Yesterday according to Pedro Gomez of ESPN, the Oakland Athletics and Manny Ramirez have agreed to a minor league contract that is worth approximately $500,000. He still has to serve his 50 game suspension at the start of the season for failing his second drug test (really bro? come on). Even though it's been a while since Manny was seen in a Red Sox uniform, I still find it weird and oddly comical to see him on any other team besides the Red Sox. Manny isn't even being Manny anymore. He's basically worthless at this point. He will never ever give you the just above .300 batting average and the 30 homers he used to back in his Red Sox days. Hell, he might not even make to the majors again with the deal he just signed with the A's. At this point, Manny has bounced around teams like Kim Kardashian has bounced around with professional athletes. I miss Manny being Manny. Too bad baseball fans around America will never see that again.
As reported today, Greg Oden has undergone yet another micro-fracture surgery on his left knee. This will be the former number one overall draft pick of the 2007 NBA draft's second left knee surgery. He also already had knee surgery on his right knee once before. The basketball gods (and not to mention the facial construction gods) must have it in for this guy. The dude has knees of my 98 year old grandmother and looks of a World War 2 veteran. As said at the ESPY's by Greg Oden himself "I want to vote for Obama, but I went to high school with McCain". At least the guy can make fun of himself. Mr. Oden had such a promising career coming out of The Ohio State University, averaging almost 16 points, 10 rebounds, and shooting almost 62% per game. But his bad knees have basically derailed his career. Oden says he doesn't plan to retire anytime soon, but he should seriously consider it with his elderly knees he was born with. May I also add, how stupid must the Portland Trailblazers feel? They had the first overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft and they chose Oden over some dude named Kevin Durant. Last time I checked, he's pretty fucking good. With the talent they have now and Durant, they would have been the best team in the West hands down. I understand that Oden was the right pick at the time and they needed a franchise center, but now that decision has backfired immensely.
At the Alabama Florida basketball game last tuesday, an Alabama student created the ultimate photobomb to distract the gators from making their free throw attempts. This student created a large, blow up photo of his face, with his nostrils flaring and his eyeballs wide open. This kid has simply become an overnight viral sensation. His name is Jackson Blackenship, a freshman from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was recently spotted at the Knicks Nets game yesterday with the same face photo he used at the Alabama Florida game. He was on the fucking Today Show this morning and is scheduled to appear on the Jimmy Fallon Show tonight. This kid is living the life now. One night, he's an average Alabama freshman (who from what I heard pledged for ATO in the fall, one of the nicest houses at Alabama), and is now I viral sensation. Jackson is living the life. Way to go man.
In Alabama sports news, Alabama defeated Tennessee in basketball 62-50 on saturday. Suck it kraus. Fuck UT.
Padre Bama
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