The Missouri Tigers softball team pushed their record to 37-5 following a sweep of the double header against SLU on Wednesday night. The Tigers, currently ranked 8th in the nation have now won 10 games in a row as they took down St Louis U. 5-1 and 7-4. Kristin Nottelmann threw a complete game in the nightcap to move her record to 13-1 giving up 1 run and 6 hits, but also issuing 6 walks. That would be troubling if it weren't for the fact that she's going to continue to be the number 2 pitcher behind Chelsea Thomas. The Tigers head to Lincoln this weekend to battle Lady Hick Nation in a conference match up, one of the last meetings between the 2 schools as members of the Big XII as Big Red Fan will soon be driving their combines to such locations as Ann Arbor, Columbus and Happy Valley. Adios hayseeds.
Speaking of Nebraska, former Husker Alex Gordon appears to finally be fulfilling the promise that Royals fans dreamed of when he was picked 2nd overall in the 2005 MLB draft. AG is currently hitting .351 with 27 hits in 77 plate appearances and 14 RBI's and a home run. It appears that moving Gordon from 3rd base to left field helped his concentration at the plate as well as the extra time he put in last winter working with Royals hitting coach Kevin Seitzer. Whatever has changed this year, it's been a welcome sight for the Royals. Yes, they have a lot of high profile rookies sitting in the minors, but Gordon, along with DH Billy Butler are a couple of hold overs that have plenty of upside and hopefully add some stability as guys like Hosmer, Moustakas and Montgomery make their way to the show.
And continuing with baseball, MLB is taking over the day to day operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt, currently in financial trouble due to his divorce from hell from soon to be ex-wife Jamie. Not content with the problems with his ex, it appears that McCourt will sue MLB in an effort to regain control of his team. McCourt recently took a 30 million dollar loan from Fox to cover expenses into the next month and also may be having to answer some questions from the IRS about unpaid taxes on 145 million dollars they allegedly took from the team. The attack on the San Francisco fan opening weekend, that left Bryan Stow in a medically induced coma also brings security measures into question. This isn't exactly unprecedented as MLB took over the Montreal Expos from Jeffrey Loria until buyers could be found that moved the team to Washington. However, the Dodgers are one of MLB's crown jewels. It's probably going to get a lot messier before it ends and is an excellent argument for the marital pre-nup.
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