”

The alliance ruled the three men were “nongay,” stripped D2 of its second-place finish and recommended that the three players be suspended from participating in the World Series for a year, according to the suit.

The men are asking for $75,000 each for emotional distress. They’re also seeking to invalidate the alliance’s findings on the men’s sexual orientations and to reinstate D2’s second-place World Series finish.

Can’t we all just get along? After all, this is the only softball league in the world where every player looks forward to getting a groin pull. Where the squeeze plays happen in the dugout. Where every player wants to take one for the team. Where every player hits to the opposite field. Where the third base coach has a special sign for poking one up the middle. And, finally, where the manager has trouble putting together a line-up because half the players want to pitch and the other half want to catch.

Did we leave anything out?

Source: Seattle Times

“I’ll take “Name Your Favorite Baseball Player” for $2000, Alex”

When baseball announcer and former player Rob Dibble asked President Obama, who claims to be a huge White Sox fan, to name his favorite player, the President sounded as if he needed his teleprompter.

When baseball announcer and former player Rob Dibble asked President Obama, who claims to be a huge White Sox fan, to name his favorite player, the President sounded as if he needed his teleprompter.

Dibble: “Having played with the White Sox for a short time, I know how the Cubs fans and White Sox fans go back and forth. Who was one of your favorite White Sox players growing up?”

Obama: “You know uh ….. I … I thought that … uh …. you know … the truth is a lot of the Cubs I like too! But, uh … I did not become a Sox fan until I moved to Chicago. Because I uh …. I was growing up in Hawaii so I ended up actually being an Oakland A’s fan.”

So the President of the United States, who claims to be a huge White Sox fan, stuttered and stammered and couldn’t name a single White Sox player.

As baseball fans, we find ourselves forced to call bullshit on the President. He got caught doing that politician thing by claiming to be something he’s clearly not. No real baseball fan would have to hesitate for a moment before naming his favorite player. Ask George Will the same question and see how quickly he answers.

For example, the editor of IHateTheMedia.com can still name the starting line-up and most of the rest of the roster from the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers (who, coincidentally, defeated Obama’s Chicago White Sox in the World Series).

Off the top of my head:

Catcher – Johnny Roseboro
First Base – Gil Hodges
Second Base – Charlie Neal
Shortstop – Don Zimmer
Third Base – Jim Gilliam
Left Field – Wally Moon
Center Field – Duke Snider
Right Field – Carl Furillo
Starting Pitchers – Don Drysdale, Johnny Podres, Roger Craig, Stan Williams
Relief Pitchers – Clem Lebine, Johnny Klippstein, Larry Sherry, Danny McDevitt, Sandy Koufax
One Additional Player – Rip Repulski, my all-time favorite baseball name

This is not a complete list and it may not be perfect. I only named 18 of the 25 players and probably misspelled a couple of them and may even be wrong a time or two.

Fact is, real baseball fans can easily reel off the names of their favorite players on their favorite team. Those names are emblazoned forever in our minds, probably crowding out far more valuable information.

That doesn’t make real baseball fans smarter than the President. Just more honest.

Super Secret Agent 26: Who’s the man in the front row?

Who’s the guy in #26 jersey directly behind home plate who turns his back on Obama during the pitch.

Yeah, pretty much everyone has shown this video of President Obama throwing a like a girl tossing out the first pitch at the National’s game.

But we’re far more interested in the guy in the first row directly behind home plate who turns his back on Obama during the pitch. The guy wearing the #26 jersey.

Is he making a silent protest against the President’s policies? Or is he a secret service agent keeping an eye on the crowd? Or is there another answer?

What do you think?

Valerie Jarrett praises Obama because he’s “womanly”

We’re not quite sure what to make of all this.

In the first video clip, Presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett thinks it’s good that Obama is “womanly.”

In the second clip, we have visual evidence from last year’s major league all-star game that Obama throws like a girl.

We’re not quite sure what to make of all this.

In the first video clip, Presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett thinks it’s good that Obama is “womanly.”

In the second clip, we have visual evidence from last year’s major league all-star game that Obama throws like a girl. (And while we’re at it, let’s not forget the controversy about the “mom jeans” he was wearing when he threw out that pitch).

Damn, we wish we had a president with balls.

Where’s Hillary when you need her?

Quote of the Day: President Obama, the Nobel Prize and the World Series

“President Obama is scheduled to throw out the first ball at the World Series – and immediately afterward accept the Cy Young Award.”

“President Obama is scheduled to throw out the first ball at the World Series – and immediately afterward accept the Cy Young Award.”
– Dave Williams, KABC Radio, Los Angeles

Source: LARadio.com

The most amazing thing ever seen on MSNBC or any other network

Simply stated, you won’t believe your eyes. Even if you’re not a baseball fan you’ll be amazed. It is, without a doubt, the most remarkably accurate prediction in the history of sports.

Rachel Maddow has been on the air since last September and this is the first thing she’s ever aired that was worth watching.

Simply stated, you won’t believe your eyes. Even if you’re not a baseball fan you’ll be amazed. It is, without a doubt, the most remarkably accurate prediction in the history of sports.

And it’s real. Absolutely real.

Source: by Ken Levine

First pitch at all-star game symbolic of Obama’s presidency: It came up a bit short

The President doesn’t throw like a little girl. actually Obama throws like a little sissy boy. Here’s the pitch at the MLB All-Star game.

Couple weeks ago, we caught all kinds of flack for saying Obama throws like a girl.

“You’re being unfair,” the left wing howled. “Wait ‘til you see him throw out the first pitch at baseball’s all-star game.” Okay, let’s look:

Now that we’ve seen the pitch, we take it all back. The President doesn’t throw like a little girl. He actually throws like a little sissy boy.

Contrast “Lefty” Obama’s wimpy pitch with the one “Righty” George Bush made at the 2001 World Series. Obama threw a big ol’ lob that fell short of the plate. Despite the fact that Cardinals star Albert Pujols positioned himself to receive the pitch in front of the plate, it still fell short and had to be scooped out of the dirt. Bush zinged one right down the middle of the plate.

Once again, the right wing proves superior to the left wing.

Studliest president in history throws like a girl

President Obama throws like a girl. He can’t pitch at the Major League Baseball all-star game, and he threw like a girl trying to dunk Rahm Emnauel at Congressional Picnic.

President Obama is supposed to throw out the first pitch at this month’s major league baseball all-star game. But based on the way he threw at the recent White House Tax-and-Spend, Cap-and-Trade, Luau-and-Funfest, that first pitch video could become an instant YouTube classic.

The studliest president in history and Obama throws like a girl.

7/15/09 Update: Turns out Barack Obama pitched like a girl at the Major League Baseball All Star Game as well. We hear Fox didn’t show the pitch landing due to Obama’s media request since he didn’t want to be embarrassed on TV.

7/15/09 Update II: We found a video that shows where the pitch actually landed. Sorry Fox, your protection of him did not work.

We’ve also published a related article on this: First pitch at all-star game symbolic of Obama’s presidency: It came up a bit short.

A-Rod leaves Madonna for A-Rod

"I want you. I need you. I must have you. You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."
"I want you. I need you. I must have you. You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."

Based on the really strange photos in the April issue of Details magazine, Alex Rodriguez has found his one true love. And it turns out to be none other than Alex Rodriguez.

Now we realize this guy has never been mistaken for a genius. And we realize that some people think Madonna looks like she’s been rode too hard and put away wet (did that line reveal too much about the childhood years we spent on the farm?). And we realize the baseball season is long and arduous and a man can get lonely on a two-week road trip to Detroit, Cleveland, and Baltimore.

But putting all that aside, what the hell was this Rodriguez thinking when he posed for these photos?

Ahh, we just realized the problem. We mistakenly thought there was thought involved. But then we remembered this was A-Rod.

Or as he’s now known in New York, A-Hole.

Source: Details

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