Arte Moreno - Great Owner

From my friend Stacey about her experience with Los Angeles Angels Owner Arte Moreno last night:

Well first of all, when he was leaving after the Angel game tonite, of course he signed autographs and took pictures...he's kickass like that. He also told Jason he remembered him from spring training...he gave him a signed ball after one of the games because Jason had waved at him to say hello.

He proceeds to offer the group of us tickets for the game tomorrow...they will be in will-call...they're pretty good seats too!!

Then he asks if we had shirts...it was funny because no one had an Angel shirt on. Someone asked if he was gonna give us shirts. Well, he said we needed to look like real Angel fans so he had the workers open the already closed team store...by then a group of people had gathered around to see what was going on...he let everyone...probably between 30 and 40 people by then...go into the team store and pick out whatever shirt they wanted and gave it to us for FREE. He also threw in hats too! Can you freakin believe that?? It was pretty damn cool...I got pictures because he stood at the register and signed everyone's hat and shirt and took more pictures until the last person got their stuff.

I've always thought he was a nice guy, but that was really an unforgetable experience...so there's my shout-out to Arte Moreno...best owner in baseball...and one hell of a kick-ass Mexican!!

I am sure other owners in professional sports have done things like that, and know they donate to charities, but to hear it first hand from a friend makes me appreciate respect the Angels owner even more than I already do.

Moreno could have easily taken the back door out of the stadium and left the park unnoticed. Instead, he decides to go out in public knowing that Angels fans would recognize him, and treats them to free gear and tickets.

A great man, a great man.

Although, he did raise the light up cups in right field by a dollar. I am just saying ... I guess we all have our imperfections.

Dwight Howard Left One Out...

Patrick Ewing Jr. had an impressive dunk in last night's State Farm College Slam Dunk Championships.


Dwight Howard better step up his game if Ewing Jr. gets to the NBA.

Just kidding, Howard had the best contest I have seen in years ... perhaps better than Vince Carter, the year that catapulted his career defined his career.

Soccer Players Want To Use Their Hands

The above video shows why soccer players get a bad rap.

HSV's midfielder David Jarolim has been squeezed with a four-game suspension for the action he performed in the above last Saturday.

Growing up I played soccer against my own blood, Mexicans, and I must admit "ball grabbing" was a tactic that was used by my kind to make the opposition think twice about contesting for the ball.

No wonder Jim Rome hates soccer.

At least I was reminded of the age-old tactic and can use it on Sunday in my soccer league.

Yes, I just admitted to being in a soccer league.

Balls.

Pringle Disappoints Chips Community

Why bother with the first couple of dates when you can get straight to the point?

Penn State point guard Stuart Pringle saw what he liked in the university library and let it all out for a female he took a liking to last Thursday.

Police said Pringle, the team's point guard, sat behind the victim in the stacks section of the library, attempted to start a conversation with the woman and began masturbating.

Do not be quick to judge Pringle, there might be adult comic books in the stacks section of the library.

Nothing turns the ladies on more than masturbating behind them and whispering sweet nothings.

I have a hard enough time getting myself to use the restroom for the good ol' No. Deuce at school - how the hell did Pringle decide to do this?

I guess I applaud how "ballsy" he got on this one... Spring is indeed in the air.

Other members of the chips community could not be reached for comment.

Marvin Lewis: "Ocho Cinco, Callate!"

Chad Johnson does not want to play with the Cincinnati Bengals under head coach Marvin Lewis but it does not look like Ocho Cinco has a choice.

Lewis is not hearing that mess and wants Johnson to know that he will play with the Bengals, or no one. Johnson recently said that he would retire if he was not traded.
Lewis goes on to say:

"We've been dealing with this inside for over a year and we'll be prepared to move on," Lewis said. "He has a contract through 2011. If he plays NFL football it will be in Cincinnati, or he has to do what he says and that's retire. That would be a shame. We'll do everything we can to help him out of this and try to restore his image.
"Unfortunately Chad put himself in that situation. A lot of people who really had an affection for him fan-wise and people around the league see him in a different light and that's unfortunate. Some of the things he's gone on record and said one way or the other he's going to have to deal with them one way or the other. ... He's said he's probably going to sit out. I think you've got to own up and do it. Hopefully he'll do what Kobe Bryant did this year. He had a very accomplished season (after his trade demands). The Cincinnati Bengals hold the cards through the 2011 season."

Bravo to Lewis for not backing down from the demands from a spoiled wide receiver. This broken record of pro athletes demanding trades "or else," got old the day it was invented.

Other Bengals' players have not come out against Lewis, so the problem must lie in Johnson's gold grill that does not stop moving.

Let this punk retire, he promised "unbelievable" touchdown celebrations last season only to let the public down.
Pull out your prank HOF jacket, Chad. That is the closest you are going to get to having one of them.

I used to like the dude too.

Dodgers Fans Do Something Angels Fans Can't...

I cannot believe I overlooked what possibilities the Los Angeles Dodgers-Boston Red Sox exhibition game held at the LA Coliseum would bring.

100,000 fans, majority of which would be Dodgers fans, and majority of which would be Mexicans, sitting with obnoxious, snooty Red Sox fans.



I love how the camera man, or someone next to him says: "there is an Angels fan..."

Red Sox fans waltz into Angels Stadium and do as they please whenever they visit. At worst peanuts get thrown at the Red Sox fans.

But not with Dodgers fans ... they will break off Red Sox fans if they feel slighted in even the littlest bit.

I should have attended the game disguised as a Dodgers fan and pointed out every Red Sox fan that said something to my vato hermanos and watched the beauty that ensued.

John McEnroe Thinks You Are Crazy

The dude wacking himself in the above video is Mikhail Youzhny in a match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro at the Sony Ericsson Open.

Youzhny got upset after giving up a point on an unforced error so he did what any sensible person would do ... knocked some sense into himself.

I love how the Spaniard goes over and laughs at the silliness of the whole mess, but if I were Almagro I would have been pissed that Youzhny got time to think about the match in a break he set up with his head.

Youzhny ended up coming back in the match and winning, and could only imagine what he would have done to himself had he lost.

He probably would have enlisted the help of fellow Russian Maria Sharapova to hit tennis balls at his own set for hours on end.