Saturday, September 13, 2008

ODDITIES

Good news/bad news:
Phil Hughes pitches yesterday in the Gov. Cup championship game. The bad news: pitched 5 innings, gave up 4 hits, 4 walks and 1 run. The good news: he struck out 12 (yes, 12!) Bulls while Scranton won 20-2. You only needed 3 runs, guys. Couldn't you send 17 of them up to the Bigs? It will be interesting to see who the Yanks bring up now.
There were 6 rainouts last night and Boston played in the rain.
The last LPGA commissioner wanted the tour players to dress sexier (influenced, no doubt, by Women's Beach Volleyball). This commissioner wants them to speak 8th grade English. Combine the two and we'll be watching Las Vegas cocktail waitresses on the tour. Maybe they'll play for casino chips.
The Bulgarian women's hockey team played in the pre-qualifying tournament for the 2010 Olympics. I use the word "play" advisedly. They lost games by scores of 41-0, 39-0 & 30-1. That's not even the worst of it: Slovakia beat them 82-0! They out shot Bugaria 139-0 and averaged a goal every 44 seconds. Bulgaria's reaction: their coach said "We took it as training." I think he mispronounced "torture".
Worthless Statistics Department.
Carl Pavano is UNDEFEATED ...when he pitches on 501 days rest.
Chris Henry, Bengals wide receiver, averages 5 arrests for every fumble lost.
Michael Strahan has joined Fox NFL as an analyst, bringing the analyst team championship total to 8 and their divorce total to 6.
Bobby Cox has announced he will return to the Atlanta Braves next year. He says, "I'm not going to base my retirement on wins and losses." How about career ejections, Bobby? Your major league record is 143. Earl Weaver had 97, Lou Pinella has 71.

More "vital statistics" as they occur.

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