I think this weekend its begining to become quite clear who the top candidates are for the various awards and I would go so far to argue (hey thats what this medium is for right?) that Chris Carpenter may have wrapped up the NL Cy Young award when he beat Roger Clemens head to head. Carpenter has been on a tear the second half of the season. He's now up to 20 games in the win column including 11 straight. He has a 2.28 ERA. He doesn't get hurt. He doesn't ice/highlight the tips of his hair. He just wins. Yes Clemens has an outstanding ERA but there are other criteria out there and Carpenter is ahead by a mile on those details.
2. I applaud of Colon's pitching efforts (you win 7 straight you get nominated for a Cy Young. Honestly its him or Rivera for the AL Cy Young. Personally I would place it as a toss up at the moment. However Mr. Colon, I do ask that you remove that extra tire your carrying around your midsection. Its not good for the back (just ask top heavy Pamela Lee...her curve ball has definitely waned in recent years). The Angels need a healthy Colon for them to stay in the playoff hunt.
3. Am I the only one jumping for joy with Oklahoma's defeat? Oklahoma has been over-rated for several years now (Explain again what they were doing in the championship games the past few years?). I realize that the Big 12 has to send out some crappy team so that the rest of the country can feel good about themselves when they destroy them but I for one would like a COMPETITIVE championship game. Thank goodness Oklahoma had the decency to pull themselves out of contention early.
4. While I can't comment any more on the criminally negilent behavior of the Federal Government re: Katrina, let alone on their amazing incompetence or even their out and out lying over blaming local officials without breaking down into a rant that would cow even MJ (links provided should justify just a hint of my anger) however I would like to shine a little light on a few highlights and lowlights of the sports world interaction with the tragedy/travesty. For all the bashing of Joe Horn and his cellphone celebration, his actions of rushing out to the Astrodome is incrediably applaudable. For the thousands and thousands of survivors to have Joe Horn and numerous other Saints help out is very remarkable. For all the recriminations against atheletes I think most of them feel a kinship to their respective community and I think this tends to show this. The lowlights would include hundreds of hurricane survivors being evicted from their hotels to make room for fans for the FSU-Miami game. Frankly thats somewhere disgusting and deplorable. I for one don't mind if they play athletic events during these times but if the cost is making people homeless just so some fat, drunk fan can in person curse out the opposing team then they should cancel the bloody game and have the hotel managers and athletic departments chain ganged and sent to help in the cleanup.
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