Jim Thome Reaches Enormous Milestone/UEFA Champions League play-off round up

Jim Thome Reaches Enormous Milestone.

Last night in Detroit, Michigan slugger Jim Thome reached an imperative milestone by hitting his 600th homerun. Jim Thome has always been a class baseball player ever since he reached the majors just over twenty one years ago. His humility has made him a fan favorite for every team he has played for. Some people have their doubt whether Jim Thome is a hall of famer. I don’t understand how you could reject a man into the hall of fame who has 600 home runs. During Jim’s great career, his name has never been correlated with any forms of performing enhancing drugs. Jim Thome has played for five teams during his tenure in professional baseball, but that doesn’t dissolve all of his great accomplishments.
I have a major problem with the lack of publicity that Jim Thome is receiving for his incredible milestone. If Jim Thome played for The New York Yankees, the entire world would be praising and covering the feat. I hate all the publicity that The Yankees always receive because I am a die hard Boston Red Sox fan. The Yankees always receive the spotlight while smaller market guys receive about fifteen seconds of acknowledgment. I would like to congratulate one of the good guys in the game of baseball Mr. Jim Thome.
Here are my awards for the baseball season so far
American League MVP
Adrian Gonzalez

National League MVP
Prince Fielder

American League CY Young Award Winner
Justin Verlander

National League CY Young Award Winner
Roy Halladay



UEFA Champions League play-off round up
The playoff round of the UEFA Champions League has finally arrived with five games that took place today.
The three games that were televised were the most interesting as Arsenal hosted Udinese, Twente hosted Benfica, and Lyon hosted Rubin Kazan. Each of these games provided us with some goals to remember.
Just four minutes in, Theo Walcott struck to score Arsenal’s only goal of the game in the 4th minute and should have added another after decent footwork and a slick through pass from Gervinho. His shot was brilliantly saved by the Udinese keeper.
Benfica scored two valuable away goals at FC Twente as the hosts were able to salvage a draw after Costa Rican international headed home a cross in the 85th minute.
Lyon came from one goal down to triumph in a 3-1 victory heading into next week’s return leg with a healthy 2 goal lead.
Benfica should be able to close out against FC Twente with a slim victory at their Estadio Da Luz (Stadium of Light) in Portugal. Arsenal were lucky to hang onto a 1-0 lead as Udinese had chances throughout but the true dagger would have been Walcott finishing Gervinho’s sneaky pass. Rubin Kazan has a tall mountain to climb when they host the French giants in Russia next Wednesday.
Rubin Kazan has fire power but not enough to match that of Lyon. The French club has players such as Gomis who scored today and another threat in Lisandro Lopez.
FC Twente has everything to play for as they look to play in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the second year running. Benfica will look to halt their run thus far and appear in the tournament’s stage along with fellow Portuguese club FC Porto.
Udinese are almost guaranteed to score on home soil against an Arsenal side that is very shaky on the defensive end. The English club’s best offensive player arguably is Gervinho. He makes it difficult for opposing players to steal the ball from his feet as he is a natural when in possession.
All in all, today’s games were entertaining but being that next week is do or die for each club, everyone will look to leave everything on the field. Stay tuned readers as we will update you with the breaking news.