~Angel Cabrera? Didn't exactly see that one coming but I guess that's what the US Open has turned into in recent years, guys you who come out of nowhere to win their first major at scores that aren't so pretty. In the past 4 years no American has one the US Open and the past three winners, Michael Campbell, Geoff Ogilvy and now Angel Cabrera won their first major at the US. In Cabrera's case it was his first PGA tournament victory. I'll be honest though the weather was beautiful this weekend, and I spent much more of my weekend outside doing stuff than sitting at home watching the golf so I didn't really catch much of it.~Other than the home stretch on Sunday afternoon, when I saw Tiger just not getting it done. Really it's just amazing how different a player he is when he's leading going into the last day, then when he's not leading. I really think it speaks to the fact that when he's playing really well, other guys have absolutely no chance to catch him, but when he's not playing terrifically often enough he is good enough to be right there, but because one aspect of his game is not up to par he can't hammer home a win on sunday afternoon. In this weeks case it was his putting, although on the last few holes his approach shots left something to be desired. Either way, I'm sure Tiger is pretty pissed today knowing that he could have tallied another 2 majors under his belt this year if he had just played a little better.
~Also, why does Tiger wear skin tight shirts now?
~Speaking of not playing up to par, jebus did my golf picks absolutely blow or what. Let's rundown just how bad they were:
My Winner: Adam Scott, +18 and missed the cut.
My Contenders: Ernie Els, +21 T51; Padraig Harrington, +13 Missed Cut; Zach Johnson, +20 T45; Rory Sabbatini, +21 T50.
My Cut Missers: Vijay Singh, +14 T20; Colin Montgomerie, +18 Missed Cut; Jose Maria Olazabal, +20 T50.
So basically I got the fact that Monty was going to miss the cut right and that's it. My winner was horrendous and all of my contenders either missed the cut or finished at the bottom of the pack.
~The Yankees taking 2 of 3 from the cross town Mets to even the season series at 3 a piece was nice but would have been much better had the Giants not blown chunks in Fenway. Not as if that is very surprising considering the Red Sox have been the best team in baseball this year and the Giants are miserable but the Giants pulling out one game would have been nice.
~Speaking of the Mets, all this talk continues about how Mark Buehrle would be the perfect fit for the Mets and that he will be their target. How about getting a corner outfielder first. Shawn Green since coming off the DL is in a prolonged slump and his average has dipped below .300 after such a hot start. And Moises is an elder statesman and who knows how much he can stay healthy throughout the year. Carlos Gomez just isn't quite ready for the big time. And Milledge is hurt in the minors. They need someone consistent in one of those spots. And they need Glavine to start pitching well.~Prince Fielder apparently hit an inside the park home run yesterday, I would like to see that massive frame run around the bases but have yet to find the video. Boo.
~David Beckham finished off his stay in Spain with Real Madrid's first championship during his four year tenure as they won this weekend to cinch the title over Barca and it's cheating handball tactics. So now you go from winning arguably the best league in the world, atleast top 3 to the MLS, talk about a downgrade.
~Also, apparently Barcelona was going to pay Mallorca 2.7 mill if they beat Madrid, which is blatantly against the rules.
~Whining Kobe is back and wants out of LA. Shut up. You make a boatloads of money, you have 3 rings to your name, and now your team sucks partly because you couldn't get along with Shaq. So what if you didn't specifically ask for Shaq to be traded, everyone including the GM and owner knew you two didn't get along and that a trade needed to happen. So don't try to walk away from that responsibility. You want a good team it's simple, take a massive pay cut and give your team cap space to make trades. Else, sit back shut up and enjoy the fact that at best you can lead the Lakers to another 7th seed in the West next year. ~Not that I ever can watch NASCAR but I do find this whole Dale Jr. thing kind of intriguing, as they will be all this negotiation over whether he can get his number and whether or not he can get the Bud sponsorship. One intriguing possibility, could be a flip flop of drivers where DEI gets Kyle Busch and he drives in the Bud car while hs brother drives in a Miller Lite car. I think it would be pretty classic, if they set him up in a Bud Light car to go up against his brother.
~This is disgusting.
~And Shawn Kemp is not the undisputed champ of illegitimate children. But the up and coming superstar is definetely Elijah Dukes who currently sits at 5 with 4 different women and the dude is only 22. Someone certainly doesn't like to wrap it up.
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