Incredible bit of news about the ref for the U.S. -England match on Saturday from Leander Schaerlaeckens of ESPN.com:

JOHANNESBURG — Carlos Eugenio Simon is a piece of work. Last season, the Brazilian referee was suspended for the final six weeks of the domestic season by the Brazilian federation. Why? Because he had commited “a repetition of mistakes”… plus they had reason to believe he was complicit in bribery. And he was thought to be incompetent, too — so incompetent, in fact, that one Brazilian club president called him a “crook, a scoundrel and a shameless b—–d & he must be in someone’s pocket,” according to The Guardian. Another chief complaint is the flurry of spurious red cards emerging from his breast pocket.

 Oh, and did I mention he’ll be refereeing England-USA on Saturday?

 But the ref and his assistants have much bigger worries than sending the red card-prone Americans off. There’s the British to be sent off, after all.

 To ensure that notoriously potty-mouthed England striker Wayne Rooney stays in check, the referees have brushed up on their English swear words, committing to memory a list of the 20 worst, reports the British media. England is rightfully nervous that the man once described as the assassin-faced baby (Michael Owen was his babe-faced assassin counterpart at the time) is at all times on the cusp of a sending off.

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Sometimes beautiful things happen in this country of ours.  In the same country where Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Arnold “The Terminator” Schwarzenegger can be governor, a new name has tossed their hat into the political arena, Linda McMahon!

 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/22/former-wwe-executive-wins-ct-gop-senate-endorsement/?fbid=WEnUtDx_7J3

Our Senate could use some of the old McMahon flare.  To steal from the Sports Guy, can’t you imagine the McMahon theme music burst out as she walks down the aisle or votes.  She might even whip out Hogan’s “I am a Real American”.  Who wouldn’t be fired up and inspired to make this a bettter country? 

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The A’s have provided a lot to be excited about over the first two weeks: a first place team, sticking it to the Angels, Brett and Gio dealing, Duke making a fantastic comeback from a myriad of issues, and Barton finally fulfilling his promise.  However, tonight’s game is one that truly allows my excitment cup to overflow, for tonight, is Sluggy Night.

Feast your eyes on this masterpiece!

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Congratulations on your official invitation to the 4th Annual CurveBallCity.com Bracket Challenge. Sign up now for your chance to get a piece of the historic glory obtained by previous winners such as Nick, Scott and Ryan, all of whom cried on Oprah when discussing their victories.  Please limit your entries to two, we like to make it somewhat of a skill competition.  It’s game time. C’mon.  Do it.  As always, there will be a trophy for the winner, and of course the fame and fortune that comes from winning such an honor.  I think Katie Couric has the rights to the first interview this year.

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Folks, your local hero Andrew Bailey has won the A.L. rookie of the year.  This was step one in my three-step plan of happiness for this off-season.  The second step includes some type of injury for Matt Holliday, which leads to him signing a 1-year incentive laden deal with the Royals where he will be beat out by Coco Crisp for a starting spot.  The third and final step in my offseason plan of happiness is signing Tejada to play third base.  The dude still rakes, we sign Kennedy as a utility guy, and we get the Tejada drumbeat chant back.  Sure it didn’t work with Giambi, but he was cursed the day he left us, as evidenced by the Yankees winning it all the year he leaves.  Miggy didn’t want to leave, heck, he was actually younger in Oakland as he would later admit to a birth certificate issue.  I would welcome him back with open arms whereas with Giambi, I had one hand outstretched and the other reaching for a bat to pummel him with.  Congrats Andrew!

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