Adenhart Death Makes For Tragic Reminder

We hear it all the time. Have since we were kids. "Don't drink and drive." It's pretty simple, really. And yet, every weekend, thousands of people still take the ridiculous chance of getting behind the wheel all boozed up. The death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two friends yesterday as a result of being struck by a drunk driver is just the most recent example of this sort of tragedy.

Deuce Files: Lenny Dykstra's Mag Strikes Out and more

We're going to try and make this a regular segment here at The Cheap Seats, where we recommend a few articles found over the weekend that are worth another read and maybe even a print out for your special sit-down time.

This weekend, between sessions of vigorous exercise and selfless philanthropic activity, we came upon a few different keepers. Note: You'll notice a distinct lack of Final Four coverage. The reason? The Madness is everywhere right now, the following suggestions are just for those chosen tender moments away from college hoops before Michigan State upsets UNC tomorrow night. The first page-turner we stumbled on is from this month's issue of GQ and chronicles one man's experience working for Lenny Dykstra, former pro baseball player and World Series champ who became a financial planning guru with the help of CNBC's Jim "Mad Money" Cramer. Dykstra used his financial clout to launch The Player's Club magazine to give pro athletes and other billionaires economic advice like which private jet to buy and how to hide a dead hooker when on vacation.

Which comes first -- the player or the market? Exhibit A: Roy Halladay

Today, the New York Times' Alan Schwarz turns in the seemingly annual If Roy Halladay Played In  A Big Time American Market Oh Boy He'd Be A Superstar story. To be fair, Schwarz focuses more on how Halladay is seen as a superstar within baseball, if not with the majority of fans.

Now, it is true that Toronto isn't a baseball-first city. But the team's been here for over three decades, won multiple World Series and should certainly have earned both players and fans respect by now. Of course, as we've seen with the Raptors from time to time, American players, fans and TV networks tend to allow what happens north of the border to stay north of the border. The only real solution is a little thing, usually referred to in sporting nomenclature as "winning." That said, it's easy to point out talented baseball players and say they'd be much bigger if they played in New York or Boston. This is not brain science. What is more difficult to determine is whether a player like Halladay would be a more prominent figure in the league if he simply played south of the border. Would he really get more attention if he played in Milwaukee? Or Tampa? Hell, even Cleveland?

Athletes and The Twitterati: A Wish List

OK, so now that Twitter has officially gone mainstream and even your grandmother knows what it is, we're starting to see more and more reports of pro athletes tweet habits. By far the most active contingent is from the NBA, lead by Shaquille O'Neal (aka THE_REAL_SHAQ) who uses his 140 characters to do everything from talk trash to meet fans to give away game tickets at a local mall. Other pro ballers on Twitter include Toronto's Chris Bosh and Milwaukee's Charlie Villanueva, oh, and for Leafs fans there's also the fake Brian Burke.

So far, Twitter feels like a great way to get to know your favorite athletes, what their lives are like on a daily basis and if they have even just an elementary grasp of basic grammar. The Cheap Seats got to thinking about a few things, and right after we confirmed that a tit mouse was a real animal, we asked ourselves, "Which athletes would we like to see Tweet?"