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• Morning News - Astronauts Watch Star Trek In Space

  Obama speaks at Notre Dame, swine flu/H1N1/Heinie is still around, and yes, I'm still talking "Trek." But only a little bit. Read on... Read More... Posted May 17 2009, 10:01 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: Movies, news, Times, China, new york times, abortion, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, barack obama, economy, obama, Brett Singer, yankees, A rod, a-rod, new york yankees, morning news, the rod, star trek, swine flu, h1n1, obama speaks at notre dame, david wells, notre dame, real live astronauts watch star trek in space, stimulus, david geffen, david geffen wants to buy the new york times

• DVD Review - The Sportys

  Baseball season has begun. For those of you looking to teach your kids some of the fundamentals of the game, you could do worse than to watch "The Sportys." Read More... Posted Apr 09 2009, 06:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: entertainment, sports, DVD, Baseball, lessons, Brett Singer, review, dvd review, the sportys, instructional video, instruction

• Morning News - March Madness or March Sadness?

  Apologies for forgetting St. Patrick's Day yesterday. I could make a culturally insensitive joke and say that I was drunk, but in truth I just forgot. Apparently everybody was Irish on Tuesday, but today you're back to whatever it is you are the rest of the year.   And now -- let's have some news! Read More... Posted Mar 18 2009, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, politics, dick cheney, sports, crime, CNN, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, barack obama, basketball, jobs, economy, obama, recession, March Madness, president, Brett Singer, josef fritzl, george w. bush, cheney, A rod, a-rod, ncaa, morning news, bernie madoff, ruth madoff, ben bernanke, march sadness, the rod

• Kitchenista: Salted Caramel Popcorn

  Pitchers and catchers reported for spring training this weekend! That means it's almost baseball season! Time to sit on a couch for hours, watching the slowest-moving game known to mankind creep and crawl towards an agonizing finish that doesn't even matter anyway since there are so many gosh darned games in a season... Okay, I'm kidding. Sort of. I don't watch a lot of baseball on television (and even confess that I fell asleep watching my husband's beloved Red Sox in the World Series two years ago), but I love going to the games. Why? Because I'm a glutton. As long as I'm eating, I'm happy. I used to love Cracker Jack, but either it got really bad or I got really old. So I make this instead, which is how I think Cracker Jack should taste. It's sweet and salty and really delicious. Serve it with hot dogs, beer, cotton candy, soft pretzels, peanuts, ice cream, and nachos, and you can feel like you're really at the game! Read More... Posted Feb 16 2009, 06:05 PM by KeriF with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Baseball, kitchenista, Keri Fisher, salted caramel popcorn, cracker jack

• Is it Time to Give up on Athletes as Child Role Models?

  A-Roid. Stoner Phelps. It's been a bad couple of weeks for our so-called role models.  But Alex Rodriguez was hardly the first star to be caught 'roiding it up and Michael Phelps has a long line of disgraced Olympians ahead of him (including athletes who were doped up DURING the games, not just smoking it up six months after the games).  So is it time we put that old "athletes are our kids' best role models" horse back into the barn? Read More... Posted Feb 12 2009, 10:24 AM by JeanneSager with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: sports, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, athletics, role models, steroids, athletes, Jeanne Sager, major league baseball, a-rod, Michael Phelps, examples, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, athletic talent, athletic ambition, A-Roid

• UPDATE: A-Roid Admits It

  UPDATE: A-Rod (A-Roid, A-Fraud - I still like The Rod, but it's not sticking yet) has admitted that, you know, he did it. Children everywhere are... actually, I don't think children care about this at all. Read More... Posted Feb 09 2009, 11:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: divorce, sports, Madonna, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, boys, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, kids and sports, steroids, derek jeter, breaking news, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, a-rod, kid-rods, cynthia scurtis, new york yankees, A-Rod Tests Positive For Steroids, what to tell the kids, annoying people, sportswriters

• Alex Rodriguez Writing Love Poems To Madonna

  Ah, The Rod. He makes it almost too easy. The New York Post, along with every other media outlet on the planet, reports that The Rod has found his muse. No, it's not Derek Jeter. It's Madonna. He's writing her (hang on, I need to stop laughing… OK. OK, I'm back.) love poems. What must that sound like? Click through to find out. Read More... Posted Nov 17 2008, 02:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Madonna, celebrity moms, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, derek jeter, Brett Singer, yankees, arod madonna, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, a-rod, new york yankees

• Rocco Ritchie wears Yankee shirt, Guy Ritchie weeps

  This is just silly. Us Magazine is reporting that Guy Ritchie, who is divorcing Madonna and had NO PRE-NUP, is freaking out because his son was wearing a Yankee shirt. Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 05:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, celebrity, news, divorce, Madonna, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, gossip, london, lourdes, derek jeter, TMZ, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, guy ritchie cries over yankee shirt, guy ritchie cries

• Do You Let Your Kids Stay Up to Watch the World Series?

  Now that the Red Sox are finally out of contention (yes, I confess, I'm a Yankees fan - pity freely accepted), I'm actually considering watching the World Series. Too bad my daughter won't be watching it with me. Game One will start at 8 p.m. tomorrow night, just as I'm preparing to hurry her into a bath. I've always wondered why sports championships are played so late - at least for those of us on the East Coast. Read More... Posted Oct 21 2008, 04:34 PM by JeanneSager with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: sports, Super Bowl, football, Baseball, basketball, soccer, Jeanne Sager, yankees, red sox, staying up late, sports championships, east coast, MLS, west coast, Rays, Phillies, World Series

• Parent Coaches: Hardest Job They'll Ever Volunteer For?

  Parents who coach their kids get a bad rap. But Iowa football Coach Kirk Ferentz wasn't playing favorites when he suspended his son from all team activities this weekend after the 19-year-old was charged by police for underage drinking. It's a reminder that the parent coach doesn't always have the easiest row to hoe. Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 02:06 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: sports, football, coaching, Baseball, Iowa, coaches, parent coaches, Jeanne Sager, Mighty Ducks, Kirk Ferentz, Bad News Bears

• What was your fake baby name?

  The most recent Babble List features 33 of the dumbest celebrity baby names. This reminded me of something my wife and I had some fun with before our kids were born: fake baby names to torture the grandparents. Read More... Posted Sep 25 2008, 11:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, pregnant, baby names, Baseball, humor, names, celebrity baby names, silliness, Brett Singer, fake baby names, amusing ourselves, amusing yourself

• Man ejected from Yankee Stadium for lack of patriotism

  The sportsblog Deadspin interviewed one Bradford Campeau-Laurion who was manhandled by the police (or possibly just Yankee Stadium security; it's not entirely clear). His crime? Getting up during the singing of "God Bless America." Apparently staying motionless during the song (usually a recording of Kate Smith, pictured), played during the 7th inning of baseball games after the 9/11 attacks, is a Yankee Stadium rule imposed by George Steinbrenner last year as, "an expression of patriotism." Read More... Posted Sep 01 2008, 03:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, sports, Baseball, wtf, annoying, Brett Singer, patriotism, yankees, yankee stadium, deadspin, steinbrenner, hank steinbrenner, george steinbrenner

• Revenge of the Baseball Gods-Little League Scandal Revisited

  Remember Danny Almonte? How about Matt Cerda? Read More... Posted Aug 23 2008, 01:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sports, ESPN, Baseball, controversy, scandals, Brett Singer, underage, little league, little league world series, llws, matthew cerda, danny almonte

• Lourdes and Miley kidnapped?

  OMG! What happened to Lourdes and Miley? Have they been kidnapped? Say it ain't so! It ain't. Answer after the jump. Read More... Posted Jul 16 2008, 01:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: divorce, celebrity moms, Google, money, Guy Ritchie, shower, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, hannah montana, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, miley cyrus, billy ray cyrus, celebrity kids, derek jeter, breaking news, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, 2008, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, kid-rods, cynthia scurtis, 7 things i hate about you, 15, 7 things, photoshoot

• Jim Abbott is a ballplayer you can look up to

  The other day, out of nowhere, my son asked me if I had ever heard of a pitcher named Jim-something who only had one hand. Sure, I replied. Jim Abbott. Played for the Yankees. Threw a no-hitter. My son was amazed that I (a) knew who he was talking about, and (b) that someone with only one hand could become a major league pitcher, much less a successful one. He played for the Yankees... Read More... Posted Jul 15 2008, 05:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: divorce, sports, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, derek jeter, breaking news, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, Sports Illustrated, yankees, all star game, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, kid-rods, cynthia scurtis, new york yankees, jim abbott

• When Cynthia called Cindy

  Cynthia Rodriguez, that is. Called Cindy Adams. Because, you know, that's the first person I would call if I were getting a divorce. Cindy Adams scored an EXCLUSIVE interview with the woman formerly known as C-Rod. While her hubby (hereafter referred to as "The Rod") was busy striking out with the bases loaded, Cynthia was chatting to Cindy about him. Apparently the message on her MySpace page (which is probably fake) isn't that far off: "she still loves him," writes Adams in the New York Post. Read More... Posted Jul 12 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: divorce, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, derek jeter, breaking news, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, kid-rods, cynthia scurtis

• Dad Rod to visit Kid Rod

  The New York Post is reporting that Cynthia Rodriguez, the woman formerly known as C-Rod, will allow her husband-for-now Alex to see the older of their two children. Dad-rod hasn't seen little Natasha (3) or Ella (11 weeks) since Cynthia threw him out of the house, requesting that he… never… return. (Two points to whomever can tell me where that line comes from.) Read More... Posted Jul 11 2008, 04:15 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: divorce, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, derek jeter, breaking news, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, kid-rods, cynthia scurtis

• C Rod Files For Divorce

  Cynthia Rodriguez has clearly decided that Madonna is, well, full of it. Or maybe she just doesn't like being called "C Rod". Whatever the reason, she's filed for divorce in Miami, according to ESPN.com/Associated Press. The filing says that A-Rod "emotionally abandoned his wife and children…The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband's extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct." Note that it says "affairs" and not "affair". Assuming Madonna is lying when she says the two are just drinking buddies rather than Kabbalah Kanoodlers, there are at least two (let us not forget his dalliance with stripper Joslyn Noel Morse.) A-Rod's attorney (Attorney-Rod?), who has the porn movie name of... Read More... Posted Jul 07 2008, 12:45 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: divorce, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, derek jeter, breaking news, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie, kid-rods, cynthia scurtis

• Who is babysitting the Kid-Rods?

  At least some part of the A-Rod/Madonna/C-Rod/Lenny Kravitz bizarre love square is true (C-Rod is the new name for Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of Alex, in case you didn't know). Kravitz denies that he and Mrs. Rod are having an affair, and the fact that he reportedly isn't even in Paris lends some credibility to that claim. But Cynthia is definitely in The City of Light, and the New York Post has the photo to prove it. PLUS she isn’t wearing her $150,000 engagement ring. Now, I have a question, one also asked by Boston teacher DeDe White in today's New York Post: um, don't these people have young children? Normally the phrase "but what about the children?" is used as a club to bludgeon... Read More... Posted Jul 05 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: divorce, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, derek jeter, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie

• Lou Gehrig Day on July 4th

  July 4th is also a special day for baseball fans. July 4th, 1939 was "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day." Gehrig, who earned the nickname "The Iron Horse" for playing in 2,130 consecutive games (a record broken by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995), had become seriously ill and was forced to retire from playing. After an emotional series of speeches, Gehrig stepped up to the mic and addressed the crowd, delivering the now immortal line, "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." Despite my cynicism when it comes to most things, this video still gets me misty-eyed... Read More... Posted Jul 04 2008, 04:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: youtube, sports, video, Baseball, emotion, Brett Singer, classic, july 4th, babe ruth, yankees, yankee stadium, all star game, lou gehrig

• George Carlin dies

  Comedy just got a little less funny. Also, Thomas the Tank Engine needs a new narrator. George Carlin passed away on Sunday at the age of 71. According to Bloomberg News, the cause was heart failure. Carlin had, in my opinion, one of the weirder... Read More... Posted Jun 23 2008, 12:05 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: youtube, celebrity, news, children's television, video, Google, football, Baseball, death, thomas the tank engine, george carlin, Brett Singer, rip, shining time station, seven dirty words

• Family Movie Night: Everyone's Hero

  My oldest son shows little interest in baseball, and I've started to accept the fact that he probably will never join me in rabid Yankee fandom. His love of this film, though, gives me a little bit of hope that he may still develop an interest in America's pastime (which it really isn't anymore, but why spoil a cliché?) 'Everyone's Hero' isn't terribly daring, the animation is only so-so, and the plot is utterly unbelievable in almost every way. But somehow the film works... Read More... Posted Jun 15 2008, 01:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Movies, DVD, Baseball, film, Brett Singer, family movie night, everyones hero, everyone's hero, recommended

• The Sins of the Mother: Little League edition

  So what do you think of this: the Freetown Youth Athletic Association in Freetown, Massachusetts has a rule that requires parents to staff the concession stand at Little League baseball games. One mother, Jodie Hooper, didn't show up for her shift. As punishment her seven-year-old son was suspended for two games. Some Freetown residents cried foul... Read More... Posted Jun 12 2008, 04:57 PM by Brett Singer with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: boy, news, mother, mom, mothers, moms, boys, Baseball, wtf, sons, athletics, son, Brett Singer, little league, freetown, bat, ball

• Mets player thanks wife by letting her have his baby

  Ryan Church plays right field for the New York Mets. He's having a great year so far, with a .310 batting average, 8 home runs and 30 RBIs. One reason is that, despite having just become a father a couple of months ago, he's getting enough sleep. In an interview with the New York Times, Church seems to be saying that he figures letting his wife have his baby is thanks enough for getting up in the middle of night with the newborn. Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong. Here's the quote...   Read More... Posted May 16 2008, 02:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: news, newborns, sports, marriage, sleep, Baseball, fatherhood, Brett Singer, johann santana, major league baseball, mlb, ryan church, new york mets

• Ballpark Perks for Parents Rock (or Rox)

  There are few things I enjoy as much on a summer afternoon as a good baseball game. I admit to being more of a cultural fan than someone who has the slightest idea what the infield fly rule actually is, as I tend to be there more for the atmosphere and excitement than the actual game play. But sipping a cool drink under the warm sun, watching nine innings go by is one of the best ways I can think of to spend time in the nice weather. And I have been to exactly two games since my daughter was born. Part of it is my team actually ceased to suck there for awhile, so my season-ticket-holding connections were avidly seeking more tickets instead of trying to palm off the ones  they had.  But the major reason is Read More... Posted Apr 24 2008, 09:03 AM by Amy Kuras with | with no comments Filed under: Baseball, family activities, ballpark, brockton rox, minor leagues, parent perks