Jay-Z sues David Ortiz over club name

NEW YORK -- Jay-Z and a business partner are suing slugger David Ortiz, claiming the Boston Red Sox star named his Dominican nightclub after the mogul's chain of 40/40 clubs. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court, accuses Ortiz of calling his Santo Domingo club Forty-Forty in the hopes of trading on the rap star's fame.

The suit seeks over $5 million in damages and for Ortiz to forfeit any use of the 40/40 name. Jay-Z's string of bars can be found in Manhattan, Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

"David Ortiz is fully aware of Plaintiff's Manhattan 40/40 club, since he had been a patron there on several occasions before he opened his Infringing Forty/Forty club," the lawsuit states.

Simple explanation here: Jay-Z is a diehard Yankees fan. He sees that David Ortiz has been struggling (both at the plate and with the media), and now he is kicking Big Papi while he’s down. Fucking ass hole. Like David Ortiz really needs this on his plate, he’s already got the pressure and the watchful eye of the entire city of Boston on him. Jay-Z doesn’t need $5 million. The man’s already got plenty of cash, not to mention he’s banging Beyonce. This has to be solely about fucking with the Red Sox, right? Either that or Jay is just bored.

We all know Jay-Z is the cockiest son-of-a-bitch around. (Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can). But I think he is overvaluing his own significance in this situation. I guarantee David Ortiz is a bigger name in the Dominican Republic than Jay-Z. Big Papi is a hero to those people. He doesn’t need to use Jay-Z’s fame and/or name to get people to go to his club. So I’m going to go under the assumption that this whole naming thing is just a coincidence.

Regardless of what happens with this lawsuit: Fuck you, Jay-Z.

David Ortiz supplies you with the Stat of the Week

As you all know David Ortiz will not be in the line up today against the Minnesota Twins. This statistically, specifically must of caught Terry Francona's eye:

44% of the time David Ortiz swings at a pitch he misses. The league average is 20%.

FU Joe West

"They're the two clubs that don't try to pick up the pace," said West, the chief of the umpiring crew working the three-game series, according to the report. "They're two of the best teams in baseball. Why are they playing the slowest? During Tuesday night's game, home plate umpire Angel Hernandez denied a number of requested timeouts in the batter's box. West did not allow Hernandez to comment, according to the report. "All of baseball looks to these two clubs to pick up the pace," West said, according to the report. "[Hernandez] did everything he could. The players aren't working with us."

Seriously, after the fucking debacle that was last years playoffs where more than a few games were decided on totally blown calls, no umpire in the entire MLB should be opening his mouth about anything. Joe West has absolutely positively no right whatsoever to bitch about the two best teams in the god damn sport having classic duels. I hope Joe West gets heckled to death every time he steps into Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. What a douche bag. That guy has some fucking balls to bitch about players taking pitches and trying to paint the corners when his god damn crew blew at least two or three different plays in this series, and will blow at least 100 more calls throughout the season. Not to mention, fucking Joe West's strike zone was the size of his god damn dick through out the series, which he hasn't seen in at least twenty years. So Joe West do me a favor, shut the fuck up you fat fuck.

Daily Baller: 5-Year Old Joshua Sacco

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Josh Sacco does a pretty spot-on impersonation of actor Kurt Russell as U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks from the movie "Miracle."

The Tennessee boy's recitation of the speech before the Americans' game with the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympic Games is an Internet sensation. He repeated it in a new video from the NHL's Nashville Predators' dressing room with the team's mascot.

Sacco received a rousing cheer after the team showed it Thursday night during the first period of the Predators' home opener.

The now 5-year-old hockey fan memorized the movie by watching it repeatedly. He recited the speech a dozen times before his father recorded him at their Spring Hill, Tenn., home.

It wound up on YouTube only because they couldn't e-mail it to relatives.

So tonight this young stud, Joshua Sacco, took the mic and caught the world's attention while he rehearsed the "Miracle speech" for the Sox/Yanks at Fenway Park. This kid is an absolute baller. Have you ever seen a 5-year old with as much swagger at this champ? Sign this kid up for NESN! Can you imagine the Heidi Watney/Joshua Sacco tandem?  Unstoppable.  

Can someone get this kid on my payroll? But seriously. I'll supply him with Cheerios for life if I can sign him.

"This is you're time! Their time is done! It's over! Iiiiiiii'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great team the Yankees have! SCREW 'EM! This is you're time!"

Now if that doesn't have you ready for baseball season...well, you're probably a homo ass Yank's fan. 

"Catchin' Bieber Fever, Forget The Swine Flu"

What the hell is going on here. Is Tim Westwood serious? It's bad enough you even have Justin Bieber on your show, but to have him spit a freestyle just crosses the line. There's absolutely no chance he wrote this garbage anyways is there? Luckily I did find some humor in this video. Skip past the garbage to the 2:15 mark where the real shit goes down...

Now I'm completely flabbergasted as to whether Bieber is trying to cop a feel on this young girly, or is he innocently trying to keep his fans happy and take a few photos with some kids. Regardless of whether he's trying to get some preteen poon or being a good samaritan, he is struggling to pick up this 50lb girl. Weak Beiber, weak. It's just depressing this kid is already more successful than me at age 16.

P.S. Why is he wearing a NYY hat when he's from canada. Support your roots kid and wear a shitty Blue Jays hat to match you're shitty freestyling ability.

Buster Olney Makes One of the Worst Comparisons Ever

This morning on SportsCenter, Buster Olney did a little preview of the Yankees-Phillies spring training World Series rematch. (I’m sure everyone was getting geared up to watch that one, right?) Usually, Buster is pretty solid, but today he had his head a little too far up his ass. Olney stated that the Yankees-Phillies rivalry is developing into a rivalry like the one between the Celtics and Lakers in the 1980s. What?!? I was completely baffled. I was unaware the Yankees and Phillies even had a rivalry.

This completely asinine comparison led me to do a little research, from which I drew the conclusion that, yes, Buster Olney is a complete idiot. In the history of baseball, there have been 105 World Series. The Yankees have played in 40 of them, and won 27. The Phillies have played in 7 and won 2. Therefore, the Yankees and Phillies have combined for 28% of all the championships in Major League Baseball (with the Yankees obviously pulling all of the weight). They have only met in the World Series TWICE! Last year, and in 1950. Generally, in rivalries, you have to play each other every once in awhile.

On the other hand, there have been 63 NBA Finals. The Celtics have played in 20 Finals, and won 17 championships. The Lakers have played in 30 Finals, and won 15. Add those numbers up, and the Celtics and Lakers have combined for over 50% of all the championships in NBA history. They have met each other in the Finals 11 times. And during the 1980s, the Celtics and/or Lakers played in every single NBA Finals. Not to mention, the Celtics and Lakers had the great personal rivalry of Bird and Magic. There is nothing even remotely close to compare that to with the Yankees and Phillies. Olney might say Ryan Howard and Alex Rodriguez, but they never go head to head on the field like Bird and Magic did on the court.

There is not one thing about Yankees-Phillies that makes it a rivalry. They’ve only met in the World Series twice, and the championship totals are completely one-sided for the Yankees. Just because the Raiders and Buccaneers met in the Super Bowl one year doesn’t mean they have a rivalry. Rivalries develop and grow over time. You can’t just meet one time in a 60 year period and call it Celtics-Lakers. It just doesn’t work that way. This is just another example of a sports media member overeating to something they think they see.

Wake up, Buster. There’s got to be something else you can talk about rather than making a comparison that is just not there. Stick to baseball. Leave the other sports out of it. It’s not in your job description, nor in your skill set.

Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe is the biggest idiot

2:22 p.m.: End of the 4th, Sox 10, NU 0 

"The Sox just scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. They had six hits including that homer by Ortiz. And to think people said they were going to have trouble offensively.

This is an actual blog entry by Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe. Are you fucking kidding me? This guy is an actual journalist. and says shit like that? Not some blogger like me. He makes big money to write. Again, unlike me."...and sadly, I think I have more common sense then him.

Did he really just try to say the Red Sox won't have trouble scoring runs this year because they scored SIX runs against a fucking college team in one inning!?!?! It's fucking Northeastern for fuck sake to top it off. They should of scored 6 runs every god damn inning.

No wonder why everyone outside of New England hates Boston fans. People like Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe give us a bad wrap. 

PS- Here's the link, bottom of the fourth inning. Time 2:22 that way you can see it with your own eyes.

Is This Still A Baseball Game?

So I got selected for an opportunity to purchase Sox vs. Yanks/Dodgers tickets this morning.  After opening 30+ tabs in my browser, I finally got in after about 30 mins (not too bad for Sox tickets).  Persistently refreshing the page, I finally have 4 tickets waiting for me.  As you can see above there is a major * next to these tickets.  No fucking alcohol permitted!  What kind of bullshit are Henry, Werner, and Lucchino trying to pull on me?  I pay enough for tickets and can't even enjoy a beer, or 8?  Well I dodged this bullet and shunned these tickets right back in their face and scooped 4 Sunday Night Baseball tickets vs. the Yankess on 5/9.  That's right, beer flows like water in the right field grandstand.  Huff on that one Red Sox!