Rays Are "Devil-less", Also Bat-Less
OK, OK, so all the pre-season hype, all
the charisma and all the promise of a good
season for the Tampa Bay Rays pretty much
died for them when they didn't show up to
play the White Sox this past Sunday when
Chicago spanked Tampa 6-0. No bats at all
for the Rays, who are trying to convince
us taxpayers in the Bay area that they need
a new stadium on the waterfront because
Tropicana Field is not good enough. The
Tampa Bay Devil Rays have never came close
to a playoff game, and are known to recycle
old players who just came to Florida to
retire with playing baseball on the back of
their minds. Don't get me wrong, the Rays
are known in the majors for having the best
farm system (minor league player development
), but they just can't put together a winning
team. This ball club needs to start winning
before we give them a multi-million dollar
stadium package that will tear up downtown
St. Pete, just like the Buccaneers had to do
to get Raymond James.
Danica Patrick Wins First Race
Indy Race car driver Danica Patrick,
who is the only female in Indy Car racing won her
first race at the Japan 300 race, making her the
first female to win any Indy Car circuit racing. She
also has great photos in this month's edition of
Sports Illistrated.
Olympic Medal Winner Drugged With Date Rape Drug (GHB)
Olympiad Two-Time Gold Winner, Pasha Grishuk, who won gold
1994 and 1998 for her native Russia was drugged by GHB. GHB
is known as "the date-rape drug", as it typically knocks the
user unconscious. Grishuk who was in Santa Ana, CA
for a business meeting, was eating her dinner and noticed that
there was a partially fizzed off pill in her drink she recieved
from the hotel lounge. Toxicology reports confirmed that it was
GHB, and police are investigating but no charges have been filed
thus far.
Shaun Alexander Released From Seahawks
All-Star running back Shaun Alexander was released by the
Seattle Seahawks in a shocking turn of events. Alexander,
who signed a 62 Million Dollar deal two years ago after their
Super Bowl loss to the Steelers hasn't performed up to his
standards ever since signing the contract. Though he's been
hurt and defenses are preparing better for the Seahawks offense,
any team that needs a running-back would be crazy not to pick him
up. Alexander replaced the legendary Ricky Watters in the '01
season and has been a menace to opposing defenses ever since.
Dolphins Sign Their Draft Pick
The Miami Dolphins have signed offensive lineman Jake Long, who
will be the number 1 draft pick at this year's NFL Draft. The signing
comes before the draft which is this weekend but new Dolphins General
Manager Bill Parcells wanted to lock this up, as he wants to build
this team around the offense. The Miami Dolphins have the #1 pick in
this year's draft, after a dismal 1-15 record last season.
Buccaneers Find A Way To Lose, Even When
They're Not Playing.
The Bucs front office staff is inept. I
said it. All Bucs fans think it. The Tampa
Bay Buccaneers have more money under
their salary cap than any other team in the
NFL, yet they've let top-notch players who
looking for a new team this year through free
agency go to other teams. The only player that
will make a splash is RB Warrick Dunn. Players
like CB Asante Samuel, WR Randy Moss, RB Micheal
Turner, WR Bernard Berrian, DE Justin Smith, DE
Jevon Kearse, and most recently Jared Allen were
looking to find another team, and the Bucs front
office let them all go to other teams setting Tampa
up for another lackluster season. The Bucs made the
playoffs last year, but they were in the weakest
division in football, as they also lost their home
playoff game (Round 1) which I wouldn't consider a
successful season.
Strange Coincidence
I just wanted to throw this bit in here, but you all know that I'm
a new sports writer for PCR, and as strange as it was, I ran into a
young woman the other night, she wanted to tell a stranger, (Me, a
rookie sports writer, un-beknownst to her), about her day. I said ok,
because she obviously really wanted to tell someone. She then told me
that her husband was a minor league baseball player, who just signed a
multi-million dollar contract, I then asked her who it was, she says
that her husband is Evan Longoria, a rookie baseball player for the
Tampa Bay Rays. She was very excited about the whole ordeal, but I then
noticed that she drove away in a '98 Chevy Cavalier, I don't think Longoria
is married, and I don't believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that Longoria
signed a mega-contract as he is a fraction of the way through is first season. The
whole thing was weird to me because I write about sports, but I guess if I
married a ballplayer who signed a big contract I would screaming about it, too.
Wouldn't we all?
Thank you for reading, check back next week for the next
edition of Sports Talk.
"Sports Talk" is ©2008 by Christopher Munger.
All contents of Nolan's Pop Culture Review are ©2008 by Nolan B. Canova.
