Morning Tweet: Entourage's athlete cameos are getting annoying

In case you haven’t been watching Entourage this season, one of the main subplots has Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) trying to find investors for a Mexican tequila company. This provides an excuse for a collection of pro athlete cameos, this one by Ryan Howard, who, sadly, proves to be a better actor that Ferrara. The clip was found through the blog The Fightins, which includes this immortal line in the comments:

Everybody knows, if you want to sell tequila, you call Pat Burrell.

Ha. Instant classic. Unlike Entourage. Saying that it jumped the shark is at this point an insult to sharks.
And speaking of Burrell … Giants 6, Padres 1 … (share of) first place, baby! Actual graph from today’s story in San Francisco Chronicle:

The day could have been a real downer with news that leadoff hitter Andres Torres might be lost for the rest of the regular season after an appendectomy. It ended with Lincecum walking to the bus in a bowtie, which he learned to tie by watching a YouTube video, while singing a Buddy Holly tune.

It’s an 18-game sprint to the finish in the NL West. Adjust your bowties.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT

What you missed while listening to heads explode at PETA …

* I didn’t think that Caroline Wozniacki’s dress could get any shorter at the U.S. Open. I was wrong.

* Goalie Robert Green screws up again, with helpful graphic.

* Look out, he’s gonna blow!

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TODAY IN MARK TRAIL …
Mr. Ed … The Early Years