Jane Talks About Sports (Gay Friends, Feel Free to Go To the Kitchen for a Drink)

First order of business:

The classiest act from an era of Yankee class acts (alums of the Classy class include Bernie Williams and Paul O'Neill, but most definitely NOT overpaid cracker douchebags Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson), Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig's hit record last night! 2722 -- wooooohooo!

What is it about Derek? He was born in pinstripes and he'll die in pinstripes, I reckon, and he just seems to be an all around good egg. Quiet, great work ethic, good character. No showboat, and even his mishmash ethnicity is a perfect reflection of the city he's played in since 1992.

Oh, and still so cute.

Unfortunately, despite Jeter's Big Hit last night, the Orioles seem to be owning the Yanks this series.

Total side note, the pitcher of record for JBH was Chris Tillman, a Baltimore rookie who seems to have a big future. Your Janey knows this kid's father!

Second order of business:

My hometown Steelers won the NFL season opener, squeaking out the win in overtime, which I missed because I was so tired I went to bed at 10 o'clock. (I'll say it again -- I'm OLD!). The bad news is that our resident Tasmanian Devil, Troy Polamalu, injured his MCL and will be out for 3-6 weeks. Bad news...

Troy's yet another class player -- a total animal on the field (but in a fun, Muppety kind of way -- when you watch him play, you can almost hear Frank Oz: "AniMAL! AniMAL!") and so quiet, soft-spoken, and gentlemanly off that you can't believe he is the same person.

Third order of business:

The Penguins got to visit the White House last week. So that's two Pittsburgh teams who have gotten to meet President Obama this year! The Prez couldn't resist getting in a dig that he's really a Blackhawks fan (even I smirked at that -- our basketball-playing, hip-hop-loving President, a hockey fan? Come on!), but since the 'hawks bought the Stanley Cup Repeller (aka Marion Hossa) this year, Obama'll have to start rooting for the Caps.

Well, that's my sports roundup for the week. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...