Since my esteemed colleague Mr. Fisher is in the Twin Cities checking out the New home of the Twin I felt I should chime in with some of my latest thoughts from the world of sports. Lets start in the world of golf.......
I didnt watch a minute of the Masters, although I checked in from to time to see how Tiger was doing. It was kind of like Tuesday's big wind in the area. It was best to stay inside but you still had to keep looking out the window to see if it was still blowing. It didnt matter to me if Tiger won or not. What was really entertaining was the fallout afterward, not only was he blasted by the chairman of the Masters tournament but also by CBS's own Jim Nantz. Look, I'm not gonna get into what Tiger has done, thats his problem and he will continue to pay for it for quite awhile. But it is crazy for me to hear people like Nantz with their social commentary. if Woods didnt play last weekend there would have been 15 people watching,maybe sixteen if you count members of the Nantz family and there wouldnt have been nearly as many tickets sold. I would bet the Weather Channel wouldnt have been there live either. Why were they there? To watch the latest chapter in the Tiger Woods trainwreck. If I was Tiger I would cash in on this. Why shouldnt he get a few sponsors to fork out some big $$$ for prize money, line up some of his buddies for a weekend of golf and sell it on pay per view. Are you gonna tell me there isnt a few of the top 25 golfers in the world who would skip the US Open for a million dollar first place check? Dont get me wrong, I am not defending Woods in the least, I just think the PGA tour and CBS better figure out who draws the crowds and viewers to their tournaments. They need Tiger worse than he needs them.
By the way, Tiger's Nike ad using the voice of his father was probally the most distasteful thing I have seen on TV in awhile.
In the world of NASCAR, Hendrick Motor Sports have signed future free agent Kasey Kahne away from Richard Petty Motorsports. Kahne will drive the #5 car after Mark Martin retires after the 2011 season. The big question now is who will Kasey drive for in 2011? Chances are he will move to Stewart Haas racing for a year before the move to the 5 car. Why is this such a big deal? After all, it has been no secret that Kahne wasnt happy with RPM after their collapse in the chase last season and the switch to Ford hasnt helped things. But now I would bet that Budweiser, Kahne's sponsor will move to HMS as well. Which means now we have to buy all new Bud racing merchandise for the fourth time in five years. When will the madness end???????
Jim Caple has a good story @ ESPN.com regarding Target Field, he wrote of the struggles the Pohlad family had getting this new ballpark built. How they first threatened to sell the team to a group who planned to move the team to North Carolina. Then after that powerplay failed,and their old family friend Bud Selig became the commissioner of baseball, came the threat of contraction and finally the new stadium. After all that he said the new stadium was awesome. I was in the field on Monday listening to the game on the radio, and the TRN crew interviewed Mr. Selig. Bud was gushing about how his old friends the Pohlads have always been committed to baseball in Minnesota. Bud seems to forget that if the contraction plan would have been approved, the Pohlads would have taken their $190 million and walked away. Next time we want to talk about the Pohlads committment to putting a quality product on the field, lets talk to Torii Hunter and get his thoughts. But enough negativity from me, lets all go to the Twin Cities and see a game this year! Maybe we can travel for 8 hours to catch a rainout? Or in September we can enjoy Twins Bug Repellent Night sponsored by OFF? Maybe a playoff game that gets snowed out? You would think if you are gonna hold up a state for a new stadium you would at least ask for a retractable roof.
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