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Here's a picture of Gary Sinise from Rangers Ballpark on Wednesday night. From the looks of it, the CSI:NY star just finished a 12-week run as Hamlet, kicked a field goal across the street to Cowboys Stadium or delivered the greatest first pitch in the history of baseball.

In reality, Sinise is thrusting his arms skyward in the type of self-deprecating mock celebration that's only possible when you throw out one of the worst first pitches in baseball history. You know, the kind that immediately hits the ground and dribbles off to a dugout, making it look like you've never seen a baseball game, let alone stepped on the mound.

Check Sinise's pitch out in the video below:

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Yep, as Timothy Burke of Deadspin quipped, Lt. Dan apparently has no right arm either.

While it may not have been as bad as the one we saw from Cincinnati's mayor a few years back, Sinise's unintentional sinker has to rank up there on list of bad first pitches. And I have to say that it's a little bit disappointing, given that he grew up in the Chicago area and cut his acting chops at the city's famous Steppenwolf Theatre. You'd think he would have found time to play a little 16-inch softball out, or at least a little catch, in Lincoln Park between shows.

Then again, Sinise is on the list of noted Cubs fan. Which perhaps explains everything.

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The Kings and their fans received their apology from the station on Tuesday night:

Kudos to Chuck Henry and the NBC4 team for owning up to their mistake, inexcusable as it was.

Alas, later in the broadcast, they still appeared to have some Kings logo trouble …

Well, it's "Kings" and it's "hockey," so we're getting warmer. But the only wheat you'll find with the LA Kings is if Richards and Carter decide on Hefeweizen for the evening.

Oh, now, that's not even ... just because they had that third jersey doesn't mean ...

The hell? He's not even a king yet here! The circle of life had yet to be completed!

Not going to lie: Suspenders on hockey jerseys would be a pretty killer look.

s/t PD Reader Jon Ward.

It's just like my dude Marie Joseph Eugène Sue wrote in "Mathilde" — "La vengeance se mange très-bien froide." (Some people might know "Revenge is a dish best served cold" from "The Godfather," but I feel pretty confident that the Thursday morning crowd at BDL has its "1841 French novels" game on lock.) Twenty-five days isn't necessarily that deep a freeze, but the elbow that James Harden put in the middle of the face of Metta World Peace during the Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 2 win on Wednesday probably still felt pretty arctic to the Los Angeles Lakers forward.

Coming with the shot clock winding down during a late first-quarter scramble situation and resulting from a Harden behind-the-back dribble to evade a World Peace steal attempt, the left 'bow — captured above by our friends at the Yahoo! Sports Minute — seemed unintentional and was clearly nowhere near as violent as the World Peace shot that floored, concussed and sidelined Harden four Sundays ago. Still, you don't imagine Harden minded creating the contact too much; somewhere beneath all that beard, there may even have been a trace of a smile.

Of course, because no act of physicality visited upon the former Ron Artest can expect to simply slide past, MWP came back in the second quarter with an answer befitting wrestling legend Stan "The Lariat" Hansen:

From J. Michael Falgoust of USA Today:

World Peace got a measure of revenge on Harden in the second quarter. Trying to get around a screen by Thunder forward Nick Collison, World Peace chased Harden and literally clotheslined Collison across the chest to cause a turnover.

A foul wasn't called. World Peace was fouled in transition but hit both free throws.

Shrewd officiating there. Here's hoping this escalation of aggression abates by the time we get to Game 3 in Los Angeles on Friday night. Sure, we all want to see Nazr Mohammed try to superkick Pau Gasol, if only for the GIFs, but an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. I think Dr. O'Neal said that.

Feel free to peruse the inadvertent elbow elsewhere, thanks to KnicksHighlights16.

Whoa! Answer Man down, Answer Man down! There's no fainting in baseball! It's funny, now, that when trainers asked Rhymes to tell them his name, he said, "I'm Batman." Here's a guy with a sharp mind on his shoulders.

But in the moments after Rhymes' legs fell limp and he collapsed into the embrace of coach George Hendrick, speculation on Twitter abounded. He was hit on the arm, not on the head or thorax — so what happened? Did the major bruise cause a circulatory problem? Had he broken a bone and gone into shock? What gives, (other than his legs)?

Well, Dr. skipper Joe Maddon had a diagnosis after the game: Adrenaline rush. When the juices get flowing, it can work against you too, apparently.

''He got kind of rubber-legged right there,'' Maddon said. ''That stuff hurts. I know it's in the arm, but that can definitely take your breath away. It was described to me as kind of an adrenalin rush that caused that reaction.''

X-rays were negative and the team said Rhymes is day to day with a bruised right forearm.

Phew. Rhymes had put a scare into everyone, especially pitcher Franklin Morales of Boston, who threw the pitch. Via the Twitter of Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal:

"That scared me. ... I feel bad for him. I'm going to call him and talk to him. I want to know he's fine."

Now, just tell us that you'll never faint again, Rhymes:

"I got to first and started getting real dizzy, nauseous. That's when I started walking off. And then, apparently, I didn't get real far."

He's laughing about it. Good for Rhymes. In our society, perhaps in any society, it's supposed to be embarrassing when men faint. No crying, no fainting. Not allowed. Even for short guys such as Rhymes. Perhaps the example Rhymes is setting will allow oppressed male fainters across the world to rise up (with some assistance from their first-base coach) and say, "Yes, I fainted. What about it?"

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Because he is 49 years old, nearly everything that Jamie Moyer does for the Colorado Rockies on a Major League Baseball field seems newsworthy. But any pitcher who manages to drive in two runs with an infield single more than deserves the special attention coming his way.

Moyer legged out a perfectly placed (even if by happenstance) 80-foot hit Wednesday night, evading a diving Paul Goldschmidt of Arizona on his way to first base and benefiting from the head's-up and legs-moving baserunning of Dexter Fowler for his first two RBIs of the season. Moyer also pitched great at Coors Field, allowing a run and six hits over 6 1/3 innings to lead the Rockies to a 6-1 victory.

Take a bow, old dude. And a breath. Take two, even.

It's hard to tell from the video clip because the Rockies TV broadcast paid too much attention to the blond lady in the stands (who I assume is Moyer's wife), but Moyer appeared to get the benefit of the doubt by the umpires on Goldschmidt's tag attempt. And he was lucky his hit dribbled into no-man's land between Goldschmidt and pitcher Patrick Corbin, who hesitated just a bit in committing to covering the bag at the moment of truth. And that Fowler was running hard with two outs (which he should do, but you never know) and was fast enough to make it home. It was actually quite an accidental conspiracy that the play turned out as it did.

After working the count to 2-2, Moyer squirted the ball off the end of his bat.

''I thought it was going to roll foul,'' Moyer said. ''And I feel like I hesitated just a little bit, and then ... as I was running down the line, I saw the pitcher stop and the first baseman, I think he picked it up and he was going to throw it to the pitcher and then he realized the pitcher wasn't (covering the bag).

''So, then it became, I guess, a slow crawl to first base.''

Moyer said he didn't feel Goldschmidt tag him, though slow replays (get it — slow?) that he got brushed with Goldschmidt's mitt before he stepped on first base. But getting the benefit of the doubt happens when everybody hustles.

Fowler said Moyer's the one who should be commended.

''I was more shocked that Moyer beat it out,'' Fowler said. ''The guy was hustling. He was hustling, himself. ... He's a bulldog. The guy never quits.''

Considering that he's been playing in the majors since 1986, quitting is literally the last thing anyone should expect from Moyer. Will he ever?

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NEW YORK (AP) The New York Rangers don't like being all even after two games, but they sure are used to it.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Down in desperation time, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks called on Kevin Durant to show that he's more than just a three-time scoring champion. And that meant guarding one of the NBA's all-time best.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Even down late, the Oklahoma City Thunder are showing that they are never out.