MLB 11 The Show's Fantasy 11 Predictions

Back in college, when a group of friends ran out of things to wager on, they'd set a certain NFL video game franchise on auto-pilot and bet on the outcomes of the games. Apparently, we were well ahead of our time.

While certain pro leagues will argue that fantasy sports equates to gambling, just in time for your fantasy baseball draft, MLB 11 The Show is tapping into our dorm room concept.

The game simulated the up-coming season and is giving a peek at the results for standard 5x5 leagues.

Here's the dish...

2011 Season Highlights using PlayStation’s MLB 11 The Show:

• Trevor Cahill - 18-7, 2.80 ERA (leads league)
• Brandon Webb - 14-8, 220 IP, 3.23 ERA, 5 CG
• CC Sabathia - 19 wins, 2.83 ERA, 7 CG
• Tim Lincecum - 225 K, 2.63 ERA

Braves pitching gives the Phils a run in the NL East!

• Tim Hudson - 17 wins, 2.49 ERA
• Tommy Hanson - 18 wins, 3.26 ERA
• Derek Lowe - 15 wins
• Jonny Venters - 51 saves

The Usual Suspects

• Prince Fielder - 47 HR, 111 RBI, .288 BA
• Albert Pujols - 42 HR, 131 RBI, .321
• Joey Votto - 34 HR, 109 RBI, .327
• Troy Tulowitzki - 41 HR, 143 RBI, .341
• Adrian Gonzalez - 34 HR, 138 RBI, .304
• Paul Konerko - 35 HR, 122 RBI

When I bounced these numbers off of much smarter baseball people than me, I think The Extra 2% author Jonah Keri put it best, "Ah yes, 220 IP for Brandon Webb."

But, hey, nice effort!

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"Show me Your Butt": Wii Fit Girl Gets Tosh.0'ed

Who could forget the phenomenon that was "Wii Fit Girlfriend?"



The "unsuspecting" lass was filmed by her horndog beau working out in her skivvies on the gaming consule only to attract 9 million+ views on YouTube.

She apparently has embraced her online celebrity and even has a webpage in which you can actually purchase the game that made her famous, and an aptly named Twitter account, "@wiifitgirl."

Last night on Comedy Central, Daniel Tosh, um, caught up with her.

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Contest: The Tiger Name Game

Everyone knows that Tiger implored his mistresses to "Take [their] Name off [their] Phone."

On the Today show this morning, mistress #4, Jamie Jungers, noted that Tiger also asked that she take HIS name off their phone:

"He said he loved spending time with me, would love to get to know me more, and he gave me his phone number and told me to save it in a different name in case I lost the phone."

HHR has come up with 11 names (one for each mistress) that would have thrown phone-finders off his trail. If you can top them, we'll ship you off a PS3 or XBox360 copy of Namco's Tekken 6, which features an Elin Woods lookalike who packs a wallop.

See if you can top these aliases. Winner will be chosen on Monday. The only rule is to make us laugh.

1. Eldrick Tont
2. John Gosselin
3. Sean Salisbury
4. Eliot Spitzer
5. John Daly
   
6. Jesse Katsololis
7. The Situation
8. Nick Papageorgio
9. Chris Illuminati
10. Roy McAvoy
11. Fred Garvin

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Be John McEnroe

Love this new commercial spot for EA's Grand Slam Tennis.

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Living Legends

This past weekend, Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson solidified their status among baseball's all-time elite with their induction into the National Hall of Fame. One of those two, Rice, also holds the glorious distinction of being one of 13 lucky living players to be enshrined in both Cooperstown as well as the RBI Baseball Hall of Shame.

Today, we look back at the accomplishments that landed them on this selective list.


Jim Rice

• Was suspended for three games by the club for shoving manager Joe Morgan. Rice was angered when Morgan replaced him with pinch hitter Spike Owen in the 8th inning of Boston's eventual win over Minnesota. I'd push my manager too if he took me out for Spike Owen...
• Is rumored to have an absolutely massive collection of porno
• Is the single-season leader (as well as #2) for most GIDPs

Wade Anthony Boggs

• Sued by a flight attendant for threatening and cursing at her. Apparently the shit went down after she refused to serve Wade a final beer before landing. He pointed his finger in her face and threatened to "kick your fat lips in."
• Sued for $12 million by former mistress Margo Adams for breach of Oral Contract. They later settled out of court.
• Admitted to being a sex addict on National TV
• Missed a few games after injuring his back while pulling up his cowboy boots. It was rumored that Margo Adams played a role in the injury and the boots were a cover-up.
• Was run over by his wife, like with a car. When authorities arrived Boggs claimed that he fell out of the car and she rolled over him without noticing. Riiiight...

George Brett

• Two words - Pine Tar
• Broke his toe in 1986 while running from his kitchen to his TV in order to watch the Bill Buckner play.
• During the '80 World Series, George Brett had an "attack" of hemorrhoids. He said, at a press conference: "Just because you guys are such perfect assholes, I don't know why you're making such a big deal about this. My problems are all behind me." - Thanks to Justin Pagano for this one
• Once, at Royals Stadium, Brett took out his frustration on a trash can. He beat on it with a bat, then threw himself into the trash can. Teammate Jaime Quirk found Brett in the can covered in garbage. *

Gary Carter

• Perceived large ego, love of self-promotion and reputation for only playing hard when a game was televised to a national audience earned him the nickname "Camera Carter"
• Once, after starting to talk and talk and talk after seeing an LA Times reporter approaching his general area during spring training, teammate Warren Cromartie cried out, "Gary, at least wait until the guy asks a question."
• On his 34th birthday, Carter was in the lineup for a game against the Phillies. He went 3 for 3, driving in the Mets' only run with a home run. With 2 out in the 9th, Carter ended the game by getting picked off by Steve Jeltz's hidden ball trick.

Tony Gwynn

• Missed a game after breaking the tip of his finger by slamming it in the door of his Porsche on the way to the bank. I would have guessed the bakery...

Reggie Jackson

• Is baseball's all-time strikeout leader

Paul Molitor

• Dislocated a knuckle when he got it stuck in another player's glove

Cal Ripken

• Involved in one of the strangest sports conspiracies of all time. The story goes that Kevin Costner and his wife were staying at Ripkens house in 1997 during a film shoot. Kevin comes home from the shoot and finds Cal in bed with his wife. A melee ensues and Ripken is hurt in the scuffle. Too hurt to play, the Orioles concoct a lighting problem at Camden Yards to postpone that night's game, thus preserving The Streak. Probably bullshit, but the story itself is shameful...
• Is the career leader for Grounding into Double Plays

Nolan Ryan

• Missed a start after being bitten on the hand by a coyote. And no it wasn't Peter Coyote of The Legend of Billie Jean fame...

Ryne Sandberg

• His ex-wife is rumored to have slept with former teammates Rafael Palmerio and Dave Martinez while they were married. That makes for an awkward clubhouse...

Mike Schmidt

• Once reported for morning exercises during spring training in 1977 with his pants down at his knees.

Ozzie Smith

• Among nonpitchers who started their careers after 1920, only Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner had fewer career homers (27) than Smith (29) and reached the Hall of Fame as a player.
• Was fined and suspended in 1988 after starting a brawl by rabbit punching fellow RBIer Will Clark after Clark slid in hard into second base to break up a double play.

Don Sutton

• Was ejected from a game and suspended for 10 games for defacing the ball in 1978. After threatening legal action against the National League, Suttons suspension was dropped

Little Mac Grew Up to Become Paul "Magic Man" Malignaggi

I thought Little Mac looked familiar. Don't let the parody fool you. The man took Cotto to the limit.

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Have You Gotten Your BlogsWithBalls Tickets Yet?

A Randy Johnson First

The new MLB 2K9 commercial is a major milestone in the storied career of future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson, in that for the first time in his life, the Big Unit isn't the ugliest guy in the locker room.

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Someone Tell Madden Nation

In addition to anti-social behavior, pasty, sun-deprived skin and a false sense of reality, Swiss scientists have identified a condition they are referring to as "PlayStation palmar hidradentitis" which is caused by "too tight a grip on the console and furiously pushing the buttons" and "can cause a newly identified skin disorder marked by painful lumps on the palms."

Further, "Other researchers have identified acute tendonitis from playing too much of Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii, and now a disorder related to the PlayStation can be added to the list, the team said."

XBoxers everywhere would point and laugh, but that would require them peeling their asses off their piss-ridden couches.

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Benny Hill Music Makes Everything Funny

Even Techmo Bo...

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Schilling Wants Gamers to Bludgeon Foes with Bloody Sock

GamePro.com reports that that Curt Schilling's game development company 38 Studios is developing a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) titled "Copernicus."

In the latest episode of the Jace Hall Show, Schilling "talked briefly about his new game development company, 38 studios...Though details are scarce...the most powerful weapon in the game is rumored to be a bloody sock (for real), a reference to the 2004 ALCS in which Schilling pitched in a bloody sock due to leaky sutures on his ankle."

Copernicus is the father of Copernican Revolution, which placed Earth at the center of the Universe. Sounds eerily similiar to Schillings opinion of his life and career.

Gather Around Gluttons

Better yet, let me come to you, you fat sonsofbitches.

It's coming. The end of the world is near.

Joke if you will about American kids being lazy, video game and Internet addicted overweight slobs.

It's one thing to entertain yourself via Madden rather than Pop Warner.

Look, I am an unapologetic fan of competitive eating. I love it. But when you choose to stuff your face on a Wii rather than in the kitchen, that's where I draw the line.

Get off the couch and eat you lazy, no good bastards.

Joey Chestnut, Crazy Legs Conte, Kobayashi and the rest of your MLE heroes are now featured on "Major League Eating: The Game" On Wii.

What is this world coming to.

See screen shots, videos and eater profiles here.