Bye Bye Bubba

Former NFL player of nine years, Bubba Smith, aka Spare Tire (Officer Hightower of Police Academy) has died. He will always be remembered for his epic battle with Al Four Touchdowns In One Game! Bundy.

Yawn: The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in another sleeper

Umpire Joe West called out the Boston Red Sox and the Yankees for basically being attention whores and draining the life out of the game by taking extra time at the plate and on the mound. Twenty-two extra minutes of grabbing cups and pitchers pacing the mound before staring into catcher's mit (IE the camera).

Of course the Red Sox whined. Dustin Pedroia cried that the Red Sox and Yankees were so great and that their extra attention to detail was the reason why one of the two teams would be in the World Series come October. Quick note to Dusty: Did you forget how the Angels celebrated on your field last season (after sweeping your team)? And who is in first place in your own division with the best record in baseball. Here's a hint, it's not the Yankees or the Red Sox. It's the Tampa Bay Devil Rays who were in the World Series only two years ago (which is more recent than the last Red Sox appearance). So in the immortal words of Paul Gleason, "Shut your hole Wang Chung."

Everyone knows that the Yankees, Red Sox games are a time sink. I flipped through the channels and saw that three hours into the game they were just reaching the seventh inning. I could hardly care to watch the last three innings of that mind numbing junk. There is just no need to watch overpaid egomaniac Prima donnas compete in an essentially worthless tick in the 162 game baseball season. If you remember back to little league, games were called after two hours if they did not finish after two hours. I had only one game that did not get completed. The score of that game was something like 37-17 in the fifth inning. So knock off the vanity Yankees and Red Sox.

Obviously the players competed and surely the fans in attendance enjoyed themselves. But as Joe West wisely realized, what does it really mean to the Everyday Joe? It's to the point where a rerun of Married With Children is easily the better watch. You just got to catch some Sports Center and you're good.

Speaking of highlights, the Yankees come from behind win against Papelbon is worth a quick look:

Bonus:

Picture: Joe West probably complained about the long Yankee/Red Sox games because he is obese and hates the extra standing, but he was still on the money.

Peepers Creepers: Erin Andrews Edition

Many of us may remember the classic 'Married With Children' episode (all of the episodes were classics) in which all the neighborhood women were getting peeped. Peg was mad that she was not getting peeped and dressed in a sexy negligee next to the lighted window. She yelled out to the potential peeper that she had cookies.


But for ESPN executives, the subject of peeping (peeking) is not so funny. Erin Andrews, voted the sexiest sports reporter by Playboy two years running.was peeped on while in the nude in her hotel. The video then was leaked onto a still unknown blog and taken down after ESPN lawyers took legal action. Though that action may have unwittingly brought the crime into the public consciousness.

The New York Post ran blurred pictures of the incident and wrote:

"No one would have known that a sick voyeur had secretly videotaped ESPN reporter Erin Andrews nude in her hotel room if the Mickey Mouse sports network hadn't sent a letter to an obscure Web site demanding that it take down its link to a fuzzy video of an unidentified blonde."

USA columnist, Christine Brennan twittered that this type of happening was brought about by Andrews cultivating a frat house type of following. And the frat boys came out in full force for this story as 'Erin Andrews peephole video' topped google searches for a day.

But it does not appear that many if anybody is sneaking a peek. A lot of would-be viewers are instead downloading viruses. But if one did a sneak a peek, you might have the understanding of MMA fighter Gina Carano.

You may remember in February, Carano weighed in nude to make weight, while her handlers held towels to cover her. She then told ESPN radio that she would not blame someone for sneaking a peek. Ironically that same 'Mothership' that pimped the sneak-a-peak is heading off at the pass any effort to sneak a peek at Andrews.



Picture 1-3: ESPN sideline reporter, Erin Andrews
Picture 4: Model and sister of Erin Andrews, Kendra Andrews, Radio talk show host, Dan Patrick, Erin Andrews
Picture 5: Erin Andrew eats a sandwich as part of a sideline report
Pictures 6-7: MMA fighter, Gina Carano

Note: Shots Heard is not publishing the controversial Andrews photos. The pictures are viewable at this link to the NY Post 6th Page news story.