Good Morning....
The most unique ceremonial first pitch I've ever seen....Cirque du Soleil at MGM Grand in Las Vegas were participating in the first pitch festivities before the Padres-Royals game at PETCO park in San Diego....Gabryl Nogueira da Silva delivered a strike after completing a twisting, acrobatic 360 degree flip....Wow! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6qzfbKfiXM&feature=player_embedded
Frank McCourt may be making all kinds of noise off the field but his Dodgers hit all the right notes last night as they smacked a MLB season high 25 hits in a 15-0 romp over Minnesota last night....Matt Kemp for MVP?....Brandon Beachy tosses his second consecutive gem for Atlanta....Keep an eye on this arm....Red Sox and Phillies get together for a three game series in Philly in what could be a 2011 World Series preview....It dosen't get better than Josh Beckett vs. Cliff Lee....Jim Leyland had an animated conversation with the first base umpire last night after the ump blew the play at 1st only to change his call after conferring with the home plate ump....Leyland does his best Earl Weaver impersonation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_jtthsqqA
Christian Walker, despite a broken hamate bone in his hand, singles in the 11th inning, steals second and scores on a couple of throwing errors to lead South Carolina to a 2-1 victory and a 1-0 lead in the best 2 out of 3 College World Series.
Sad to hear of the sudden passing of Lorenzo Charles who scored the winning basket for the 1983 NC State Wolfpack in the NCAA Championship Finals....Charles was killed in a bus crash....He collected Dereck Whittingburg's missed Hail Mary from 30 feet and scored as time expired to lead NC State over heavily favored Houston in one of college basketball's finer moments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQvU4PBzhI
Don't look now but #24 Jeff Gordon is creeping up the NASCAR standings....My man.
What a week in Fantasy Baseball (MFL) as "DTA 3:16" (SeeMore and The Mailman) get a 1 a.m. save from Brandon League to upset the "Shitbags" (Diamond Dave) and win Week 12...."Hitmen" (Mr. Depot and The Sniper) hold on to first overall with the "Odd Couple" (Felix and Oscar) a close second...."Glassholes" (Jackie Brains) continues to mire in the pitching roulette muck...."49ers" (The Commish) weather Madison Bumgarner's awful performance Tuesday and squeak by "BCDC" (Mr. Class and The Professor) on the back of Bumgarner's career best 11 strikeouts Sunday night.
There's been a lot of discussion about New York and Boston fans out voting everyone else and putting their players in the Mid-Season Classic....In 1957, Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot boxes and voted 8 Reds in as starters....Here is one man's All-Star team for 2011.
American League...................National League
1B - A. Gonzalez Bos P. Fielder Mil
2B - R. Cano Yanks R . Weeks Mil
SS - A. Cabrera Cle J. Reyes Mets
3B - A. Beltre Tex P. Polanco Phi
C - C. Santana Cle B. McCann Atl
OF - J. Bautista Tor M. Kemp LA
OF - C. Granderson Yanks R. Braun Mil
OF - J. Ellsbury Bos J. Upton AZ
"It's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get up." - Vince Lombardi
....talk to ya............................
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