The World of Sport

Swing and a miss

Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer weren't the only ones defending their titles over the weekend. Takeru Kobayashi defeated all comers in the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, his fifth straight year on top. Just reading about someone eating 49 hot dogs in 12 minutes makes me want to yak.

In other sporting news, your Seattle Mariners DFA'd Bret Boone. Commence the Jose Lopez Era. Still considered a potential hall-of-famer (best season ever by a second baseman in 2001), it's a shame he had to go out the way he did. And shame on Stuart Scott for that "no crying in baseball" reference on Sportscenter. Good luck, Bret, hopefully a playoff contender is interested in an aging second baseman who swings out of his shoes at ball four.

And finally, who hasn't asked themselves recently, "Gee, I wonder what 1970s all-star pitcher Dock Ellis is up to these days? Hey, didn't he once pitch a no-hitter while tripping on acid?" Well, ponder no more, my friends, thanks to the Dallas Observer.