Our World Is About To Be Turned Upside Down

Lebron James is the smartest man in the world…

King James already had the entire country in the palm of his hand waiting for him to reveal which team he will sign with and now we have a one hour ESPN special where he will make his team of choice known. The special has all the makings to be ESPN’s highest rated hour ever. My heart already speeds up when I think about those last five minutes, when the supsense will inevitably build and James will strategically reveal his decision in the most dramatic way possible.

Regardless of what his decision will be it will undoubtedly be the main story on every news channel in every state.

So, where does Lebron James play next year? Who knows. I try to give answers, trying to sound smart, but everytime I do I end up with a different answer. Every team has it’s appeal. Let’s take a look.

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Red Sox beat Giants on the Backs of Supporting Cast

Mike Cameron, Darnell McDonald and Scott Atchison. Not the names you would think of in past seasons after a Red Sox win, but then again, this Red Sox season isn’t “past seasons”.

The Red Sox beat the Giants 4-2 yesterday in San Francisco on the swings of Cameron’s three-run homer and McDonald’s solo shot. Atchison entered the game in place of starting pitcher Clay Buchholz in the second inning and pitched 2.1 innings of relief, aligning him as the game’s winning pitcher.

Buchholz singled in the top of the second and was apparently injured moments later running between first and second on Marco Scutaro’s inning-ending double play. Buchholz, Boston’s only pitcher with double-digit wins, grabbed his left hamstring in the dugout. After losing second basemen Dustin Pedroia to a broken left foot, Buchholz’s injury could have flattened Boston’s spirits, but these 2010 Red Sox are not a group of players that let themselves get down easily.

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Griffey Stayed Too Long

This is not how it was supposed to happen. Not like this.

He was supposed to leave the game with the same grace and ease he used to run down fly balls and hit mammoth home runs with.

He was supposed to say “I’m done” and we were supposed to beg him to stay for one more year, but that didn’t happen. None of it did.

Ken Griffey Jr.’s retirement from the game of baseball two weeks ago caused the baseball world more of a sigh of relief, rather than the heartache of sadness it should have.

Griffey, 41, played in the Majors for 22 seasons, the last three of which never should have happened. His last full season in Cincinnati, in 2007, Griffey batted .277 with 30 HR and 93 RBI, numbers that some players only reach during the prime of their careers. For Junior though, that should have been it. He would have left the game still a form of the player he once was. However, three years later, he was barely even that.

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