Losers of the Week

I'm a little disappointed that no one has taken any shots at me for some of the predictions I made. I thought at least a couple of you guys might have taken some sort of issue with a few of the things that I said. But, I guess not. I guess we all agree that the Hawks are Super Bowl bound. And that the Mariners are a lock to hold off the Yankees. I thought you all were a little more opinionated than this, but I was wrong about that, which is apparently the only thing I've been wrong about all week. Aside from your silence, we have had a pretty eventful week. And as always, we've had our fair share of heroes, and an even greater number of losers.


Losers of the Week

Tiger Woods and Roger Federer-
These two guys have been suspect for a while now. Showing up at each others tournaments, doing interviews as a duo, and talking longingly about how much respect they have for one another. On the surface, these things could appear to be mere admiration shown by a couple of guys who are experiencing similar success. And until yesterday, that is how I chose to justify their overly friendly behavior. Then I saw the new Gilette commercial. I'm not sure if anyone else has seen it, but to summarize it's basically Tiger and Roger, shaving and shirtless, staring intensely into the camera for 30 seconds. Pretty bad. But the deal breaker comes at the end when Federer playfully pinches Tiger's cheek, and Tiger bashfully grins and giggles to himself. Enough!! The two most dominant athletes in the world right now have a schoolyard crush on each other. I'd be a little worried if I were Elin.

Rory Sabbatini-
Once again, Rory decided he'd rather choke than sack up and win a tournament. Only this time he did with out shriveling in fear of Tiger He shriveled in fear of Steve Stricker instead. Steve Stricker? Yep, the 44 year old who hadn't won a tourney since 2001. Rory seems to find new ways to fail also. This week he bogeyed three of the first four holes on the back nine, affectively killing any chance he had, all while wearing pants that were three sizes too small. He is dangerously close to joining Phil and Sergio on the "All Choke Team".


Heroes of the Week

Texas Rangers-
Scoring 30 runs in one nine inning baseball game is pretty amazing, but to put it into perspective here are some numbers.
-Before winning the game 30-3, they were actually losing 3-0 in the bottom of the third.
-They scored 30 runs in the game, but they only actually scored in four innings: 5 in the fifth, 10 in the seventh, 9 in the eighth, and 6 in the ninth.
-In the eight games prior to the 30 run game, they only scored 28 runs combined.
-In the game they beat the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Ravens (NFL Team) didn't score 30 points in any game last season.
-The 30 run game was game one of a double header that day. They scored 9 in game two, totaling 39 runs for the day, breaking the previous one day scoring record by 10 runs.

Greg Nickles and the Seattle City Council-
In the wake of the comments from the new Sonics ownership, the city is taking steps to pass a law that will hold the team to their lease at the Key Arena. If the law passes the Sonics are guaranteed to be in Seattle until 2010. That should give Kevin Durant plenty of time convince a few Bellevue billionaires that a new arena is a good idea.

David Stern-
It doesn't matter now busy this guy gets, he will not miss the chance to make a buck. While he, and every PR person the NBA has ever heard of, is dealing with the Tim Donaghy fiasco, he still found the time to fine Aubrey McClendon $250K. The only negative I can possibly see coming out of this situation would be if McClendon decided to shut up. But I'm pretty sure he won't. In his crazy cowboy mind this is probably some sort of challenge. I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up at high noon with his six shooters, and tells David Stern it's time for a "showdown". This is what happens when you allow people to buy NBA franchises with gold that they hijacked from a moving train.

David Chernicoff-
Last week I wrote about Horacio Ramirez by using the mildly comical nickname, Horablio. While that name is pretty funny, David corrected me. We will no longer refer to him as either Horacio or Horablio, from now on it is Fallacio. Get it, because he sucks. Fallacio Ramirez. Excellent work Chern. You are my hero. Maybe we should shave with Gilette razors and pinch each others cheeks.