tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880124644906999792011-11-27T16:40:21.096-08:00Sports Blog focusing on the Cubs and Raiders.Travis Layhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17982677632535796495noreply@blogger.comBlogger1231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188012464490699979.post-65323160814196107062010-03-01T19:18:00.000-08:002010-03-01T19:18:54.561-08:00

February is usually the absolute worst time of the year for sports which pretty much makes it the worst time of the year for me.  Football is over, spring training is a month away and there are so many hockey and basketball games in a season that I have a hard time caring about either until the playoffs or March Madness rolls around. I know what you are thinking “there are so many hockey and

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The term “Ace” gets thrown around very loosely in the baseball world. It is assumed that every team must have one and only one. This is not true. I define an Ace as a pitcher who routinely starts 30 or more games a season, pitches over 200 innings, has a low ERA, dominant “stuff” that can be seen in strikeout numbers and gives his team a good chance to win every time he is on the mound. While I

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Tony Korheiser was suspended for two weeks today by the heads of ESPN.  Here is a really non-descript link from ESPN.  Here is a much better link with more info from thebiglead.com.  This little piece of news even made a website called "The Hollywood Gossip". Here is what Kornheiser said: Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She's got on red go-go boots and a catholic school

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And the prescription is more top five lists! I am dying for the snow to be gone, for good.  No more cold, no more brown grass, no more slush on the streets and filthy car windows, no more jackets, socks, jeans or shoes.  I want green grass, sandals, dry streets and clean cars.  I want to golf.  I want to drive with my windows down.  I want to listen to Summertime and feel like it belongs.  So

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Last night, on a cool crisp February evening, team Buzzsaw rolled into Sobo’s ready to dominate. And when I say dominate I mean scramble to ensure we have enough players to play for the night.  An event that will likely occur every Thursday evening from now until May. Needless to say we did find a fifth.  She is the better half of the relationship loosely referred to as O’Nelvin.  Dawn stepped

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Rockies get some love Today the Colorado Rockies received some much deserved love from the national media. Peter Gammons, formerly of ESPN for like 50 years and now with MLB.com and MLB Network gave the Rockies some much needed credit and optimism. In his piece he not only talks about the fact that the vast majority of the Rockies roster is composed from home grown talent, but that even the

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My very worthless opinion on the difference between the Super Bowl and the World Series. Commercials Super Bowl: The real reason why 95% of the people who watch the Super Bowl are watching. While there are a lot of people like me who love watching football and are hoping for a good game, there is a better chance the commercials will be far superior than the game itself. Of course if you are a

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Last night there was a reunion of epic proportions. A reunion of the best of the worst billiard team in the history of the Denver American Pool Association, south Denver sectional. It was a reunion of the team affectionately called “Buzzsaw” by its fearlessful captain, Chris G to the Alvin. Me? I would rather refer to ourselves as the Wolfpack, a group that used to be a single wolf that grew by

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What a joke… AFC Offense QB: Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Tom Brady, Matt Schaub, Vince Young, David Garrard RB: Chris Johnson, Maurice Jones-Drew, Ray Rice FB: Le'Ron McClain WR: Reggie Wayne, Wes Welker, Andre Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Chad Ochocinco, Vincent Jackson TE: Dallas Clark, Antonio Gates, Heath Miller T: Jake Long, Ryan Clady, Joe Thomas, D'Brickashaw Ferguson G: Logan Mankins,

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Yesterday I poked some fun at the Rockies and their offseason signings being over 30 and a lot of them are well over 30 and closer to 40. Today we can look at some of the young talent in the Rockies farm system now that the yearly prospect rankings are starting to come out. Last night MLB Network discussed MLB.com’s top 50 prospect rankings, which can be found here. Yesterday Keith Law over at

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Not really sure what the Rockies are doing this offseason. I guess they have heard that good small market teams win by having a good farm system. That’s what the Tampa Bay Rays did to win. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a ton of young home grown talent on their team. Same with the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants. Not to say that the Rockies do not, because they do, but they continue

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I didn’t watch 24 for quite a few years.  Always wondered how come no one ever goes to the bathroom, eat or how they get from point A to point B in Los Angeles or New York City in like six minutes at 11am during an apparent weekday.  I would venture to guess you can’t get anywhere in either city in less than 30 minutes at 2am, much less all the high pressure driving in 24 in which the characters

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Rumors are really starting to fly around the Rockies and potential free agent signings. Now that all the high priced free agent talent is signed (for the most part) the Rockies are in the mix for quite a few different players. As mentioned in my piece the other day the Rockies were hunting second basemen and middle infielders. It was rumored they were after Dan Uggla, Miguel Tejada, Orlando

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After two weekends of pretty boring football, the NFL finally had some good games in the 2009-2010 playoff season. First I want to say how impressed I was with the New York Jets.  I cannot believe they made it as far as they did.  I thought the San Diego Chargers would beat them by at least 20 (and then the Chargers would beat Indy too, in Indy) and then I thought they wouldn’t stand a chance

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In the early 2000’s a team came out of nowhere to surprise everyone and beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.  The New England Patriots were huge underdogs and little did everyone know that this Patriots organization would go on to win two more Super Bowls in the next three years and appear in one more before the end of the decade. Most figured that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady were the

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The final three players who filed for arbitration signed with the Rockies today and avoided the arbitration hearing. Huston Street, who was so important in the Rockies run in 2009, signed a $22.5 million three-year deal with an option for a fourth season. Rafael Betancourt was brought in to set up the game for Street and did a fantastic job and was awarded with a two-year $7.55 million deal.

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Ryan Spilborghs was one of four remaining arbitration eligible Colorado Rockies. The other three are Huston Street, Jason Hammel and Rafael Betancourt. Spilly was signed to a two-year deal worth a reported $3.25 million with incentives worth about $1.15 million. I have to ask: why? The Rockies now have too many outfielders locked up in contract. Dexter Fowler, Carlos Gonzalez and Seth Smith

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It was announced the other day that Lou Piniella already knows what the Cubs lineup is going to look like in 2010.  The major news of this is that he says Alfonso Soriano is going to hit sixth.  The cubs are going to pay a guy $19 million in 2010 to hit sixth.  And Tom Ricketts believes Jim Hendry is doing a good job. So, without further ado, here is the 2010 Cubs batting order (projected). *

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There are certain activities that some people believe are sports, when, in fact, they are not sports.  I love to give some "sports" a hard time with NASCAR being my favorite.  But this takes the cake. I opened ESPN.com today at work and figure skating -- that's right, figure skating! -- was on the front page.  When the discussion comes around as to what is a sport and what is not there are

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The Colorado Rockies entered the arbitration season with seven players who are arbitration eligible. Clint Barmes, Jorge De La Rosa, Taylor Buchholz, Ryan Spilborghs, Jason Hammel, Rafael Betancourt and Huston Street are all eligible to go to arbitration before the 2010 season. Teams and players prefer to avoid arbitration because the hearings can get ugly. Teams make their case by pointing out

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Fresh off the News Everyone Already Knows desk: Mark McGwire admits to steroid use . More importantly he admits to using during 1993 and until the end of his career in 2001. Again, not a shock. Next up I expect to hear that Barack Obama wants world peace and that the Jersey Shore cast fake bakes. Actually, I am sure the guys on Jersey Shore know all about steroids, how to use them and how to

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I don’t usually want to bitch and complain about fantasy football. Just like I don’t usually say it will be the Cubs year next year. Just like I don’t usually drink Diet Mountain Dew. Just like I don’t want to get with the Ocean Eleven crew and scheme a plan to assassinate Alice Davis. Just like I don’t want someone at ESPN to realize that Chris Berman stopped being entertaining nine years ago.

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Finally. Finally Andre Dawson is elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Dawson squeezed into the HOF with just over 77% of the votes (a player needs 75% or more to get in). Bert Blyleven was so close he could literally smell his plaque in Cooperstown. Blyleven finished with 400 votes and 74.2% of the total votes submitted-he only needed five more votes. The closest of the first time eligible

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I dislike Ricky Stanzi.  I might even go so far as to say I hate him.  In fact, last night on Facebook I did declare that I hated him after he threw the pick-six to Georgia Tech.  I don’t really hate Ricky Stanzi, in fact he sounds like an incredibly nice guy, super nice and very caring in the community.  I just hate him when he is tossing the pig skin haphazardly around the football field.  He

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Shortly after a disappointing 2008 season Colorado Rockies fans were really disappointed and maybe even slightly pissed off when the Rockies traded away Matt Holliday for a few players from Oakland that the average Rockies fan never heard of. How could the Rockies trade away the player that should have won the MVP in 2007 and was clearly their best offensive force? Dollars and sense. The

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The Colorado Rockies were wildly successful (and very lucky) in 2007. Rockies fans thought they had a winning team for years to come. Then 2008 happened and a 74-88 record brought all the fans back to reality. 2009 started slow. So slow that most Rockies fans thought the team was going backwards. Enter Jim Tracy and the Rockies started moving so fast Usain Bolt would have a hard time keeping

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So the Indianapolis Colts rolled over and play dead.  No big deal, right?  Unless you are a Colts fan, why would anyone care that the Colts sat their starters against the New York Jets and essentially snubbed their nose at the 1972 Miami Dolphins? I care.  I know there are a lot of fans of football that wanted to see that story unfold.  I am not a fan of the New England Patriots, but in 2007

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The clock is about to strike 2010 and the thing I am most excited about is not who is going to win the feign BCS Title in college football, but rather who will gain entry into the baseball Hall of Fame. The list of candidates for 2010 consists of players who received at least 5% of the vote in 2009, have not exceeded 15 years on the ballot and players who retired in 2004 and were selected by a

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Today I went to the Denver Broncos home game against the Oakland Raiders.  A buddy of mine, a Broncos season ticket holder, was nice enough to give me a ticket for today's game.  I was more than happy to go and take him up on the free ticket, but I was far from optimistic.  Charlie Frye at QB with the Raiders traveling to Denver...I didn't like the Raiders chances. Here are my tweets from the

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The Oakland Raiders are pathetic.  Horrible.  This week they have to start Charlie Frye at quarterback because Bruce Gradkowski hurt both his knees in the Raiders vs Redskins game last week.  That’s right, in back-to-back weeks the Raiders have started Gradkowski (sixth round draft pick by Tampa Bay in 2006) and Frye (third round pick by Cleveland in 2005) this week.  Frye has been on the scout

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Last night was the final episode of Big Break Disney on the Golf Channel.  For those that are unfamiliar with the show, it is a reality show that starts off with 10 or so golfers (in this season it was all male).  Each week they have various challenges, much like any other reality show, but all of these occur on the golf course.  The loser of the challenge goes into an elimination round of some

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Now that the Colorado Rockies have signed Chris Iannetta to a three-year deal worth $8.3 million with a club option for 2013, why do I keep hearing that the Rockies are trying to sign Yorvit Torrealba also? It is becoming more and more obvious that the Rockies think Iannetta is the man for the game calling duties for the Rockies going forward. They made that much clear in Spring Training this

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Garrett Atkins has been a mainstay at third base for the Colorado Rockies since 2005 and he has been with the big club since 2003.  After a rough 2008 the Rockies paid Atkins just over $7 million to play third for them in 2009. Enter Ian Stewart stage left. Stewart wrangled the job away from Atkins mid-season in 2009 and became the obvious choice of Jim Tracy to play every day at the position.

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I don't care. He is better at golf that anyone, ever. If you were the best at anything, ever, could you turn away hot young ladies that throw themselves at you? I didn't think so. He will still win the 2010 Masters.

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This might come as a shock to some: Barry Bonds, the disputed home run king, has not retired from baseball.  That’s right; he is still available to the highest bidder. His agent released a less than optimistic note today stating that he believes his client’s career is over, even though his client will apparently never admit it. We have all seen the super star sports athlete retire less than

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MLB Network runs a show called Prime 9 and it outlines a list of whatever-baseball-related-topic-that-someone-who-probably-gets-paid-too-much comes up with. The one I just saw was the top nine players who are not in the Hall of Fame but should be.  Three former Cubbies on the list. The first former Cub they mentioned was Lee Smith, he was number nine.  Smith, if you notice, is one of the Cubs I

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The Heisman Trophy award is supposed to go to the best college football player.  Not the best college quarterback or running back, but the best player. Who is the best player in College football?  My money is on Ndamukong Suh, the outstanding defensive tackle in Nebraska.  If you have seen him play, he just dominates.  In Nebraska’s most recent game against Texas in the Big 12 Championship game

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On my drive home from work, all 15 minutes of it, I usually listen to local sports talk radio.  I personally like 104.3 the Fan.  I like D-Mac and Scott Hastings, a few of the local personalities. I don’t like Mike Evans and Alfred Williams. I don’t like the Denver Broncos. With all of that out of the way, today Evans was on with a fill in, Cecil Wammy (I have no idea if that is even spelled

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Carlos Gonzalez, starting left fielder (should be starting in right). Dexter Fowler, starting center fielder. Brad Hawpe, starting right fielder (should be in left). Seth Smith, main bench option, can play left field (argument could be made that he should be starting in place of Hawpe). Eric Young Jr., rumor is from the Rockies that he will get looks in the outfield in 2010 (what happened to

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Let me start off by saying I hate Nebraska.  In fact, I like to throw an extra “s” in the middle of “Nebraska”, if you catch my drift. With that being said, they should have won last night against Texas. I really don’t like Texas either, then again, I don’t like too many Big 12 teams. If you make such a brain fart of a mistake as Texas did towards the end of the game, you should lose.  How

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I hate how no one can say anything anymore without some sort of repercussion.  Everytime I read an article or hear of a broadcaster or public figured getting put through the public meat grinder for something innocent that they said and wrote I get just a little upset. Today I read about the Los Angeles Clippers announcers getting suspended one game for a string of off-hand comments made about

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I have some issues that have been building up and it is time for a rant…Brett FavreI am so sick and tired of hearing about Brett Favre. I thought after his monstrously crappy season last year I was finally done hearing about him. I guess not.3 of the past 4 seasons he has thrown as many or more interceptions as touchdowns. 3 of the past 4 seasons he has had a QB rating under 82. If you throw

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(Updated May 2nd)Top 20 first basemenAlbert Pujols Miguel Cabrera - would you rather have anyone in the league than Cabrera or Pujols? Longoria?Justin MorneauJoey VottoKevin YoukilisRyan HowardCarlos Pena - 10 HRs already moves you way upMark Teixeira - dropped due to incredibly slow startAdrian Gonzalez - moves up some more - why do teams pitch to him?Jorge Cantu - seems like he hits a home run

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(Updated May 2nd)Top 20 shortstopsHanley Ramirez Jose Reyes Jimmy RollinsMichael YoungDerek Jeter - scoring lots of runs atop the Yankee orderJhonny PeraltaTroy Tulowitzki - dropping after an extended cold streakStephen Drew - should be back soonJJ Hardy Rafael Furcal Ryan Theriot - hit his first career grand slam yesterdayMiguel TejadaYunel Escobar Asdrubal Cabrera - lots of Indians scoring lots

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(Updated May 2nd)Top 10 relief pitchersJonathan PapelbonJoe Nathan Mariano Rivera Joakim Soria Brad Lidge Francisco RodriguezKerry WoodJonathan BroxtonBobby JenksBrian FuentesJose Valverde and BJ Ryan both fall off due to injuries.

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(Updated April 19th)Top 20 third basemenDavid Wright Kevin Youkilis - historically a fast starterAramis Ramirez Evan Longoria Alex Rodriguez - still not sold on him coming back too soonRyan Zimmerman Mark DeRosa - moving him up after a hot week, and because other 3B are really cold (Encarnacion, Reynolds, Atkins, etc)Jorge Cantu - just like Atkins, hitting like last year wasnt a fluke - but in

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(Updated April 19th)Top 30 outfieldersGrady Sizemore Josh Hamilton Carlos Quentin - 7 HRs gets him bumped up the listRyan Braun Alfonso Soriano - off to a hot start this year - could mean 40/30Carlos Beltran Manny Ramirez Nick Markakis - Who is the less known MLB super star? He or Sizemore? I think Markakis is just as good, both at the plate and in the field.Jason Bay Carlos Lee Ichiro Suzuki -

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I had two big issues with the ESPN broadcast on Sunday night.The first being a disagreement between Joe Morgan (if you know me you know I love Joe Morgan) and Steve Phillips. They were talking about Alfonso Soriano and if he should bat lead off or somewhere else down the order.Phillip's argument was that Alfonso Soriano hits too many solo home runs and with his low on base percentage he should

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There have been numerous sights and sounds the past few weeks that have me convinced that women are winning the battle of the sexes. Guys used to dominate this world and the women took second place, anymore, I think that has changed.Let me step in just for a second before I proceed, this is in no way intended to be an article about the typical male chauvinistic view that would say that women

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Is there anyone more “clutch” in all of sports than Tiger Woods? I don’t think so. Has there ever been anyone more clutch in sports history? Hard to say.Watching Tiger drain that put on #14 yesterday to save par was awesome. Him knocking down that putt on 18 to win was even better. I know we see it all the time from him, or so it seems, but every time he does it my jaw still hits the floor.In

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AL East1. Boston2. New York – wild card3. Tampa Bay4. Toronto5. BaltimoreRed Sox, Yanks and Rays all fight well into September but the Red Sox end up winning. I am not buying what the Rays are selling. I think they regress a bit and end up tailing off and missing the playoffs.AL Central1. Cleveland2. Detroit3. Minnesota4. Kansas City5.

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This is by far the best time of the year for sports. Spring Training is in full swing, we have madness on the basketball courts, it is spring so golf is getting under way (real golf, not TV PGA tour golf) and the Masters is right around the corner.In two weeks the first pitch of the 2009 season is thrown. Fantasy baseball is getting underway and the Cubbies get to pursue another run to break

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(Updated April 12th)Top 20 starting pitchersTim LincecumRoy HalladayJake PeavyCC SabathiaJohan SantanaRoy OswaltJosh BeckettCole Hamels - drops a bit too after the Rockies hit him hard. Not sure about his arm.Brandon Webb - drops because of the shoulder issueDan HarenJon LesterScott KazmirEdison VolquezChad BillingsleyFelix HernandezBrett MyersFrancisco LirianoCarlos Zambrano - returns after a

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(Updated March 22nd)Top 10 relief pitchersJonathan PapelbonJoe NathanMariano RiveraJoakim SoriaBrad LidgeBJ RyanJose ValverdeFrancisco RodriguezKerry WoodBobby Jenks

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(Updated March 22nd)Top 30 outfieldersGrady SizemoreJosh HamiltonRyan BraunCarlos BeltranMatt HollidayManny RamirezAlfonso SorianoCarlos QuentinJason BayCarlos LeeBJ Upton - dropping him over his shoulder concerns.Ichiro SuzukiNick MarkakisCurtis GrandersonAlex Rios - swapping Rios and VladVlad GuerreroJacoby EllsburyChris YoungBobby AbreuAdam DunnJay Bruce - moving him up a few spots. Two kids

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(Updated April 12th)Top 20 shortstopsHanley RamirezJose ReyesJimmy RollinsTroy Tulowitzki - moving him up high - 3 home runs in the first week.Stephen DrewJJ HardyJhonny PeraltaDerek JeterRafael FurcalYunel EscobarMichael YoungMike AvilesRyan TheriotMiguel TejadaJed LowrieOrlando CabreraEdgar RenteriaKhalil GreeneCristian GuzmanYuniesky Betancourt

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(Updated March 22nd)Top 20 third basemen David WrightKevin YoukilisAramis RamirezEvan LongoriaGarrett AtkinsAlex Rodriguez - Dropping him a bunch due to his injury. It takes most people a lot more than 6 - 8 weeks to recover from the surgery he had. Keep informed on him.Ryan ZimmermanChipped Jones - Dropping him too because he is hurt already.Mark ReynoldsChris Davis - That Texas lineup bumps

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(Updated March 22nd)Top 20 second basemen Chase UtleyIan KinslerDustin PedroiaBrian RobertsBrandon PhilipsAlexi RamirezDan UgglaRobinson CanoJose Lopez - Big move up, after the WBC I am sold on what everyone is selling with this kid.Mark DeRosaRickie Weeks - DeRosa and Weeks swap spots.Placid PolancoOrlando HudsonHowie KendrickKelly JohnsonMike AvilesClint BarmesKaz MatsuiMike Fontenot - Looks

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(Updated April 12th)Top 20 first basemenAlbert PujolsMiguel CabreraMark TeixeiraRyan HowardJustin MorneauJoey Votto - This kid is amazing and moves way upPrince FielderLance BerkmanKevin YoukilisAdrian Gonzalez - I am swapping him and D LeeDerrek LeeCarlos DelgadoCarlos PenaChris DavisJames LoneyGarrett AtkinsAubrey HuffJorge CantuCarlos GuillenMike Jacobs

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My most recent Avid Golfer had a fun section for the Best of Colorado. Here are some of the categories and my thoughts or what I would rank #1.Toughest Tee Shot (Par 3)Avid Golfer gave the nod to #16 at Cougar Canyon and mentioned some others that I have never played. When I think of toughest par 3 tee shot I immediately think of #11 at Murphy Creek – I hate that hole. It always seems to play

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(Updated March 22nd, 2009)Here are my top 20 catchers for 2009. Brian McCannRussell MartinGeovany SotoChris Iannetta - I am moving him ahead of Mauer because Mauer will not be ready for Opening Day.Joe MauerVictor MartinezRyan DoumitMike NapoliBengie MolinaChris SnyderJorge PosadaRamon HernandezKelly ShoppachAJ PierzynskiJeff Clement John BakerJarrod SaltalamacchiaDioner NavarroJR TowlesMatt

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With Spring Training starting tomorrow there are some story lines I am interested in.First off, with me writing so much about the Rockies now I have really piqued my own interest in plenty of Rockies story lines. Of course there are some Cubs story lines that I am interested in and even some story lines way out in Boston and Washington.Rockies outfieldWhat is going on here in Denver? I think it

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There have been a lot of headlines in sports over the past couple of days that I want to pitch my two cents at.Alex Rodriguez failed steroid tests – This is bad news as far as I am concerned. Just when I thought baseball might be starting to put some of this behind them this creeps up. Probably the worst news for the sport. ARod was supposed to be the guy who breaks Bonds record for career home

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So I haven't posted in a week. Last Friday my wife's water broke and off to the hospital we went. Here is a timeline of what happened and my thoughts.2/6/200912:30am - Lisa wakes me up and tells me that either her water broke or she has been peeing herself. I think to myself, if this is it I have only gotten about an hour of sleep. Little did I know this would become normal, only getting an

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I NEED to write about it. I just want to talk about it and I find that writing is kind of like talking to myself. I love myself so much that not much is better than talking to myself…or writing…My top five at each position as of right now. I am going to run them off the top of my head and then check the rankings on Sportsline and see who I missed.Catcher1. Brian McCann2. Russell

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Here is a very cool tool designed by ESPN. Pick a team, pick a player and they have that player’s at bat music. So so cool.

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The Cubs traded away Rich Hill and Michael Wuertz today.The Cubs traded Rich Hill to the Orioles for a player to be named later. I guess that is all Hill has amounted to in the Cubs eyes – a player who is worthy of another player, but who knows who that player might be. Is he a good player? A scrub? Who knows? No one apparently.Hill had a very good 2007 and appeared to have solidified his spot in

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Today is my birthday and I am going to go off topic a little bit. I turn an old, creeky, bad back 32 years old today. Here are 32 things I would like to see in sports. These are not in any sort of order. Cubs win World Series. Season tickets to Coors Field. Time limits in the NFL. I know the game is 60 minutes, but there are too many commercials. When one commercial break is taken, you

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Good stuff on Dunn and Dunner.

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Today there were a couple pieces of news that came across involving the Raiders and the Cubs. The Oakland Raiders decided to finally make it official and gave Tom Cable the head coaching job. I don’t really care. What would make me happy is if they let Cable install a coaching staff and let them stay there for a couple years and build some stability. I want to say, in 2012, that Tom Cable is

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And it is going out with a BANG!Not only do we have the Super Bowl this weekend, we also get a great UFC fight and it is my birthday. What a great weekend.After this weekend, not so much.I am going to fire away some quick predictions for this weekend.My Birthday DinnerOn Friday night I am guaranteeing I have a nice piece of cheesecake, since we are going to the Cheesecake Factory. I have a

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This weekend is the beginning of the worst time of the year for sports. No NFL this weekend and the realization is setting in that after next weekend the NFL, and football in general, is over. This leaves me essentially nothing to watch until March.Sure Spring Training is fun and it is kind of interesting to see rosters form, but I cannot get into it 100%.Sure college basketball is one million

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Today on the way into work I was listening to Mike and Mike on ESPN Radio. They were talking about which franchises are set at QB right now. They were talking about this because I guess someone doesn’t like Tony Romo as the Cowboys QB. They were listing the organizations that are currently in a better place at QB than the Cowboys. They listed Matt Ryan and the Falcons without any hesitation,

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Some exciting news for me today – I was accepted to be the “examiner” for examiner.com for the Colorado Rockies. I will continue to post on this blog quite often. I will focus on the Rockies and baseball on the examiner site but will probably post some of it here too. I will continue to blog about football, golf, hockey and other stuff here.You can check out my new site by clicking here.

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There are two things I like about the World Baseball Classic – baseball comes a bit earlier and the fun you can have with some of these All Star rosters. Of course, this is only the second WBC so maybe these are things I think I like, I will be able to give a more definitive answer after this year’s version which begins in about a month and a half.Here are two of the rosters that are the most

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ESPN is reporting that Nick Markakis has signed a $66MM extension for six years with the Baltimore Orioles. Good for the Orioles, bad for Markakis.The Orioles got a great hitting right fielder with a really good arm. Markakis is only 25 and he should continue to develop more power and is already a consistent .300 hitter. He also reached base at a .400 clip last season as his plate discipline

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20. Honus Wagner, Former Pittsburgh Pirate“There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer.”19. Lou Piniella, Cubs Manager“Statistics are like bikinis. They show a lot, but never everything.”18. Leo Durocher, Former Giants Manager“I have never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.”17. Al Stump, Ty Cobb Biographer“Was Ty Cobb psychotic throughout his playing

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Not apple pie or cherry pie, but Felix Pie (pee-ay). I have a bunch of his rookie cards in hopes that he would take off in center field with the Cubs. Hoping that he would pan out and hit near .300 with an on base average near .400 and even have some pop in his bat. Of course he would also steal 40 bases a year. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles today.In the Minor Leagues Pie played 627

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This isn’t quite the worst time of year in sports, February clearly is. But we are getting close. I like to try to enter something in the blog at least daily and while I suck at meeting this goal (usually four or five times a week) it is getting much harder as 2009 gets underway. Maybe I should turn it into a TV/Movie blog for a month or two until Spring Training starts?I guess if you are a big

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I am going to cut straight to the list and then discuss after.1 - Vin Scully2 - Mel Allen3 - Red Barber4 - Curt Gowdy5 - Howard Cosell6 - Bob Costas7 - Jim McKay9 - Al Michaels10 - Dick Enberg11 - Jack Buck12 - Ted Husing14 - Don Dunphy15 - Graham McNamee16 - Ernie Harwell17 - Marv Albert18 - Harry Caray19 - Jon Miller20 - Bill Stern21 - Chick Hearn22 - Marty Glickman23 - Jack Whitaker24 - Jim

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Ugghghgggghhh *barf* suuuguggggggggggggggghhhhhhh I know no one buys Pro Bowl jerseys, but is that really an excuse to make then as ugly as possible? That is all, I can't take looking at that thing.

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Last night I caught up on the first four hours of 24. I watched four hours of recorded TV in less than three hours. What would I do without my DVR?I have decided that watching TV live is for suckers, unless it is a sporting event. I try my best to watch any TV show on the DVR. I really enjoy watching 24, The Office, The Amazing Race, The Biggest Loser, Scrubs and Nip/Tuck on a weekly basis.

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Most fans of ESPN might know Pedro Gomez from the time he spent following Bonds around for the past few seasons in San Francisco. Whether it had to do with steroids or breaking Aaron’s record, Gomez was there, pestering Bonds and his family.I never could quite figure out how he got that job. Maybe he is a reporter in San Francisco? This is his intro on Wiki:Pedro Gomez (born in 1962 in Florida)

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First, let me just say how much I love the MLB channel. Right now I get to go back in time and listen to Steve Stone and Harray Caray during a 1991 Cubs baseball game against the Pirates. Takes me back, way back with Sandberg, Dawson, Grace and Dunston and Barry Bonds is still with the Pirates and his head is definitely smaller.On to the football news of the weekend – bad QB play.Jake Delhomme

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We finally got a new PC last weekend. I spent all week ripping all of my CD’s into iTunes and 2700+ songs, 10+ GB and about 7 days of ripping I am done. This means I can move on to putting some other software onto our new computer.I got Photoshop for my computer so I figured I needed a nice looking header for my Blog. Can you make out the pictures?The first picture is my man crush, David

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Forget how amazingly good Rickey Henderson was? First – name the four Major League players who played in all four decades beginning in the 1970’s and ending in the 2000’s? OK, you should have one already, but can you guess the other three? Answer below.Rickey’s stats:· Runs Score – Rickey (2295), Ty Cobb (2246) and Barry Bonds (2227)· 3055 hits· Career .401 OBA·

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The man must speak the truth. I am sold. I heard there was a really nice bridge in Brooklyn someone was looking to sell? I think I might be in the market for a nice new bridge.I am fairly certain the same article has been written about Prior and Wood numerous times over the years. Wood lost a bunch of weight one off season and declared himself fully healthy. My guess is that Brian Westbrook

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Why do we care? What gets me is this headline that was on ESPN.com yesterday: “The ‘Pacman’ Era has Ended in Dallas”. “Pacman Era”?? What defines an “era”? According to dictionary.com an era is essentially a period of time with a distinct beginning and ending. I suppose there is a distinct beginning and ending for Pacman in Dallas and I suppose that means every NFL player has an era. To me,

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It is now officially 2009 and when the year turns that means two things: first thing it means is that I get to start another diet, my 32nd diet give or take 50. Second thing it means is that Fantasy baseball is about three months away. As much as I love talking about carrots, spinach and not eating French fries I guess we should talk fantasy baseball.Being my first real thought of fantasy

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We are entering the slow time of year for sports and while I am trying to think of anything worthy of writing about, I got nuttin. So I am going to make a quick entry on my predictions I made last week for the NFL playoffs.NFC Wild Card games· I predicted Arizona would beat Atlanta and I was right. I said Arizona would win by a TD and they won by six. I said Matt Ryan would be exposed

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On Jim Rome today he was talking about some sort of party he was at during his break from The Jungle. He was dropping some names of some people who were there and it got me to think, if I was at a party who would I be most awestruck by if they were there?I am going to give you some lists of the people that would make my jaw drop if I saw them at the same party I was at. Some might be 10 spots

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Today the Cubs put a bullet into their 2009 season by signing Milton Bradley. They signed him for three years and the contract is rumored to be worth $30MM. There are two reasons I hate this signing. Hate it!The first reason is the guy cannot stay healthy. In 2004 he played 141 games, that is by far the most he has every played in a single season. Bradley is averaging fewer than 91 games per

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So far the Cubs off season has been pretty tepid. Not a whole lot of action, unless you count letting Kerry Wood go.They dabbled in the Jake Peavy sweepstakes for a while but ended up empty handed.I was hoping they would aggressively go after Bobby Abreu for a stopgap right fielder, that hasn’t happened.Instead they let Kerry Wood go and recently signed Aaron Miles. Yay.I don’t mind that they let

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I am going to try to put up a list of my favorite events of 2008 in my sports world.1. Shooting even par – This was my favorite moment of the year in my sports world by far. I never thought I would shoot even par, ever. I did it on a par 72 course, albeit and easier one. I shot even par at Riverdale Dunes from the blue tees. I was four over par in the first five holes and then it just started to

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As a Raiders fan, I couldn’t be happier. Shanahan kept the Broncos pretty competitive every year for the past 10 years. Not many coaches can say that. Shanahan almost made the playoffs this year after six or seven Broncos RBs landed on the IR. Shanahan almost made the playoffs this year with a defense full of rookies, Champ Bailey hurt for essentially the final nine weeks and Dre Bly on the

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Some quick hit stats I found interesting.Who says offense doesn’t win games? (Yards Per Game)1. New Orleans2. Denver3. Houston4. Arizona5. New EnglandFour of the five are not in the playoffs.Maybe you need to score to win? (Points Per Game)1. New Orleans2. San Diego3. Giants4. Arizona5. Green BayAt least two of the top five are in the

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What qualifies as an extravaganza anyway? Do I need a certain amount of words to be considered an extravaganza? Do I need to have streamers? Balloons? A guest speaker? What do I need to fulfill the title of “Extravaganza”? Hodge Podge or mess or cluster f*** would probably be a better description of what my three readers are about to endure.Should the NFL Playoffs be a Seeded Tournament?This

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LDT ended up having a HUGE game and I ended up winning Parker Punters v1 102 - 101. Coming from behind to definitely take 3rd overall in that league.This also means my overall record for the year was 46 - 35. I want that extra game in the W column on my record. Ended up being an OK day, especially with the Chargers proving that they are the MUCH better team than the Donkeys and they send

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Another season of fantasy football in the books. Not as fun this year as in years past. Much more fun to play with people I know and to have money on the line, but a good year none the less.I am writing this very early this week. Most of the leagues will be complete before the San Diego vs Denver game tonight. With only three leagues still playing it should also be a quick entry.Parker

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I made out like a bandit for Christmas. Some stuff I got made me feel old, like the rain gauge I really wanted. Some stuff made me feel like I am out of touch with technology, like the iPod Nano I got. Some stuff made me wish for a streak of 50+ degree weather days so I can golf, the GPS unit I think will take at least two to three strokes off of my game. Lastly, some things make me feel like

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