Sporty's Salty...

The NFL Lockout has been lifted after 132 days and I am elated! So excited that we can now discuss football and not the possibility of getting to football. The New York Giants made some really hard cuts yesterday with center Shaun O'Hara (swallows hard) and guards Rich Seubert and Shawn Andrews being released. Then something happened that just clouded everything else, I got wind that Plaxico Burress may be considering a return to Big Blue O_o...

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When Plax first got out of prison I changed my twitter avi and posted an update on facebook eagerly awaiting his return to his family and the NFL...hopefully as a Gmen. Then he got out and started promoting other teams in media coverage/on twitter and calling out former issues with Coach Coughlin. He basically made it seem as though returning to Big Blue was not an option. Which made me quite salty with him, so now I'm like "HUH?". Is Big Blue  going through the motions because it's just apart of free agency or are they attempting to make it look as though the Giants were willing and it was his choice to move on, should he move on.

Sporty Spotlight: 2011 Home Run Derby

Going, Going….Gone!!!!

Congratulations to Yankees’ second baseman Robinson Cano for capturing first place in the 2011 Home Run Derby in Phoenix, Arizona Monday night. Cano captured the title over Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, which makes the win even sweeter! Cano choose his father as pitcher ending the night with 32 home runs.  Cano is the third Yankee to win the Derby, joining the ranks of Tino Martinez (1997) and Jason Giambi (2002). Way to go Cano!!!!

Robinson Cano with his father and mother Jose and  Mercedes Cano

   (Christian Petersen / Getty Images / July 11, 2011)

Picture from Chicago Tribune

Sporty Spotlight: July 9, 2011

Congrats Mr. 3,000!!!!!!

Congratulations to Yankees’ Captain Derek Jeter for being the first Yankee to reach 3,000 career hits! Topping it off with a home run! How sweet it is! Jeter is the 28^th player in the MLB to reach this milestone. There were so many discussions on social networking sites before hitting this milestone in regards to whether Jeter was overrated. I guess the numbers in this situation speaks for itself. 3,000 career hits…enough said!