-Josh Beckett was suspended for 6 games by Major League Baseball for throwing at Bobby Abreu's head, or as I like to call it, the fundamentals of pitching. I don't see anything wrong with what Beckett did, here's the blow by blow. Josh Beckett stood on the mound and waited to deliver the next pitch to Bobby Abreu. Being in no hurry (he was just gonna have to pitch again next inning) he looked back and forth from the man on second to home-plate more than a handful of times. Abreu called for time the Ump granted it, and Beckett *ahem* "expressed his displeasure." So what if that expression came in the form of a 95 mph fastball right at Abreu's dome? Was our country not founded on freedom of expression? Abreu took exception (wuss) and had some choice words for Beckett. Beckett approached Abreu and tried to explain how the constitution protected his rite to threaten his life; that it was only some chin music (and Beckett is a maestro). The rest of the Angels took offense and a near brawl took place. Beckett is getting blamed for the riot when he just threw the pitch. I disagree with this. You don't blame a riot at a movie theatre on the guy who yelled fire.
-Boxing is suddenly less gold today. Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya retired from boxing yesterday. He hangs up the gloves with a career 39-6 record (30 by knockout) ten titles across six divisions and a 1992 Olympic gold medal (Not to diminish a gold medal because I know I'm not athletic enough to even dream about winning an Olympic medal; but remember that boxing in the Olympics is like a Nerf version of real Boxing. Fully padded, heavily officiated, poorly attended. It's basically a scored dress rehearsal). He's a got a bronze statue in his likeness outside the Staples Center, and they only do that for people they really love (thats Sadaam territory). I'll chose to remember him more for being the "uncle" of Rock of Love contestant Daisy De La Hoya (Her use of the last name immediately demoted Oscar to "The Silver Boy"). Oscar retires as one of the most successful and most popular fighters of all time. He gets a lot of credit for helping to make boxing popular, essentially funneling all the pre-existent anger that exists in in the Los Angeles Metro area into a more productive activity than rioting.
-Thank God I won't have to go too long without seeing Greg Paulus (Wow, my sarcasm was so strong it warped my keyboard). Paulus is a senior PG at Duke, where he has seen his playing time decrease over his final two seasons (That's not news, that's just something I just enjoy saying over and over again). Now he is getting a look as a football player. Nobody's really surprised, Paulus was the number one QB recruit in the nation coming out of high school before deciding to play basketball at Duke over Football at Notre Dame (Lesser of two evils I guess). He got a tryout with the Packers, and is even talking about playing Quarterback at The University of Michigan Next year. I think there's a pretty big difference in playing hoops at Duke and Footy in the Big ten, and I hop Paulus is ready for the switch. At Duke, if an opponent even has intentions of playing defense, the ref calls a foul; not a lot of contact. I openly, publicly, unabashedly hate greg Paulus, but I'd be amped to see him play a year at Michigan; and I'll be cheering loudest when he suffers his first sack.
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