It was an historic night for older pitchers as the Yankees sent 43 year old Randy Johnson out to the mound against 41 year old Kenny Rogers. The Gambler the baseball ball, not the great country singer also named Kenny Rogers, unexpectedly pitched 7.2 shutout innings against the Yankees and the Tigers won 6-0. Of course, pitchers like him and Jeff Weaver never ever pitched that way for the Yankees, only for other teams.
Anyway, I am keeping the faith and going to say extra prayers and eat extra vitamins tonight. Go Yankees!
Good luck to the Mets closing out the Dodgers.
Time stops for no one and here goes the Tank's fearless Football picks:
Don't worry Kara (big Gators fan at work), #5 Florida beats #9 LSU.
#7 Texas beats #14 Oklahoma. (Not to self, one of the Tank's goals is to see the "Red River Rivalry" one of these years.)
#16 California beats #11 Oregon.
Bills lose to the Bears.
Jets lose a close game at Jacksonville.
The Giants bounce back in a must win game against the Redskins. They have two weeks to stew over Jeremy Shokey's comments and have hopefully for their sake learned that the game starts in the first quarter, NOT the fourth.
For the game of the year (so far), the T.O. Bowl in Philly. While everyone is focusing on T.O. (who'll come up with some good catches and about 70-90+ yards receiving), the main key is going to be how the banged up Eagles secondary contains Terry Glenn who is actually the better receiver. Yes, T.O. is the better athlete but Glenn is the better receiver.
Most importantly, Rest In Peace, Mr. Buck O'Neil. Let's hope you finally get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Posted by The Tank in NY.