Topic of the day: a trade that involves 2 former Cy Young winners and .....

the son of a former Cy Young winner! I'm talking about the trade that sents Roy Halladay to Phillies and Cliff Lee to Mariners. This trade also sends Kyle Drabek, the son of Doug Drabek, to Toronto. Doug Drabek won his Cy Young in 1990 with the Pirates. Those were the last glory years for the Pirates! (yes, they still had Barry Bonds then and they went to NLCS 3 years in a row) I also remember his days with the Astros. For the Phillies, it doesn't seem like a big upgrade but it certainly does for the Mariners! Lee was such a dominating pitcher in this postseason. The Mariners have also added 3B Chone Figgin to their roster. The rest of the AL West gotta watch out.

Topic of the day: throwing stones into a well when someone fell into it

For those familiar with Chinese, you know my title comes from an old Chinese saying.
For those familiar with sports, you know who I am writing about.

They overspent. Then things went wrong. And they abandon their guys and fail to support. Sounds familiar? Well, that has always been the image of certain consulting firms. Nothing surprising here.

On the other hand, it actually makes more sense for a watch maker to cut ties with Tiger. After all, no one wants people to think of adulterer when they see the watch he wears! And it is unlike the brand of the shaving razor a guy uses, which is not publicly displayed normally. However, I won't be surprised if some ultra-image-conscious guys start to hide their Gillette razor when they expect ladies visiting.

東亞運足球冠軍

身為香港人，作為足球迷，對於香港隊榮獲金牌，當然感到興奮。

最不以為然的是，在東亞運開始時，傳媒戲稱香港擊敗的南韓隊為A貨，皆因成員多來自當地乙組聯賽。即使港隊奪冠後，香港討論區仍有不少網友（估計不是香港本地人）貶低這項賽事，酸葡萄味濃烈。我想提出幾點：
1)從討論區可見，大部份球迷都很理性，不會以為一場勝利就令香港足球重現當年雄霸亞洲球壇的風範，只會視為港足在低迷多年後向正確方向發展邁出了第一步而已。
2)其實參賽的各國隊伍皆以奧運或U21（21歲以下）隊為⻣幹，香港隊亦是U23，算不上精英盡出。
3)二線球員的比賽是否毫無意義？如果是，球迷不應慶祝己隊贏得聯賽盃或南美國家盃吧？