Kottaras Beomes Just Second Canadian to Hit For Cycle

Posted on September 4, 2011 by cslee

George Kottaras became just the second Canadian and first player this year to hit for the cycle. Kottaras became the first Canadian since 1887 spanning an incredible 124 years to hit for the cycle.

After Kottaras was out on his first at bat he came up with a solo home run in the fourth inning to begin his cycle. Later in the sixth inning Kottaras hit a lead off triple before Craig Counsel hit a 2 run home run. In the seventh inning Kottaras hit an RBI single leaving him a double short of the cycle. In Kottaras’ final at bat in the ninth inning Kottaras got a hold of a Chris Carpenter pitch hitting it to deep center field before the ball bounced over the wall giving him a ground rule double thus completing the cycle.

With the cycle so rare when will we see the next one?

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Bolt Recovers From 100M Mishap; Wins 200M

Posted on September 3, 2011 by cslee

Jamaican Usain Bolt recovered from a mistake in the 100M final and has won the 200M World Championship.

During the 100M final Bolt received a false start and with it came an automatic disqualification.

After the 100M final Bolt made sure it wouldn’t happen again as he was the last man out of the blocks at the start. Even though he had a very slow start he still ran the fastest 200M in 2 years and the 4th fastest 200 all time. Bolt beat American Walter Dix to the line. Dix finished second. Rounding out the medalists was Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.

With the London Olympics ready to begin in about 1 years time look for Bolt to be favoured in the 100 and 200.

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Armstrong Wins Silver in Shotput.

Posted on September 2, 2011 by cslee

Canadian Dylan Armstrong finished second today at the World Track and Field Championships in South Korea. The medal was Canada’s first at this years World Track and Field Championships and Canada’s first ever medal in a throwing event at the World Championships. Armstrong finished the event behind only Germany’s David Storl. Storl finished with a top throw of 21.78 meters. Armstrong finished second .14 meters behind Storl with a top throw of 21.64 meters. Belorussian Andrei Mikhnevich was third with a top throw of 21.40 meters.

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Former Leaf Belak Found Dead in His Toronto Home.

Posted on September 1, 2011 by cslee

Former NHL tough guy Wade Belak was found dead in his Toronto home last night. The cause of death is still unknown. The death of Belak comes within a month of Rick Rypiens death and within a couple of months since another former tough guy Derek Boogaard.

Belak who retired this Februry after clearing waivers by the Nashville Predators and not being picked up by another team finished the year with 15 games played getting 15 Penalty Minutes and was a minus 1.

With this being the third death of a tough guy since the end of the season it could mark the end of the true tough guy in the NHL. Something needs to be done we can’t keep having all the players die all the time.

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Federer Rolls; Ties Agassi for 2nd Most Grand Slam Match Wins

Posted on August 30, 2011 by cslee

Roger Federer won his first round match yesterday at the US Open beating Santiago Giraldo in straight sets, winning 6-4 6-3 6-2 and in the process ties Andre Agassi for 2nd all time in career grand slam matches won. The win was Federer’s 224 grand slam match win behind only Jimmy Connors who won a record 233.

Federer is also trying to win a major for the first time this year which would extend his streak of winning at least 1 major a season to nine years. The win would also be the first by a 30 year old male or older for the first time since Agassi at the 2003 Australian Open, Federer turned 30 on August 8.

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