I Knew Always A.B. Was A Closet Freak

Class trips were the best thing about school. A day away from the monotony of boring textbooks in cinder block buildings. But it's amazing how a cell phone and a little teenage engenuity can turn an awesome class trip to a Major League Baseball game into an extremely uncomfortable high school memory.

FROM CBSSPORTSLINE.COM: An Illinois woman is suing the St. Louis Cardinals for allowing a text message that falsely suggested her daughter has a sexually transmitted disease to be posted on the ballpark's message board during a game ...

According to the lawsuit, the teenager was with her classmates at Busch for a game against the Kansas City Royals on May 19, 2006, when a girl schoolmate called the ballpark's message board and, using the daughter's name, texted, "(A.B.) has an STD! Eww!"

Workers for or agents of the Cardinals "approved the message to go on the board," and it was posted during the game that drew a turnout of more than 48,000, the lawsuit claims.

A.B. was embarrased ... imagine her ex-boyfriend T.C. who immediately sprinted to the closest men's room.

What an Ass-terisk

Poor Barry. The former Giants slugger and "Home Run King" said he won't attend his Hall of Fame induction if Cooperstown displays No. 756 with an asterisk on it. The asterisk of course being the work of fashion designer Marc Ecko.

Here's what Bonds had to say about the situation: "I don't think you can put an asterisk in the game of baseball, and I don't think that the Hall of Fame can accept an asterisk. You cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history. You can't do it. There's no such thing as an asterisk in baseball."

Barry, we agree. You can't give people the freedom or the right to alter history. That's why you should admit to using steroids, apologize for it and recognize Hammerin' Hank Aaron's mark of 755 as the home run record. If you want to taint baseball's history, then don't cry about Cooperstown allowing Ecko to do the same to a stupid baseball.

Curt-Rod!

Ok so Curt Schilling criticizes A-Rod for being selfish and attempting to upstage the game of baseball for announcing his free agency during the World Series. Understandable. But how bout practicing even a smidgen of what you preach.

Before the still-drunken and half-hungover members of Red Sox nation have had enough time to stumble their way off the Red Line on their way home from the Red Sox victory parade, Mr. Bloody Sock has already began listing the teams he's considering during his free agency period.

FROM 38PITCHES.COM: There are a million little things that go into this from stadiums to school districts to travel to spring training to etc. etc. etc. but the list represents the teams after Boston that have some of the off the field things that are big to us, plus the potential to go into October next year.

Cleveland, Detroit, Anaheim, New York Mets, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A., S.D., Arizona, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis, Milwaukee

What, no Yankees?

It's not "Fraud" it's Emmanuel

"When people write [bad things] about me, I don't know if it's [because] I'm good-looking, I'm biracial, I make the most money ..." - Alex Rodriguez

It's probably because your agent is Scott Boras.

With the Boston Red Sox less than 15 outs from their second World Series title in as much time as it's taken the Yankees to start using words like "patience" and "transition," the league's MFP (Most Fragile Psyche) and his ATM-machine-of-an-agent hijacked baseball's grandest stage to announce that the great A-Rod has opted out of his contract, leaving $70M+ on the table.

Biggest player, on the biggest team, making the biggest money ... why not make the biggest announcement, on the biggest stage and get the biggest reaction?

Unfortunately for A-Rod - who a growing number of fans already perceive to be a money-first, me-first player - all this announcement did was remind Yankees fans why he needs to go.

It's one thing to have your agent make the announcement and upstage the World Series, but it's quite another to plead for the understanding of a dedicated fan base by saying "New York is where I want to be" and "Anything short of a Yankees championship is a failure," only to bail for more money the first chance you get ... way to shatter the stereotype.

The Yanks are better off with a fresh start.

No more "Stray Rod" headlines, no more record-breaking - and equally meaningless - late April/early May offensive displays, no more fairy-like ball slapping attempts, and thankfully no more hearing about 1-for-14, 0 RBI and 4 strikeout post season performances ... unless of course, the Yankees re-sign Jorge Posada.