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After drawing the ire of Joe Torre, Ortiz apologized on Monday for his outburst at an official scorer last Wednesday.

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz apologized for his outburst at an official scorer last Wednesday, admitting he was frustrated about a scoring decision that saw a ground ball he hit off Joe Mauer's glove initially ruled an error.

Ortiz was immediately frustrated when the play was announced an error, even giving a thumbs down signal towards the press box where the official scorer sits at Fenway Park following the ruling.

After the game, Ortiz complained, "I thought people were supposed to have your back at home, and it never happens. It's always like that. I've been here for more than a decade, and the scorekeepers here are always horrible."

Ortiz's comments drew the ire of MLB executive Joe Torre, who rebuked him saying, "Official scorers have a job to do, and by their very nature, their decisions don't make everyone happy. But everyone in our game deserves respect. I hope that David will meet that standard going forward, because I don't share the same views that he expressed."

Torre's words led to an apology from Ortiz on Monday, who specifically expressed remorse to Torre and the official scorer, Bob Ellis. The official ruling on the play was also changed to a hit Monday afternoon.

Ortiz is batting .248/.349/.474 with 17 home runs this season for the Red Sox and leads the club in home runs, extra-base hits and slugging percentage.

It has not been made public whether Ortiz was fined for the incident, although it appears that all parties are ready to move on following the slugger's apology on Monday.

steveholtvstheuniverse:

everets:

are these 3 different characters

WOTC published an unboxing video today of its upcoming Starter Set box, and I have to say that at first glance, I’m impressed and hopeful that it’ll be a good product. Based on what I can see on the video, it looks like a high quality product (expected from a publisher like WOTC). Full disclosure: I’ve pre ordered one already, although I’m hoping to land a review copy anyway, but in the case I don’t, I’ve bought one to make sure I give it a thorough review here on my site. It’s time to start writing about D&D again.

I was not a fan of the 4e red box, and I’m hoping that this product really is a starter set suitable for new DMs to pick up the game and get rolling right away.

Anyway, here’s the video, and here’s a link to its Amazon’s pre-order page (in case you’d like to support the site a bit).

 

 

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swedishjazz:

catsareassholes:

this is the laziest fucking gang I’ve ever seen

this description made me think of a bunch of Greasers jut laying all over the sidewalk like ragdolls and they only raise their hands to snap their fingers when someone passes by

(insert West Side Story music here….

geeksofdoom:

J.R.R. Tolkien in his study with his maps and books.

My first actual thought was, ‘I wonder what the room smells like.’ Take that however you will.

geeksofdoom:

superdames:

Jen really likes being She-Hulk! And who can blame her?

—Marvel Graphic Novel #18: The Sensational She-Hulk (1985) by John Byrne

Like a boss.

katiebishop:

"what on earth could untangle this disaster?"
"um, you??? that’s why i called???"
hawkeye #006

kathryn-eliza:

I may have to follow my Voyager rewatch up with some badass Scully.  Women of Science named Kathryn/Katherine Who Do Not Take Your Shit Marathon.

(Dana Katherine Scully, it counts!  Also Kathryn/Katherine high five.)

sailorv:

 

biggayron:

Naoko Takeuchi is an avid fan of fashion, the following are a few inspirations fukufashion has discovered.

Setsuna - Chanel 1992

Hotaru - Thierry Mugler Fashion Week 1992 

Calaveras - Christian LaCroix Fashion Week 1992 and 1993

Koan - Christian LaCroix Fashion Week 1992

Black Lady - Yves Saint Laurent Opium perfume

Serenity - Christian Dior 1992

Naoko, my queen

iguanamouth:

UNUSUAL HOARD commission for crimsonwolves of a whole lotta lizards

KFC donated $30,000 to the family of three-year-old Victoria Wilcher after they claimed an employee at a store in Jackson, Miss. asked them to leave because Victoria's scars—leftover from an attack by her grandfather's pit bulls—were scaring customers. But according to a new report in the Laurel Leader-Call, the whole thing was a hoax and never happened. http://gawker.com/kfc-apologizes...

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medievalpoc:

Contemporary Art Week!

Seamus Gallagher

Wheel of Time Official and Unofficial Art

I think a lot of fans of Epic or High Fantasy tend to have a series that’s “their” series…the one the ends up setting the bar for the rest of their fandom adventures. For me, it was always Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time. I read the first book, The Eye of the World, sometime in 1991 and that was pretty much it for me. 

Although it has plenty of flaws, it stands apart from a  lot of medieval fantasy settings in that it’s a loosely medieval-ish world, not an endless Europe that goes on and on for thousands of miles. There are very specific nations and cultures at work in the main setting continent (as well as the “other” continent), and there are also in-universe races and cultures associated with nations, with aspects of various  historical world fashions, social mores, myths, and even bric-a-brac chosen from a world setting, rather than creating a dichotomy of red-haired white people versus blonde-haired white people and other common fantasy tropes.

Although many of the characters can be read ambiguously in regard to appearance, Gallagher’s character designs are among my favorites, and generally faithful to the text descriptions.

We want everyone to feel safe and comfortable at XOXO, and we try to cultivate an atmosphere of empathy and belonging. For the last two years, we’ve announced this policy on stage during the opening remarks. Last year, we needed to enforce it for the first time when a drunken attendee sexually harassed an XOXO volunteer. We took her report in private, tracked down the attendee, and permanently removed him from the festival after he confirmed the details. (If you’d like a third-party take on how we handle harassment, the volunteer that was harassed wrote about her experience in detail.) This year, we’ve gone one step further, and formalized it as policy. As with previous years, we’ll talk about it on-stage so everyone’s aware of our rules.

Reuters

Examiner says ex-Penn State coach Sandusky should get pension restored Reuters (Reuters) - Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky should be allowed to keep his state pension of roughly $60,000 a year despite his 45 child sex abuse convictions, an independent hearing examiner recommended on Monday. Finding that state rules for ... and more »

buzzfeed:

How to World Cup, as told by baby elephants.

virused:

list of people i like:

1. dogs

Police were called to the downtown Seattle apartment complex on Sunday morning after she spied an unmanned aerial vehicle hovering outside the building. The woman said she was concerned the drone was looking into her apartment.

After calling police, an employee of her apartment building says he went outside and saw two men piloting the drone. They packed up their gear, which included a video camera, and drove off before police arrived. Authorities say they are checking for surveillance video that may help identify the men.