Girardi The Good Guy

The New York Yankees won the World Series last night, a win master-minded by their manager Joe Girardi.  Girardi made the gutsy gamble of starting his pitchers on 3 days rest (as opposed to the customary five) but the gamble paid off when Hideki Matsui fired them to a win in last night's Game 6 and to a 27th World Series title.

So well done Joe, right?  Sure, but I reckon that is only the second most impressive thing he did last night.  I quote an article on Yahoo Sports.


Girardi stopped in the wee hours Thursday to help a motorist who crashed her car into a wall after losing control on the Cross Country Parkway in suburban Westchester County.



The crash happened at a particularly dangerous section of roadway, so it not only surprised police to see Girardi on the scene jumping up and down and waving his arms to flag them down, but it also worried them.


The area is notorious for its blind spots and Girardi, who parked his car along the right side of the parkway, and then ran across the traffic to get to the injured motorist, put his life at risk, police said.


"He could have gotten killed," county Sgt. Thomas McGurn said, adding that responding police units take extra precaution in that area because of the blind curve and speeding cars. "Traffic goes by at 80 mph."


The driver was stunned from the accident and otherwise unhurt...The motorist didn't realize who was helping until police told her afterward.


"The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help," said Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano, who was among the first to arrive at the accident scene. "It was totally surreal."

C'Mon You Boys In Green

The countdown is on to Ireland v Italy.

Four and a half hours now!

I'm not sure how big a game it actually is - Ireland can wil and still not overtake Italy at the top of Group 8.  Nonetheless, it would be brilliant to beat the World Champions in our own back yard and give us four days of dreaming that Cyprus might, just MIGHT, do us a favour against the Italians in Italy.

To get you in the mood, here's a reminder of THAT day in Giants Stadium on the opening weekend of the 1994 World Cup.



It really was fifteen years ago... Christ.  I'm old.

Fantastic Federer

He's one of the greatest tennis players of all time.  He's won more Grand Slams then you've had hot dinners, and he'll probably win another one in New York tonight.  He's reached a phenomenal 22 Grand Slam semi-finals in a row, arguably the greatest active streak in sports.

He says this is his "greatest ever shot".

NASCAR Name Mayhem

I love NASCAR, I really do. Made a few pound off Denny Hamlin on Monday. For all bar two races of the year the cars run around in an oval but not this weekend where the NASCAR circus has rolled into Watkins Glen in New York, for one of my favourite rounds of the year., even if it has one of the most ridiculous names of any sporting event, ever. This Sunday's race is the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen... I kid you not.

It's still very good though. Here's what happened two years ago.



Tune in, do!