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NYY Pitcher Joba Chamberlain's Mom Faces 20 Years For Selling Meth

44FAN — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:52:24 -0000

NYY Pitcher Joba Chamberlain's Mom Faces 20 Years For Selling Meth

Jackie Standley has pleaded no contest to selling a gram of methamphetamine to undercover officers in Lincoln Nebraska. She faces up to twenty years in prison and sentencing is set for December 16. Standley, 44, is the mother of Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain.

Five Angels In A Sports Bar

44FAN — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:44:38 -0000

I came across this interesting collection of photos posted by a young lady from San Diego who was hanging out with her girlfriends at Nationals Sports Bar on October 1, 2006. They sort of tell a story of what happens when you run into five Angels players in a sports bar. She even captioned a few of the photos and describes an altercation between Mike Napoli and Jeff Mathis which I found a little frightening. Anyway here is her story in pictures.

She met Scot Shields there.

And Jered Weaver.

Dallas McPherson. Her caption to this photo:

He was such a sweetheart!

Mike Napoli looking a little blurry-eyed and Jeff Mathis not pictured in any of the photos but her caption to this photo describes that he was the fifth Angel there:

The story of how I saved Napoli from getting a DUI and maybe even saving his life... Mike and Jeff Mathis (Angels Catcher, and such a great guy!) were fighting in the parking lot, I walked up and basically jumped in Mike's car (over Mike) and pulled the keys out of the ignition. I gave the keys to Jeff and continued on with my night! Guess it took a woman to handle Napoli... Haha!

Looks like they were fooling around trying to get Scot Shields to wear an Oakland A's cap.

Scot Shields, Jered Weaver, Dallas McPherson, Jeff Mathis, and Mike Napoli were kind enough to offer one of the ladies their autographs.

ESPN's Steve Phillips Suspended For Affair Gone Bad

44FAN — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:53:40 -0000

ESPN's Steve Phillips Suspended For Affair Gone Bad

Steve Phillips, ESPN sports analyst, has been temporarily suspended by ESPN for an affair he had with his 22-year-old production assistant. The affair went bad when Phillips dumped assistant, Brooke Hundley, and she told all to his wife. Phillips' wife, whom he has three sons with, has filed for divorce.

Los Angeles Angels' sweep of Boston Red Sox puts New York Yankees on notice

44FAN — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:42:57 -0000

Los Angeles Angels' sweep of Boston Red Sox puts New York Yankees on notice

Interesting, honest, no BS article from an east coast paper about the Angels/ Yankees match up.

Bobby Abreu's Ex-WAG

44FAN — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:03:34 -0000

I was reading some articles in the New York Post about how even the wives and girlfriends of other Yankee players are growing sick and tired of Kate Hudson, Alex Rodriguez's girlfriend, for her cheering antics, public displays of affection, and carousing in the front row stands instead of taking her place with the other wives and girlfriends in their appropriate private suites. A rift has grown against Kate led by Minka Kelly, Derek Jeter's girlfriend and star of "Friday Night Lights" (she played the daughter of the auto dealer in the show). There now has formed the "Kate camp" and the "Minka camp" of wives and girlfriends.

The New York Post article linked to WAGrankings, a website devoted to provocative photos and brief stories about Wives And Girlfriends (WAG) of professional athletes (note: some of these photos not safe for work environments). I looked through to see if there were any Angels player WAGs and found only one, Alicia Machado, a latin beauty linked to Bobby Abreu.

The story that went along with Alicia was kind of good. She and Bobby were all set to tie the knot in 2005 when Bobby was still with the Phillies and had won The Home Run Derby that year. Alicia Machado was crowned Miss Universe in 1996 and was a big star in Latin America. In 2005 Alicia appeared as a cast member on the Spanish celebrity reality show "La Granja" and was taped having sex with a fellow cast member Fernando Acaso. After the show aired Abreu immediately called off the engagement and ended the relationship. It was a big scandal in Latin America and Alicia publicly apologized for her actions. Alicia Machado also appeared in the Mexican and Venezuelan issues of Playboy in 2006. She appeared in US Playboy in 2007 and dedicated the issue to Donald Trump. Alicia gained twenty pounds during her reign as Miss Universe that caused her humiliation when Donald Trump described her as "an eating machine."

Gallo Trial Postponed After His Attorney Quits Case

44FAN — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:55:14 -0000

Gallo Trial Postponed After His Attorney Quits Case

The trial of Andrew Thomas Gallo, charged with driving drunk and killing Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, has been postponed for six months to give his new Deputy Public Defender sufficient time to prepare a defense. The Public Defender, Bryan Harris, was appointed by the court after Gallo's private attorney quit the case.

Gallo is charged with three counts of second degree murder and the trial date is now set for April 19, 2010.

Image FanShot

44FAN — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:58:54 -0000

With his nasty whiskers and mean fastball, Kevin Jepsen reminds me of "The Big Bad Wolf."

44FAN — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:44:33 -0000

With his nasty whiskers and mean fastball, Kevin Jepsen reminds me of "The Big Bad Wolf."

On Halos Heaven Brandon Wood was always nicknamed Jesus by his rabid followers and when Sean...

44FAN — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:50:51 -0000

On Halos Heaven Brandon Wood was always nicknamed Jesus by his rabid followers and when Sean Rodriguez was brought up earlier in the season ahead of Wood, he became Sean the Baptist.
The Rays got a tremendous player in Sean and I hope his career blossoms as I am sure it will in the Florida swamp.

Los Angeles Angels release Justin Speier

44FAN — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:37:39 -0000

Los Angeles Angels release Justin Speier

Justin Speier has been unconditionally released by the Los Angeles Angels to make room for pitcher, Trevor Bell, who will make his season debut on Wednesday.

Good luck and good riddance Justin.