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Cashew Mirman, who you may remember from the 8-bit mock video game starring the Toronto Blue Jays, is back with another gem titled “Space Jays”. This outer space adventure stars R.A. Dickey, J.P. Arencibia, Dustin McGowan, and Ricky Romero. McGowan, though, must be thawed out in order to make his appearance.

It’s more of the same humour that we saw in the video game feature, including a mumbling Romero who appears to have lost his control. The highlight here is a cameo from former Blue Jay Travis Snider, carrying his lunchbox of course.

Via Cashew Mirman at Weekend Punks

“Only Tony handled A-Rod,” is what an unnamed source told ESPN’s Outside the Lines. Tony would be Anthony Bosch, the man atop the Biogenesis of America clinic in Coral Gables, who is the central to the latest chapter of the baseball players and PEDs story courtesy of the Miami New Times report. T.J Quinn and Mike Fish of ESPN have managed to shed some light on the reported allegations against Alex Rodriguez.

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As someone who can compartmentalize most aspects of his existence rather effortlessly, one area where I’ve found myself incapable of doing so is with professional athletes and their social views/affiliations. An excellent personal example of this can be tied to Curt Schilling. I vividly recall watching Schilling dominate his way through three starts in the 2001 World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the subsequent man-crush I developed as a result. Same goes for Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS when Schilling took the mound after dousing his sock with red food colouring. I was enamoured.

My love affair with Schilling ended abruptly when I became aware of the former pitcher’s personal politics. His right-wing stances just didn’t jive with my borderline anarchist aesthetic. I’ve since matured a little bit, not much but a little, and I can view Schilling the baseball player somewhat separately from Schilling the conservative failed entrepreneur.

Schilling joined the Dennis and Callahan Show on WEEI Boston to discuss Wednesday’s Hall of Fame nonsense. Predictably, Schilling had some opinions on things. In his first year on the ballot, Schilling garnered 38 percent of the votes required for admission. This is somewhat ironic considering Schilling wore the number 38 as a player (at least on the teams he would like us to remember). 38 Studios was the name of the video game publishing company he started, too. $38 is the amount of money that Schilling currently has to his name.

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The Houston Astros have made some interesting moves since we last saw them in action. For starters, the club hired a swell internet prospect dude in Kevin Goldstein as their pro scouting director. The Astros’ television broadcasts will now feature former Blue Jays radio voice, Alan Ashby, delivering play-by-play, too. I’m pretty sure the Astros have gone as far as adding some baseball players as well, I just can’t recall who they are. According to Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle, the Astros are close to bringing another intriguing figure into the mix. The club is expected to give Roger Clemens an “active role” in the organization.

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