Every morning, I send an email to my sports-averse coworkers detailing the biggest events in the sports world that day. This is to help them better converse with the sport-obsessed among us. I will publish this email every morning as the Bias Bulletin.
1.) Ozzie Guillen enjoys being Ozzie Guillen. The man who has made a career out of saying the crazy things none of us ever thought, has outdone himself. Today at 10:30, Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins, will hold a press conference to discuss his recent remarks to Time magazine where he expressed his adoration for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
BREAKING: Guillen, it was just announced, has been suspended five games by the Marlins.
2.) In actual baseball news, the New York Mets won their fourth consecutive game last night, in walk-off style, against the Washington Nationals and are one of just four undefeated teams in Major League Baseball. They are joined by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who begin a series in San Diego tonight and the Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Tigers, who begin a three game series against each other today. The Mets bullpen provided the team with 3 innings of shutout ball. Former Nat Jon Rauch picked up the win.
3.) Last night was “Superstars Sitting in Chairs Night” in the NBA. Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker all sat out their team’s games last night, as the NBA season winds to its close. The Magic and Lakers both won despite the absence of Howard and Bryant, who sat with injuries. The Spurs, missing their 3 best players (who received the night off for general rest), saw their 11 game win streak snapped by the Utah Jazz. The Spurs still maintain the Western Conference’s second best record.
4.) Bill Parcells will not be coaching the New Orleans Saints in 2012. This story is finally dead. All rejoice!
TODAY’S SPORTS GAME TO WATCH: Tampa Bay Rays @ Detroit Tigers (1:05 p.m.)
In what many believe could be an ALCS preview, the Rays will send their top prospect, lefty Matt Moore, to the mound to face off against baseball’s best hitting duo in Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. Moore will be opposed on the mound by Rick Porcello.