Marijuana cigarettes......REEFER!!!

Courtesy of the Colin Cowherd show, Mike Vick holding his friend's joint. You know it has to be his friend's joint, who is just out of the picture, cause marijuana is not allowed in the NFL. The part that is most shocking to me is that I had no idea that Ricky and Mike were buds. Bonus points for the blow up of his Cindy Crawfordesque birthmark. You know Mike, that shit is like luggage.....

I Freakin' Knew It.....

...and you may be in a coma if you didn't as well. Some belated news on Lance "Cookie" Bass:

Lance is out.

Go to Hell Ronaldinho!!!

So Ronaldinho and Brazil kinda flamed out at the World cup...apparently from too much PS2 and dropping anchor in his French model girlfriend. Can you blame him? Can life get better? (maybe...if you add in Heinekens and pistachios.) The guy may look like burn victim with down syndrome, but the dude has got the life. Jealousy is a bitter pill.

Scarlet Knight Football Coach Wields His Power

Despite protests of the local residents, the town of Piscataway has approved a zoning change request that was strong armed by Rutgers. With the change, RU football coach Greg Schiano will now be able to build his home on a large wooded lot that was re-zoned for a single residence.

He did get Rutgers to a bowl game for the first time in 27 years.

Triple the Fun

The San Fransisco Giants lead the majors in triples with 36 yet they only have 36 SBs. If they keep this up and ended up with more triples than steals that would be pretty amazing. The Mets lead the league with 95 Stolen bases and have 26 triples. The Braves have 38 SBs and 18 triples.

Goose Egg

On July 15, all 30 teams in MLB played baseball, yet there were no saves recorded. The last time relievers were shut out with a full schedule was 1978.

-AJC

The 6th man picked 2nd - It's time to prove why

Marvin has to prove something this year or else solidify his status as another in the long line of Hawks draft day busts. He wasn't chosen as a "project" and it's time to show why.

Conversely, could he be summer-leaguing himself into an inflated trade value for the Hawks? No doubt I'd sure rather lose him than Al Harrington.

As reported by Tim Buckley on ESPN.com:

"Atlanta's Marvin Williams is using the summer league to show why the Hawks selected him No. 2 overall in the 2005 draft. The former North Carolina forward was averaging a Revue-leading 26.0 points in his first two games, and scored a game-high 22 as the Hawks posted their first win with an 84-74 victory over San Antonio Monday. Williams played 33 minutes and hit 12 of 13 from the free-throw line."

Church

I Could Eat a Peach for Days

Wow. That title is gonna sound really gay once you realize the actual subject of this post. On this day, 79 years ago, Ty Cobb, aka "The Georgia Peach" recorded his 4,000th baseball hit. While most know him for being a royal asshole, I don't think the average fan realizes the enormity of his career. I can say that with calm conviction and certainty, for I myself, am the average fan and don't have any problem speaking for the other millions of average fans. Among his notable accomplishments in the game were a career .367 batting average, 12 batting titles, and probably the one that will most make you go "Hmmm", he stole home 50 times. That's right fifty aka ferrari to all of you in the know. To put it in perspective, Jose Reyes, the most gifted base burglar of current times, may steal home once or twice in his career.

On a sidetracked thought (because I just impressed myself), why don't they call base stealers.... base burglars? It's got several things going for it. Check it out and see if you agree:

1. Alliteration is the cat's PJ's. I don't need to tell any of you that.
2. They can probably do some kind of hilarious cross-promotion with the Hamburglar stealing a base on Mike Piazza's rag arm (don't worry that he's not behind the plate anymore, you're ruining it).
3. The gay connotations are off the charts - base burglar easily morphs to butt burglar which easily translates to rump ranger. Imagine hearing this sentence on ESPN and knowing exactly what they mean "Rump ranger Jose Reyes was up to his old tricks again." But hear this one and you might be confused - "Rump ranger Brady Anderson was up to his old tricks again." That one's probably said on a network other than ESPN, but see, you were like "since when was Brady Anderson ever a good base burglar, oh wait, there's no cool baseball lingo on that one." And it goes on, the possibilities for base burglar are endless.

Alright, I've said my peice. A nod to the Georgia Peach. Carry on.

Braves update

Your Atlanta Braves had some hot bats at Petco Park over the weekend, but the highlight for me came on Friday night when Jorge Sosa (3-10) blew a save in the 9th AND in the 10th then recorded a win in the 11th. Baseball has strange rules.
Some other interesting stats from Friday night:

1. The teams crossed home plate 27 times.
2. The two teams used 17 combined pitchers.
3. The teams combined for 11 doubles.
4. The teams combined for 8 home runs.
5. Chipper Jones extended his extra-base hit streak to 12 games (now 14).

After sweeping the Padres at Petco, the Braves are now 5.5 games back of the NL Wild Card leading Reds and 12 games back of the sizzling Mets in the NL East.

For those scoring at home:
A passed ball is not scored as an error. A run that scores because of a passed ball is not scored as an earned run.
A wild pitch is not scored as an error. A run that scores because of a wild pitch is counted as an earned run.