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So who’s the blond?
This select group of former Major Leaguers and Hall of Famers gathered for dinner Sunday at N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. How about this lineup: Reggie Jackson; Randy Johnson; Bo Jackson; John Smoltz; Ozzie Smith; Wade Boggs; Gary Sheffield; David Wells; Trevor Hoffman; Joe Carter; Rob Dibble; and Harold Reynolds.
Image courtesy of Palms Casino Resort

Prince Fielder and his father Cecil have been estranged for years, but now that Prince has backed up a Brinks truck to play in Cecil’s old stomping grounds, the talk has shifted to whether the father and son will become family again.
SI.com

Maybe Prince Fielder’s buddy Matt Kemp is a better recruiter than we know.
ESPN LA

If Texas signs Prince Fielder, the Rangers-Angels rivalry will be as compelling as any rivalry in Major League Baseball, including the frequently overhyped Yankees-Red Sox matchup.
Yahoo Sports

No Genuis and Prince Albert? Probably had something to do with their Tea Party politics? Didn’t think so.
The Cards do the White House and the 1st Lady is a big hit as usual.
Post-Dispatch

Though Marcellus Wiley is a rising star on Tom Hoffarth’s list of the top sports radio hosts in the City of Angels, Petros Papadakis is the toast of L.A.
Daily News

Fans and writers in Chicago were ecstatic the punk-ass Cubs moved meltdown artist Carlos Zambrano to the Marlins for pitcher Chris Volstad and cash. The Cubs were so pleased to do a deal, 1 you’d imagine the cheap-ass Dodgers would jump on, that they are paying more than $15 million of the $18 mil the Big Z will earn this season.
But with Ozzie Guillen as the new sheriff in Miami, this might be 1 of the steals of the winter.
MLB.com

Some 2012 predictions, including Phil Jackson returning to coaching just in the Knick of time.
Grantland.com

There also is a tale about Super Bowl Sunday in Dallas last February, but that’s a story best told on a rainy day.
Nothing could have been sweeter for the Dallas Mavericks than capturing their 1st NBA title, particularly by beating the Miami Heat, but a close second was Dirk and his mates wiping out the Lakers in a sweep that still resonates in L.A.
For me though, nothing in 2011 compares to Game 6 of the World Series in St. Louis, where the Rangers were a strike away from claiming their 1st championship before David Freese drilled a fastball to right over the head of Nelson Cruz and the Cardinals, who were on life support just to make the playoffs a month before (not everyone thought such though), began a seemingly impossible rally in extra innings that resulted in the club winning its 11th banner.
Hours before Game 7, which was practically an afterthought as far as Cards fans were concerned, I strolled up to a betting window in 1 of my favorite sportsbooks (Santa Fe Station in Vegas) like the cocky young fella I used to be, decked out in a classic power blue Cards’ jersey (think the ’80s and the “White Rat”) with the Wizard’s name and number in red letters on the back and flashing the biggest and shittiest grin 1 could imagine. Even the betting clerk couldn’t resist smirking.
“You know why I’m here,” I said sarcastically, confident as I’ve ever been before wagering a bet.
“Good luck,” he said.
I didn’t need it. I knew my money was as good as gold.

Man, what are all of the folks who voted him MVP thinking? Hell, if this is true, what the hell was he thinking?
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel