Farmer Ted

Black should be reserved for the Pirates and Sabbath.

My only guess is that this is an across-the-league look, perhaps what they do for spring training.

these are just stupid additions to a uniform.

Neither, they look like my sister pajamas.

Link to survery please.

If the Wilpons are going to take a beating for the Citi sponsorship "fiasco", spread the criticism south to Philly and Jeffrey Lurie. Lincoln Financial Group has received preliminary approval for a $2.5 billion injection from the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.

Is this the same Angela? http://www.facebook.com/people/Angela-Puleo/1506840023

Up two games this morning. Won't be comfy until that number has a zero after it.

I don't get Showtime, so I haven't been able to watch Californication (or Weeds for that matter). Got the season 1 discs at Blockbuster this past weekend. Duchovny is fantastic in this show. He's such a dick and the guy you really want to be rolled into one. Anyone else a fan?

Last I heard of him I caught an epsiode of Supergroup on VH1 a few years back. Came across as a complete doucher. Then again, anyone side by side with Nugent comes across as lacking in the cool category.

Reyes with the night off after a tiring trot around the bases yesterday.

Jim Leyritz apparently on suicide watch.

"Guys sometimes play with it (bone spur)." Is the Julia Stiles thread again?

We could still have Heilman for the 8th inning. Putz v Heilman. Edge Putz. Less angina.

I saw her up close a few years back. She was doing a movie scene for Mona Lisa Smile on the UWS. She just put out a butt and was headed toward the wardrobe trailer. Delicious. Very delicious. Maggie Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, not so much. Ginnifer Goodwin, very cute.

Looking at the mug shots of the Braves on the ESPN webcast. They have to be the ugliest mother fuckers I've ever seen assembled on one team.

"Rubber Game in the afternoon." Boy, that conjures up images of days gone by. Nothing baseball related I'm glad to say.

Zero nominations from the Academy. Unreal.

Shocked to see someone in the $2500 seats actually showing some emotion. Then again, late in the game and the rabble rousers bullrush the hired help to get close to the field.

I think this stuff was said on an "official" blog, but you never know who's reading. PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police and the NHL's security office have investigated a death threat made against Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on a Pittsburgh Penguins fan message board. The post, reportedly written by a teenager from Chambersburg, Penn., said: "I'm killing Ovechkin and I don't care what happens to me." The Penguins immediately informed local police, as well as the NHL and the Capitals. "We were notified of the message and immediately turned over all information to the authorities," the Penguins said in a statement. It is not known if criminal charges are pending, but officials don't believe Ovechkin was ever in any real danger. Ovechkin was aware of the threat, but did not comment when the incident was first reported by a local television station in Pittsburgh. "We are aware of it. NHL security was contacted and worked with local law enforcement in handling the matter," NHL spokesman Frank Brown said Thursday. "We became aware of an inappropriate comment on a message board and referred it to appropriate authorities," the Washington Capitals said in a statement. "We appreciate their diligence and have every confidence in our club's safety." Ovechkin, the NHL's leading goal scorer, has five goals in the first three games of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series against Pittsburgh. He scored the game's first goal during Washington's 3-2 overtime loss in Game 3 on Wednesday night, hours after the threat was posted. The Capitals and Penguins play Game 4 in Pittsburgh on Friday night. The series continues in Washington with Game 5 on Saturday night.

Manny has Bitch Tits.

I have no huge problem with the Wilpons. Sure I like picking on them. But, hey, what owner doesn't get razzed? As for the Gooden thing, I chalk it up to one of those "oh shit, Johnny just tracked mud into our brand new house on our brand new carpet" moments. That Gooden thing will turn out to be GENIUS, like players signing the inside of the green monster. Cuban is the nerd version of Steinbrenner.

I like it. I like it a lot.

Ollie with a bad knee? How convenient.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero, suspended for the first 50 games of this season after testing positive for steroids last year, filed a civil lawsuit Monday against a nutritional supplement manufacturer whose owner previously served prison time for distributing steroids. Romero won two games during the Phillies' World Series victory over Tampa Bay, but it was subsequently revealed that he tested positive for a banned substance in late August. In his lawsuit, Romero states that the positive test resulted from his use of over-the-counter supplements 6-OXO and 6-OXO Extreme. The products are manufactured by ErgoPharm, Inc., a Champaign, Ill.-based company run by Patrick Arnold. Arnold was the chemist whose designer steroid known as "The Clear" was central to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroids case. He ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of steroid distribution and served three months in prison and three months of house arrest. Prior to BALCO, Arnold was well-known as the Father of Prohormones and the man who brought the once-legal supplement Androstenedione, known as Andro, to the American market. Mark McGwire's admitted use of the testosterone-boosting agent during his record-breaking home run season of 1998 helped spike sales of the supplement. Andro ultimately was made illegal. Romero tested positive for Andro, according to the lawsuit, which suggests that the 6-OXO Extreme could have become contaminated during manufacturing of the supplement. In January, partly as a result of the Romero case, Arnold's lab was raided by agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration. A federal probe is being run out of the DEA's Boston office. Romero's lawsuit states that he purchased the products first at The Vitamin Shoppe in Cherry Hill, N.J., and then at a General Nutrition Centers store in his hometown of Fairhope, Ala. Both companies are based in Delaware. In each case, Romero was assured by the salesperson that the supplements would not cause him to test positive for steroids, according to the lawsuit. Also, Romero claims he did research on 6-OXO, 6-OXO Extreme and ErgoPharm's other products. Romero "satisfied himself through his research that neither contained any substances that were banned and/or prohibited from use by Major League Baseball," the suit states. At various Web sites on the Internet, 6-OXO Extreme is touted as a product for "maximum testosterone production FOR HARDCORE USERS ONLY;" a "testosterone booster" that will "raise endogenous testosterone production;" and a supplement that "stimulates levels well into the supraphysiological range." 6-OXO also is marketed as an "aromatase inhibitor," which means it works to enhance natural production of testosterone. Aromatase inhibitors are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but not in baseball. Andro, however, is banned by the sport. In a previous interview unrelated to the Romero case, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief science director Larry Bowers told ESPN that Arnold's 6-OXO products were cause for red flags among athletes. "He comes right out and says aromatase inhibitor," Bowers said. "So from the point of view of the Olympic athlete, they should be cautious when seeing something like that and be familiar with it. I don't think he's trying to mislead in that sense, at least for the Olympic athlete." But Bowers did say USADA's analysis of the substance indicated it had anabolic qualities as well.