The Sports Report for 9/16/08

The Sports Report
9/16/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 5-5 (5-5-50%)
Football – 0-1 (0-1-0%)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – LOST (0-1)
Guaranteed – WON (1-0)

Major League Baseball
* The Milwaukee Brewers FIRED their manager Ned Yost after their 4 game SWEEP to the Philadelphia Phillies. 3rd Base Coach, Dale Sveum will take over for the rest of the year.
· In the American League…
· Cleveland (73-77) def. Minnesota (82-68) 3-1.
· The Yankees (80-70) def. MY WHITE SOX (83-66) 4-2. Mariano Rivera (NYY) got his 36th save of the year.
· Boston (89-61) def. Tampa Bay (88-60) 13-5. Dice-K (Bos) got his 17th win of the year (17-2). Kevin Youkilis (Bos) hit his 26th homer of the year. Jason Bay (Bos) hit his 30th homer of the year.
· Texas (74-77) def. Detroit (70-79) 11-8.
· Kansas City (66-84) def. Seattle (57-92) 3-0. Joakim Soria (KC) got his 38th save of the year.

· In the National League…
· The Cubs (90-58) def. Houston (80-69) 6-1. Ted Lilly (CHC) got his 15th win of the year (15-9).
· The Dodgers (78-72) def. Pittsburgh (63-87) 8-2.
· Washington (57-93) def. The Mets (83-66) 7-2.
· San Diego (58-93) def. Colorado (68-83) 11-5. Adrian Gonzalez (SD) hit his 33rd homer of the year.
· Arizona (73-76) def. San Francisco (68-82) 3-1. Adam Dunn (AZ) hit his 37th homer of the year.

· The playoff race looks like this…
· The AL East is led by Tampa Bay AND Boston!!!
· The AL Central is led by MY WHITE SOX by 1 ½ game over Minnesota.
· The AL West has been WON by the Los Angeles Angels!
· The AL Wildcard is held by Boston AND Tampa Bay!!!
· The NL East is led by The Mets by ½ games over Philadelphia.
· The NL Central is led by The Cubs by 8 games over Milwaukee.
· The NL West is led by The Dodgers by 4 ½ game over Arizona.
· The NL Wildcard is held by Milwaukee and Philadelphia!!!

· The League Leaders look like this…
· The AL Batting Average leader is Dustin Pedroia (Bos) .327
· The NL Batting Average leader is Chipper Jones (Atl) .365
· The AL Home Run leader is Carlos Quentin (CWS) 36
· The NL Home Run leader is Ryan Howard (Phi) 44
· The AL RBI leader is Josh Hamilton (Tex) / Justin Morneau (Min) 124
· The NL RBI leader is Ryan Howard (Phi) 133
· The AL Win leader is Cliff Lee (Cle) 22
· The NL Win Leader is Brandon Webb (Ari) 20
· The AL ERA leader is Cliff Lee (Cle) 2.36
· The NL ERA leader is Tim Lincecum (SF) 2.43
· The AL Saves leader is Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) 58 * RECORD *
· The NL Saves leader is Jose Valverde (Hou) 42

· My picks for the post season awards so far look like this…
· AL MVP – Justin Morneau (Min)
· NL MVP – Ryan Howard (Phi)
· AL Cy Young – Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL Cy Young – Brandon Webb (AZ)

National Football League
· Last night was Monday Night Football…
· Dallas (2-0) def. Philadelphia (1-1) 41-37. Tony Romo (Dal) threw for 312 yards.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Ben Roethlisberger (Pit) 136.3 rating
· Rushing – Adrian Peterson (Min) 263 yards
· Receiving Yards – Greg Jennings (GB) 258 yards
· Receptions - Brandon Marshall (Den) 18 receptions
· Sacks – John Abraham (Atl) 4 sacks
· Tackles – Jonathan Vilma (NO) 25 tackles
· Interceptions – Cortland Finnegan (Ten) 3 interceptions

National Basketball Association
· No news to report at all.

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· These are no scores from Top 25 teams…

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 241.58 rating
· Rushing – Shun White (Navy) 588 yards
· Receiving Yards – Dante Love (BSU) 433 yards
· Receptions – Kerry Meier (Kan) / James Casey (Rice) 29 receptions
· Interceptions – Daniel Charbonnet (TTU) 4 interceptions

Pro Wrestling
· Last night was WWE Monday Night RAW!!!
WWE Raw September 15, 2008

Memphis, TN

Commentators: Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler

World Heavyweight Championship — Steel Cage Match

Chris Jericho v. CM Punk

Punk started off as a ball of fire, going right at Jericho taking him down and absolutely tearing apart his midsection, keeping with the theme of Jerich’s weakened mid section through the last couple of weeks. Punk whipped Jericho to the corner hard before landing some knees. He whipped Jericho again, who attempted to scurry up the cage to escape. Punk caught him and knocked him off the top rope and he, himself attempted to climb over the top but was thwarted by the champion. The two plopped down to the ring where Punk continued to absolutely punish Jericho with strikes before taking his head off with two particularly surly moves, a wheel kick and the knee-bulldog combo. Punk went for GTS but Jericho held onto the top rope. Punk eventually gave up on trying to hit his finisher and instead elected to dump the champion into the cage. Jericho bounced off the cage and lay in a heap on the ring apron as Punk checked his face.

****Commercial****

We can back to Jericho being in control, gaining the momentum by spiking Punk’s knee on the mat over the break. Jericho slapped on an ankle lock before Punk spun out with a big enziguiri. Punk was favoring his leg at first but then started dishing out some big kicks. He bounded off the ropes, only for Jericho to catch him coming in by the legs, rolling him over into the Walls of Jericho.Punk writhed in pain as he inched towards the door. Punk actually got halfway out the door and this is a fantastic ‘near fall’ for a cage match. Punk got one leg free only for Jericho to slam the cage door shut on his face. Jericho dragged him back to the middle of the ring and got a two count for his efforts. The World Champion worked Punk over on the mat, going back to the leg, which helped him gain the advantage in the first place. He hammered away at Punk’s face with some punches before hot dogging for the crowd a little bit. The stalling cost him, as he was met with Punk’s knees when he went for the lion sault.Punk leapt to his feet and began laying in some super-mean looking kicks. Punk bounded towards Jericho in the corner, but Jericho side stepped him and sent him reeling into the corner of the cage. The commentators are putting over the concussion Punk received at the hands of Randy Orton a few weeks ago. Jericho began to ascend the cage and got to the top but Punk caught him by the ankle. Punk laid Jericho across the top of the cage and went for a TOP OF THE CAGE GTS, but Jericho elbowed out. The two battled it out on the top rope before sending each other crashing to the mat. Punk crawled towards Jericho and hooked the leg but only got a two count. Jericho fought back and sent the challenger hurling into the cage again leaving him out on his feet. Jericho again attempted to escape, and again, Punk caught him. Punk perched Jericho on his shoulders and fell back into a thunderous electric chair drop and both men are out. Jericho crawled for the cage door but Punk dragged him back and leapt over him and attempted to escape himself. The two tussled at the door before Jericho rammed into Punk’s head and fell back out the entrance and to the floor. Right place at the right time yet again.

Winner and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Jericho

Batista is watching Chris Jericho back stage and looks less than impressed. Kane will face off against Rey Mysterio later tonight!

****Commercial****

Raw GM is in the back with Kelly Kelly. Dal Singer (sp?) walked up and introduced himself before Jericho walked in. Mike told him not to rest on his laurels as he needed to get ready for No Mercy. Jericho said Mike needed to learn how to take care of his champion. Adamle said that was fair enough and they walked off. Kane’s got the old mask on. He said years ago, he was in a position where he was forced to remove his mask. He said the truth was, that no one forces him to do anything and he took it off for all of us, so he would finally be accepted, but that didn’t happen. He said everywhere he went, he saw people pointing at him. He didn’t like it and knew people were repulsed by him, and he was repulsed by them. He saw a man like Rey Mysterio, a man who didn’t have the courage to do what he did. He said the people loved him and why, because the people hid behind their own masks of self-righteousness. Deep down he knew they were scared to let us know who they really were. When he attacked Mysterio, he was attacking each and every one of them.Evan Bourne walked in. He said he couldn’t wait to watch Rey beat him tonight. Kane laughed at him and Bourne walked off. Jillian’s singing us some Elvis and it’s brutal. Up next, Candice will take her on.

****Commercial****

Good lord, she’s still going.

Jillian Hall v. Candice Michelle

Beth followed Candice down to the ring and for her efforts got a booby shot.The two locked horns in the middle of the ring and Candice grabbed a side headlock take down. Jillian threw her off momentarily only to get stuck again before eating a shoulder block and a kick to the mouth. She leapt off the ropes with a wheel kick for a two count. She attempted a crucifix but got slammed to the mat for a quick cover attempt.Jillian heeled it up with some hair yanking and cheap shots before tossing her into the corner and choking her out on the bottom rope with her boot. Jillian kept up the pressure with a throw and a full nelson, but Candice kicked out of it. Jillian hit a snap mare before slapping on another full nelson. Candice hit a kick to the grill before the two exchanged some strikes. Candice took Jillian down a few times before hitting a drop kick and attempted to psyche a dead crowd up a bit.Candice dodged her in the corner and hit a take down for a two count. Jillian rolled out of a headlock attempt and hit a back suplex before pounding away with forearms that backed Candice into the corner. Jillian cape flying in and went for the cartwheel elbow but Candice caught both arms on the way in and hit the candy wrapper for the win.

Winner: Candice Michelle via pin fall

Candice invited Beth into the ring for a little scuffling fun but Beth doesn’t seem too eager. Candice caught her with a drop kick on her way into the ring and knocked her out before she could get in. Beth’s none to pleased and Candice is walkin’ tall.

****Commercial****

JBL’s in a bad mood and it looks like he’s going to take it out on Tommy Dreamer.

JBL v. Tommy Dreamer

The two locked horns before JBL took an immediate advantage, landing a series of rights before ramming Dreamer into the corner and hitting a hard body slam. JBL capped off the onslaught with a boot to Dreamer’s face.Dreamer avoided him in the corner and hit some right hands before dishing out a swinging neck breaker for a two count. The two cris crossed in the ropes before JBL absolutely decapitated him with a clothesline from hell. That’s all folks.

Winner: JBL via pin fall

JBL’s ticked about the stock market (so am I) and gathered a steel chair. He unfolded it and sat down in it watching Dreamer squirm out of the ring and asked for a mic. He says he’s not leaving the ring until Mike Adamle makes him the #1 contender right now.

****Commercial****

JBL is rambling in the ring. He demands Adamle make the right decision before Randy Orton’s music hits and he gets TREMENDOUS heat before making his way down to the ring. JBL looks shocked. Orton said a few weeks ago he gave his evaluation of Raw and that was the reason he made sure CM Punk didn’t keep his championship. He said JBL wasn’t much of an improvement. He said the Age of Orton was halted by injury but when it resumed, it didn’t matter who was champion on Raw, because he’d win his title back. He said finally, there’ll be a champion on Raw who actually has some credibility. He said he didn’t care.....Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella’s music hit and he came down to the ring with Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix and they don’t look happy. This is going to be sensational. Marella asked him who he thought he was. He said unlike Randy Orton, they WERE champions. Unlike him, they were healthy. He said he was always injured just like his Dad. He put over Orton’s Dad having a cast on his arm for years. His dad was healthy and although he had ‘the herpes’, he managed it well. He said they represented a new age of champions unlike Orton. He demanded an apology.Orton asked if he expected him to respond to that. He blathered on before JBL interrupted and demand he apologize... not to anyone... to him. He said Orton and his shoulder were irrelevant. He said he did something Orton couldn’t do, and with one clothesline from hell, he knocked out Batista. He said tonight was his time and he’d be here until he got his title shot. He told him to take the bass out of his eye balls before he gets hurt yet again.Batista’s music hit and he came sauntering out to the ring. He cackled and said this was the most pathetic site he’d ever seen, making a bunch of promises they couldn’t keep like politicians. HE said you could put lipstick on a pig.. and looked at Beth.Batista proposed he take on JBL for a shot at the title. He said after he beat Jericho, he would beat guys and keep beating them until Orton came back and put the cherry on top. Santino asked him if he was forgetting someone. Batista said he was sorry and said if Beth wanted a shot, she could have one, too. Batista said he was tired of talking, and egged JBL on. Mike Adamle popped up on the screen. He said he’d take into consideration their thoughts as well as World Champion Jericho’s considerations as to who the #1 contender should be. He said for now, he was just going to wait until he made the official announcement later tonight. Batista said he was pleading his case right now. He jumped JBL and Santino attempted to interject himself only to eat a spine buster.HOLY CRAP STAREDOWN BETH PHOENIX - BATISTA! She slapped Batista across the face a couple of times before he spin bustered her on top of Marella. Both are dead and JBL’s already fled. Randy Orton walks past the priceless crew in the back and they exchange a stare.

****Commercial****

Manu, Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase v. Kofi Kingston, Jerry Lawler and Charlie Haas (who thinks he’s JR)

Manu powered Kofi Kingston around the ring for a little while. Cody is working over King on the mat while Charlie’s putting over Stone Cold on pay per view... Jesus JH is in the ring landing big left hands and a big boomer sooner right hand followed by a drop kick. The gut is flopping and he hits thesz press and lines it up for a boomer sooner big splash for a near fall.Rhodes is getting PUNCHED~ but Lawler and Kofi’s taken out Manu, but Dibiase hits a leg sweep take down after Charlie tried a Oklahoma Stampede, for the win. What a fun little match.

Winners: Ted Dibiase, Cody Rhodes & Manu via pin fall

The Smackdown rebound aired.JBL approached Chris Jericho in the locker room. He said he knew they weren’t the best of friends... Jericho cut him off. He said he knew what JBL was all about. He remembered when he cost him the title deliberately last year. He said Adamle valued his opinion for one reason, because he was the champion. He said just like the stock market, JBL’s chances of a title shot were crashing down. JBL laughed and said ‘we’ll see’.

****Commercial****

Jamie Noble v. Paul Burchill

Noble went right at Burchill with strikes and kicks, knocking the large Englishman to the mat and connecting with a host of strikes and stomps. Noble kept at it with some head butts before he ate a knee to the gut that tossed him back.Burchill went at Noble and whipped him to the ropes only to miss on the follow through. Noble hit a springboard roll up into a nasty looking arm bar and Burchill taps out!

Winner: Jamie Noble via submission

Leyla interrupted and says last week was a difficult decision and situation for her. She apologized that it took this long to get rid of him. Where was he going to take her? TO the local waffle house? It was over. She found a man who was worthy of her and here comes William Regal. Regal took the mic and said it wasn’t noble she wanted, it was nobility. He gazed into her eyes and escorted her to the back. Noble is crushed. Batista stormed into Mike Adamle’s office and asked him if he was #1 contender. Lance Cade asked him what made him think he was #1 contender. Batista slammed him up against the door and said he didn’t remember asking him his opinion on anything. He set him down gently and straightened him up before walking off. Rey v. Kane is next!

****Commercial****

Kane v. Rey Mysterio

Mysterio stuck and moved in the opening moments, looking to use his speed to his advantage. Kane quickly caught him though and whapped him in the mouth with a big right hand before Rey caught him with a boot and followed up with a hurricanranna attempt but Kane blocked it. Rey pounded him to the mat and hit a drop kick to keep Kane off balance but quickly ate a HUGE right hand in the teeth.Kane kept up the punishment, hitting a series of boots to the head. Kane tossed him to the outside before running around, baiting Kane. Kane’s frustrated.

****Commercial****

Mysterio fought out of a rear chin lock only to get slammed to the mat with one arm. Kane missed an elbow drop before Mysterio pounded away at him in the corner. Rey just isn’t able to keep it up for a long enough period of time. Kane tossed Rey right into the ring post and he’s in control for sure now. Kane stomped away on Rey in the corner before whipping him clean off his feet into the corner. Kane dug his knee into Rey’s back, before picking him up and hitting a crippling back breaker. Kane stretched Mysterio out over his knee as the crowd tried to rally to Mysterio’s aid. Rey tried to battle back only for Kane to quickly regain his bearings and begin laying a beat down on him in the corner. Kane missed another follow through enabling Mysterio one more opportunity. He hit a bulldog and neck breaker for a one and a half count. Rey hit a hurricanranna into the corner and set up for something off the top rope. He climbed to the top rope and went for a body press, but Kane caught him. Rey wiggled out and hit an ezeguiri and Kane’s in la la land on the ropes. Rey went for the 619 but Kane turned around and absolutely smashed him to pieces with a lariat. Kane hit some more stomps in the corner and isn’t stopping. The referee is trying to step in but Kane doesn’t care. He just keeps stomping. Rey’s defenseless.

Winner: Kane via ref stoppage

Kane tried to rip Mysterio’s mask off before Evan Bourne showed up and tried to make a go of chopping the big man down. Bourne to the rescue. Del Singley is introducing himself to Chris Jericho and Lance Cade in the back. Jericho’s in suit and on his way to learn who his #1 contender is when we come back.

****Commercial****

Jericho thanked Mike Adamle for his consideration and taking his recommendations. He said it wasn’t something that should be taken lightly. In his opinion, neither JBL or Batista were worthy of a shot at his title. He suggest that the two face each other one on one before facing him immediately afterwards. The fans say it might not be fair, but Jericho said that both times he won the belt, he had to wrestle twice. He was the best in the world and deserved his title. He suggested Mike do the right thing and make his input actually happen at No Mercy.Mike Adamle said he heard him out. He said it was more than fair. He said JBL & Batista would face each other for the #1 contender’s spot. However, he didn’t think they should face each other twice in the same night. He said the winner would face the champion, but not on that night. He said he entertained everyone else’s opinion but had settled on someone else to face Jericho. Adamle walked off as we waited for his opponent for the title. Shawn Michaels.Jericho looks baffled. Michaels is sort of laughing. He said that he knew what Chris was thinking. That they’ve already fought in regular and unsanctioned matches, at Wrestlemania, everywhere. Michaels there was only one other match that could allow him to permanently disfigure him in only ways he could imagine. He said there was a match some people say he put on the map. He said it was a match that he revolutionized. He wants Jericho, for the title, in a ladder match. Michaels stared menacingly down at Jericho in the ring as we headed off the air.

* Jake the Snake Roberts was caught on tape AGAIN fucced up at an indy show. Tha fans were gonna beat his ASS!

Personal Notes
· This bitch pissed me off AGAIN today! God damn, she is unappreciative!
· UPDATE: We seem ok now…Tha pussy was good…lol.
· I have had a horrible gambling week last week.

My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
Baseball
· Minnesota
· MY WHITE SOX
· Toronto (P)
· Boston
· Detroit
· KC
· LAA (P) (G)
· LAD (P)
· Philadelphia (P)
· Cincinnati
· The Mets
· Houston (P) (G)
· The Cubs
· Colorado
· Arizona (P)