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Longoria goes to the Groomers.... cleans anal glands. Alrighhhht.

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:16:48 -0000

Video: Longoria's puppy love

Longoria goes to the Groomers.... cleans anal glands. Alrighhhht.

The King of Cork -- woo hoo

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:08:50 -0000

The King of Cork -- woo hoo

Burrell and Crawford exchange words

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:08:22 -0000

LF Carl Crawford loudly confronted DH Pat Burrell in the Rays clubhouse before batting practice Wednesday, prompting manager Joe Maddon to meet privately with both players.

"It was nothing,'' Maddon said. "Honestly I talked to both parties, everything's good.''

Crawford declined to elaborate; Burrell was not available pre-game.

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090916&content_id=7002836&vkey=news_tb&fext=.jsp&c_id=tb

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Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:20:08 -0000

*FACEPALM*

Jagodzinski dismissed

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:19:45 -0000

The Buccaneers announced today that they have dismissed Offensive Coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski.

Quarterbacks Coach Greg Olson has been promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

Jagodzinski was named the Buccaneers offensive coordinator on January 29, 2009. He came to Tampa Bay after two years (2007-2008) as the head coach at Boston College. Prior to his stint at Boston College, Jagodzinski served as the offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers in 2006 and spent the two seasons (2004-2005) prior to that on the staff of the Atlanta Falcons.

http://buccaneers.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=7280&trid=home

Oh my

Buck Showalter/Steve Berthiaume want to eliminate both of the Florida teams.

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:46:43 -0000

First, contract two teams. Baseball almost did this a few years ago and it might be time to look at it again. We're back to "less is more." Which two teams go is an entirely separate issue, so let's not get bogged down in that argument here. For the purposes of this discussion, we contracted the two Florida teams -- so, Marlins and Rays, you're gone. That leaves 28 teams, which Buck has organized into four, seven-team divisions. There is no more American League and National League. That idea is archaic and goes away as well.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn

By Steve Berthiaume, ESPN
Sick and tired of Yankees-Red Sox? So am I, and I grew up in Boston going to Fenway Park. Every game is four hours long and they play each other 18 times a season. It's too much. It's way too much. The rivalry has become overblown and watered down. It's exhausting. Let's apply the less-is-more philosophy here. As Duane Thomas once said, "If the Super Bowl is the ultimate game, why are they playing it again next year?" So, yes, 18 regular-season Super Bowls is overkill, and it's taking the fun out of it. There is an answer. The NFL realigned its structure before the 2002 season, reassigning 11 teams within eight new divisions. That's worked out pretty well. The integrity of the MLB schedule could use an overhaul. Think the current schedule is fair or balanced? Go ask the Orioles. Because of the current format's emphasis on divisional play, the Orioles have to play the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays 18 times EACH. That adds up to 54 games against those three teams, meaning Baltimore is forced to play one-third of its schedule against three of the best teams in baseball. That's ridiculous. You think the Brewers or the Astros or any NL Central team faces a divisional schedule even remotely as difficult? The balance is completely out of whack. This isn't just an AL East/Red Sox/Yankees problem, either. Here's the other, perhaps uglier side of baseball's unbalanced schedule. Let's use the NL Central as the example again. Going into last weekend, we on "Baseball Tonight" came across the somewhat depressing reality that Friday night's Reds/Pirates game was the first of 13 more scheduled meetings between two teams that have already combined to lose 140 games. Why, going into the second-to-last weekend of August, would we want a system that has the Reds and Pirates scheduled to play each other 13 MORE times? Ugh. We need to fix this. For that, we need the man with the plan, Buck Showalter. Buck has been kicking around his own realignment plan for a while now, and this weekend we talked him into explaining it on "Baseball Tonight." If you missed it, here's the short version … First, contract two teams. Baseball almost did this a few years ago and it might be time to look at it again. We're back to "less is more." Which two teams go is an entirely separate issue, so let's not get bogged down in that argument here. For the purposes of this discussion, we contracted the two Florida teams -- so, Marlins and Rays, you're gone. That leaves 28 teams, which Buck has organized into four, seven-team divisions. There is no more American League and National League. That idea is archaic and goes away as well. Every team plays every other team six times per season -- three at home and three away. There's your 162-game schedule. The idea embraces baseball's current love affair with interleague play; fans see every team, every year. It also gives you a uniform DH policy. You can decide for yourself if you want it or not; DH in or out. Either way is fine, but make a decision, everyone plays with it or no one does. The Showalter Plan realigns as follows, with four divisions of seven teams each, arranged geographically to keep all divisions as much within the same time zone as possible -- another simple, common-sense idea. Gee, how novel. Here it is: 

Buck Showalter Realignment Plan

Babe Ruth Division Jackie Robinson Division Roberto Clemente Division Hank Aaron Division

Yankees Dodgers Cubs Royals

Mets Angels White Sox Cardinals

Red Sox Padres Indians Rangers

Blue Jays Mariners Reds Astros

Orioles Giants Twins Tigers

Nationals Diamondbacks Brewers Braves

Phillies Athletics Pirates Rockies

 Here's the No. 1 goal -- integrity of schedule. No team travels any more or less than any other. No team plays another good or bad team more or less than any other. Every team plays by the same rules, and every team plays every other team six times a season -- three home, three away. Every fan sees every team come to his or her ballpark every year. Buck's plan also creates true regional divisions with true regional rivalries. Let's get back to Red Sox-Yankees for a moment. You think it's a big rivalry now? Imagine how true a big-event feel the games would have if they only met six times a season? Now THAT would create a big buzz. That's a big deal, the true event that the games are supposed to be when they aren't watered down by the current 18-times-a-year overkill. The realignment also eliminates the 10 more times we still have to watch the Reds and Pirates play each other this season. You can set up the postseason any way you want. The four division winners and two wild-card teams get in, with the two division winners with the best records getting first-round playoff byes. Best record gets home field for every series, which also eliminates the All-Star Game deciding World Series home field if you're not yet sold on that idea. If you want to make an argument for four division winners and four wild card teams in the postseason, that's fine. The networks would probably like that. Time to rest now. Realigning baseball's divisions is exhausting. Almost as tiring as watching the Yankees and Red Sox play 18 times every year. Enough already.

Rays interested in Billy Wagner?

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:59:29 -0000

A scout who watched Billy Wagner throw has "no doubt" that Wagner could help a team win. The Rays and Marlins are thought to have interest in Wagner, but neither team would be likely to give up much of a prospect unless the Mets picked up salary.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/08/stark-on-wagner-crawford.html

Not sure if MLBTR was looking for a filler story, but in that article is also this.

Clubs eyeing Carl Crawford believe the Rays are becoming less likely to deal him. Desmond Jennings could become the Rays' left fielder, but they'd probably have to be overwhelmed to part with Crawford.

First, there was the Joe Dillon Difference...

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:06:14 -0000

Now... it's Luke Bailey

and his Ukulele!

http://www.lukebailey.com/

Ya, by far the worst fanpost ever to grace SBNation.

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MiLB GDT: Indianapolis @ Durham, 5PM 8/02/09, WADE!!!

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:50:59 -0000

Davis/Jennings/Fun

GameDay: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_08_02_indaaa_dubaaa_1

MiLB.tv - http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=reflector%3A17091&w_id=110972&pid=gen_video&type=v_sub&_mp=1

Jennings, CF

Brignac, SS

Weber, LF

Ruggiano, RF

Richard, 1B

Hughes, DH

Johnson, 2B

Jaso, C

Mateo, 2B

Davis, P

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Jeff Niemann leads the league in Run Support by nearly a whole run.

Marky Mark's Third Nipple — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:07:35 -0000

I'm sure most of you know this already, and I wouldn't doubt it if this was already posted but...

http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsrankings/1221/run-support-for-your-pitcher/

Jeff Niemann	TAM	11.19
Rich Hill	Bal	10.21
Joba Chamberlain	NYY	9.71
Braden Looper	MIL	9.26
Matt Palmer	LAA	9.24
Brad Penny	BOS	8.84
Kevin Slowey	MIN	8.83
Tim Wakefield	BOS	8.78
Jamie Moyer	PHI	8.75
A.J. Burnett	NYY	8.64
Joe Saunders	LAA	8.57
Armando Galarraga	DET	8.45
Cole Hamels	PHI	8.45
Rick Porcello	DET	8.17
Jered Weaver	LAA	8.15
Max Scherzer	ARI	8.13
Carl Pavano	CLE	8.07
Aaron Cook	COL	8.03
Andy Pettitte	NYY	8.02
Vicente Padilla	TEX	7.96
Jorge De La Rosa	COL	7.91
Clayton Kershaw	LAD	7.86
Scott Baker	MIN	7.82
Joe Blanton	PHI	7.75
Adam Wainwright	STL	7.73
Trevor Cahill	OAK	7.69
Jason Hammel	COL	7.66
Brad Bergesen	BAL	7.59
Brett Anderson	OAK	7.52
Ricky Nolasco	FLA	7.44
Luke Hochevar	KC	7.38
Josh Beckett	BOS	7.36
Livan Hernandez	NYM	7.33
Mark Buehrle	CHW	7.32
CC Sabathia	NYY	7.29
Roy Halladay	TOR	7.24
Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	7.22
Brian Tallet	TOR	7.21
Mike Pelfrey	NYM	7.11
Chad Billingsley	LAD	7.11
Gavin Floyd	CHW	7.08
Paul Maholm	PIT	6.98
Ross Ohlendorf	PIT	6.92
Gil Meche	KAN	6.92
Scott Feldman	TEX	6.91
Randy Wolf	LAD	6.91
Jeff Suppan	MIL	6.86
Micah Owings	CIN	6.85
Tim Lincecum	SFO	6.84
Justin Verlander	DET	6.77
Jon Garland	ARI	6.75
Nick Blackburn	MIN	6.71
Ryan Dempster	CHC	6.64
Roy Oswalt	HOU	6.64
Derek Lowe	ATL	6.63
Kenshin Kawakami	ATL	6.6
Randy Johnson	SFO	6.58
Kevin Correia	SDG	6.58
Jason Marquis	COL	6.57
John Danks	CHW	6.48
Chris Volstad	FLA	6.46
Matt Cain	SFO	6.38
Kevin Millwood	TEX	6.37
Francisco Liriano	MIN	6.35
Jon Lester	BOS	6.32
Todd Wellemeyer	STL	6.19
Jair Jurrjens	ATL	6.14
Felix Hernandez	SEA	6.14
Josh Johnson	FLA	6.12
Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	5.91
Wandy Rodriguez	HOU	5.91
Ted Lilly	CHC	5.9
Zach Duke	PIT	5.86
Dan Haren	ARI	5.82
Josh Geer	SDG	5.79
Aaron Harang	CIN	5.76
Bronson Arroyo	CIN	5.71
J.A. Happ	PHI	5.69
Carlos Zambrano	CHC	5.65
Johnny Cueto	CIN	5.6
Yovani Gallardo	MIL	5.57
Javier Vazquez	ATL	5.52
Matt Garza	TAM	5.45
Brian Bannister	KAN	5.31
Dallas Braden	OAK	5.29
James Shields	TAM	5.23
Edwin Jackson	DET	5.18
John Lannan	WAS	5.14
Jarrod Washburn	SEA	5.13
Joel Pineiro	STL	4.99
Barry Zito	SFO	4.92
Cliff Lee	CLE	4.75
Doug Davis	ARI	4.66
Zack Greinke	KAN	4.66
Johan Santana	NYM	4.18

Buck Showalter Realignment Plan
Babe Ruth Division	Jackie Robinson Division	Roberto Clemente Division	Hank Aaron Division
Yankees	Dodgers	Cubs	Royals
Mets	Angels	White Sox	Cardinals
Red Sox	Padres	Indians	Rangers
Blue Jays	Mariners	Reds	Astros
Orioles	Giants	Twins	Tigers
Nationals	Diamondbacks	Brewers	Braves
Phillies	Athletics	Pirates	Rockies