This Week in Sports 2010: Week 29

This week we cover the NL beating the AL in the MLB All-Star game for the first time in 14 years, 2 losses in the Yankee family, and South Africa is in sports news again, but its not about the World Cup.

The National League beat the American League in the 2010 MLB All-Star Game by a score of 3-1. It was Ubaldo Jimenez vs David Price for the first 2 innings, and then it was several different pitchers vs several different pitchers. No one hit a homerun in the game, but Brian McCann had a RBI Double, which was the winner. Robinson Cano had the only RBI on the AL side, with Evan Longoria and John Buck each earning a double. It was the first time since 1996 that the NL beat the AL in the All-Star Game, and they will have home field advantage when the World Series comes around.  

The All-Star Game also had a tragic twist to it, as the whole League honored former Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard, and owner George Steinbrenner who both passed away days before the All-Star Game. Both men were iconic in the world of baseball and will be greatly missed throughout the League. 

Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa won The Open at St Andrews on Sunday. Not only did this man with an unpronounceable last name win The Open, he ran away with The Open. He shot 16 under par and won the tournament by 7 strokes. The 27-year old had only made 1 cut in previous 8 attempts, and its hard not to already love the guy, as he brings more sports excitement back to South Africa. 

This Week in Sports 2010: Week 14

This past week in sports is one of the biggest of the year. We had major days in the MLB, NCAA, Golf, and some pretty big NFL deals went down. We saw Tiger for the first time in ages, we saw Butler play for the Championship, we saw the first glimpse of the Major League season in baseball, and we saw a couple of NFL superstars get new homes.

The Masters was one of the most talked about sporting events in a while because it was the return of Tiger Woods, who was coming off his 144 day lay off due to all his troubles. He didn't have the finish he wanted though. Instead he finished tied for 4th while shooting -11. Phil Mickelson also has had quite a year. His wife, Amy Mickelson, Phil’s wife, was diagnosed with breast cancer a while back. Phil ended up taking his 3rd Masters green jacket shooting -16.

In the MLB this week, we saw the real Opening Day. Technically Opening Day was on Sunday between the Yankees and the BoSox, but every other team played their first games on Monday, except the Tampa Bay Rays (GO RAYS) and the Baltimore Orioles, who started their seasons on Tuesday. So far we have seen some excellent pitching by some old vets like Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia, Barry Zito, and Randy Wolf. Matt Garza also had a great first outing.  Some hitting slumps for some big bats as well with Mark Tiexeiria and Evan Longoria struggling to get consistant base hits, though Longo has 2 HR’s. We were all also impressed by Jason Heyward, the Braves young outfielder, who in his forts ever career MLB at-bat, knocks home a 450-feet home run off Carlos Zambrano. 

And finally, the NCAA Championship game. And oh boy was it a good one. Butler the 5 seed and hometown heroes, versus Duke who is the most hated team in the field. Who would of guessed the final score  61-59, with Duke winning. Duke was favored highly, but Butler kept it close the whole game, and Gordon Hayword came oh-so-close to winning the game, twice, including a half court shot at the buzzer that hit the rim and the backboard. Duke probably deserved to win, but everyone outside of North Carolina (basically) was rooting heavily for Butler.

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