The Sports Rumors

The Yankees, Nadal-Federer Upset, Fantasy Football Season and More…

Well guess who’s knocking…scratch that…kicking on the door of the Red Sox. Lo and behold it’s the New Yawk Yankees, who at one point were 12.5 games out of the division lead and all but proclaimed dead, now just 4 games behind the Sox and are white hot. This is why I love how these baseball insiders and analysts. I love how they get on the radio airwaves in May and talk about how it’s over for New York. These are the Yankees people! They can turn it on and turn it off at their own disposal. I had been saying to wait till mid August or September before you throw them in the grave but people wanted to prematurely dismiss them. Well now look what you Joe Torre and Arod haters have gone and done. The Yanks are a lock for the wild card and now have a really good shot at taking the division. Eric Gagne has been a disaster so far for Boston as he blew another game to the Orioles. Yankees rotation seems to be all but set and they are slugging away like it’s nobody’s business. Those of you who said that Clemens wasn’t worth the money, all I know is since he’s been there, the Yankees have been on fire. He may not have the greatest ERA in the world but having Clemens on your squad is a boost of confidence and the Yankees record before and after supports the claim that Clemens has something to do with it. If the Yankees go on to win the World Series, you bet your ass he was worth every cent of that fat prorated contract. September marks the start of the football season and the collision of two of the greatest rivals in sports; Yankees-Red Sox. Get ready.

I’m not going to sit here and pretend like I know who this guy is but Novak Djokovic beat both Nadal and Federer…in the same tournament mind you, en route to winning the Rogers Cup. I don’t know what the Rogers Cup is, and I don’t have a clue how to pronounce the guy’s name. I do know that beating Nadal or Federer alone is impressive; let alone beating them both in the same tournament. I don’t think that has ever been done but you can check me on that because I could be wrong. Regardless, hell of a feat.

Fantasy Football Season is officially here now and as I have my league set up, as most of you probably have done by now as well. I remember when fantasy football started getting popular a few years back. I used to make fun of the people who spent all their time looking at waivers and signing no name players because they had a touchdown the previous two weeks. I called fantasy lovers stat-geeks who live in a pretend world. Well now I am Commissioner of a league in pretend world and I have been scouting players stats and splits like no other. I’m can now say that I am officially a geek.

Preseason football kicked off this weekend. My beloved Redskins stunk, even though they won. Jason Campbell looked terrible, completing 6/14 passes but more importantly scoring no points and fumbling the ball twice. The offensive line looked shotty at best. The defense looked solid but it was against the Titans, who were without suspended QB Vince Young, so that’s not saying much. Speaking of which, Young apparently spent the night at home instead of at the team location so Fisher was quick to suspend the young stud. It’s obvious that the Titans are now in a no nonsense mode and I applaud that. Another game I saw was Dallas-Indy. Really didn’t see much of anything in that game. Both coaches played their starters for a few series and that was it. Colts have no reason to play Manning or any other starter returning from last season for that matter. The Pam Oliver vs. Producer exchange was mildly entertaining. Here’s a link if you missed it. I saw a bit of the Arizona-Oakland game. If that game doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. (That’s me, being sarcastic). Prettyboy Matt Leinart didn’t look so sharp. He wildly overthrew Larry Fitzgerald on more than one occasion. Maybe if he spent more time practicing than he does on Sunset Blvd., he’d be a better quarterback but hey, I’m not one to pass judgments.

Hope your Monday goes well people, check back for more stuff. I’ll get it out to you as it comes in to me.

(Got a case of the Mondays people? I feel your pain.)