Monday, April 27, 2009

Stealing Home in a Flaming piece of Junk



Baseball: Jacoby Ellsbury stole home as the Red Sox completed their sweep of the Yankees, 4-1...After a fast start, the Marlins continued to slide, falling to the Phillies, 13-2...Speaking of routs, the Nats pounded the Mets, 8-1...The pirates overwhelmed the Padres, 8-3...The Reds hosed the Braves, 8-2...The Rockies hammered the Dodgers, 10-4...And the Cardinals ripped the Cubs, 10-3...On the same day they activated closer Trevor Hoffman from the DL, the Brewers four game win streak came to a close as they lost to the Astros, 3-2...Scott Rolen hit the go ahead RBI single in the eighth as the Jays nipped the White Sox, 4-3...Conor Jackson's single in the 12th sealed the win for the D'Backs...Injury Update: The Braves placed catcher Brian McCann on the DL with an eye infection...Stephen Drew will be out for a while with a hamstring injury...Brandon Webb's return will not be until late May at the earliest...Meanwhile Joe Mauer could return to the Twins by Friday...Tigers back-up catcher Matt Treanor will need surgery to repair his hip.
(Photo: Getty Images)

Basketball: The Bulls tied the Celtics in the series after a double overtime thrilling victory...Also tying things up were the Magic who held off the 76ers, 84-81...The Cavs eliminated the Pistons, 99-78...The Rockets moved one game away from advancing to the second round, edging the Trail Blazers, 89-88.

Football: As expected, Matt Stafford was taken number one overall by the Lions in this weekend's draft...The Jets traded up to get USC QB Matt Sanchez, I hope he can adjust to playing for New York's other football team...The Pats traded cornerback Ellis Hobbs to the Eagles for two draft picks...Despite a car accident, the Chargers chose LSU WR Demetrius Byrd...Click here to see how the rest of the draft shook out...The Jets may have also tried to add WR Plaxico Burress until they realized he may miss some time with that gun problem...The Seahawks have taken the franchise tag off of linebacker Leroy Hill.

Hockey: Watching the Rangers's swoon on Sunday, I was wondering if they have given up completely or if they would just hoping they wouldn't be late for their tee time. Well kids, you have to wait until Wednesday to start playing golf, because you'll have to lose on Tuesday to the Caps before your season is officially over...Of course Coach John Tortorella got the day off Sunday, but that wasn't exactly a planned vacation...The Hurricanes forced a game seven against the Devils after routing them, 4-0...Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, New Jersey's Zach Parise and Tampa Bay's Marty St. Louis were announced as finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy (sportsmanship and gentlemanly play).


Nascar: Talladega is always wild, but this weekend's race seemed wilder than usual, ending with Carl Edward's Ford in a smouldering piece of rubble...Congrats to Brad Keselowski on winning his first ever Cup Series race...Click here for the full results...And here for the updated standings...Seven fans were injured, none serious, when they were struck by parts of Carl Edward's car on Sunday...Michael Waltrip is debating his retirement at the end of the season...Jeff Gordon is starting to feel his age. The 37-year-old will continue to race this season with a bad back. And those salt and pepper side burns.
(Photo: AP)

Best of the Rest: Congrats to Jerry Kelly who won the Zurich Classic...Congratulations also go out to Rafael Nadal who continued his dominance on clay with a title at Barcelona...Due the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, two soccer matches had to be held without any fans in attendance. Frankly it kind of looked like a scrimmage more than an actual game.

Check this out: Very sad news over the weekend, The Golden Girls and Maude star Bea Arthur has passed away at the age of 86. So now we are down to just two Girls. I am so going to need a lifetime marathon to help me get through this. Dlisted, one of my favorite celeb blogs had this say about her passing.

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