Brew's on him
PENGUINS CENTER Mike Rupp made a friend for life before a recent game at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
PENGUINS CENTER Mike Rupp made a friend for life before a recent game at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
While warming up, Rupp crashed into the boards, causing fan John Kraynak to spill his beer.
Seeing the carnage, Rupp asked the trainer to get $10 out of his wallet in the locker room. Rupp then wrote an apology on a puck, signed it, taped the $10 bill to it, and tossed it to Kraynak.
Are Halladey, Hamils and Leigh next?
The Phillies bobbled a listing for a Roy Oswalt bobblehead giveaway.
On their website's three-pack ticket page, under the May 24 game against the Reds, there is a promotion for a "Toyota Roy Oswald Bobble Figurine."
Let's hope he pitches better than they spell.
A coach with a big heart and one kidney
We've already cast our ballot for college baseball coach of the year. It's Wake Forest's Tom Walter, who donated a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan.
The transplant took place Monday. Both are recovering in an Atlanta hospital.
He's the one wearing spikes on the court
The great-grandson of baseball legend Ty Cobb is playing basketball at Occidental College. His name is also Ty Cobb, and he's a 19-year-old freshman forward. Oddly enough, he's not the first player with a famous relative to play for Occidental coach Brian Newhall. The great-grandson of the late, great John Wooden played 4 years ago.
If at first you don't succeed . . .
The Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets' Class A farm team, is giving Christina Aguilera a chance to redeem herself. The team has invited Aguilera - who botched the national anthem at Sunday's Super Bowl - to sing the song at a home game this summer.
Odds are that Vegas won't issue prop bets.
- Tom Mahon
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