Gaslamp Ball Bounty: Kyle Blanks' Afro

by Dex on Mar 5, 2008 7:58 AM PST in News Comment 7 comments

Walkoff Walk has laid down the challenge. Padres prospect Kyle Blanks apparently has a huge afro:

On Tuesday morning, Blanks accommodated his manager with his afro in all its glory complete with a 1970s era leisure suit. The 6-foot-6, 270-pound first baseman said he spent several days piecing together an outfit that was well received.

Who's at Spring Training? We need photographic evidence of said afro and we need that evidence, like, yesterday.

Update [2008-3-5 12:29:35 by Dex]: DONE. Elan gets like 10 GLBXP for this, but unfortunately, we've docked him half a point for every reference he's made to his penis and he's currently sitting somewhere around -173 GLBXP.

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It's a time for men, men who are friends.

by elan on Mar 5, 2008 8:17 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Damn.

Nice work.

"One Season. Endless Drama."

by Drama on Mar 5, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I've stopped arousing penii discussion

I walked into my office the other day and was greeted by an unbelievably awful and not-readily-identifiable smell. I asked, "Whoa, damn! Is somebody frying bologna?" Turned out is was one of my co-workers, who had forgotten she was cooking a Healthy Choice meal in the microwave, and it was burning (badly).

It's a time for men, men who are friends.

by elan on Mar 5, 2008 9:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

News from Peoria

My first post so please be gentle.
I'm a former hoops ref turned all-sports guy
as I've put up a sports website and will be dealing with pro athletes and stem cell storage.
very soon.

I've been to about 5 practices and went to yesterday's game vs Giants.

Yes, the big 1st baseman has an afro and it seems to fit him well.

Notes: Maddux pitched well and seemed to be on an emotional high (big grin as he left the field). McAnulty flied out hard to right in 1st at bat, then slammed one over the fence in right in his second at bat (Bud smiled and gave him an 'attaboy). Tony Clark was fooled in his first at bat by nothing but curveballs. He fought hard in second at bat and smashed one just inside first base to drive in a run. Overall, seems as if they have some good speed on the basepaths.

I'll post more as time goes by.

King of Free

by BOSSman on Mar 5, 2008 12:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Stem cells, eh?

Will the cells be taken from the players themselves or their offspring? Aren't those the two options?

I imagine that the umbilical cord from Chris Young's kid could supply an entire farm system.

by TheGrandHatching on Mar 5, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

your very own stem cells

Actually, this new company will focus on taking stem cells from adult fat (adipose) for later use in the same donor/recipient, therefore no rejection.

By the way, stem cells can be taken from umbilical cord, blood, or bone marrow as well.

But an adult has already missed the opp for umbilical and ............bone marrow is invasive and painful, adipose is obvious.
Fat stem cells taken from athletes in their prime
will be more potent than if taken later in life.

Race horses have been brought back to the track quickly after an operation when injected with their own stem cells, so why not human athletes!

It should be a no-brainer .............. and
there's news from Korea that a doc can send the stem cells directly to the problem area.
If this is true, it will be a lifesaver and bigger news than the discovery of the cure for polio. They say he can cure diabetes and some cancers right now.

Yes, I'm sure that CYoungs kid has lots of potent cells and if someone were to clone
they could field a tall team.

King of Free

by BOSSman on Mar 5, 2008 12:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Re: "why not human athletes!"

Nice going, Michael Moore. Apparently you didn't know that when the site admins around here aren't busy wiretapping mosques and suspending habeas corpus, they're censoring the comments section for this sort of unamerican activity.

By the way, welcome!

by TheGrandHatching on Mar 5, 2008 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs