Poor Kid

Here’s an idea for parents when it comes to naming your child. Don’t be like this idiot and name your kid ESPN (pronounced Espen). According to the article, it seems these people were not the first person to do this but rather the fourth.

I have to ask, were his parents on crack or smoking some reefer when they decided this. Didn’t the mother have a say in naming her child even though she promised her husband. The kid’s first and middle name are ESPN Montana. To me it sounds like they named their rugrat after the local ESPN Montana radio station.

I can see it now, this kid will be on the playground getting picked on. All they had to do is switch it around at least and call their son, Montana ESPN. This way the poor kid has a somewhat normal first name. No matter how big of a sports fan you are, theres a reason why people have middle names. Feel free to use them that way and let the poor kid decide what he wants to be called.

Some observations from the playoffs

Well I will start out by saying this, I suck at predictions. First off, I had the Tigers losing in 4 to the Yankees. Secondly, I had the Twins in 5. Thirdly, i had the Padres in 4. Well we know if the Yankees are going to win, its going to take 5 games for them to do so. And let’s see, if the Twins are going to win in 5, it will have to happen in another season, as they got swept by Oakland.

I don’t even have the National League going for me. The Padres can’t win in 4 seeing how they are down 2-0. I took the Mets in 5 but they should finish that one off in 3 or 4 games.

Now to the observations:

  • The Tigers are for real. Kenny Rogers looked awesome tonight in striking out 8 Yankees.
  • Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya can throw the ball. Verlander’s first pitch of game 2 was 101 mph. In game 2, Zumaya hit 103 mph on the radar gun and his fastball was consistently at 102 mph. Tonight he was throwing again at 102 mph. Both of them are only 21 years old. Many good years left for them if their arms stay healthy.
  • Oakland actually finished off a series. The last 5 times the A’s were in the playoffs, they had 2-0 series leads, only to lose them all in 5 games.
  • What was Torii Hunter thinking when he dove for that ball the other night? The Twins had just rallyed back to tie the game up when a line drive was hit to Torii. He did have a good read on the ball but according to him it knuckled away from him. I shouldn’t really knock him because he’s one of the best center fielder’s in the game but the situation at the time doesn’t dictate for him to dive. He should have played the ball on a hop and kept it in front of him thus only allowing one run to score.
  • Honestly I have nothing to say about the Cardinals-Padres series because I haven’t watched a second of it.
  • Meet the Mets. Everyone had been talking about how the Met’s didn’t have the pitching with El Duque going down. Well so far John Maine and Tom Glavine have done pretty well for themselves in helping the New York Baseball Mets to a 2-0 series lead.

So when the next round of the playoffs are set, I will again make predictions. I will say this though. If you are going to bet on the games, don’t listen to my predictions since I suck at them.

By the way, UCONN will lose to South Florida tomorrow night by the score of 23-17.

Major League Baseball Playoff Predictions

Ok people, it is that time of the year where the MLB playoffs take over all of your shows on Fox for the next three weeks. This year, in the American League, we have the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and the Oakland A’s. Representing the National League are the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals.

So onto the predictions.

American League Division Series

Minnesota Twins vs Oakland A’s:

My prediction is Minnesota in 5 games. With Johan Santana on the mound for the 1st game and a game 5 if necessary, the Twinkees will prevail. While Oakland is playing some really good baseball right now, Minnesota comes in just as hot coming back from being double digits behind the Tigers and winning the American League Central on the last day of the season.

New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers:

What you have here is experience vs inexperience. The veteran laden Yankees versus the young guns of Detroit. Even with some guys on the roster who have won a World Series, I just don’t see the Tigers winning this series. The Yankees have been here before and while their pitching isn’t the greatest at times, all they need to do is get to the 9th inning with a lead. Then its Mariano time. My prediction, New York Yankees in 4.

National League Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers vs the New York Mets:

Boston Red Sox “West” vs the other team in New York. Injuries have taken their toll on the New York Mets pitching staff with Pedro lost for the rest of this year and most of next year but when he wasn’t in the lineup this year, the Mets did just fine. The Dodgers sport some former members of the Boston Red Sox with playoff experience as well as Greg Maddux, a member of the record 14 straight NL East champs. Atlanta Braves. I think in the end, the speed and power of the Mets will prevail in the end. My prediction is the New York Mets in 5 games.

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres:

Seems like every year St. Louis makes the playoffs. Well this year, they backed into the playoffs. They almost blew a big division lead and it took a Houston loss on the last day of the season to clinch a spot for the Redbirds. San Diego returns to the post season this year hoping to go a little further then they did last year. As you can tell, I am an AL guy so I don’t know a lot about the NL. So my prediction is the San Diego Padres in 4 games.

UCONN Huskies shipwrecked by the Middies

In another “exciting” football game this weekend, UCONN was destroyed 41-17 by the Navy Midshipmen. Boasting the number 1 rushing offense in the land, the Middies amassed an amazing 464 rushing yards and 605 yards of total offense enroute to their win.

You know the game isn’t going to be a good one when Navy on its first possession of the game throws deep for a touchdown. That’s right one play, one TD. It seemed like deja vu in the second half, as Navy on its first possession busted open a long touchdown run for a score.

Bones looked a little rusty at QB, going 15 of 37 for 176 yards although he did throw 2 touchdown passes. One of those was to Deon Anderson and the other to Terry Caulley.

Some observations from the game:

  • UCONN’s defensive line got manhandled by the Navy O’line
  • Teams know about Larry Taylor’s kick returning abilities as Navy only kicked it to him twice
  • Fumbles once again hurt the Huskies. The first one led to a Navy touchdown and a 14-0 lead.
  • Fans were actually calling for DJ to come back in and QB.
  • UCONN’s rushing attack did not live up to its 7th best rushing offense in the land.
  • Matt Nuzie didn’t miss a FG or his extra points this time.
  • UCONN’s punter Chris Pavasaris did an excellent job punting the ball avg 45.3 yards per punt.

Ok you know it’s sad when the only positive I can find in the game, was the kicking game. To me the highlight of the game was watching Chris Baldwin and Steve Drew argue over who would kick who’s butt in basketball. Chris bet Steve $5000 dollars that he could beat Steve in one on one. Chris also made a bet with Steve’s brother Jeff that he could beat him in one on one. So with me in the peanut gallery behind them, I said why not have a Baldwin brothers versus Drew brothers matchup. Stay tuned on that one. At one point Chris headbutted Steve and we all thought Steve was gonna have another meltdown like he did after softball ended this year. But cooler heads prevailed and things turned back to the joking yet serious nature of the conversation.

On a lighter note, my laptop is dead for the time being. So if the posts are few and far between right now, it’s only because I can’t sit for too long at the desktop. But I do promise to make up for that once the laptop is back up and running later today or tomorrow. Til then, be safe.

QB Change for the HUSKIES

In Huskies football news this week, Coach Randy Edsall has announced that Matt Bonislawski will replace the ineffective DJ Hernandez at quarterback for this weeks game versus Navy.

While Bones isn’t as mobile as Hernandez at the QB position, he brings a confidence with him in the huddle. Bones doesn’t have the strongest arm but in my humble opinion is a better leader for the Huskies. With Bones at QB last season, the Huskies were 5-2. This bodes well as the Huskies have some winnable games coming up the schedule. While the loss to Wake Forest hurts, strong play by Bones could get the Huskies smelling a bowl berth again.

With DJ at the helm for the Dawgs, the UCONN passing offense is rated 111th out of 119 Division 1A football teams. Of course when he passes for 27 yards against the Indiana Hoosiers, you can understand why the Huskies are rated that low. But then again, when your running offense is rated 7th in all of Division 1A, your not really in need of a good passing QB.

My prediction for the game this week is UCONN 35 Navy 27.

Danger!!!

With last night’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox have fallen into third place. The last time the Red Sox finished a season in 3rd place was the 1997 season when they finished behind the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees.

So what has gone wrong for the Red Sox this year? One thing I have to look at is the lack of moves at the trade deadline. The Red Sox made no moves this year to try and help the team get better. Instead they made some waiver wire moves, picking up among others Carlos Pena, Javy Lopez (no longer with the team), and Eric Hinske. They made very little moves in terms of starting pitching. In fact, the often inconsistent Julian Tavarez, who started the season in the bullpen, has been their best pitcher lately. Yes some key injuries have happened and those usually do. But this time nothing major was really done to replace them.

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Welcome Back Saints

Welcome back to the New Orleans Saints to New Orleans as tonight the Saints take on the Atlanta Falcons in the newly renovated Superdome.

As everyone knows, the Superdome was used as a last resort refugee camp during Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath of the flooding. The roof to the Superdome was completely damaged during the hurricane allowing water to get in and damage everything inside.

With a $165 million dollar emergency order and $20 million dollars from the NFL, workers started rebuilding the Superdome. For many, the rebuilding of the Superdome is a blessing. It shows the people of the world that New Orleans is rebuilding and will be stronger than ever. Is this the best thing for the people of New Orleans. For some maybe, for some maybe not. But what it does is unite a group of people who were all displaced by the hurricane. Will New Orleans ever be the same? No, it won’t be. What it will be is stronger though.

Pesky’s Pole To Be Officially Dedicated

In honor of Johnny Pesky’s 87th birthday, the Boston Red Sox will officially dedicate the Right Field foul pole affectionately known as “Pesky’s Pole” as well you guessed it “Pesky’s Pole” on Wednesday, September 27 before the game.

“While Fenway’s right-field foul pole has unofficially been known as ‘Pesky’s Pole’ for years, this event allows us to celebrate one of the most revered gentlemen in Red Sox history,” said club President/CEO Larry Lucchino. “Johnny Pesky has served this franchise with loyalty and distinction during seven decades, and he continues to be one of the most beloved individuals to ever wear a Red Sox uniform. The organization is proud to recognize him with this honor.”

Pesky’s pole was given its name by former Red Sox pitcher and radio broadcaster, Mel Parnell, who in his eyes, stated that most of Pesky’s homeruns came near the right field foul pole, located a short 302 feet from home plate at Fenway. Of Pesky’s 13 homeruns with the Sox, only 6 of those came at Fenway Park.

This is a great honor for a man who deserves it. He finally got his World Series Ring when the Sox won the World Series in 2004. If you ever have watched a game, you will always notice the players around Pesky. Congratulations Johnny Pesky on this truly “unique” honor.