Sports Report for 8/21/08

8/21/08 – Sports Report
My Piccs
· Baseball – 7-3 (34-14-71%)
· Football – 0-0 (0-0)

National Football League
· Executive Director of the Player’s Union, Gene Upshaw died at the age of 63.
· Houston Full Back, Jameel Cook was arrested for a weed case.
· Pittsburgh signs LB James Farrior to a 5 year $18,250,000 contract extension.
· The Rams sign HB Stephen Jackson to a 6 year $49,300,000 contract extension.
· In Pre-Season, San Francisco def. Chicago 37-30. Kyle Orton (Chi) threw for 10/17 147 yards and 2 TD. Joe O’Sullivan (SF) threw for 7/8 126 yards 1 TD.

National Basketball Association
None

Major League Baseball
· In the American League…
· Cleveland def. Kansas City 10-3. Cliff Lee (Cle) got his 18th win of the year (18-2). Grady Sizemore (Cle) hit his 29th homer of the year.
· Toronto def. The Yankees 14-3. Roy Halladay (Tor) got his 15th win of the year (15-9).
· Minnesota def. The Angels 2-1. Joe Nathan (Min) got his 35th save of the year. Mark Teixeira (LAA) hit his 25th homer of the year.
· Oakland def. Seattle 2-0.

· In the National League…
· Chicago def. Cincinnati 3-2. Carlos Zambrano (CHC) got his 13th win of the season (13-5) and hit his 4th homer of the year. Kerry Wood (CHC) got his 26th save of the year.
· The Dodgers def. Colorado 3-1.
· San Francisco def. Florida 4-3. Dan Uggla (Fla) hit his 27th homer of the year.
· Washington def. Philadelphia 4-3.
· The Mets def. Atlanta 5-4. David Wright (NYM) hit his 25th homer of the year.
· Arizona def. San Diego 4-1. Brandon Webb (AZ) gets his 19th win of the year (19-4).


Pro Wrestling
· An Update on TNA’s Gail Kim says that she is going back to the WWE after tonight!
· Mick Foley has OFFICIALLY been pulled off of Smackdown TV and PPV’s.
· People are saying that the Randy Orton accident ISNT REAL.

Personal Notes
· I got Madden ’09 two nights ago and once again, Madden is top notch. I do have an exception with Brett Favre NOT being IN the game, despite being ON the cover. I DO NOT LIKE THAT PART AT ALL. I was looking forward to putting Brett in a Jet’s uniform, despite the fact that Im a Giant’s Fan.
· I aint drank since SUNDAY NIGHT…I am doing good. Howeva, tonight I AM GIVING IN…hehe.
· They are maybe gonna send my homeboy, Jermaine bacc to prison today. God, I hope not. We just lost Beezy again last month.

My Piccs for TONIGHT’s Games
(P = PARLAY PICC)
Baseball
· The Yankees w/ Mike Mussina (P)
· Toronto
· Texas
· Detroit
· MY WHITE SOX
· The Angels will win the GAME of the day!
· Oakland
· Cubs
· Dodgers w/ Greg Maddux’s 1st start
· Mets w/ Johan Santana
· Milwaukee
· St. Louis
· Colorado
· San Francisco w/ Tim Lincecum (P)
· Arizona w/ Randy Johnson (P)

Football
· Philadelphia +3
· Tennessee +3
· Houston +5
· Denver – 2 ½