Tim | 
08 8th, 2010| Hot MLB Baseball news
There is a whiff of contractual settlements when we consider that Pat is just about to reach an agreement about his new home. This will bring an end to some of the repeated speculation in the MLB Baseball circles. Some people will be relieved at the outcomes because they will ensure that there is some understanding on the things that are going to happen rather than having the whole community running around like headless chicken to the tune that never ends. The freak accidents keep coming with news that Kindle fell down the stairs and got injured. I am sure that the MLB Baseball community wishes him a speedy recovery. In some other rather weird news we hear that Bryant for the Cowboys refuses to carry pads for the veteran players. Now that is something that you do not read about every day.
It also appears that DT Stanley has come to some sort of settlement with the Dolphins. I am sure the details will leak out slowly until we will be as knowledgeable as if we had sat through the entire meeting with the managers and representatives. That is how the industry operates and there is very little that can be done to reverse the trends in any way. We just have to accept it and move on in an orderly fashion. We also note that Dawson has been grandly inducted in the Hall of Fame. That is something that is worth the celebration.
The news that Valentine is interested in the job for Cubs is also making the rounds again which indicates that it is probably true. There is a strong emphasis on the possibilities of transfers. The reason for this is that the teams are positioning themselves for the coming seasons and they want to be seen to be at the top of their game. No one wants to lose the bid for a favored player so there are strategic leaks that freak out the opposition. In the end the richest bidder tends to get the MLB Baseball players. They are valued until they fail to deliver and the cycle begins again.
Two professionals with different approaches
The rivalries are wonderful when you have two contrasting personalities. I would love to see a fight between Carl Froch and Paul Williams. These are two sports people that have diametrically opposed reactions in the ring. Carl Froch brings out mixed feelings in the public and some of them are very negative. Moreover he plays for a country that has not been able to endear itself to the sports fans. The attitude can come across as arrogance but I suspect that it is hiding a rather vulnerable personality. I once watched a documentary about his preparation for a fight and it was quite clear that this was not the cocky man that was presented to the public on a regular basis. He has a great boxing pedigree with the best record of the single win record in the Super Six tournament series. He dealt with Jean Pascal in a very professional manner that surprised even his fans.
If fact that victory might acquire a new significance when Pascal faces Chad Dawson. Chad Dawson is reputed to be the best light heavyweight at the moment. If Pascal was to win this bout then we could conclude that Carl Froch is up there with the very best. We then have the calm and almost retiring personality of Paul Williams. There are times when you get the impression that his colleagues forger him. Having lost to Carlos Quintana some people might say that the cracks are opening up. Standing at over six feet tall he should be a menacing figure but instead we have a gentleman with a quiet demeanor. I wonder what a fight between him and Froch would be like.
I would not expect any pre-match boasting from Paul Williams but Carl Froch would do more than his share. Egged on by the almost desperate English fans, this would become something of a circus. In the current circumstances such a fight is not looking likely but out of a morbid interest in contrasts I would like to see it happen. That would make the news and for the wrong reasons.
There United States of America is not the most popular nation on earth but they could all do with a boost from the Soccer World Cup 2010. Nobody thought about the USA when it came to the game. They were just the team that came from a big nation that could not get to grips with soccer. In fact the English fans were already predicting a comfortable score that would take them to the top of the group. Things did not go the way that they had been planned. When they played England, the team refused to buckle. They were not going to concede a goal to the prima donnas of the tournament. The English side decided to use the excuse of a lone mistake from the goalkeeper to somehow denigrate the performance of the USA team. Then England faced the even lowlier Algeria and ended up with a draw. It was quite clear that the English team was facing some serious problems.
The action for the transatlantic friends then moved to Slovenia. For the first part of the game it appeared that the USA had met its match. A two nil score was very much on the cards and people were already going back to the draw to see how it could help England if the USA was beaten. The USA then clawed back the two goals and it even appeared that they had won the match altogether. The English team was left reeling at their over confident predictions and the USA public was stunned at the exploits of their less fancied team. We should not get too carried away because of the draws but there is definitely something going on with the success of the USA team.
It would be such an inspiring story if they managed to win the Soccer World Cup 2010 trophy. They are the team that was not really given a chance but they have proved that they play with a big heart and they are not threatened by the different favorite teams that come their way.
