Even though none of these videos are actually commercials, they are just as entertaining thanks to the hilarious antics and personality of San Francisco Giants’ closer, Brian Wilson. If you know nothing about the flame-throwing right-hander, there is a lot to take in. Wilson dresses like a rock star, acts like a rock star, is continually sarcastic, is a self-proclaimed genius, has the best mohawk in baseball, and is rarely serious. Just like when he takes the mound, Wilson wants to be the center of attention at all times: he is incredibly entertaining with his electric fastball, devastating slider and post game celebration. Additionally, it’s quite possible that he was put on this planet for the sake of providing the most comical sound bites.
On Wednesday, Major League Baseball fined Wilson $1,000 for wearing the loud, orange cleats that he first displayed in the All-Star Game. They stated that his cleats could only be 50% orange, as opposed to the 100% that he was currently sporting. How did he respond? Wilson simply used a sharpie to fill in some of the areas of his spikes to make them more presentable. Even though some of these videos are rather lengthy(some checking in at around 10 minutes), they are worth every second. Here is a combination of his self-shot videos on YouTube that have been dubbed “Life of Brian”, and his interviews with Chris Rose on The Cheap Seats:
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Congratulations to 2010 Major League Baseball, Hall of Fame inductee Andre “The Hawk” Dawson.
July 20, 1987
How you doin Sombrero Nation? I know I have not posted in a while and I apologize for that. I have been busy handling my coaching duties for the Farmington Cardinals, your 2010 FABC representative Host team in the 2010 Connie Mack World Series. I say that with pride. The Cardinals were the winner of the local city league (state) tournament. Winner of this tourney gets an automatic bid in the annual Connie Mack World Series tournament.
Early in the year I began writing pieces about my city’s spectacular baseball field, Ricketts Park. As the start of August runs near, the FABC Connie Mack League embarks on a journey. This journey leads to the holy grail of Amateur baseball, the one and only Ricketts Park. As the local teams of the Farmington league do battle, every last one of them has one common one thought in their brain; “If we win this thing, I get to be in the Connie Mack World Series!” I write this piece with a special piece of my heart, for I grew up and still reside in Farmington, NM. I grew up watching first round draft picks play on the field that I hoped to one day play on myself. As a 17 year old I lost in the championship round after throwing a complete game 1 hitter (that can still be argued today as a no-hitter) and lost. As an 18 year old, I was beat on Championship Night by Mike Dunn, who just recently got called back to the show by the Braves. Last year he even won a ring with the Yankees. Not a bad guy to lose to at 18 years old. Then, last year, fellow writer Barfy and I lost on championship night; as coaches. I was actually picked up my 18 year old summer by Barfy’s team, the Sky Sox. But I digress. There will be time for a trip down memory lane later.
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Filed under College Baseball, Griffin Phelps, High School Baseball, MLB Draft, Teams.
Tagged Connie Mack World Series, Farmingotn Sky Sox, Jr., Ken Griffey, Midland Redskins, Mike Dunn, Ricketts Park
Few people would argue that former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling was a gamer. The guy’s fierce and sometimes angry competitiveness was well documented throughout his career; for many the most indelible memory of Schilling will always be his “bloody sock” performance in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS. But what many people don’t know is that Schilling is also a major gamer of another type. The live-in-your-mother’s-basement-playing-video-games-and-get-no-ass-type, to be exact. That’s right, the pitcher who struck fear into the hearts of batters everywhere is a self-admitted video gaming freak. Being the computer-smashing competitor that he is, it’s hard to imagine how Schilling treats his controllers after a bad outing. But he’s such a competitor that he actually founded his own video game production company, 38 Studios. He then went all New York Yankees on it and hired the biggest names in the fantasy gaming world to build his little dream project, including New York Times Bestselling sci-fi author R.A. Salvatore, legendary comic book artist and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and some guy name Ken Rolston that apparently is a big deal in that realm. Schilling and his big three were at the annual Mecca for nerds, geeks, gamers, and dorks worldwide, -San Diego Comic-Con- last week to promote the game, which is due for release this fall. Listen here as Schilling discusses the designers, the game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and why the only diva contract stipulation late in his career was that all hotel rooms required high speed internet.
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While it is hardly early for this sort of piece considering the 2010 draft took place over a month ago, I think it is time the Sombrero begins investigating some of the guys in 2011’s class. This first piece will examine the top three collegiate arms and the top collegiate hitter. They are all potential franchise guys with an enormous upside and the polish that first-round draft picks are expected to showcase. These guys are not typical, though. The hitter, and consensus top talent available, is 3rd Baseman Anthony Rendon of Rice, recipient of the Dick Howser Trophy and BA’s College POY. The arms are UCLA’s Garret Cole, UT’s Taylor Jungmann, and TCU’s Matt Purke. None of these guys should be taken outside of the first 10 picks, and none of them spend a lot of the game under 94 mph. None of them had an ERA over 3.40, and they all possess at least one 60 or above secondary offering. They are exceptional.
Continue reading ‘A Preliminary Look at Some of the 2011 MLB Draft Class’ »
Filed under College Baseball, Daniel "Dee" Clark, MLB Draft, Players, Prospects/Rookies.
Tagged Anthony Rendon, Evan Longoria, Gerrit Cole, Matt Purke, Taylor Jungmann, Tim Lincecum, Trevor Hoffman
Monday evening, fans at Ricketts Park saw the final two rounds of the Farmington Connie Mack City Tournament, a night closing out the most grueling and exciting week of New Mexican baseball each year (in this writer’s opinion). Still left on the final evening were the Strike Zone Cardinals of Farmington, the Four Corners Thunder of Durango, CO, and Naataanii, an academy located in Gallup, NM. These were the three teams most local baseball fans including myself anticipated being alive on the final night of the tournament.
Continue reading ‘Cardinals Win City Tourney and Connie Mack World Series Hosting Rights’ »
Will Ryne Sandberg be the Chicago Cubs manager in 2011? Here is the Hall of Fame second baseman, on the cover of Sports Illustrated, from March 16, 1992.
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