Sports Bytes: May 27, 2010

You can't make this stuff up. According to the NY Post disgruntled Washington Redskins DE Albert Haynesworth is being sued by an exotic dancer who claims that he impregnated her and has avoided her ever since. The dancer is demanding $10 million, in part to cover the medical bills associated with the pregnancy. How's this for irony? Haynesworth played for the Tennessee Titans for seven seasons before signing with Washington. TITANS is also the name of a brand of condoms manufactured by a company named HUGE . . .

Why bother? Polish heavyweight Tomas Adamek, fresh off his impressive victory over Chris Arreola, is scheduled to return to the ring on August 21 against Michael Grant. How pointless is this fight? Grant hasn't won a meaningful bout since he beat Andrew Golota in 1999 . . . Rumor has it that after Adamek disposes of Grant he may fight Ron Lyle . . .

The Red Sox completed their manhandling of the AL East leading Rays with an 11-3 drubbing last night. Adrian Beltre homered twice and David Ortiz once as the Red Sox lineup lit-up Matt Garza and the Rays bullpen. Garza surrendered six runs in five innings of work . . . The Rays, who seem to have taken their foot off the gas pedal since hammering the Yankees, were "2 for 25 with runners in scoring position in the series" . . . David Ortiz' has homered in six of his last 11 games, and nine times overall in the month of May . . .

The Yankees rediscovered winning, beating the Minnesota Twins twice yesterday. The first victory, a 1-0 win, was a completion of Tuesday night's rainout. Jeter homered for the Yanks sole run. The second victory, a 3-2 win, came courtesy of a strong pitching performance by Andy Pettitte who surrendered just two earned runs in eight innings. Nick Swisher homered in the ninth inning to put the Yanks ahead for good . . . Mariano Rivera saved both games, a welcome sight for Yankee fans considering how badly Rivera has looked recently. His famed "cutter" has been as flat as an Academy Awards opening monologue . . .

I like to read SI.com, but sometimes their columns are inane. Yesterday, columnist Joe Posnanski examined whether Derek Jeter has a realistic shot at breaking Pete Rose's all-time hits record of 4,256. C'mon, Joe. Can we at least wait until Jeter reaches 3,000 before we start discussing Rose's record? Silly, just plain silly . . .

David Ortiz is just now finishing his home run trot . . .

The Mets have now shut out the NL East leading Phillies two nights in a row. Last night Hisanori Takahashi pitched six strong innings and Jose Reyes completed his fourth-straight multi-hit game to pull the Mets to within three games of the Phillies . . . Somebody needs to taser the Phillies lineup . . .

The Cincinnati Reds have bounced the St. Louis Cardinals from first-place in the NL Central Division. The resurgent Reds have won eight of their last 12 games . . . The Associated Press story recapping last night's Reds win over the Pirates contained the following note. "An estimated 650 dogs were with their owners in the stands by the right-field foul pole, part of an annual pet promotion. During the nightly 'KissCam' segment, the videoboard showed a couple with their dog. The woman kissed the dog but not the man" . . . Talk about a waste of space . . .

The NY Times reports that " developer Steven Roth is quietly trying to revive a plan to move Madison Square Garden one block west of its current home atop Pennsylvania Station just as the arena is beginning a major $850 million renovation" . . .

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