The Sports Chick Blog

Wanna know a secret? …

… Yankees relief pitcher, Kyle Farnsworth, is my favorite MLBer! I know it’s shocking and weird, but really this chick digs the fastball, not the long-ball!

So I was soooooo upset when I read this MLB.com article from beat writer Brian Hoch. He did an interview with Farnsy about the 2007, expectations for 2008, Joe Girardi has the new skipper, and oh yeah the Farns had the MRSA Staph Infection! What!?!

Kyle went on to explain that in early January he thought he had a spider bite on his thigh. When it was checked out by doctors they discovered that it was actually the deadly MRSA Staph. According to the MLB.com article, Farnsy’s thigh was beat red from his knee cap to the top of his thigh, and he was hospitalized for two days. Thus putting a damper in his off-season training. According to other media outlets, Yanks GM Brian Cashman admitted that Farnsy could’ve lost his right leg because of the virus! :’( Luckly, everything worked out and Farnsy seems to be ready for the 2008 season.

 ps- here’s some bonus footage of Farnsy from YESnetwork.com … ugh I love that southern accent!! haha

 Scott Boras is the Drew Rosenhaus of MLB. He seems to sign all the greatest players, but also seems to irk many people. A lot of fans and media considered Boras to be “shady,” and even some GMs and Owners refused to deal with him. The past winter he even irritated one of his own, A-Rod, when he announced the opting-out of A-Rod’s Yankee contract DURING THE LAST FEW OUTS OF THE WORLD SERIES!!!

Now a player who always seems to cash-in his two cents, Gary Sheffield, wants the world to know what he thinks of his former agent. Sheff has stated to the AP that HE personally negotiated his contract with the New York Yankees in 2003. And any NYY fan would remember this because the deal was done with Mr. Steinbrenner over a plate of Hamburgers in Tampa Bay. Now because Sheff negotiated the contract himself he feels he doesn’t owe Boras a penny, and rightfully so! ESPN.com writes,

Sheffield stirred things up Thursday morning by calling Scott Boras, his former agent, a “bad person,” in part for going after money the All-Star says he doesn’t deserve.

The dispute stems from the $39 million, three-year contract Sheffield signed in 2003 with the New York Yankees.

Sheffield declined to comment on the specifics of the grievance, but the designated hitter has said he represented himself in negotiating his contract with the Yankees. Boras has said Sheffield agreed to let him represent the outfielder when his contract with the Atlanta Braves ran out in 2003.

Sheffield vowed to say a lot of “ugly things” about various topics when the case is resolved.

“It ain’t going to be pretty,” he said. “No fine is going to be big enough. No suspension is going to be long enough.”

Boras declined to say anything about the situation. “I’m not going to comment on Gary’s comments,” Boras said.

READ IT ALL HERE FOR YOURSELF: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3256776

… GREATNESS! Just kidding! However, I was informed not too long ago that The Sports Chick blog is the 2008 Winner of the Cortland Writer’s Award in New Media! Yay!!!! Thanks to the panel and judges that voted for my website, and thanks to everyone who reads the blog to keep it running!! I will be recieving my award and $100 during SUNY Cortland’s Scholars Day. Come and stop by if you like!

 xxoo

The Chick!

 Since I dislike both the Giants and Patriots, I decided to do a little experiment and watch the Super Bowl like half the worlds population … I watched as a female, and not a football fanatic. After experiencing the Super Bowl like a “girl” I’ve realized why my fellow females HATE THE SUPER BOWL!!

We were forced to watch two teams we could care less about (the score being 7-3 most of the game didn’t help either!), watch a Halftime show featuring a singer that is 20 years older than my Dad, and the biggest dissappointment of the night was definitely the commericals! As each commericial went by I thought “well hopefully this one is better,” but no they were terrible!

Each commercial made me wonder why the hell would a company spend millions and millions of dollars on 30 seconds of pure crap! Now there were a few “haha that was cute” commercials such as, the Bridgestone squirrel scream, and the Rocky themed Budweiser. But other than that the commercials were the worst I’ve ever seen! click here to see the misery for yourself! However, my favorite of the night was the NFL sponsored spot of the Super Ad. It featured Houston Texans Ephraim Salaam and Chester Pitts. The NFL had various players tell stories from their NFL careers and the best story would be featured in an Ad. The Texans story was cleary the best, and funniest! Click here to see it!  

After the NFL Super Ad aired my experiment ended. I realized that no matter how much I hated my NY Jets rivals, I was still a football fan! I still got the chills during the National Anthem, and during the touchdowns! Football is a sport that thrills those who thrill it. The commercials never got better, and by the 4th quarter I was back to my old form and watching the game for the game. The Manning to Tyree pass within the last minute of the game was one of the greatest Super Bowl moments I’ve seen! So congrats to the Giants (and to my friends and family who are Giants fans). I only hope that your Super Bowl 42 win will make you heckle me and my fellow Jets fans less, but I’ve lived under the shadows of NYC for too long and I know it’s only gonna get worse! So LET’S GO JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!