Does he or has he ever taken steroids? Probably. Is he kind of a douche but tries to act polished? Definitely.  However you feel about him, there’s one thing that’s certain, the pronunciation of his name is hilarious.

h/t: TPS

With Bob Barker hosting Monday Night Raw here in the Chicago area, A.J. Pierzynski decided to truly put his white trash look to the test. It passed with flying colors. I love all the boos when he comes out, it must have been a north side/south side mix in the crowd. Enjoy!

Yeah that headline reads right.  I stumbled across Mariotti’s two cents on the Cubs sale on the web this morning (I just can’t make myself directly read Mariotti’s garbage anymore).  Apparently, Mariotti thinks that the fact that Ricketts’ daughter is a lesbian is some huge twist in the sale of the Cubs.  Here’s the excerpt from his Fanhouse post:

But there is this twist: One of Joe Ricketts’ kids, Laura, is a lesbian. Technically, then, she will be one of the Cubs owners. “If that’s not enough of a reason to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game, I don’t know what is,” wrote Trish Bendix as part of her “L-Blog” page on Chicago Now, the Tribune’s blog site.

At this point, Cubdom doesn’t really care who owns the ballclub. If Laura Ricketts can produce a championship, hundreds of thousands of fans surely will show up for the next Gay and Lesbian Pride parade.

Wait what?  This quote is not being taken out of context, trust me.  He was literally talking about whether the Cubs would spend money on good free agents now and went right into this crazy “twist”.  So is the point that Cubs fans will keep coming to Wrigley because the daughter of the owner is a lesbian?  And when is Laura Ricketts going to start producing championships?  Does she have a controlling interest in the team?  Will she be running day to day operations?

h/t: Wrigleyville23

NQTC has a sort of love for Jay Mariotti.  And by love I mean we hate the guy.  There is no bigger douchebag in all of sports media (I guess that’s arguable, but as a Chicagoan Jay pretty much takes the cake).  We make a special effort to cover anything that mocks Mariotti, as you may have noticed from our regular posts glorifying comments that degrade him on his AOL Fanhouse column.  In fact, it’s not a secret that Jay isn’t well-loved by most of the world.  In general I would say that most people would probably punch him in the face if they were given the chance.  I know I definitely would. 

Well Chicagoans, I have some good news: You can punch him in the face!  Or at least heckle him in person from behind some sort of thick protective glass.  That’s right, last week our old pal Jay started taping his Around The Horn segments from ESPNZone in River North:

This week, the controversial sportswriter began taping his daily ATH segements from ESPNZone in River North. Fans (he’s gotta have a couple, right?) and hecklers can check out Mariotti at work each weekday starting at noon. At least ESPN has enough sense to keep him locked safely behind glass.

Noon, huh?  If I race out of work and head over to River North, I can tell him how shitty a human being he is and still make it back to school in time for class.  I hope to see you all there.

I don’t see how this can end well.

H/T Shrek