From The Business Insider:

Previously, you could listen to live radio broadcasts and watch live game illustrations, with in-game video highlights. Now, you’ll be able to watch the whole game, both over wi-fi and the iPhone’s 3G connection. Assuming it works, this is an awesome development for any baseball fan.

This will go live as part of the “3.0″ version of its $10 At Bat 2009 app, which means you will need to upgrade to Apple’s iPhone 3.0 software first. Apple is rolling that out today.

I’m a Blackberry guy ’cause I’m over 25 years old, but slapping down 10 bucks to for a season’s worth of games on your Iphone or Ipod Touch is the shit. A lot of credit has to go to MLB. Baseball has embraced and used the new media the best out of all the professional sports leagues in the country. Making entire games available via the Iphone is another great move.

MLB To Start Streaming Live Baseball Video To Your iPhone Tomorrow (AAPL) [The Business Insider]

Jim Leyland shouldn’t quit his day job because being the manager of a Major League Baseball team pays millions of dollars per year, but an old school R&B mixtape is something Leyland might wanna think about.

Video courtesy of The World of Isaac

I’m a fan of Bay Music. They go… But it’s gonna take damn near all of CC’s 161 mil for me to bump Silly Da Man. Everybody knows the music business is a losing business for the most part so I hope Sabathia has some better investment ideas than a record label.. He could start a line of bulletproof boxers for people that like to carry handguns in their huggies.

Jonathan Lee Riches is a South Carolina inmate that spends his time behind bars filing outrageous lawsuits. He once filed a suit claiming Venus and Serena Williams wanted to eat his head, and another where he said Barry Bonds used Hank Aaron’s bat to crack the Liberty Bell. He’s filed against Bill Belichick, Michael Vick, and Jeff Gordon along with Steve Jobs and President Bush.

In his latest attempt to sue somebody or something Riches is targeting online game World of Warcraft.

From The Register:

“World of Warcraft caused Riches mind to live in a virtual universe, where Riches explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cyber monster rival hacker gangs,” the filing asserts.

“Riches was addicted to video games and lost touch with reality because of defendants. This caused Riches to commit fraud to buy defendant’s video games.”

He adds that he chose World of Warcraft over “working a legit job” and that his “mind became a living video game.”

You can check out Riches’ entire motion here if you’re in the mood to read through the handwritten ramblings of a madman. But don’t completely rule out everything he’s saying.

Take admitted World of Warcraft junkie Curt Schilling. From the outside looking in it seems that Schill’s mind is in a virtual universe where he thinks we give a damn about his every thought. And with his Copernicus video game Curt has chosen video games over working a legit job. I hope Riches’ case makes it to court and he calls Curt Schilling as his first witness.

As first reported by Murray Chass, the Major League Baseball Players’ Association claims to have evidence that team owners acted in concert to keep Barry Bonds out of baseball after the 2007 season.

The MLBPA won’t immediately file a grievance because of an arrangement reached with the Commissioner’s Office.From ESPN.com:

“We have the agreement about the timing of a potential grievance,” Weiner said. “Our investigation revealed a violation of the Basic Agreement. It’s a violation of the Basic Agreement related to Barry Bonds and free agency.”

Weiner said the section that had been violated was Article XX (e) of the collective bargaining agreement, which states, in part: “Players shall not act in concert with other players and clubs shall not act in concert with other clubs.” Weiner would not say how long the agreement runs to allow the union to file a grievance.

When I read that the filing of the grievance was being delayed I assumed it was because baseball didn’t want to deal with this problem during the World Series. Murray Chass offers this insight:

When it believes it has a case, the union doesn’t usually delay filing a grievance. Considering its history with collusion and the fact that Bonds is a high-profile player, it would seem more likely that the union would act as quickly as possible.

In this instance, though, the union is waiting, a baseball official said, for Bonds to get beyond the trial he faces on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice stemming from his grand jury testimony in the Balco case.

Barry Bonds isn’t scheduled to go to court until March 2, 2009. By then he’ll have missed an entire season, and the ‘09 spring training in addition to being 44 years old. Bonds might get a little money if the MLBPA proceeds with and wins the grievance but he’s never suiting up for a major league team again.

I don’t remember this story getting much play at the time, but the fellas from The Heater talked to Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays about “EvanLongoria.com” being available on EBay for $25,000. Longoria didn’t think much of his name being auctioned off in August.

Longoria laughed when he heard about it Friday. “That’s weird,” he said. “And kind of funny. What are they going to come up with next? I guess it’s a good idea if you’re the guy selling it. He beat me to the punch.”

It turns the seller, Dave Pierce, is also the owner of online ticket brokerage eSellout.com, and he didn’t sell the website. He still owns EvanLongoria.com but it points to eSellout.com.

Pierce commented on the original EvanLongoria.com for sale post in an attempt to justify jacking somebody’s name and trying to flip it for 25 grand.

If someone is willing to update and create content on an Evan Longoria fan page I would be willing to listen. To this date I never found anyone so I thought about selling. -Dave

I’d like to congratulate Pierce for being a moron and a genius. He’s a moron for slanging tickets off of Evan Longoria’s name but he’s a genius for introducing this new marketing strategy.

All the corporations have to do is align themselves with athletes that fit their image. It shouldn’t be hard. Here’s three I came up with in two seconds. EddyCurry.com, MattJones.com, or TravisHenry.com. OK, the last one doesn’t work, but you see where I’m going with this.

Let this be a warning to all members of the media attending game three, and possibly game four. Wear a hat. And cover James Loney’s eyes. I don’t wanna see him blinded by the bubbly.

Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and former wife Cynthia finalized their divorce about two weeks ago and depending on who you believe, A-Rod hasn’t wasted any time getting back on the dating scene.

Depending on which celebrity gossip site you choose to believe Alex Rodriguez did or did not have dinner with Madonna on September 30.

From US Magazine:

Madonna and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez took in a cozy dinner for two at Dos Caminos Third Avenue on Tuesday a source told Usmagazine.com.

They pair ate at an alcove-like table in the back.

“They seemed very close,” a source told Usmagazine.com.

Do you believe that version or this one via another anonymous source?
From Access Hollywood:

Madonna did not step out to dine with New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, despite a report in Us Weekly, a source close to the singer told Access.

On Thursday, Us Weekly claimed the two had a “cozy dinner for two at Dos Caminos third Avenue,” according to a source.

The two reportedly ate at the back of the restaurant and “seemed very close,” the source claimed in the magazine.

But, a source close to the star told Access Hollywood that the story is false.

“They did not have dinner,” the source said.

This is a tough call. On the one hand we know Alex and Madonna are tight. Even A-Rod’s ex-wife acknowledged that the two had something between them. On the flip side, the media loves dragging Rodriguez through the mud. Somebody could have easily made up this story for the quick publicity. My verdict? I believe it. It sounds exactly like Alex Rodriguez to me.

I didn’t get to see enough of the contestants to say that the guy in the video was the best choice, but I have to believe that this cat gave him a run for his money.

As the New York Yankees prepared to turn out the lights on one of the most famous stadiums in the world, Yankees’ third basemen Alex Rodriguez was getting himself prepped for the occasion. Rodriguez didn’t take photos or try to take home pieces of the ballpark. No, nothing like that. Alex decided to take a trip to the beauty salon.

From the New York Post via FanIQ:

ALEX Rodriguez wasted no time embracing single life. With the ink not yet dry on his divorce, the All-Star was spotted Thursday getting his blond highlights touched up at the Frederick Fekkai Salon. Wearing faded jeans and skin-tight blue T-shirt, A-Rod embraced his feminine side when stylists wrapped his head in a plastic helmet and put him under a heat lamp, reports The Post’s Lukas I. Alpert. Later, A-Rod asked his yes-men if “it should be darker,” to which they responded with stunned silence.

Alex Rodriguez should have read the fine print before signing that deal with the devil. Yeah it got him a quarter of a billion dollars, but the “Priss/Jackass Clause”, as in A-Rod will always come out of any situation either looking like a priss or a jackass, doesn’t allow Alex to enjoy his money. Only A-Rod can wind up in the paper for getting his hair done and embracing “his feminine side.” Alex Rodriguez will hit a World Series winning home run before you hear of Albert Pujols or Ryan Howard in a situation like this.