Three And Out For June 9th 2012

Professional Sports Returns To Kansas City: Kansas City hosts the MLB All Star Game Tuesday June 10, 2012.

• Not since 1985 World Series has there been this much professional sports talent in Kansas City for any sport! Enjoy it while it lasts. . .

This Recession Will Last 7 years: According to latest research; when a recession is accompanied along with a financial crisis, it lasts – on average – as long as the preceding economic boom.

• The good news, we are half way through the slump!

Get Paid For Just Showing Up: Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods missed the cut at the Greenbrier Classic Golf Tournament this past weekend.

• They still got paid $1 Million and $1.5 Million in “appearance fees” by the tournament sponsors. Not bad for playing 2 days of golf.

Thats a lot of points !

So, did everyone enjoy the NHL all-star hockey scoring match and the NFL Pro Punt Pass and Kick competition?

It was America’s, and the world’s, chance to watch millionaires on a paid vacation.

And apparently, we liked it.  Viewership was up this year.

Congratulations to Mike Green and Alexander Ovechkin from the capitals!

Also to congrats to DeAngelo Hall  . . .

for winning the distinction of being the MVP of said vacation.

Trivia time:  Who was the last Redskin to earn MVP at the Pro Bowl?

Congrats to London Fletcher . . .

Hey watch out for the face mask buddy!

And Brian Orakpo for registering most tackles!

Guess somebody forgot to tell him it wasn’t a real football game . . .

And the last Redskin to earn a Pro Bowl MVP . . .

Joe Theismann.

Choosing Sides

I remember all the times we played a pickup game as kids, whether it was dodge ball, baseball, football, basketball, street hockey, whatever . . . there was always the drama of who was going to be captain, who was going to be picked on what team (AKA – they like me) and who was going to be the last person standing (they think I suck).

This year the NHL All-Star hockey game is taking this format. Instead of one conference against the other, it is a dose of evolutionary pecking order, dominance, favoritism and last and definitely least, which All-Star sucks.

I love it.