Weekend Roundup

-Y.E.Yang. How many people thought this would be the man to go toe-to-toe with Tiger and take him out on a Sunday in a major? How many people even knew the South Korean golfer? Even after Yang eagled late, it was hard to take him serious, but he played great golf down the stretch and his approach on 18 was just a perfect cap to the tournament for him. The look on Tiger's face was priceless, he looked beyond shocked and a little hurt, like when the older brother finally gets beat playing one-on-one with his younger brother.



-In the Saturday blurb I told the Pewch Nation to load up on my favorite horse, Better Talk Now in the Sword Dancer at Saratoga. Off at 11:1 he placed to pay 11.00. A 33:1 shot Telling came in for the win, netting the BCA a nice little hit of 322.50. Better Talk Now always comes through for me.

-Usain Bolt is the fastest human to ever walk the face of the Earth. 9.58 100 M. Are you kidding me? And the guy looks almost as if he's slowing down so as not to completely embarrass the rest of his opponents. I was watching a clip of him on Letterman, interesting fact, before he won the 100 at the olympics he was eating chicken nuggets. I'd post the video, but just search it on youtube if you want to watch it's there...otherwise it's a long video for watching a streak for less than 10 seconds. I don't think people really understand how great Bolt is or just how legendary the man will become. When all is said and done I think he'll be the most legendary track and field star of all-time. He toys with people in the 100 meter...that doesn't happen, that can't happen. You usually win these races by hundreths of a second, a slightly slow start, a bobbled step or the slightest let up leads to even the best sprinters getting beaten in this race. Not bolt, he swing his hands, smile at the opponent in the lane next to him or simply put on that look of effortless coasting and still be so far in front of everyone else. He's the GOAT. Respect it.

-Not sure how many people watched the snoozefest that was Sunday Night Baseball last night, after a long rain delay most of the Braves players looked asleep. JA Happ is terrible...somehow he threw another gem. When he comes crashing back down to Earth it may get ugly though. Vazquez actually looked pretty good, mixing a lot of off-speed pitches, unfortunately for him Howard hit a jam shot homer and then after Rollins and Victorino singles he left an inexcusably poor change-up upstairs and Howard did with it what he always will. A really bad weekend for the Braves as Howard killed them, homering off Braves closer Rafael Soriano Friday night for the win and putting the Braves in a wild-card state of mind. Chipper Jones also looked hurt after striking out in the 6th from the right side. Doesn't look good for Atlanta at this point.

-Three major league baseball players were beamed in the head this weekend (in fact I think all three Saturday night, there might have even been another Friday). Perhaps worst of all was Hiroki Kuroda getting beamed with a line drive that surprisingly didn't shatter his skull. That was one of the more alarming shots I've ever seen. Ian Kinsler got beamed by someone on the Bo Sox and was not very happy about it getting up and yelling but was alright. David Wright on the other hand took a 95 MPH fastball from Matt Cain to the head and has been placed on the DL. He may be out for the season and the Mets, at this point, would probably be wise to do just that with the face of the franchise. Cain was visibly upset after the pitch...but it's baseball and that happens, even Roger Clemens misses up and in sometimes. Right Mike Piazza?

-Surprising to no one it appears that the Nationals will not be able to sign San Diego St star pitcher and first pick Stephen Strasburg. Saw this coming a mile away, but I give the Nationals credit for drafting him and offering him a record deal. Not much more you can do...they probably knew this was possible but went through and did the right thing taking him first overall. Something needs to be done about rookie contracts in sports. These should be handled as any other entry-level jobs...there should be a close to set amount for how much a person makes based on position and draft slot. The demands of the agents and players are out of control, and while I can't say I blame them, there has to be some sort of break for the teams until the player proves himself. Just because you're the first pick in the NFL draft doesn't mean you should suddenly be paid in the top-5 at your position. And just because you dominated a couple of Mountain West hitters who probably wouldn't look all too out of place in the SUNYAC doesn't mean you can demand to be paid like CC Sabathia. Take the record deal, prove how fucking sweet you are by mowing down minor leaguers (you're on the Nationals, you might even start in the majors)...win a Cy Young, make the president proud and then cash in.

**Wanted to edit it that Bolt was eating McNuggets...not sure if that was clear (are there really any other kind of nuggets?)...by the way his explanation was pretty hilarious, he said he wasn't too familiar with the asian food and before a race you don't want to eat something you're not familiar with "but chicken nuggets, I know chicken nuggets."