Friday, July 23, 2010

Baseball in Stretch Run, Agents, Cowboys, and Summer League

Rangers actually Good!
Everything is bigger in Texas. Gigantic Trucks, bulging waistlines, and up till now Texas Rangers’ ERA’s. (Not poetic I know) Surprisingly, the usually inept Rangers are actually leading their Division. They are closely followed by the always good L.A/Anaheim/California Angels, but still they are leading their division! They even have a winning record! Bolstered by freshly minted acquisition Cliff Lee, the Texas pitching is actually pretty decent, eighth in the AL in era. We'll have to see if the Rangers can hold up and make the playoffs. (Where they'll probably get beaten by the Yankees, but still!)

Nick Saban really doesn't like Agents
College Sports has always had an issue with whether its big time athletes should be paid or not. This past week's Agent incidents with many of College Football's big names only highlights this. I am with Bama Coach/Czar Nick Saban on this one. The NCAA clearly needs to take a stand on one side of the issue: either pay its athletes and not have eligibility rules, or get rid of agents altogether by fining/suspending any having contact with a college player. Also, the Author would like to propose that all high school athletes are paid, specifically those residing in San Antonio.PIMPS!


Jerry Jones to suck more money out of San Antonio
NBA Summer League, We Hardly Knew Ye
On a more local note, America’s Team is coming to San Antonio. They will start having open practice to the public Friday July 23rd. Though the Cowboy's practice is the most boring thing you will ever watch, (I recommend Jersey Shore instead) there always seems to be hundreds of people every year that go to the Alamodome  to do so. Also, the NBA summer league is officially over. I don't know how much you can learn from a league of scrubs and rookies playing 5 games where they can get up to 10 fouls before being ejected, but the Spurs did go 5-0.Go Spurs Go!

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