Thoughts on the wonderful world of Sports

Here are my thoughts on some recent Sports News:

• It looks like Tiger is "human" after all. I even thought to myself that why even play the last round Tiger has it in the bag. Y.E. Yang will crumble under the pressure of playing with Tiger in the last round as so many others have. Crumble he did not-Yang's eagle chip-in sealed it for him as Tiger couldn't make a putt and put himself with an easier birdie opportunity. Sports writers talk about did so and so lose or did so and so win-well I am going to say Tiger definitely lost this one-it was his to lose, leading by 2 in at the start of the final round. He made it difficult on himself by not making putts-this is still a great year for him and he has plenty of tournaments left to win. This just only delays him passing Jack Nicklaus' record for Majors.
• Me before the Cardinals game last night "Why is LaRussa starting Ankiel over Rasmus who hit a walk-off homer yesterday-doesn't make sense since Ankiel hasn't given you anything on offense lately..." Well I stand corrected: "Manager Tony La Russa pored over career match-ups against knuckleball artists before constructing Monday's lineup but found nothing conclusive. A manager's instinct suggested one pivotal move: using Ankiel in center field over the recently scalding rookie, Colby Rasmus, who ended Sunday's win with a two-run home run against the San Diego Padres."
• Well I thought Brett Farve was retired, but then turn on the radio today and guess who is back-Brett Farve. I am glad that he is playing because then we know FOR SURE that he is playing or at least made up his mind. I think it is kind of ridiculous all the back and forth-playing/retiring that has gone on since the end of last season. Farve should have made up his mind earlier because now how does Jackson and Rosenfels the QB's for the Vikings feel? I think it is definitely an upgrade at QB for the Vikings, but the Vikings (and Farve) let these guys feel like they were competing for starting QB jobs and now Farve is just handed the starting position....hmmmm, wonder what that locker room is going to be like.
• ESPN College Game Day is coming to the Assembly Hall! All I have to say is-where was this 2 years ago...anyways it will be great for Illinois as they have a sensational freshman class coming in (Tyler Griffey, Brandon Paul, DJ Richardson, and Joseph Bertrand). The three guards look like they have a potential of being like a recent trio of Illinois guards...look for the Illini to contend for the Big 10 Championship and make it back to back trips to the NCAA tournament.
  
• Looking back on my most recent post on Beaning in Baseball-2 players got dinged in the head this past weekend-David Wright by Matt Cain and Ian Kinsler by Fernando Cabrera. Now I don't think both of those pitches were intentional-they shouldn't have been. Just a case of players getting hit, but my question is why are they even throwing in that direction. I understand if a pitch "gets away" from the pitcher, but aren't these professionals? It is similiar to an NBA player NOT hitting the rim on a free-throw; it shouldn't happen, but it does. I hope Wright and Kinsler are ok-Kinsler comes back the next day to hit a HR against the Red Sox as the Rangers took the AL Wild Card lead.

That's all for now, I am out like Kevin Gregg as the Cubs closer (it is really hard to not let my Cardinal Bias out)...