Hitting a few headlines from the sports world:
- Washington Nationals phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg missed Tuesday night's start with stiffness in his arm. Every start the 22-year-old right-hander has made has also made national headlines, but what was supposed to be his 10th start ended before it began.
In nine starts for Washington, Strasburg is 5-2 with a 2.32 earned run average. He has 75 strikeouts and 15 walks in 54 1-3 innings. The team's most prized player and still just a rookie, Strasburg has a bright future ahead of him. But here's to hoping he doesn't go the way of David Clyde.
- Former Raiders hard-hitting safety Jack Tatum died on Tuesday after suffering massive heart attack. He was 61. I was merely seven months old when Tatum's hit on Darryl Stingley paralyzed the Patriots wide receiver from the neck down, so I can't give a firsthand account of the incident.
But I have seen the replay, and the incident fueled my dad's hatred for the Raiders. "A bunch of cheapshot artists," he would tell me growing up. At the time, I was a Raiders fan, mostly because of Bo Jackson.
Tatum certainly didn't get much love on Boston sports talk radio on Tuesday. Even former Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan struggled to find kind words to say about a man that ended another player's career with a vicious hit, collisions he took pride in and used to sell three books.
- How fitting is it that Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco will be teammates? That NFL's two biggest showmen will line up on opposite sides after the Bengals signed T.O. to a one-year deal worth $2 million.
Owens has a shot to make an addition $2 million with bonuses, meaning that when Carson Palmer doesn't throw the ball his way, the barking and whining will begin. I can only assume a game of "Can You Top This?" will begin between the two diva receivers upon each touchdown scored.
Then again, how many TDs are we expecting from T.O.?
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I certainly take no pleasure when anyone dies but yes, Jack Tatum was a dirty player/cheapshot artist. Even though the rules were different back then, Tatum (along with his safety partner George Atkinson) ALWAYS went for the head when making a tackle.....Steelers coach Chuck Noll referred to them as a "criminal element" in the NFL.
(they were always trying to break Lynn Swann's neck) Go back and look at some NFL films from that time. It's amazing. Remember when you were taught to, "wrap up the players legs" when making a tackle?.....Tatum was taught to "wrap up the players head" I guess
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