Blogdome: Stay Angry, San Diego

• Has a first place team ever been more unhappy and less fun to watch then the San Diego Padres? [ Gas Lamp Ball] • A rare black umpire died. Did anyone notice? [ BlackAthlete] • It might comes as a surprise to people outside of New York — or even, we'll admit, us — but Mark Messier wasn't nearly as popular in the city as you might think. [ Puck Update] • All kinds of weird things happening with the NHL Players Union. Hmm ... wonder why. [ Eklund's Hockey Rumors] • Depressive sports blogger cheers up enough to find good news about the Chicago Bears. Really. [ SportsPundit] • Um, here's some post about anal sex on the Angels or something, we're not sure, it kind of scared us a little. [ Halo's Heaven]