Friday, July 24, 2009

Absolute Perfection



Baseball: Mark Buerhle was utterly perfect as the White Sox blanked the Rays, 5-0. The perfect game looks nice on Buerhle's mantle next to his n0-hitter...Buerhle also received a phone call from die hard White Sox fan President Barack Obama...After a rain delay, the Yankees topped the A's, 6-3 to win their seventh straight. Phil Hughes recorded his first save in the scheduled make-up of an April 30th rainout...At this point, who knows when the Bombers will get Chien-Ming Wang back. But the way their playing, is that a bad thing?...The Phillies bounced back from their loss on Wednesday with a 9-4 victory over the Padres...They also sent J.C. Romero and Chad Durbin to the DL...The Giants avoided a sweep by the Braves, 5-1...The Indians edged the Jays, 5-4...The Tribe also sent reliever Rafael Betancourt to the Rockies for minor league pitcher Connor Graham...The Angels rallied for two in the ninth to force extras where Mike Napoli drove in the go-ahead run with a double to beat the Twins, 6-5...The Cardinals snapped their slide with a 4-1 rain shortened victory over the Nats...Could the Cardinals be close to acquiring Matt Holliday?...The Astros placed Lance Berkman on the DL with a strained calf...Coors Field will now offer gluten-free food, perfect for my Aunt Judy if she ever decides to take in a game...Julio Castillo, a minor-league pitcher on trial for injurying a fan, claims he was throwing the ball towards the dugout when it sailed into the stands. With aim like that, I just don't know why you're still in the minors.
(Photo: Getty Images)

Basketball: In a new book, LeBron James admits to smoking pot in high school. What a shocker, kids smoking pot in high school, that like never happens...David Lee is frustrated with the Knicks. Isn't that a daily thing?...Apparently Mark Cuban and Don Nelson were not very good friends.


Football: The Vikings signed Antoine Winfield to a five year extension...Michael Vick and Roger Goodell met on Wednesday to talk shop. Rumor has it, Vick will be conditional reinstated soon and could miss four games...Oh and PS Michael, if you spent your first day as a free man at a strip club, I hope you brought Pacman Jones along with you...Ben Roethlisberger vows to fight claims he sexually assualted a woman. Just warning you, I am getting close to being over this story...The NFL will expand the draft to three days in 2010. I can hardly controll my excitement. I mean is this really necessary?
(Photo: AP)

Hockey: The Hurricanes signed Tuomo Ruutu to a three year, $11.4 million contract...While the Leafs have brought over Dave Poulin to join their front office...Sergei Fedorov is suing his former manager for $43 million dollars...Marian Hossa is undergoing shoulder surgery after all.

Nascar: Matt Kenseth and Roush are losing Dewalt as a sponsor in 2010...Meanwhile, is David Ragan the odd man out at Roush?

Best of the Rest: It is only getting better for Roger Federer whose wife Marika gave birth to twin daughters Charlene and Myla in Switzerland...The US held Honduras scoreless as they advanced to the finals of the Gold Cup...In TMI news, Tim Tebow like the Jonas brothers is saving himself for marriage. Uh-huh and Britney Spears was a virgin.

Check this Out: We finally got to see Katie Holmes' dance routine on So You Think You Can Dance on Thursday. If you missed it, click here.

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