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In coming across the following video we felt almost obligated to share the following footage of fellow New Yorkers and a little innocent fun at the expense of a drunken Mets fan. Fans take time to ignore the onset of the ensuing baseball game at Shea Stadium for some great shots with the unwilling participant of a drunk mans photo shoot.

As each minute passes by a certain fan becomes more and more brave and determined to stack empty beer cans atop the passed out victim and upon continuing to watch even I questioned whether or not someone could continue to stay asleep through all of the commotion. Even the most die hard fans adorning their freshly pressed Mets jerseys stop to participate in the festivities. Luckily, even fellow patrons to the game stopped to at least contemplate the idea that this poor sap is still in fact breathing.

With the economy slowly dwindelling there is sure to be money spent by the powers that be and it would not stop the largest state in the US from spending a good chunk of tax dollars on a new stadium for their beloved Yankees. The head of the Government Reform Committee has stated that city officials weren’t quite truthful in the value of the property in order to get a special tax break to lighten the cost to the city and lay the remaining balance onto taxpayers.

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The media over the years hasn’t left any scandal unsung in the world of sports and the MLB has certainly been at the forefront. But it now appears that employees of the MLB franchises may actually be ripping of the MLB. Sources are beginning to leak another possible major league baseball scandal with huge potential. Said to outweigh steriods in baseball or referees betting on games they officiate - even dog fighting and slaying but upon review it appears that the league is the one being scammed.

The scandal involves MLB scouts and how they handle the business of signing potential talent and ESPN reported that this could involve as many as 20 people and more than a dozen ball clubs in which scouts and perhaps officials have been signing Latin America players with inflated salaries and then skimming funds from the players signing bonuses. The scandal seems to have stemmed from White Sox Director of Scouting, David Wilder, whom after being caught trying to smuggle 40 thousand in cash from the Dominican into Miami gave enough details to stem the investigation.

Although the MLB does overall seem to be involved on some level or another, the individuals involved actually seem to be stealing from the teams themselves. Apparently scouts have been over evaluating prospects and forcing a cut of the players money, which begs to ask the question of, where are the checks and balances? Although this scandal is well over a month old with the apparent information that David Wilder has uncovered it appears that the investigation is increasing in the sheer number of those involved.

The MLB’s integration into the Olympics will certainly be a great way to expand upon the world popularity of the sport of baseball but for now aside from the IBAF, OIC and MLB are merely working on a system which will allow players to participate in Olympic baseball. For now it has already been announced that the International Olympic Committee has dropped both baseball and softball from the 2012 Summer Games being held in London and would have to be voted upon in order to have the games held in the future.

With that being said, it is the first time since polo in 1936 that a sport has been eliminated from the Olympic games. In trying to get to the bottom of the decision it is apparent that it was a one sided decision that may have to do with the MLB not allowing players to participate because of All Star Game conflicts but it seems that there would be more to the decision as this was the case in past years.

With this decision it can be easily stated that the ones truly affected are fans of the sport. The issue of stricter World Anti-Doping Agency rules even came up in discussions about the recent decision by the OIC and perhaps why the MLB may be refusing to free up their ballplayers. Ultimately it came down to a final decision and both sports will not be present and current hopes are only set on ensuring the games make their return in 2016 at this point.

With the recent advent of sports etiquette being addressed by the NFL it was interesting to note that the original controversy brought on with injuries and potentially harmful flying maple bat fragments. Despite the urgency of this issue there had been no promise that any steps would be implemented or even proposed this season. Perhaps they hired a probability coach and the possibility / cost of a lawsuit did not outweigh the implementation cost of said netting and precautionary measures.

Most would agree that the most viable solution for the time being should easily be the ban of Maple bats. Primadona MLB players can certainly utilize another bat for the safety of the fans that are attending their games. At least until the quality of bats or improved specifications can be established, or extended netting to protect fans, a ban on Maple bats is the least the committee could do to hasten the process.

As I have begun formulating more and more information pertaining to the history of sports it is certainly made me consider what the future will be looking back upon during these years in sports. There were certainly a fair share of scandals in MLB’s past but there just seems to be an over obsession with uncovering dirt, and overall players cannot seem to stay out of the infamous spotlight.

Viagra, a seemingly irrelevant ‘enhancement drug’ solely intended for hitting home runs…off the field is now the target for ban from the MLB with the discovery of its use initially by New York Yankees own, Roger Clemens. The supposed ‘Vitamin V’, which is not officially banned by Major League Baseball or other sports but with the uncovering of its widespread use it is being researched for its performance enhancing affects by three US universities, specifically referred to as sildenafil citrate.

Where will players, regulations, and all the commotion stop? Baseball cannot ever be quite the same, and talk of performance enhancers will certainly bring a comical topic to any discussion. With the advent of an erectile dysfunction medication, its intended use and recent implications in its intended performance-enhancing uses such as building endurance and offsetting the impotence causing side-effect of testosterone injections (the drugs intended use), where will the line be drawn in the future. And is the MLB overstepping that line by banning something being used for its intended use? Pretty soon players may be finding themselves unable to play longer innings.

I might be antagonistic to certain sports in general based on players, years past, and a certain lack of respect for pansies but baseball just does not seem to be a sport that I can rationalize being injured.

A-Rod’s recent decision to site out on todays game against the Detroit Tigers because of an ‘aggravated’ quad seems a little trivial especially compared to the statement he made about getting healthy and he wants to be ‘close to 100 percent’ when he gets back out there.

I loved playing the sport of baseball but have no respect for premedona injury, like Shaq’s stubbed toe, but it just may have to be attributed to his other passion…modeling. Knuckle up, real athletes play football.

Buried under 2 feet of concrete, a ploy to jinx the New York Yankees was uncovered and removed from the new site of the Bronx Yankees stadium. The Boston Red Sox jersey bearing David Ortiz No. 34 was planted in a service corridor behind the restaurant for the new stadium reportedly set to open next year.

Anonymous tips, charities and possible criminal charges aside, the long time Red Sox fan was originally reluctant to work on the Yankees stadium. In staying true to his Boston roots and not set foot or participate in the construction of the stadium, rivalries dying hard and all, he decided to facilitate a curse by placing the Red Sox jersey and only working a single day on the stadium construction project.

Known as jerseygate, the stadium jinx certainly brings a certain much needed laughter to the recent years MLB game. Perhaps fans will ban together and support the Gino Castignoli Red Sox nation cause by wearing Castignoli jerseys all season, it’s rally time in Boston if you ask me.