Thursday, June 14, 2012

COVERING A LOT OF GROUND

## Lance Armstrong is now being investigated by the US Anti-Doping Agency for alleged blood doping. This has been going on for 10 years or more. You couldn't catch him before, what makes you think you'll get him now?  Let's hope this case doesn't go to court where some incompetent District Attorney will blow it.

## The Clemens case is in the jury room and the jury has asked to see some of the exhibits. I guess they're considering starting their own Hall of Infamy. Don't drag this out. I don't think they'll be able to come up with anything, since it's only 50-50 that the D.A. would have been able to prove that Roger once pitched in the majors.

## The Yanks completed a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves, making use of great pitching and the home run ball.  After Granderson's two-run homer to take a 3-2 lead in the 7th, you got the distinct impression that Atlanta was done.
The Yanks head to Washington for a match-up of two of the best teams in baseball today.

## Congrats to Matt Cain on his perfect game. He needed a couple of great plays, but that's certainly not a condemnation of his performance. He  struck out 14, so you know he was overpowering in his own right.

## If you can't get it on the field, win it in committee. The Mets are going to appeal a play in R.A. Dickey's one-hitter last night. In the first inning, Upton hit a slow bouncer down the third base line. David Wright tried to bare-hand the ball, but it skipped away. It was called a hit, but the Mets think it should have been an error. Even if he fielded it cleanly, he might not have been able to get the out.  I think you have to call Upton's ball a hit. If you're going to start appealing these plays, we'll need a new designation: an H,P: a Hit, Pending. It's a hit, unless we need to change it to an error, so the pitcher gets a no-hitter. This will be a scorer's answer to a mulligan.

## Speaking of mulligans, ESPN ran a little segment where they broke down the field at the US Open in San Francisco in order to pick the winner. They eliminated, for example, every player over 45, because no one over that age ever won it. You had to be American, because no one who ever won it was a foreigner. And so on and so forth.  Tiger was one of those eliminated, but there is no truth that he lost out because of the category "No player with more than one affair" has ever won.

## The LA Kings have won the Stanley Cup, which means the NHL finals are over. So we're down to one last 'winter' sport that is still going on. Game two of the NBA finals is tonight. Luckily, there will be no rainouts, so Game Seven (if needed) won't compete with the Fourth of July celebrations ...probably.

## Theo Epstein has admitted that he "...made some mistakes," when he was the GM of the Red Sox. It was understandable to him, though. "...there was a lot of pressure in the environment at the time to do something," Epstein said. "You don't have to get everything done in one offseason just because of what's going on in the environment around you." Translation: The Yankees were doing something, so I had to also. Signing big-name players to monster contracts doesn't always work out and when they don't, you have to face the music. Cashman is still taking heat over the signing of  Michael Pineda. Cashman, however, is still there while Epstein fled to the Cubs. With a 21-41 record, the worst in baseball, the only way for Epstein now, is up.

***THEY SAID IT***
"LPGA golfer Natalie Gulbis gave the weather forecast on the Weather Channel. She had no idea what she was doing, so she fit right in."  -- Brad Dickson
"A 6-year-old fan tried to entice Brandon Jacobs back to the NY Giants by sending him $3.36. Or as they call it in the CFL: top dollar."  -- RJ Currie
"Former "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander has apologized for calling cricket a "gay" game. Aapparently Alexander has never watched men's figure skating."  -- Jim Barach
"Ex-NFL player Wade Davis has divulged that he is gay. He kept his sexuality a secret during his playing days. Davis’ teammates should have realized he was gay when he insisted on lining up behind the tight end on every play."  -- Gary Bachman
"Chad Ochocinco has signed with the Miami Dolphins. the addition of Ochocinco will provide the Dolphins with some much needed tweeting depth.  -- Brad Dickson
"How expensive will beer be at the London Olympics? They're charging more per head than the New Orleans Saints."  RJ Currie

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