Gotta adjust to the high school schedule again. Methinks my posts will be more sporadic now, due to this formula:
4 advanced classes * 7 days > x blogging hours
Some quick notes though, to keep up to date:
The Giants just finished off sweeping the Brewers. The Cubs should be thanking us for misplacing our offense when they were in town.
G-Rod got his first career big fly in the majors.
Rajai Davis has been slumping lately. He was 1-17 or something like that coming into today's game. He was also caught stealing second today.
The Giants received Travis Denker, a high A 2B, from the Dodgers in the Sweeney deal. Considering early reports having us getting cash, this is a definite steal.
Speaking of Sweeney, he's gone 3-15 ever since getting traded. This further evidences that he is still a Giant.
The 49ers were exploited by the Bears yesterday. The defense made Rex Grossman look good. But then he fumbled a snap and threw an interception, so the order of the universe was restored.
It doesn't seem like the contract negotiations between the Warriors and Nellie are getting anywhere. I'll be extremely worried if this isn't sorted out by the end of September.
The USA basketball team is playing quite well. They've steamrollered over every single one of their opponents by at least 40 points. If they don't win the gold in Beijing next year, I'll be very disappointed.
Bayern are now 3-0 with 0 goals conceded in the Bundesliga. Everyone is clicking, but the players are dropping like flies. Toni just went down with a hamstring injury and is sidelined for up to 10 days.
Hamit Altintop is astounding. What a threat to have off the bench.
I saved the best news for last:
Rich Aurilia, Noah Lowry, Matt Cain, Vinnie Chulk, Kevin Correia, and Tim Lincecum will be guest bartenders at Dolce in San Francisco this coming Wednesday at 7 PM. The cover is $15, and it's a charity event for a boy with spinal muscular atrophy. I'd love to go there and ogle Noah, Matt, and Timmyhelp a worthy cause, but age restrictions and school nights say otherwise. It sucks being my age.
Yes, welcome to my dark and sordid side of international footie. I don't believe I've explained who my favorite teams are yet, so here they are:
FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga, Germany) - I only started following them last season due to the World Cup. I was arbitrarily rooting for Germany, picked Lukas Podolski, Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Philipp Lahm as my favorite players, and then chose their domestic club as my favorite. At that time, Podolski was moving from FC Cologne to Bayern, so I picked well. After a disappointing season last year for the Bundesliga juggernauts (not qualifying for the Champions League and finishing fourth), they splashed the cash and picked up the likes of Miroslav Klose (Podolski's strike parter in the German NT), Ze Roberto (former Bayern star), Franck Ribery (outstanding French midfielder), Luca Toni, Hamit Altintop, Marcell Jansen, and Jan Schlaudraff. With a completely retooled team, this season could vault the Reds back into CL contention.
Bolton FC (Premiership, England) - I don't really know too much about this team, though they are pretty okay. They're not one of the Big 4 , but they're certainly a contending mid-table team. I started following them when I began reading Kevin Nolan's, the Bolton captain, column on BBC Sport. Bolton qualified for the UEFA Cup last season, so maybe they might be playing Bayern in a match. I don't follow Bolton as much as I do Bayern, but I still keep up with their scores and such.
Bayern's first match of the season was against newly promoted Hansa Rostock. Seeing as I live about 9 time zones away from where this match took place, I can only get the highlights. Even from 7 minute clips, it looks like Bayern are a completely different team.
Great 1-2 pass from Miro to Toni. It completely threw off the lone defender and goalie.
So many different scoring options. Miro and Toni are both adept at using their heads as well at their feet to score goals, something that was sorely lacking last season when Michael Ballack left. More creativity in the midfield with Schweini, Ribery, and Ze Roberto.
I haven't seen the Miro midair front-flip for a long time. Classic.
We should have had way more goals than 3. Still, it's good to win.
