You can't blame Manny Machado here for wearing his emotions on his sleeve. The Red Sox have had their pink hat panties in a bunch ever since Machado slid into Dustin Pedroia 10 days ago. It was pretty clear when the slide happened that Machado wasn't trying to hurt Pedroia. He even caught him and tried to hold up to prevent further injury. If you have ever watched Machado run the bases despite his enormous talent you will realize he is an awful baserunner and even worst slider. It's could be due to the fact he's blown out both knees already.
Anyways the Red Sox kept drinking their cranberry juice and two days later Matt Barnes threw at Machado's head. It was a bush league move and honestly it was expected because the Red Sox are managed by a notorious cocksucker in John Farrell. I mean that as respectfully as it's written. The Orioles take the high road and Machado shows his maturity by not charging the mound.
It should have been over but fast forward to Monday night with Baltimore in Fenway Park. You have racist fans throwing out N-word insults to Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones and even throwing a bag of peanuts at him as he's leaving the field. It was an ugly scene. We all know Boston has a reputation for being a racist city it just sucks to see it in 2017. As liberal as it is it's still a place where black people aren't really welcomed unless they are helping you win a championship and even then you still aren't completely welcomed. Case in point Bill Russell. So Boston does the right thing and their mayor, governor, team president, GM, players, etc. all come out and apologize for the behavior and actions that Jonesy was victim to. All appeared good when the Fenway faithful gave Jonesy a standing ovation with his first plate appearance in the first. Even Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale backed off the mound and let Jonesy sink in the moment. I give props to those actions. Unfortunately all the good will ended with the next batter.
Machado comes up after Jones strikes out and the first pitch is directly behind his knee caps. Sale clearly threw it at Machado but missed him. Machado and the Orioles again took the high road and didn't start a bench clearing brawl. The Red Sox apparently still had a heavy flow of vaginal secretion from the night before because Mookie Betts got hit by Dylan Bundy in the 6th inning of a two run ball game. A game in which the Orioles were winning. A game in which they put Betts at first with the hot hitting Hanley Ramirez coming up next. But the Red Sox insist it was intentional. You can't fix stupid.
I don't blame Machado at all for going off on the entire Red Sox organization. Could he have said it more eloquently with less profanity? Sure. But we are talking about a player who did nothing wrong and even Pedroia acknowledged it and threw his own team under the bus saying they handled it wrong and it wasn't him. They have now thrown at Machado five times this year. Of course he is going to get pissed off and drop some F bombs and call out the Red Sox as a classless organization because that is the way they are behaving.
The Red Sox need to grow the fuck up. Not every hard slide or inside pitch is meant to injure you. I've never seen a more sensitive bunch of babies on a baseball field and I blame it all on their manager in Farrell. He's the douche who keeps poking the flames. He's the one telling Eduardo Rodriguez, Barnes and now Sale to throw at Machado. Farrell should be suspended for a long, long time but of course MLB does nothing to protect one of their biggest stars in Machado. They gave Barnes a 4 game suspension. Now imagine if they throw at Machado again tonight and he charges the mound like he did last year on Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura (RIP). Machado is looking at a 4 game suspension at a minimum.
You know it's got embarrassing for the Red Sox when ex-players like Mike Lowell and Pedro Martinez basically apologize and are embarrassed by the actions of the team right now. This bush league shit needs to stop before somebody gets seriously hurt. One fastball to the head can not only end a career but it can end a life. Unfortunately the Red Sox don't have the leadership to accept responsibility for their idiotic behavior.
Finally after months of conjecture, rumors and talking heads with their hot takes we are here: the NFL Draft starts tonight.
Here is my mock draft which mocks all the rest while wearing moccasins because that's what Johnny Moxon would do at West Canaan.
1. Cleveland Browns: Myles Garrett, DE
This is the day all Cleveland fans dread. The NFL draft is just further reformation your franchise is in a never ending shitter. But I will say Garrett is the best pick here and could be the most "safe" pick. He's a day one starter. Don't fuck it up Cleveland and draft a QB.
2. San Francisco 49ers: Jamal Adams, S
This pick right here tells you how bad of a QB draft this is. The Browns and 49ers are both in desperate need of a QB and neither will touch one.
3. Chicago Bears: Soloman Thomas, DE
Don't laugh but from all the videos I've seen I think Thomas is the better pick over Garrett. Bears get themselves another Richard Dent with this pick.
4. Jacksonville Jaguars: Leonard Fournette, RB
I'm not high on Fournette and personally I would rather have Dalvin Cook if I'm picking a RB but the Jaguars seem to be all in for BUGA.
5. Tennessee Titans: Mike Williams, WR
Titans need to get Marcus Mariota a legit receiver and if you watched the National Championship game you will have noticed Clemson's Williams dominate Bama's stellar secondary.
6. New York Jets: Christian McCaffrey, RB
Ed's son can basically do it all on offense and will be called upon in the city that never sleeps. No pressure... just don't fuck it up.
7. Los Angeles Chargers: Jonathan Allen, DE/DT
LA's newest team gets a bit of luck as Bama's Allen slips to them at lucky number 7.
8. Carolina Panthers: Malik Hooker, S
Some people have compared this Hooker to Ed Reed which seems a little call girlish and premature personally.
9. Cincinnati Bengals: Marshon Lattimore, CB
It's only a matter of time before Pacman Jones spits, kicks, punches, shoots or abuses some other person so you need a backup plan. Lattimore grades out as the top corner in the draft.
10. Buffalo Bills: Kevin King, CB
The Bills want Lattimore to replace Stephon Gilmore but with him gone the pick before they go with the 2nd corner on their board in King.
11. New Orleans Saints: Haason Reddick, LB
Did you know that Reddick was a fucking walk on at Temple? Crazy right? Now here he is getting drafted in the first round.
12. Cleveland Browns: Mitchell Trubisky, QB
We finally get a QB picked and of course it's the Browns who do it. Poor little Mitchell Trubisky has no chance of winning in Cleveland. At least he will have a lot of money to drown those sorrows.
13. Arizona Cardinals: Corey Davis, WR
Fitzgerald is no spring chicken and Michael Floyd is still driving drunk somewhere so the Cardinals need to get Carson Palmer a player on the outside for his final season.
14. Philadelphia Eagles: Derek Barnett, DE
The Eagles need another edge rusher and the last time they drafted one out of Tennessee it seemed to pay off.
15. Indianapolis Colts: Charles Harris, OLB
Colts could be looking to trade down to get more picks but if they don't they take the best player available in Harris.
16. Baltimore Ravens: Reuben Foster, LB
Foster failed a drug test and was kicked out of the Combine because of his attitude. Sounds like the perfect LB for the Ravens!
17. Washington Redskins: Dalvin Cook, RB
When all is said and done Cook will be the best RB in this class.
18. Tennessee Titans: Marlon Humphrey, CB
Titans are in desperate need for corners.
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: O.J. Howard, TE
Jameis Winston gets himself another weapon.
20. Denver Broncos: Garett Boles, OT
Crazy to think the first offensive tackle taken in the draft would be this late but the Broncos get their guy in Boles.
21. Detroit Lions: T.J. Watt, DE/OLB
JJ's brother gets scooped up because the Lions are in desperate need of an edge rusher.
22. Miami Dolphins: Jarrad Davis, LB
Dolphins are looking for the best available LB and Davis fits the description.
23. New York Giants: Ryan Ramczyk, OT
The Giants want Boles so they could trade up to get him. If not they take the next best offensive tackle in Ramczyk.
24. Oakland Radiers: Zach Cunningham, LB
25. Houston Texans: Patrick Mahomes, QB
Texans surprise everybody by passing on Deshaun Watson to take a local kid in Mahomes.
26. Seattle Seahawks: Obi Melifonwu, S
Love this kid at safety. Athleticism is through the roof.
27. Kansas City Chiefs: Forrest Lamp, OG
The best guard in the draft gets scooped up.
28. Dallas Cowboys: Adoree Jackson, CB
Cowboys reach with this pick but even if Jackson never amounts to anything as a corner he could still be a hell of a returner.
29. Green Bay Packers: Joe Mixon, RB
The Packers got a puncher's chance here with Mixon.
30. Pittsburgh Steelers: DeShone Kizer, QB
The Steelers know all about Kizer and have been scouting him extensively, more than any other team reportedly. He will get a chance to be Roethlisberger's backup or maybe a starter if Big Ben chooses to retire.
31. Atlanta Falcons: Taco Charlton, DE
As a Falcons fans I would be ecstatic if Taco falls this far to them. Atlanta is in need of edge rushers and Taco certainly fits the description.
32. New Orleans Saints: Deshaun Watson, QB
Saints need to find an eventual replacement for Drew Brees and Watson is the best available if they decide to stick with this pick and not trade down.
I think it's safe to say Toronto Blue Jay's Chris Coghlan slide/dive last night in St. Louis over Yadier Molina is in the pole position for MLB play of the year. If one of us mere mortals even attempted such a slide good chance we would end up with a broken neck.In case you missed Chris Coghlan's dive into home plate last night... pic.twitter.com/cgnllS9m34— Norm Kelly (@norm) April 26, 2017
I think it's safe to say we have reached peak Jim Harbaugh. The Michigan football coach gave "His Holliness" Pope Francis a full size Michigan football helmet and a classic pair of Maize and Blue Air Jordans at the Vatican with his football team.
I'm actually more shocked Harbaugh didn't offer the Pope a warm glass of milk.
You gotta give credit where credit is due: Harbaugh is one of a kind. Despite his winless record vs Ohio State he's getting people to talk about Michigan football around the world. That in itself is a holy miracle considering they got one split national championship in the last 70 years!
Harbaugh doing God's work...
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Notre Dame football completed spring camp with their final practice, the 15th, in the annual Blue-Gold game at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday. After the long 4-8 season of 2016 it was refreshing to see Notre Dame not lose.
In all seriousness there were a lot of bright spots for ND.
The two QBs, Brandon Wimbush and Ian Book, while wearing no contact red jerseys both performed admirably. Wimbush is the presumed starter and he showed off some NFL throws to WR Chase Claypool. Wimbush was a little inconsistent with a couple of turnovers but I think a large part of that was the red jersey messing with his routine. Book was excellent and the rising sophomore looked very capable of handling the back up duties this fall. I had to do a couple of double takes because I thought Johnny Manziel decided to come back to college and be the backup QB at ND. Book was that good with his throwing (much better arm than I anticipated) and accuracy along with reading the defenses and making quick decisions. The backup QB spot is in good hands with Book.
I also thought the RB trio of Josh Adams, Tony Jones Jr., and Dexter Williams provided a much needed balance to the offense. All three ran with purpose and had individual highlight plays.
I was also extremely impressed with the receiving core. Claypool, Equanemious St. Brown, and Miles Boykin all started at the X, Y and Z positions and caught everything from what I recall. Each one of them is over 6'4 and I'm starting to get 2005 flashbacks with Brady Quinn throwing the ball up to the likes of Jeff Samardzija, Maurice Stovall and Anthony Fasano. The tight ends also looked tremendous with Alize "Return of the Mack" coming off his academic suspension and basically being unstoppable.
The defensive line to my surprise provided consistent rush to the QBs accounting for 9 sacks total. Remember the QBs had no contact red jerseys so as soon as the defender was close it was ruled a sack. Rising sophomore Daelin Hayes was a monster and looked like the 5-star prospect coming out of high school. Daelin had 3 sacks and Jay Hayes (no relation) also had a couple from what I recall.
The linebacking core played great and instead of engaging with blockers they actually played downfield for a change. You can tell new defensive coordinator Mike Elko has made a huge difference in the mentality of the defense. Guys like Nyles Morgan (tremendous trucking of All-American left guard Quenton Nelson) and Greer Martini were unstoppable at times and rover Drue Tranquill looked like a Harrison Smith clone out there.
The secondary also played well and picked up some turnovers. It's refreshing to see ND have a lot of depth on the back end of the defense and despite some missed tackles I thought they played extremely well.
Also Jonathan Doerer, the freshman kicker brought in for insurance in case Justin Yoon can't kick this fall, showed a consistent leg and nailed all of his field goal attempts in the middle of the uprights.
One of the few knocks I had on the team was the play of the offensive line which is suppose to be a strength. Offensive line coach Harry Hiestand looks like he has some problems on the right side of the line where DE Daelin Hayes was basically having a field day in the backfield. They got plenty of time to correct those mistakes though as the season is still 120 plus days away.
Overall I liked what I saw from the glorified practice scrimmage. You can tell the coaching changes have helped and I love seeing Chip Long use the tight ends more while also having the QB line up behind center and have some two-back sets. I don't see any reason with the starting and second string talent why Notre Dame can't break many offensive records this year. The tackling still needs work but I thought the defense played fast. Still need to get more consistent effort from the likes of Jerry Tillery and Daniel Cage in the middle and I think with freshman Darnell Ewell coming in summer will help push their effort level.
Well well well. It looks like little Rickie Fowler caught himself a grand slam trophy of a girlfriend in internet sensation Allison Stokke.
If you recall Stokke went viral back in high school a few years ago for her incredible looks as a pole vaulter with this single picture:
Oh MadBum you crazy mother fucker. It's bad enough the San Francisco Giants are sitting at 6-10 on the season but now they just lost their ace for 6-8 weeks because of a fucking dirt bike crash on their off day. I'm sure the Giants and their fans are happy about it.
But honestly if you could think of one baseball player doing something like this I think one of the first names that would pop up is an admitted redneck like Madison Bumgarner. He was probably riding the dirt bike and saw some harmless dude with a Dodgers hat smile at him and swerved while shouting "DON'T LOOK AT ME!" and BAM...shoulder AC sprain and his season is basically fucked.
Oh well. Just gives me more of a reason to sell more of the #DON'TLOOKATME shirts!
By the way you can buy them here...just saying.
Someone please remind me again how Georgia lost to this Vanderbilt team at home on homecoming? A Vandy team that makes sorority parody videos during spring practice. No lie I chuckled a couple of times at the Anchor Down lines and one of my littles but it didn't make me laugh nearly as much as watching LB Zach Cunningham tackle little guy Isaiah McKenzie on 4th and 1 for a loss instead of going to Nick Chubb or Sony Michel. That's not smart football Kirby (pun intended).
This is what happens when you win your first World Series in 108 years: the nipples are free in Wrigley Field. You gotta love the title of the Youtube video of "drunk" woman.. I would say that's a tad presumptuous but we are talking about the bleacher bums here. Drunk is a foregone conclusion especially when you are showing off your chesticles. You know some kid named Johnny or Tommy got his first bare breast facial at the Cubs game and unlike the past when nothing was recorded he can actually brag to his classmates the next day and prove it by pulling up this Youtube video.
What a time to be alive. Boobs and baseball. If that ain't Americana then I don't know what is.
Splashdown. https://t.co/WMPykx91OL pic.twitter.com/hkGpJrRNyt— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 20, 2017
Love was in the air at the Braves game last night. pic.twitter.com/zFyn1ZB6jh— Old Row Sports (@OldRowSports) April 19, 2017
Haven't seen this much dry humping since Tim Tebow was playing with his Jesus pillow in Gainesville. Good lord people get a room. The only dry humping allowed in the Braves new SunTrust Park should be myself on Freddie Freeman's bat because holy shit is he hot right now.
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We are less than a couple of weeks till the NFL Draft and it's good to see that Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey had enough preparation time to skip his team's bowl game in order to compete for fastest feet in the draft.This is in real time. Dayuuum, Christian McCafffrey! 👀 👀— UPROXX Sports (@UPROXXSports) April 19, 2017
(via @CMcCaffrey5) pic.twitter.com/bdiolMMX4t
First the walk off hit...
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 18, 2017Then the ice bath from Freddie Freeman and Bonifacio...
.@LieutenantDans7 gets the ice bath after @Braves pick up first walk-off win at SunTrust Park. #WelcomeHome pic.twitter.com/ChYVGAYua1— FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) April 18, 2017
Next season every NFL team will play one game with an alternate helmet called "Blaze."
Basically they reversed the color schemes making the secondary color of the helmet the primary and I got to admit most of them look great.
Check out all 30 NFL Teams Blaze Helmets here and let us know what you think.
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Notre Dame's $400 million plus "Crossroads" expansion to fabled Notre Dame stadium is expected to be finished before kickoff vs Temple in early September.
First off thank god they are redoing the bathrooms. While it may be charming to some to piss in a nearly 100 year old urinal I for one hated the smell of someone else's urine that burned the nostrils upon entry. I don't want to taste the bathroom walls and floors when I'm taking a pisser either. But hey that's just me. The fact that they are renovating the bathrooms with new toilets but also keeping the 1930's charm is a nice touch.
I know the players will think it's cool but I'm a little disappointed they gutted the original home team locker room. I've been in the locker room a couple of times and you can't help but get those chills/goosebumps on the back of your neck when looking at it. And no I'm not talking about the creepy chills of a Penn State locker room. Just the aura of knowing Rockne and Leahy and Holtz gave inspiring pep talks to their players before battle was one to make the hair stand up and become fully aroused. Reminder again NOT LIKE PENN STATE SHOWERS.
At least the stairway to the tunnel from the ND locker room will remain the same. That's a tradition unlike any other and the players will still hit the Play Like A Champion Today sign. Also I think it's cool that the visiting team will come out of a separate tunnel. Hopefully the home crowd can give them an intimidating welcome as they come out of the new tunnel.
All in all I'm looking forward to seeing all the new renovations to Notre Dame stadium. The one I'm most looking forward to is the new video board which as you know ND has never had.
Go Irish!
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No lie the original "IT" movie with Pennywise scared the living the shit out of me as a kid. I literally went from being totally cool with going into sewers to get my Rawlings to a complete 180. In fact I don't think I've been in a sewer since the early 90's and I'm a grown ass man.
This new trailer gets my jimmies all rustled. It plays into not only my fears as a kid but now as a parent the worst nightmare of losing your child. Blood sucking clowns exist. I'm convinced. They are called politicians these days.
Here's Trimble's statement: pic.twitter.com/zWoDG3kmgQ— Roman Stubbs (@romanstubbs) March 29, 2017
