DELMON CLEAN...NINA AGDAL

Former Tiger and current Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Delmon Young’s April 2012 hate crime charge will be expunged from his record at his next hearing on May 13.
Ken Rosenthal reported that Young has fulfilled both of the obligations required by the court — 10 days of community service in New York and one day at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles — as part of his guilty plea last year.
Remember, back in April 2012, Delmon was charged with a hate crime after he shouted an anti-Semitic slur while intoxicated outside a New York hotel?
He's starting over in Philly with a clean slate.

One of the HBWHOF's new faves Tweeted a great pic yesterday - love me some Nina Agdal...

BIG LEAGUE CHEW REVOLUTION

Huge baseball news!
This summer, Big League Chew is going to put a real-live baseball player on their packaging. After years of the cartoon caricature of a ballplayer...

Big League Chew is putting the Dodgers Matt Kemp and Phillies Cole Hamels on packaging...

JV, ARNIE & LOUNGE WITH LUCY

Justin Verlander, who fancies himself a decent golfer, ran into Arnold Palmer.

I follow this chick on Twitter - @LoungeWithLucy
Her mini-bio describes her as a "Professional Adventurist, Music Lover, World Traveller, Life Artist, Badass Yogi and Sexy Model!" Plus - she's Canadian.
Lucy posted this pic, yesterday, and it kinda grabbed my immediate attention.

BRUCE RONDON & MARIA MENOUNOS

I've been following the excellent Spring Training photos of Diane Weiss on Instagram. Follow her @BaseballintheD and @dddetroit

I was listening to Dan Dickerson and Jim Price broadcasting the Tigers - Braves game on Sunday.
They were quite concerned with the performance of Tigers prospective closer Bruce Rondon.
Rondon has been lacklustre to say the least. In four games, this spring, Rondon has pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowed 5 hits, 3 earned runs, 5 walks, and 6 strikeouts. His ERA is 7.36
Tigers management has decided that Rondon will skip his next exhibition outing and instead throw a session in the bullpen to work on his mechanics.

Uber-Hot TV babe and Red Sox fan Maria Menounos sent this Instagram photo from Palm Springs.

FISHING LURES & LUCY PINDER

It's March, meaning baseball is right around the corner.
So, let's concentrate on one of the HBWHOF's favourite things - baseball giveaways!
One of the coolest giveaways EVER is presented, annually, by the Minnesota Twins.
Keeping with the 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' theme, the Twins give away a Rapala signature lure every season. Past player lures have included Kent Hrbek, Matt Caps, Jacques Jones, Eddie Guardado, Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer and skipper Ron Gardenhire.
This year, on Thursday, April 25th the Twins play the Rangers and the giveaway will be a Glen Perkins fishing lure.
Good stuff!

Here's Lucy Pinder doing her tribute to the Pope's retirement in LOADED...

WELCOME BACK, BRANDON McCARTHY

Welcome back, Brandon McCarthy.
Brandon McCarthy returned to the mound yesterday. He done good.
After last season's big scare - getting nailed in the melon by an Erick Aybar line drive that resulted in brain surgery to alleviate a skull fracture, brain contusion and epidural hemorrhage - McCarthy returned to the hill.
He's no longer with the Athletics. He signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks during the off-season. McCarthy's final line: 2 innings of work, 3 hits, 1 run allowed and 4 strikeouts.

This also gives me an excuse to put up a pic of Brandon's wife - Hot Baseball Wife Hall of Famer, Amanda McCarthy...

SANFORD KOUFAX

I have a lot of sweet baseball memoribilia. Autographs from my favourite players - Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Willie Horton, Bill Freehan and Bob Feller.
I've got a uniform swatch and bat splinter from Ty Cobb. I've got ancient baseball books that have been out-of-print for decades.
I've seen a no-hitter live - Jon Lester's No-No - from the Green Monster seats at Fenway.
There's ONE thing missing.
I WANT A SANDY KOUFAX AUTOGRAPH.
I LOVE Sandy Koufax.
To me, Koufax is baseball's version of J.D. Salinger - if Salinger could throw heat seeking missiles and a curveball that would drop off the face of the earth.
Koufax is 77 years old. He is back with the LA Dodgers.
He's at Spring Training in Glendale, Arizona as a special adviser to owner Mark Walter.
Three Cy Young Awards. Four World Series titles. Four no-hitters. An NL MVP award and two World Series MVP honors in just 12 seasons in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
This guy defines the term LEGEND.
On rare occasions, God creates a human with super-human skills - but puts an 'achilles heel' into the mix. Bobby Orr and his bad knees. Sandy Koufax and his arthritic left elbow.
I LOVE Sandy Koufax. Please, please...somebody hook me up!