Golf, New York Style.

Ok, I'm supposed to be paying bills, so I thought I'd do a post instead. U.S. Open (the non-tennis one) starts tomorrow, so our TV now receives nothing except the Golf Channel.
Anyway, Bethpage Black up in New York is ridiculously difficult. Last time they played up there, Tiger was the only guy under par, and he sold his left knee for that (they collected last year). So they added 200 yards to the course and the crying has already started.
Expect a lot of the tears from Sergio, who has endeared himself to the obnoxious NY fans the way a bleeding seal wins over great white sharks.
BTW, John Daly is wearing those pants because they pay him to do so. That's about the only place he can draw a paycheck, and I believe his shame level is pretty low.
Personal favorite - Boo Weekley. The only PGA member that has admitted to boxing an orangutan. (he lost, apparently orangutans are pretty quick, and have good reach)

Jock

Greinke vs Snakes (Game 2)

Don't assume the two colored-eyed guy can't beat the Royals. He seems pretty distracting.

But the "Second Coming", as Lilly calls Zack, had two bad outings, and his ERA ballooned up to an obscene 1.72. That's alot of money for a beer! At one point, a bar was pricing a beer at Greinke's ERA on the nights he was starting.

Star would like to order up 3 more errors by the DBacks, that always helps.

Also, we would like to give some props to journeyman Willie Bloomquist, deceptively fast for a guy that looks like the hurt catcher John Buck. Not that it matters.

And let's hope that CWS game takes less than 4 hours tonight. Those games are ridiculous.

Snakes at the Greinke's - gm 2

The Dbacks lived up to form last night *slow clap* brilliant, way to be consistent boys.

Tonight they face the Second Coming, so they should probably save up their energy and give Danny some run support on Thursday. 

Missouri native Max Scherzer pitches tonight for AZ. He's young & fairly unpredictable...but had a good game going 7 innings in his most recent outing. But mostly he's known for having two different colored eyes...confusing and slightly scary.

Royal vs DBacks - game 1 (the blue side)

There are a handful of people who care about this game, I'm just not sure who they are. KC is showing the same stuff as they did last year when they would go on tremendously atrocious streaks. Lose like 8 in a row, win 1, then lose another 6 or so. Yikes. Can't hit, can't pitch, can't field. Thought I was watching the Huskers. By the way, that is not a compliment.

Tonight, Star's not-so-secret crush, Gil Meche will start. (Don't tell her other MLB bf.)He is coming off his best start of the year, a 9-0, 11K, 8 inning outing against somebody. (Can't remember. It's been 6 days.) And the team is coming off the first 3 game sweep of the year. Granted, it was against the hapless Reds. But we will take it.

My MLB bf who looks ALOT like Howdy Doody, will put his seven game hitting streak on the line tonight. Don't laugh, we take 'em where we can get 'em!

Ready for first pitch. Let's go Blue....

Dbacks at Royals - game 1 (from the snake side)

Dbacks continue interleague play tonight at Kansas City-who cares? Well, nobody really. 

On that note...here's the dback's half-glass...

Doug Davis gets the start tonight, he had been doing well but had a terrible outing in his last game. DD is not gonna blow any pitches past you but he will wear you out. Plus he gets extra inspirational points after he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last spring, had surgery and came back to pitch by midseason. 

The Dbacks are young and often make really stupid mistakes, like forgetting they need to score runs to win the game or that the game is 9 innings instead of 7. But depending on the lineup they may make your eyes happy...you be the judge.

Next year, please

Only 4 months till the NBA preseason starts, hooray! Then Dwight will be back and hopefully Shaqtus will be in Cleveland (or Chicago or Orlando, or anywhere but Phoenix). Stay classy LA.

Those are some pants...

Was watching a little bit of the PGA event today with V and Spud. At first, Brian Gay caught my attention with his very European-looking bright red pants with white belt. I know that I'm not up on golf fashion. (That would be Flex's wheelhouse.)
However, John Daly blew those away with his ridiculous checkered pants. Little did I know that it was a trend that has been going on for some time. Really should have been warned about that!

Will vs. Wild

Okay, this isn't sports related & also not timely-but if you have a chance to catch Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls & Will Ferrell on the Discovery Channel it's worth it. It ran on the 2nd but they're showing reruns. Normally I only watch Bear when he's in warm weather locations for obvious reasons, but Will's pretty funny.

Last chance for Dwight?

Since this could potentially be my last NBA post of the year (if Team Kobe wins tonight -its over and the NBA will be dead to me till next season) So, Dwight needs to bring it and Team Kobe needs to stand around and watch Kobe try to do everything, then it might turn out okay. Did I mention Dwight needs to play well? Yes, he does, he being Dwight.

Can-Jeez was on David Letterman last night - presenting his report from the NBA finals. He was funny (of course), with questionable hair (of course). Then at the end Dave asked and Steve said he'd love to play for the knicks and I threw my cereal bowl at the tv. DO NOT TOY WITH ME STEVE!!!

Fast Frankie

Well, fast for us. This weekend our baby sister Frank set the female family PR for the half at 1:50:39. Since this was her 9th half marathon she's not exactly a newbie and surprisingly she actually trained for it instead of just showing up. Like a good sport she answered a couple questions and gave us some advice. 

Why did you decide to do it? Because I trained for the lincoln, got sick and wanted to mark one up in 2009

What was the hardest part of training? (or should I ask - did you train?) Finding time

If you were going to start your training again what, if anything, would you do differently?  Maybe do more outside….hills

What was your average mileage per week? Longest run? Avg 15…..longest was 18 miles

What would have been the absolute worst thing to eat right before the race?  A whole package of Star crunches

If you could have had one person run beside you to talk to, who would it have been?  Dad

In the race what was your easiest mile/section? From mile 2-5 it was pouring down rain - so I couldn’t think about it Hardest mile/section? Last 1.1 miles

At the hardest part of the race, what did you do to ignore the pain &finish?  Turn up the i-pod

When it feels like your legs are whipped cream and all you hear is the voice in your head telling you to walk - what do you do/think of to ignore it?  Think I need to pass the girl in the pink

Did any of the course, spectators or other runners stand out to you?  The trailer park was a treat

What body part hurt the most right after the race?  The next day? After the race was bottom of my feet, next three days my legs -all of my legs

What percent of the whole thing is mental? 99.9%  I’m really not a runner, I have a belly and I like to eat crap and I can run 8:23 splits…..really mental.

PS. Don’t eat 2 ½  arbys roast beef sandwiches right after the race….they went right through me literally.

Congrats Frankie!