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This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Dennis Rodman arrested for domestic violence - LA Times
• Book sales not going so well? Jose Canseco’s $2.5 million home foreclosed on - Fox Sports
• Chelsea soccer players celebrate and party with Jenna Jameson - The Sun
• Top 7: Overhyped Pitching Debuts - Joe Sports Fan
• Joe Buck and Tim McCarver got rides at the World Series by U.S. Marshalls - Sports by Brooks
• Karl Malone Impregnated a 13-year-old - Buffalo News
• We Should Be GMs give their April Phillies Rewind - We Should be GMs
  
• Dwayne Wade explains his relationship with Star Jones - Deuce of Davenport

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “The Rangers will try anything, and anyone, for a win”
• Buffalo Guard Suspended for Term Paper Ad on Facebook
• Show Me the Money! Eagles Sue Terrell Owens for $770,000
• Peyton Manning Loses his Cool on the Sidelines
• Roger Clemens Linked to John Daly’s Ex, Paulette Dean Daly
  

Some pranks take proper planning and determination to make sure they are carried out without any error.

The Philadelphia Phillies’ Brett Myers pulled out all the stops to prank fellow pitcher Kyle Kendrick recently, having him convinced that he had just been shipped to Japan for another pitcher in return.

But Myers didn’t do it himself, he didn’t even deliver the message. He had manager Charlie Manual and assistant GM Ruben Amaro deliver the news and even had the local media in on it.

The best part of it all, was that it was all caught on tape.

Source: Bugs and Cranks

First, New York Mets mascot Mr. Met has to deal with his team missing the playoffs after one of the worst collapses in Major League history to the Philadelphia Phillies, but it looks like he’s lost to the Phillies for the second time.

I guess you’ll just have to see this clip from the Conan O’Brien show to see what I’m talking about.

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After recently watching a Philadelphia Phillies game, I couldn’t help but notice that the Phillies’ Pat Burrell looked very familiar to me. Then it dawned on me. Who else in this year’s playoff rosters look like familiar Hollywood stars?

This is what I came up with.

• The Phillies’ Pat Burrel has a striking resemblance to a young Ray Liotta.

• Phillies’ Ryan Howard and action star Michael Clarke Duncan have the looks and the size to match up to each other.

• Casey Blake of the Cleveland Indians and Gerard Butler from 300 with their matching beards.

• Garret Anderson of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Morgan Freeman. The potential is there. Give Garret another 15-20 years and he’ll be a carbon copy.

• Jorge Posada of the New York Yankees and Harland Williams. Harland is the one who’s not in the dress by the way, just in case you didn’t make your way to the bottom of the picture. Scary resemblances in the smile and ears.

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Photo Sources: Pat Burrell, Ray Liotta, Ryan Howard, Michael Clarke Duncan, Casey Blake, Gerard Butler, Garret Anderson, Morgan Freeman, Jorge Posada, Harland Williams.

Looks like my prayers have been answered.

I was hoping for at least a wild card berth, but I’ll take a division title any day.

The New York Mets finished off one of the worst collapses in history as they missed the playoffs and the NL East lead after holding a seven game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies dating back to September 12.

Despite holding the top spot in the East for 147 days, the Mets couldn’t make it 148. The Phillies who were eliminated two days before season’s end last year and on the last day in 2005, finally got over the hump. After the Mets fell behind 7-0 in the first inning of an uncharacteristic Tom Glavine start, the Phillies smelled blood and wouldn’t let this opportunity slip out of their fingers for the third straight year.

Now, all I keep thinking about is a possible New York Yankees, Phillies match up. Might as well keep praying. It seems to be working so far.

Source: Fox Sports

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Steinbrenner stopped by, Joe Torre cried. Again. And the New York Yankees clinched their spot in the playoffs for the 13th straight year.

This is a big deal, not only because it’s the Yankees, but this was a team that received so much scolding at the beginning of the season for their lack of production, particularly in May when they were a dismal 21-29, but have gone 70-38 since that mark and are only 3 games away from the Boston Red Sox in the AL East with four games remaining in the season. Chances are slim they’ll win the East, but who cares. It’s a whole new season when the playoffs start.

In the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies who are giving it one final push, are now within a game of the New York Mets in the NL East. If the Mets can continue with their latest collapse, the the Phillies can stride into the playoffs. That would make this guy the happiest blogger alive since they haven’t made the playoffs since that Mitch “The Wild” Williams dude gave up that home run to that Carter guy in some big game back in ‘93.

I don’t ask for money, fame or even good health, Lord. But a can you just extend the Phillies’ season for another month? Is that too much to ask?

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I’ve been a lifelong Philadelphia Phillies fan. I grew up watching Darren Daulton round those bases on his bad knees. So this little video clip makes me just a bit sad to hear him say that he can talk to lizards and travel through time. Something tells me he has taken too many foul balls off the mask.

In an interview with Philly Comcast recently, the retired catcher talks about how he recently traveled to the date December 24, 2012, where the world was now at seven billion people and has reach a whole new conscious level.

Like what level Darren? Like on your conscious level?

May God have mercy on our souls.

Click here to hear Daulton talk about his little adventure.

Source: Deadspin
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As a loyal Philadelphia Phillies fan, it hurts me to write about this so-called milestone.

But the Phillies became the first team in sports history to lose 10,000 games Sunday night, when they dropped their latest to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-2.

Their road to becoming the losingest team in sports history has spanned  a disappointing 125 seasons. Yes, there have been some good moments and a few championships, but there have been far more losing seasons and let downs.

If you’re a loyal Phillies fan, then you know that losing has become tradition in the City of Brotherly Love. For a time there, I thought the team took pride in the way they lost because they seem to do it in the most dramatic fashion.

Who could forget what happened the last time the Phillies went to the World Series in 1993. It was a pretty traumatic time for me as a 12-year-old fan. I was camped on my couch in front of my TV, with my Phillies cap and mitt hoping they could pull out a win. Then Joe Carter crushes the ball over the left field fence in the bottom of the ninth off Mitch Williams, giving the Toronto Blue Jays the title. The Phillies haven’t been back to the playoffs since and have been letting down their fans year in and year out.

But we have hope this year. They are staying in the playoff race and with their tradition of good performances after the All-Star break, maybe this year they can make it back to the playoffs.

That’s a big maybe though.

Source: Fox Sports
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With today being one of the most superstitious days of the year, here are some freak events that we hope won’t, or maybe will, happen today.

David Beckham: While flashing that boyish grin and walking down the red carpet at the Home Depot Center today, David Beckham’s debut is short lived. He is so focused on the cameras while he’s walking, that he trips on the carpet tearing his MCL, ACL and breaking a nail. Out for the year, fans riot the stadium for their money back.

Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies come from behind today to beat the St. Louis Cardinals in extra innings to avoid team loss No. 10,000. The win sparks a 20 game-winning streak and the Phillies go on to win the World Series! Yeah, right. They’ll probably lose tonight.

Albert Pujols & Tony La Russa: Animosity boils over from the All-Star game. La Russa and Pujols throw down in the dugout after the skipper benches Pujols after he strikes out with the bases loaded in the seventh. When Pujols walks into the dugout, La Russa remarks, “that’s why I didn’t play you in the All-Star game.” The usually calm Pujols proceeds to fill the dugout full of uppercuts.

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And if you said Barry Bonds, you’re so wrong.

Nope, it’s Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies.

After his 505 ft blast last night against the Cincinnati Reds, the left hander reached the plateau after only his 325th game.

Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates held the previous record at 385 games.

To give you an idea how fast that is, Mark McGwire did it in 393 games and we all know how fast he hit them out. As for Bonds, he’s nowhere close.

Source: Sports Illustrated