Now obviously I don’t expect Omar Minaya to address the elephant in the room, but I do love his dancing around the issue.
Doctors detected an abnormality during his physical, and Reyes was taken out of the lineup March 4 for additional medical tests. Reyes was told not to raise his heart rate and to refrain from eating seafood, which has iodine. He will be tested weekly.
Minaya and Greenberg said the thyroid should return to normal with rest and diet.
“There is no medication for this,” Minaya said.
The cause of the elevated thyroid wasn’t clear.
“We heard it could be something that could have been dietary or it could have been a virus,” Minaya said.
The Mets and medicine just don’t mix. And when your star player is going to be missing time due to a health condition, as the GM you should probably educate yourself as to what’s causing him to miss time. None of this “we heard it could be” bullshit. Your fans deserve better than that.
And really? Dietary or a virus? Can a virus cause a hyperactive thyroid? That’s nuts. And if you’re going to throw out ridiculous potential causes for Reyes’ condition and not mention HGH, at least have some fun with it. Why not an alien virus? Maybe Reyes’ thyroid gland was transplanted from a baboon.
The best is that since this is the Mets, it’ll turn out that Reyes has got an ingrown toenail that was misdiagnosed.
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This dude is officially a tool. I can’t believe he dated Missy Peregrym. Guy looks like shit all the time. Fuggin Athletes.
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This is something right out of the movie Days of Thunder. Only this isn’t a movie Carl. Pretty dick move if you ask me. When you’re driving 180 MPH it’s probably not a good idea to undercut the guy ahead of you.
Normally I’d think it’s real – I’m not one of those cynics who shouts FAKE! at every image or video – but the fact that the kid is a senior, and that this is his final game…well, it seems like a pretty good joke to fake a wipeout just for the hell of it. I’ve watched this three times and I can’t really tell, but you’d think a hockey player wouldn’t struggle on skates. I’m gonna go with it’s fake and the kid – Zach Van Orsdel – has a very good sense of humor.
If any fan ever deserved to get barreled into by a 250-lb power forward, it’s this guy. It’s impossible to watch this clip and not want to punch him in the face.
It appears that all the stars were aligned on Saturday March 6th. On that day the Nevada Women’s basketball team lost to Idaho 69-62. A. I love that the number “69″ was in the final score (I don’t care how childish that is).
B. The Nevada Cheerleaders were in some serious form. You can bet your ass that some of the ladies ballers were digging the performances.
For some excellent Nevada Cheer pics check ‘em out after the jump
If you’re a Steelers fan, you’ve gotta be concerned that Roethlisberger may not play next season.
As the investigation regarding the sexual assault allegations against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger continues, KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh reports that Roethlisberger has conceded having “sexual contact” with the woman who claims sexual assault, but that there was no intercourse.
The admission apparently came during an interview of Roethlisberger conducted at the scene.
Per the report, Roethlisberger claims that the woman fell and injured her head after the incident. She then went to a hospital and alleged that she was sexually assaulted.
Oh boy – the old “she fell down” excuse. That’s the absolute oldest excuse for a a beating that it’s become cliche. Didn’t Big Ben hire a hot shot attorney for this case? And that’s the best he could come up with? He’d be better off hiring the corpse of Johnny Cochran and instituting the Chewbacca defense:
I did not rape that girl. What does that have to do with Chewbacca? Nothing – it doesn’t make sense! You must acquit!
Go ahead and say it… I’m a Big Ten hater. Not really, I think Ohio State is legit and could make it to the Final Four. However, today my gripe is with Illinois. They have a huge game tomorrow against Wisconsin. Most experts think if they win that game, they are in. That would certainly hurt my argument, but here are 5 reasons why they should be out….
