I’m in the mood to ramble since I am in my house all alone and it would be weird to ramble out loud so I’ll put it in writing instead for all of you to enjoy my thoughts.
First off, I would like to apologize to our readers for the lack of reading material recently. I have been getting over my case of Bummed Fans and it has been lingering around longer than I would have liked. The Godfather’s news of him writing less frequently for the next couple months did not help and what he has been writing has just been a tease for more of his humor we all know and love. Please come back Godfather; none of your fans can actually read a whole book anyways. The other issue that has kept my Bummed Fans around is the Red Sox current slide. I thought Kasson Gabbard’s complete game, 3- hit shutout would cheer me up but losing two out of three to the lowly Kansas City Royals certainly did not help.
Next up, the Chinese government chastised Yao Ming this week for showing up late to the National Team’s training camp. His reasoning was that he was helping his soon-to-be wife with wedding plans. The Chinese governments official statement about the situation was, in a loose Chinese translation, “Don’t mess with China!” I can’t imagine other NBA stars being treated by their national government like the Chinese treat Yao Ming. I just don’t see current Rocket teammate Steve Francis staying quiet when George W. belittles him for not playing with the National Team. Francis would probably demand more money or a buyout from the USA. Yao will learn eventually the capitalistic ways and stand up to the red army sooner or later.
Staying in the NBA, Kevin Durant signed his first shoe deal with Nike for $60 million dollars. To take this deal he had to turn down a $70 million deal from Adidas citing that he has been wearing Nike since he was in the 8th grade and felt more comfortable in Nikes. While Durant may not be a great business man turning down an extra $10 million (Remember he only went to one year of college and it’s doubtful he ever went to class), he is a smart basketball player. He stayed with the shoe he’s going to play well in, and in the end he will make many millions more in the future when he becomes the face of the NBA with Lebron and D-Wade.
Lastly, the British Open started yesterday at Carnoustie. Before we mention anymore, lets just say the name Jean van de Velde and laugh. Ok, now that I have the image of him in the water with his pants rolled up making a fool of himself and losing the Open we can move on. However yesterday, we had John Daly doing his best van de Velde impression (only at least he didn’t save his implosion until the last hole). Through 11 holes, Daly was 5-under getting an eagle from the fairway on the 11th. Then, he must have realized he bet against himself shooting under par in any of the 2 rounds he will play this weekend, or at the very least, found a cart girl on the 12th and proceeded to shotgun a case of beers, because he then shot 8-over par the rest of the round finishing up with a +3 (74).
In maintaining our Open coverage, Tiger (who is the only player anyone really cares about) shot a respectable 2-under par. This round will be known as the TV cable drop, however, with an interesting chain of events occurring on the 10th hole, with Tiger receiving a controversial drop from TV cables. If Tiger goes on to win his 13th major, that drop will be remembered and scrutinized by the British media and others for years to come. Tiger is chasing Sergio Garcia, who is looking for his first major victory of his career. It would be nice to see these two in the final pairing on Sunday though and see this rivalry renewed, since it was so close to being great after the historic back nine at the 1999 PGA Championship between the two. Now, Tiger has had to start a rivalry with Roger Federer (Great Nike Commerical by the way), who doesn’t even play golf. Sadly enough, despite this little oversight, Federer is actually the closest thing to resembling a rival that Tiger can find. So, hopefully on Sunday we will be able to see some exciting moments down the stretch between these two and others. Who knows, maybe there is a new van de Velde just waiting for his moment of infamy.
That’s about it for now. I could go on all night, but I’ve at least staved off my boredom for a little while. I’ll save more of my ramblings for another rainy day.
Over and out from the one and only Shumania.
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