Archive for May, 2010

Zach Miner.....does that name even ring a bell to anyone? Certainly not in 2010. Ok, you might remember him from such exciting shows as Imploding 'Pen 2009 and Fail 'Pen 2008.  Miner is an everyman reliever and sometime starter most notable for not being notable. The story is always the same—average stuff, below average strikeout rate, above average walk rate, never an exceptional outing, and usually pitches as if he belongs ...
Just because you’ve slipped behind in the Stolen Base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up.  Here are some reasonably available SB threats.   Corey Patterson, OF, Baltimore Orioles (pictured) Patterson should be on your shortlist of players to add if you need speed. He’s hitting .288 with four SBs, 10 runs, two HRs, and five RBI since May 12. Corey is owned in 1.7 percent of ESPN and 9 percent ...

Morgan Burnett Looks To Shine In Green Bay’s Secondary

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Ryne Eberle in NFL
What could be better for the Packer defense than having a Rookie of The Year contender in 2009? Having another rookie step up in 2010, of course, and that’s just what the team hopes will become of safety Morgan Burnett. The third-round pick out of Georgia Tech has been getting practice time with the first-team defense in the team’s OTAs, which is crucial if he wants to make an impact this season. The ...
On Tuesday May 25, 2010, NFL owners decided which location would be host to the 2014 NFL Super Bowl.  The Fourth Stadium on the ballot was Meadowlands Stadium, which on Tuesday received the necessary 17 votes to become the location of Super Bowl XLVIII. The $1.6 billion beauty will open its doors for football in August of this year with the Giants playing the Jets.  Earlier this year, a coin toss ...

Why a Super Bowl in New York Is a Bad Idea

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Brian Mosgaller in NFL
When NFL owners voted on Tuesday to hold the 2014 Super Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J., it signaled a climatic paradigm shift for the sport’s biggest game. It also signaled stupidity. By and large, it appears that the decision is being met favorably. “Football is a game of the elements,” the large number of proponents say. “It is just going to make the experience more memorable!” I get it. Some of the league’s trademark ...

Mets Execute On Offense As They Defeat Phillies

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK-- After two thrilling wins against the defending AL champion Yankees, the Mets opened up their series with the defending NL champion Phillies, looking to gain ground in the NL East. They sent knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to the mound, trying to throw the Phillies off balance for a second straight game as they faced Tim Wakefield on Sunday. Dickey, coming off of a solid outing against the Nationals in his first ...

Four Players That Raise Colts’ Hopes for 2010

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Nick South in NFL
On Saturday, June 5, the Colts will take the field at Lucas Oil Stadium for a practice session that is open to the public. It'll be the public's first look at the Colts since the end of the 2009 season. Thousands are liable to show up to watch the likes of Peyton Manning, Dallas Clark, and Reggie Wayne. Many will watch how much the young guys, ...
Christopher Weston Bosh, which by the way is his full name, has easily grown into as the best player to ever throw on a Toronto Raptor uniform. Whether it was the hideous half purple half black uniform, or the green St. Patrick's Day Uniforms. Bosh has enhanced his game on-to another level through-out his career and the achievements and accomplishments he has reached are to hard to argue that he is ...

Mark Teixeira an All-Star? I Think Not

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Kevin Miller in MLB
With the current All-Star voting tallies, I'm forced to ask the question, "Is it time for some changes regarding the selection of Major League Baseball's All-Star teams?" As of today, May 25th, Mark Teixeira is the leading vote getter for 1st basemen in the American League.  Yet Teixeira is batting an abysmal .209 and, in his own words, "can't get any worse."  But, nonetheless, Yankee fans are voting him onto the All-Star team.  I understand ...
Following a successful first half of the season, prime time will start Sunday, November 14th 2010.  On this day the vacation is over.  It is time to buckle down or bow out.  While there will be welcome respite in week 11—after facing the galloping Colts—the Bills will only be a breath of fresh air before being dragged back under the roar of Jets, the born-again Saints, and the crushing weight of ...