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--AZ
Edit: Oh, to clear things up, you might notice that I'll be updating Twitter more often with actual news than the home blog. That doesn't mean I won't be using this blog anymore. This blog is more for random musings and opinions than news. I will be using the Twitter account for random sports news, musings, as well as opinions.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Spring Training 2010: Believe the Hype!!
Okay, here's the info from Strasburg's outing today. If he continues to pitch like this, I don't think he'll be seeing the minors. With 2 IP 2 H 2 K and his fastball topping at 96 along with an 81 mph curve, he's pitching at Randy Johnson-like. Shame the Natinals couldn't back it up. [Now I get why the Phillies traded Tyler Walker...]
More info, yes?
Oh yeah, and Clifton's making a surprise start for the Mariners despite the minor foot surgery.
Why not mention it? He was only involved in a huge trade in December. Sheesh.
--AZ
More info, yes?
Oh yeah, and Clifton's making a surprise start for the Mariners despite the minor foot surgery.
Why not mention it? He was only involved in a huge trade in December. Sheesh.
--AZ
Big "Bad Boy" Ben. Wow, say that five times fast.
When athletes win, they like to celebrate "the right way" and go out to the latest hotspot. Jeez, not like it's anything new[PS - the page is NSFW, but I'd like to get the point across].
Looks like Super Bowl XLIII champion QB Ben Roethlisberger (<-- His last name should be on the championship word list in the Scripps Howard National Bee) might be in some hot water after an incident while barhopping in Georgia on Friday night. Party girls, they're--well, I think you can pretty much put any adjective in here that you like when it comes to girls who party hard at nightclubs. Not my department.
Anyway, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a college girl (her name hasn't been released) and charges have not been filed on this account. On top of this, he's been accused of several other different things such as rape and whatnot. All of a sudden this all comes out at once. How does that happen, media? You like to throw all this dirty laundry out at once to make the guy sound that much more perverted? This is like the Tiger Woods case, where they decided to throw out information that he's been with all of these women and what have you. I'm not defending them or anything, but don't you notice that when an athlete does something questionable, all of these other allegations start popping up out of nowhere? It's a wonder they didn't bring back the story of Big Ben wrecking his motorcycle back during his rookie NFL season just for kicks (no pun intended). As a side note, these things probably didn't come up all at once in the news in the Pittsburgh area, but in a national spotlight, it always seems to.
Supposedly he will be interrogated about this and hopefully get everything straightened out about this. You kinda have to wonder, what are these guys thinking when they do certain things?
For the full article on NFL.com, go here.
Looks like Super Bowl XLIII champion QB Ben Roethlisberger (<-- His last name should be on the championship word list in the Scripps Howard National Bee) might be in some hot water after an incident while barhopping in Georgia on Friday night. Party girls, they're--well, I think you can pretty much put any adjective in here that you like when it comes to girls who party hard at nightclubs. Not my department.
Anyway, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a college girl (her name hasn't been released) and charges have not been filed on this account. On top of this, he's been accused of several other different things such as rape and whatnot. All of a sudden this all comes out at once. How does that happen, media? You like to throw all this dirty laundry out at once to make the guy sound that much more perverted? This is like the Tiger Woods case, where they decided to throw out information that he's been with all of these women and what have you. I'm not defending them or anything, but don't you notice that when an athlete does something questionable, all of these other allegations start popping up out of nowhere? It's a wonder they didn't bring back the story of Big Ben wrecking his motorcycle back during his rookie NFL season just for kicks (no pun intended). As a side note, these things probably didn't come up all at once in the news in the Pittsburgh area, but in a national spotlight, it always seems to.
Supposedly he will be interrogated about this and hopefully get everything straightened out about this. You kinda have to wonder, what are these guys thinking when they do certain things?
For the full article on NFL.com, go here.
Spring Training 2010 - Pitched, will be pitching, and well, less pitching
Pitched: Aroldis Chapman, the fiesty Cuban rounded up by the Cincy Reds during the offseason, made his ST debut yesterday against the Kansas City Royals. Yesterday showed Chapman hurl 2 scoreless innings with a hit, a walk, and three strikeouts. Believe the hype, my children. If you ever saw the movie Kicking and Screaming, he can be compared to the Italian boys that they get on the team just so they can start winning games. Don't really blame them in all honesty. Considering how Reds starting pitching was in a downward spiral by the second half of the season (Phillies fans will never forget that 22-1 blowout where everyone in the lineup got a hit), they somewhat limped out of the season with a 78-84 record. The Reds deserve a little something special this year. Good starting pitching may do the trick.
Article
Will Be Pitching: Okay kids, you've been waiting for this since the MLB Draft (well, maybe not, but let's make this sound a little more exciting, yes?) Stephen Strasburg will be making his ST debut against the Tigers at 1:05 this afternoon [side note: I'll miss most of it since I'm in school as I write this] and will be expected to pitch about 2 innings.
For more information, go here.
Well, Less Pitching: Ah, the closer. A very crucial position when your team is up by one run in the bottom of the 9th and the heart of the order is coming up to try and pulverize you. Looks like that might not be the case for Twins' closer Joe Nathan. Scar tissue from Nathan's previous elbow surgery suffered a much unwanted tear, and resulted in elbow soreness which ultimately benched him after one batter on Saturday against the Red Sox. With a closer like Nathan in the MLB, it's really sad to see that happen, especially in Spring Training. He had an excellent season last year (statistically doing better than Mariano-saurus, if you can believe that) and now he may not be able to pitch during the 2010 season in case of surgery. That just really blows, and there really isn't anything he can do to avoid it either. It's not like you can let it go. When you're a closer, you need to pump some effective stuff to get your job done, and if your elbow isn't up to that job, you might as well go home.
For the whole story on MLB.com, go here.
--AZ
Article
Will Be Pitching: Okay kids, you've been waiting for this since the MLB Draft (well, maybe not, but let's make this sound a little more exciting, yes?) Stephen Strasburg will be making his ST debut against the Tigers at 1:05 this afternoon [side note: I'll miss most of it since I'm in school as I write this] and will be expected to pitch about 2 innings.
For more information, go here.
Well, Less Pitching: Ah, the closer. A very crucial position when your team is up by one run in the bottom of the 9th and the heart of the order is coming up to try and pulverize you. Looks like that might not be the case for Twins' closer Joe Nathan. Scar tissue from Nathan's previous elbow surgery suffered a much unwanted tear, and resulted in elbow soreness which ultimately benched him after one batter on Saturday against the Red Sox. With a closer like Nathan in the MLB, it's really sad to see that happen, especially in Spring Training. He had an excellent season last year (statistically doing better than Mariano-saurus, if you can believe that) and now he may not be able to pitch during the 2010 season in case of surgery. That just really blows, and there really isn't anything he can do to avoid it either. It's not like you can let it go. When you're a closer, you need to pump some effective stuff to get your job done, and if your elbow isn't up to that job, you might as well go home.
For the whole story on MLB.com, go here.
--AZ
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