ESPY's: My Winning Picks

I will officially say right now, that if I find out anyone voted for Barry Bonds’ home run record, I reserve the right to kill you.  Anyhoo, I was thinking of voting for Brady and Moss breaking their own position records, but then I thought of my philosophy in sports and greatness, which is that a career record is much more important and impressive then a single season record.  Brett Favre is an unbelievable player, and deserves this ESPY more than any of the other nominees.  I love him so much, he is the model of a gentlemanly sports star, and I salute him in whatever he does for the remainder of his life.  Thanks, Brett, for so many memorable years.

Best Breakthrough Athlete

I easily picked Adrian Peterson with this vote of mine, because he dominated the NFL rushing game.  He put up numbers that a rookie has no business putting up.  He put up numbers that an MVP candidate puts up, which, as a matter of fact, he will most definitely be at some point in his career.

Best Championship Performance

Once again, I love these touching stories, so when I saw Tiger Woods return from knee surgery, and play 91 holes on a torn ACL, I was just amazed that he even played, let alone won the major.  So he gets my vote hands down, and I hope he recovers quickly so he can break Nicklaus’ record.

Best Team

This was a toss-up to me between the Celtics and the Red Wings.  They both finished alone as the top seed in their league, and both, of course, won their respective championships.  So I went into more depth.  I feel that the Celtics were more of a star team, because if I took away Kevin Garnett or Paul Pierce or Ray Allen, I don’t think they would have done so well.  But if I took away Henrik Zetterberg or Nicklas Lidstrom or Pavel Datsyuk, I think the Red Wings would still be the best team in the NHL.  A team is great when they don’t have to rely on all of their starters and stars all the time.

Best Female Athlete

I was gonna vote Lindsey Vonn, but Candace Parker is just such a dominant athlete, and I have a hard time not voting for her.  She dominated the NCAA, and is going to continue to dominate in the WNBA.  Best of luck to the number one overall draft pick in the WNBA.

Best Male Athlete

Well, here we are.  The big cheese.  The best male athlete in the world.  I honestly feel that Alex Ovechkin should have gotten a nomination for this award, even though I still would not have voted for him.  But he was indeed unbelievable.  This is a tough one, but I would not vote for Kobe.  It was up between Tiger Woods, A-Rod, and Tom Brady.  I took off A-Rod, because he was not as dominant in his sport as Brady or Woods were.  Then I though very hard about the remaining two athletes on my ballot, and after much thinking, pondering, and a little bit of bribing from each one (okay, just thinking and pondering), I wound up taking Tiger.  He is simply the most dominant athlete in sports.  No one tears up their sport quite like he does, and I simply love watching the same person win over and over again.  It’s like a dynasty.  I’d rather see a team dominate for four or five years than see five different teams win the championship.  Yes, even if it is the Patriots.  But my vote goes to Tiger, and I hope he wins this award yet again.

So there you have it.  My picks for the ESPY’s.  Leave your feedback and comments on here with your opinions of winners.  And please do let me know if you disagree with me 100 percent, especially in the categories that I said I did not know so well.

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