Congrats to Seattle Mariner pitcher Felix Hernandez on throwing a perfect game. Something seems weird, though. Major league baseball's been played since way back in the 1800's, and I don't know how far back the records go, probably at least 100 years, but only 23 perfect games have been recorded over that entire time. This latest is the third one in just the 2012 season. Every time a hitter puts up big numbers that aren't in line with his career statistical average, people start whispering about steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. Maybe they should start checking the pitchers a little closer. Just a thought.
Speaking of which, Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants just got zapped with a 50 game suspension for having too much testosterone in his system. He was the Giants' best hitter and they're in a divisional race with the LA Dodgers. Depending on how things play out with other teams, the runner-up isn't necessarily guaranteed a wild card spot. To Detroit Tigers' fans, that would be like their own Cabrera getting bounced for the rest of the season, while they're in a similar race with the ChiSox. A disaster.
Jerry Jones, that ever-lovable owner of the Dallas Cowboys said the window might be closing on his current team to reach the Super Bowl. Who does he think he's kidding? That window's been closed and boarded up for years. The bars on the outside of it even have names. The Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, and New Orleans Saints have all been superior to the Cowboys for quite a while. Now the San Francisco 49ers have jumped in, and even the Detroit Lions look to be ahead of what's going on in Big D. Maybe HE should be drug tested.
Chad (the artist formerly known as Ochocinco) Johnson got cut from the Miami Dolphins. He'd pretty well worn out his welcome every other place he'd been with his antics. Whether another team will give him a chance is a good question. Besides the previous not-so-good rep he'd built over the years, now he allegedly head butts his new wife? Good-bye marriage, and maybe good-bye career. Bad, repeat BAD idea.
So why is it that in every other sport they call it an "exhibition game", but in soccer it's a "friendly"?
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