Saturday, June 6, 2015

A phenomenal day in sports

In the Stanley Cup Finals, Tampa Bay defeated Chicago to even up the series at 1-1. Who will eventually win is anybody's guess, but the hockey itself has been outstanding. Fast paced, skilled players galore, lots of hits, and nail-biting action. Even the goal-tending has been excellent, but not so much that the games turn into 1-0 yawners. Both teams have found ways to put the puck in the net. This is really good stuff.

American Pharoah became the first horse to win the Triple Crown since some peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter sat in the Oval Office. How many undeclared wars and recessions ago was that? Methinks the prized colt will have the proverbial harem of Grade A fillies offered up for his pleasure when he's likely put out to stud in the near future. Ah yes, life is good for a Triple Crown winner. Successfully going the extra mile -- or is that a quarter-mile -- sometimes has a way of getting one over the hump -- or is that on the hump? Whatever. Ahem.

The Detroit Tigers finally won a game to break their long losing streak and poke their noses above .500 again. It's something.

And speaking of Tigers, one Tiger Woods went off the deep end today at Jack Nicklaus' Memorial tournament in Ohio. After barely making the cut on Friday, Eldrick shot the worst round of his professional career on Saturday. Sometimes this is called "moving day". Indeed it was for Tiger. He moved into the basement while carding a 13 over par 85. That not only put him in last place, but a whopping 8 shots behind the next worst competitor.

How bad was it? He's dead last in driving percentage regarding hitting fairways. There's goes one into the drink. See Tiger chump a short chip shot that would roll right back down to his feet. See him duff the next one into a bunker a few feet away. See him blast out of one greenside sand trap, fly the green, and land in a trap on the other side. Oops, there goes another sploosh. Oh my, that one's headed into the woods. This is how bad it was. He looked like ME playing golf.

At the end of the third round Tiger now finds himself a colossal 27 shots behind the leader. This, at a course he's oh-so familiar with and has won at 5 times before. And also after having taken another few weeks off since he last graced the tour with his presence.

It's downright embarrassing, and it will only get worse on Sunday. Due to an odd number of players making the cut, and given Sunday rounds are always played in twosomes, Tiger would be the first to tee off in the morning. And he would have to play by himself. That's if he even bothers to show up. Though he appeared fine physically, it would come as little surprise if Woods found a reason to bow out of the final round. There's only so many different ways the politically correct folks and apologists can spin his recent play. The hard truth is -- he's been average on his good days, but flat-out stinks on his bad ones. An 85, 27 behind the leader, and 8 behind the next to last place guy? Really?

Look for Tiger to go back into hibernation to "work on his game". But rest assured, he'll show up at the U.S. Open in a couple weeks. Typically, those courses are super-tough and the rough is ridiculously high and brutal to players that can't hit the fairways with their tee shots. Did I mention Tiger is dead last in driving accuracy? That could get ugly.

And Serena Williams won another major in tennis. No great surprise there, but her act is wearing a bit thin. When behind, Serena will typically make painful faces like Adrian Peterson just gave her a good switching, or hold a cold compress to her head as if she's on the verge of passing out from exhaustion or just got tased. Poor thing. But when she gets ahead, not to mention winning, all of a sudden she's jumping around like a zoo chimpanzee on some serious roids. God bless her and may she continue to do well, but c'mon. This woe is me, I'm gonna die any second, but oops, I'm winning now, so it's a miracle, I'm magically healed and ready to compete in a triathlon is definitely getting old.

Enjoy the well-deserved accolades, but quit with the drama already......



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