The Slumpiest Sports Week of the Year
Oooo, fans, do read on! That compelling title probably has you foaming at the mouth for more! Well, let me clarify about the reason this week is the sccchhlompiest sports week of the year.
During the All-Star Break, the Phillies aren’t playing. The actual All-Star Break is a fun time, but it’s over on Wednesday and that means we really are in a break. There’s not going to be any baseball on for a while. Even worse, there isn’t any filler sports to ease that pain except for the occasional Union game or Summer League basketball game. Bleh.
Buuuuuuuuuuut, there’s still a couple gems that need discussing (see how I salvaged everything, there?)
Congrats to Tim Lincecum for throwing a no-hitter right before the All-Star Break. With all of the struggles he’s had this season, being able to pitch a gem the way he did shows that there’s still a lot of talent in the Freak.
A lot of commotion was made about the fact that he threw 148 pitches to accomplish it. People are criticizing Bruce Brochy for not pulling Timmy earlier in that game because of the pitch count and lead they had.
The way I see it, Lincecum is not the same pitcher from 2 years ago. He may never be again. The lack of velocity on his fastball is something you can’t just reclaim (unless your Bartolo Colon and you take a crap ton of PEDs.) Even if Tim’s season goes in the toilet from here on out because of his high pitch count, he’ll still sit in the history books as a pitcher with a no-hitter and 2 Cy Young Awards. He could have a career 8.00 ERA and people will still marvel at those accomplishments. Bochy made the right call.
Jason Kidd was getting a lot of crap for taking phone calls during games that he was coaching this summer. On one hand, it was the D-league, and the coaches don’t really coach those. On the other hand, he’s been a coach for like a month, he could probably learn a thing or too.
Well, Mr. Kidd pleaded guilty to his DUI from 2012 today, so he was probably talking to his lawyers. He’s gotta take those calls, lol.
On a closing note, Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail is… actually… pretty good. With all the corporate sponsorship, phone release, and poor audio quality, I was just dying to find reasons to hate this album. But, I don’t. It’s put together really well.
Turns out Rick Rubin didn’t do a single thing for that album, in spite of him being featured in the commercials. Apparently, he just sat on the couch. That’s what you can aspire to, boys and girls. Become so cool that people will pay you to sit on a couch and enjoy music. Then, they’ll film it.
Alright, I’m out. Get to a pool folks! It’s SUMMAH TIME!
Wow, it’s been a crazy weekend. Lebronathon is coming to a close now that he has officially announced his new team and pissed everyone but Miamians off. The World Cup Finals were played yesterday, Spain outdiving the Netherlands, and the MLB All-Star break has officially started. 
Soccer, your foreign lover, is going to end it’s very sweet and sensual affair that only comes but once every four years. The World Cup has ended, and your ultimate victor is Spain. They only scored 8 goals the entire elimination round, which usually doesn’t add up to an exciting final, but they definately kept it interesting. I was very surprised at how well these two teams actually matched up. At first I thought Spain would just be a dominate force the entire match, and although they did handle possession better, the Netherlands had a pretty good defense for Spain’s attacks, and had a pretty good amount of shots on goal as well.