What a weird week in sports, eh? I had a bad feeling the stars and moon were misaligned when I watched the Little League World Series last Sunday.

Now, NO ONE is willing to write or talk about it. In fact, during the game, the announcers left it alone. But if you watched the LLWS Championship, you saw it. California was leading int he 5th or 6th inning, close to putting it away, and the Cali pitcher plunked the Taiwan player. It was about the 2nd or 3rd HBP of the game for the Cali kid. I don’t think he’s malicious, he just has a crappy curveball that has a tendency to act more like a heat seeking missile than a breaking pitch.

Anyway, the Taiwanese kid gets it in the back, and instead of trotting down to first base, kind of does a slow walk, Albert Belle style, glaring at the pitcher with that look of, “I didn’t fly 32 hours to get nailed by some George Bush loving surfer boy. You best not look at me punk.” Now, the pitcher may not have seen the look, but the one guy who DID, was California’s 6’2″ 220 pound first baseman. (Yes, those dimensions are accurate and quite stunning for a 13 tear old.) Now he’s pointing at the Taiwan kid to head to first, which he smartly does, and play continues. The whole thing took 5 seconds at most, but we almost saw the first brawl in LLWS history, and no one wanted to comment on it.

Which brings us to today’s 2 clips: First, we see the brilliant (sarcasm) GK from DC United, Josh Wicks, take his team out of real contention for the US Open Cup by stomping on Fredy Montero. Then we see the equally brilliant LeGarrette Blount sucker punch a player and then try to take on the Boise State fans, his teammates, the police and anyone else trying to calm him down.  Good times.

(Fast forward to about 3:20)