One Labor Day Post

Today is Labor Day, so this will more than likely be my only post of the day. On weekdays starting tomorrow, you will find that my posts will be either before 6 am or after 3 pm because (ouch) school is starting. Those are my messages for the day, let's get to it.

* The big story of the day is the issue surrounding CC Sabathia and his 1-hitter last night. As you know, Pittsburgh Pirates 3B Andy LaRoche hit a weak infield grounder to Sabathia who bobbled the ball with his bare hands. This is a play Sabathia routinely makes because of his athleticism, and if you watch the replay, LaRoche wasn't even halfway to the bag when Sabathia reached the ball. The Brewers are sending in a DVD to Major League Baseball with all the replay's they can find of the play in hopes of having the official scoring overturned, which would give Sabathia a no-hitter.

Now, even if he didn't have a no-hitter going at the time, I would still say that the play should have been ruled an error. I think he LaRoche would have been out by 6-10 feet. But, at the same time I think that Sabathia should have known that LaRoche isn't the fleetest of foot and probably should have used his glove instead of his bare hand. Apparently the Brewers had a call overturned earlier this year, so they are hoping it happens again.

Either way, if it stands or doesn't, the Brew Crew have now won eight of nine games overall, and went 20-7 in the month of August.

* If you haven't been keeping up with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, I think it is time you tune into a race. Last night Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500 last night in dominating fashion, leading 228 of the 250 laps. Johnson has stealthily (is that a word?) slid himself into the Championship picture (not that he wasn't in there before...), and now people are actually talking about him instead of the newly born rivalry between Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards.

Actually, the Busch/Edwards rivalry is what I wanted to comment about. I think that it is great for the sport. It's good guy versus bad guy. Edwards is the good guy in NASCAR, well-spoken and actually a very good driver. Then we have Busch, the closest thing to the late Dale Earnhardt the sport has. And frankly, he doesn't care what people think of him, he just wins, with eight wins on the circuit this year.

The two have said in the past that they are best friends, but that may have changed after their altercation at Bristol which caused NASCAR to put them on probation. Let's hope that this rivalry can stay a not-so-friendly one, because that is certainly more entertaining to see.

* Lastly, the Montreal Canadiens are planning on retiring legendary goalie Patrick Roy's jersey this year.

I have, and always will, think that Roy is a jerk. Even though I was only two years old at the time, the way he handled the Red Wings complete schallacking of the Canadiens 12-1 on December 2, 1995 was selfish (although I do think the coach should have pulled him earlier). When you give up that many goals and say "It's my last game in Montreal" pretty much shows that he didn't care about the team and only himself. The best Red Wing games ever were the ones when Ozzie and Mike Vernon pummeled Roy during those center ice fights. Then with the latest incident with his son and the junior league fight pretty much shows what kind of guy Roy is. Am I being too harsh? Maybe. But in my opinion Roy is the NHL's version of Barry Bonds, minus the steroids.

Oh yeah, he was good. Which in part is probably the reason why I dis-like him so much. But anyway, I think that the Canadiens should retire his jersey, seeing as he led them to Stanley Cup's in 1986 and 1993.