Archive for January, 2010
Reflecting on the Green Bay Packers’ 2009 Season: Potential Realized
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Jersey Al Bracco in NFL
Looking back on the Green Bay Packers 2009 season, I would call it a season of fulfilled potential. Yearning to bounce back from a 6-10 record in 2008, the Packers seemed to have all their ducks in a row. An excellent draft, outstanding preseason and a supposedly easy schedule over the first half of the season.
I, for one, predicted a 2009 wild-card berth with a record of 10-6 or 11-5, ...
2010 MLB Fantasy Baseball Matchup: David Wright vs. Carl Crawford
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Eric Stashin in MLB
There are several interesting player comparisons we can look at in the first few rounds of 2010 fantasy drafts.á This season seems more muddled then normal, with very few clear-cut selections for fantasy owners to make due to injuries or epic struggles in 2009.á One of the interesting debates right now comes in the second, with David Wright (ADP 14.40) currently going a selection before Carl Crawford (ADP 15.17), on ...
MLB Hall of Fame Makes a Bird Call: Enter Andre “The Hawk” Dawson
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Kevin Murphy in MLB
"When he's hot there's no stopping himùhe'll even hit a ball over his head." - Nolan Ryan in Nolan Ryan's Pitchers Bible.á (1991)
The man known as "The Hawk" has finally made it to Cooperstown.á Andre Dawson will soon have a plaque and a place in baseballs hall of fame.á My only question is, what took so long?á He should have been in years ago, and I think it's only fitting ...
There is nothing quite so gratifying as a great big dump. Salary dump, that is. Just ask the Toronto Blue Jays GM, Alex Anthopoulos.
Over the past six or seven months, the Toronto Blue Jays have parted company with Roy Haladay, Scott Rolan, Alex Rios, Marco Scutaro and Rod Barajas. These moves represent a salary dump for the 2010 season of a little over $47 million.
The five players who will replace ...
Why the St. Louis Cardinals Should Consider Batting Albert Pujols Clean-Up
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Jeffrey Lage in MLB
Tony LaRussa should consider batting Albert Cleanup instead of Matt Holliday Many baseball fans see that title and probably gawk as their initial reaction. Tradition tells us that you bat your best hitter third. I am here to tell you why that may be a false assumption to continue to make.
Albert Pujols has built a very healthy career batting in the three hole for St. Louis, in fact he ...
Antawn Jamison and the Cleveland Cavaliers: 2010’s Potential Blockbuster
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Amar Panchmatia in NBA
It seems as though every NBA General Manager who has gotten his team fitted for championship rings this past decade has said these magic words on at least one occasion:
"Let's make a deal."
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak could not get those words out of his mouth soon enough when he landed Pau Gasol from Memphis two years ago. Celtics boss Danny Ainge could not say those words enough when he was ...
A Wild Weekend: Breaking Down the Four NFL Wildcard Match-ups
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Evan Petty in NFL
The 2009 NFL regular season has come to a close sans the drama of having a team go either 16-0 or 0-16, which may be a slight buzz kill after the last two regular seasons. All said, the '09 season was a fine one and should be trumped by what is shaping up to be a good next few weeks in the NFL. á
Without further adieu, let us take a ...
Sometimes a team hands its adversary the game on a silver platter, all but begging its foe to take it. Other times the opponent just snatches the W from mid-air, like an experienced rattlesnake feasting on its na´ve prey.
Wednesday nightÆs Los Angeles showdown between the Lakers and Clippers was of the latter variety, with the Clippers being the beneficiary at the building both teams call home.
In doing so, the Other ...
How To Fix the MLB Hall of Fame: Start Kicking Out Writers
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Joe Viola in MLB
The Hall of Fame Class of 2010 is the most disappointing class since 1996, when no one was voted in. Only Andre "Hawk" Dawson was voted in this year with 287 game winner, Bert Blyleven missing by five votes and 12-time All-Star Roberto Alomar missing by eight.
Other Hall of Fame snubs include Tim Raines, Jack Morris, Barry Larkin, Fred McGriff, Lee Smith, and Mark McGwire.
I've been watching the MLB Network ...
Whenever we get John Herrera quotables through Oakland Raiders beat writers, it sounds like he really wants to get something off his chest.
For example, HerreraÆs latest response to Rich GannonÆs offer to tutor JaMarcus Russell is, ôItÆs Rich who needs the help,ö to which we all ask Herrera, ôReally, Rich needs help with what?ö
Herrera fails in keeping the prime directive of the Raiders franchise intact.á Never show your true hand.á ...