The big weekend in sports that just passed did not go unnoticed here at the new OC headquarters. Some of the highlights:
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Everyone is talking about the big Nadal-Federer match, but it seems to me that, in all the rush to declare Nadal the new King of Tennis, everyone is missing the fact that Nadal played the last 3 sets with both hands wrapped around his throat.
- At 0-40 with a chance to break Federer in the 3rd set and put the match away in straights, Federer stormed back for a hold
- At 5-2 in the tiebreak and 2 service points away from the match, Nadal
double-faulted to let Federer back in. R-Fed won the tiebreak to force a 5th set.
This match was a couple points away from being the tennis version of the 2004 ALCS. Seems worth mentioning.
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Lost in all the hubbub around A-Rod's impending divorce so he can marry an elderly fake Brit (by the way: if Madonna divorces guy Ritchie, who gets custody of her accent?) is the name of his lawyer:
Ira M. Elegant.
I.M. Elegant.
Madonna's spokesperson, Ursula R. Awesome, was unavailable for comment.
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And finally, the MLB All-Star teams were announced. There is always some complaining about who is in and who is out, but this year is a travesty. They need to fix this thing unless they want it to turn into the Pro-Bowl.
- Jason Varitek and his embarrassing .217 average will be there representing the AL.
- Miguel "Mitchell Report" Tejada will be there for the NL.
- Geovany Soto? Kosuke Fukodome? Doesn't the National League have any real players? No wonder the NL hasn't won an All-Star Game in over 10 years.
But speaking of the Mitchell Report, you know who won't be there unless you vote him in on the Last Man ballot? Jason Giambi. Sure, he's only batting .256, but this isn't about statistics. It's about this.
You've heard of movies that are so bad they're good? This might be the first so-bad-it's-good mustache. Giambi's face is where mustaches go to die. Only this one keeps on going. It's a zombie-stache.
Vote zombie-stache for the MLB All-Star Game!
