On Deck: Hello, Mr. Blanton

Dear Joe Blanton,

Hello there and welcome to your new home, the city of Philadelphia. It's a wonderful place to live, and I can't tell you how excited we are to have you as the newest member of the Philadelphia Phillies. I hope you enjoyed your flight to New York with your new teammates and got to know them pretty well, they'll be looking to you for support tonight.

Now, I don't want to put any added pressure on you, as I'm sure pitching on a new team is stressful enough, but tonight's game is rather important. You see, Joe, tonight we're playing our division rivals the New York Mets. They don't like us much. Something about us making up seven games in the standings last September and winning the division...

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When Skate Meets Face

I know I don't spend too much time talking about hockey around here, and the way the Blackhawks are starting to fade, I don't expect that to change too much.

Still, anytime a referee takes a skate first kick to the face and a brawl ensues, if there's video, I'll post it.

Dapuzzo suffered a broken jaw, and needed 60 stitches to close the cut.

(Courtesy of The 700 Level)