Free Tattoos

When you get a tattoo it can cost anywhere from $50 to way over $1,000 depending on what kind of tattoo you get.  The Sacramento Kings recently changed their logo to go with the new arena they are going to be moving into in the 2016-2017 season.  The Kings with this new logo decided to run a promotion for its fans, the Kings decided to offer their fans a free tattoo of the Kings new logo.  The Kings didn't expect the turnout they got for the free tattoos, the line was outside the door and around the curb before the tattoo place was even open.  So now the Kings logo is all over the arms, legs, back, and who knows where else the fans got the tattoos, so that was great branding and marketing by the Sacramento Kings.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2635926-sacramento-kings-will-pay-fans-to-get-tattoos-of-their-new-logo

Security Guard Challenges MLB All-Stars

Stanley Anderson in the Batting Cages

Many of us hit the batting cages and pretend we are like MLB All-Stars Bryce Harper or Mike Trout and could only dream about competing in the MLB.  Stanley Anderson believes he is that guy that could be like Harper or Trout,  the normal distance between the mound and home plate in 60 feet 6 inches well Stanley stands 22 to 17 feet from the pitching machine.  When Stanley stands that close to the pitching machine the ball travels at 266mph when he is standing 17 feet away from the machine.  Stanley called out MLB All-Stars: Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, and Miguel Cabrera to out hit him at that distance.  Who knows if the All-Stars will accept his challenge, but I know next time I'm at the batting cages I'll stand the normal 60 feet 6 inches away and enjoy the cages that way.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15311326/security-guard-challenges-mlb-all-stars-batting-cage

30 Year Old High School Baller

30 Year old Jonathan Nicola playing High School Basketball

Jonathan Nicola is 6'9" and 202 pounds and he is a dominant force on the high school basketball scene.  Jonathan has one big allegation facing him, and that us the fact that he might be a 30 year old playing high school basketball.  Jonathan has been posing as a 17 year old 11th grader at Catholic Central High School in Windsor, Ontario.  Well attending that Central Catholic High School Jonathan was living with his schools basketball coach through the Canada Homestay program for six months.  Jonathan was recently arrested for violating the Immigration Refugee Protection Act, it's not clear what Jonathan is being accused of, but he is going to have his hearing next week.  So Jonathan's second act as a high school basketball was cut short because he finally got caught for being a 30 year old high school basketball player.
 

Batting Gloves for Shoes

Josh's signed shoes he got back from Kike Hernandez

Kike Hernandez a utility man for the Los Angles Dodgers was asked for his batting gloves from a young fan named Josh.  Kike responded to the request by the young fan Josh by asking for the shoes off of his feet, so Josh took his shoes off and gave them to Kike.  Well big surprise the shoes didn't fit Kike's feet, so Kike ended up signing Josh's shoes and gave them back for Josh to keep.  With the MLB season being 162 games and players signing thousands of autographs during that time players have to find ways to relax and have fun with the fans, and Kike did just that.

Josh receiving Kike's batting glove in exchange for his shoes 

100 Dingers for Harper

Bryce Harper's Homerun Batflip

Bryce Harper is one of the MLB's superstars and he just reached his 100th career homerun only at the age of 23 years and 181 days old.  Harper was the 8th youngest player ever to reach that feat of 100 career homeruns this early in his career.  Harper's 100th career homerun was also his first career grand slam homerun, and that's hard to believe that it's only his first career grand slam with the amount of homeruns he's hit in his career.  The 7 players that beat harper to 100 career homeruns are: Mel Ott at 22 years and 132 days old, Eddie Matthews at 22 years and 197 days old, Alex Rodriguez at 23 years and 16 days old, Andruw Jones at 23 years and 63 days old, Miguel Cabrera at 23 years and 127 days old, and Johnny Bench at 23 years and 161 days old.  So Harper is in company with some elite Hall of Fame type of talent, which is a good sign he will continue to hit homeruns and have a Hall of Fame type career.

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/116688/bryce-harper-is-8th-youngest-to-reach-100-home-runs

"Story" Book Begining

Trevor hitting one of his 2 homeruns he hit versus the Padres Friday

Before this week if you asked anyone who Trevor Story was, they would have no clue who he is and let alone that he played professional baseball in the Colorado Rockies organization.  Trevor made the Colorado Rockies opening day lineup after a good spring training, but nobody could've predicted the way he started his major league career.  Story got his big league career off to a bang when he hit a homerun in his first major league at bat off an ace in Zach Greinke, but to follow up his first at bat  he homered again in his second at bat versus Greinke.  So that got peoples attention because this rookie nobody knew about got 2 homeruns off Zach Greinke in his major league debut.  Trevor wasn't done there, he hit one homerun in each of his next two games versus the Diamondbacks.  So coming into Fridays game versus the Padres he already had 4 homeruns, so you thought the Padres would learn how to pitch to Trevor.  That wasn't the "Story" Trevor ended up hitting two more homeruns versus the Padres on Friday, so Trevor has 6 homeruns through four games, so if he keeps this pace up he would his 243 homeruns this season.  We all know Trevor wont hit that many homeruns this season, but I wish him the best of luck on his MLB journey.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25548305/trevor-storys-plate-coverage-fueling-historic-power-display

Ballpark Food

Atlanta Braves and the Bugerizza

St. Louis Cardinals and the Hill Meatball Cone

Cleveland Indians and the Slider Dog

When going to a baseball game you usually buy a hotdog, bag of peanuts, and a soda to wash it all down.  Well in the past couple of years ballpark food has gone through some major changes with teams coming up with all new different and exciting food.  2016 was no different when it comes to teams coming out with new and crazy types of ballpark food for the upcoming season.  Some of the foods teams came out with this year are: the Atlanta Braves and their Burgerizza (20-ounce patty, five slices of cheddar with bacon, served between two 8-inch pepperoni pizzas), the St. Louis Cardinals and the Hill Meatball Cone (Four meatballs and marinara sauce, served in an Italian bread cone and topped with shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheese), and the Cleveland Indians with the Slider Dog (A hotdog covered with mac n cheese, bacon, and fruit loops).  These are just a couple of the crazy ballpark foods that teams have come up with for the 2016 season, I can only imagine some of the food teams will come up with for 2017.


http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/01/2016s-craziest-new-mlb-stadium-foods.html

Kobe Signing a pair of shoes for Devin Booker

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players of all-time, and this is his last season in the NBA.  So as you can expect this season hasn't been the same as the past 19 season, all boos Kobe received have now turned to cheers and thanks for being one of the best.  With this season being his last ever; games he has played in has been a sellouts, he is shaking hundreds of fans hands, and than after the games celebrities and opposing players lineup outside of the Lakers locker room looking to obtain a pair of signed Kobe sneakers.  Kobe Bryant has signed over 30 pairs of shoes thus far each with a personal message to whoever he is signing the shoes for.  Kobe has signed shoes for players like Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Tony Allen, and even Lebron James.  NBA athletes aren't the only people receiving a signed pair of Kobe shoes, Larry Fitzgerald received a pair of Kobe shoes with a personal message on them as well.  So for Kobe to keep up with all of these autographed shoe request he brings about 5 pairs of shoes to ever game to keep up with the request.  Congrats on a great career Kobe Bryant!

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15086829/nba-players-turn-fans-seeking-kobe-bryant-autographed-shoes