Thursday, April 29, 2010

SOME QUICK JABS

***BOO-HOO***
The Chinese Gymnastics Association has been ordered to return the Women's Team Bronze medal won in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. There is evidence that a gymnast, Dong Fangxiao, was under age at the time of the competition. Gymnasts have to be 14 to compete. The Chinese Government will file a protest saying that 10 years is too long a wait to make such a claim and that Dong is having a hard enough time adjusting to her freshman year in high school.

***CC WINS UGLY***
He walked 2 and gave up 11 hits, but Oriole pitcher, Jeremy Guthrie, gave up 7 runs on 6 hits. After the game, Guthrie said he was, "...embarrassed by the way the game started, embarrassed by the way the game ended and embarrassed that they had to bring guys in from the bullpen." Then he, "apologized to the fans for losing, to his teammates for pitching poorly and to Posada for hitting him." No truth to the rumor that he conducted the post-game interview while lying on a bed of nails.
Robinson Cano continues to impress, while Nick Johnson & Mark Teixeira went a collective 2-9 (a .222 average) which RAISED their collective average from .131 to .137. Johnson has changed his number to try and change his luck, but it didn't do much good. Where's Giambi's gold lame' jock strap when you need it?

***SOME CATCH***
...but so lucky, Marlon Byrd couldn't even PRETEND he was actually trying to do this:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=chc and click on "Byrd's catch..." on the video playlist.

***NOT THE WAY TO DO IT***
Trevor Hoffman has vowed to continue pitching as long as Mariano Rivera does so he can stay ahead of Mo' in saves. So far this year, Trevor has 4 blown saves and 2 losses. Do the math, Trevor. Don't be like Eric Gagne who announced his retirement this week, two years after his arm did (from The Onion.com).

***COULD YOU REPEAT THAT?***
Who is the "Most Despised Team" in baseball? Usually this is a n0-brainer: The beloved Bronx Bombers. However, the Wall Street Journal, that paragon of financial acumen. by using some obscure algorithm, has determined that the team holding this title is the Cleveland Indians! The Yanks are 5th on the list behind Boston, Cincinnati and Houston. Stick to messing up the nation's finances WSJ; the Sporting News, you ain't

CP-

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