Ed Reed is better than you.
Ed Reed knows “Bo Knows” better than to mess with Ed Reed.
Ed Reed is better than Ryan never writing another article for TheDrubbing.com.
Ed Reed is faster than Usain Bolt.
Ed Reed is better than the best thing in your life.
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So what if my name makes me sound like a German dictator?
With the major theme of most of my posts being baseball so far, I thought I might switch it up a bit and talk about baseball.
(Since my Giants embarrassed themselves this past week, I am counting down the days to pitchers and catchers). I found myself wondering if there might have been some promising rookie pitchers out there I might have missed. So, I decided to look at the 119 pitchers who made their major league debuts last year. Now I, not being a major league scout, do not possess the ability to break down film, so I will do what I always do, and take a look at a reasonably good predictor of future success, K/9IP.
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As Randy Wittman has his tenure in Minnesota cut short, the Wolves vice president of basketball operations, Kevin McHale will be his replacement. This won’t be McHale’s first foray into NBA coaching, and he’s not the first former Celtic to sit on the bench in a suit (or turtleneck). So which one was the best?
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I have a problem with congressional leaders and other politicians sticking their nose into sports. I hated the Mitchell Report, I hate all of the circus hearings that Congress holds on a wide range of topics that are none of their business and take their time away from more important issues. But Joe
Barton, a representative from Texas and the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee has put me in a tough spot, because I also hate the BCS. He has introduced a bill, which is co-sponsored by another Texas Republican and an Illinois Democrat, doesn’t seek to kill the BCS and force a playoff (which is what I’d ultimately like to see as the conclusion of the college football season) but instead, prohibit the BCS to market their final game as a “national championship.” Barton has cited the numerous years that the championship winner was not completely settled an the numerous failed attempts to improve the system as the reason for introducing this legislation.
The BCS method of determining who is No. 1 consistently misfires. Simply exposing the flaws and subjecting them to discussion … hasn’t led to improvement by those who run the system.
Something has to be done about the BCS. Every single year it takes way too much attention away from the teams, coaches, players and schools that really matter. There are only a handful of people that will seriously argue that the BCS is perfect or even a good thing. Most everyone falls into the categories of “this has got to go” or “this is the best we’ve got.”
So while I don’t like the politicians forcing the hand of the sports world, because Barton isn’t forcing the BCS to do anything, he’s merely protecting the consumer from the BCS’s false claims, I suppose I can overlook Congress’ proposed involvement in this issue.
Update: Rep. Barton compares the BCS to communism in congressional hearings.
As a Yankee fan and someone who has never, and will never boo Alex Rodriguez, I thought it might be interesting to try and project what Alex Rodriguez’ final career numbers might be. So in what is admittedly a simple analysis, here we go.
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There has been much talk about the Hall of Fame lately, and I wanted to take the time to focus on one player who has been talked about a lot in terms of his candidacy: Jack Morris. From what I can tell, the basic arguments about Jack Morris are that he was a winner, and he was a good postseason pitcher ( the masterful Game 7 in 1991 being the most obvious argument).
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The Celtics keep sliding in the standings, and so do their players in the Basketball Jesus Rankings. Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce have both dropped out of the rankings. But Dwyane Wade has come back to take a narrow lead over LeBron James for the top spot.
Portland, Portland, Portland. How could you be so callous and stupid?
2009 is going to be a tough year. The economy is in the shitter, and the road to recovery is going to be a looooong one. But we won’t get out of it alive with an “every man for themselves” mentality. We’ve gotta work together. That’s one of the reasons the Blazer’s threat to sue any team that purposefully tries to “adversely impact the Portland Trail Blazers Salary Cap and tax positions” by signing Darius Miles and playing him in two more games this season is so enraging.
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LeBron is a very good basketball player, and may one day go down as one of the best players ever. But you have to realize he is only 24 years old. He is still very young and needs to understand he is not at the point in his career where he can “make-up” moves and rules in the NBA.
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As expected, ESPN.com, the website of the worldwide leader in sports, launched a redesign today. ESPN has long been known for fantastic design for both their online properties as well as ESPN The Magazine. They’ve also proven themselves to be very forward-thinking and progressive when it comes to their online ventures. I’m not sure if this one makes the grade.
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