Manny rejects 2 year, $45M offer from Dodgers

Wow. Before I could even blog about how stupid the Dodgers were for essentially bidding against themselves and upping their offer for the 37 year-old malcontent, Manny and his agent Scott Boras ripped up the overly generous contract, leaving many wondering if Ramirez will be on the field for any team on Opening Day. 

I've hated on Scott Boras before, but now I'm really beginning to wonder if he's completely lost his touch. Sure, he secured huge contracts for CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira, but both of those players were in their prime and coming off of big seasons. Besides, he only had to deal with the Yankees who have no problem overpaying. 

Boras seems to be having a hard time adjusting his clients' expectations to fit within the current economic climate, which has lead every team besides the MF'in Yankees to tighten payroll. In the cases of Jason Varitek and Manny Ramirez, the expectations have far exceeded the actual offers. 

Varitek ended up taking a 50% paycut. Whether Ramirez will even be employed this season remains to be seen. 

Luckiest shot ever?

If you didn't see this play, prepare to be amazed. 

With 1.8 seconds on the clock, Devin Harris receives the inbound pass, takes 1 dribble, and attempts a heave from about 65 feet. He's fouled pretty obviously on the play by Iguodala (no call), the ball comes loose, bounces off of both players' chests and somehow ends up right in Harris' hands again. In one motion he regains possession and tosses in an absolute swish from halfcourt.  Wait, why am I giving you the play-by-play? Just watch for yourself:

"Softball Guy"

If you've ever played in a men's softball league, you probably played with/against at least one guy like this, who just took things way too seriously.  If you happen to have "that guy's" email address, tell him he better start getting ready for the season, because the real diehards already have!

 

This video makes me wish Southbridge Softball Association would serve hot dogs at the games and allow beer drinking in the dugout!

Don't mess with Christian Bale

This isn't the sort of news I typically cover, but I heard this on the radio this morning and I thought the world needed to hear this. Someone working on the "Terminator Salvation" set captured this audio of Bale berating the director of photography for apparently walking onto the set during the filming of a scene. I imagine these sort of mistakes happen once in a while during the many months required to film a movie of this magnitude, but judging from Bale's reaction, only an unprofessional, no-talent hack would EVER dare to interrupt one of his scenes. 

The audio runs 3:45, but you'll probably get the point after the first 30 seconds. All I can say is what a douche bag. Simma down nah Christian!