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Cuban ‘interested’ in Dodgers

November 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Seems as though Mark Cuban may be putting his feelers out on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Can this guy smell blood in the water, or what?

The Dodgers owner’s, Frank and Jean McCourt, look like their headed for divorce. The future of the team could rest in the balance.

Cuban thinks he may be able to scoop up a majority piece of the team at a modest price. What’s so wrong with that? He’s done wonders for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.

Imagine if Cuban were able to buy the Dodgers… the team would be the toast of L.A.! Chavez Ravine would finally became be a hip place to hang out — from the 3rd to to the 7th inning. And maybe Cuban is able to hire the right personnel people and the team is able to shed Manny Ramirez and some other dead weight, like Ned Colletti.

Imagine…

Cuban getting ejected for arguing balls and strikes. And blasting umpires in post-game rants.

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Is Sammy Sosa… Count Chocula?

November 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Former Chicago Cubs slugger/steroid user Sammy Sosa recently bleached his skin. The article says something about ‘rejuvenation’ but I don’t think anyone is buying that line.

It’s all over the web.

See a web article with a stunning side-by-side here. It’s new and old, Sammy style.

I’m disturbed by what I’ve seen. I can’t really fathom what would possess Sosa to undergo a procedure such as this.

Is he trying to fool a team into signing a light-skinned Dominican with tons of power?

Or he he angling to be the new Spanish-language spokesperson for Count Chocula cereal?

Either way, it seems as if his job prospects are looking *cough* good.

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SuperClasico finally super, classic

November 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

There are derbies in England — soccer matches that pit two teams from the same city. Derbies are between Manchester United and Manchester City, for instance.

Then there’s the Honda SuperClasico, or El Clasico Angelino, the derby between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. The superclasico is derivative of name of the derby between Mexican League teams America and Chivas Guadalajara — El Superclasico.

Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy share the same soccer facility, the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca., for home matches, hence the derby. It is also the only derby in MLS and began with Chivas USA’s entry into MLS in 2004. The Hondo SuperClasico was created in 2008 when the auto-maker agreed to sponsor the series.

The Galaxy hold the all-time advantage, 12-3-6, but for the most part the matches have been uneventful. That is, until this year’s postseason.

The two clubs, meeting for the time ever in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, played to a 2-2 draw on Nov. 1, 2009, in the first leg of their Western Conference Semifinal. Sunday’s match would thus determine the seasons for both – one would be moving on in the playoffs, the other would not.

Never before had that been a part of the SuperClasico equation. Never before had one match meant the entire season. Finally, the two sides had everything to play for.

On Sunday, both sides played freely, creating offensive chances and thunderous shots on goal. It seemed as though both goalkeepers would be up to task until the 73rd minute when the Galaxy’s Landon Donovan slammed a confident penalty shot into the netting past Chivas USA’s Zach Thornton.

The Galaxy’s retooled defense — featuring rookies Omar Gonzalez and A.J. DelaGarza and keeper Donovan Ricketts — kept Chivas out of the back of the net over the final 18-plus minutes and the match ended with a 1-0 result for the Galaxy.

Finally, North America had been treated to its first derby. It’s first SuperClasico.

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