The Mets made a trio of deals over the weekend, doing their best impersonation of the Yankees, circa the 70's & 80's, by dealing prospects, along with some established players.
On Saturday, the Mets acquired speedy outfielder Keon Broxton from Milwaukee. Relief pitcher Bobby Wahl went to the Brewers with prospects in exchange. Wahl came to New York from Oakland for Jeurys Familia back in July, but with Familia back in Flushing, Wahl, presumably, became expendable. Sunday, the Mets sent catcher Kevin Plawecki to Cleveland for prospects. After acquiring Wilson Ramos as a free agent, the Mets must've felt the light hitting Plawecki didn't figure in their plans for this season, and might've been out of options.
Finally, New York sent some minor leaguers to Houston, getting former Tri-City Valleycat J. D. Davis in return. Davis, a power hitter who can play both outfield & infield, didn't have a position certain for him in Houston, and will likely be a utility player in reserve.
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Independent wrestler Priscilla Kelly is getting publicity, and attendant criticism along with it, for a crass stunt in a match over the weekend. She reached under her tights to pull out a tampon, which she used on her opponent.
I can remember when the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC used condoms to make fashion statements back in the day. Tampons? Fuhgeddaboutit!
On the other side of the spectrum, with acting jobs fewer & further between, actor David Arquette has dipped back into the wrestling business.
You might recall that Arquette headlined a movie populated with wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling, "Ready to Rumble", 19 years ago. In order to better promote the movie, at least in his warped mind, pea-brained matchmaker Vince Russo decided that Arquette would be WCW's world champion. If WCW hadn't already jumped the shark, making Arquette the champion would've done just that.
On Saturday, a couple of months into his in-ring comeback, Arquette was on the winning end of a tag team match in which blase NWA villain Jocephus got his head shaved by his arch-enemy, and Arquette's tag team partner du jour, former NWA champ Tim Storm, after the match. I guess you had to be there.
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The NFL has reached the divisional round of the playoffs.
In the AFC, top-seeded Kansas City will host #6 Indianapolis on Saturday, while #2 New England will face the upstart Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. In the NFC, defending Super Bowl champ Philadelphia will seek to avenge a regular season bludgeoning at the hands of the New Orleans Saints, while Dallas visits the Los Angeles Rams. Predictions coming on Friday.
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