6 Straps – To Phillies ace Cliff Lee

We normally hand out a handful of these, but there’s an unwritten rule that says if you have one of the all-time greatest performances on your sports’ biggest stage, you get your own edition [...]]]>

IF 5 IS GOOD, THEN 1 IS BAD

6 Straps – To Phillies ace Cliff Lee

We normally hand out a handful of these, but there’s an unwritten rule that says if you have one of the all-time greatest performances on your sports’ biggest stage, you get your own edition of Strap Time.

Cliff Lee was so good on Wednesday night, we’ve broken the mold and given him 6 straps out of 5.  How good was he?  He became the first pitcher in World Series history to not allow an earned run while striking out 10 batters and walking none.

The Yankees offense that led the Majors in runs scored during the season was reduced to looking like little leaguers.

He was so good that the overriding feeling coming out of the game was that C.C. Sabathia didn’t pitch well.   But take a look at the numbers.  He surrendered just 2 runs on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts over 7 innings.  On almost any other night, C.C. is the story.

But not last night.  Lee put on a show for the ages.

4 Straps – To ESPN’S 30 FOR 30 series.

Really intriguing series. 30 films by 30 film makers all covering different topics from new angles.  The series kicked off with King’s Ransom, a detailed look at Wayne Gretzky’s trade to the LA Kings.  [...]]]>

IF 5 IS GOOD THEN 1 IS BAD

4 Straps – To ESPN’S 30 FOR 30 series.

Really intriguing series. 30 films by 30 film makers all covering different topics from new angles.  The series kicked off with King’s Ransom, a detailed look at Wayne Gretzky’s trade to the LA Kings.  It’s on Tuesday nights at 8pm.  DVR it.

2 Straps – To MLB’s playoff scheduling.

Here’s a look at the ALCS schedule:

Since when does it take 2 weeks to play 7 baseball games?  I understand the days off for travel, but the others just make no sense.

0 Straps – To Rush Limbaugh.

He’s blamed everyone else for his ouster from a group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. The media, the Democratic party, Dave Checketts, and the NFL Players’ Union among others. He even went so far as to say that the situation is “Obama’s America on full display.”

Yes Rush. It’s all them.  It had nothing to do with the racist comments you made regarding Donovan McNabb while you worked at ESPN. Absolutely nothing to do with that.

5 Straps – To Peyton Manning.

Is it possible that the Future Hall-of-Famer is better than he’s ever been?  Scary to think about, but we say yes.

2 Straps – To the Minnesota Twins for building an outdoor stadium.

Just imagine November baseball in Minneapolis.  That’s what’s going to happen the next time the Twins make the World Series.  Ouch.