Alyssa Milano and The MLB

Alyssa Milano is probably not best known for her passionate love for the Dodgers and baseball; in fact, she is probably best known for being hot and a sister in the TV show Charmed. Recently her love of baseball has become more public. Many of her exes have been baseball players. She says that instead of enjoying the nightclubs her peers do, she prefers to go to ballgames and has met "a few really great men." She has also created (and continues to work on) a fashion line based on MLB teams, mostly for women, so that she and others can wear fashionable clothing and support their favorite team. Finally, MLBlogs has given Milano her own Blog named *touch* 'em all, TOUCH being the name of her clothing brand.

I found out about this blog through AOL's The FanHouse blogs. Matt Watson basically wrote a "review" of her first blog. He made a joke about the name of the blog and her dating history. This annoyed me some, but he also mentioned some positives and gave a basically relevant review.

There were two other "reviews" that were written by Larry Brown. One he titled "Watch Out Russel Martin, You're Next for Alyssa Milano" in which he states that her reason for saying that Gonzalez's arm is weak isn't because it may be weak but because he's married and she can't date him. He makes a few other comments about her dating life.

Alyssa Milano calls him out, and while the blog had little to do with actual baseball, it seemed it needed to be said. She asks him to find better things to do with his time, essentially, and feels that there is a double standard in dating.

His response is that she is in the public eye so she will just have to deal with them looking into her dating life and asks if Milano mentions Derek Jeter negatively because he turned her down for a date. She was expressing her opinion about a topic that applies to many women using herself as an example; he wanted to make an example out of her.

It frustrates me as a woman and as a lover of baseball that some people, often men, can't get over the fact that women have an opinion about sports. One minute I hear complaining about how women don't understand how important a sports game is and the next minute women who do love sports are being told that they can't possibly love the sport for the love of the game.

Milano has only made a few posts in her blog and they have been generally personal or broader than just baseball. I enjoy reading them because I feel she is insightful about baseball in a way that relates to life for the modern woman, things that most men have not experienced. She hasn't gotten much chance to really "talk baseball" though she has voiced her opinions clearly and without hestitation, something I appreciate. Her blog is not likely to be acclaimed for her insight into baseball. But if you're going to criticize her, grow up and criticize her on her lack of in depth discussion and not about who you think she wants to date next.