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Anquan Boldin is getting a lot of shit for his sideline outburst in the Cards' playoff win against the Giants. While I'm not in love with players creating scenes on the sidelines with coaches for any reason, I think calling this one a "T.O. moment" goes a bit too far. I'm a Cowboys fan, but comparing Boldin to T.O. doesn't seem fair to me. T.O. would've been screaming and shouting at the coaches demanding the ball, insisting Romo throw him the ball on every play no matter what. From what I can tell here, Boldin simply wanted to be on the field - one because he's a competitor and was one of the biggest reasons the Cards were in that position to win in the first place, and also because he has a brain and saw the absurdity of having someone as good as him standing on the sidelines during a crucial play (see Pete Carroll leaving Reggie Bush on the sideline on 4th down vs. Texas.) Sure he could've handled it better, but getting painted with the TO brush isn't something to be done lightly, and I don't think Boldin deserved it.

I'm guessing all the parts of Joe Torre's book that are worth reading have already been batted around by the media already; surely the rest is a typical Torre snoozefest. And to think A-Rod gives two shits what Torre thinks about him is laughable. While I haven't forgiven Torre for batting A-Rod 8th against the Tigers, I'm sure A-Rod has better things to worry about. Like the fact that he's fucking a woman who's 145 years old, for instance.

And you KNOW the recession is really hitting everyone when someone's making $27M this year and still needs to have a second job. Tough to watch.