Monday, August 18, 2008

8/18: All over the Map....

Here we are again....
  • USA Hoops wins by about 50....this team is suddenly putting up Dream Team-like numbers in upsets.... and it means exactly...nada.... but now they start to count in the Quarters against Australia (who the US should manhandle)....take care of business fellas....
  • Jamaica sweeps the "feature" track event in both the men's and women's 100m...following Usain Bolt's insane 100m display where he pulled up 15m short and still broke the world record...Shelly-Ann Fraser takes the women's gold....
  • MLB: Josh Beckett gets roughed up.....but I stand by my "one game with life on the line" sentiment that he's my guy....Roy Oswalt is back with the living! The wildly inconsistent Astro went 8 IP allowing only 1 hit to go with his 10K.....My man, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey threw FOUR wild pitches in a single inning....I'm thinking that can't all be his fault...get together with your catcher in the next 4 days huh?....
  • This gets its own bullet....Jeff Kent taking pot-shots at Vin Scully now? Apparently Scully made a comment on how it helps Kent having Manny in that lineup...and now Jeff Kent (idiot that he is) comes up with this gem...."Vin Scully talks too much"....Oh really Jeff? He's probably the most famous baseball broadcaster ever (Jack Buck is right there) and pretty much is above judgment at this point...but thank you...as always...
  • I love the over-reaction about Matt Ryan's poor performance the other day....guy made one bad throw that turned into a pick 6...in a preseason game.... and now he's definitely gonna be a bust right? Calm down....please....it matters almost as little AS.....
  • Brett Favre going 5-6 in his debut....let the MVP discussion begin! And ESPN showed every single pass attempt....I'm going to have to boycott if this continues to get out of hand...
  • I'll close with this....Legendary (for the wrong reasons, lol) NBA forward Shawn Kemp is headed to Italy to try and resurrect his dead career....Kemp was formerly one of (if not the) best athlete in the NBA at his time....a 6'10 Power Forward who could jump out of the gym and finish with authority...but he's now known for fathering dozens (literally) of children...terrible legacy to leave...remember the player too...

1 comment:

Ryan said...

In defense of Johjima...he's a knuckleballer!..and if you saw them..I think only one actually hit his glove..and I could have sworn Vin Scully's job was to talk..hm