Oscar Gamble Society

of the evidence of crooked refs in the NBA.

Since Cliffy made his ridiculous comparison regarding Youkilis and Fielder, a weird thing happened…. Both players reverted back to their abilities.  Much like Jeff Suppan couldn’t pitch above his head any longer following my comparison to him with the top pitchers in the game for a 4 month period, Youk, has likewise fallen well behind Fielder in production.  Since the post on May 16… Fielder is putting up .331/.404/.654 while Youk is back to career norms of .287/.353/.472, which includes the final couple weeks in May where he didn’t draw a single walk… Very weird for the “greek god of walks”.

Moral of the story - before you go ranting on something you don’t actually believe, remember the consequeces of the OGS jinx…

Interesting article in the Times of London in which former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya compares NASCAR to Formula 1.

Tavarez designated for assignment.  I was fearing going to the game in August and Tavarez still being on the team.   All is turning out right in the world

Hank Steinbrenner is angry about the foot injury Chien-Ming Wang sustained running the bases against Houston. Wang will be out until September, which is a tough break. So naturally, Steinbrenner takes it upon himself to rail at the National League for not using the DH.

Um… did he only just figure this out? I’m reasonably sure the rule about pitchers batting was in place before the start of the game, and didn’t get sprung on an unsuspecting Wang only after he stepped into the batter’s box.

More ridiculous, to me, is the notion that major league pitchers are such delicate flowers that running 90 feet and turning left is an undue strain. Which brings us to the dumbest Yankee of the day: Mike Mussina. Quoth the Moose:

“We don’t hit, we don’t run the bases,” Mussina said. “You get four or five at-bats a year at most, and if you happen to get on base once or twice, you never know. We run in straight lines most of the time. Turning corners, you just don’t do that.”

Good grief. Does he need his mother to hold his hand and walk him to and from the mound?