See the headline on my blog post for Monday? I was right on with that prediction, eh?
Suffice to say it didn't go well for Brandon Inge in the Home Run Derby Monday. It's one thing to not hit a home run. It's another to have trouble hitting the ball to the mid-range of the outfield. Inge might not have gone deep in Williamsport.
I was on the radio at the time of the home run contest. The first calls Dennis Fithian and I took after Inge's oh-for said it was "embarrassing" and a "disgrace."
Embarrassing? Yes. Disgrace? No. There is a difference. I give Inge credit for trying. A lot of players - too many - try to avoid such a glaring stage out of fear failure.
However, if Inge slumps the second half, please don't claim his performance in the Home Run Derby had anything to do with it. More likely, it will be a non-factor.

Random Thoughts

- Stan Bowman, Scotty's son, is going to be the new general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks. Wow, that'll be interesting. Will Stan or Scotty really be running the team? Wonder if Scotty would return to the bench to help his kid? I know Dale Tallon had an incident not getting contracts to the league on time recently, but his firing was nonethless surprising. He had taken the Blackhawks a long way in a relatively short period of time.

- Yeah, I could live without the celebrity softball game. Love the future's game, though.

- Allen Iverson and the Clippers = a perfect match.