Give it to Zach Greinke! No one deserves it more than the sensational starter from the Kansas City Royals. With the worst run support in baseball, he leads the league in ERA and is second in strikeouts. On a better team, there is no way Greinke is not a 20+ game winner this year. The Cy Young is supposed to go to the best pitcher. This year, it’s Greinke. No doubt.
Archive for September, 2009
Cy Young
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Ole Miss Cant Live Up to the Hype
Friday, September 25th, 2009Every year it seems that there are a few teams that receive a ton of preseason love from the pundits. Despite the fact that Ole Miss hasn’t really looked all that impressive this year, they had managed to turn their pre-season expectations into a #4 ranking. All that came crashing down last night as the Rebels were dominated by the Gamecocks. Already this year we’ve seen pre-season titans Oregon and Oklahoma State get exposed, and now the Rebels join their ranks. It just goes to show how hard it really is to move into the elite of the elite in college football.
Kansas Embarrasment
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Surely everyone has heard about the brawl between the football and basketball players at KU. With the ongoing disaster that is the Kansas Jayhawks sports program, one wonders if the basketball teams and football teams can recover. The football team is starting its very difficult Big 12 conference schedule and this is the kind of situation that can derail a season. The basketball team is gearing up for a possible national title run. Not to mention how this will affect recruiting. Ask yourself this. If you were a prized recruit would you want to go where fights take place between athletic departments?
Refund for Fan
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009After Oregon’s embarrassing loss and behavior to Boise State, one fan asked for his money back. Oregon grad Tony Seminary confirmed that he had emailed an invoice to head coach Chip Kelly requesting a refund for the expenses incurred on the trip. Kelly sent Seminary a check a few days later for $439. Charlie Weiss and Al Groh better hope that doesn’t become mandatory.
Its Sproles Time
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009If the Monday Night Football game between the Raiders and the Chargers taught us anything, it’s that LaDainian Tomlinson is out and Darren Sproles is in as the elite back in San Diego. LT has been a great player, a for sure 1st Ballot Hall of Famer. But age and injury has caught up to him. He can still be an effective change of pace and still make some big plays when you need them. But Darren Sproles is now the engine that drives that team.
Tebow Could Be Greatest College QB EVER
Monday, September 14th, 2009If Tim Tebow goes on to win the National Championship and the Heismann Trophy this year, he will probably go down as the greatest college quarterback of all time. In recent years, Matt Leinart and Vince Young have made strong cases. And any discussion of the greatest of all time should include Tommy Frazier and Charlie Ward. But put Tebow at the top if, IF he leads the Gators to another title.
Season Starts Today
Thursday, September 10th, 2009When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans meet tonight, it will mark the end of the agonizing pre-season and the beginning of the regular season. The Steelers are looking to defending their crown, but have quarterback Ben Rothlesburger’s sexual assault suit hanging over them. The titans are trying to prove that their defense can be just as fearsome without Albert Haynesworth. Its going to be a hard-hitting affair tonight, a perfect opening for a spectacular season.
Sucks to be Seymor
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Imagine going from a 3 time super bowl championship team to the Raiders. That’s the situation Richard Seymor finds himself in and we can hardly blame him for refusing to report. Since Seymor is a free agent at the end of the year, our sources tell us that Al Davis is going to have to overpay big time with a new contract to get him to report and then stay on longer in Oakland. Of course since Al gave up a potential top-5 draft pick for an over 30 soon to be free agent lineman, overpaying is something he is familiar with.