Breaking
Are the Giants about to trade Panik? Sabean has been in New York for a few days and a deal between the Mets and Giants may be in the works. The Giants need a third baseman and Panik is a New Yorker. Stay tuned.
Giants Sweep Angels
The Giants swept the Angels over the weekend. Heston, Hudson and Lincecum all pitched extremely well making the Angels look listless. The series was marked with some horrible calls by the umpires on the bases that were replayed and even one that was obviously wrong was not over turned. Why have instant replay if they can't get it right. Angels are still waiting for an explanation.
When Aioki and Panik led off Sunday's game with home runs it was the first time in the history of the Angel franchise the opponents have led off with a pair of home runs. The franchise has had many names - Los Angeles - California - Anaheim - and currently the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Except for an occasional day off Panik should play second base everyday. He makes the team much better. . . On Sunday Crawford was moved to # 6 spot in the lineup and contributed a 2 run double in a two out situation in the 5th inning. . . McGehee went hitless Sunday after getting 3 hits Saturday. I still hold my breathe every time a ball is hit to third.
Saturday will be black jersey day for the Giants at home following Orange Friday. I guess just as long as it isn't Black Monday. The game Saturday featured the Angels with red jerseys and red numbers and Giants with their black jerseys with black numbers. Whatever happen to grey and white or cream in the Giants case? And the new black 49er jerseys have red numbers.
Kentucky Derby
I honestly could not believe it. My selection for the Derby wasn't even mentioned on the broadcast. I was waiting for his name to appear on the screen that showed the order of the leading horses and I thought there had to be a mistake. Maybe they didn't know how to spell Mubtaaihij. Thought he came last but he was sixth. My wife's horse Carpe Diem came 8th breaking her winning streak at one. Sue the blue bagger mentioned to me that she was picking American Pharoah but was really concerned because he drew the #18 startling gate. Regardless he still won and congratulations to Sue for picking the winner.
The Last Derby?
I know of at least one blog member that has been to the Derby and perhaps there are others. If you are planning on attending sometime in your life I would recommend that you go next year without delay. The US Senate has a bill to clean up the sport by eliminating among other things betting over state lines. In other words putting off track betting out of business where the vast majority of the money for racing comes from these days. The authors of the bill are big supporters of PETA. The same approach was used over 100 years ago and since my family was involved I know it almost killed racing for ever. Only Kentucky with the creation of Para-mutual betting saved the sport. What can save it this time?
There is always the possibilities that these hearing are all for show; in other words phony so that the racing industry will pony up millions into the coffers of Washington. It happens all the time. The life insurance industry is always attacked for its tax free growth. To keep it for your policy the industry coughs up millions to our elected representatives. Its how are system works. Don't estimate the power of U.S. government. It can destroy! Just look at its record.
The Football Draft
No more Mock Drafts. I didn't read one of the thousands that appeared on the internet. Waste of time. Then this morning what do I see --- a 2016 Mock Draft. I can't believe it.
There are many 'experts' that are now evaluating each teams picks. I never understood if they were so talented why they didn't work for an NFL team. I evaluate drafts two ways. One is the immediate help where a player or two steps in and starts right away. The 49ers have all but admitted that there won't be any of their draft choices starting in September. The other evaluation is during the third year 2017 in this case, when you see how many of the draft choices are contributing to the team.
NBA Complaints
The Clippers and Spurs just finished a hard fought seven game series. They want to know why they played each other instead of an easy team early. The question is why do so many weak teams make the playoffs to begin with. As Mr. Wonderful on the "Shark Tank" says, it's money!
Golf News
The big news in the world of golf came with the announcement that Lidsey Vonn and Tiger Woods were breaking up. They both put out statements like they were getting a divorce. Lindsay indicated that she was very sad and a little devil told Tiger there's plenty of fish in the sea. Tiger will be playing in the Players Championship this weekend in Florida. If television shows the 18th green it will be interesting to see how many blondes are waiting around.
The Egg Thanks to Tony G
In memory of Lindsay and Tiger are you planning on making devil egg and want to check to see if the eggs are fresh? Immerse them in water. Fresh eggs will lie on the bottom while stale eggs will float to the surface. Add a half a teaspoon of baking soda to the water when hard boiling eggs to make the shells incredibly easy to peel off. Believe me it works.
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