Sports Huddle July 29th 2006

Hey everyone,

Today on the Sports Huddle we had Mark Crunette from the Cincinatti Enquirer. He is the Enquirer's beat writer for the Bengals and he gave us his insight on how they would do this season. It will be interesting to see how they will do this year considering the injury to Carson Palmer from last year and all the off the field infractions. Some players might get confused and think that they could use a taser on the field... I hope someone lets them know that they can't. Palmer looked good on his first day of training camp (Saturday) and as long as his knee holds up, the Bengals will remain competitive. The only concern is their schedule. The Bengals have one of the hardest schedules in the NFL this year. Do you all think they will be able to hold up?

We also had Jennifer Greathouse from "Made From Scratch" in Georgetown. Her and her mother own the business that is responsible for making all the food for the Bengals training camp. The amount of food they need is insane. I think she told us that someone gets paid to scramble eggs for 2 hours!!!!!! Must be nice having your food made for you all the time.

We also touched upon Kentucky Football again. It is coming on fast and sometimes we forget with all the basketball recruiting going on. Now that basketball camps have finished, we can focus on the gridiron once again. I know I touched upon it in an eariler post, but what are your expectations/hopes for this year's football team?

In other news...
The Big Papi, David Ortiz hit another walk off hit for the Red Sox today (Saturday) to propel the Sox over the Angels 7-6 in the 11th inning. He has to be one of the most clutch players I have EVER seen. He now has countless walk off hits/home runs and has helped to solidify his position as one of the greatest assets to the Red Sox. I hate to go back to this debate, but with all of the times he has helped the Sox win, don't you think he should have been named MVP last year? I understand he doesn't play much in the field, but his contributions to the team are very apparent both in the locker room and through his hitting. I believe that he is THE MOST IMPORTANT player on his team. You may think that I'm crazy for saying this, but here's why. First of all, the fact that he bats third and Manny Ramirez bats fouth means that you have to pitch to one of them. Both of them are dangerous hitters, but the fact that he's there means that the opposing pitchers can only take away one of the two bats for the Sox with an intentional walk. Also, he's a left handed batter that can hit just as well against left handed pitching as he does against right handed pitching. Finally, he IS the best clutch player in the game today. I wonder if A-Rod could say that.

Who do you think is the most clutch player in any sport?