Good Morning....
Trying to make sense of the Jim Riggleman situation....He's in the final year of his contract and as most managers he wants an extension....The Nationals GM Mike Rizzo will not give him one....Yet....Riggleman wants to talk about it....Rizzo refuses....Riggleman resigns....Washington is having it's best season in years, the future looks bright and they bring on inner turmoil....I don't see any winners here....The GM should have taken his manager behind closed doors and kept this from public view....His refusal to talk and Riggleman's subsequent decision to quit comes across as a pissing contest with no regard for the team....The manager had a contract for this season and I understand his frustration on not getting an extentsion BUT he has a contract for this year and he quit on his players....I would think that closes the door on any future mangerial jobs for him....The Nationals dust the mothballs off Davey Johnson.
BREAKING NEWS....LA Dodgers file for bankruptcy in a Delaware court....Just the beginning....Bud Selig is like a landlord trying to get rid of his tenant....Not easy but Selig will prevail....How about that Roy Halladay?....Notches his tenth win and fifth complete game of the season....The Red Sox miss Halladay this week but the Boston-Philly series still promises to showcase the talent that could be the 2011 World Series matchup.....Tonight, Josh Beckett vs. Cliff Lee.
NFL labor talks are still giving off good vibes....Both sides seem to have a blueprint in place for a resolution....NBA labor talks are going the opposite way....Did you see the players in their "stand tall" t-shirts?....Do they have a clue?....Will the league give the players the $160M back that the players have in escrow?....Does anybody really care?....Train wreck written all over it.
Yani Tseng wins the LPGA Championship by 10 strokes....Impressive....Only 22, she completes the Women's Grand Slam, although not in the same year....Rory McIlroy and Yani Tseng at 22 years young leading their respective tours....Tiger who?....Michelle who?....Terrell Owens undergoes ACL surgery....Could retirement be far behind?....Philadelphia Flyers blow their team up by trading captain Mike Richards and leading scorer Jeff Carter....hmmmmmmm....Ron Artest of the Lakers files to have his name legally changed to "Metta World Peace"....My favorite was back in the 70's when Lloyd Free changed his to "World B. Free"....Boy, did he have a scorching jump shot....A Celtics killer.
College Baseball World Series best 2 of 3 starts tonight....Defending champ South Carolina vs. Florida....The SEC is guaranteed it's 9th title in the past 21 years....South Carolina has won nine straight CWS games but Florida has a deeper bullpen and strong offense....Florida is considered to be the favorite but the Gamecocks took two out of three in Gatorland earlier this year....Always a lot of emotion in the Finals....South Carolina in 3.
A guy walks into a bar in South Beach, orders a drink, and asks the barkeep if he'd like to hear a good Miami U joke.
"Listen buddy," he growled. "See those 2 big guys on your left? They were both linemen on the Miami U football team. And that huge fellow on your right was a world-class wrestler at Miami. That guy in the corner was Miami's all-time champion weight-lifter. And I lettered in 3 sports. Now, are you absolutely positive you want to go ahead and tell your joke here?"
"Nah, I guess not," the man replied. "I wouldn't want to explain it 5 times."
....talk to ya................................
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