Two weeks worth of stuff

I apologize for not updating. My Grandmother passed away this past week and just haven't had time to update. But lets rewind a little. The All Star Game was a couple of weeks ago. It was awesome. It went like 13 innings and Michael Young won the game again, but Carlos Guillen had a nice shot that almost won it. It was probably the best All-Star Game to date that I have seen.

Next on the agenda, is Brett Farve. He is a great Quarterback but in my opinion he needs to stay retired. Look how Michael Jordan destroyed his legacy when he came back to the Wizards. If Brett comes back he needs go back to a team that is going to be a championship contender. How about this for a storyline....Brett Farve vs. The Packers in the Super Bowl. That would draw the ratings for sure. Never say never.

So MLB trade deadline is a few days away and I'll be curious to see what the Tigers do about their relief pitching. Here is the guys I would get rid of:
Todd Jones
Fernando Rodney
Ivan Rodriguiz
Edgar Renteria

Call me crazy but I would love to see Guillen at Short and Inge at 3rd again. Pudge is getting old and sucks now. The Youngers guy like Thomas, Larish and Joyce deserve to be up there full time. Bring Clevelan and Raburn back while you're at it. If the Tigers don't deal by Thursday I will not watch them the rest of the year.

On that note, I am calling it a day. Peace and God Bless

What a Monday Night!!!

Last night was an awesome night if you are a baseball fan or more importantly a Texas Rangers fan. The Home Run Derby was at Yankee Stadium last night and one man defied the odds, and put on one of the greatest shows ever. Josh Hamilton hit 28 home runs in the 1st round of the Home Run Derby last night, which is now a record for the 1st round. This mans story is incredible. He is a recovering alcoholic and heroin addict. He missed three years of baseball due to his drug problems. He came back with the Cincinatti Reds last year and now is playing for the Texas Rangers. Even the ruthless New Yorkers were cheering this guy and believe me thats hard to do, because Yankee fans are hard to please. I can't even go on about this anymore because words really can't describe it. I mean you had to watch to experience the feeling of it. To me, missing Monday Night Raw was well worth it last night. Be back more this week with the recap of the All Star Game and the Brett Farve saga. Have a good one.

Review of the Ric Flair Definitive Collection

So I stayed up until about 3am watching the new Ric Flair DVD and let me tell you it was well worth it. It made you laugh; it made you cry and gave you a whole new meaning to what passion for pro wrestling is all about. I liked a lot of the stories he told about his times in WCW and WWE. I liked his thoughts on Sting, Hogan, Bischoff, Jim Herd and Ricky Steamboat. He talks candidly about them and doesn’t hold anything back.

After watching the DVD, there is a lot I found about WCW and the politics that went into it. One story I heard was when Flair came back to WCW after losing to Mr. Perfect on Raw, Ole Anderson told him that he was no value to him because he lost to Perfect on national TV. All I can say wow. My first impression was that there is no shame in losing to Curt Hennig on national TV. Then he spoke of how he made the introductions to Savage and Hogan that allowed Bischoff to sign them. Interesting stuff that make me love pro wrestling even more then I already did.

The matches on this DVD are great. My two favorites are Flair vs. Steamboat in 94, one of Steamboats last matches and Flair vs. Sting from the first Clash of the Champions. I still think Sting should come to WWE, and Ric even said his biggest mistake was not signing with WWE, because he was better then Warrior or Hogan ever thought about being. I also liked in one of the extras that his current wife talks about the relationship he has with Batista, Randy Orton, Triple H and Shawn Michaels during the Evolution run. Apparently Shawn rode with them and hung out with them. But she described it as they were a family. The one final thing that captured my attention is how Ric said the Wrestlemania 24 was the greatest weekend of his life. The Hall of Fame, his match with Shawn and the farewell on Raw were special to him. It’s a stylin’ and profilin’ DVD.

Anyone who is anyone in this business needs to buy this DVD. I don’t care if you’re fan, wrestler, wrestler, promoter or whatever you need to buy this DVD. Ric embodies passion in pro wrestling and what it takes to be a champion. To me he is the greatest pro wrestler of all time. Guys like Hogan, Hart, HBK, HHH and others are awesome and no one will ever replace them but Ric Flair stands out more then they do. Like I said before, if you love this wacky crazy world of pro wrestling you need to own this DVD, even it’s the only wrestling DVD you ever buy, this needs to be the one that you buy. Watch it, enjoy it and love it, because to Be the man, you have to beat the man….WHOOOO

UFC: Griffen vs. Jackson recap

This past Saturday, Forrest Griffen challanged Quinten "Rampage" Jackson for the UFC Light-Heavyweight Title. Everyone said it would be the toughest challange for Griffen but I said the it would be the toughest challange for Jackson yet to date. Ive loved Forrest ever since he was on the Ultimate Fighter. He had the greatest match ever with Stephan Bonner which seemed like a long time ago. Anyways, the match was dominated by Forrest the whole time. Rampage nailed a few good shots in but it wasn't enough to stop Forrest. Anyways it was a great fight. All the fights on the show were good. First UFC PPV I've actually watched live and it was well worth it. Well thats all from me right now but I'll be back later this week. Have a good one. God Bless

The Young Guns Rule Monday Night Raw

Well after this past Monday Night, it is safe to say that Raw is ruled by the young guns. I mean look it at what we got. Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes are the new tag team champions. I think they are going to do great things in wrestling. It made no sense having Cody and Hardcore as tag champs. Cody and Ted make sense because they are 2nd/3rd generation stars. I think it will be a long while before anyone knocks them off for the gold.

Also which was totally awesome in my view was the fact the Kofi Kingston won the Intercontential Championship from Y2J. Hopefully Kofi can restore the glory the IC title had at one time. To me Kofi Kingston is a special kind of wrestler that doesn't come around very often. He does things in the ring that really no one else does or could possibly do. He makes you anticipate every move. I'll say this much, Kofi Kingston will be a World Heavyweight Champion someday. You can bet on it

Speaking of the World Heavyweight Championship, was Monday somewhat a shocker or what. I mean I knew that as soon as Edge came out it was going down but I was surprised Edge came out in the manner he did. I have a lot of mixed feelings for CM Punk, I love him as a wrestler but then I hear all these things about his bad attitude and how much of a prick he is. I don't know him so I can't say. Maybe he has changed his attitude. Who knows? All I know, it made for great TV this past Monday and now I am looking foward to this coming Mondays Raw to find out what the hell is going to happen.

Well Ladies and Gents, have a good 4th of July. I might me back with another update this week but if not, be back Tuesday morning with an update. God Bless America