Wednesday, August 20, 2008

8/20: Baseball, Olympics....the usual lately

Greetings from the raucous location of Tucker, GA...
  • There's officially a shifting of the guard in the AL power structure....well...at least if you read any major news outlet...yes, Tampa Bay has overtaken the Angels for the best record in MLB...by a half-game...in August...Hand them the rings....
  • MLB Roundup: AJ Burnett is a strikeout machine...and with as many wins as he has (16), I guess Cito Gaston is probably right that he's out the door with his opt-out clause after the season....There aren't many better pitchers than Rich Harden when healthy...hope he stays there...The Yankees are done, done, done.....but at least Carl Pavano is back!! lol....The hapless Atlanta Braves blew another late lead imploding for 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th in New York last night...at what point does this stop being amusing? Oh wait...I'm wayyy past that point...
  • Usain Bolt is officially the baddest man on the planet....well...the fastest at least....shattering Michael Johnson's 12-year-old 200m record in style....now come the accusations of PED use...oh the times in which we live....
  • I have a bit of a beef with NBC...and really every media outlet...when someone's dreams are literally crushed before our very eyes (see Lolo Jones in the 110m hurdles last night after she clipped a hurdle to end her race when it looked like Gold was a mere formality), they really have to follow her into the back rooms of the stadium to get a reaction? Let her be....let her be....
  • Joe Horn released....if only Rich McKay had released he was done before he gave him a huge pile of cash in free agency...only to see him end up as the 5th WR for a dreadful team last year...savvy managerial work Rich
  • And finally....USA Hoops lays the wood once again...a 30+ point victory over the one time that "challenged" them thus far in Australia...Australia hung in for 3 quarters in the first meeting...but not so this morning....Kobe decided to wake up a bit with 25...good to see that....bring on Argentina or Greece (currently in progress) for the spot in the finals....
More later

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