Summary of the Day: June 29, 2006

Jose Canseco is returning to baseball. He has signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs of the independent Golden Baseball League. He will be their designated hitter and pitcher. This should be interesting. He has pitched one inning in his major league career and was not very good. I will be looking for updates on this.

Coco Crisp, the man with the best name in baseball and breakfast, made a great catch to help save the game for the Red Sox last night. Unlike most catches where the fielder makes it look harder than it is, this was a very difficult catch to make. As if Sox fans did not love him already, he may have reached Paplebon status after that catch.

Mark Cuban has come out and said that any involvement in the Pittsburgh Penguins should he be part of the new ownership group would be minimal. I think it is time Gary Bettman sat Cuban down and begged him to be active if he gets the team. Talk about public relations for a struggling franchise.

Condolences to Lamar Odom and his family after losing his infant son the other night. Losing a child has to be one of the most hard, if not the hardest thing, to deal with in life.

One last thought: Renaldo Balkman. Isiah Thomas claims Phoenix would have taken Balkman with the pick after New York. Mike D'Antoni says he was not even on their radar. Renaldo Balkman.