Super Bowl champs get their rings.
The Green Bay Packers waited a long time for this moment, to wear the rings they worked so hard to get. For some the wait was longer than others.
"I feel like it's my right to wear this ring," Woodson said. "I feel like I worked very hard playing this game. I feel like every time I go out on that field, I leave it all out there on the field. That's the way I've always played this game. I feel like I deserve to win a championship. I feel like it's my rightful place in history to be a Super Bowl champion."
“It can’t get any better than this. I was amazed. It was more than I expected. This is what me and Wood dreamed up,” Driver said, referring to the ring. “I haven’t reached my final milestones, yet."
The Packers received their rings in a private ceremony that was off limits to the public and media. Every person associated with the organization was invited, no one else, exactly the way it should be. It was a red carpet affair in which the stars came out. Very different from when the first Super Bowl champs got their rings. After Green Bay won Super Bowl I, there was no ring ceremony or star-studded event. The players received their rings in the mail and that was that. Of course one of Lombardi's many famous quotes was, "...act like you've been there before." So it comes to no surprise that there was no extravagant celebration after winning the first super bowl.
As for the modern day Packers, they are happy to be a part of the great history of this celebrated franchise. Their names will be printed in the history books for ever. Fifty years from now current generations will be telling their children about the great Aaron Rodgers and Charles Woodson. These Packers would like to have one more thing in common with those legendary players. Repeat.
“It’s a beautiful ring. They couldn’t have made it any more spectacular. It’s the most incredible ring I’ve seen,” Woodson said. “We’re going to start preparing for two.”
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Grienke win streak ends
Cubs 12, Brewers 7
Zack Greinke did not pitch great. He gave up a season high six earned runs and never really had any control over his pitches, despite striking out ten (his average per game). You can't really blame him for the loss though, considering how bad the rest of the team played. That is pretty much how the Brewers game went after losing the series to another sub-.500 team.
Ryan Braun hit a two run home run which gave fans hope that a victory was in sight, especially with Greinke pitching. George Kottaras got the nod one day after being called up from AAA Nashville. He had a passed ball, wild pitch that could have easily been a passed ball, and a two run home run to show for it. Rickie Weeks had a terrible error that went for a run and two blunders on the base paths. If I had not seen him play before I would question whether or not he had any business running extra bases. After attempting to stretch a single into a double after the Brewers were already down runs, Fukudome threw him out with ease. The next inning the Brewers were in an even bigger hole and with two outs Weeks singled again. Of course he had to test the arm of Fukudome once more (the best arm on the Cubs), which resulted in getting thrown out again. Weeks got up in disbelief. He was the only one as cameras showed several Cub players smiling and shaking their heads as they jogged off the field. "I talked to Rickie," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "I like for these guys to be aggressive, but I just told him when we get down in runs or late in the ballgame, that's a time we need to make sure what we're doing."
At least surprise call up Daniel Ray Herrera, who arrived from Nashville just hours before game time for team optioned Zach Braddock, got to get some work in during the game. Oh wait, that's right, he got into the game trailing 6-5 and runners in scoring position. Of course he had to give up a three run homer to make things interesting.
As a fan of the Brewers I saw this coming. Milwaukee swept St. Louis over the weekend just to lose three out of four to a team that is ten games back of them. When the going is good expect something bad to happen real soon. That is just the game of baseball. It is a roller coaster ride to the sweet/bitter end. I guess the good news is the Cardinals are now on a six game losing streak, therefore keeping the Brewers in first place by themselves. Now all we have to do is keep it that way until October.
Zack Greinke did not pitch great. He gave up a season high six earned runs and never really had any control over his pitches, despite striking out ten (his average per game). You can't really blame him for the loss though, considering how bad the rest of the team played. That is pretty much how the Brewers game went after losing the series to another sub-.500 team.
Ryan Braun hit a two run home run which gave fans hope that a victory was in sight, especially with Greinke pitching. George Kottaras got the nod one day after being called up from AAA Nashville. He had a passed ball, wild pitch that could have easily been a passed ball, and a two run home run to show for it. Rickie Weeks had a terrible error that went for a run and two blunders on the base paths. If I had not seen him play before I would question whether or not he had any business running extra bases. After attempting to stretch a single into a double after the Brewers were already down runs, Fukudome threw him out with ease. The next inning the Brewers were in an even bigger hole and with two outs Weeks singled again. Of course he had to test the arm of Fukudome once more (the best arm on the Cubs), which resulted in getting thrown out again. Weeks got up in disbelief. He was the only one as cameras showed several Cub players smiling and shaking their heads as they jogged off the field. "I talked to Rickie," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "I like for these guys to be aggressive, but I just told him when we get down in runs or late in the ballgame, that's a time we need to make sure what we're doing."
At least surprise call up Daniel Ray Herrera, who arrived from Nashville just hours before game time for team optioned Zach Braddock, got to get some work in during the game. Oh wait, that's right, he got into the game trailing 6-5 and runners in scoring position. Of course he had to give up a three run homer to make things interesting.
As a fan of the Brewers I saw this coming. Milwaukee swept St. Louis over the weekend just to lose three out of four to a team that is ten games back of them. When the going is good expect something bad to happen real soon. That is just the game of baseball. It is a roller coaster ride to the sweet/bitter end. I guess the good news is the Cardinals are now on a six game losing streak, therefore keeping the Brewers in first place by themselves. Now all we have to do is keep it that way until October.
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