Only 20K in 2K13? (3/2/2013)
Despite the Angels going on a spendin spree, they apparently had no money for possibly best player to be in the majors since the end of the steroid era, Mike Trout. Instead of rewarding the rookie of the year with the highest WAR in the league, the team instead spend their money on John Hamilton, an alcoholic who could go into remssion and slumps at any time and C.J. Wilson (yes, I know he was signed before Trout started) whos ERA (AL only) was slightly ahead of the oh so talented Jason Vargas. The Angels front office is just apeshit crazy getting not one, not two, but three giant contracts with Hamilton(age 31, 5 year 125 million) Pujols(age 33, 10 year 240 million) and Wilson(age 32 5 year 77.5 million) and are facing failure with an overburdened payroll in the near future just as Trout reaches his prime. The only team that can do that is the Yankees, but even they know better than to sign 3 long term contracts with guys who's prime is almost over, give up a promising Ervin Santana and not give Trout a little more than 20K over the MLB minimum wage. Meanwhile, Oakland is bringing back moneyball (and maybe a happier sequel for Billy Beane and Brad Pitt) and Texas is spending money smart with Yu Darvish, and a medium risk, high payoff 1 year contract with Lance Berkman. Looks like So. Cal is gonna be a little less sunny.
Smaller East
In the past few days, Big East Sports has been changing big time. First it was West Virginia, then Syracuse, Norte Dame and Pittsburgh. Now Rutgers is leaving soon to for the Big 12. So is this the end of the Big East? After all, with the loss of these college powerhouse and chokefest West Virginia, there has been speculation that the Big East falling so quickly, and the TV money for the league probably won't reach the 250 million dollar deal it has until 2013. On top of that TCU revoked it's decision to join the league, instead going for the Big 12. But does that mean that it's the end of Big East being taken seriously?, falling to the level of the Mountain West? HELLL NO. The Big East is still a force to be reckoned with with or without the others. It's basketball is the only thing that can stand up to the ACC and the SEC with Louisville, U Conn, Cincinnati Marquette and others soon to be joined by Memphis (former home of John Calipari) who just got the 2nd best recruiting class behind the one and only Kentucky (current home of John Calipari). Also, although their Football will be weaker, they will still have Louisville and Cincinnati nipping at the heels of the AP 25 and newcomer Boise State which can use it's new clout since the recent end of the Kellen Moore era to find players in other places besides Potato fields. Anyway.... the future, although rocky, is still looking good for the Smaller East.
The BBB (Best Bench Buds)
Houston has really done it. After stealing the Yellow Mamba from Jim Dolan's retard hands, the Rockets blasted off (pretty cheesy right?) with another bench star, James Harden. The 5-year, 80 million dollar deal, Harden just went off with a 37 point, 12 assist and 4 steal game. Now that he has real playing time ( about 10 min more than last years average) and with Lin who himself had a 4 steal and 8 assist performance against the Pistons. The team looks like it can in a few years, take the Southwest, with an aging spurs team, an aging Dirk Nowitzki who just got knee surgury. But the path won't be easy. The Hornets look scary with the world's tallest unibrow, but without a real team around him (unless Robin Lopez can be more identical to his brother) Davis can't bring the team far. So the only real test for the team would be Grizzlies with an established Rudy Gay, veteran Rudy Gay and a growing threat with Marc Gasol. But the Rockets, with young Chandler Parsons (9.5 PPG and 1.2 STL) and solid journey man Carlos Delfino with the near similar stats (9 PPG 15.STL) to make sure this young player has a safety net at SF along with young Omer Asik (C)and Patrich Patterson (PF) both showing real potential in the Pistons game, along with solid leaders in Harden and Lin and none of the strife seen in the Knicks and Lakers, this Rockets team shows real promise.
That's one expensive sandwich
And why the hell would any want A-Sub, I mean A-rod. Although there has been talk about having him going to Miami with the Yank's paying for most of his contract with Heath Bell possibly going to the Yanks, but why? I get that A-Rod sucks, but this trade make both teams worse. A-Rod is going to force himself into the leadership role, and hurt a rebuilding team's chemistry and alienate an already fucked up back office and manager with all of his baggage he's gonna dump. The Yankees, besides paying for an empty seat, will have to get Heath Bell, who will probably end up in Trenton (the Yankee's double A affiliate) although I have a feelin' that he just needs a little time to get used to the area (he did have a .82 ERA in september) and could be very useful to the young Marlin's bullpen. Or we can all say fuck it and burn down Marlins Park. Just an idea
Bold predictions
With the recent release of Madden 13, I've made some pretty bold predictions (well no shit it says that in the title) for Madden 14.
1. RG3's rating will fall from an 83 to a 42 due to a sudden realization that he's made millions before making a single completion.
2. Tim Tebow will go from QB to RB, thus starting the end times and the return of Jesus. Jesus will then reveal that he's not much of a football fan. What a surprise.
3. There is no three
4. Realizing how bad the real Pro-Bowl is, the NFL replaces it with a Madden Simulation, thus breaking a new viewership record of over 15 households.
1. RG3's rating will fall from an 83 to a 42 due to a sudden realization that he's made millions before making a single completion.
2. Tim Tebow will go from QB to RB, thus starting the end times and the return of Jesus. Jesus will then reveal that he's not much of a football fan. What a surprise.
3. There is no three
4. Realizing how bad the real Pro-Bowl is, the NFL replaces it with a Madden Simulation, thus breaking a new viewership record of over 15 households.
You could'a gone to Jared
Instead, Jimmy Haslem wasted a billion dollars on buying a team worth less than the Yakima Bears of the Northwest league of baseball, the Cleveland Browns. I know that I've given Cleveland alot of shit but come on. It's more likely that Carmelo Antony will one day pass the ball than the Browns becoming good. Even people in Cleveland have given up as the Browns have been dead to almost dead last in attendance for who knows how long. There draft pick was once again a HB, and even though Trent Richardson is a great player, Running backs don't make a difference, and after Brandon Weeden will end up like Colt McCoy (the browns let up 36 sacks, and add that with seeing Baltimore and Pittsburgh twice...) there won't be anything left. Instead, the browns should be looking more basic pieces that can support winning like an OT, LB (30th in the run last year) and a new coach, maybe, just maybe, someone will buy tickets. Just Maybe
Football's only sunny day
Justice has been served. Penn state has to pay up for what it has done in the Jerry Sandusky trial. The NCAA imposed a 60 million dollar fine, 4 year bowl ban and stripped Joe pa of more than a decade worth of wins and restrict scholarships. Besides the loss of over 100 wins, I agree with everything they stand for, but Penn state on the other hand may have gone to far tearing down his statue. Now, there's nothing I can do because i'm not a college president, but if was, I would do some really crazy shit....
In other news.
The percentage of NFL players with last names that happen to be Spanish numbers went down 100% as Ochocinco grew a Johnson and went back to being Johnson. This, along with T.O. gone, Plaxico shaping up and this, the NFL seems like it's behind the days of having a-hole receivers. for now.
In other news.
The percentage of NFL players with last names that happen to be Spanish numbers went down 100% as Ochocinco grew a Johnson and went back to being Johnson. This, along with T.O. gone, Plaxico shaping up and this, the NFL seems like it's behind the days of having a-hole receivers. for now.
Jim Dolan, up yours
The Knicks really don't know how it works. Especially Jim Dolan. Jeremy Lin, the only reason why the Knicks made the playoffs, the only reason why MSG stock almost doubled, why the Knicks had a chance to expand into asia, and more than 1.2 billion people in China and Taiwan. And all Lin asked for, was a small 3 yr, twenty five and change contract. I get that the luxury tax may kill you, but you have THREE friggin years, to find ways to open up cap space. Even if he didn't, and even if Lin sucked, the Knicks would make hand over fist in money. Over 300 Million Chinese watched Yao Mings first appearance and his playoff games, almost three times as many watched the 2012 super bowl and is about the same as the super bowl. And even when not much was happening, an average THIRTY MILLION chinese watched the NBA. Just imagine how many more people would buy jerseys and buy TV packages of Lin. Yet this was not the reason why Mr Dolan did not sign Lin. Nope, it's because he felt "betrayed" at the fact Lin worked out a contract with the Rockets. The man who kept the Knicks in the Cellar, and now has a golden opportunity blew it because he felt "betrayed". That's like saying you feel betrayed by Donuts for making you fat. Shit like this is going to happen, so grow up. Back when I was a NBA owner I....
Just go nude, like the good old days
Sports was supposed to be a way to get away from dumbasses in the government. Well, so much for that. The American Olympic Committee decided nothing is more American than clothes made in China (though it's kinda true). All they had to do was look at the tag, but they were to obssesed about making the entire American team look like a bunch beatniks with too much of there parents money, or like the cover of a Calvin Kline magazine. In fact, why can't they wear normal clothes. Whats the worst that can happen? Do be people care about 1982 Olympics when the Greeks wore togas and the Canadians dressed like Eskimos. No, because people don't care about that, and um.. that never happened, retard.
And you thought it was stupid, dumbass
Soccer, it brings Americans together, as our nation has many great traditions when it comes to the sport. Some of those things include calling the best players in the sport such respectful things like "footfairy" while saying that we have the real football (It's true), people dont realize how popular soccer has become in the United States. 24 million, or about 1 in 13. Although that may not sound like alot, but compared to to only 16.9 million watching, it an amazing 50% improvement. And although the majority of US soccer fans watch La Liga or the Premier League due to the crappiness of MLS (Major league Soccer) and having an old washed up David Beckham as it's face, it's attendance numbers are actually kinda impressive. The average attendance is a terrible 18,847 per game, but the most popular team, the Seattle Sounders have an average attendance of 39,469. That's better than all NBA teams, more than half the MLB and more than any team with the word "Cleveland" in it's name. Although shirt, and TV ratings have been as good, the league is taking it's first step to becoming legitimate. Who knows, I don't, cuz I'm watching real football.
2012 olympics
We've made some big expectations about the 2012 London Olympics based on what happened in Beijing. Yet, London doesn't seem to give two shits. Usian Bolt has Yohan Blake at his heels, wait, oh. Well I seems like Mr.Blake is faster than the fastest man on Earth. Phelps is still going to be amazing, but it's looks like Ryan Lochte is going to get his 4th gold, and then some. Shawn Johnson has gotten off the high beam, and to the retirement home (at age 20!). It is also the end of Baseball and Softball, loved by many in the western hemisphere and East Asia while sports "handball" (it's like soccer with your hands) are still around and is loved by by tens of people (the world leader is the sport is the of course the internationally respected and athletic country of Croatia". Also, I looked through other sports, and equestrian is still in the Olympics. I get that horse racing is popular, but dressage (French for horse dancing) is just a horse walking around while old white gentelman music is playing.Anyway, this is gonna be memorable. And if not, we still have MLS.... nevermind.
98-67
That was the first thing that I saw on the team page for the Nets on ESPN. It was the score of the last game of their season. Yet their opponent was no Miami, OKC or Chicago. Instead, it was the Raptors, nuff' said. Meanwhile, their back office is more worried about having a nice logo and building excitement for opening night in Brooklyn so that the crash can be that much more spectacular. And that's not the only thing that's going to hurt them. Deron Williams was not enough to get the Nets over .500, but good enough to prevent the Nets from getting a good draft pick. Wait, they don't even have one because they traded of Gerald Wallace, Sure, he is a good player, but the Nets need to think more long term as Williams may leave and Lopez with his injuries is becoming a liability. And the last decent player, Kris Humphries may not be re signed because there have been reports that Kanye West (who is dating Kim Kardashian, Kris's former wife and full time gold-digger) is trying to get Net's Part-Owner Shawn Carter (aka Jay-Z) to not sign him so that Kim will like him more (America these days, what can I say?). Even the owner, Mikhail Prokhorov (Russian Billionaire and possible mobster) doesn't seem to have a clue, yet many people in the Media gives him a break because he was a player and they say that he has what it takes (or at least the bank account) to make the Nets win. Yet, when did being a good player have anything to do with being a good owner. Has anybody looked at whats been going on with MJ and the Bobcats? Does anybody realize that Mark Cuban is an internet nerd yet he has a ring? Maybe I'm being to hard on Prokhorov but the Nets, well, they're fucked.
Update (7/5/2012) - I'm so fuckin wrong. They've got derron williams back, and Dwight Howard might come in to join Joe Johnson and Gerald Wallace. My only worry is that Howard brings the same attitude he had in Orlando. If so, I don't know if Avery Johnson can contain such a big ego. Who knows? They could end up like the Eagles or the Tigers going into the season as the "super" team and just fall apart. If not, the Nets will be in the playoff picture
Update (7/5/2012) - I'm so fuckin wrong. They've got derron williams back, and Dwight Howard might come in to join Joe Johnson and Gerald Wallace. My only worry is that Howard brings the same attitude he had in Orlando. If so, I don't know if Avery Johnson can contain such a big ego. Who knows? They could end up like the Eagles or the Tigers going into the season as the "super" team and just fall apart. If not, the Nets will be in the playoff picture
MLB scouting, it sucks dick(ey)
R.A. Dickey, a long time veteran of Baseball, and has the best ERA, most wins, best WHIP, and is a Cy Young candidate. Yet he was passed up so many times, as after finding out he was missing a ligament in his elbow, he was cast away. Yet when he tried to reinvent himself as a knuckleball pitcher, no one noticed even though he was a first round pick. He's not the only one who was passed up. Chad Bradford (RP) was also passed up because he was a submarine type pitcher. It was not until Billy Beane's use of sabermetircs that people realized that he could pitch. He would go on and compile a good 3.26 ERA and 142 holds. And this little known player who was drafted in the 13th round, and is now a 3 time MVP, 9 time all star and 2 time world series champion (pssst. his name is Albert Pujols) simply because scouts were unsure of his build although in his first and only season of College Baseball he hit .422 with 22 HR. Anyway, scouts should stop looking at little things like if the guy has a "sweet" swing or a "nasty" slider and focus on what player can actually do. It just seems like common sense.
'Oh Akron
Well, if you haven't heard yet, Lebron has gotten his ring. This is another chapter to the sad thing called Cleveland. The Indians are at the top of the AL central, yet they are at the bottom of attendance, filling only 42.2% of their seats. And when Chris Perez, the closer and currently has the most saves and 2.63 ERA said that people in Cleveland did not support the team, he got shit. Yet it's true. And it's not only in baseball that Cleveland fails to support their team. They rank 7th worst in football attendance (though considering that Colt McCoy is their starter....) and even the cavaliers with Kyrie Irving got the 4th worst attendance percentage. It's as if Cleveland has given up. That puts the local teams in a tough spot, and may spell the end for Cleveland sports. Los Angeles is in need of a Football team after the Rams left, and is a potential gold mine considering it's the 2nd largests city in America. Seattle, still heartbroken after seeing Kevin Durant and the Sonics leave are ready for a team and Kansas City has the Sprint Center, just built in 2007 and has no team...yet. And there are plenty of cities in the South who want to look at something that's not Braves baseball. Still, even if we can't make jokes about Lebron's rings, he still has a receding hairline...
Replay, so.. (6/19/2012)
Every time I tune into the radio to the sports channel, the only thing that I hear is replay this, replay that, replay that guy eating that hotdog, damn he has relish on it, I fuckin' hate relish..... Anyway, every time that you hear about a umpire messing up a call, all you hear is that we need to replay it, again, and again, well...fuck it. Games already take long enough already, and the last thing that we need is for managers to complain about every other play. Instead, we should treat replay like timeouts in football. For every series, a manager has the ability to ask for replay a certain amount of times. That way, we can avoid things like the Galarraga incident, but not have the game last 4 hours. Still, I hate relish.
Why were Yu so lucky? (6/1/2012)
For years now, we have heard about countless Teams spending milllions on Japanese players just to get negotiation rights then a few million more for a contract. And after spending superstar money, they end up playing like garbage. The only truly successful players have been Ichiro and Hideki Matsui. To top that all off, there has been no truly good Japanese pitcher.. then comes along Yu Darvish. The Rangers have spent over 100 million dollars for him, and well, he's been doing really well. He's gone 7-2 with a 3.25 ERA, and he's just 25! But why? It's really simple, he does not give a sh*t. Most Japanese pitchers try to be sneaky and mess around with pitchers. But once you get past their eephus's and submarine form, they are nothing. Darvish on the other hand is simply relentless. Pitchers can't figure out where he's throwing, probably because he has no idea either. And to top it all off, he has 10!, 10! friken 10! pitches! He only uses 7 of them and can also pull out that "one-seamer" of his (a.k.a gyroball) Lastly, he can throw a fastball.
Well no shit sir
Well smartass, in Japan, pitchers don't really go after pitchers, and tend to use breaking pitchers and usually, the only fastabll they use is a split-finger. Yu knows how to throw heat and ain't afraid to, and to mix that with his breaking pitches, it's a b*tch to hit against him.
Well no shit sir
Well smartass, in Japan, pitchers don't really go after pitchers, and tend to use breaking pitchers and usually, the only fastabll they use is a split-finger. Yu knows how to throw heat and ain't afraid to, and to mix that with his breaking pitches, it's a b*tch to hit against him.
Year of the Triple crown?
This is gonna be a year to remember. Josh Hamilton is on his way to another AL MVP along with his 4 homer night, with Matt Kemp probably able to make up lost group when he gets off the DL. "I'll have Another" is on the verge of winning the triple crown of horse racing, the first since Affirmed in 1978. What's next? Maybe Verlander and Crayton Kershaw can both get the pitching triple crown for their second cy youngs. Terrel Owens and Roger Clemens are in a tight race to see who can be the bigger jackass and the the Cleveland Browns are in a tight race with the Phillies in being the worse team, with the worst fans, in the worst city. Who knows?
JUST FIGHT ALREADY
For years, and years and years and years, Floyd Mayweather has been talking shit about Manny. On every single thing possible, they get all up in each other faces and act like it's that time of the month for them. Like when Manny Pacquiao said that he was against gay marriage, floyd said that he was pro-gay marriage, even though he probably did not know that existed until a week ago. I even bet that if Pacquiao donated money to the poor, Floyd Mayweather world box a 62 year old homeless guy just to prove a point. On top of that, they're getting pretty old. Pac-Man is already 33 and Floyd is 35. If they don't fight within 2-3 years, it will a pretty boring fight, much like the Pro-bowl. And if not them, why not their agents? This fight can easily break the 200 million mark for Pay-per view if it happens, at least I know i'll watch it. So come on, fight, no, wait, no, not with me, wait, WAIT, OH S@$T.
Mindless preditions- NBA Finals May 15th 2012
With the NBA's first round of playoffs over, who's going to win it all? Well, it's pretty obvious that the Heat will win the Eastern conference, but what about the west? The front runner is the young and explosive duo Durrant and Westbrook, yet their inexperience may be the death of them. The Clippers, although very talented, has shown that Paul and Grifffen are both to big of a ball hogs to create the fluid offence needed to beat the Heat. That leaves the only realistic challanger and mindless thought's choice for NBA Finals champions, the Spurs. The team works well together and under Tim Duncan and coach of the year, Gregg Popovich, as the real contenders. This team knows a thing or two about winning championships and have the talent required to. Remember this, Lebron had a half-ass performance against the Mavericks last lear, and Dwayne Wade is simply not enough to make up the difference with a injured Chirs Bosh along with poor depth at the bench probably will not be able to make up for lebron's choking. Also, the team, instead of having one over powering player, have five above avergae starters that all average about 1 steal a game, a bit over 10 points a game and lastly, they have the best record in the NBA. What else do I need to say?
Who Let the Jets back in?
The Jet's back office and clubhouse are a mess. Big guys with bigger egos overide the reason why they were hires, which was to win some games. Then they decided to add Mr. Tim Tebow to the mix. It seems like the Jets are bigger attention whores than Donald Trump. Lets start with the Quaterback position. Lets face it, Mark Sanchez is terrible. There really is no other way to put it. Yet he is almost exactly the same as Tim Tebow. I did some math, and although i'm not that good at it I got some interesting stats you should see. Mark Sanchez averages only about 6 yards per attemped (including rushing) and averages about 4.8 turnovers per 100 attempts (including rushing). Mr Tebow on the other hand also averages about 6 yards per attempt, and also has a turnover rateis the turnover rate of only about 4.8 turnovers per 100 atempts. So the Jets, trying to get better, just got more of the same thing.
Then what about Snachez's performance in the clutch
I know that tebow is know for being clutch, yet the only reason why the Broncos reached the Playoffs was a combination of top teir defence, a great kicker, and the fact that the AFC west simply sucks, while the AFC east has the Patriots and a Bills team that will soon become a force to a reckoned with. Also, Everbody seems to forget that Sanchez did lead the Jets to two AFC championship games. And it only took me 20 minutes to figure this all out, so what were the Jets doing in the months before getting Tebow. One thing is for sure, Rex Ryan wasn't at the gym.
Then what about Snachez's performance in the clutch
I know that tebow is know for being clutch, yet the only reason why the Broncos reached the Playoffs was a combination of top teir defence, a great kicker, and the fact that the AFC west simply sucks, while the AFC east has the Patriots and a Bills team that will soon become a force to a reckoned with. Also, Everbody seems to forget that Sanchez did lead the Jets to two AFC championship games. And it only took me 20 minutes to figure this all out, so what were the Jets doing in the months before getting Tebow. One thing is for sure, Rex Ryan wasn't at the gym.
Day One May 8th 2012
How bout them Twins?
Better yet, how bout them Marlins?
Originally projected as a 87 win team, the Marlins are the only fish that can drown. First is their stadium. It's dimensions have made it more of a pitcher's park although the people that were supposed to lead the Marilin's to the playoffs, Giancarlo Stanton and Hanley Ramirez just so happen to be homerun hitters, The player that was supposed to make up the deficit, Jose Reyes has been more or less a joke of a player, hitting .234 average and 6 errors, while his replacement in Queens, Ruben Tejada, has been hitting .305 and with only 2 errors, an above average defensive player. That 6 year, 102 million dollar doesn't look to bad since the closest comparable player, jose tabata, also has a six year contract worth....14.5 million. O.K. then, there's still the major pinching changes that could help the Marlins right? Just look at Heath Bell, the new free agent from the padres with a 3-year 27 million dollar contract should help the Marlin's bullpen. (sigh.) Heath Bell has an ERA of over 11, there's nothing else to say. Most Managers would work tirelessly in order to improve what is happening, To bad they got Ozzie Guillen, who enjoys making pro castro comments and being the moron he is than improve the team. Mark Buehrle has been the only good story in the Marlins with a 2.83 ERA, but has gone 2-4 so far due to the Marlin's run support being ranked 24th in the MLB.
Better yet, how bout them Marlins?
Originally projected as a 87 win team, the Marlins are the only fish that can drown. First is their stadium. It's dimensions have made it more of a pitcher's park although the people that were supposed to lead the Marilin's to the playoffs, Giancarlo Stanton and Hanley Ramirez just so happen to be homerun hitters, The player that was supposed to make up the deficit, Jose Reyes has been more or less a joke of a player, hitting .234 average and 6 errors, while his replacement in Queens, Ruben Tejada, has been hitting .305 and with only 2 errors, an above average defensive player. That 6 year, 102 million dollar doesn't look to bad since the closest comparable player, jose tabata, also has a six year contract worth....14.5 million. O.K. then, there's still the major pinching changes that could help the Marlins right? Just look at Heath Bell, the new free agent from the padres with a 3-year 27 million dollar contract should help the Marlin's bullpen. (sigh.) Heath Bell has an ERA of over 11, there's nothing else to say. Most Managers would work tirelessly in order to improve what is happening, To bad they got Ozzie Guillen, who enjoys making pro castro comments and being the moron he is than improve the team. Mark Buehrle has been the only good story in the Marlins with a 2.83 ERA, but has gone 2-4 so far due to the Marlin's run support being ranked 24th in the MLB.
Maybe if they didn't embarass
their players with this "thing"
they might actually try to hit
homers
their players with this "thing"
they might actually try to hit
homers