Good luck David

Personally, I enjoy soccer.

Originally, I gave all the cliché complaints about the sport: It’s too slow, there isn’t enough scoring, women in sports bras only appear once every four years.

But now, I get it (at least more than I used to).

America — not so much.

David Beckham was supposed to come over, wave his golden foot, and all the fat, dumb Americans would smarten up.

But, to all those who criticize the U.S. for not taking an interest in “the world’s game,” hear this:

Most Americans (in my ideal world), won’t stand for intolerance, racism, or any other doctrines which originated before the wheel was invented.

Yes, for the umpteenth time in recent memory, a soccer player (DaMarcus Beasley of the U.S. National team and Glasgow Rangers) has been racially taunted during a game. This time in Montenegro.

It happened to me a few years ago when PSV played Red Star in Belgrade, and I can’t believe racist abuse is still in football,” Beasley said. “People can come to a match and jeer, but the racist thing just has to get out of football. . .It degrades the game for everyone.

Sure, there are racist fans in every sport. And at one time, the U.S. sports scene was a metaphor for racial divide in the country. But this is 2007. And intolerance seems to be scarily common in European soccer.

The Fynal Out: At last

Well, it’s finally over.

On a 3-2 count against Nationals’ pitcher Mike Bacsik, Barry Bonds became the all-time career home-run leader with a 435-foot shot to right center field.

Thank God.

Some people were surprised that Hank Aaron recorded a video message to be played at the stadium after the record was broken. But Hank is all class. The only thing that almost knocked me off my chair was the direct denial by Bonds that his record was tainted:

“This record is not tainted at all, at all, period,” Bonds said. “You guys can say whatever you want. . . .Seven fifty-five was the hardest. Every time I’m training in the winter time, running the hill, it’s always harder to get to the top. It’s not that hard to come down from the hill.”

Also fairly crazy was the fact that Bacsik’s father (Mike) pitched to Hank Aaron after he hit 755, so the father-son combo is the only one to pitch to two reigning home run kings.

Oh, and the Giants lost, 8-6.

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