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There’s a cute little story in the New York Times today about Angels outfielder Reggie Willits, who’s raising a family in a batting cage. It’s one giant room, 60 feet long and 32 feet wide, with a batting cage, kitchen, living area, beds … and no walls between any of them.
That’s a hell of a lot of dedication … for Willits and his family. His wife, when she’s not busy, stands there and puts baseballs into the pitching machine for him. I once heard that John Daly was sleeping in a greenside bunker at a municipal course in Arkansas, but that was probably for an entirely different reason.
Now that Willits is making major league money, they plan on building an actual home around the batting cage … and I hope it’s sooner than later. Because one day, Willits’ son is going to want to masturbate, and I’d rather he did it in the privacy of his own room with a copy of Jugs Magazine, and not out in the open next to a Jugs machine.
Life in a Cage: Baby Sleeps, Mom Cooks, Dad Bats [New York Times]
Reggie Willits Lives In A Batting Cage [Bugs and Cranks]
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Ignoring Crash Davis’s sage advice, “Never fuck with a winning streak,” Mariners manager Mike Hargrove is stepping down. He’s not really giving a reason, other than to say that “his passion has begun to fade.” I just think he needs to hang out with David Ross more. That’ll get the passion going.
The Mariners are just four games back of the Angels in the AL West, and 1 game behind Detroit in the wildcard race … which makes the timing of this weird. Some are speculating that there’s something wrong with his health, but Enjoy the Enjoyment heard on KOMO that Hargrove’s decision is “not health-related.” I won’t believe this is true until I see that the prostate exams in the Mariners dugout are as thorough as the ones given in the Cubs dugout.
In other baseball news, Jeremy Guthrie’s perfect game bid was broken up after three innings. Sorry, UM.
Hargrove Stepping Down, McLaren is New Manager [Enjoy the Enjoyment]
Report: M’s manager Hargrove to resign [ESPN]
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“TheNaturalMevs” of DiamondHoggers is rather upset with Reds catcher David Ross. Not just for his low batting average, but for his philandering ways. After the jump (and I can’t tell exactly where that will be, the site just puts the jump wherever the hell it feels like these days), a story from a blogger’s wife about how much David Ross loves tits.
Here’s a bit of a recap of what my fiance had to tell me about her experience at the ballgame the other day:
“Well I had fun, but you know the Reds’ catcher, Ross? He wasn’t playing (no surprise there) but he was down in the bullpen about 4 feet from us the whole game and he was so gross. First he just kept staring at us like a possessed pervert and would just stare and stare and not look away. Then he threw me and Hope a ball and no one else. Even little kids that were begging him for a baseball all game and he just ignored them and ended up giving two more baseball’s to girls that flashed their tits at him. He kept staring at me and Hope kept telling me he was and I would look over quick and try and catch him doing it but there was no need. He was staring with no shame, like a typical asshole ballplayer. Then I said ‘what a pervert’ and he just started laughing and kept staring, and undressing us with his eyes. He wasn’t wearing his wedding band either. Then after those two girls that flashed him got thrown out of the ballpark, he went to the spot in the bullpen where he could still communicate with them and they exchanged information and he looked to get their number.”
Guys that are barely hitting .200 get flashed. Hm.
It’s time to roast the world’s worst hitter David Ross [Diamond Hoggers]
