Tiger wins #50 the quickest in golf history. Worthy of noting - I believe that in 20 years there will be a HUGE case for Tiger to be named the best of all time...and little to refute that. However, comparing players and teams of different eras is a very sticky conversation - better to say he was the best of his era. Points to ponder: what if he wins the most majors but never a grand slam? what if he passes Jack but not Sam Snead's 84 wins? what if he passes Slammin' Sammy but not Jack? what if he wins the grand slam but falls short of both Jack and Sam? Too many variables to consider. What would Jack do if he played with today's clubs and balls in his prime? How would Tiger fare with persimmon woods and that nappy MacGregor ball that Jack used? Better to call out "best golfers of eras" instead of all time. But you COULD make a case for Tiger anyway.
I'm not even going to comment on Floyd Landis. Idiot...
So the MLS all-stars took down reigning EPL champs Chelsea 1-0. Normally I'd be very ethno-centric here, but the MLS all-stars are NOT a mixture of all Yanks, it's a mixture of the melting pot of MLS players - still, I think it shows that the MLS is getting better and better. Fueled (unfortunately) by foreign players, yes, but forcing the american players to show up and represent can't be a bad thing. Not sure if Chelsea didn't consider this anything important, and didn't make the effort, but still, a feather in the cap of the MLS.
Note to the BoSox...that thing in your rear-view mirror is...WAIT, that thing AHEAD of you in the AL East are, yes, the Yankees. I think it's a credit ot the Yankees that they've been able to catch and overtake the Sawx without Matsui, Cano, and Shef. It'll be a test of the Sawx' character now that THEY have some injury issues. Again, the best rivalry in sports - stay tuned, baseball fans...
Tilam makes an excellent point about the Hezbollah. They are like a hydra - cut off a head and 2 will spring to take the place. As long as you have people who will continue to carry the torch, it doesn't matter if they get pushed back into hiding now, they will arise later. Like Al Queda. Killing Bin Laden would be a victory, but mostly an ineffective one at best. Why? Because those nameless, faceless (mask wearing) cowards will multiply like cockroaches, always an infestation somewhere in the world. The best way to defeat them is to obtain total, global (well, mostly global, say 95%) disapproval and non-cooperation for them - we know the french will always cave in because they have no spine. But no support, no haven, no funding, will be the BEST way to rid the world of terrorists; sure, there will be conflicts here and there, but all nations have to realize that while they are focused on a few countries, this is becoming a global issue, and many other countries will feel pain. But ultimately, you have to have guts and resolve and determination to fight terrorism, and at this point not enough countries have that...
On the Tilam-Thew golf front...we got smoked, but it's under protest since Tilam got shafted on his strokes. Tilam played like an epileptic monkey, and he was the GOOD golfer on our team. Of course, I'd have picked the Kid had I known then what I know now. I am very close to completing a Ian Baker-Finch or David Duval like plummet from the ranks of "low-to-middle single digit handicap" to just plain "handicapped". I will not comment on Michelle Wie this week - she played solid but ultimately not good enough at the Women's British Open.
Mel Gibson...pathetic is the best word that children under 13 can read that I can use to describe him. Fundamentalism at it's best - "honey, I'll wave to you from heaven because you're going to hell when you die." It boggles the mind that a man who is THIS fervent in his beliefs even married the woman. And producing children? In the words of Doc Holliday in "Tombstone" - Mel's "...hypocrisy knows no bounds...". Welcome to the list of my "moronic stars that I will no longer tolerate" - consisting of Sarandon, Robbins, Gere, Hilton, and a few others. There is simply no concept or touch with reality with these people - sometimes it's the press artificially creating, and sometimes it's the star doing the idiocy work...but nevertheless, it's a case for "dood, get in touch with the real world".
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