A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak. -Michael Garret Marino
Public Knowledge:
1. Magglio Ordonez sure is hitting the cover off the ball. He’s grrrrrreat!! Yesterday, he smashed two bombs off Oakland’s Dallas Braden in the same inning. In the same inning! My oh my! Mags just joined Hall of Famer Al Kaline as the only Tiger to homer twice in one inning. Pretty good company. Come and knock on our door. Ordonez has been knocking all season. Besides the two dings, he had four RBIs to surpass the 100-RBIs mark for the second straight season. MVP! MVP! MVP!
2. Tiger continues to be the best golfer we’ve ever seen. You knew it Friday. You knew it Friday after his two playing partners hooked wildly left. They hooked wildly left then Tiger did what Tiger does best. He split the fairway. Twirling. Tiger Twirling. Next thing you know its Tiger for birdie. What a way to start the day. Tiger takes his thirteenth Major. He is so dominant right now that Woods now has more majors (13) then the rest of the top 10 in the world ranking combined (12). I said it about Mags, I’ll say it again here: He’s Grrrrreat!!!.
3. While we’re golfing, John Daly. This cat is ranked over 400th in the world yet he still is viewed larger than life. Mythical. Paul Bunyan. Pecos Bill. John Henry. Hiawatha. Johnny Appleseed. John Daly. He’s a modern day Babe Ruth. When Daly is relevant, there are more people around him than Tiger himself. Everybody hopes he stays atop the leaderboard. Everybody.
4. If you’re a Jets fan or you had your fantasy draft early like me, you hate to see this. New York Jets running back Thomas Jones limped off the practice field after injuring his lower right leg Sunday. Not good. Not good at all. Jones was supposed to be the featured bona fide running back for the Jets. Vernon here’s got a job. Vernon’s got prospects. He’s bona fide. What are you? Looks like my fantasy prospects just went down the drain.
5. OK, my Red Sox. Everybody just relax. No Chicken Littles here. Eric Gagne: “We should have won three games out of three and I … blew two of them. They brought me in to do a job and I’m not doing it. It’s ridiculous. These guys play eight great innings and I go out there and blow it. It’s a shame.” Yes it is a shame, but it’s not catastrophic. This part of the season is not for the feint of the heart. This is growed folks baseball. Last I saw, the Sox were still in first. Last I saw, the Sox have the best team in baseball. Last I saw the Sox still have Papi and Manny. Roll Sox roll!
6. The Oklahoma City SuperSonics? An Oklahoma City energy tycoon says the group that purchased the Seattle SuperSonics hopes to move the NBA franchise to Oklahoma City. Scrooge McDuck: “We didn’t buy the team to keep it in Seattle.” Just doesn’t seem right.
7. Not everybody’s loving the Rick Ankiel story. Juan Encarnacion sure isn’t. Encarnacion has been the odd man out during Ankiel’s meteoric rise. Encarnacion called La Russa’s recent treatment of him “kind of unprofessional.” He may have legitimate beef. Juan has hit .290 with 43 RBIs since returning from wrist surgery in the offseason. He last played on Wednesday after hitting .356 in July and starting seven of the team’s first eight games this month. But like the man says: You can’t stand in the way of progress.
8. And you thought the Celtics going after Reggie Miller was silly. Even though the Mistake by the Lake has clawed thier way among the ranks of the NBA elite, the Cavs have yet to make a move. That may change. Sources say Cleveland has interest in former New York Knicks star Allan Houston. I mean, I saw the bank shot against Miami too, but I also saw his has last miserable days in the Big Apple. Bad idea guys. Bad idea.
9. Here come the Phillies! Geriatric Jamie Moyer won his fourth straight decision as the Phils pass the Braves in the standings. Be careful Mr. Met. Be very careful.
10. Yankees still suck!
Peace out homies. Six two and Even!
Need More? Random Notes
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When does the full panic set in? With luck, Seattle will fade and Detroit / Cleveland will beat each other up enough to give the Red Sox the wild card. Yankes will end up winning the East by 4-5 games.
ESPN had a great piece on Poppi’s unreported injury and his total lack of production since June. Surprised to see you not covering that story.
never, this nonsense won’t last and you know it. papi is a man. men play hurt.
I have just watched Joba. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Your season is officially over. Yanks win World Series, losing 2 or fewer games in playoffs.
i saw him too. he is nasty.