Pamplona, Spain began the running of the bulls yesterday and it’s already gotten messy. No one has died at the event since 1995 when a 22-year-old American was trampled to death but 13 people are already injured at this years event.

The running of the bulls is a half mile sprint for those insane enough to go for it. Six bulls were let loose yesterday but they became separated early in the event and plowed straight into the crowd. Some spectators were injured from this because the bulls were disoriented and running the wrong way. Head and chest injuries are the most common during the running of the bulls. The worst case was a ruptured spleen and fractured ribs. That’s commitment.

The run usually only takes under five minutes and there are still seven scheduled runs left to go!

Three drunk men, all in their twenties, decided it would be a good idea to play in Sacramento’s sewer system. They were reminiscing of the good times they had playing sewer dwelling turtles in their make-believe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game as teens. The men became stuck in the sewer and had to be removed yesterday in the middle of the night.

Police were patrolling the area by the sewer system around 1:00 a.m. when they heard the men. The men used the excuse that they used to explore the sewer as teens, so why couldn’t they now? The men attempted to lift a 100 pound manhole cover and try to get out of the sewer. Once they lifted the manhole a car passed over it causing it to come down onto the head of one of the men.

Firefighters had to climb down into the sewer, strap the injured man to a backboard and lift him out on the rescue board. The firefighters said they have seen a lot of strange things in their line of work but this sewer rescue was a first for them. The man was not seriously hurt.

I’m a Giants fan, so I naturally hate the Dodgers. And even though the Giants are the current owners of the worst contract in all of sports (see Barry Zito’s $136,000,000 fiasco) the Dodgers don’t have a lot of room to laugh. This off-season they signed Andruw Jones to a 2 year, 36 million dollar contract to patrol center field and to add some power to their impotent offense. It was a risky signing to start with, considering the fact that he only hit .222 last year with 26 home runs (which is tied for his lowest total since he started playing full time) last year and he was healthy. The market was totally dry for him because he had a terrible 07′ and he turned in to kind of a fat ass, and the only reason he signed with the Dodgers in the first place is because they were literally the ONLY team that were willing to offer him a two year deal worth a shit (everybody else was either offering one year for big money, or several years for shit money). So the fact that he is not only having an even worse year this year (he’s batting .165 with TWO home runs and only SEVEN rbi’s in 43 games!!!!! WHAAAAAAT?!?!?!), but he is now on the shelf for 4 to 6 weeks after having knee surgery earlier today makes me laugh until I piss down my own leg.
The Dodgers also signed away the Giants best pitcher, Jason Schmidt, before the 07′ season giving the then 33 year old with a declining fast ball a 3 year, 47 million dollar deal that most people thought was a pretty big risk at the time as well. He almost immediately blew out his shoulder (which was no surprise to any giants fan that watched him pitch through the 06′ season) and in two years has pitched in all of 6 games, amassing a 1 - 4 record with a 6.31 era.
The team is currently hovering around .500 with a 26 - 24 record coming in to play today, which makes them a huge disappointment considering their stacked pitching staff, and with Nomar Garciaparra, Andruw Jones, and Jason Schmidt all on the disabled list for quite some time the future doesn’t look too bright.
As a Giants fan I couldn’t be happier.