Kate Upton admittedly changed her baseball allegiances from the New York Yankees after she officially began dating Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander in 2013.
Nobody should hold that against the supermodel.
She just wants to stand by her man and support his team, but it sounds like that change of heart led to some awkward moments when she visited Yankee Stadium last week.
Upton was seated directly behind the Detroit dugout to watch the Tigers play the Yankees on Tuesday night. At one point, there was a fun exchange where Upton finally convinced Verlander to toss her a souvenir baseball. It was a light-hearted and fun moment, but apparently that's as far as the Yankees were willing to let her go to show her support for Detroit.
While filling in for Kelly Ripa on Friday's Live! with Kelly and Michael, Upton revealed to co-host Michael Strahan that the Yankees specifically told her she couldn't wear any Tigers gear while sitting in the Legends seats at Yankee Stadium.
"I used to be a really big Yankees fan, but I'm sleeping with the enemy," Upton told Strahan. "I had to pick a side. And I felt it, too, when I walked in. The Yankees told me, 'You're not allowed to wear a Tigers hat. You're not allowed to wear any Tigers gear.' It's like a bad breakup."
Split-second call
Veteran umpire Gary Cederstrom was umpiring at third base in a game between the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals, which isn't necessarily a night off but is obviously far less active for an umpire than any of the other three stations.
Many of the plays there are bang-bang calls and require an umpire to be in good position to see what happens.
That was the case Friday when San Francisco's Joaquin Arias was caught wandering a little too far off the bag after Brandon Crawford swung and missed a pitch in the second inning. Royals catcher Salvador Perez jumped and snapped a throw to third in an attempt to pick off Arias. As Arias slid back into the bag safely, Cederstrom moved into make his call, but the moment his foot hit the grass he looked like he stepped on a banana peel.
Down goes, Cederstrom!
He didn't just down. He went down in the splits position, which will test a man's limberness.
Cedestrom was a pro through the entire episode. He emphatically made a safe motion with his arms, which in itself was impressive, before completing his slide on the Kaufmann Stadium turf.
More impressive? He made the correct call.
The thought of how he was going to survive the landing had to come next. He did, and the smile he cracked afterward sealed the deal.
Not perfect enough
Thorbjorn Olesen was 3 under in the fourth round Sunday at the PGA Championship when he reached the 174-yard eighth hole. He had eagled his previous hole, and on the par 3 he hit his first shot perfectly.
Too perfectly, it turned out.
Oleson's ball landed directly onto the bottom part of the pin, but instead of dropping into the cup for an ace, it took a horribly unlucky kick off the green, 74 feet away from the hole. From there, Olesen chunked his chip and two-putted for a bogey to drop him back to 1 under on the day.
He may have gotten robbed here, but all's well that ends well. He recovered with a birdie on the next hole.
QUIZ
What is pitcher Justin Verlander's salary with the Detroit Tigers for 2014?
ANSWER
$20,100,000
Sports on 08/11/2014