Happy Father's Day weekend. If this is your one weekend of the year to sit back, stress free and watch sports then I'm here to guide you through.
Here are your Top 10 sporting events worth watching this weekend:
10: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cleveland Indians
Two pretending contenders. Which one will fade first? Both teams are 32-30 and both teams have been outscored by 31 runs this season. It's just a matter of time and this weekend could be the last over .500 for one of them. If that doesn't tickle your fancy, try Philadelphia at Toronto where both teams are under .500 but have outscored their opponents. Baseball is a tricky sport.
9: Baltimore Orioles at the Atlanta Braves
Two teams headed in the opposite directions at the moment as the upstart Orioles, winners of 5 straight, and the Braves who have dropped 4 in a row after winning 8 of 9 meet up. Saturday promises to have the best pitching match up with Jason Hammel going for Baltimore and Brandon Beachy toeing the slab for the Braves.
8: Chicago White Sox at the Los Angeles Dodgers
Two first place teams square off this weekend which is always good, but throw in the fact that Vin Scully will be calling the games and it goes up one notch. Tonight (Friday) has the marquee match up with 8-2 Chris Sale going for the Sox against 5-3 ace Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers. First one to 10 K's wins.
7. Euro Cup 2012 Sweden vs. England
This is a probable elimination match between two very proud countries. Neither team won their first game thus they can't afford to not win today.
6. College World Series Friday
One of my favorite events starts this afternoon and Cinderella Stony Brook is the first team to take the field as they battle UCLA. More traditional powers Arizona and Florida St. play tonight.
5. College World Series Saturday
The other Cinderella, Kent St. takes on Arkansas while the marquee match up wraps up the first round as two time defending Champion South Carolina takes on National #1 Seed Florida.
4. Euro Cup 2012 Sunday's Action
Denmark vs. Germany and Portugal vs. Netherlands. Although the Dutch have been a disappointment the other three teams are still pretty good. Plus you get 90 more minutes watching Christiano Rinaldo, that's worth watching in itself.
3. NBA Finals Game 3
There is only one NBA game this weekend and it's not until late night Sunday. It's a good way to cap off a relaxing weekend and a much better option than the baseball game that ESPN will be showing. Call this game mini pivotal as its not the pivotal Game 5 nor the ultimate Game 7.
2. New York Yankees at the Washington Nationals
Dare I say this will be a World Series preview?? Both teams enter the series in 1st place. The only downer is that neither C.C. Sabathia nor Stephen Strasburg will be pitching this weekend. That being said, Jordan Zimmerman facing off against Andy Pettitte Saturday afternoon should be tasty. At least ESPN went with the disappointing Red Sox vs the putrid Cubs for prime time Sunday night. That was a good decision.
1. U.S. Open
Father's Day Sunday, Tiger Woods in contention, 18 holes of tough golf, drink in hand, meat on the grill. This is the ideal day. Cherish it.
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This will hopefully be my last Father's Day not being a father myself. My beautiful wife is expecting our first child in mid-December.
I've asked my friends for advice and they all tell me...you're on your own sir. Not really, but they say to rest up now, read your books, go to your classes and listen to your wife.
We're very excited and are hoping and praying for the best.
For all of you fathers who are reading this, continue to do what you do and enjoy your one weekend off.
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