GarageGabs

Found this absolute GEM on youtube today.  This guy has taken the time to replay the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 86′ series on RBI Baseball.  He did an amazing job with this, timing everything near perfect.  This had to take some time to do.

1986 World Series Game 6 Re-Enacted in RBI Baseball  (San Diego Serenade)

It’s against everything I stand for to post this cartoon…..but oh well.

Well, I’m day 2 into my blogging comeback attempt, and I must admit I’m just not feeling very inspired. Making a comeback is hard work! There are so many things to talk about, but to be quite honest I just don’t feel like diving into much detail on them.

I’ll touch on a couple things very quickly-

Looks like Curt Schilling has decided to apologize to Barry Bonds. I think it’s becoming obvious to everyone that Schilling wants the world to revolve around him. For those that don’t know Schilling basically said all of Barry’s records should be removed from the books since Barry has admitted to doing steroids. First of all, I don’t recall Bonds ever coming out and admitting anything, and I wonder if Curt took the time to think about his World Series rings?? Heaven forbid you have to return a couple of those rings because they are tainted…..I mean, a ring is a team achievement and the law of averages says that someone on the Red Sox or Diamondbacks was juicing…..much less those that have been busted. Curt, shut your hole.

Curt’s Official Blog

Golden State fell behind 2-0 to Utah last night. As much as I want to blame the loss on poor officiating, (it just seems like Utah/Carlos Boozer in particular do a lot of bulling to the hoop and on defense) I gotta put this one on Baron Davis. I know the guy is a warrior (no pun intended) and played his ass off last night but that turnover in the closing seconds of the 2nd half was horrid. I can give him a pass on the missed free-throw, it happens. It just seemed as if he was teetering on making crucial turnovers the entire game….which is of course what makes him so effective, but still. Job #1 in that situation should be getting the ball past half-court and setting up offense, not trying to one-up Derek Fisher with some whirling spin move.

I still think Golden State can make a series out of this, but I really don’t see them taking it. Utah in 7. I like the Suns in 7 as well, Steve Nash knows his window is closing, he won’t let it slip through his fingers. The East is already settled, Cavs and Pistons will advance.

Hey, did anyone else know that Roger Clemens signed with the Yankees!? Ya know, this is a big deal for the Yanks, but in the long run the return of Jon Lester to the Red Sox (Making a comeback from Cancer) will be a bigger deal. Lester passed all his minor league tests with flying colors and hit 96 mph on the radar guns….100 mph on the stadium gun that obviously needed calibrating. Lester will give the Sox a capable lefty starter that can chew up innings. Clemens will give the Yankees another arm in the starting rotation that can’t get out of the 6th inning, which in all honesty does nothing to help solve their problem: OVERWORKED BULLPEN- Sure the Yankees will probably play .550 to .600 baseball the rest of the way out but come playoff time do they really think they can compete with 3 dinosaurs, 2 less than average Japanese imports, and an average pen? The finger pointing has already begun as the Boss fired the “Director of Performance Enhancement”, (with talk of firing Torre and Cashman as well) but at some point (right in the middle of a 15-11 loss to the Mariners would have been a good time) logic has to take over and Steinbrenner must realize he hasn’t given these guys much to work with pitching wise.

Anyway, my whole point to this post was to take a day off and just post a couple videos-

Bradyfan83 usually has some pretty good offerings, here is his take on the upside of talent available in the NFL draft-

Barry Bonds will reportedly resign with the Giants, signing a one year deal worth 16 million dollars.  What does this mean?  Probably that you’ll have a new home run king by the end of next season….although, no one but Giants fans will recognize the achievement.  The Giants have been very busy this off season, resigning Bonds, Ray Durham, and Pedro Feliz, as well as inking deals with Rich Aurillia, Dave Roberts, and Bengie Molina.  The Giants also cut ties with manager Felipe Alou and aquired Bruce Bochy from the San Diego Padres.  The Giants have lost Jason Schmidt and Mouses Alou to free agency.

Gabs Take- Bonds couldn’t have played anywhere else, as no other city would embrace him.  He started off slowly this past season, hitting just .249 with 12 homers before the all star break, but seemed to hit his groove after, batting .292 with 14 homers.  He is only 22 shy of breaking Aaron’s record and will break it provided he stays healthy.  The Giants seem to be gearing up to make a run at the less than stellar NL West with their free agent additions.  One more big bat in the lineup wouldn’t hurt, but any team with a healthy Bonds is dangerous.

Bonds To Resign With Giants 

A really cool story about a baseball player answering some fan mail over 15 years later.  Really makes me remember the innocence of youth.  Check it out if you ever had a favorite player, collected baseball cards, or just love sports.

Read it here 

(thanks Ajit)

 

Yanks trade Sheffield to the Tigers for 3 pitching prospects. 

Gabs Take: Good for the Yankees, they got rid of what’s going to soon be some dead weight.  Sheff isn’t getting any younger, and became expendable when the Yankees obtained Bobby Abreu.  Also, they got their biggest need in exchange; pitching.  As for the Tigers, thumbs up if you get 100 games out of this guy next year.

 I like Sheffield, but it’s funny that the Yankees never got a World Series with him.

Read about it.