Rich’s Jersey Not To Buy: Shea Hillenbrand Cut, finally, from the Angels. Hillenbrand hasn’t found himself a surefire place to play and always seems to end up in that odd man out situation no matter where he goes. He’ll have plenty of time to contemplate his future…on his couch at home not playing for anyone.

Sonny’s Jersey Not To Buy: Tony La Russa After seeing the American League dominant the All-Star game for the last ten years I was ready for a change when J.J. Hardy and Derek Lee got into scoring position in the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday night. With Albert Pujols available to hit, La Russa decided to take his chances with Orlando Hudson and Aaron Rowand.

Kevin’s Jersey Not to Buy: Oklahoma Football. The fallout from the Rhett Bomar incident continues to grow. Oklahoma must now forfeit all of their wins from the 2005 season and will lose scholarships for the next two years. This is a major slap in the face to a major college football program, and will hurt their football program for quite a bit.

Can you imagine the torrential downpour of boos that would rain on Tony LaRussa’s parade if he snubbed Barry Bonds from the All-Star team? I trust that, unlike times in his past, LaRussa isn’t impaired when he’s making this rather debatable decision. So does LaRussa have the stones to leave the home town “hero” off the NL roster when the game is being played in San Francisco? I hope so.

First of all, this wouldn’t be a snub; not by a long shot. You can’t call a guy who doesn’t really deserve to be on the team and subsequently gets left off a snub. Bonds numbers aren’t overly deserving of a spot on this roster, at least not right now. His 13 home runs are great and Giants fans can celebrate that as he creeps towards Henry Aaron’s mark of 755, but his 30 RBI’s and his .287 batting average are nothing more than pedestrian. In fact, for a guy like Bonds to only have 30 RBI’s should be considered underachievement. So the question becomes if Bonds deserves the spot on the roster based off his name and the convenient location of the game. If it’s my call, screw him.

I can think of at least five guys off hand who are ten times more deserving of a trip to the mid-summers classic than Bonds. It’s not LaRussa’s obligation to put guys on this team who should go on there for sentimental reasons. There’s a reason Ken Griffey Jr has been in the top five in voting for the past eighty some odd years in the National League despite his constant injuries. He knew he didn’t belong there and he was getting the vote because of his name. There are enough morons who punch these stupid ballots that go by who they know, not what they know.

The All-Star Game has turned away from something pointless and purely meant for the fans. It’s about home field advantage now for the World Series, something that will mean something come October. LaRussa doesn’t have to put this jerk-off on the roster if he doesn’t belong. LaRussa’s job as manager is to build the best team possible, and Bonds, regardless of his name, isn’t applicable for that scenario. So go ahead and bitch and moan, Giants fans. You think Barry gives a shit if he plays? Hell no. Barry doesn’t want to send record breaking memorabilia to the Hall of Fame. Why would he care that much about an All-Star Game? Barry lives in his own world and, as far as I’m concerned, he can stay there.

In absolutely hilarious shocking news, Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa was arrested late last night and charged with the DUI. But that’s not the best part. The best part was how they found La Russa. Was he swerving like Gustavo Chacin? No. Was he hitting other cars like Al Unser Jr? No. Was he pissing near his car like Dontrelle Willis? No. La Russa was passed out at a stop light.

Undercover officers saw La Russa’s SUV sitting partially in an intersection around midnight and not moving despite two green lights, police said. Officers knocked on the window and La Russa did not initially respond.

The SUV was in drive and running, with La Russa’s foot on the brake, police said. When he woke up, the officers asked him to get out of the SUV. La Russa was cooperative during his arrest, police said.

You would think La Russa would be a bit more discrete about it. He’s a baseball genius so you’d think those smarts would translate to a situation where he’s hammered. La Russa sure doesn’t have the tolerance that Chacin has. While Chacin was booked with a blood-alcohol content of .15, La Russa’s was just .093, which is just a bit over Florida’s legal limit of .08.

According to Deadspin, La Russa was actually real close to making it home before succumbing to drunkenness/old man disorder. Now I can see why La Russa’s rotation consists of Adam Wainwright and Braden Looper: the guy was probably hammered when he made those decisions as well. La Russa declined comments at the Cardinals’ spring training facility, saying he didn’t want to talk about the past.