Happy (early) Memorial Day Weekend

Dice K May Need Tommy John

Reports are that Dice K has a partially torn UCL and may require Tommy John surgery. He is heading home to Japan to try some "Eastern Medicine" and will come back later this month to visit Dr. Yocum. He'll then decide whether to undergo surgery or rehabilitation.

Rockies' De La Rosa Out For Season

The Colorado Rockies announced they will lose Jorge De La Rosa for the remainder of the season due to a torn UCL and will require Tommy John Surgery. With Ubaldo Jimenez struggling, De La Rosa was the backbone of their rotation and was 5-2 on the season with a 3.51 ERA. The rest of their rotation features Jimenez, Hammel, Chacin, and Mortensen and Aaron Cook is set to come back from the DL on May 30 which should help but De La Rosa's injury really hurts their chances down the stretch.

Where Can I Get This for My Car

One of the funnier commercials I've ever seen not during a Super Bowl. Trunk Monkey is a hero

Rain Delay Business

Rain delays should be used for something like this.  You can never go wrong with a tarp slide, fishing, or upside-down man but I've never seen this before.

Yankees In Trouble?

The Yankees are in the midst of a 5 game losing streak.  They were just swept by the Sox at home and apparently Jeter is in hot water with the front office after his comments about Posada taking himself out of the lineup.  

I love the fact that Jeter stood up for Posada.  I don't agree with Posada's actions but the fact that Jeter is taking up for him tells me a lot about their relationship.  I understand Posada is frustrated.  The guy is a career .273 hitter as a catcher and I think a lot of people believed with him not catching it would ultimately help his hitting.  However, right now he's only hitting .165 and 0-24 against LHP.  He hasn't failed like this in his whole career.

I think Jeter understands what he's going through because Jeter went through it last year.  New York isn't the easiest place to play.  The front office needs to take a step back and let everything work its course.  The clubhouse doesn't seem to be divided and if Posada is dealt or released you run a great risk of losing the player's respect.

This next week will be huge for the rest of the season and it will be interesting to see how they respond to a little adversity.

The Players' Championship

How about the absolute debacle David Toms pulled yesterday?  He could of just handed the trophy over to Anthony Kim but he waxed and shined it before he did.  Kim played to win and hit big shot after big shot.  Toms was tight and played not to lose while hitting terrible shot after terrible shot.  If he laid up on 16 he would have at least been a shot if not two up on Kim at the time.

Flux Pavilion

If you haven't listened to this guy before go to youtube and listen to any of his beats

Artie's Thoughts on Twitter

Twitter is something I hoped would die a quick death. I was actually praying that it would go the Myspace route. I saw it as nothing more than a new place for glorified Facebook status updates. I can't believe that squid Zuckerberg didn't come up with it first, prolly couldn't find the guys in time to steal it from them. Sure there will be people out there who will say "But Artie, I love knowing what my favorite celebrities are doing this instant." My response? Do you really, really want to know that Ashton Kutcher just took a dump that is the same size as a can of Dr. Pepper? Is your life going to be any different if you didn't just happen to see that Kim Kardashian "Just had a photo shoot, went super great <@:)!!!" I soon came to realize though, Twitter isn't going anywhere.

A Glimpse at the Real World: No More Finals

This May is the first in the past 5 years, that I haven't pulled an all nighter, and I've got to tell you, I think I miss them. No not the finals part, but the fact that I felt that by pulling an all-nighter I could feel better about that fact that I didn't go to a single class all semester. My all-nighters usually consisted of a few "scooby-snacks" a tall boy or two of blue Monster, and at least 3 or 4 Xbox breaks. I think I actually looked forward to the all-nighters, especially when your friends are around the same table doing the same exact thing as you, trying not to go off on a 2 hour break downloading music just because you thought of one song you liked.

Hi Hater, Bye Hater

America

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