Well, it’s been an exciting first half, hasn’t it? There’s been many surprises, some of them good, some of them bad, and… some of them weren’t really surprises at all, though I don’t know what I mean by that. I just needed something to fill up that empty space there.

First off, the news! The season started with the startling news that A-Rod used steroids, prompting many people to rename him A-Roid. A few months later, Manny Ramirez was discovered to have used a PED, prompting me to rename him Banny Ramirez. Ramirez just passed Mickey Mantle on the all time home run list, and I think that’s a shame, because as far as I know, Mickey Mantle never used a banned substance.

On a lighter note, there have been quite a few players who are doing good things this season, and hopefully without PEDs. Roy Halladay, Zack Greinke, and Dan Haren are all doing great this season, and there are a lot of other pitchers also doing OK who I will chose not to name for no specific reason. Raul Ibanez finally broke out this year with the Phillies… and then there’s that guy in St. Louis… what’s his name… um, Albert Pujols! If you don’t know what he’s doing, you need to go to MLB.com or the Cardinals website and look it up! He’s having a career year without using a banned substance! See, A-Roid, Banny? It can be done!

At the beginning of the year, I made my picks for each division. Let’s see how they’re playing out now:

                            AL                                                        NL

I hope you can read that. If not, it’s time to get your eyes checked.

Well, this means that I am one of the world’s foremost authorities on the AL East, and I know nothing about the division I’m supposed to know about.

Now back to present day baseball. The Royals are playing a doubleheader today! I love it! It gives us a better chance to win at least one game in a day! Of course, playing the Angels, it’ll probably 12-2, 10-3 or something like that- in LA’s favor.

I went to a Northern League baseball game Sunday; they’re in independent league in which the Kansas City team is actually good! (What a shock!) It was a great 10-inning game, complete with suicide squeeze play in the bottom of the ninth. The players hit a lot of baseballs out of the stadium, so it’s pretty easy to find one if you know where to look. I’m 2-for-2 this year!

And finally, Tom Watson, (a native Kansas Citian I might add) did an amazing job at
the British Open, taking second. I would say congratulations, but the
odds of him reading this blog are very slim.