I just had to post this video for Dan. It's a nice film done by his family of the '56 Yankees in Detroit, edited by Dan, with some nice music added in.
Opening day yesterday was postponed at Yankee Stadium... so it'll be the last opening day at Yankee Stadium again today. (If you're not aware, next season they'll be playing next door in their new stadium.) Why are games scheduled in the Northeast at all in the first two weeks of the season? Seems like every year the Yankees have 2 or 3 games postponed at the beginning of the year. Then in August when you're checking the standings, you're trying to remember why the Yankees are 1.5 games up on Boston but have 2 less wins (they've played 3 fewer games).
I just e-mailed The Sports Guy on ESPN.com the following:
I was watching the Georgetown-Syracuse men's basketball game on Saturday. It strikes me that Syracuse has the most complete "name" team I've seen in a long time. Get a load of these guys:
And coming off the bench are: Rick Jackson Scoop Jardine
Not only are their names universally cool, they match their on-court personalities perfectly! There's the Americana Enforcers (Paul Harris, Rick Jackson), slash guys (Donte Green, Jonny Flynn), the European mix-it-up guy (Kris Ongenaet), the beat-down center (Arinze Onuaku), and, to top it off, the coming-off-the-bench point guard (Scoop Jardine).
Has there ever been a team where names match personality so closely? Does this mean good things ahead for this Syracuse squad?
ESPN's fantasy baseball league is up and ready to create. I don't know who is going to be commish, but please email me at kpod(at)psu(dot)edu with details.
Roger Federer will be facing Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open tennis semifinals... I want Federer to break every record in the book that relates to tennis grand slams. But I think he has a real test in front of him with this Djokovic guy. Just like I want Nadal to continue to be that tough competition for Federer in the French Open, I think Djokovic can prove to be that tough competition on hardcourt for him - so that when Federer's name comes up in the debate of the greatest ever, he'll be able to name these great players as his rivals. I just hope Federer ends up being a little better than Djokovic this year so his Slam run can continue.
I was reading an article on The Mitchell Report about steroids in baseball. At the bottom of the article was a post from a reader ranting about, well, I'm not sure.
