Tuesday Blogdome: Jacque Jones' mother would like a word with you

You Just Never Know Who You’ll Run Into At The Ballpark. The second inning rolls around and the Red Wings’ No. 7 hitter takes the on-deck circle. The back of his jersey reads, “Jones.” He’s wearing No. 11. My mind begins to race. Could it be? There’s no way. I mean, what are the odds? Could it be my good, old friend Jacque Jones!? Some of you might be unaware, but Mr. Jones and I go back a few years. In actuality, my interaction was more with a certain Mrs. Jones. All my friends know the story. It’s right up there in party demand with my story about how I had a Leaky Louie while riding my bike in the fifth grade. Enjoy. [Rumors & Rants]
More items following the jump.

* Johnny Miller on Tiger withdrawing at the Players Championship. “Um, I was definitely surprised. He was 2 over on the day, he just did not want to be there, in my opinion. But to not finish out the round and walk off the course and not gut it out, I just think he felt he couldn’t perform and had to get out. What was he accomplishing? ‘I gotta get out of here, this is too much for me.’ I have a feeling that he had already made a decision, him and Haney, but he wanted to wait for when he was done with the Players before it was announced.” [Sports Radio Interviews]
* Batting Stance Guy Presents The All-Beard Lineup; Youkilis Snubbed. Personally, I would have gone with the Beard of Truth over Willie Stargell. My favorite part of the video, though? BSG’s Rated Rookie shirt. Damn that guy is cool. [Tauntr]
* Bret Michaels Will Be Rocking Tropicana Field In September. Given the guy has barely evaded death something like six times in the past three months, the Tampa Bay Rays might want to have a contingency plan in place for the evening of September 25th, because fans won’t be looking for Nothin’ But A Good Time when rocker (you always have to preface his name with “rocker”) Bret Michaels is scheduled to perform on the last night of the Tampa Bay Rays’ concert series. [Sportress of Blogitude]
* U.S. World Cup Prelim Roster: Who’s In, Who’s Out, Who’ll Make the Team. The obvious headline that comes out of the announcement of the U.S. Men’s National Team 30-man preliminary roster is the name that was left off: Charlie Davies. It’s sad that Davies isn’t ready to go, but it’s understandable that Bob Bradley can only take the players he thinks can help the squad compete – and win – a World Cup. [The Sporting Blog]
* Musical Guest: 6th-Grader Greyson Michael. Here he is at the Edmund Middle School Sixth Grade Festival performing Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi,” which, seriously, might be the only Gaga song that I don’t like. Don’t judge me. And if everyone says that Betty White killed it on SNL, this little Justin Bieber replica certainly does as well. [With Leather]
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