So, Danica finally won a race after 50 tries in a crowded field of 18.

Yippee.

Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join

Police: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside Baller

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said.”They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would ‘claim,’” Sandoval said.Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to a year of probation. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_rays_longoria_2

Longoria has sold his potential for $17.5 million guaranteed.  As long as he’s not a complete moron with his paychecks, he’s set himself up for a very comfortable life - even if he goes the Baldelli route (injury), or the Brien Taylor route (bust).  If he becomes the star many predict, or close to it, then he gets another $27 million - and will still have an opportunity for a FA contract at age 31.

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Vote early, and vote often (if you can):

http://theworldofisaac.blogspot.com/2008/04/dirtiest-name-in-sports-tournament.html

But even better than the eight-name tourney is the subsequent “comments” section identifying names that were missed.

Again, catching up a bit - but in case you missed it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/sports/baseball/14jersey.html?em&ex=1208404800&en=beb30cd4426cc6c4&ei=5087%0A

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Heh. Penis joke. Sorry, I just can’t help myself. I mean, the Red Sox would be alone in first place if they didn’t fall to their knees every time they catch a glimpse of the Yanks’ Wang.

The Bruins were unable to put the biscuit in the basket last night against the Canadiens in Game 4 of their first round matchup in the Stanley Cup playoffs.  As a result, they lost.  See, I’m pretty sure that in the NHL, if your team cannot score *any* goals, then you automatically lose… it’s like their law.

Perhaps its the frustration of losing to the dreaded Habs for now the 236th time in the last 237 games (or something like that - actually I think its like 14 of the last 15, but it just seems like a lot more), but today I’ve heard folks in several different places whining about the number of Canadiens fans in the Fleet (nope - I refuse to call it “the new Gah-den” when the Bruins play in it, they haven’t earned that right).

Wow.

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Much as Andrew Bogut has done this year as measured by both individual statistics and team success, I don’t see him winning the NBA MVP this year. Must be some sort of bias towards the Upper Midwest teams or something - but it seems clear that the four candidates are Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Lebron James, and Chris Paul.

So who should win? And separately perhaps, who *will* win?

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It is well.

After a five-year wait, annually getting e-mails notifying me that “we’ve again had a 99.8% renewal rate with our season ticket base, so you’re still on the waiting list”, I am a Red Sox Season Ticket Holder. After seeing the Sox generously adding seating capacity each year (clearly in an effort to get me season tickets, although there may have been other ancillary benefits as well), only to yet again be told “maybe next year”, I finally got the e-mail I’d been waiting for last month:

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Yes - I’m a little late on this one too, but since nobody else commented:  Magnanamous Moises Pardons Bartman.  What a joke!

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