Todd Helton got a DUI going out for lottery tickets?!

His weekly "lottery" paycheck is not enough?!

Was he trying get one additional paycheck?

He can rake (well kind of) (ok, not all)

Todd Zolecki of mlb.com reports that Phillies catcher, Dane Sardinha was arrested Monday morning for allegedly driving while under the influence of alcohol.

I remember Dane Sardinha. Yes, I remember Dane Sardinha.

I was at a Tiger game last year and Sardinha was the starting catcher and came to the plate with one or two outs (I cannot remember) with a runner on first base. He is a .125 career hitter and as I recall he was hitting less than .100 at the time. An obvious bunting situation. Sardinha then attempts to bunt on the next two pitches fouling both off. Obviously is it somewhat rare to attempt a bunt with two strikes but I recall saying to my buddy, "He's batting less than .100 and can't hit to save his life. You gotta have him bunting here. Right?" As I recall, my buddy who knows baseball pretty well responded something like, "No question. The alternative is a swinging (or taking the pitch) strikeout". While an unconventional play, we both thought it was a "no-brainer".

Of course, Tiger (mis?)manager, Jim Leyland had Sardinha swinging and he struck out on the next pitch and made his long familiar walk back to the dugout .

You know, sometimes as a manager you just gotta let your hair down a little. Live life to it's fullest. Give it a try.

The alternative is that you have Dane Sardinha swinging away with men on base and you don't want that.

Not a hockey blog I know but...

We note that Chris Chelios now of the Chicago Wolves got a DUI after being pulled over by Westmont, Illinois police on December 28th.

Ok, no excuse (that I am aware of anyway) for that knuckle-headish behavior but that in itself is not really the subject of this post.

We further note that the Hockey News reported that in the January 6th* game that the Wolves lost to the Hamilton Bulldogs, Mr. Chelios was apparently quite unhappy with the officiating so much so that this is what he is quoted as saying in the locker room after the game about a controversial tripping call against him:

"It was bad luck. Maybe (the ref) was at a bad angle - or hung over."

What the.....?

*Look, I know this is somewhat dated but we are not a hockey site. Ok?