This will be very brief, but I am a Seattle Mariners fan.  One of my favorite all-time Mariners was Ken Griffey Jr. and will always be my favorite baseball player, even though he no longer plays for the Mariners.

Today, Griffey Jr., just hit his 600th home run.  He is only the 6th player to reach this milestone, and 2 of them have admitted to or are accused of being on Steroids.  Those two players are Barry Bonds, and Sammy Sosa.  I just wanted to give a shout-out to Griffey, for reaching this marker, without being on “The Juice”.

In Texas last year, a car spun in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jr. lifted to slow down as he drove into the smoke. No one could see for a few seconds, and Dale Jr. wisely slowed down to miss the accident. Kyle did the opposite, by driving blindly into the smoke with the accelerator pegged to the firewall. Naturally Kyle hit Dale Jr. a ton, wrecking both cars pretty badly. Back in the garage, cameras showed Kyle climbing from his car, roughly shoving past his crew members and storming away. As it turned out, Kyle left the track.

Near the end of the race, the 5 team of Kyle Busch got the car drivable again, but just barely. They went looking for their driver, but he was on his way home. Dale Jr., the driver Kyle had just taken out of the race, climbed into the car and finished the race. In that instance, Dale Earnhardt Jr. showed his class, and Kyle Busch showed his ass.

I think that Kyle Busch still stings from being released from his Hendrick ride last year to make way for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Some of the remarks he’s made since the announcement that Dale Jr. would be joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2008 led me to believe that he still harbors some resentment. Though Kyle has done very well at Joe Gibbs Racing, there appears to still be somewhat of a chip on the young man’s shoulder.

I am a pretty big fan of Nascar, especially when it comes to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Usually races are on Sundays except for this week’s race, which happened to be at Richmond on Saturday.  I had totally forgot about the race until around lap 350 out of 400.  Jr, was trying to get up to the front.  Denny Hamlin was winning, and led the most laps during the race.  During lap 379, Denny reported a flat tire, and Kyle Busch & Jr were able to catch up to him.  During lap 383, Jr takes the lead. On lap 395, he is five laps away from putting an end to his 71-race winless streak.  By this time, I am jumping for joy.  Well, my dreams were put to rest at lap 398, when Kyle Busch wrecked Jr and sent him into the wall.

I have never liked either of the Busch Brothers (Kyle or Kurt). After today’s episode caused by Kyle, I am even more frustrated with him and dislike him even more.  It will take me quite some time to get over this.  This is mainly, because I have been waiting so long to see Jr get a win, and then to have it spoiled by this foolishness.  Darrell Waltrip, says that it was not intentional.  The more I look at it, the more intentional it looks.  Kyle Busch totally screwed up, and I think he needs to be penalized and have his butt kicked.

I really wanted to watch the NFL Draft today, but I had to work and do not have cable.  So today at work at around 1:30, I had my boss to see if Ryan Clady had been drafted.  She called her husband, who said that Ryan Clady was drafted by the Denver Broncos with pick #12 in the first-round.  I had predicted that he would probably be going to Denver, because of their need for an Offensive Tackle. Also, I had thought that there was a bit of a chance for him to go higher, like pick #5 to Kansas City Chiefs.  But this is pretty cool, because this is for sure the highest that a Boise State Bronco has ever been picked. And with this first-round pick, he definitely has some guaranteed money.

I am not a huge professional football fan, but I am a really big college football fan. I am a die-hard Boise State Broncos fan. It is interesting to know that this weekend, we will probably have a Bronco drafted at the highest pick ever. That person being Ryan Clady.  I had heard some very small rumors that he could go to Miami, however those rumors were only from 1 or 2 sources.  I was reading today online at the Idaho Statesman, an article by Brian Murphy, stating that Miami has “agreed to terms with Michigan left tackle Jake Long. They agreed to a $57.5 million deal.” 

 I am pretty excited, just knowing that Clady will most likely go in the first round. The reason he will most likely go in the first round, is because he is one of the top tackles available in the draft; since Jake Long is gone, then he is the next best candidate. The article continued saying that his agent Pat Dye Jr. expects him to be “selected between No. 5 (Kansas City) and No. 12 (Denver). Baltimore (No. 8), Carolina (No. 13) and Chicago (No. 14) are possibilities.”

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