August games of the month

Since August is officially over, I thought I'd do this now and get it out of the way. August was a fairly light month when it comes to sporting events with the notable exceptions of the PGA Championship and the Little League World Series, I didn't have too much to choose from. But, I hope you enjoy the three I've chosen as my games of the month.

PGA Championship: final round

The 92nd PGA Championship featured a playoff, which automatically makes it into the top games for me. Same goes if it's an important baseball game, five set match in tennis, overtime in any sport really. But, there are several reasons why I chose this as one of the games of the month. the first being the controversy surrounding Dustin Johnson and him grounding his club in what was supposedly a bunker. I personally didn't think it was a bunker, but the PGA did. Also, I don't understand the big deal of grounding your wedge when the ball didn't even move! So, needless to say, Johnson suffered a penalty for that error, and subsequently, a chance at his first major. The second reason is that there were seven different players who held at least a share of the lead in the final round. The third is that it all came down to the last hole in the playoff to see who the winner would be, as both players were tied after the first two holes. Lastly, there was a new major champion in Martin Kaymer. It was riveting golf for anyone who watched it.

2010 Little League World Series, championship game: Japan vs. Chinese Taipei

The 2010 Series wasn't as exciting as I thought others have been, but every year can't be the best. The international championship game featured a monster of a Chinese Taipei team, who in one game defeated their opponents 23-0, and was dominant in every other game as well. The only other one which was even close was their semifinal game against Latin America, and they destroyed them in the field. Then, the Japan team had to go through a tougher bracket and escaped two of their games. So, essentially it was a mini David vs. Goliath situation. David prevailed and eventually won the entire series. Japan came back from a 2-1 deficit in the 6th to tie the game, and in the 7th, hit a walk off single. Exciting game.

August 24th, Houston Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies

The main reason why this game was chosen over the 200 other games in the month of August is for the length of it, and the wackiness of it. The game went 16 innings which is a feat in and of itself, as the Phillies ballpark plays small, and there are not too many games which go that far. Then, there was the wackiness part of the game. Roy Oswalt, the Phillies second best starting pitcher was forced to play left field. Now, you may ask how did that happen? Well, the reason being is that Ryan Howard, the Phillies normal 1st baseman got thrown out after he argued whether or not he swung at a pitch. So, the Phillies decided to move their left fielder, Raul Ibanez to first and since there were no position players left, put Oswalt in left. It was the first such thing done with the Phillies since Bill Wilson played third for the Phillies in 1971. Oswalt even made a catch while out there for two innings. Ibanez also played fairly well at first. But, the Phillies eventually lost 4-2 on two ground outs and were still 2 games behind the first place Braves who lost earlier in the night.

August game of the month

92nd PGA championship, as it featured controversy and a playoff and Kaymer winning their first major championship.