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May 1, 2014

Baseball's Bizarre Opening Month Recap

Some of the stranger things that happened:

Strange But True Hall Of Fame:

• Prince Fielder, David Wright, Paul Konerko, Jose Bautista, Evan Longoria, Robinson Cano, Adrian Gonzalez, Adrian Beltre and Ryan Braun have never had a 10-homer, 32-RBI month in any month of their careers. Jose Abreu just did that -- in his first month in the big leagues.

• And, finally, what could possibly have been stranger but truer than this: When the Tigers threw a seven-run inning at the Twins on April 25, all three outs in the inning came off the bat of the same hitter -- some guy named Miguel Cabrera.

Strange But True Pitching:

• No pitcher in nearly three years had found a way to give up four earned runs in a game in which he forgot to allow a hit. So what were the odds that the Blue Jays' Brandon Morrow (2.2-0-4-4-8-1) and the Tigers' Jose Ortega (1.1-0-4-4-4-1) would manage to do that ON THE SAME DAY last Saturday? Morrow will be happy to hear that Edward Mujica has walked eight of the past 293 hitters he's faced.

• And I don't know if this qualifies as a "pitching" feat. But Red Sox utility dynamo Mike Carp made his historic pitching debut last Thursday against the Yankees and became the first pitcher in the past 90 years to walk five hitters in one inning. Meanwhile, in the other dugout, was a fellow named Hiroki Kuroda, who has made 184 starts over the past seven seasons -- and never unintentionally walked five hitters in any of them.

Strange But True Hitting:

• Victor Martinez stole a base this season before Billy Hamilton. ... Hamilton hit a homer before Billy Butler, Adrian Beltre or Nick Markakis. ... Justin Verlander (0-for-his previous 26) had a multihit game before Allen Craig. ... Madison Bumgarner thumped a homer in AT&T Park before Pablo Sandoval or Hunter Pence. ... And Gio Gonzalez hit a home run before the Yankees -- all of them.

• Jhonny Peralta really did commit an error April 16 -- on a ball hit by Wily Peralta.

• And, finally, the strangest but truest "injury" of the month: Carlos Gonzalez had to leave a game early April 2 -- after swallowing his chewing tobacco ... and, um, not feeling so hot. Just one more reason not to chew, kids.

The rest: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10862828/strange-true-mlb-feats-april
May 1, 2014

Nevada Brothel Becomes Latest Place To Ban Donald Sterling For Life

Donald Sterling is not only banned for life from the Los Angeles Clippers and the NBA, a Nevada brothel owner also wants nothing to do with him.

Dennis Hof has banned Sterling for life from ever entering the doors of the Bunny Ranch near Carson City, Nevada, and any of his six other brothels in the state.

"A lot of NBA players come here to party," Hof told The Huffington Post. "Out of respect to them, we have banned Sterling from coming here."

Hof says his sense of confidentiality prohibits him from confirming or denying if Sterling has ever visited his brothels.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/30/donald-sterling-banned-bunny-ranch_n_5235320.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news


May 1, 2014

Dumb Criminals: Guy With Ironic Last Name Of "Popadick" Busted For Indecent Exposure

(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section have charged a 62 year old Ottawa man following an incident at Mooney’s Bay Park situated on Riverside Drive.
Ottawa Police had received several complaints of an adult male exposing himself in this park since April 14th, 2014.

On April 29, 2014 around 9:00 am, an adult male exposed himself to a person near a pathway in the park. Police were in the area and were alerted. The suspect was arrested at the scene.

On April 29th, 2014, the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit charged Donald POPADICK, 62 years old, of Ottawa, with Indecent Act and Mischief. He is to appear in court on Wednesday.

http://ottawapolice.ca/en/mediaroom/newsreleases/14-04-29/8f13e582-b9aa-4d70-b7b9-d9d054d5e659.aspx


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