Winning, Losing and How to Play the Game

So I'm not an armchair athlete like a lot of folks, but even I get bored with the commentary nowadays.

We have two landmark home-run numbers on our minds this week - Barry Bonds is two away from being tied with Hank Aaron and Alex Rodriguez (who is the poster-boy for the term "Diva") is one away from 500. If he hits his 500th tonight, he'll be the first player to hit 500 homers before his 32nd birthday.

We've also had the disgrace that is the Philadelphia Phillies reach the nadir of accomplishment by becoming the first team in sports history to have lost 10,000 games. Pathetic.

August is right around the corner, which means football season is on its merry way. . .between that and the Yankees' better prospects for making the playoffs, I'd better get a new hobby.