The Joker continues his run through the men's tennis world. Novak Djokovic won his 37th straight match to open the 2011 season beating #1 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Italian Open today. Djokovic is now just 5 wins away from tying John McEnroe's 42-0 start to the 1984 season. During his run this year, Djokovic has beaten Nadal 4 times, #3 Roger Federer 3 times, and #4 Andy Murray twice. Djokovic lost just one set the entire tournament en route to his 7th title of 2011.
Bautista Bombs
Jose Bautista hit 3 more home runs today giving him 13 in his last 19 games. During that stretch, he's hit .415 with 21 runs batted in and now has 16 home runs on the year. To give you an idea of how ridiculous that is, Minnesota, as a team, has 18 home runs this year. The 30 year old former Pirate, had hit just 79 home runs in his first 6 major league seasons before breaking out last year with 54 for Blue Jays. All indications this year are that it's no fluke as Bautista continues to hammer the ball all over the field. Good news for my buddy Chris who once again got him on his fantasy team this year in the Lushbucket Baseball League.
How to Make a Poster by Dwyane Wade
My friend Ellen texted me this photo from the first half of the Bulls-Heat game tonight. The Bulls are NOT intimidated by Miami's recent success. And this wasn't even his best dunk of the night.
My trip to Zephyr Field
Finally caught a New Orleans Zephyrs game last night, my first one since moving down here at the end of 2008. New Orleans, the AAA affiliate for the Marlins, was taking on the Tacoma Rainiers. The Zephyrs ended up pulling it out 5-4 and outhit Tacoma 14-4. I was a little disappointed in my "Chicago Style Brat" which was just a plain bratwurst, so i 'm not really sure which made it "Chicago Style", but other than that it was a good time as minor league games usually are. Ex-major leaguers Ryan Langerhans and Ruben Gotay both him homeruns, and I got to see a number of Seattle's top prospects: second baseman Dustin Ackley (1), starting pitcher Blake Beavan (9), and third baseman Alex Liddi (10). Ackley went 0 for 4 dropping his average to .247 on the year, Beavan gave up 4 runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 inings, and Liddi went 2 for 3 with a double and scored 3 runs. For the home team, Bryan Petersen (2/3), Vinny Rottino (3/5), Chris Aguila (2/5) and Mike Cervenak (2/4) all had multi-hit games, and Jose Ceda pitched a scoreless 9th for his 11th save. Ceda has a 0.53 ERA on the season for the Z's.
what up shootout!
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