This week on the show, we look at the tragic death of former NFL star Junior Seau and the latest bounty suspensions from that league, as well as news from the NHL that Raffi Torres is appealing his lengthy suspension. We also look at the situation in the Nashville Predators camp, along with speculation that the NY Islanders might soon have a new home.
In the GABBYs: Leo Messi, Jose Mourinho, Jered Weaver, the NY Knicks, the Montreal Canadiens and Jeremy Affeldt. The Punchline this week is, once again, the Charlotte Bobcats!
The New York Yankees received a major blow on Friday when they received the news that Mariano Rivera, possibly the greatest closer in the history of the game, will be out for the rest of the season ater tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament last night.
So how did Rivera tear his ACL? Well, in practice. That’s right. Rivera tore his ACL while catching a fly ball in batting practice prior to the New York Yankees 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.
That is why players should possibly listen to NBA great Allen Iverson, and simply not practice.
The good news for Yankees fans however is that Rivera, who has a career record 608 saves, plans to return in 2013 at the age of 43. The bad news is that this doesn’t help me at all in my fantasy baseball pool, where I have had to drop Rivera in favour of Chris Perez of the Cleveland Indians!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame: Hockey fans welcome a new era of NHL discipline, Oilers look good early on, the Drew Doughty holdout continues, Mike Modano retires as a Star, the Eskimos up & down season goes down (and AC gets KO’d), Manny Ramirez launches a comeback bid and Victor Ortiz runs his mouth.
In the GABBYs: Mariano Rivera, Tony Romo, Owen Hargreaves, Wayne Simmonds, the NBA & the NFL…and this week’s Punchline is Fox Sports!
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees is now officially the greatest closer of all-time.
The 41 year-old native of Panama set the Major League Baseball record for most saves in a career (602) as the New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Monday night.
Rivera recorded his 43rd save of the year. The veteran has had an outstanding season going 1-2 in 60 games with an earned run average of 2.02 and a WHIP of 0.91. He also has had 56 strikeouts compared to only seven walks.
Trevor Hoffman, who played 15+ years with the San Diego Padres had the old record with 601 saves.
In other baseball news from the weekend, the Detroit Tigers have clinched the American League Central and the Philadelphia Phillies have clinched the National League East.
The most interesting race right now seems to be for the American League Wildcard as the struggling Boston Red Sox only lead the Tampa Bay Rays at the present time by a game and a half. Boston had a nine game lead on Tampa Bay on September 2 but have gone 4-14 throughout the month to date.
It was a bit of a strange day in the Major Leagues on Wednesday as we got a taste of the good, the bad, the ugly and the bizarre when it comes to pitching!
If you think you’ve seen it all, you might have another thing coming: It all started in New York with Mariano Rivera hitting an impressive milestone for the Yankees and Toronto’s Jo-Jo Reyes going down in the history books for a reason he’ll want to forget. Then we saw Milwaukee’s Zack Greinke make his presence felt on both sides of home plate for the Brew Crew, while the Phillies – with all the talented pitchers they have on their staff – got a win from a second baseman! (more…)
It was a bit of a strange day in the Major Leagues on Wednesday as we got a taste of the good, the bad, the ugly and the bizarre when it comes to pitching!
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