Day 3 - Bored.

I know I suggested that the Rangers need to move to the bottom of the blog, but I think we both know that when you lose a player and a game in the same night. Things are actually getting worse! …By the way, if you were watching the game at the compound last night, you would have had a chance to get 3 to 1 odds on CoCo allowing the leadoff man to reach. I was trying to get someone to take me up on the deal, but no one would. You know why? Because he always lets the leadoff man on!!!! Overrated, me thinks.

Kinsler’s injury is just the latest mishap in what may soon become known as "The Dellucci Curse.’’ Since the trade of David Dellucci an hour before the roster was set, nothing but woe has befallen the Rangers. They’ve lost seven of their first nine games, the leadoff hitter has been a bust, and the injuries are piling up.

Tuesday’s misfortune didn’t end with the Kinsler injury. The club got a solid start from fill-in Rick Bauer, an important manufactured run and a great catch from fill-in right fielder Adrian Brown. And still it wasn’t enough.

The Rangers allowed four runs in the final three innings. Texas took a 4-3 lead to the bottom of the ninth, but Francisco Cordero hit leadoff hitter Darin Erstad with a full-count pitch and then allowed a single to Casey Kotchman. After Jeff Mathis botched a bunt by popping it up, Adam Kennedy lined a double into the right field corner.

Erstad scored easily, but pinch-runner Maicer Izturis was held up at third. The relay, however, short-hopped Jimenez and skipped off his glove. Izturis was able to race home with the winning run.

But wait, there is more bad news: Rob Tejeda has a 2nd straight poor outing in AAA …

Right-hander Robinson Tejeda, acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies for David Dellucci this month, gave up five earned runs on eight hits and a walk in five innings for Triple A Oklahoma on Tuesday.

Just 3 games to go, Game 79 is over …

Mike Modano either came back too early and struggled through a tough night, or he came back at just the right time to get ready for the playoffs.

The Stars captain, who missed two games with a sore medial collateral ligament in his left knee, slogged his way through a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. He took a holding call 42 seconds into the game, suffered facial cuts on a high stick from Adam Foote and twice broke into open ice only to see his jets misfire. Still, it was a sweet sight for teammates to have the captain back in uniform.

The Stars set a franchise record for wins, moving to 52-22-5, good for 109 points. They still can break the franchise record for points (114, set in 1998-99) with three games remaining. However, they will concentrate on rest and recuperation with their first stretch of three off days since the Olympic break in February.

That Modano will get some rest was a key to playing him this quickly. Now, he can check out his knee the morning after a hard game. And this was a hard game. Modano drew a high stick that needed five stitches on the bridge of his nose. He was pushed around and hit several times, and he looked like he was skating in slush at times – maybe because of the ice conditions.

When running a marathon is too easy …

Michal Kapral is the better runner. Pushing his 20-month-old daughter, Annika, in a stroller, he ran the Toronto marathon in 2 hours 49 minutes. With no baby in tow, his personal best is 2:32.

Zach Warren is the better juggler. Bowling pins, knives, and torches are all child's play to him. He can juggle while riding a unicycle; he can juggle while blindfolded.
On Marathon Monday, the two men will take their positions at the starting line in Hopkinton in what may prove to be one of the most curious showdowns in race history. Warren, a Harvard Divinity School student, is the current world record-holder in the obscure sport of marathon ''joggling," the official term for juggling while running. The man he stole the title from? That would be Kapral.

In the 20-odd-year history of joggling, two jogglers have never run the same marathon -- until now.

Warren, 24, and Kapral, 33, of Toronto, plan on running side by side, each juggling three bean-filled balls, for 20 or even 25 miles of the Boston race. From that point on, it'll be a sprint to the finish. May the best joggler win.

''It was a sort of a joke when I first started doing it," says Kapral, an editor for Westford-based Captivate Network, which operates electronic news boards found in elevators. ''But after doing it for hours and hours and miles and miles, I appreciate it as a truly beautiful sport. There's something poetic about it. When you get into a good groove and you see the balls flying in front of you, it really is poetry. You're a little moving circus."

Team USA gets roster ready for World Cup …

Stuff from the Show:

Quisy’s tattoo that has a small problem …Today’s lesson: Don’t get Chinese tattoos unless you know what it says….Instead, get a Packers Logo

One elaborate tattoo posted shortly after his blog's inception in late 2004 means "power piglet," according to Tang's translation. Another, on a woman's lower back, says "motherly beast blessing." Marquis Daniels, of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, thought he was getting his initials in Chinese but what his arm actually says is "healthy woman roof," Tang said.

A Doctor talks extra digits …

Wikipedia vs Encyclopedia …not sure I buy this…

The Song featured on the show yesterday also has a music video that seems to make people happy Satisfaction ….



BaD Radio Supports Lazer in Mavs song contest …you should, too… Vote Here …

Lazer the Band …

Another funny tattoo gone wrong story …