Salute To The G.O.A.T.

It's time to officially place Mariano among the greats of the game. I say place him in the Hall of Fame right now, while he's still playing. Seriously, who's going to argue that? Every other player will be like "Yeah, that sounds about right."

The guy has amassed 600 saves with 1 pitch. Faced 4,800 batters in his regular season career.

His regular season numbers are a joke:

Number are up to date including last night.

ERA: 2.22

WHIP: 1.000

Compare those with his postseason numbers:

ERA: 0.71

WHIP: 0.766

What's the opposite of LeBron James? Mariano Rivera.

The most clutch performer in baseball's rich history. When this guy comes in the game, it's over. You can't even say "in his prime" because the guy is still doing it. He might have added a pitch, but you know what? He doesn't throw a 97 mph cutter anymore. But he's adjusting and he's still getting everyone out.

He's 41 years old this season and through last night here are his 2011 stats:

SAVES: 41

ERA: 2.05

WHIP: 0.930

SO/9: 8.7

The guy is outperforming his career averages at age 41. Besides Bonds who was using every juice on earth, this is the only guy I've seen dominate this late in his career, and no one suspects anything. He's been widely criticized about losing it, about being finished, about being past his prime - but look at the numbers, the guy is still the best in the game. There's no question about it. Besides Pedro Martinez, there's no one in the discussion as being the best of his generation. Guy is a true champion, and the best of all-time.

Predictable LeBron Being Predictable

I'm not sure you can get a better "This is LeBron in a nutshell" video than this one right here. Holding the entire pool hostage, making sure he has an MC announcing his every move, making sure all eyes are on him, using the pussy diving board instead of the man diving board above him, making sure he was paid for it, making sure it was caught from multiple angles in case it sucked then he has rights to destroy all the videos. Seriously is this not LeBron or is this not LeBron? Making a 2 minute and 55 second video and not jumping until 2:47. Making everyone sit around and wait as he fakes them out and calls for more attention. Probably threw up some commercials in between fake jumps so he could make more money off of this weak ass dive/jump seriously what was that? You think he can swim?

LeBron Tips Like Shit, Weird

Yahoo! - The story was put together by Lee Klein of the New Times, who says he compiled information from more than a half-dozen sites devoted to tipping.

"The same names kept coming up again and again," Klein says.

LeBron James was one of them. The King was given a gift from the gods in the form of basketball talent, but leaving a gratuity is a different story. James, with a net worth of $120 million, turns into a cheapskate when the bill arrives. The Miami Heat star is ranked fourth on the New Times list, thanks in part to a generous $10 tip on a $800 bill from a Cleveland steak house he made stay open until 4 a.m.

I'm not sure what shocks me more, that people are surprised he made them stay open until 4am or that he left a tip at all? Of course this happened in Cleveland, like what'd they expect? His waiter really think that was going to end well? Guy was born and raised there, drafted by his hometown team, the whole city made him one of the biggest untouchable athletes in the world, they gave him their hearts and souls, obviously he's going to fuck you over, he's LeBron. This is what happens when someone is babied and coddled their whole life, they grow up thinking they're better than everyone. I mean 1.25% tip on any bill sucks, I was a waiter myself - but 1.25% on an $800 bill is one of the grimiest things I think I've ever heard of, and I've seen some bad tips. I think the consensus where I worked was that we'd all rather get $0 over getting shafted with a 1% tip. I'm trying to imagine what he was thinking when he tossed his Hamilton on the table, just can't come up with an excuse for him. But when you're this self-centered and egotistical, I'm pretty sure making everyone else around you feel like shit is par for the course.

“At the end of the day, all the people that was rooting on me to fail – at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today, they have the same personal problems they had today … They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal, but they have to get back to the real world at some point.” - LeBron James

Classy.