I'm sorry, his stats are way down and other QB's are putting up better numbers on great teams. Maybe next year, Timmy.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Tim Tebow - no repeat Heisman here
I'm sorry, his stats are way down and other QB's are putting up better numbers on great teams. Maybe next year, Timmy.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Albert Pujols powers way to 2nd NL MVP award - Lance Berkman snubbed big time
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-nlmvp&prov=ap&type=lgns
NEW YORK (AP)—Albert Pujols convinced himself and voters what’s worthy of the NL MVP award.
The St. Louis star became a two-time winner Monday, outdistancing Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard in a result that’s sure to renew a debate Pujols once raised himself: What qualifies as “most valuable”?
Pujols won despite the Cardinals’ fourth-place finish in the NL Central, the lowest spot for an NL MVP winner since Andre Dawson and the Chicago Cubs wound up sixth in 1987. Howard led the majors in home runs and RBIs for the World Series champions.
“You have to consider everything. You have to put all the numbers together,” Pujols said.
Pujols saw it a little differently a couple of years ago.
In 2006, a month after leading the Cardinals to the World Series crown, he carped when Howard—whose Phillies missed the playoffs—captured the coveted award.
“I see it this way: Someone who doesn’t take his team to the playoffs doesn’t deserve to win the MVP,” Pujols said at the time.
Shortly thereafter, Pujols clarified his remarks and said Howard was a proper choice.
“I think the writers made the right choice in 2006,” Pujols reiterated Monday. “He did deserve it.”
Just as Pujols believed he earned it this year.
“I wasn’t surprised at all,” he said.
Pujols hit .357 with 37 home runs and 116 RBIs while playing with a sore right elbow that required surgery. Howard hit 48 homers with 146 RBIs for the Phillies.
Voting was completed before the playoffs began.
“I’m happy I didn’t have to make that decision,” Pujols said on a conference call from his St. Louis home. “What you do for your team. The players who take their teams to the playoffs should have some consideration.”
Los Angeles outfielder Manny Ramirez and Milwaukee pitcher CC Sabathia, who both led postseason pushes after being traded by AL teams in July, also drew strong support.
Pujols got 18 of the 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and had 369 points. Howard drew 12 first-place votes and 308 points.
Pujols added to the MVP award he won in 2005, and was the only player listed on every ballot. The All-Star first baseman became the 25th multiple MVP winner in either league.
Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun was third with 139 points, and Ramirez fourth at 138. Houston’s Lance Berkman was fifth and Sabathia sixth.
Brad Lidge, perfect on 41 save chances for the Phillies during the regular season, drew the other two first-place votes and came in eighth.
The AL MVP will be announced Tuesday. A close vote is anticipated, with Minnesota’s Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau among the top contenders along with Boston’s Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis.
Pujols was remarkably consistent all year—a trait he’s demonstrated throughout his career. He is the only big leaguer to hit at least 30 home runs in his first eight seasons and has finished in the top 10 of the NL MVP voting each year.
St. Louis Cardinals general ma…
AP - Nov 17, 5:51 pm EST
Pujols led the league in slugging percentage and intentional walks. He drew 104 walks while striking out only 54 times, and was second in the NL with a .462 on-base percentage.
Almost single-handedly, when the Cardinals’ rotation was depleted by injuries, he kept St. Louis in contention while batting .398 in August. The Cardinals finished 86-76, 11 1/2 games behind the Central champion Cubs.
In mid-October, Pujols had surgery for nerve irritation in his right elbow, an ailment that caused numbness, tingling in his ring finger and pinkie, a weak grip and pain in his forearm. He hopes to resume weight training after Thanksgiving and is expected to be ready for spring training.
“I had some pain,” he said. “The worst part was the last two months.”
Pujols said there was still a slight chance he might need Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery.
“I’m crossing my fingers,” he said.
Howard’s best month came in September, when he set a team record with 32 RBIs and helped the Phillies rally to the NL East title. He hit .251 overall.
St. Louis Cardinals Albert Puj…
AP - Nov 17, 5:50 pm EST
Ramirez led Los Angeles’ push to the NL West title, hitting .396 with 17 home runs and 53 RBIs after the Dodgers acquired him from Boston on July 31.
Sabathia got 121 points. He was 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA after Milwaukee acquired him from Cleveland on July 6 and helped the Brewers win the wild-card spot.
Pujols earned a $200,000 bonus for winning the award. Ramirez got $75,000 and Braun got $50,000.
The 28-year-old Pujols has two years remaining on a seven-year, $100 million deal he signed in 2004, and the Cardinals have an $11 million option for an eighth year through 2011.
Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said there was no rush to begin talks on another long-term contract.
“I think at some point, that discussion will happen,” Mozeliak said. “Right now we don’t feel that just because of the events of today, needs to happen.
“You look at what he’s meant to this organization, and it only would make sense at some point.”
Mozeliak said he thought talks could “wait another year,” but added things could be accelerated if needed.
“What he brings to this organization is so special,” Mozeliak said. “He’s the whole package.”
AP Sports Writer R.B. Fallstrom in St. Louis contributed to this report.
NEW YORK (AP)—Albert Pujols convinced himself and voters what’s worthy of the NL MVP award.
The St. Louis star became a two-time winner Monday, outdistancing Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard in a result that’s sure to renew a debate Pujols once raised himself: What qualifies as “most valuable”?
Pujols won despite the Cardinals’ fourth-place finish in the NL Central, the lowest spot for an NL MVP winner since Andre Dawson and the Chicago Cubs wound up sixth in 1987. Howard led the majors in home runs and RBIs for the World Series champions.
“You have to consider everything. You have to put all the numbers together,” Pujols said.
Pujols saw it a little differently a couple of years ago.
In 2006, a month after leading the Cardinals to the World Series crown, he carped when Howard—whose Phillies missed the playoffs—captured the coveted award.
“I see it this way: Someone who doesn’t take his team to the playoffs doesn’t deserve to win the MVP,” Pujols said at the time.
Shortly thereafter, Pujols clarified his remarks and said Howard was a proper choice.
“I think the writers made the right choice in 2006,” Pujols reiterated Monday. “He did deserve it.”
Just as Pujols believed he earned it this year.
“I wasn’t surprised at all,” he said.
Pujols hit .357 with 37 home runs and 116 RBIs while playing with a sore right elbow that required surgery. Howard hit 48 homers with 146 RBIs for the Phillies.
Voting was completed before the playoffs began.
“I’m happy I didn’t have to make that decision,” Pujols said on a conference call from his St. Louis home. “What you do for your team. The players who take their teams to the playoffs should have some consideration.”
Los Angeles outfielder Manny Ramirez and Milwaukee pitcher CC Sabathia, who both led postseason pushes after being traded by AL teams in July, also drew strong support.
Pujols got 18 of the 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and had 369 points. Howard drew 12 first-place votes and 308 points.
Pujols added to the MVP award he won in 2005, and was the only player listed on every ballot. The All-Star first baseman became the 25th multiple MVP winner in either league.
Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun was third with 139 points, and Ramirez fourth at 138. Houston’s Lance Berkman was fifth and Sabathia sixth.
Brad Lidge, perfect on 41 save chances for the Phillies during the regular season, drew the other two first-place votes and came in eighth.
The AL MVP will be announced Tuesday. A close vote is anticipated, with Minnesota’s Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau among the top contenders along with Boston’s Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis.
Pujols was remarkably consistent all year—a trait he’s demonstrated throughout his career. He is the only big leaguer to hit at least 30 home runs in his first eight seasons and has finished in the top 10 of the NL MVP voting each year.
St. Louis Cardinals general ma…
AP - Nov 17, 5:51 pm EST
Pujols led the league in slugging percentage and intentional walks. He drew 104 walks while striking out only 54 times, and was second in the NL with a .462 on-base percentage.
Almost single-handedly, when the Cardinals’ rotation was depleted by injuries, he kept St. Louis in contention while batting .398 in August. The Cardinals finished 86-76, 11 1/2 games behind the Central champion Cubs.
In mid-October, Pujols had surgery for nerve irritation in his right elbow, an ailment that caused numbness, tingling in his ring finger and pinkie, a weak grip and pain in his forearm. He hopes to resume weight training after Thanksgiving and is expected to be ready for spring training.
“I had some pain,” he said. “The worst part was the last two months.”
Pujols said there was still a slight chance he might need Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery.
“I’m crossing my fingers,” he said.
Howard’s best month came in September, when he set a team record with 32 RBIs and helped the Phillies rally to the NL East title. He hit .251 overall.
St. Louis Cardinals Albert Puj…
AP - Nov 17, 5:50 pm EST
Ramirez led Los Angeles’ push to the NL West title, hitting .396 with 17 home runs and 53 RBIs after the Dodgers acquired him from Boston on July 31.
Sabathia got 121 points. He was 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA after Milwaukee acquired him from Cleveland on July 6 and helped the Brewers win the wild-card spot.
Pujols earned a $200,000 bonus for winning the award. Ramirez got $75,000 and Braun got $50,000.
The 28-year-old Pujols has two years remaining on a seven-year, $100 million deal he signed in 2004, and the Cardinals have an $11 million option for an eighth year through 2011.
Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said there was no rush to begin talks on another long-term contract.
“I think at some point, that discussion will happen,” Mozeliak said. “Right now we don’t feel that just because of the events of today, needs to happen.
“You look at what he’s meant to this organization, and it only would make sense at some point.”
Mozeliak said he thought talks could “wait another year,” but added things could be accelerated if needed.
“What he brings to this organization is so special,” Mozeliak said. “He’s the whole package.”
AP Sports Writer R.B. Fallstrom in St. Louis contributed to this report.
Mike Mussina reitres - without 300 wins, no chance at Hall of Fame
Good pitcher but not great. In his long career he won 20 games only once. Compared to Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, he's nowhere close to them in greatness. Also never won a CY Young.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/11/mike-mussina-to.html
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Eagles' McNabb didn't know rule - arm-chair quarterbacks whine about him being overpaid lol
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2008/11/18/not_a_real_good_looking_tie/
Thanks to Donovan McNabb, players around the NFL now must know there doesn't have to be a winner or loser in every regular-season game. Yes, there are ties in the NFL. They just don't happen too often.
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A day after the Eagles and Bengals played a 13-13 tie - the league's first since 2002 - the focus wasn't on how poorly the teams performed on the field. Instead, everyone wanted to know how it's possible some pro football players, especially a 10-year veteran such as McNabb, don't know simple rules about overtime games.
"I'm sure there are plenty of rules that guys don't understand, but I don't think that has any factor whatsoever to do with the outcome of this game and how they played in the overtime," Eagles coach Andy Reid said yesterday. "I think that's absurd. You play to win in that time, whether you think you have another overtime period or you don't. And you play your heart out to win it in that time, and that's how we approached it and that's how the players approached it."
The Eagles now have played 12 OT games, including one in the playoffs, since McNabb joined the team in 1999. Yet, the five-time Pro Bowl quarterback didn't know ties were possible until his desperation pass fell incomplete at the end of the fifth quarter.
"I've never been a part of a tie. I never even knew that was in the rule book," McNabb said after the game. "It's part of the rules, and we have to go with it. I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to get out there and try to drive to win the game. But unfortunately, with the rules, we settled with a tie."
The overtime rule isn't an obscure one. It was adopted fully by the NFL in 1974 and 17 games since have ended tied. The Eagles have been involved in four of those games.
"I guess we're aware of it now," McNabb said. "In college, there are multiple overtimes, and in high school and Pop Warner. I never knew in the pro ranks it would end that way. I hate to see what would happen in the Super Bowl and in the playoffs."
They keep playing if it's tied in the playoffs or Super Bowl. But McNabb didn't know that, either.
Pedroia named AL MVP
Full story http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081118&content_id=3683215&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
BOSTON -- Where was Dustin Pedroia when he learned that he was the Most Valuable Player of the American League? Most fittingly, the second baseman of the Boston Red Sox was on his way to the gym.
A player whose talent had been largely influenced by his desire, Pedroia doesn't like to miss a workout, whether it is November or any other month of the year. But at the urging of his wife, Kelli, Pedroia finally gave himself a day off.
Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier -- Pedroia's winter workout partner in Arizona -- had to go solo this time around.
"I called Andre and said, 'I won the MVP, dude. I've got to go home.' It was one of those things," said Pedroia in a conference call. "Me and my wife, we're so excited. We never would have thought this would happen, especially this young into my career. We're thrilled."
It was the latest accomplishment in what has been a rapid burst into the national spotlight for Pedroia.
Though most pundits expected the race for MVP to be agonizingly close, Pedroia won in comfortable fashion, garnering 16 of 28 first-place votes. He also received six second-place votes, four third-place votes and one fourth-place vote for 317 total points. And Pedroia was surprisingly left off the ballot of Evan Grant, the veteran writer from The Dallas Morning News who posted a blog entry on Tuesday night saying, "In retrospect, it was a mistake."
Runner-up Justin Morneau of the Twins received seven first-place votes and finished with 257 points. Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis finished third, tallying two first-place votes and 201 points.
"I really didn't know what to expect," said Pedroia. "I was just excited to be named with all those players. There's a ton of great players. When you hear your name come up in that category, you definitely get excited and nervous. I wasn't nervous or overly excited. For me, just to be in that category is an extreme honor."
Following a 2007 season in which Pedroia helped fuel the Red Sox to a World Series championship and won the AL Rookie of the Year Award, the right-handed hitting machine staged quite an encore.
"It's unbelievable," said Pedroia. "When I first got called up to the Major Leagues in 2006, I really didn't know what to expect. I really didn't set any expectations or goals on myself. My biggest thing was, if I'm in the lineup that day, I'm going to play as hard as I can and try to help our team. That's been my mentality ever since I got called up to the big leagues. That's how I'm going to be successful. I have to keep that mind-set every season. This year, I was very successful. Hopefully, I can continue that."
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