alot to say today..

What an incredible weekend of sports. Many things to write about so i will spread it over two or three different blogs. The top item on my mind today may surprise you. When I was growing up in Yonkers, N.Y. I used to think that I was as good as anyone in every sport. When I would see someones name in the faces in the crowd section in Sports Illustrated I thought that the stories were fake and in most cases thought how lucky the kid was to be called a prodigy or special. The first prodigy that I can remember was a girl by the name of Tracy Austin. She was this 15 or 16 year old Tennis phenom that was supposed to be the face and star of tennis for years to come. I was so naive that I thought the she was related to Steve Austin the "Six Million Dollar Man". Other people followed in her footsteps. Some to the detriment and some to the benefit of the game. Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati became household names at a very young age. Jennifer's story is pretty sad and Monica's was worse. Who knows what Monica could have been. She won several Major Championships and was really dominating her sport as a 17 year old. Capriati had moments of greatness but never became the player that people thought she would. Not too mention problems with her father and her own personal demons. We watched her grow up and I thought it was a train wreck until I heard about a 11 year old girl named Michelle Wie.
When she was 11 they were talking about her like she was going to be the person to beat both men and women in golf. Then at age 13 she started playing in U.S amateur events and doing real well. For some crazy reason, her parents and advisers thought that she was ready to go pro. She has been destroyed as a child. She competed against men for a couple of years and didn't win. She competed against women and didn't win. She competed against amateurs and did not win. Everyone was in awe of her length and her ability to strike a golf ball that they forgot that she was a child. A CHILD!!! She did not go to school. She had tutors. She did not have a normal child life. Only Micheal Jackson could relate. Tiger's dad made him go to school. He trained him to play the game with distractions and rewarded him for completing tasks. The Wie's just kept sending this child out to play.Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis got fame because of winning and competing well in tournaments. They had their childhoods. Remember Justin Rose and Ty Tryon? Justin Rose had a British Open to remember as a 17 year old turned pro and hasn't done anything since. He has had a few good results overseas. Not much over here. Ty Tryon was supposed to be this new phenom and he has fallen off the face of the earth. He was in a commercial with Aaron Baddeley another phenom. Neither of them has had the success that was expected of them..
Michelle Wie finally won a tournament this weekend!!! Isnt it sad that it is not front page news? This poor young girl started this journey almost 9 years ago and now she is a winner. Was all the pain and criticism worth it? Was the humiliation, loss of childhood, ridicule worth it? i hope she goes on and wins every tournament she enters for the next 20 years and tells the world to kiss her ass..I saw today that Espn then compared her to tiger because he did not win his first tournament until he was 20 also. What a dumb comparison. Just because they went to Stanford does not mean that they need to be compared. Leave her alone!!! Let her live her life in Peace!!! I am begging you world!!! Do not compare her to Serena Williams, Martina Hingis, Tiger Woods, Morgan Pressel or Paula Creamer!!!!! Let her be Michelle Wie.