Victorino comes out of the closet...........

By now most of you have had to have seen the highlights of Shane Victorino getting thrown out of yesterday’s game while playing centerfield.

If you haven’t seen it, Victorino was waving his arms up and down in centerfield in protest of some ball / strike calls during the half inning prior, and the home plate umpire tossed him (he was in his line of sight waving his arms in protest, showing him up). After some initial confusion about the ejection, Victorino sprinted at full speed from center field to the area behind home plate. On the way in from center he waved off Howard and violently shoved catcher Paul Bako to get close to Ed Rapuano the home plate umpire who tossed him before he was eventually restrained by Howard and Bako.

While it is always entertaining watching a player open a can of whoop-ass on the umpire, the post game interview about the situation was a bit more….. how do you say……. well……revealing.

You see Shane Victorino decided to come out of the closet on Sunday. Shane Victorino stood in front of a group of reporters and told everybody that he actually loves Ed Rapuano. So much, in fact, that he routinely plays “grab-ass” on the field with him. Here’s the quote:

“I love the guy, that’s why, I think I was even more upset it’s that, he’s just one of those guys you can play grab-ass with and have fun with out there on the field. You know, I mean, sincerely.”

If you would like to see the actual interview, our friends over at The Fightins have the clip.

Look, what the guy does on his own time is his own business, but since he just made it public, it’s now up for discussion. All I’d like to say is, Shane this is baseball - so whether you like to pitch or catch makes no difference to me. Good luck with your relationship and congrats on coming out. – James Morrison

Jim (no relation to the dead Door’s guy) is a self proclaimed rotisserie expert. Jim has been participating in an serious Ultra-Rotisserie league (you can protect some minor leaguers too) at $2,600 per team instead of $260 (similar to Ultimate Franchise Baseball ™) for the past 17 years and has finished in the money 14 times with 8 First place finishes and over $260,000 in total winnings over the 17 year period. While the world is full of institutions and people that come with disclaimers on how past performance is no guarantee of future results, Jim is brazen enough to claim that it will be in your best interest to follow his advice going forward. He’ll write it, we’ll publish it and we shall see………