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Monday, November 30, 2009

Indians’ Sizemore blames theft for racy Web photos

Almost nothing to see here. Move along.

Steamy photos of the Cleveland Indians’ Grady Sizemore have popped up online, and the All-Star center fielder complains they were stolen from his girlfriend’s e-mail.

Sizemore tells The Plain Dealer of Cleveland that the nearly nude pictures were meant only for her. He told the newspaper Sunday night that legal action is being taken.

A Web site still featuring a dozen photos of Sizemore in various states of undress Monday morning also posted a note from a Major League Baseball investigator asking that they be taken down. The message said the pictures were stolen from a personal computer and directed the site to preserve any related records in anticipation of a criminal complaint.

Repoz Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:40 AM | 68 comment(s)
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   1. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:47 AM (#3398959)
This article is useless without pictures.
   2. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:48 AM (#3398960)
I tried to think of a quip involving a twist on the word "Sizemore," but it simply can't be done.
   3. Craig Calcaterra  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:50 AM (#3398961)
Your're welcome:

http://gaysocialites.com/2009/11/here_are_the_sexy_pictures_of_1.html

Don't ask me how I found that. You probably don't want to know.
   4. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:57 AM (#3398962)
Don't ask me how I found that. You probably don't want to know.

Isn't Sizemore one of bbc's favorites?
   5. AROM  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:59 AM (#3398963)
It's a publicity stunt, people.
   6. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:00 AM (#3398964)
Is he in the best shape of his life?
   7. Steve Parris, Je t'aime (M. Valentin)  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:01 AM (#3398965)
How did Kaz Tadano hack into Grady's girlfriend's email?
   8. TVerik and his cavalcade of whimsy  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:06 AM (#3398968)
shockingly, "gaysocialites.com" is blocked by my work.
   9. Harry Balsagne Teaches The Correct Way to Hit!!  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:09 AM (#3398969)
The mug of tea is hilarious.
   10. Craig Calcaterra  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:11 AM (#3398970)
Seriously: if you're ever a guest at Sizemore's house, bring your own coffee mug.
   11. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:11 AM (#3398971)
If he's a gay socialite, where's his penny-farthing bicycle and red velvet swing?
   12. snapper  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:20 AM (#3398972)
It's unbelievable given the history of these things that famous people keep makinf these phots/videos and then are shocked, shocked when they become public. If it's not a PR stunt, he's a moron.

Listen people, if you don't want naked photos/videos fo you/your wife/your girlfriend/etc. to circulate, don't make 'em in the first place. Otherwise, the odds of them getting out eventually are like 98.7%.
   13. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:22 AM (#3398973)
Listen people, if you don't want naked photos/videos fo you/your wife/your girlfriend/etc. to circulate, don't make 'em in the first place. Otherwise, the odds of them getting out eventually are like 98.7%.

Meanwhile, shootyerotique.com has yet to get a hit. I'm getting killed, dammit.
   14. TVerik and his cavalcade of whimsy  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:46 AM (#3398981)
I don't think people want to see racy pictures of me.

My wife has stated numerous times that she thinks we should get dressed to take the garbage cans out to the curb or whatever; in my opinion a sleepy shirt and sweat pants are good enough. If the neighborhood kids complain, my plan is to say, "Behold! The ravages of time!!!!"
   15. TVerik and his cavalcade of whimsy  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:48 AM (#3398984)
When I access the site, why does it say, "Welcome back, CRAIG CALCATERRA" on top of the screen?
   16. Craig Calcaterra  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 08:58 AM (#3398987)
When I access the site, why does it say, "Welcome back, CRAIG CALCATERRA" on top of the screen?


Damn. I thought I had logged in with my usual ID: "IheartBradyAnderson."
   17. RB in NYC (Now with Resolutions!)  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:06 AM (#3398991)
Meanwhile, shootyerotique.com has yet to get a hit. I'm getting killed, dammit.
Something tells me "shootyerotique.com" just became a Googlewhack
   18. Win one for Agrippa (haplo53)  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:17 AM (#3399002)
"I blame the internet and the return of swing music."
   19. Sheer Tim Foli  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:18 AM (#3399003)
Something tells me this is going to be a legendary thread. And I haven't even clicked on any of the links yet.
   20. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:19 AM (#3399004)
Something tells me "shootyerotique.com" just became a Googlewhack

What's a Googlewhack? In this context, it sounds kinda gross. (Nice one for the Hammers, BTW.)
   21. Lassus  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:25 AM (#3399005)
What's a Googlewhack?

Ha ha, you're old.
   22. Craig K  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:26 AM (#3399006)
What's a Googlewhack? In this context, it sounds kinda gross. (Nice one for the Hammers, BTW.)

A google search quote that returns only one search result.

It's kinda self-defeating because as soon as someone finds a Googlewhack, they post it on the internet, it becomes another listing on Google, and stops being a Googlewhack.
   23. robinred  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:27 AM (#3399007)
This will bbc's all-time favorite thread, if she doesn't faint looking at the pictures and is actually able to post.
   24. RB in NYC (Now with Resolutions!)  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:34 AM (#3399010)
(Nice one for the Hammers, BTW.)
Indeed. I would have preferred they didn't mail in the defense in those last 20 minutes, but I suppose it is hard to defend to the death when you're up 5-0. Going to be a tough next couple of games though, Man U, at Birmingham and (in a big one) at Bolton.

PS:
Ha! Take that, people who thought you were getting an interesting thread, here comes the soccer talk!
   25. asinwreck  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:38 AM (#3399012)
Behold the happiest women in the world (or, at least, northeastern Ohio).

The message board just got wind of this news and is initially a split between those concerned with his privacy and those saying (and I quote) WOW.
   26. SABRSusan  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:49 AM (#3399015)
1) I question the erotic judgment of anyone who calls those photos "steamy."
2) Nice body, boring bathroom, and a limited imagination. (And this from a woman who spotted young Mr. Sizemore when the Tribe brought him up at the end of the 2004 season for about 40 games and has often pondered her own quips on the name "Sizemore.")
   27. Gold Star for Robothal  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:53 AM (#3399019)
That rear-view shot of Sizemore and the bowl of cake batter can not be described.
   28. Bob Dernier Cri  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:55 AM (#3399021)
I'm not looking unless there are centaurs involved.
   29. rfloh  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:56 AM (#3399022)
Heh, not sure why they're bothering to try to get the pics taken down. By this time, pretty much everyone who wants them has probably DLed them, and can put them up on multiple sites all over the world.

He should just embrace their release.
   30. Lassus  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 09:59 AM (#3399023)
boring bathroom

I admit I wondered why he was taking these pictures in an East Village studio apartment bathroom.
   31. Bernal Diaz has an angel on his shoulder.  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM (#3399024)
What the hell is he doing with that Care Bear stuffed animal? That should be illegal.
   32. TVerik and his cavalcade of whimsy  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:08 AM (#3399031)
Does "gaysocialites.com" have a mailing list or whatever? I'm thinking of immaturely signing people I don't like up for repeated emails from them.
   33. Repoz  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:15 AM (#3399040)
You realize we might lose our bonafide SABR Charter over this!
   34. mrams  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:17 AM (#3399044)
nude AND beano cook
   35. LargeBill  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM (#3399048)
Doesn't matter how famous or rich someone is, most folks start with zero judgment. By the time they reach the age of majority most folks have some degree of good judgment. If you rated judgment on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 equaling never doing stupid stuff that could haunt you later, then less than 1% clock in at 10. Most in our early 20's probably enter adult life at a 2 or 3. Then after stupidity bites us (DUI, bad break up with someone on wrong side of the crazy scale, bad investment, misuse of a power tool, etc) our carefulness usually spikes. After this, hopefully for him, Sizemore's judgment should improve. For most folks that's how we mature. When stupidity hurts, you get smarter. That isn't universal. Some folks never catch on that they have some measure of control over the embarrassing crap that comes their way.

Any of you with teenagers should understand that just being told various things are bad ideas does nothing to deter the young and brave. Young people either need to feel the pain for themselves or know a friend/acquaintance who did "X" and got a bad result to believe that precautions make sense.
   36. rfloh  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM (#3399049)
1 guy, 1 cup?
   37. SABRSusan  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM (#3399051)
Sizemore's ex-girlfriend's last name is "Banger" and still nothing on the pun front?
   38. This here's HCO, I'm about to put the hammer down  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:28 AM (#3399058)
This is hardly a catastrophe for Sizemore. A few people saw him nearly-naked. BFD.
   39. akrasian  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:28 AM (#3399059)
If he was really trying to impress his gf, shouldn't he have put the toilet lid down first before taking the photos?
   40. TerpNats  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM (#3399065)
Sizemore's ex-girlfriend's last name is "Banger" and still nothing on the pun front?
Was she Goldie Hawn or Susan Sarandon? (If Goldie, then Grady and Alex Rodriguez may soon be relatives by law.)
   41. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:36 AM (#3399069)
Sizemore's ex-girlfriend's last name is "Banger" and still nothing on the pun front?

Grady's got his ronnie woo-woo in a cup of teabagged water, and we haven't had any wordplay there, either. A golden age of maturity has tragically descended upon us.
   42. what the hell, just use your initials or something  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM (#3399083)
Actually and unfortunately, it's Binger, not Banger. Brittany Binger. Miss June, 2007.
   43. Cris E  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM (#3399096)
I'm glad we have the off-season where we have time to investigate news events like this. They bring us together in ways that actual baseball cannot. For example, SABRSusan has been with us most of the year and was finally prompted to post by Grady's naughty bits. So welcome Susan, welcome Miss June, and hello shootyerotique.com. You know, one good thing about Shooty's low profile is that the office smut filter won't catch me for at least a week.
   44. SABRSusan  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM (#3399101)
Actually and unfortunately, it's Binger, not Banger. Brittany Binger. Miss June, 2007.

I guess the writer at Gay Socialite was as eager for a good pun as I was...
   45. winnipegwhip  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM (#3399103)
The photos were downloaded from Carl Monday's I.P. address.
   46. baseball chick (now, with NEW blog)  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM (#3399182)
the pic of brad ausmus wearing only a surfboard was actually hottern any of grady's pics

i personally would be VERY happy to help grady, uh, pose
   47. TVerik and his cavalcade of whimsy  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM (#3399186)
I didn't think that this thread would fall off of Hot Topics today. But BOOM - there goes the dynamite!
   48. Craig K  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM (#3399201)
Searching for Brad Ausmus pulls up this:

http://www.beloblog.com/KHOU_Animal_Attraction/2008/05/2009-astros-pla.html

Brad Ausmus and puppies. The ultimate aphrodisiac.
   49. Bob Dernier Cri  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:44 PM (#3399203)
   50. andrewberg  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:44 PM (#3399206)
I'm just going to hope she hyphenates her name if they get married into Banger-Sizemore. Not sure what her "size" would be, but I'm sure we could figure something out.
   51. Howie Menckel  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM (#3399207)
In case it wasn't clear from the Ausmus comment, No. 46 is indeed baseballchick.....
   52. TVerik and his cavalcade of whimsy  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:53 PM (#3399220)
Screenname history, my friend!
   53. zonk  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:54 PM (#3399221)
You are all confusing the googleads AI monster...

It's now alternating between duraflame logs and civil rights in baseball novels.
   54. SABRSusan  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 01:01 PM (#3399233)
A search for Brad Ausmus also pulls up this: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:oGKensveXi2qDM:http://asmp.org/culture/bestof2008/Seale/BradAusmus.jpg

Can you surf, Brad? Does it matter?
   55. Vida Blew Over the Legal Limit  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 01:28 PM (#3399263)
With a rare combination of speed and Sizemore


Nice little typo in the article there.
   56. Los Angeles Softballer of Anaheim  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 01:54 PM (#3399294)
Typo, or a slip of the tongue?
   57. BFFB  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 02:02 PM (#3399301)
What's a Googlewhack? In this context, it sounds kinda gross. (Nice one for the Hammers, BTW.)

A google search quote that returns only one search result.

It's kinda self-defeating because as soon as someone finds a Googlewhack, they post it on the internet, it becomes another listing on Google, and stops being a Googlewhack.


If anyone hasn't watched it find a copy of Dave Gormans googlewhack adventure, you'll laugh. alot.
   58. phredbird  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 02:03 PM (#3399303)
i keep getting brady anderson and grady sizemore mixed up. too bad. i was hoping to see those cool sideburns again.
   59. Lassus  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 02:31 PM (#3399327)
i was hoping to see those cool sideburns again.

Damned mug!
   60. Whiffey Is My Savior (smileyy)  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 03:25 PM (#3399386)
So when Grady calls up his ladyfriend, she's not going to get much more than a cup of coffee?

She must be glad when the rosters expand to 40 men? (I don't even know what that means, but it sounded topical...)
   61. phredbird  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 04:12 PM (#3399420)
The mug of tea is hilarious.


brings a whole new meaning to the term teabagging.

*rimshot*
   62. chemdoc  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 04:27 PM (#3399433)
(insert "Grady is the straw that stirs the drink" reference here)
   63. Matt Clement of Alexandria  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 04:29 PM (#3399434)
I mean, I feel for Grady in that he didn't want these pictures to be public, and they've apparently been made public through explicitly criminal action. That's too bad. On the other hand, it certainly is the case that if you're a celebrity - and even if you're not - you shouldn't place documents or photographs on the internet in any way unless you're ok with the consequences of these documents or photographs being made public. This in no way exonerates the ######## who make these things public, but it's got to be how we engage with photos of our naked bodies.

On the third hand, damn. Damn.
   64. Cooperstown Schtick  Posted: November 30, 2009 at 06:44 PM (#3399590)
Not buying it. That fourth picture -- that's Grady, that's a coffee mug, that's a Thunderstick... what is that thing on the right? Is that a midget?

And that other one, the one with the panties on his head, I couldn't even take that picture without really hurting my el...


...bow.
   65. RMc is the Commissioner of Baseball  Posted: December 01, 2009 at 01:01 PM (#3400261)
BTW, looking at these photos proves that you're gay. Not looking at means also proves you're gay.

Carry on.
   66. Bronco  Posted: December 01, 2009 at 01:17 PM (#3400288)
You'd think Polaroid would make a comeback by marketing directly to celebrities that wanna get freaky deaky with a camera but don't want hackers to out their freaky deaky side. I see a missed opportunity here.
   67. robinred  Posted: December 01, 2009 at 01:21 PM (#3400300)
I think having a guy named "Bronco" on this thread is appropos.
   68. baseball chick (now, with NEW blog)  Posted: December 01, 2009 at 03:12 PM (#3400442)
RMc is the Commissioner of Baseball Posted: December 01, 2009 at 01:01 PM (#3400261)

BTW, looking at these photos proves that you're gay. Not looking at means also proves you're gay.

Carry on.


- or even worse, you just might could be a straight woman. Those People for some reason, LIKE to look at pics of hot guys
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