Oh, I love it when there is so much fun stuff going on.
1. Now, I'm not a big (or small for that matter) College hoops fan, but is there a better last name for a player that Georgia Tech's Lewis Clinch. I mean, come on, if this guy isn't taking last minute shots, then I shouldn't be writing a blog. OK, forget that last part.
2. Interesting note, 56 years ago today, the Fort Wayne Pistons and the Minneapolis Lakers played the lowest scoring game in pro-hoops history, final score 19-18. Both teams could still beat the Knicks.
3. The hue and cry over the BCS continues. Wake me when I should care.
4. So Derek Jeter lost the MVP to Justin Morneau. Of course, Yankee fans see this as a sign of the apocolypse. I see it as the right move.
5. Mike Vaccaro of the Post used the results to say that in 15 years Jeter is going to have the same result in the HOF vote. Now, I'm admittedly not amongst the legion of Jeter lovers, but there is no chance this guy is not a first ballot HOF'er. Leave it to the Post to make something out of nothing. Like their paper every day.
6. Wallace Matthews opined on Jeter today. I have no idea what he wrote, since I ignore his rantings at this point.
7. I find myself in agreement with Mike Lupica. THIS is a sign of the apocolypse.
8. So Eli Manning shat the bed the other night. Filip Bondy wrote an I-told-you-so column today. Wow, way to go out on a limb there Filip.
9. Tiki Barber apparently complained that the (notso)Giants did not run the ball enough on Monday. Of course, had Tiki been able to get more than 2.7 yards per carry, they might have tried to run it more.
10. Top receiver for the (notso)Giants the other night was Jeremememe Schockey. With 82 yards. Jeremememe of course feels Eli needs to get him the ball more.
11. Funny to hear His Pompousass and the Hyena bash Tiki and all the coverage he has been getting. His Pompousass proceeded to state LaDainian Tomlinson (wow, now I know why they call him LT) is a better player than Barber. Wow, did he come up with that all by himself? What tipped him off, the 22 touchdowns or the 1,037 yards this year?
12. The dogs are nipping at the heels of Chad Pennington. He keeps trying to throw them off, but alas the passes are intercepted.
13. It's funny, all those who are bitching about Jeter not winning ignore the Yankee lineup, but those same people said Beltran should not have won because of the Mets lineup. Hmm.
(for the record, I know Beltran should not have won).
14. Michael Richards, your sheets are ready.
15. Speaking of Richards, Stephen A Smith spent some time talking about the incident the other night on his show yesterday. Yep, breaking sports news on ESPN Radio. Of course, His Pompousass and the Hyena spoke of it. Hyena had not seen the tape, but of course, that never stopped him before.
16. The Mets clubhouse manager is looking to install wee-wee pads around Moises Alou's locker. Just so when Moises prep's for the game, the splash doesn't mix in with the raw sweage flowing through the Shea locker room.
17. So the Mets traded Matt Lidstrom and Henry Owens. Make me care.
18. Rudy Giuiliani is going to run for President on a Pro-Yankee platform. His first order of business will be to pass a law mandating the Derek Jeter win the MVP forever, and the The Boss be added to Mount Rushmore.
19. Silicon breast implants have been approved by the FDA again. This was thanks partly to the all powerful strippers union. Also, the FDA felt that silicon leakage was not as dangerous as saline leakage, since saline could raise blood pressure.
20. A Philadelphia man, upset over his failed penis enlargment surgery, mailed a bomb to the doctor who botched the job. He then called the police to tell them what he had done, so the bomb was intercepted and destroyed short of the final goal. Wow, talk about your metaphor for Philadelphia sports teams.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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Ed, please don't tell me you think Morneau deserved the award. Please.
Mauer, Jeter, Ortiz, Dye, Thome, Hafner, Santana. They were all better players than Morneau this year.
Just because a guy gets a ton of RBI opportunities and he cashes in on some of them doesn't make him the most valuable player. He wasn't even the best (or probably second best) player on his TEAM.
We all "hate" Jeter, for all the usual reasons. But Morneau can't hold his jock. Let's be clear about this.
I personally don't give a rats ass about who won in the AL. It annoys me more that Howard beat Pujols.
Morneau had a great season, on a team that started to rise as he started to hit (from June 9 on he hit 364, that's when the Twins started to win, going 70-33 the rest of the way). Methinks he had something to do with it.
All of the guys you listed were worthy, in one way shape or form.
At the end of the day, the voters looked at the stats. That's what happens when a guy on a last place team wins (A-Rod a few years back), and that's what happened here. The guy had great numbers.
The argument about Morneau and opportunites can be used for Jeter as well. Look at his lineup. ARod, Giambi, Cano, Damon, Arbeu (albeit late in the year).
I just love how so many NY writers think Jeter was robbed. They won't even admit that other players had seasons as good, if not better, than him.
I want to know where the whining was that Beltran finishes 4th with his numbers, and his carrying the team for significant parts of the season. Lance Berkman is a nice player, but no way he should have finished 3rd ahead of Carlos.
They blew it in both leagues.
I don't mind them using stats. In fact I like that better than a subjective judgment based on what other writers tell them (Jeter's a gamer, etc).
My objection is that they use the wrong stats. Like RBI for hitters, or Wins for pitchers.
In the NL Howard should've finished 5th behind Pujols, Beltran, Berkman & Cabrera.
Hey Ed -- responded to your question about Sam's Town on the Y2K message board, and I posted a question for you. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Hot Fuss.
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