Duane Kuiper said it best after Sunday's game, "This one is for the fans because nothing has happened all year." The fans have not seen the Giants rally and score five runs in an eighth inning as they did Sunday to wipe out a two run Colorado lead. Posey's at bat in that inning was classic as he fouled off pitch after pitch then was finally able to hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game. Then Pence followed with a three run homer which he later credited to Posey for tiring the pitcher so he could get a pitch he could park. Can you imagine the Giants losing a series to the last place Rockies at home just after Brian Sabean said the team that wins the most series will win the NL West. The Giants won the series two games to one which assured them of a one game lead in the NL West. The Washington Nationals with the best record in the National League come in for three tough games which will prove to be a real test for the Orange and Black.
Sports Notes -
The 49ers open their pre-season schedule with a impressive victory over Minnesota which featured two Wildcat formation plays that would be the envy of the New York Jets. Colin Kaepernick reserve quarterback entered the game at the start of the second series. On his first play from the Wildcat formation he handed the ball to James for a few yards gain. That set up the next play. The Niners quickly went into a no huddle offense and before Minnesota defense knew what was happening Kapernick faked to James and found the field wide open for a 78 yard TD run. Save those for the season! It reminded me how Kaepenick with his running and faking led Nevada to a route of the Golden Bears a few years ago.
The Olympics - Congratulations to all those athletes who worked most of their entire lives for the Olympic dream. Looking at the final medal count many American will go home very happy. . . I heard last night that USC students earned 25 medals at these Olympics and a few of them were even Americans. . . The USA Old Men Olympic basketball team won a gold as expected. Spain was about two NBA players short of upsetting the Red, White and Blue. . . The part of the Closing Ceremony that I watched was horrible. Al Michaels was on with Bob Costa at the beginning expounding on the greatness of beach volleyball. Was he comparing beach volleyball to the great USA Olympic hockey win in 1980? I guess it depends if your talking sports or sex. Even Kelly Rippa commented that beach volleyball was all about sex for the delight of a lot of old men. . . Athletes are beginning to lose their medals as results of their drug tests being completed. What hypocrisy! Test all the athletes then have a closing ceremony based of the drug culture of today. . . The last Olympics of this modern era is scheduled for Rio in 2016 although they are beginning to find out they really can't afford to host them. When Rio applied for the games they were anticipating a budget of a little over $1 billion. The budget for the London games was $14.1 billion that does not take into account the billions the games will be over budget. Will LA be needed to bail out the Olympics again?
The NBA - The 2012-13 NBA season is over. If you read the LA papers or listen to LA sports that's the big news. The reason is that the Lakers acquired 'Superman' Dwight Howard in a very confusing four team deal which some of the under the table payoffs were not made public which is typical of the NBA. The Lakers don't seem to worry that Howard with all kinds of competition has emerged as the NBA's leading prima donna. Orlando fans refer to him as 'Dwight-mare' since Howard did not live up to his contract like so many NBA players who take big bucks complain about everything and then quit playing or get 'hurt'. The Lakers have a long track record of making the right moves even though some might consider Howard a bum who is also coming off of back surgery for a herniated disk which is usually found only in old men. So Howard, and old men like Kobe, Nash and Jamison will have much in common.
Homer Sweeney
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