Hey gang:
Sorry I didn't get the chance to blog yesterday, so here are some random thoughts from the weekend -- and early week -- in sports.
-- Once again, I was absolutely glued to the TV watching Tiger Woods yet again dominate a golf tournament. Whether you like him or hate him -- and I fall into that first category -- to see a player dominate his sport like Tiger has, you just have to tip your cap to him.
-- Congratulations to the U.S. for winning the Solheim Cup. I know women's golf is not the most popular sport in the world to watch, but as I've said in previous posts, there's something about the whole U.S. vs. Europe thing that I really get into. I'm sure it'll be the same when the men compete in the Presidents Cup at the end of the month.
-- Speaking of the Solheim Cup, if you all didn't follow there was a bit of controversy when TV announcer Dottie Pepper -- a stalwart on previous U.S. Solheim Cup teams -- referred to the Americans as 'Chokin' freakin' dogs' when the U.S. was struggling in the early stages of the event.
The comment was not supposed to be public because the announcers had thought they were in commercial. But I give her credit, as the controversy grew, she stood up to the comments and did not back off of them. By the way, Dottie, when I was watching, I too thought the U.S. team was choking.
-- I would think by now all of you Giants and Jets fans have to be about as frustrated as you can be. The Giants look awful, with all the stupid penalties, dropped passes and pitiful defense displayed against the Packers. With Tom Coughlin in charge, I don't think any of Big Blue's players care that they're going to cost the coach his job.
I think the harder schedule and the no-longer-going-to-be-taken-for-granted attitude teams have when they play Gang Green has kind of shown that maybe the Jets played a little over their heads last year. I like Eric Mangini and the Jets are headed in the right direction. It just looks like they might have to take a step back this year before leaping forward in the future.
-- Speaking of frustrated, that's how Mets fans must be feeling these days. 10 errors in two games, are you kidding me? I stand by previous comments that the Mets will win the division because in the end, the Phillies will hand it to them. But can any of you Mets' fans honestly say you're confident in your team reaching it's ultimate goal of a World Series championship?
I didn't think so.
-- Which brings me, finally, to my Yankees. We all know their situation heading into tonight's game against Baltimore -- 3 1/2 behind Boston (3 in the loss column) in the East and 3 1/2 ahead of Detroit (4 in the loss column) in the wild-card standings. But I have a question to the ESPN experts: How is it the Yankees have no shot at catching Boston in the East, but the Tigers have a more than realistic chance of surpassing the Bombers in the wild-card race?
Just curious. Either way, I think all of you Yankee haters will have to wait until the playoffs to see if the Bombers prevail or fail.
Until next time, take care and God bless.