News Item: Pat Riley Is On The Phone With His Tailor

The Heat is, um, on...

'Donnie Baseball' Loves L.A.

One of my favorite baseball players of all-time will get his place in the sun.
Former Yankee great Don Mattingly will replace former Yankee manager and current Los Angeles Dodger skipper Joe Torre in 2011. 
Torre said today that he won't return next year.
Readers of this blog may remember a time when the Yankees ruled in this space. Then they treated Joe Torre like shit and built that fake Yankee Stadium with tons of public money and I remembered the lyrics to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame":


"Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."


Cheers to Donnie Baseball and best wishes to Joe. Both survived the Boss and lived to tell about it; now Joe rides off into a SoCal sunset while Donnie gets to ride out the wacky carnival that is the McCourt divorce. 

And it's all still just a game...

A-Rod At 599: What's In A Number (Anymore?)

A little too juicy for me, so not as much as it might have been...

From ESPN:

Alex Rodriguez moved to within one home run of a plateau inhabited by only six other players in baseball history, the 600 Club, Thursday night when he belted No. 599 off Kansas City Royals reliever Robinson Tejeda in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium.
Rodriguez's blast, his 16th of the season, was a solo shot into the lower right-field seats on an 0-2 pitch that gave the Yankees a 6-4 lead en route to a 10-4 win. The blast moved him to seventh on the all-time home run list, behind Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.

Oh, baseball; how I hate my tainted love...

Red, White & WHEW!

1-0. Next...

Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground.

Sorry, Willie, but I had to steal your lyric.
L.A. Angel first baseman Kendry Morales hit a 10th-inning, walk-off grand slam yesterday. Then be broke his leg during the celebration.

Willie?

And I patched up your broken wing
And hung around a while
Tried to keep your spirits up
And your fever down...

Angel flying too close to the ground...

NBA Playoffs: Race For The Ring.

More here. And let's go, Celtics!

March Madness.

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Magic & Bird: A Courtship Of Rivals.

Playing now on HBO.

Check your local listings.

Life Is Good.

I Love L.A.!

The Clippers finally beat the Lakers last night, 102-91. Chris Kaman: 21/14, and the Clips are looking pretty good...

The NFL Quietly Announces The Release Of The 'Official' Super Bowl Jersey.