How did your team do at the trade deadline? If you’re a Braves or Red Sox fan, you’re probably pretty happy right now. But instead of doing an analysis on all the trades, in my latest column I decided to look at how past deals involving Grady Sizemore, Hanley Ramirez and Brad Penny played out.
Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1377 of 1503)
The USC Trojans are the top ranked college football program according to the USA Today 25 coaches’ poll. Not much of a surprise there considering John David Booty is set to embark on his senior campaign and is highly regarded as one of the top quarterbacks in the nation.
LSU is ranked second, which isn’t a huge surprise considering the Tigers defense is going to be nasty again next year. Losing quarterback JaMarcus Russell and defensive leader LaRon Landry doesn’t help, however, so it wouldn’t be a total shock if LSU slips as the season wares on and they face stiffer opponents.
Out of the rest of the top five, (#3) Florida, (#4) Texas and (#5) Michigan, I think I’m most excited to see how the Long Horns will fare. Colt McCoy was something special last year as a freshman and if he can stay healthy, I believe he could potentially lead UT to a national title, whether it be this year or next. Of course, the defending champion Gators rarely get the respect they deserve and it’s evident once again with the way they’re ranked third in these preseason polls. The Wolverines are going to be tough too with Chad Henne, Jake Long and Michael Hart all returning to try and finish what they couldn’t last year when they lost to rival Ohio State in the regular season finale.
To see the entire USA Today ranking, click here.
SPORTSbyBROOKS.com blogged an article that stated Yankees owner George Steinbrenner’s health is dramatically failing.
In an (unauthorized) brief visit with the turtlenecked-one, Lidz writes of Steinbrenner: “His body is bloated; his jawline has slackened into a triple chin; his skin looks as if a dry-cleaner bag has been stretched over it. Steinbrenner’s face, pale and swollen, has a curiously undefined look. His features seem frozen in a permanent rictus of careworn disbelief.”
It’s no secret Steinny’s health has been poor for a few years now, but it appears that it’s getting extremely serious. But the speculation of the Yankees being on sale is just that right now, speculation. However, eyebrows were raised after the YES Network – Steinbrenner’s cash cow cable association – was put up for sale. Speculation or not, Steinbrenner won’t be the Yankees owner forever, so the question is: will the next owner of the Yankees be as free-wheeling spending wise as Steinbrenner has been? Yankee fans love it, but the rest of baseball followers curse their ever continuous spending as much as they curse the ground Barry Bonds walks on. Can anyone envision Mark Cuban – who’s in the mix to be the next Cubs owner – taking over in the Bronx? Holy crap.
Starting pitcher Matt Morris had some choice words for his former team after the Giants traded him to the Pirates minutes before the trade deadline Thursday afternoon.
Morris said he was excited about returning to the National League Central and “getting some better defense and some young guys who are looking to play hard.”
He also insinuated the Giants’ organization accepted losing.
Better defense? The Giants and Pirates have the exact same .989 fielding percentage this year and how does it get any better than Omar Vizquel at short? Hey Matt, in your last 45.1 innings, you gave up 80 hits and 40 freaking earned runs – so don’t blame anybody but yourself. The Giants were ready and willing to trade you months ago when you were actually earning that ridiculous three-year, $27 million contract. If you wanted to be dealt to a contender, you shouldn’t have muffed up your last four starts. You deserve the Pirates.
As reported less than a week ago, Giants defensive end Michael Strahan is considering retirement and now the team wants him to make a decision quickly because A) They need to find out if they should pursue a free agent end like Simeon Rice and B) They want to see if Strahan is bluffing like some reports say he is.
On Tuesday, Giants general manger Jerry Reese and head coach Tom Coughlin stated they’re preparing as though Strahan won’t be with the team in 2007. Well, this is what Strahan’s “camp” had to say about the matter:
“How could he not feel betrayed?” the New York Daily News quoted a “source who spoke with Strahan” on Tuesday. “After spending 14 years, after being a loyal and dedicated player to an organization, and now that he is considering retirement, the most difficult decision in his career, instead of giving him space to make this decision, people are talking about fines and replacements?
“I am really sad that this situation is being portrayed the way it is. This is not about money.”
Are you serious? They’re talking about fines and replacements because the dude won’t give anyone a straight answer. The Giants just went through all this BS with Tiki Barber last year and aren’t in the mood to do it again. And if you say it’s not about the money, you’re fooling yourself because it’s already been well documented that his ex-wife fleeced him in a divorce settlement.
It will never cease to amaze me how professional athletes can turn any situation around to make it be about them. Guess what Mike? The Giants are going to be there long after you get done playing my man. They need to make big boy football decisions and not all of them will be in your best interest – especially when you pull some cockamamie retirement idea out your ass just days before training camp kicked off just so you can squeeze more money out of the deal.
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