Winners, Losers and Admissions…

Happy Weekend!  

Now that the weekend here, the weather is cooling and Hot Rods are rolling!  We may have to catch a few shows in the next few weeks and give you the down low on all things Hot Rod! Who doesn’t like Fancy Cars? 

Winners!

Today, we are going to talk about character.  The setting is San Diego, land of beautiful sunshine, tanned Californians and surprisingly to most non-San Diegans (yes, it’s the right word, I looked it up) honesty, at Qualcomm stadium. This doesn’t happen often but in a pre-season game in San Diego where the Chargers were playing the San Francisco 49ers, a waitress slipped on a step, and lost control of 1,000 dollars that rained down on fans as they watched the game.  Most fans, maybe even you or I would see cash hitting our heads and think to ourselves, “Maybe I will hang unto this, and see what happens.”  The Charger fans however, loyal to the bone, and having known this as the same server who delivered sweet treats from Hot Dogs to brewski’s made sure no one kept the lost cash by shouting to those scrambling for the money, “That’s the waitress’s money!” Wow.  Within 5 minutes, all the money was returned.  The waitress, Heather Allison a mother-of-four, who has worked at the stadium for five years, added: ‘It was all there. Charges fans are amazing, we’re like a family.’  I agree Heather, and I will be the first one to endorse both Charger and 49er fans.  For the most part, they are great fans!  Just make sure they aren’t playing the Raiders!  

Losers

Just when you think that the selfish overpaid athlete trend is starting to die down, it rears its ugly head once more in women’s tennis. The following tid bit I am sure will not surprise you, however the latest ranting from Serena Williams is appalling.  The entire tirade reflects the poor quality character of an overpaid and an immature women who carries with her a sense of entitlement that in my book, she has not earned.  In fact, by accusing a completely different chair umpire of being the same one involved in her last tirade makes me think she might be packing something a little stronger than just water in those bottles.  Really Serena?  Not only did she unfairly go off after an accurate call, but she had the audacity to call the chair umpire a “loser” and a “hater.”  Just for you guys out there, the chair umpire I am positive was not aware of what that meant and probably got home to ask her children what a “hater” was.  Nice one potty mouth.  On a side note, isn’t the name “Serena” from the root word serenity?  Wow, the William’s parent’s got that wrong!   Anyways…. Serena, you are no John Mcenroe!

Admissions...

Wow! Never thought I would see this day come.  Throughout Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya boxing career, I would tell people, “It’s easy being the champion when you are fighting old guys and smaller guys that lack experience.”  

It wasn’t until De La Hoya’s career was almost over when I finally gained some respect for Oscar as a fighter.  His defeat of Fernando Vargas, and Ike Quartay toe to toe, was astonishing to see.  Here are the former champ’s comments:

“I fought guys over the hill, guys who were too small,” said De La Hoya, I won world titles that maybe were questionable. It’s the truth. Mayweather is a victim of this, too. He has fought guys too small, washed up.”

Thank you Oscar, for finally giving me MY moment in the sun, but then again, who knows, maybe I am just a “hater” right Serena?

Enjoy your Football weekend!  Go Cardinals! 

P.S. Dear Victor Ortiz, will you do all of us a favor and finally shut Floyd Mayweather Jr. up tonight? Thanks! That is all.