Elvis Andrus yanked from game for lack of effort

Rangers manager Ron Washington pulled shortstop Elvis Andrus from Sunday’s loss to the Twins after the youngster made what looked like a lazy throw on a grounder in the bottom of the eighth.

“I didn’t like his attitude,” Washington told the Dallas Morning News. “The inning before there were a couple of plays he didn’t make, but he gave the effort. There are going to be plays that you can’t make. On that play, there wasn’t energy. Elvis is better than that. I didn’t chew him out, but I let him know that.”

The errant throw resulted in Andrus’ second error of the game.  The previous error in the seventh contributed to five unearned runs, and Andrus had a second ball that he failed to get to as part of that big inning for the Twins.

“I was still a little upset, I think about the inning before,” Andrus said. “I got upset with myself and I think that was still bothering me because I didn’t help the pitcher out. But things happen. There is no excuse. There’s nothing really that I can say about it.”(dallas cowboys, dallas mavericks, dallas, nba, mavericks )

It doesn’t sound like the incident will put Andrus back on the bench Tuesday against the Yankees.  He has been awfully error prone this season, with 13 miscues already, but he’s also made a lot of great plays and the Rangers are pretty happy with how he’s contributing offensively. Hopefully this will end up being just a one-time thing.

Steve Nash comes clean on gay NBA player issue

Steve Nash, the Sun star point guard, said he does not believe an NBA player disclosing his sexual orientation as gay would turn into a big issue any more. Nash talked to the New York Times and stated that the admission by a NBA player to being a gay would be astonishingly understood and accepted.

It is pertinent to note that the subject of homosexuality took the center stage when the Suns’ CEO “Rick Welts” emerged out of the secret at the start of this month.

“If a player in the locker room came out, it would come and go quickly, too. I really don’t think it’s a big issue anymore. I think it would be surprisingly accepted, and a shorter shelf life than maybe we would imagine. I think the time has come when it should happen soon. I think it will be something that won’t take on this life of its own. It won’t be the O. J. trial,” Steve Nash told the Times when asked if the NBA is prepared to welcome a candidly gay player.

The comment of Nash reverberate the remarks by Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley, who recently put forward the thought that professional players may be additionally tolerant of a candidly homosexual teammate that many would reflect.

“It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say, ‘Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy,’” Barkley said. “First of all, quit telling me what I think.(dirk nowitzki girlfriend, dirk nowitzki, nowitzki, chris bosh, dallas mavericks ) I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play,” he added.

Meanwhile Steve Nash and Dirk NowitzkiDirk Nowitzki, both the NBA stars, have demonstrated their support for the Vancouver Canucks in their pursuit to take home the Stanley Cup.