MLB Baseball Betting

Contrary to popular belief and that Riverdance thing Jonathan Papelbon does on special occasions, the Boston Red Sox closer is probably not Irish… he’s from Louisiana.

I’m probably not Irish either, but to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2010, I’ve compiled a list of nine of the drunkest baseball players of all time.  Not that all drunk people are Irish, and vice versa.  Anyway, it’s more like a list of baseball players who happen to be drunk when their picture is being taken.  (Details, schmetails.)  You may or may not have seen these before, but they crack me up either way. 

Chuck Knoblauch has admitted in a court of law to being a giant douchebag.  The former big league infielder, who was once pummeled by hot dogs at the Metrodome, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor assault on his common-law wife.

Knoblauch entered his plea in exchange for deferred-adjudication probation, and after successfully completing one year of probation, the conviction could be expunged from his record, which is total BS.

He was also fined $1,000, which is apparently what it costs in Texas to hit your wife in the face and choke her.

Thoughts?

Here’s a shocker: Kerry Wood is out with a sore back.  Although the Cleveland Indians closer claims he’s not worried about missing too much time this spring, his history of injury has Tribe fans a little worried.

In 11 seasons with the Chiacgo Cubs, the veteran made 12 trips to the disabled list with various arm problems and surgeries… that may have had something to do with some sort of curse the north side is under, though.

Wood missed his scheduled outing on Saturday with an achy upper back, but is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Monday and return to the hill Wednesday night against the Cincinnati Reds.  He missed a couple days of spring training last year with the same sort of deal, but managed to go through the entire 2009 season without landing on the disabled list.

Milton Bradley is nuts.  You know it, I know it.  This insanity is clearly a large contributing factor to the reason he has gone through eight different teams over his 11 seasons in the big leagues.  That, or he really likes to move around a lot.

When I saw his recent ESPN interview, I began to wonder when exactly it all went bad for him. This prompted me to assemble a timeline made up solely of the uncooperative, batsh*t crazy, flat-out stupid things the habitually-troubled outfielder has done.  Keep in mind, the guy has talent in there somewhere.  And aren’t we all a little crazy?  Anyway, I don’t have all day, so we’re only going back as far as 2003.

June 2003: When Bradley was a young Indians outfielder, he got super pumped one time after he hit a home run.  Opposing Dodgers catcher Paul Lo Duca was not impressed that he snapped the Velcro on his batting gloves after the bomb, and confronted him after the game.  His response, like some sort of threatening nursery rhyme, was Classic Milton Bradley before Classic Milton Bradley even existed: