The Sports Chick Blog

 One of my favorite TV shows is The Hills on MTV. Now, I know it’s fake, but I LOVE IT! The catiness, bitchness, and hot-guy-ness! One of the main characters, Lauren, is now rumored to be dating a “mystery man.”

So as I’m sitting here in my bed watching E! News there is a newsflash …

… Lauren’s mystery man is revealed! Oh My!

So who is the mystery man? According to E! News Lauren’s new BF is Minor League Baseball player Doug Reinhardt. So being the internet-junkie that I am, I quickly googled “Doug Reinhardt.” AND NOTHING ABOUT MiLB CAME UP! So I went a step further and looked up “Reinhardt” on MiLB’s player search. And wouldn’t you know that there is not one minor leaguer with the last name Reinhardt!

He’s probably just some low grade dummy wanna be actor slash model who’s playing a minor leaguer in some upcoming low budget indy movie **exhale** 

 Honestly, Is anyone really shcoked that baseball players cheat? Maybe I’m unfazed by today’s NY Daily News allegations that Roger Clemens carried on a decade long affair with Country singer, Mindy McCready. But in a world full of SUNY Oneonta Soroity Girl (Paul LoDuca), Jocelyn the Stripper (A-Rod), Carolyn the Fox Reporter (Derek Lowe), and HUNDREDS of others there seems to be no shock value in a professional athlete (mostly MLBers) cheating on their significant others.

Do MLBers cheat because they are without their families for such a long season? Do professional athletes succum to the fact that everyone treats them as “Gods”? Why do women throw themselves at these players? Is it money, fifteen minutes of fame, or a secret dream to be a trophy wife? And why do the wives always stay with their straying men?  I don’t know!

 Take this off my list of “things to do before I die” … I had the NFL Draft experience!! Mikey (my brother) and I joined our fellow draft-junkies at the Jets Draft party at Dave and Buster’s on 42nd Street.

Now here’s how to get anything in life, NAME DROP!! At first we showed up an hour early to the party, BIG mistake! We really should’ve been there early in the morning to get a good table, but Mikey had baseball practice. Anyway, we get up to the third floor where the party was being held, and a big security guy asked for ID’s. For a split second I thought of using my fake, but decided against it. I didn’t plan on drinking anyway. So I show my ID and was quickly turned away from the Draft Party, and why? Because you had to be 25!! What?!?! And this isn’t a Jets Draft Party rule, it’s a D&B Rule.

So as me and Mikey were being whisked away from the door three little 4 foot shits were running right past us! This is bullshit! Apparently one person in your party had to be 25 or older to be let in, something I was not aware of. So we waited about 10-20 minutes, and I did it … I name dropped. I walked my butt right back up to the secuirty guard and he was clearly pissed that I was back, and this is what I said, “My Aunt works for the Jets and I was told to ask for XXXX XXXXXXXX. He is expecting me and my brother.” Clearly pissed, the security guard said nothing and let us in.

What he didn’t know was that my Aunt indirectly works for the Jets and the guy I asked for was at a different Draft party!

We had an awesome time at the party, besides the beginning, and the best moment was actually when Darren McFadden went to the hated Raiders. The whole party went silent then let out a chorus of “Fuck,” “Shit,” “Damn,” and the less vulgar “Oh Well!” It still amazes me every year that the first pick gives me chills, but this year my LEAST favorite team, the Miami Dolphins, selected OT Jake Long number one. Boos on top of more boos were heard all over NYC and I loved it!!!

Vernon Gholston is an awesome choice for the Jets and I think the clip that got the most smiles on the Jets-faithful faces was when Gholston made a fool of Jake Long in the Michigan - Ohio State game, and in the words of the ESPN Draft Day crew, “Welcome to the AFC East Jake!”

Being at the Jets Draft party was an really cool experience, but one day I hope to actually get there!! And until then …

… ONLY 363 days til the 2009 Draft!!!!!  

There is something seriously wrong with the NBA playoff system. Now some of you won’t agree, but it think it is ludicrous that HALF the teams in the league make it to the playoffs! The playoffs in all sports are a long battle to see who is really the number one team. Now records my not always reflect that, but is it too much to ask for to see a team in the playoffs with a winning record? There are two teams (Philadelphia and Atlanta) in the playoffs with a losing record. Part of this is because the Eastern Conference sucks, but is this really a reflection of excellence?

There are teams in other sports that have unbelievable records, but are shut out of their respected playoffs due to a “top seed” in the division. So what is the proper way to conduct a playoff system? Do any of the teams have it right?

 Ever since Danica Patrick entered Indy car racing she has been criticized. Too this, too that! But Danica finally shut all the critics up. Today Danica finished 5.8594 seconds ahead of Helio Castroneves in Japan for her first win. Not only was it a win for Danica, but it was the first win by any woman in Indy car history.

The funny thing is this. I spotted this article on People.com, and it is nowhere to be found on the ESPN.com homepage and it’s the eigth headline down on SportsIllustrated.com. Is the male dominated sports world shunning accomplishments in Women’s Sports again? Either way, Congrats Danica on you history making win!

(the pic above is me and my dad meeting danica at last year’s super bowl. She was sooooo tiny! :O).

 SIDE NOTE: I’ve made it no secret that Kyle Farnsworth is my favorite player!!!

New York Yankees’ hitters are an offensive jauggernaut, so it makes sense that they would be repeatedly plunked (or HBP for you stat geeks out there). What doesn’t make sense is that under the Joe Torre era the Yankee pitchers never retailiated. But this is the Girardi era!

During the Yanks most recent 2-game set against the hated Red Sox, Boston pitcher Aardsma plunked A-Rod in game 1. Ok it happens. But in game 2 Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez hit TWO home-runs against NYY starter Mike Mussina. In the top of the seventh, my fav. Yankee, Kyle Farnsworth was summoned from the bullpen. Farnsy has a 95+ mph fastball which has occasionaly hit the hundred mark. Knowing that Manny has single handedly “Man-handled” the Yanks, Farnsy wanted to test him inside with one of his heaters. One problem… the pitch slipped out of Farnsy’s control and was up and behind Manny’s head! Ramirez flinched and was not hit. Futhermore, the homeplate ump, Larry Vanover, warned both benches, taking into consideration the heated rivalry and the fact that A-Rod was unpurposefully hit the night before. Vanover never ejected Farnsy, thus leading us to believe that the pitch WAS NOT INTENTIONAL!! Clearly shaken Ramirez grounded out and Farnsy completed a 1-2-3 top of the 7th.

Now specualte all you want, but FARNSY DID NOT HIT MANNY! Farnsy doesn’t have the best control (represented by many HRs and BBs), but the 97 heater never hit Manny! The Yankees contested that Farnsy overthrew the pitch trying to be aggressive and lost control, the Red Sox contested that the pitch was purposely thrown because of the A-Rod HBP the night before. AND, Boston even admitted that it wasn’t as bad as the situation could be because THE BALL NEVER HIT MANNY!

Now it was revealed today by MLB that Farnsworth is being suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount? So are the other pitchers in the MLB supposed to think that “Gee, I can’t throw Manny inside because I will get suspended!” Farnsworth is figthing the suspenstion and has filed an appeal.

This is complete bullshit! The Yankees are repeatedly plunked and the MLB is now leading the Yanks pitchers to believe they can’t fight back? C’Mon MLB! Stop protecting the offense! We all know that the MLB Front Office loves their precious offense records, and clearly the MLB is making that known by protecting an unstoppable offensive force like Manny Ramirez. I just hope this new way of thinking with the HBP suspension rule works both ways. Apparently it won’t because NOTHING happened to Orioles pitcher Daniel Cabrera last night when he plunked Hideki Matsui not once, but TWICE!

STOP with the witch-hunt Bob Watson and let the Yankee pitchers fire back!!! And next time Farnsy lets one rip let’s hope the batter charges the mound like the pic above! Now that is worth a suspension!

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 ESPN has a new series called E:60. Supposedly the series chronicles some of the more “in-depth” stories in sports. You know, the late-breaking good stuff! But what is the E:60 story that they plan on running on April 22 (7pm)? Miguel Tejada is actually 2 years older than he originally said! Oh no!

Please, is ESPN truly sending this “big” story out? Apparently so. Tejada was originally signed as a 17 year-old, now according to ESPN he was actually 19 in 1993. Does 2 years really make a difference, and is E:60 really the hard-hitting journalism it claims to be? Discuss! 

Tejada admits to being two years older than Astros thought

 God people love a conspiracy! It was made public late last night that Tiger Woods is undergoing athroscopic knee surgery just a few days after he finished runner-up to some South Africian guy we all have never heard of (sorry, Trevor Immelman)! Now, some people are speculating that IF Tiger were to be in perfect health during the Master’s, then he would have easily beat the South African dude (again, sorry Trevor). PEOPLE!! Tiger was hurt, he lost, the no-name won!!! Get over it Augusta oldies!!! Click below for the full, but tiny, report.

ps- I heard on ESPN’s PTI today that Detroit Tigers (i guess i’m in a Tiger mood today! ) skipper, Jim Leyland, has playing Augusta on his “Things to Do Before I Die List.” It makes me think, what would I put on my list???

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 Relax football fans! After you hand in your taxes tomorrow you can flick on ESPN at 2pm for one of my favorite days. Tomorrow the NFL releases the team-by-team schedules. Now the matchups have been released until 2010, but we as fans don’t know the exact date of the games. Here is the report by ESPN:

The NFL plans to announce its full 2008 schedule Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET.

The planned announcement, confirmed by the league in a news release Monday, will reveal dates, times and television schedules. Teams have known their opponents for months, thanks to the NFL’s scheduling formula.

The league previously announced four nationally televised matchups for Week 1.

The Washington Redskins open the 2008 season when they visit the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants on Thursday, Sept. 4 (NBC, 7 p.m. ET). The Chicago Bears visit the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 7 (NBC, 8:15 p.m. ET) in a rematch of Super Bowl XLI.

ESPN’s coverage begins with a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader Sept. 8. The Minnesota Vikings visit the Green Bay Packers in the first game at 7 p.m. ET. The Oakland Raiders then host the Denver Broncos in the second game at 10:15 p.m. ET.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3346685

ps- Happy 32nd Birthday Kyle Farnsworth … may you one day realize that you don’t have to give up a run everytime you pitch!

So one of my favorite websites On The DL is FINALLY back posting their scandalous blind items! This one caught my eye immediately and if you read this blog often, then you know why! Enjoy -Chicky

 oh! ps- visit Trixie and the girls of On The DL here!

Crossword Time:
1 Across: Nine-letters; emotional pain or distress brought on by a recent breakup

The two sexy pitchers (one of them cute and boyish, the other seasoned and handsome) featured in this item play for the same AL East team. Our insider tells us that they’re good friends, with one of them serving as a mentor to the other. Both have suffered relatively recent breakups with their significant others; the older with his illicit mistress and the younger with his girlfriend. Supposedly, the recent decline of the grizzled veteran’s skills is not only due to aging, but also due to his heartache over losing his long-time woman on the side (we were the first to report this relationship years ago). On the other hand, the younger pitcher is harnessing the despair from his own breakup, caused in part by problems between his over-bearing mother and gorgeous ex, and transforming it into positive energy. He looks more ready than ever to take on other teams and finally lead his boys to their first title in a handful of years.

Just who is our *Heartache* Duo? That’s for you to figure out!