First, the irony. President Bush, whose many malapropisms and linguistic gaffes are well-chronicled, called out John Kerry for mangling a joke. Bush said, “Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.” One might have assumed that the President would be sheepish in calling attention to such verbal missteps. But, in his own words from October 11, 2006, I suppose “One has a stronger hand when there’s more people playing your same cards.”
SI’s Phil Taylor questions Derek Jeter’s leadership. I didn’t think any mainstream sportswriter had the cojones to do so. Whether it’s true or not, kudos to Taylor for at least opening up the subject to debate.
Kirk Saarloos’s strikeout numbers going into tonight’s game against the Cleveland Indians:
40 K 115 Innings. .85 K/BB (worst among starting pitchers in MLB)
Naturally, Saarloos goes on to strike out 11 batters in 5 innings.
In the case of Barry Bonds’s personal trainer, Greg Anderson, the price is time in jail…again. This time, however, Anderson faces up to 16 months behind bars. Jeff Pearlman, who wrote Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero
, suggests that Bonds is “an evil man. A truly evil man.” I don’t think his insolence, selfishness, and dishonesty rise to that level, but Bonds certainly doesn’t seem like a very good friend.
MSNBC’s Mike Celizic had this to say about the slumping Alex Rodriguez:
“He’s shot. Toast. Finished as a Yankee, and there’s no sense pretending he can come back and be the man he was advertised to be.” Defensively, A-Rod has had a trying season. And offensively, he struggled in June, but has rebounded with a .932 OPS in July (through July 27). Rodriguez remains one of baseball’s elite players. Celizic’s assertions are patently absurd. Anyone can have a bad day, month, or — in Celizic’s case — column.
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