This video is all kinds of awesome. It’s some WWF wrestlers — now WWE — playing softball against some Chicago media types circa 1994. I can’t really make out who any of the Chicago media people are — though I do know Mike North loves him some softball — but that’s not really what makes this video so special.

It’s the wrestlers, and their ridiculous outfits. Looks like Halloween came a day early, kids:

Fun fact: that home run by Macho Man Randy Savage was no fluke. Dude went to Downers Grove North, then was a catcher in the minors with the Cardinals and White Sox before his wrestling career. He also dated the mom of a kid I went to high school with. As you were.

HT: Walkoff Walk

Guys, I had this really weird dream last night. I was in the crowd at the Allstate Arena — at least I think it was supposed to be the Allstate Arena; it didn’t really look like the Allstate Arena — for a WWE event.

But for some strange reason, Bob Barker was there doing a “Price is Right” type show during the wrestling event? Weird, right? And A.J. Pierzynski was a contestant for some reason. And Jermaine Dye, Chris Getz and Gordon Beckham were also there.

I think some wrestling guy ended up winning, but like I said, it was really a weird dream.

So, WWE Judgment Day was last night at the Allstate Arena. (What? You didn’t know?) And during a segment where The Miz of Real World/Battle of the Seasons/The Gauntlet/The Inferno/Battle of the Sexes 2/ The Inferno 2 fame — which I will sadly admit to have watched pretty much all of — wore a douchey hat and douchey shorts (but really cool gloves!), Alfonso Soriano popped out of the crowd in the front row.

He awkwardly stood there while The Miz flung insults at him about the Cubs not winning a World Series since 1908. Not only was it a huge burn, it was also incredibly original!

Via: AA/BLS

Yesterday, Bud Selig said this:

“I don’t want to hear the commissioner turned a blind eye to this or he didn’t care about it,” Selig told Newsday. “That annoys the you-know-what out of me.”

I wonder what the “you-know-what” is standing in for here. Crap? Poop? If you want to say poop, you can, Bud. That’s still allowed.

Anyway, anyone who knows anything about baseball knows that Bud Selig is full of his own displaced you-know-what. The man aided and abetted the steroid era in baseball just as much as anyone else, only ever coming clean and taking steps to stop the madness when higher authorities got involved. He allowed players to use steroids when it was financially convenient, and then punished them when it was politically so. He’s no better than Alex Rodriguez. He’s the only one that doesn’t realize it.

And now, for the portion of the blog post where a guy who once nicknamed himself “The Body” actually makes more sense than the commissioner of Major League Baseball:

“In the early ’90s, the federal government came into pro wrestling and tried to put Vince McMahon in prison for steroid use of wrestlers,” Jesse Ventura, former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler told the online news program, Your Turn.

“My question is: They’ve now determined 104 baseball players failed their steroid test in 2003 – 104! They indicted Vince McMahon, why aren’t they indicting Bud Selig?”

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WWE was very smart to include Mickey Rourke in its “WrestleMania 25″ plans, because Mickey Rourke is white hot right now, and the Internet has talked more about “WrestleMania 25″ than it has about “WrestleMania 24,” “WrestleMania 23″ or “WrestleMania 3.” (Ha, the Internet didn’t exist during “Wrestlemania 3.” OR DID IT?!?!?!)

But, for as much as his inclusion in the event, and a supposed match against Chris Jericho would have brought more coverage and notoriety to the WWE, it turns out this wasn’t a mutual beneficial relationship. Rourke was certain to scratch WWE’s back, but it in turn would have just punched him in the balls. At least that’s what some are speculating now that Rourke’s agent says he will no longer be participating in the event. With an Oscar on the line, Rourke apparently doesn’t want to hurt his chances by wrestling at WrestleMania.

But is there more here than meets the eye?

From Kevin Eck’s pro wrestling blog at the Baltimore Sun. (Aside: The Baltimore Sun has a pro wrestling writer? Awesome.)

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We’ve already gushed about our love for The Wrestler on this here blog. If you have not seen this movie, have not seen Mickey Rourke’s excellent portrayal of the broken-down Randy “The Ram” Robinson, have not seen Marisa Tomei’s and Evan Rachel Wood’s angelic performances, do yourself a favor and go see it.

Rourke has been a media darling of late, a Golden Globe winner and a PETA campaigner. Next on the list? He’ll be making an appearance at the WWE’s “Wrestlemania 25″ on April 5.

“The boys from the WWE called me and asked me to do it,” Rourke told Access Hollywood. “I said, ‘I want to.’ I’m talking with [WWE legend] Rowdy Roddy Piper about it.”

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“The nicest thing has been the whole wrestling community embracing us,” Rourke said on the red carpet. “The movie was about their world.”

And when he does jump into the ring with WWE, it appears the actor may already have his sights set on an opponent.

“Chris Jericho, you better get in shape,” Rourke added. “Because I’m coming after your a**.”

As Ufford notes, this doesn’t quite indicate whether he will appear as himself or as his character from the film, but you’d think it would at least have to involve some of the latter right? Maybe he’ll dress as Ram but they’ll introduce him as Rourke?

Oh, and for all the acclaim the film is getting, according to Rourke, he’s never even seen the movie. This makes no sense.

But it’s also Mickey Rourke. So, it kind of makes all the sense in the world.