Today is Saturday, July 9, 2011
Today in
Sports History
1968 - The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston, TX.



1985 - Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals was named the Most Valuable Player in the United States Football League (USFL).




1985 - Joe Namath, signed a five-year pact with ABC-TV to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football".



1997 - Mike Tyson was banned from the boxing ring and fined $3 million for biting the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield.



2000 - Pete Sampras of the United States set a record when he won the men's singles tennis championship at Wimbledon. It was his 13th Grand Slam title.




2002 - The major league baseball All-Star game ended in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings. Baseball commission Bud Selig called the game after both team managers informed him that they had run out of players.

This is so sad.....an innocent toss......into the stands.....turned  tragic ....

From Yahoo Sports:

• Death an unfair accident

We kind of figured....these Atlanta Braves would be a decent ball team......

But.......17 games over .500?  Trailing the Phillies by just 2 1/2 games?


Who'd have "thunk" it?


Today...."Hot" lanta continued their winning ways.


From Yahoo Sports:

ATLANTA (AP)—Freddie Freeman(notes) hit a three-run homer, his fourth of the series, and the Atlanta Braves beat Colorado 6-3 Thursday to complete their first four-game sweep of the Rockies in 18 years.

Jason Heyward(notes) also homered for the streaking Braves, who have won nine of 10 and 14 of 17 as they head into a series with NL East-leading Philadelphia.

Freeman, the rookie first baseman, hit four homers and drove in seven runs in the series. His third-inning homer was the highlight of a five-run inning that knocked Juan Nicasio(3-2) out of the game. Nicasio gave up six straight hits in the inning.

Colorado has lost five straight and left Atlanta with more injury woes.

The depleted Rockies, already playing without injured regulars Carlos Gonzalez  and Troy Tulowitzki, had outfielder Charlie Blackmon break a bone in his left foot while running the bases in the third inning.

The Rockies did not provide immediate details on the severity of Blackmon’s injury.

Tim Hudson (8-6) pitched 7 1-3 innings, giving up five hits and three runs, to win his third straight decision. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 27th save, the most in the majors.

Kimbrel passed Boston’s Jonathan Papelbon for the most saves by a rookie before the All-Star break since 1969. Papelbon had 26 saves before the break in 2006.

Heyward and Freeman each had three hits for Atlanta, which enjoyed an offensive resurgence while scoring four or more runs in every game of its 6-1 homestand. The Braves outscored the Rockies 15-4 in the final two games of the series.

Rockies manager Jim Tracy said Gonzalez, who has a bruised right wrist, is close to returning to the lineup. Gonzalez was injured Sunday and missed the series.

Tulowitzki left Monday’s first game of the series with a strained right quadriceps.

Jason Giambi, starting at first base for Todd Helton, drove in two runs. The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the first when Giambi’s RBI double scored Jonathan Herrera from first. Giambi’s fielder’s choice grounder in the third drove in Ty Wigginton.

Wigginton entered the game as a pinch-runner after Blackmon was hurt while advancing from first to third on Herrera’s single. Blackmon appeared to falter slightly near second base before his left foot made initial contact with the bag on his slide into third.

Nicasio intentionally walked Nate McLouth to load the bases in the second, but escaped the jam by striking out Hudson. Nicasio gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks in 2 1-3 innings.
Alex Gonzalez and Heyward had run-scoring singles in the Braves’ five-run third inning. Heyward hit his ninth homer in the fifth.

Eric O’Flaherty took over for Hudson with one out in the eighth. O’Flaherty’s wild pitch with the bases loaded allowed Mark Ellis to score from third.

The Braves’ only other four-game sweep of the Rockies came on May 6-9, 1993, in Colorado.
Notes: The Braves are 23-10 since June 1, the best mark in the majors in that span. …

The Rockies have lost seven straight day games since beating Detroit on June 19. They are a season-worst six games under .500.

Our judicial  system.......

O.J. Simpson......walked.   2 dead people......

Casey Anthony.........will walk.    1 dead child.....


Their lawyers presented their case in such a manner......it raised a ...."reasonable doubt".


Where are we in America.....where 2 people walk......not guilty.......with 3 dead bodies?

And then we have:

Michael Vick.......18 months in a federal prison.....(dog fighting).

Plaxico Burress ........jail time.....(for shooting himself). 


I guess......there was just not enough......"reasonable doubt".

Is there something wrong with this picture?

Our judicial system....


Time for a change?

O. J. Simpson and Casey Anthony

Is it my imagination.......or did this Wednesday come ....way too soon?

Must of been that Holiday in between...something called the 4th of July.

Summertime in the deep south.

Crazy nights....lazy days.

Hazy, hot and humid.....with a chance of afternoon thunder showers.

Who needs weathermen?   Take this forecast and repeat for the 180 days of summer.


You will not be wrong...


Some stuff .......we're following:




"I want my ring back"!

Cowboys Receiver Sues Ex-Girlfriend

 

R.I.P.      ....Armen Gilliam:

Former NBA Player Dies At 47

 

On the ......12th of ...."Never":

When Will The NBA Lockout End?

 

And the All-stars........are:

As you know .....the NBA owners have locked the NBA players out.

No agreement is in sight.  The owners say the players make too much money......

The players......as Joe Johnson shows......just don't give a flying f*%k........

From.....what not to do.......when trying to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.

From Kelly Dwyer and "Ball Don't Lie":

Everyone look at Joe Johnson’s giant truck

It's the same old story. Locked out NBA player returns back to his college to run a basketball camp, and brings a truck that possibly might be worth up to a quarter of a million dollars with him. The kids at the camp like basketball, and are enjoying the camp, but all they really want to know about is that giant, giant truck. And apparently, over the weekend, all the camp kiddies in question wanted to know about Atlanta Hawk guard Joe Johnson's(notes) massive Ford truck. And also why he makes so much money, which they could probably guess from ... well, look at the size of his truck!


No.....Joe ......just doesn't get it.

And what a week-end it was.......long...hot...

But fun just the same.

What we learned:


Okay......is Tiger Woods ever going to play again?

Tiger To Miss 2nd Straight Major

 

There has .....got to be more to this story:

NBA Top Draft Pick Files Police Report Against Miss Hawaii

 

We still can't figure out why the Feds are involved in  this:

Key Figures In The Roger Clemens Trial

 

Way to put undo pressure on ...Now it'll take him a month for 4 hits:

Jeter's 3000-Hit Chase Gets HBO Documentary

 

The "world wide leader".......grows bigger...& bigger....&  bigger....

Wimbledon Moving To ESPN

 

This is what happens when you only play.......twice a year:

Serena Plummets In World Rankings

 

If it wasn't for Philly.....the Braves would lead the NL:

Hanson dominates again and Freeman propels offense

ATLANTA - Freddie Freeman homered twice to drive in three runs, Tommy Hanson combined with two relievers on a four-hitter and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Monday night.
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Hope you had great 4th of July week-end.