Respect My Gangsta: Steve Young

I almost gave the gangsta tears to Rick Reilly, for actually laughing off Young's thug. But after a second watch, I'm of the mind that Reilly's laugh was just a defense mechanism, used to distract people from the urine soaking his pants.

Redefining "Bush League" by beaning an umpire

As someone who has played baseball all my life, this is just sick and unheard of. I can tell you that in nearly every single baseball game played -- from little league to MLB, there is at least one team that thinks they are getting screwed over by the umpire...if not both teams. But I have never seen this before.

A high school battery (pitcher and catcher) organizes a beaning of the ump in this Georgia state championship game where the pitching team was down 9-1 early and pissed at the umpire. In the previous half-inning, the pitcher's brother, who had been drafted #15 by the Dodgers in the draft, had thrown his helmet down in disgust after being called out on strikes.

Then this:



Rick Reilly gives further details on the players and situation here.