Good Afternoon....
Lounging on the recliner giving the clicker a workout on a lazy July Sunday I came across the Women's World Cup soccer match between the United States and Brazil in Germany....What a match!....Brazil took a 2-1 lead on the second of two goals by the brilliant Marta....With the Americans down to 10 players after an ejection in the 66th minute, all hope disappearing quickly as time ran out, Megan Rapinoe blasted a pass across the field that the Brazilian goaltender narrowly missed and Captain Abby Wambach perfectly headed the ball into the empty net....WOW!....Folks, this was Doug Flutie hail mary stuff....Off we went to penalty kicks with the USA confidently putting all five shots in the net....Brazil missed their third shot as Hope Solo (who was sensational) made an outstanding save....USA wins!....Despite a controversial call on Brazil's first goal the American women prevail....Snatching victory from defeat unleashed an emotional outburst from the American team as they danced across the field....Thrilling....One of the best finishes in a big time game I've ever seen....USA advances to the semi-finals on Wednesday @11:30 am against France....I'll be watching.
Did you catch the David Ortiz-Kevin Gregg dust up the other night....Ortiz's shenanigans at the plate are wearing thin....He continues to show pitchers up and he acts surprised when they throw inside....Thats how you get The Big Cry-Baby out....And the fight was a joke....Both players threw a feeble punch (?) that didn't even land in the other's zip code....Now we get to watch The Big Cry-Baby hold court during the Home Run derby....I may have to pass.
At the break I see the Yankees and Red Sox are having their annual stare down in the AL East....The AL Central is up for grabs and the AL West has Texas and Anaheim going toe to toe....The loser in the east and west will battle for the Wild Card.
In the National League, the Phillies and Giants have taken a slight lead in the NL East and NL West with Atlanta the front runner for the Wild Card....The NL Central promises to go down to the wire with 4 games separating St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and the THIRD PLACE PITTSBURGH PIRATES (one game out).
Remember when the Mid-Summer Classic was exactly that....You have to go back to the 60's and 70's when some players stayed in the whole game and starting pitchers sometimes went three innings....Now they get a hang nail and pull out, collect their bonus and head somewhere exotic....83 players got selected this year due to injuries and pitchers starting yesterday....83....Time to abolish this "exibition" as its become a joke.
Still selecting the jury for the Roger Clemens trial....There has been a lot of discussion about whether this trial is necessary....Waste of money, who cares about steroids, etc....Let's remember (or misremember) that the Rocket brought this on himself....Arrogant and obnoxious, he insisted on appearing before Congress...He didn't have to....But he did....Then he lied, lied, lied.... You can't lie to Congress on national television and think you're gonna get away with it....He's a proven scumbag just by the way he's tried to bury the truth-telling Brian McNamee....Fuck him and the horse he rode in on....But as last week's Casey Anthony trial showed us, he'll walk.
"If I ain't startin', I am departin'!" - Garry Templeton (1981 All-Star Game)
"They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." - Ted Williams
....talk to ya............
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