Tiger

After 91 holes Tiger Woods overcomes Rocco Mediate to capture the 2008 US Open title.  The sudden death victory at Torrey Pines is Tiger’s 14th major championship.  And he did it all on a broken leg.

Below is a week in pictures of Tiger at the US Open from the AP.

“This is probably the greatest tournament I’ve ever had,” Woods said.

It was filled with some of his greatest moments — a 30 on the back nine Friday to get into the mix, two eagles from a combined 100 feet and a chip-in birdie on Saturday to take the lead, and one of the biggest putts of his career when he holed a 12-foot birdie with the final stroke of regulation to force the playoff.    – espn.com

Junior hits #600

Ken Griffey Jr. aka “the kid” hit his 600th homerun on Monday, June 9, 2008, becoming only the sixth player in history to reach the milestone. Reds beat the Marlins 9-4. The other five players to reach 600 are Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa.

“Griffey was the youngest player in the majors — still only 19 — on April 10, 1989, when he homered off the Chicago White Sox‘s Eric King on the first pitch he saw at Seattle’s Kingdome.

Homer No. 36 was one of his most satisfying. It came one batter after his father, Ken Sr., homered off California’s Kirk McCaskill on Sept. 14, 1990, an unprecedented father-and-son moment in the majors.” ESPN.com

The sweetest swing in baseball.

Congratulations Junior!

And this one belongs to the Reds

I attended my first Cincinnati Reds game of the year. They were riding a 4 game win streak after sweeping the Marlins and now taking on the Cleveland Indians in the Battle of Ohio. As I stood among the 42,022 fans (11th largest at Great American Ballpark) with Mr. Brandon Phillips (30/30) bobblehead in hand, I watched Adam Dunn foul off 2 bunt attempts. “What is he doing?!?” I exclaimed. (The Reds had a man on first and second and I later discovered Dunn is actually an excellent bunter)

Dunn finally took a mighty cut and blasted the ball 449 feet! It nearly went out of the ballpark landing in the last row of seats in right field. The 3 run walk-off home-run lifted the Reds over the Indians in dramatic fashion. The fans went crazy!

Dunn also made a nifty catch on a foul ball earlier in the game.

Cincinnati Enquirer Article

Below are a few pictures I took at the game.

Great American Ballpark

Cincinnati Reds EST. 1869

Sports Prodigy Jashaun Agosto

Jashaun practices basketball 4 hours a day right after school.  Before he goes to bed he does 200 push-ups, 200 sit-ups and 250 squats.  On top of all that he has run the mile in 4:50.  He is looking to break the world record for 11 year olds this summer.  He wants to one day play in the NBA.

Check him out on Ellen.

Seattle Times article