All-Star Game
Alright guys, good All-Star Game last night. It ended well past 12, in the 15th inning with the AL winning, once again proving the giving home field advantage to the winner does have the advantage of letting the best team (i.e. the AL team) have home field advantage in the World Series. The problem with doing it by who has the best record is that the NL team faces a much easier schedule. Maybe you could do it by interleague record… Anyway, I’m sure Pete Rose would have loved to play for home field advantage.

Moving past that, look at how it went into 15 innings and wore down pitchers on two days rest instead of ending in a tie. Not like anyone was watching the end, anyway. But, ESPN and the fans bitches at Bud Selig for ending the 2002 All-Star Game in a tie, so he had to institute home field advantage and make sure games don’t end in ties, anymore. Be careful what you wish for…

Warped Tour
As I’ve said in the past, I write as a music critic in my spare time, and the biggest event of my year is the Warped Tour, which comes to Cleveland tomorrow. They’ve got 100+ punk bands and it last from 11 to 9. I’ve got press passes, so I’m going to interview a few of them, including Mike McColgan of the Street Dogs, who has experience in two bands, one war (the Gulf War), and as a firefighter. Should be interesting.

A-Rod’s Nicknames
As well all know, thanks in part to Jose Canseco, A-Rod takes steroids. More than that, he is a complete and utter a$$hole hell bent on money, sex, and killing teammates he deems unworthy (i.e. the entire Yankees lineup).

He’s gotten a lot of nicknames in the past, and you tell me which ones are best:
A-Fraud
Hot-Rod
Gay-Rod
Pay-Rod
Stray-Rod
K-Rod
E-Rod
A-Rod
A-Hole
Fishing-Rod
Lightening-Rod
Inanimate Carbon Rod (ICR)
A-Roid
Playoff-Rod
Nim-Rod
May-Rod
Slappy McPurple Lips
The Blonde Bomber

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