Bookmaker is taking bets on who will be suspended by the MLB for violation of their drug policy. For obvious reasons, A-Rod is a clear doping favorite (based on the lines). Reading the lines at face value, Adrian Beltre is also suspect. While he has never been charged, nor formally accused, Beltre did show up for his 2004 spring training with a 20 pound weight gain. He also managed twice as many home runs in his contract year than in his career average (average minus miracle year). Beltre denies every having used steroids while David Oritz claims he cannot confirm or deny drug enhancement use as he doesn't know if he has accidentally taken an MLB banned substance (If only we could all request judgment based on intention). Finally, Delgado and Greinke haven't been associated with any scandals, but they have both had amazing and seemingly inexplicable turnarounds.

Bookmaker has Derek Jeter listed as the least likely to be suspended, but Ryan Howard also seems very unlikely. Not only does he have a squeaky clean record, but Howard has also become the golden boy of clean play, getting tons of media love for following the rules.

A-Rod +300
Alfonso Soriano +650
Zach Greinke +900
David Oritz +500
Ryan Howard +600
Albert Pujols +600
Adrian Beltre +375
Carlos Delgado +500
Derek Jeter +1100

Labels: A-Rod, baseball, breaking down props, doping, gambling, scandal, Sportbet, steroids

posted by Mary at 11:21 AM

Yes, people. I watched a couple of hours of "Yo! MTV Raps" weekend on MTV Hits this past weekend, and when they played Bobby Brown's "Every Little Step," I started doing the Running Man in my living room.

No joke. That's my jam.

Bobby's coming out with a new book called Bobby Brown: The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But, and there's already been some heat about Whitney being the one who got Bobby into hard drugs.

Bodog wonders if Bob-bay is gonna get sued when the book comes out: Yes is at -150 and No is at +110

Labels: Bobby Brown, Bodog, scandal, Whitney Houston

posted by Kari at 1:18 PM

Duane "Dog" Chapman is like the crazy mulleted uncle that shows up to Thanksgiving chain smoking Marlboro reds on the front porch and telling stories about almost killing a man, while sipping on a Crown Royal on the rocks. Then, the drunker he gets, the more he talks about some road trip he took with an old Vietnam buddy in the 80's and how he met some beautiful coke dealer chick in an Arizona biker bar and that advice she gave him that changed his life but can't remember what she said.

Or something.

But being of that generation (aka my parents and uncles), there's still a bit of residual casual racism going on, even when the folks of that generation have friends and family of a different race than them. It's unfortunate, but true. Anyway, for the second time, with a different son, a tape of Dog on the phone was sold to the National Enquirer, where he spouted off the N-word without even batting an eye. At first, A & E suspended production of his hit reality show, and last week they straight up cancelled it, not saying whether or not they would bring it back. (Though, with the writers' strike, they may have to rethink that.)

Bodog has the odds on whether or not A & E will bring Dog's show back on the air. Woof. Yes is at +120 and No is at -160, which means that it's not looking good that you'll be seeing Dog on TV anytime soon. No more dramatic monologues in Hawaiian Pidgin about how he's gonna catch a brah? Say it ain't so!

And just as a small postscript, here's Dog on Larry King, all weepy-like:

Labels: Bodog, Dog the Bounty Hunter, mullets, N-word, scandal, TV

posted by Kari at 12:15 PM