FameCrawler : major league baseball

Tampa Bay Rays' Gabe Gross and Wife Expecting

Karl Erikson — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:16:00 GMT

Congratulations to Rays' outfielder Gabe Gross and his wife, Kelly. They're expecting their first child in May. The couple is ecstatic about the baby news.

The year hasn't been the easiest for Gabe, 28 - he got traded from the Brewers to the Rays, but he's a happy camper now. The Tampa Bay Rays are kicking some ass, and might head to the World Series.

The Rays go against the Boston Red Sox tonight for Game 5 of the American League series. Go Rays!

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Who Else Is Getting Sued For $400 Billion Dollars?

trix — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Massachusetts-based musician Samuel Bartley Steele is suing a popular rock group for allegedly stealing the lyrics to his song "(Man I Really) Love This Team."
Sound familiar to you? He is suing more than the band, he is suing everybody.

Bon Jovi is the band, and the song is " I Love This Town." Is the song worth $400 billion dollars? I don't think that any song is worth $400 billion, unless of course I wrote it, and was raking in all that dough.
In court documents reportedly obtained by the website, Antimusic.com, Steele said, "As intent will be easy to prove, we are seeking the statutorily authorized amount of $100,000 (GBP54,054) per CD sold. Just under 4 million CDs have been sold to date. This totals almost $400 billion."

Other defendants include Jon Bongiovi, Richard Sambora, William Falcone, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP") Fox Television Networks, Major League Baseball / MLB Productions, A&E /AETV, Bon Jovi, AEG Live, Mark Shimmel Music, Vector Management, Island Records / Island Def Jam Records, Aggressive Music / Sony ATV Tunes, Bon Jovi Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Polygram, Pretty Blue Songs, and The Bigger Picture Cinema Co, as well as the owners of every ballpark that the ad at issue was played in, and all of Time Warner's Networks that played the ad in more than 74 countries around the world promoting defendants MLB and Bon Jovi. This list of defendants may grow, since it does not yet include parties responsible for playing the ad on the internet.

Really? $400 billion, isn't that a little excessive? Who do you believe?

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Jose Conseco Caught Smuggling Steroids

Karl Erikson — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:33:00 GMT

What do you know? Former baseball "great" Jose Conseco, father of daughter Josie, has been detained at the U.S./Mexico border for illegal posession of steroids. I KNOW! How shocked are you? Stunned, right?

Looks like Jose, who wrote a tell-all biography a few years ago about his use of steroids while playing major league ball, will be appearing in Federal Court on Tuesday.

Guess you can't unlearn stupid, can you?

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Manny Ramirez Hits 500th Career Homer, Makes A Fan Out Of Me

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:05:00 GMT

I don't know much about basball, but even I know this is a big deal. Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez hit the 500th home run of his career in a game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. Ramirez became the 24th player to reach the milestone.

“I’m happy, you know, about everything I accomplished in life,” said Ramirez. “Not everybody has the chance to go and get to 500. I’m just proud to do it.”

Red Sox fan Damon Woo caught the ball. Even though he could likely fetch several thousand dollars for the historic souvenir, Woo graciously returned the ball to a grateful Ramirez after the game. "It's his accomplishment, it's his achievement, it's his ball," said Woo. "That's the right thing to do."

Ramirez' immediate plans for the ball center around his four sons Manuelito, 13, Connor, 15, Manny Jr., 5, and Lucas, 2. "What I want to do with the ball is take some pictures with my kids," he said.

After that, Ramirez says he'll donate proceeds from the ball to a hospital - he has been working on a program through which he donates $1000 to charity for every home run he hits.

I'm not even a baseball fan, but I love this story - the graciousness of Damon Woo and the generosity of Manny Rodriguez. The next time I go to a game I might even pay attention instead of just eating.

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Matthew McConaughey Is Not Naked But Why

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Matthew McConaughey and his pregnant girlfriend Camila Alves went to a Dodger game on Sunday and the actor was inexplicably wearing a shirt.

What could be the reason? Here's some possibilities:

Matt didn't want his nipple bling to distract the players in the infield.
His tattooed portrait of Lance Armstrong needed time to dry.
It's hard to wipe chicken wing grease off your hands with your stomach.
Camila told Matt she didn't want any chest hairs falling into her nachos.

[photo: People.com]

Daddy’s a Hot Stud: Another Roger Clemens Affair

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:05:00 GMT

That shirt! Those pants! That tongue! Apparently the ladies can’t get enough of Roger Clemens. Do you blame them? That print velour shirt is totally making me want to leave my husband and round the bases with Roger, if you know what I mean. Either that or I will have enough fabric to redo my couch and my loveseat.

Roger’s affair with a 15-year-old Mindy McCready recently came to light, and now the New York Daily News is reporting that he also had an affair with Paulette Dean Daly, former wife of PGA golfer John Daly. Clemens, a married father of four, reportedly arranged trips to Anaheim Stadium for Daly to watch him pitch for the Yankees against the Angels. He also apparently bought her some nachos and one of those big foam fingers. I just made that last part up.

Who’s next? Dear God, please don’t let it be Cher.

It's True: Mindy McCready Admits to Underage Affair with Roger Clemens

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The Mitchell Report: Baseball, Dads and Steroids

Whit Honea — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:00:00 GMT

The Mitchell Report was released today. It is the findings of an investigation by George Mitchell into the steroid use of major league baseball players. There are lots of names on the list, 77, and many of them are fathers. That's why you're reading about this on FameCrawler.

I have a problem with the report for a number of reasons, among them it relies almost exclusively on the plea-bargained testimony of just a few men and it was conducted by an ex-Senator, which means the guy is most likely an idiot, who is also part of the Boston Red Sox management team. Guess how many prominent Red Sox players are mentioned? None. I find it hard to believe that those unshaven cowboys in Boston are the only pure of heart players in all of baseball.

What does my opinion mean? Not much, other than the fact that I'm not alone in such thought and that baseball should have considered it. They've allowed many a loophole for players named, guilty or not, to avoid penalty or scrutiny and have instead provided the opportunity for MLB to get a big black eye. We shall see how it plays out.

Among the players named: Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees, Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros, Eric Gagne of the Milwaukee Brewers and Paul Lo Duca of the Washington Nationals, Barry Bonds, Kevin Brown, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa and the late Ken Caminiti.

Apparently the players were giving an opportunity to explain themselves to Mitchell prior to the release, but only Jason Giambi did so.

This could have huge implications for the game and everyone involved. I'm guessing Mitchell isn't the only idiot in this post (not counting me).

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