The Bee attack at San Diego's Petco Park was one for the books. A swarm of bees attacked a portion of left field in the 9^th inning of Thursday's Padres and Astros game. Padre officials had to call a beekeeper to come to the Stadium and get the varmints under control before the game could continue. In all it was a 52-minute delay and betters are still debating whether it affected the total in the game. What next for San Diego, maybe a swarm of media types in town to cover the Manny Ramirez circus? What perfect timing and what a way to start the weekend in America's most beautiful city.

There aren't many connections between bees and baseball but there are a few. I'll start with America's #1 baseball fan and the pride of SBR, Willie Bee. His favorite team is the Houston Astros and they had Killer B's or Apis mellifera scutellata, of their own.

Who can forget Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell and the third member of the KB's Derek Bell? Bell was sort of like the 5^th Beatle but that's another bug for another day.

It's worth noting that the NFL and in particular the Miami Dolphins popularized the whole B thing in 1982. The Dolphins' main strength that year was their defense, nicknamed the "Killer Bees" because most of their starters had last names that began with the letter "B". That group featured Bob Baumhower, brothers Lyle and Glen Blackwood, Bill Barnett, Kim Bokamper, Doug Betters and Bob Brudzinksi.

I'll bee darned if I'm not out of time. Bee As always thanks for visiting S BEE R. Bee sure and have a safe and sane 4^th of July weekend.

Seen on a bumper sticker in Montreal: "Canada, it's not just moose and bad beer, eh... we've got football too".

It was an absolutely crazy night in baseball. And it was crazy "good" if you had the Baltimore Orioles

Who wouldn't want to be a big leaguer? I mean it's the dream job right? Making money for playing a kids game. The fans adore you, you've got fame and fortune and in more than few cases you've go more money than you'll ever be able to spend. You are the lucky ones. In most cases.

Texas, thanks for playing. Seattle, we've got a nice parting gift for you. Oakland, remember it's better to be a "has been" then a "never was". It was never a matter of IF but WHEN the LA Angels of Anaheim returned to their perch atop the American League West.

His name is Mike Napoli and his 9th inning homerun gave the Angels a 2-1 win over the Diamondbacks. The Halo's were my ONLY Saturday play givng me a nice profit and a stress free day, at least after the game was over. God bless you Mike Napoli and a special thanks as well to to the Arizona Diamondbacks who gave up a "Little League" HR earlier in the game. You gotta' love those snakes!

Each night I’ll honor a player whose outstanding effort leads to a nice big deposit into the "Bank of Bob". Don't be shy Major Leaguers, step right up and enter the "Harvey Hall of Fame".

I also promise to recognize my “least favorite” player when the occasion warrants. Hopefully that won’t happen until the 12^th of Never.

Chasing is never a good thing and usually only bad things come from it. Thanks to the Rangers Chris Davis, I lived to talk about it.

On my sports TV "Excite-O-Meter", I've got the NBA draft listed just north of bowling and the spelling bee, but well south of well, just about anything else. 

During tonight's telecast, you'll see a collection of players with "mad skillz" but no money management skills. We'll get to know players from the US and abroad, who wouldn't know Memphis from Madrid if you gave them a map. In other words, there probably won't be very many rocket scientists in attendance this evening but you can bet there will be more than a few space cadets getting face time.

 I've NEVER gotten down with any of the draft shows. It's hard for me to watch a young kid become an instant millionaire without doing a damn thing. Case in point in these hard economic times it's difficult for me understand how a police officer or fire fighter or teacher will make less than a guy who can dunk, throw a football, hit a baseball or slap a puck. It's yet another example common sense being thrown under a bus. And I don't mean Jerry Buss. 

Regarding tonight's NBA draft. The Clippers have the first pick and believe me Clipper fan there's still time for your team to screw this up. If I were the NBA commissioner, I'd make the Clippers give the #1 pick to Oklahoma City. That way Blake Griffin could work at home and the Clippers could draft someone who won't be with them in three years anyway. 

If you're a hard core NBA fan, you'll be front and center when David Stern calmly proclaims "With the first pick in the 2009 NBA draft, the LA Clippers select...... 

As for me, this will be a great night to catch up on some TIVO.

I've got no hidden agenda's and I'm not witch hunting. But I am curious why more players than I care to count are having statistically bad years and are spending an inordinate amount of time on the disabled. Is it coincedence or juice?