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Not only are the San Diego Padres one of the worst teams in baseball. Not only have they been outscored by 94 runs this season (the second worst margin in baseball behind only the lowly Nationals). But it appears the Padres can’t even pull off a simple “hit” on Manny Ramirez because they can’t read a calendar.

Ramirez is set to make his return from his 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs tonight against San Diego in Petco Park. Luckily, for the Dodgers and Mannywood an attempt to maim and possibly kill Manny went awry when someone read the calendar incorrectly.

Instead of Manny being engulfed in a swarm of 1000s of bees on the day of his return to left field for LA, Petco was enamored by the presence of the bees during yesterday’s day game against Houston.

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I’ll just get straight to this — Major League Baseball’s All-Star voting system sucks! The deadline for voting is today and some deserving players are getting screwed.
In a game that is supposed to have implications on the World Series, fans are given the right to select the starters of the All-Star Game, and the fans [...]

One year ago on The Blue Workhorse, we played guess the numbers as DRang illustrated how important quality middle relievers can be for your fantasy baseball team.

Rang Report - The Power of Middle Relief [The Blue Workhorse]

One year ago on The Blue Workhorse, the media was abuzz about the Fresno State Bulldogs and their run through the playoffs calling them one of the biggest Cinderellas ever. However, Rosenblogger showed why they weren’t Cinderella.

Fresno State Was No Cinderella [The Blue Workhorse]

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The NBA Draft is tonight, so we’ve got a basketball heavy round of the Workhorse Link Roundup featuring 9 Around the Country, 6 NBA Draft, 2 Hometown, 1 Awesome YouTube Song, and 1 Megan Fox is Ungodly Hot:
9 Around the Country -

* Iowa FB Coach Slain in Weight Room - Yahoo/AP
* Sports All-Time Sidekicks - Rumors & Rants
* Retina Burning Unis (no Shareef Abdur-Rahim green Hawks uni?) - MoonDogSports

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As Bill Simmons astutely observed in a 2001 ESPN.com article, 1986 was a time when Michael Jackson did not yet look like an alien, Gretzky and the Magic/Bird combination were the kings of sport, kids were playing Atari, and, most importantly, Ronald Reagan had his hand on the button.
However, not all was blue jeans and [...]

Much has already been written about the awesome weekend that was Blogs with Balls, so instead of regurgitating everything, I’ll just tell you about my weekend that started at 3 AM Thursday morning, what I enjoyed at Blogs with Balls, what could have been better at BwB, and all the cool folks I met.

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One year ago on The Blue Workhorse, the Boston Celtics had won the NBA Finals, but Heisman explained, while even though he was a Boston fan, why he wasn’t “immersed in the joys of a post championship hangover on the morning after.”

Why Should I Care About the NBA Finals? [The Blue Workhorse]