J.D. Mo here, perpetrator of the Bob Boozer Jinx, filling in for sportsbubbler's globetrotting editor, Dan Walsh.
Dave Bush, the model of abject mediocrity, pitching a no-no into the 8th? An inside the park job by Prince Fielder, already the heaviest hitter ever in Major League history to rumble for an inside the park homer? There was some crazy afternoon mojo working for the BrewCrew yesterday in their 8-7 win over the Jays. 8-7? What happened to the no hitter? Leave it to the Brewer bullpen.
What comes around does go around in baseball, and sometimes that axiom applies to Prince Fielder, huffing and puffing and chugging all the way 'round the bases. Last week, the Brewers slugger was robbed of a homer against the Twinkies that would have won the game -- the umps ruled that his blast to right center was under the yellow line, the Brewers stranded Fielder at third and lost the game in extra innings.
Yesterday, it was Blue Jays right fielder Alex Rios with the gripe as he flung his arms wildly in awkward imitation of a bird in flight trying to get the umpires to rule Fielder's shot to left unplayable. No groundrule double this time, and as Rios whined, Fielder kept on truckin' all the way home. The run was the difference in the 8-7 game.
Prince missed the one-year anniversary of his first inside the parker by a couple of days (he hit last year's on June 17). Fan IQ has video of both homers, along with Prince's chuggin' time 'round the bases. Yesterday, Prince beat his time from a year ago!! (16.3 seconds). Must be the veggie diet.
The Onion sports pages gave Prince a tragic end on the first inside the park job.
And yes, Prince's veggie diet continues to fascinate the geniuses at ESPN. (It's their Page 2 story).
Michael Hunt has a good column on Prince's tax troubles.
The Brewers are now within five games of the Cubs, with Orioles coming to town for a three game series. Check out our preview here, and fire up the grill.
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The Packers closed mini camp yesterday, and are thinking Super Bowl. ESPN's thinking about Aaron Rodgers' arm.
The #2 QB job is "Brohm's to lose" Packersnews.com reports. (Green Bay Press Gazette online).
Meanwhile, in the NBA ...
The draft will at long last be held next week. Brewhoop has a good take here.
Michael Redd's a lock for the Olympic team, Redd's fave reporter Charles Gardner reports in the Journal Sentinel.
But how long will Redd be a Buck? Not very long says the Bob Boozer Jinx. (Hey, that's me.) Whatever will be with Redd and the Bucks, meet Meghan, Energee! dancer, former Miss Wisconsin, and now the pinnacle -- the officially unofficial Bob Boozer Jinx Girl. Here's Meghan from her pageant days.
Beautiful weekend ahead. Cheers!!!