Kenny and Adam Carolla audition for “Never At Ease: The Roger Staubach Story.” Be sure to click the video a few times if it doesn’t play right away. ESPN video is quirky that way.
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According to Jon Morsoi of FOXSports.com, the Yankees have acquired outfielder Curtis Granderson from the Tigers as part of a three-team deal that also includes the Diamondbacks.
Here’s how the trade breaks down:
Yankees Get:
Curtis Granderson (Tigers)
Tigers Get:
Max Scherzer (Diamondbacks)
Daniel Schlereth (Diamondbacks)
Phil Coke (Yankees)
Austin Jackson (Yankees)
Diamondbacks Get:
Edwin Jackson (Tigers)
Ian Kennedy (Yankees)
The Yankees and Tigers did very well in this deal. The Bronx Bombers get a five-tool player in Granderson, who can play either center or left field depending on whether or not the club re-signs Johnny Damon this winter. Granderson struggles hitting lefties, but he’s only 28-years old and his potential is still very high.
The Tigers, meanwhile, get financial flexibility by trading Granderson and also hauled in a coup of young talent. Austin Jackson was highly regarded as the Yankees’ centerfielder of the future. He’s 22 and hit .300 with four home runs, nine triples, 23 doubles, 65 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 132 Triple-A games last year. If he continues to develop, he might turn out to be Detroit’s next Granderson.
Scherzer is a 25-year old, hard-throwing right-hander who can eat up innings and is a workhorse. Schlereth was Arizona’s 2008 first round pick and saw some game action late last season and Coke already has experience at the big league level himself.
Not to take anything away from the Edwin Jackson, but this seems like a lateral move for Arizona. Scherzer is just as talented as Jackson (if not more talented), so why part with him and Schlereth to complete this deal? They better hope Kennedy starts fulfilling some of his potential or this might look like a bad deal for the D-Backs in a couple years.
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Per ESPN. He has a foot injury.
The Pacers are currently sitting in the #12 spot in the East with a 6-12 record. Needless to say, losing their best player for a month is going to hurt, and hurt bad. I don’t think Indiana will be able to recover and make the playoffs, as they play 18 games between now and Jan. 9. By then, nearly half the season will be over.
Who the F is Brandt Andersen, you ask? He’s the owner of the Utah Flash, an NBA D-League team. After pitching a rematch between Michael Jordan and Bryon Russell for months, Andersen misled fans by hiring a Michael Jordan impersonator and releasing viral video of “Jordan” eating at a restaurant in Orem. Over 7,500 fans showed up to a Flash game expecting to see the rematch. When fans saw the impostor walk on court, they started booing and leaving the arena.
Here is Andersen’s non-apology apology (from his blog):
“This was done in fun. If you did not see it as fun or you feel we went over the top I am sorry…Since putting out the challenge to B Russ and MJ and the charity of their choice we have tried to put the pressure on MJ to join us…I knew I would not know if MJ was going to attend until a few hours before game time. I never received the call indicating he would not attend…In every interview I said if Jordan did not show we would have a backup that would be entertaining. I promised it would be worth attending…So as a backup, we hired a Michael Jordan lookalike…Like you I was let down. I wanted MJ to show up.”
— Brandt Andersen
Is this guy for real?
He starts off with the non-apology apology, basically saying that the whole thing was a joke and if fans don’t have a sense of humor about it, then he’s sorry. Next up is his spiel about how the promotion came about, but what I don’t get is the line about not knowing if Jordan would show until “a few hours before game time.” What? He’s basically promoting a Jordan/Russell rematch not knowing if Michael Freaking Jordan is going to make it until just before game time? Give me a break.
Then he puts the blame on Jordan for not showing up, when he was the one that created the whole situation in the first place. He talks about how easy it was to disprove the hoax, but in viral or word-of-mouth marketing, credibility is out the window, especially in such a small time frame. Why else would 7,500 or so fans show up actually expecting to see MJ?
To top it all off, he doesn’t even offer disgruntled fans a refund, just two tickets to a future Flash game, which is something that doesn’t really cost him anything. Sweet.
This cat is a piece of work. I’ll give it to him, though — he has giant balls.
One of the biggest beefs that the standard news outlets have about blogs is that blogs will claim work as their own, even though they borrowed the information from an original source.
We here at The Scores Report make a conscious effort to not only link to the original source, but to also state who the source was that we got the information from.
Maybe FootballCoachScoop.com should try the same practice.
Here are two excerpts from an article Central Michigan football beat writer Drew Ellis (who writes for the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun) wrote last night about Chippewa head coach Butch Jones, who is being pursued by other programs, including former MAC rival Marshall:
Heeke spoke Friday about working on a new contract for Jones, and sources close to Central Michigan University have confirmed that the new contract would make Jones the second highest-paid coach in the Mid-American Conference with a base salary over $400,000 and incentives that could earn Jones another $200,000 annually.
The new contract offer would be a five-year deal and begin immediately.
Jones also has a $475,000 buyout in his current CMU contract, which increases to $700,000 if he is to leave the Chippewas prior to the end of the season, which includes the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6.
This morning, FootballCoachScoop.com wrote this about the Jones’ contract situation in their “Scoop” section:
Our source close to the situation has confirmed that Athletic Director Dave Heeke has offered Head Coach Butch Jones a new contract. According to our source, the new contract would make Jones the second highest-paid coach in the Mid-American Conference with a base salary over $400,000 and incentives that could earn Jones another $200,000 annually. The new contract offer would be a five-year deal and begin immediately. Jones also has a $475,000 buyout in his current CMU contract, which increases to $700,000 if he is to leave the Chippewas prior to the end of the season, which includes the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6.
Sound familiar? While it’s possible that the site has its own source, the fact that their report is a word-for-word copy of Ellis’ article makes this highly unlikely. This is a clear case of a blog ripping off a newspaper’s information and passing it off as their own. Look at Ellis’ final paragraph and compare it to the last line in FootballCoachScoop.com’s paragraph. It’s identical and again, Ellis’ article posted last night and the blog posted their “scoop” this morning.
Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “It’s a MAC story – who cares.” But if FootballCoachScoop.com is stealing from Ellis, then who else are they stealing from? The blog routinely bolds the phrase “FIRST TO REPORT” on some of their stories, but are they the ones actually reporting the news first? Or are they stealing the content from beat writers across the country?
I’d love for FootballCoachScoop.com to reveal their “sources” on this story, because I’m pretty sure their “sources” are ctrl-alt-c for copy and ctrl-alt-v for paste.
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