About an hour away from what can be my Mexico's elimination from the World Cup, I'd like to take this moment to wish team USA a safe flight home. They exceeded my expectations by playing a fourth game in this cup, and should go home with the satisfaction that they played their hearts out.

As for the irrational, ref-blaming, ignorant, and racist fans, thank you for reminding me why I root for your team to fail. I hope you see this every time you close your eyes for the next 4 years.

I know there's a guy out there who wishes he were on the field yesterday, see if you can spot him in this pic.

It's yet to be seen how long this joy will last me but I'm enjoying it so here's a few more pics from around the interweb :)

I've already declared my love for Edwin Jackson here, so it should come as no surprise that I was ecstatic to hear that Jackson thru a no-hitter against his former team. Thank the baseball gods, it wasn't the Dodgers.

So referee Koman Coulibaly nullified a goal for the USMNT earlier this morning and is the focus of anger of the approximate 15 futbol fans in the states.

It was a valiant effort after fighting back from being down 0-2 against world power Slovenia, but in the end Mr. Coulibaly made sure it stood at a tie. If I could, I would present him with a medal for his bravery, mostly for keeping my hopes of a 3 and out U.S. participation in this World Cup alive.

Between Mexico's sad 1-1 tie in the World Cup opener, the Dodgers getting swept at home by the Angels, and the Lakers losing 3 of 4 to the Celtics, I've been much too depressed to post. But today, I saw something that pulled me out of my funk. It is because this man is starting for the Reds today:




Aaron Harang. Yes, Aaron Harang. Why, when hes pitching against the Dogers? Because Ferio has an uncanny resemblance to him. He is the Mexican version of Aaron Harang and he knows it which is why he hates Harang. I've told him that he should go to Cincy and rob a bank and live in the Bahamas while Harang goes to jail, but I haven't convinced/liquored him up enough to get him to do it yet. Too bad its not at Dodger Stadium so Ferio can buy seats behind homeplate and freak him out. Starting at 4pm, I'm going to barrage Ferio with texts like "It must suck pitching against your favorite team" or "Damn, the ump is not giving you the outside corner today".

Thank you, Aaron Harang, thank you.

Perhaps,

According to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the Fire and Cubs are kicking around the possibility of having Chicago's MLS club play Mexico's Club America in a friendly at the Friendly Confines.

Count me in. I don't like either of the teams but streaking across a Wrigley Field soccer game is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

I'll gladly trade a Lakers Finals win (especially over the hated Celtics) over a Dodgers regular season loss anytime. That being said, I want the Dodgers to stop the Braves winning streak tonight. Considering the Dodgers have Kershaw going tonight, I like their chances....

My favorite part of last night's Lakers win, was seeing a comment by an ESPN reporter that Big Baby Davis came back from the locker room with earplugs because he was tired of being heckled by Laker fans. It's not our fault he's such an easy target! Be it the nickname "Big Baby", the time KG made him cry during a game after yelling at him or taking pictures like this:

Since its June 1st and the season is about 1/3 of the way over, I decided to check in on old friend and (blog namesake) Juan Pierre and see how his May went after his terrible April start.

He did hit .286 and collected 6 extra base hits (all doubles) in May after getting exactly 0 extra base hits in April. However, he's still hitting an abysmal .245 with a .579 OPS. That's terrible. At least, Beast Mode is on pace to steal 61 bases, so he's got that going for him, which is nice.

Considering that the Juan Pierre trade not only gave us St. Ely, but also future useful Joe Torre overworked reliever Jon Link, I'm going to have to give Ned Colletti the 1st round TKO over Ken Williams at this point in the season. Nicely done, Ned!