Nobody's Home!!!!!

Jackhole of the Week candidate is this guy on Saturday at 8:50 a.m.. Now he isn't alone, but the only one I was fortunate enough to snap a picture of. First let me put his Jackholeness into perspective. In the first pic you can clearly see the hours that we open are posted. Second, picture our huge parking lot and the fact that it is completely void of cars minus his car. Third, realize that he parked in front of the shop and walked by 6 closed bay doors. Oblivious to these subtle hints, he procedes to try to open our front door in efforts to get his much needed tire rotation. Now I can sort of understand his need to beat the crowds but come on, a little common sense here.

Angels Celebrate Clinching the West in Contoversy

He was part of their team, so they wanted him to be part of their celebration.

But one day after the Angels doused Nick Adenhart's No. 34 jersey with beer and champagne, players and coaches found themselves defending a gesture that some bloggers, columnists and fans criticized as insensitive considering that Adenhart was killed by an alleged drunk driver.

"We wanted to celebrate with him like he was here," reliever Kevin Jepsen, whose locker is a few stalls away from Adenhart's, said Tuesday. "If he was still here with us, we'd be pouring beer on him just like everybody else in here.

"It had nothing to do with the drunk-driving accident. We were just celebrating and wanted to make him a part of it."

Said third baseman Chone Figgins: "He's our teammate. We're allowed to do what we want."

Manager Mike Scioscia said the gesture was meant as nothing more than homage to the 22-year-old who was killed with two friends in April when their car was broadsided near Angel Stadium.

"You have to understand these players and the tribute, what it really means when you pour champagne on somebody," Scioscia said. "That's the tribute, not the fact that it was alcohol. It's like getting a whipped-cream pie in the face after an interview. It's part of the tribute. . . . I think it was very sincere, very real and I know it was meaningful to us."

Pitching coach Mike Butcher said he sent a text message to Jim Adenhart, Nick's father, during the celebration that ensued Monday night after the Angels clinched their fifth division title in six years. Butcher had not checked his phone by Tuesday evening to see if Jim Adenhart had responded.

"We've been keeping in contact the whole year," Butcher said, "and I just wanted him to know their family is a big part of this."

courtesy of L.A. Times


The Jackholes in question here are not the Angels but the "people" who made an non-issue into an issue. Why on Earth would somebody feel that their gesture should be taken as insensitive? All year long they have taken his jersey on the road with them and set up a locker for him. This was meant as a tribute to Nick, who in tragedy gave the team inspiration. Who is supposed to be offended by this? Just a lame excuse to complain for the sake of complaining in my opinion.