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After having a fairly easy time ranking the catchers on the teams contending for playoff spots yesterday, I had to spend a lot more time on the first basemen that are potentially playoff-bound.á The thing that makes it so difficult is that none of these teams has a particularly weak 1B.á They all have shown that they can lead their respective teams, and all are proficient on offense and defense. ...
With the MLB playoff picture beginning to take its final shape, itÆs time to start looking at each of the teams still in the race and see how they stack up against each other.
For the next week, IÆll be breaking down all the teams on a position-by-position basis. Today, we look at the guys calling the games, which really is a case of the haves and have-nots.
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1. Joe Mauer, Twins ...
Week Three in the NFL is officially in the books, with Indianapolis and Dallas winning their primetime battles with Arizona and Carolina, respectively. There’s a lot that can be said about all four of these teams so far this year, so let’s get right to it.
On Sunday night, the hotly anticipated matchup between two of the league’s most proficient passing offenses turned into a one-sided affair, as the Colts handled ...
Jeremiah Masoli had plenty to smile about today as his Oregon Ducks smashed No. 6 Cal, 42-3.
Every week of the college football season there tends to be some attrition within the ranks of the unbeaten.á This weekend proved to be no different, as it seemed like there were an unusually high amount of teams getting handed their first loss.
Most notable of these teams are Ole Miss, Cal, and Miami (Fla.), ...
After last weekÆs 11-5 triumph for yours truly, I realize that I am bound to follow it up with something slightly less spectacular.á ItÆs the law of averages, really.á After two decent to above average weeks in a row, I have to come back to Earthàor do I?
Maybe IÆve finally found the right formula in picking games. OK, probably not, but IÆve been lucky so far and avoided disaster, so ...
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning: A ‘Brees’ Is Blowing Towards You
Posted: 25th September 2009 by Sean Wagman in NFL
Two seasons ago, New England Patriots star Tom Brady and Indianapolis Colts phenom Peyton Manning were in a league of their own.
Peyton Manning was coming off of a Super Bowl victory and Tom Bradyáwas introduced to a new, valuableáfriend in Randy Moss. Brady and Manning were the cream of the crop. They were 1 and 1A.á
Well, it is time for people to give a new man props and thatÆs Drew ...
Tigers or Twins: Who Will Win Baseball’s AL Central?
Posted: 23rd September 2009 by Sean Wagman in MLB
After 150 games, there is only one race in Major League Baseball that has a major storyline down the stretch.
Three weeks ago it looked like the Detroit Tigers had the AL Central all but wrapped up after dismissing the slumping Chicago White Sox.
The Minnesota Twins were floating around in third place, right around .500, and not looking very dangerous.
Entering today, however, the Twins stand only 2.5 games back of a ...
Monday Night Wrapup: What To Make of Colts-Dolphins?
Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Sean Wagman in NFL
Pierre Garcon had the game-winning catch for the Colts in Miami last night.
Peyton Manning and the Colts made the most of their limited time on the field last night, coming up with big plays and quick scores in a 27-23 Indy victory that you couldn’t tell from the final stats.
Miami held the ball for just over 45 minutes in the game, using a grinding, hard-nosed offense to maintain possession and ...
In a game where the New York Giants were thoroughly dominated by the Dallas Cowboys, it was once again QB Tony Romo’s inability to avoid making mistakes that cost Dallas a win in the opening game at the magnificent Cowboys Stadium.
A record 105,121 fans got to be first-hand witnesses to Romo’s three interception performance, which allowed a New York team, that was far from spectacular, to hang around just long ...
NCAA Football: Washington Stuns USCàand Those Other Games, Too
Posted: 19th September 2009 by Sean Wagman in NFL
Eric Folk's FG lifted Washington to a shocking 16-13 win over #3 USC.
Today we got a good look at why Pete Carroll is using Matt Barkley as his starting QB as the Aaron Corp-led USC Trojans were wiped out in Seattle by an overachieving Washington Huskies team. UW was coached by none other than former Carroll assistant Steve Sarkisian, who engineered the right defense to stop USC’s offensive juggernaut.
UW is ...