Archive for August 27th, 2007

It Must Be Nice to Live in Lalaland

27 August 2007

David Beckham made his epic trek last week.  He played the full 90 minutes in England’s friendly match against Germany on Wednesday and flew back from London to Los Angeles to play a full match for the LA Galaxy.  Unsurprisingly, considering he was not fully fit to begin with, he was forced to miss the [...]

Premier League Sods 27 August 2007

27 August 2007

Arsenal 1 - Man City 0
Perhaps it is encouraging for Arsenal supporters that the Gunners aren’t playing particularly well and still pulling out results.  They have 7 pts from three matches and would likely have the full nine, if Lehmann hadn’t already embarked on his swift descent from international goalkeeper to senile buffoon.
The match mirrored, [...]

The Bags Under Our Eyes

27 August 2007

The Houston Astros retired Jeff Bagwell’s #5 in a ceremony before today’s game at Minute Maid Park.  His relatively brief, but brilliant career  places him as perhaps the greatest player ever to don an Astros’ uniform.
During his 15-year career, Baggs won a Rookie of the Year (1991), an MVP (1994) and was an all-star four [...]