Sports Agenda For Tuesday (6/21/11)
Big Story:
New manager, same old Marlins.
They had the game tied and lost on a fielder's choice. That's how you can tell your season is in trouble. When you're losing on fielder's choices, everything is going wrong.
There's movement on the NFL labor front and none on the NBA labor front.
Let's smoke this agenda like Jack McKeon does a cigar.
Marlins: (vs. Anaheim Angels, 7:10 p.m., Fox Sports Florida)
There was good news and bad news for the Marlins last night.
The good news is Trader Jack finally sat Hanley Ramirez. Hanley has been a shell of his former self and simply doesn't care.
Ramirez can't hit, he's lazy in the field, and is forcing the Marlins hand.
The Marlins need to cut bait and run from Ramirez.
He's a locker room cancer and can only hurt the younger players going forward.
Time to trade Hanley for a few magic beans and a player to be named later.
The bad news last night was the Marlins lost again.
Yes, again.
I don't want to say the Marlins are bad, but they're sinking faster than Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign.
The Marlins are so bad, even the Detroit Lions are laughing at them.
The Marlins are so bad, NBCMiami is ranked higher than they are.
The Marlins are so bad, No one under 80 wants to manage them.
The Marlins are so bad, Democrats are trying to figure out how to have them manage their 2012 campaigns.
Okay, not my best work, but you get the point.
Tonight, the Marlins turn to Javier Vazquez to end the streak.
Um, yeah. That's the plan, send up your worst pitcher to end a losing streak…that's some EPIC FAIL.
So get ready for the 12th straight loss tonight.
NFL Labor Update:
The NFL owners are set to meet in Chicago Tuesday to discuss the collective bargaining agreement.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell needs to convince 24 owners to buy into the new plan that is being formulated.
If Goodell can get that magic number, then the lockout will end by July 15.
If not, you're going to lose preseason games and most if not all of training camp.
So NFL fans, hold your breath for good news out of Chi-town today.
NBA Labor Update:
Not much news here.
The younger owners, who are in debt up to their eyeballs, want to force their will on the players.
The older owners want to compromise.
Unfortunately for the NBA, there are a lot more younger owners than older owners.
Currently, both sides are about $500 million apart.
In other words, the NBA lockout begins on July 1.
This one could get ugly because the younger owners are ready to sacrifice the entire season to force a bad deal on the players.
So it could be a long time before the Heat are ever seen again in Miami.
