You thought a baseball blog was a good place to hide from Tim Tebow news?

Think again!

Considering the hype surrounding his client, Tebow's agent thought it would be a good idea to hide him in Memphis for a few days; Elvis, after all, lives there in plain sight. Alas, once neighbors figured out who Jimmy Sexton's guest was, they came a-knockin' and blew Tebow's cover.

But not before Tebow got in some whacks -- not at the critics who consider Josh McDaniels and the Denver Broncos cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs for trading up to take Tebow in the first round of the NFL Draft.

No, these whacks came at batting practice with the high school kids on the Memphis University School baseball team.

Tebow hit 12 homers on 15 pitches.

Of course he did.

Via the Memphis Commercial-Appeal:

"The kids were just awed by how far he hit the ball," Sexton said. "The best thing about Tim is he thinks he's just another guy and acts that way. He's oblivious to everything going on around him. He doesn't think he's a

Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore's announcement of the firing of Manager Trey Hillman, moments after Zack Greinke(notes) picked up his first victory of the season on Thursday, makes perfect sense.

Even more so when you consider that Ned Yost, who is Hillman's replacement, was fired from his previous managerial job by the Milwaukee Brewers with 12 games remaining in the 2008 season — when the Brewers were tied for the wild-card lead.

Desperate teams do strange things.

The move makes further "sense" because Yost has been waiting in the wings ever since K.C. hired him over the winter to be a special adviser to baseball operations.

(That's French for "Hillman insurance.")

Does Hillman (right) look like a guy who was told he's been canned? The pic was taken Thursday; Hillman was given the choice of managing one last game. It's sad and sweet at the same time.

Not so sweet, the state of the Royals. They won Thursday with K.C.'s untrustworthy bullpen actually holding a lead for

In April, when Bernie Carbo came forth to claim he hit a famous World Series home run while stoned — that, in fact, he played most of his entire career under the influence of drugs — I bought it. I still might.

After all, Bernie has run a ministry and says he's been clean for 15 years or so. You want to believe a guy, even if he tells a fantastic-sounding story, because nobody likes being lied to, for one. If it helps him come clean in his own life, and we get an entertaining story out of it, who's harmed?

But now, in a new interview, Carbo is coming out with another revelation: He tried to pay someone to break Keith Hernandez's arms during the '80s.

In an upcoming segment for ESPN's "Outside the Lines," Carbo said that in 1985 he became enraged when Hernandez testified in open court that Carbo introduced him to cocaine.

Via ESPN:

"I knew some people, and I had $2,000, and I asked them to break his arms," Carbo said. "He said, 'We'll do it in two or three years if you want it done,

Even with the New York Yankees in town for a day-night doubleheader, a pair of hip-hop superstars dominated most of the attention at Detroit's Comerica Park on Wednesday.

Jay-Z and Eminem visited both clubhouses and stopped by three TV network booths, including ESPN's, to shake hands and to promote a pair of concerts they plan to headline at Yankee Stadium and Comerica this September.

Representing their respective cities and teams, Jay-Z rocked his Joba-brimmed Yankees cap (natch) while Eminem wore a slick Tigers track jacket with the classic olde English "D" logo on the front.

But there was no question who the bigger and better-informed baseball fan was.

Whereas Jay-Z shared stories about singing "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys at the World Series, and he dropped some knowledge of Austin Jackson(notes), cohort Marshall Mathers had trouble articulating a coherent response to Rick Sutcliffe's fairly straightforward question.

Sutcliffe: "We understand you were here on opening

Gather 'round, because it's time to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts at Coors Field, where ... Say! Check out the horns on that purple dinosaur behind home plate! Oh, sorry, just trying out these cool binoculars I found in the Phillies bullpen.

Game of the Day
Rockies 4, Phillies 3 (10 inn.)

This is no exaggeration: Miguel Olivo(notes) had one of the best days in major league history. He went 5-for-5 and finished with a game-ending home run. Stats LLC reports that he's just the third player since 1952 to do that. The previous: Fred McGriff with the Braves in 1996 and Jim Northrup with the Tigers in 1969. Wowzers!

Further: Olivo's first three hits came against Roy Halladay(notes).

"Not many people do that to Halladay," Olivo said. "He's the greatest pitcher in the big leagues. But sometimes people make mistakes and you hit them."

Also no exaggeration: Olivo executed perhaps the greatest bat flip in major league history. It was epic. Check it out frozen below and

Give a man a phone and he can call a doctor.

Give a man an iPhone and he can go to a medical website on the Internet, make a self-diagnosis and then have doctors remove his appendix before it bursts.

That's exactly what happened in the case of San Diego Padres right-hander Tim Stauffer(notes), who was feeling a little bit punky in the wee hours Tuesday morning and did a little cybernetic investigation in his San Francisco hotel room.

Yes, there's an app for that. (I know ... I had to be the 4,599th person to say it.)

From the San Diego Union-Tribune:

Able to get to St. Mary's Hospital via taxi and address the issue before his inflamed appendix burst, Stauffer underwent a minimally invasive (one-stitch) laparoscopy.

Placed on the disabled list, Stauffer initially was projected to miss perhaps four weeks of playing time.

It's too bad for the Padres that Stauffer will miss any time; he's allowed only one earned run in 23 1/3 innings. His effort is a huge reason they're in first place

Gather 'round, because it's time to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts at Citi Field in New York — hey, someone wake up Keith Hernandez! What was I saying?

Game of the Day: Mets 8, Nationals 6

There's Chris Carter, there's Chris Carter and then there's Chris Carter. There's also Cris Carter. This Chris Carter is Chris Carter, dubbed "The Animal" by manager Jerry Manuel in spring training no doubt because he plays the drums with the reckless abandon of a Muppet.

Joining Mr. Met and Ike Davis(notes) as the most recent folk hero for the New York Mets, Carter helped them rally from four runs down in the eighth inning. His two-run, tiebreaking double in his first at-bat for the Mets keyed the six-run frame.

"It's a great feeling. It's really special," Carter said. "I definitely felt like part of the team right there."

That happens when you produce right off the bus from the minors. The photo, by the way, shows Nats outfielder Josh Willingham(notes) losing Rod Barajas'

UPDATE: The Philadelphia Daily News is reporting that this is a done deal and that terms will be announced later Tuesday.

Come late June, the city of Toronto might not be big enough for French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Philadelphia Phillies' ace Roy Halladay(notes).

When leaders of planet Earth's biggest national economies meet near the Rogers Centre for the G20 Summit next month, security and congestion concerns might motivate Major League Baseball to move the Blue Jays-Phillies interleague series to Philadelphia.

Such a change not only would spoil Halladay's highly anticipated return to the True North (strong and free), but it also would give the Phillies 84 home games.

So, in one extreme scenario, the Blue Jays would lose three home gates the weekend of June 25-27 — one of which might be a Halladay start — and the two-time defending NL champions would be awarded three more home games than any other team in the majors.

Anybody got a problem with any of that?

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