Weekend Wrap Up: Manny Ramirez Retires, Tom Brady Cries and John Daly's Ex-Wife Is Kinda Hot

I've only seen about seven total minutes of the current season of American Idol.  And all of those seven minutes have been spent watching the lovely Pia Toscano singing.  I like to think that I know talent when I see it.

Last week Pia was voted off of Idol and apparently nobody expected it.  We're not worried about it at all though.  Our girl Pia will surely land on her feet.  If it's not something to do with singing, she always has the option of becoming a professional hot chick.  Professional hot chick is actually been proven to be the easiest job in the history of the world.  Go figure.

1. Manny Ramirez: The declining slugger abruptly retired from baseball last Friday.  It came after Ramirez reportedly tested positive for a banned substance once again.  Many are saying that it's going to be hard for Manny to make the Hall of Fame now, but as Ty Duffy of The Big Lead argues, does making it to the Hall of Fame matter as much anymore?

Duffy says, "Manny’s disgrace may keep him from the Hall of Fame, but does Cooperstown even matter? The voting process has been endlessly scrutinized. Induction isn’t the mark of immortality it was once perceived to be. It’s the collective, controversial whim of aging sportswriters many of whom (a) hold personal grudges and (b) remain willfully ignorant of the sport they cover."

2. Tom Brady: Apparently, Tom Brady is a human being and he cried.  And the video is currently on every website and blog in the world!!  With this whole lockout nonsense going on, I guess there's nothing else more exciting going on.

3. John Daly: Daly's ex-wife has come out with a book, detailing her life as a golfers wife.  She claims that her ex-hubby's lifestyle was wilder than even Tiger's extra-curricular activities.  Some of the revealed details are pretty crazy, and far from anything I would ever expect for the PGA tour scene.  It's interesting that people are calling her credibility in question though, given that John Daly isn't exactly a beacon of truth and credibility himself.

But more importantly, let's have a round of applause for the looker that Daly was able to scoop up in Sherrie Daly.  How did a chubby dude like him ever have a chance with her?  Ohhhhhhhh yeah.  The money.

4. WNBA Draft: You've probably heard by now, but the Minnesota Lynx drafted Maya Moore with the first overall pick of the draft.  But I don't need to go any further, because I know that you're all no doubt taking in all the draft day action right now!!!  I can't wait to see who my Atlanta Dream picks up in the first round, yes!!!  Let's go Dream!  Or is it Dreams, with an 'S'?  Wait, do I add the 'S'?  Who cares!!!  

Speaking of UConn women's basketball, the only relevant women's college basketball program in the country bleeds money profusely.  Who would have thought?

*fyi -- this was posted late due to computer issues over the weekend.*