Josh Hamilton put on one heck of a show last night at the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. Hamilton cranked out a record 28 dingers on his way to first-round domination.
Heck, the guy only took four outs on the second round just to make sure he was fresh for the championship.
Don't call it fatigue. I think Hamilton was trying way too hard in the final round. Of course, people are going to forget that Justin Morneau defeated Hamilton in the championship round to win the 2008 Home Run Derby.
Congratulations Justin, on your perseverance to win. Morneau will have the title, but Hamilton will leave the lasting impression as he continues to revive his career.
Brett Favre spoke publicly for the first time since his retirement in March. He admitted to saying that he retired too early and still wants a shot at the game. He said that he felt pressured to retire, despite his emotional press conference.
Why can't this man make up his mind about playing football? I mean, I have no problem with him taking his time to contemplate a decision, but if you say you're going to retire and wait four months to say, "You know what? I wanna play again," don't waste my time.
I'm sick of hearing about him all the time on ESPN and having 20 minutes specials on what he might do. Also, why is he whining about being second on the depth chart to Aaron Rodgers?
Was he expecting the Packers to just give him the job, even though they said that they wanted to move forward with Rodgers as their quarterback?
Let the kid play and see what he can do. Also, when you talk about possible destinations for Favre, who's going to be willing to pay that kind of money for him?
The All-Star Game is tonight. Cliff Lee and Ben Sheets will be starting for the AL and NL, respectively. The AL has been dominant over the last 11 years, with 10 wins and the infamous tie back in 2002. Against the NL in interleague play, the AL has dominated the past five years, with a win-loss total of 702-557.
The teams will be fighting for home-field advantage in the World Series for the sixth consecutive year.
Although the NL seems to be on the rise, the AL continues to have the better hitters and pitchers, year in and year out. I think the AL comes away with another victory because they are the better team, top to bottom. Final Score: AL 7, NL 3. MVP: Milton Bradley (I'm predicting a two-run homer and RBI single)
This weekend, I was watching ESPN's Titletown, and I saw the feature on Chicago, my hometown. The two most obvious teams to talk about are the Bears and the Bulls.
The Bears have won numerous championships, including Super Bowl XX. The team that won that championship is argued by many as the greatest team in NFL history. The Bulls built a dynasty in the 1990s and won six championships with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
However, one thing ESPN did that pissed me off was talk so much about the Cubs and so little about the White Sox, who have actually won a title in the last 100 years (make that two).
I guess ESPN has a short memory about how fantastic the 2005 team was, but they kept raving about how the Cubs are so famous for their stadium, day games, and seventh-inning stretch, but what has that brought them? Absolutely nothing, and ESPN could not stop raving about them.
They have a chance to win this year, but it's still a long way to October.
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2 months ago
I wouldn't expect much less from a Bears fan.
Clearly you haven't played more than a single season of football (I would doubt that you've physically exerted yourself in any sport, let alone played multiple seasons). Asking a football player--especially one who has been that has been nothing less than illustrious for 16 seasons in the NFL, and has been playing for more than 30 years (which, on my watch, is nearly twice as long as you've been alive) to make a decision several weeks after coming to a heartbreaking end of a phenomenal season is asking too much.
Forcing him to make any decision--even though he has asked the administration for some more time to make a decision--is far too unfair of a request of possibly the greatest quarterback to graze the sport of Football.
Picture this --if your 19 year old amount of gray matter could possibly comprehend-- you've been working your ass off at your job for nearly 30 years, and you just came off questionably the best year you've every put out. Say you're a food salesperson and you had sold more dollars worth of food in this year than you have in the past 29. The time you spend in recuperation (the off months in the spring), you have your boss coming down on you week-in and week-out literally asking if you're done, if you're going to retire, if you've spattered the last bit of spittle you could. This is the picture Favre had to operate in:
Physically beaten and recovering
Coming off a heartbreaking season --although arguably one of his best
Still being physically able, but still wary; i.e. questioning himself
His boss is badgering him every week to make a decision before the end of March.
Your chest beating article above shows no more sympathy than it does thought. It seems you are blinded by your age; ignorant to the work and sweat built world of professionalism. All you can honestly do is sit behind a terminal and berate a situation that you could hardly fathom; forget comprehend or even begin to empathize with.
How about you quit your wannabe fantasy of sports writing.
A. You're terrible at it.
B. You can't possibly understand the tribulations professional athletes are put through.
C. You're too young; too ignorant.
From what it seems to me, you watch your favorite sports pundit, a person much like you; never played a lick of a game; can't understand the amount of heart and dedication goes into each game, each practice; and after watching you mimic their opinion without hardly even changing a word. So my treatise is as such, if you want to be the scratchy carbon copy that you clearly aspire to be, then work in a cubicle answering to 8 bosses. Hell, maybe you'll have an existential meltdown and have to deal with something akin to what Favre is dealing with now. You may even then have a revelation that you, too, were wavering in your own impetus. Perhaps then you will understand what it means to give up everything you've known and loved for more than 90% of your life. Maybe then you could empathize with Favre.
Until that day comes (and since you're apart of the generation you are, I can't bring myself to thinking that it will), shut your mouth.
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