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Errol Porter (STC) – You Big Dummy

June 3rd, 2010 Posted in Cleveland Indians, Errol Porter, MLB
Jun, 03 2010
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I could not believe my eyes!

The baseball God’s won’t even let us lose in peace.

Last night the Cleveland Indians make history again by being a part of one of the worst blown calls in history.

Detroit’s Armando Galarraga was just one out away from the third perfect game of this year and the second in less than a week, but a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce spoiled the celebration.

'Safe? What do you mean safe?

Indians shortstop Jason Donald, whoever that is, was called safe on a ground ball to Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera. Galarraga clearly beat Donald to first base as he received the toss from Cabrera. The ump saw something totally different and called him safe. I don’t even think that guy in the Indians uniform even wanted to be safe.

“That’s the nature of the business, that’s just the way it is. The players are human, the umpires are human, the managers are human, the writers are human,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “We all make mistakes. It’s a crying shame. Jimmy’s a real good umpire, has been for a long time. He probably got it wrong.”

Oh…You think?

Now your boy E.P. is an Indians fan, but in situations like that you tend to sway to the side of the guy that is about to make history.

But just as I began to relish in the fact that I was about to watch history in the making, that big dummy called him safe.

Are you kiddin’ me?

I was in total shock for about 2 minutes until I realized, wow I am a fan of Cleveland Sports.

This is what we do. Now we have to be the blame for recording the non-hit that ruined the perfect game for Armando Galarraga.

Despite the call, Galarraga finished with the first complete game and first shutout of his career — a one-hitter — as the Tigers beat the Indians, 3-0.

Why couldn’t you just let us lose in peace……you big dummy!

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Errol ‘EP’ Porter co-hosts UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT with Kenyon Johnson every Monday – Friday at 4p Eastern exclusively on sportstalkCLEVELAND.com.

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Errol Porter (STC) – The ‘Lake, Lake Show’

May 30th, 2010 Posted in Errol Porter
May, 30 2010
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Year end and year out Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers seem to find a way to consistently be in the thick of a championship hunt. Not only having to find a way to win without Shaq, but overcoming personal trials and tribulations along the way.

No more do we have to witness the arrogance of a young millionaire superstar. Kobe has matured and now cares more what others think of him. (Yes Cavs fans I said ‘witness’).

“I’m more in tune with it. I pay more attention to it. I have a greater sense of responsibility for it,” he said.

“It’s all a part of how you are going to be remembered as a basketball player when it’s all said and done. I care about it significantly more now than I did in the past.”

“I’ve been through so much,” Bryant said. “We didn’t make the playoffs (in 2005); we went through down-and-out times. I think me having the intestinal fortitude to try to get us back to the top – and having to fight through so many different things – makes it a different kind of emotion as opposed to me being 20 years old, just coming in here and winning a championship.”

He overcame epic rookie-year humiliation in the form of all those air balls in the playoffs to forge a surefire Hall of Fame career by age 31. Through it all Kobe seems to always feel like the underdog.

“Emotionally, I’ll always feel like the underdog – just because I’ve been that way my whole life,” Bryant said. “So it’s just something that has become a part of me – that mentality that just stays.”

His co-star this year, none other than Ron Artest?

The Lake, Lake Show - Kobe Bryant & Ron Artest

That’s right the bad boy that at one point nobody wanted has quickly transformed himself into the darling of Tinseltown.

As his team clinched the Western Conference with a 111-103 victory, Artest scored 25 points and had half of the Lakers’ six steals to put himself into the NBA Finals for the first time.

He also relishes in playing alongside his childhood friend and now teammate Lamar Odom.

“After what Lamar and I’ve been through, wow,” Artest said. “The chance to come here and play with Lamar, there was no negotiating needed. I would play here for nothing. It’s like a dream.”

Like most of you, I have personally called Ron Artest a lot of things during his career. Now he’s four victories away from me calling him a champion.

As he lives his dream, we are still living a nightmare here in C-Town. So Thursday just sit back and enjoy the “Lake, Lake Show” with new co-host……Ron Artest?

As always… ‘keep it unsportsmanlike’.

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Errol ‘EP’ Porter co-hosts UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT with Kenyon Johnson every Monday – Friday at 4p Eastern exclusively on sportstalkCLEVELAND.com.

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