According to the NY Daily News, A-Rod and C-Rod are offically no longer. The case was settled today with the proceedings private. In other words we’ll never know all the juicy details … damn!!
But don’t worry loyal readers, the sports chick always finds the dirt! 
Hurricane Ike forced the Houston Astros - Chicago Cubs game to Milwaukee today, but the travel didn’t bother pitcher Carlos Zambrano as he threw the first Cubs no hitter since 1972. Zambrano was down right nasty all day as he seemed to stiffle the Astro offense. Zambrano kept his cool the entire game, but collapsed on the mound after striking out Darin Erstad for the final out. Teammates swarmed and surrounded him, and the sparse crowd of 20,000+ (manly Cubs fans) showered Carlos with chants “Z, Z, Z.”
Alfonso Soriano homered in the first inning and Houston never responded as the Cubs won the game 5 - 0. Zambrano had ten strikeouts and one walk in the No-No.
Congrats Z!
So it’s always cool to see the stats about my bloggy here, but one really threw me for a loop today! I had a TON of searches of “Varitek.” Being the Yankee-lover that I am I thought, “What the F*** would make me write about Tek.” Well after googling “Varitek” I decided to write about the Boston Bum…
… Varitek files for divorceeeeeee!
That’s right D-I-V-O-R-C-E! It seems Tek is following in his good buddy 
A-Rod’s steps and is moving into Splitsville. No word on the cause yet, but check out the forums of On the DL. The girls there are all buzzing about the split, and apparently the split has to do with the Boston version of Kim Jones, NESN’s Heidi Whatney, hmmmmmm…
The Chick didn’t write this, ESPN did …
| Through July 31 |
Since Aug. 1 |
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| Games | 107 | 9 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.78 |
BRING BACK MY FARNSYYYYY!!!! 
Also, some news outlets reported that the fan total at Jet Camp yesterday was anywhere from 7,000 to 10,500, but my aching, tired, worn-out, sunburned body will atest that the actual total was 11,523. Yes the media is always right
So as I leave Jets training camp at Hofstra today I get a text from one of my friends that the Yankees got Pudge Rodriguez, OK whatev … we really didn’t need another catcher. And then my water-works started … the Yankees gave up my favorite player Kyle Farnsworth. And yes I cried the whole way home!
OK some of you may not get it, but Farnsy was MY FAVORITE PLAYER. Forget about stats, leagues, money, and whatever, and think about this. Your favorite player gets traded away (when he’s been doing really good) for a player who is slowing downgrading!
I really love my Yankees, but this is sucks! So good-bye Kyle, your still my favorite player, but not my favorite Yankee.
ps- The Chick is mourning … f**k off!!
Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte were seen giving out hugs in the Pittsburgh dugout today, and it wasn’t because they love giving hugs. Lefty dynamo Marte and outfielder (and one of my friends loves ) Nady are definitely on the move. In fact, I found out just now that Marte and Nady are headed to the Boogie Down Bronx for Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke (who was pulled from his Trenton start after striking the side in the first inning tonight), George Kontos and Jose Tabata.
Putting Marte in the Yankees gives them the lefty advantage that they really did need. Sure Farnsy and Edwar have been lights out of late, and of course you can always count on Mo, but the Yankees did need a lefty and now they have him! Nady is an essential bat now that Posada can’t be everyday.
Very very exciting with the MLB trade deadline coming up!
Pete Abe at the LoHud Yankees blog had this post today. Yes it is true, there is a real “Support the ‘Stache” campaign to get the Giambino into the 2008 All-Star Game. Also, the American Moustache Institute is backing his candidacy. Oh yes as amusing as it is this whole shin-dig is not a work of fiction!!
And ps-, Giambi has stated that he WILL participate in the Home Run Derby IF he is on the roster.
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Basically my un-named day job is taking over my life, so here is one big, but kinda brief, catch-up post!
The Williams Sisters had another “who can grunt louder” match in Wimbledon on Saturday, and the modern day Wimbledon Queen, Venus, took Serena over.
Also in Tennis, You know the swing-set playground saying, “first is the worst, second is the best, and third is the one with the hairy chest.”? Well, that proved true in the Gentlemen’s Singles Finals in Wimbledon yesterday as #2 Nadal beat #1 Federer. AND the match was the longest in history (4 hrs 48 minutes & 2 rain delays).
It was rivalry/Fourth of July weekend in MLB. You have Cubs-Cardinals, Dodgers-Giants, and of course Yankees-Red Sox, but the big story was the Brewers rental of C.C. Sabathia.
The 2008 MLB All-Stars were announced:
Lonely A-Rod lead in overall numbers (3,934,518 votes), but his wife, Cynthia, wants no part of it!! C-ROD FILES FOR DIVORCE IN DADE COUNTY!
Jason Varitek (219 avg. 7 HR 27 RBI 19 assits) was voted in by the players and not AJ Pierzynski (299 avg 7 HR 32 RBI 29 assits) hmmmmmm Major League Diss?!?!
Mike Mussina (2nd in the AL with wins, 11) was cheated out of an All-Star game. But it’s OK, he rather be at the Lycoming County Fair in Hughesville, PA. Apparently the Moose loves their tractor pull!
THE STACHE’ & D-WRIGHT NEED YOUR VOTES … but don’t bother, the MLB will secretly find a way for Rays rookie, Evan “Don’t Call Me a Housewife” Longoria to win it!
41 year old, Dara Torres, will make the US Olympic Swimming roster and Michael Phelps is a swim beast! US Sprinter, Tyson Gay, has a hamstring strain from an ugly fall, but will be OK for Beijing. Click here for ESPN’s US Olympic Trials coverage.
check back later for more stuff that i can’t think of at the moment, and July’s 10 Questions w/ …
- Chick
The NY Post and US Weekly both report that Yankees 3rd Baseman, Alex Rodriguez, is cheating on his wife AGAIN, but this time it’s with a familiar face …
… MADONNA??? Ewww, A-Rod must really have a thing for ugly blonde girls with butch arms. see here, here, and here.
However, a few sources tell me it’s complete bull. Plus, the main reason for the reports about A-Rod and Madge are that she was at the Yankees-Reds game on June 22nd with her two sons, Rocco and David, and her manager, Guy Oseary. OK stay with me, Guy Oseary is also A-Rod’s talent manager and little Rocco is a huge Yankees fan. Therefore, Madonna and her clan were only in A-Rod’s box seats because those are the seats her manger got her, phew!
Also, there was an interesting tid-bit on one of my favs, perez hilton. Perez reports that A-Rod’s wife, Cynthia, is actually the one doing the cheating …. with LENNY KRAVITZ!
So who do we believe? A-Rod, C-Rod, both, or neither?
I’ll believe neither until I hear more. PS- check out comment #67 on Perez Hilton’s C-Rod Cheating post, very very very interesting, No?
UPDATE 11:48am: Now I truly believe that both C-Rod and A-Rod are NOT CHEATING ON EACH OTHER!!!! The press always has a way of blowing up a small story. Here is a quote straight from Lenny Kravitz courtesy of PerezHilton.com:
A few words from Lenny Kravits:
“There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself. This is unequivocally 100% not true.
Cynthia is a friend and is here with the godfather of her baby, who is also Alex’s trainer, his wife and their baby girl. She came here to escape from everything happening in New York City. I opened my home to her as a friend and I find it extremely hurtful that I am now being referred to as an adulterer.”
Something I really wanted to blog about was a suggestion from my Daddy. You see, every once and a while I’ll write a little bit about my personal life. If you read The Chick page, then you know that me and my family are loyal NY Jets season ticket holders. So with the new Jet-Giant billion dollar stadium being built, the teams are issuing PSLs: Personal Seat Licences. PSLs are meant for the corporate level. Let’s say you have a company that sells pool supplies, Jay’s Pool Supply. Jay’s business does pretty well in the Long Island area and has 78% of its clients are Mets fans. So Jay’s would buy two box seats at Shea Stadium with a PSL. So when Jay’s sells their Mets tickets to its best customers, they sit in seats with a little sign on the box bar that reads, “Jay’s Pool Supply.” Ok no problem there, but here is the issue with PSLs now.
In the new Jet-Giant stadium, the two teams with make it MANDATORY that fans buy a PSL for each seat they have. The PSLs will be anywhere from $1,000 to $20,000 PER SEAT! The PSLs for fans will only grant them the RIGHT to purchase seats, not to have them. For example, my Dad owns six seats in the mezzanine at Giants Stadium. To own the rights to have those seats in the new stadium, my Dad would pay $30,000 ($5,000 x 6 seats = $30,000)! On top of that, my Day would then have to pay another $12,000 for the tickets to the seats ($250 x 6 seats = $1,500; $1,500 x 8 regular season home games = $12,000). All the money my Dad would spend on tickets with the new MANDATORY PSL would be roughly two years of tuition at SUNY Cortland for me and my sister!
Also, the Giants are implementing a survey to see if fans would want to purchase PSLs. First of all, the survey is bogus! It’s just to say that fans have chosen their fate, when in fact a survey would be to cover the Giants ass! Second, no one in their right mind would ever agree to a PSL given the correct facts! Another reason a PSL is bad for fans is the will factor. Let’s say John Smith has had seats 1 - 4 in section 102 for Giants home games since 1950. The seats get passed down from generation to generation. Now Johnny IV is set to own the tickets when his sick Dad, John III, passes away. NOW you can only will tickets to a kin if you have a PSL for each seat! If Johnny III kicks the bucket tomorrow and doesn’t have a PSL for his seats, then Johnny IV is shit out of luck, and the tickets go to some schmo who has been on the Giants season ticket waiting list for 25 years!
Not just the Jets, Giants, and NFL, but the sports world is in a different age my friends. The game itself is not about the fans anymore. Sure fans fill the seats, but those seats are corporate owned, signage is pushed down the fans throat with company logos in bathroom stalls, and ticket prices continue to increase. Let’s take my Dad’s Jets tickets as an example again, the Jets record the past 5 years are as follows: 2003 - 6-10, 2004 - 10-6, 2005 - 4-12, 2006 - 10-6, 2007 - 4-12. Despite three losing seasons in the past five years, my Dad’s Jets tickets have consistently increased $5 per seat, per game EVERY YEAR!!
Another one of my favorite teams, the NY Yankees, are opening a new Stadium next year. The Yanks said when the plans were first announced that to treat the fans to a better game the amount of seats in the lower level will be switched to the higher amount of seats that are in the upper level. Therefore, more fans can view a great game from a better view. Good way to twist things! They are making the fans think that more lower level seating is FOR THE FANS, but in fact the Yankees are turning those $5-10 seats in the nose-bleed section into cash cow $100-$250 seats behind the plate and down the lines. Now you tell me who this benefits? The fans or the wallets?
So do me a favor fans, next time your favorite lifts that championship throphy and says, “this one is for the fans!” Boo like all hell! That championship is really for the sponsors, millionaires who go to the games in suits and ties, companies who but thousand dollar suites every year, and for the corporate office that pushes the fans out of the game!
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