Taking a Look Back

I wasn't going to write anything today, but after watching ESPN's telecast of the 'Top 10 Games of 2007' I figured I'd take a quick look at the results of ESPN's top 10 in comparison to mine.

ESPN LIST
10 Warner Robins, GA vs. Tokyo, Japan LLWS Finals 8 innings
- My pick: #5. I guess I gave the kids too much credit, and ESPN wanted more professional and college events at the higher spots. I'm sticking with this game though, it doesn't get much better than a walk off World Series Home run.
9 Padrig Harrington/Sergio Garcia The Open Championship in a playoff
- My pick: Honorable Mention. This was my first game not to make the list, so I have no beef with it being selected ninth.
8 Stanford vs. USC 41 Point Underdogs Upset
- My pick: Honorable Mention. Another tough pick, I went with the ARK/LSU 3 OT game as the best regular season game of the College Football season. I thought that the three OT's were more exciting than just a huge underdog scoring with a tie game.
7 Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal Wimbledon Finals 5 Sets
- My pick: #7. Right on, one of the best tennis matches in a while, people should start watching these two play each in matches. If you like competitive sports this is the best of the best.
6 Oklahoma State vs. Texas 3 OT
- My pick: #8. I didn't think a regular season College Basketball game should be one of the best 6 games, but it is still pretty close to where I thought it would be.
5 Appalachian State vs. Michigan D1-AA Upset
- My pick: #5. Right on, not too much surprise when an upset this crazy happens it has to be on the top of the list, but it could never be ahead of the top 4, because they were all with playoff or post-season implications.
4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons East Finals 2 OT
- My pick: #4. Right on again, Lebron James put on the best performance from one person in a game during 2007.
3 Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres Wild Card Playoff 13 innings
- My pick: #2. I am pissed because I should have realized that ESPN would put the NFL ahead of MLB. In my opinion this game was better than the Colts/Pats game, the only thing the football game had over the baseball game was that it was for the Super Bowl. Having Peyton Manning involved didn't hurt either.
2 Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots AFC Championship Game
- My pick: #3. See above.
1 Boise State vs. Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl OT
- My pick: #1. A no-brainer for anyone who follows or watches sports on a regular basis. This game was not only the best game of the year, it may have been one of the best games in the history of sports, and I am not exaggerating. Ask people who were watching this game, where they were during the events of the last quarter? I guarantee they will remember, I do. If my words weren't enough to describe the final quarter yesterday, here's a link. http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvfpK67RjEE&feature=related .

All in all I had 8 of the 10 games in my Top 10, and correctly guess 4 out of the 10 in their exact spots. I am still a little pissed about the 2/3 games swap, but after hours of research I was pretty accurate. Now some baseball thoughts in anticipation of the steroid list tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Bottom of the Ninth
- I am very excited about finding out who did steroids tomorrow, as all the SF Giants will have some company for their misery. It is impossible to guess who will be on the list, but I'll give a few names that would not be crazy to see: Miguel Tejada, Ivan Rodriguez, Roger Clemens, Jay Buhner (yeah he seems obvious to me), Edgar Martinez, Adrian Beltre, Kerry Wood, Ty Wiggington, Todd Hundley, and Edgardo Alfonzo. Those are just a few names off the top of my head, but as I said it is almost impossible to tell who's going to be on the list. Personally there are only two players I don't want to see: Mike Piazza, as he is my favorite player of all time, and I would be pretty crushed about that, and Alex Rodriguez, because I want someone is just really nasty as baseball to break all the records not big headed Bonds.

- How is Andruw Jones the 5th highest paid player in the league this year? Luckily for my Dodgers, getting Jones opens up a possible trade of Juan Pierre for a mediocre pitcher. If I was in charge of the Yankees I would definitely trade Hideki Matsui for a good pitcher. He isn't that good. I would rather give him up than a bunch of good prospects for Santana. Speaking of steroids, one guy who could be on the list and anther who was already suspended for steroid use are reunited, Eric Gagne and Guillermo Mota in Milwaukee. During Gagne's best 3 season of a closer ever, Mota was his setup man in Los Angeles, and they were lights out together. After 3 years though they both have taken a huge hit, but it will be fun to see if they can rekindle the flames from their youth. Am I crazy or have the Mets taken steps backwards this off-season. LoDuca and Milledge gone, Schneider and Church in? On an already old team, they are 1 year older, and they resigned a lot of other old players. I hope Brian Schneider can speak Spanish or the Mets may be in trouble.