So much going on, so little space.

Here are some random observations from a crazy sports week:

n What can BigBrown do for you? Apparently not enough.

People are claiming Big Brown "choked" away his chance at the Triple Crown. Big Brown is a horse. Big Brown doesn't care about winning the Triple Crown. The only thing BigBrown cares about on the track is getting the dude on his back to stop hitting him with the whip.

• A horse is not an athlete. A horse is a horse, um, of course.

• Catchers fighting with pitchers in the dugout is far more entertaining than mixed martial arts. Take that, Kimbo Slice!

• Who knew the little purple pill could help your fastball, too? Roger Clemens knew.

• Tiger Woods with one good knee is better than any golfer in the world with two good knees.

• Say it ain't so, Joe.

A Florida Marlins fan by the name of "Joe" caught home run No. 600 off the bat of KenGriffey Jr. Monday night.

He's still pondering whether to give Griffey the ball or sell it on eBay for as much as $100,000.

Most people, including many of the Marlins, think "Joe" should give Griffey the ball.

Griffey has no inherent right to the ball. If he wanted the ball so much, he shouldn't have hit it 400 feet. "Joe" caught it. "Joe" risked getting mugged and mauled by the fans around him to catch it. Just for living through the experience with all of his limbs intact, "Joe" deserves to do whatever he wants with the ball.

• Would you give Griffey the ball and say "so long" to up to 100 Gs? Yeah. Sure you would.

n There's an autographed poster of Donny Iris hanging in the Butler Eagle sports department. How much would that fetch oneBay, I wonder?

• Ouch. I think the Lakers just fouled me.

• Scott Podsednik and Felix Pie have more home runs than Victor Martinez.

• Vote early and vote often. That's major league baseball's stand. (Just don't vote for Victor Martinez.)

Apparently the citizens of Boston and New York have a good internet connection because seven of the nine leading American League All-Star vote getters hail from those two cities.

A fan can vote as many as 25 times per day for the All-Star game.

• The RedSox ball boy has more votes than BrianRoberts.

• Fans shouldn't be allowed to vote. Most fans are dumb. Most fans vote for name recognition. That's why Jason Varitek is the leading vote-getter at catcher.

If Mike Piazza was on the ballot, he'd be the leading vote-getter.

Carlos Quentin, among the leaders in the ALin home runs and RBI, isn't on the ballot. Jerry Owens, who hasn't played a game in the majors this season, is.

• A starting American League All-Star outfield of Coco Crisp, MiltonBradley and Shin-Soo Choo would be pretty cool.

So, log on and vote — a lot.

Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.