Venus: Yeah Baby She’s Got It
Well, I’m your Venus, I’m your fire
At your desire
Bananarama
Venus wins Wimbledon!
I don’t know how many times I have written off the William’s sisters thinking they had lost the fire in the belly. Maybe love is stoking Venus’ flames, she is dating pro golfer Hank Kuehne, who attended Southern Methodist University. They should dominate the golf and tennis at any Country Club they decide to join. Although Serena could probably outdrive both of them off the first tee.
Congrats Venus.
Baseball In November
Uber-agent Steve Boras is calling for a best-of-nine World Series, with a twist. Two games at a neutral site. Interesting idea, and I am all for it.
Arguing that the shift would create a marketing bonanza that would rival the Super Bowl, Boras outlined his ideas in a two-page letter he sent to baseball commissioner Bud Selig on April 15.
“I know from an owner’s perspective, this is a gold mine,” Boras said. “To have a World Series Weekend, WSW, I think it will create a stage that the game has not seen.” Associated Press
Joe From Cincinnati
I think Joe Kernen would agree with me that the 1975 Reds were the best baseball team in history. Johnny Bench and Co. were an awesome team. And Joe Morgan might have been the best player on a stacked team.
But some people think Morgan is a loose cannon on television. They must not have listened to Harry Caray much in the the late 80’s. He was always hammered by the 7th inning stretch.
At least one blogger thinks Morgan is a nut. She offers advice for fans looking to gut out slumps:
Make use of all the scoreless at-bat times to contemplate why Joe Morgan is employed as a sportscaster. I have no idea why anyone would have hired this meatball. He spews some of the most inane drivel I have ever heard. The other night he said, of entering the majors and playing with a slugger, ‘I finally knew the meaning of 500’. I would list some other things he has said recently but they drive me so insane I tend to block them from memory. I swear if I watch any more games he does I am going to have to turn down the sound or else risk needing anger management therapy. Protrade
Tiger’s Baby
Tiger has it all now. The baby completes his picture. Maybe Sam will cry all nite long and Tiger’s game will suffer.
Nah. He looks to be in the best shape of his life and is ready to make a charge through his 30-something years.
Did I say his wife is hot?
Hot
Congrats Tiger and Elin.
Baby pics here
Race of the Week
John’s honeymoon did not stop him from sending in his race picks. I am changing the odds of a divorce to even money.
I hope he knows what he is doing:
Race of the week:
June 23rd, 8th race Hollywood Park
CinemaH-G3
1- Worldly
Won a grade 3 last out and is a lightly raced 3 year old with a good rider in
Espinoza. The class of the race and should have no problem with the rest of
this mediocre field..
2- Tycoon Doby
A steep jump in class, but seems to like the switch to turf and had a bullet
work on June 14th. Long shot to place.
3- Golden Balls
Posted highest Beyer (101) last time out and may be coming into form in the U.S.
Don’t like the layoff since last win though. Trainer is 21% off of win last
start.
Knicks and Chicks
The glory days of the Knicks circa 1995 are long gone. But Jeff Ma over at ProTrade jogged my memory with this post yesterday.
So I was down at Foxwoods during the lockout, watching Shane Mosley and Roy Jones, Jr. fight (separate fights, not each other). Anyways, while there, I had the pleasure of playing blackjack with a few members of the New York Knicks. Patrick Ewing, John Starks and Allan Houston were all there. In fact, Ewing even started hitting on one of my female friends, prompting her to ask him what he did for a living. “I play basketball,” he said. And she replied: “For any team I might have heard of?”
Anyways, there’s more to the story—and it involves Starks getting so drunk that he couldn’t smoke his cigar, losing every penny he had and borrowing $500 from me—but I’ll save that for another day.
Poor Jeff. He is a Red Sox fan trapped in Northern California. He also thinks the Giants have the worst GM in baseball. I though that was Cashman?
Yankees Adopt Chinese Kids
Well it was bound to happen. George Steinbrenner signed two 19-year old Chinese phenoms to contracts after securing the blessing of the Chinese authorities. It must be a hail mary from Cashman to save his job. It won’t help them anytime soon, but should provide ammunition for Yankee haters worldwide.
Yankees sign Chinese pair
