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      Indians wanted Matt Cain for Victor Martinez

      August 1, 2009 /

      According to a report by Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Indians wanted quite the haul from the Giants if they were to have acquired catcher Victor Martinez, who eventually wound up being traded to the Red Sox.

      Sources said the Indians wanted a package led by either Matt Cain or Madison Bumgarner for Martinez, and the Giants are happy with a righty-lefty first base combo of Ryan Garko and Travis Ishikawa.

      This report might not be true (after all, Schulman didn’t site his sources), but if it is, Cleveland GM Mark Shapiro had to have been hammered when he took the call from San Francisco GM Brian Sabean about V-Mart:

      “Uh yeah, Mark? This is Brian Sabean from the Giants.”

      “What can Brain I do for you Giants?”

      “What? Is this Mark Shapiro from the Indians?”

      “Yes siiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Word up, man?”

      “Uh yeah…hey listen Mark, I was wondering what kind of package you’d be looking for in a deal for Victor Martinez.”

      “Matt Cain.”

      “Matt Cain?”

      “Matt Cain.”

      “Are you drunk? Martinez is a good hitter, but he’s struggled this past month and he’s 30. Cain is only 24 and is a legit Cy Young candidate.”

      “Fiiiiiiine…whatever, douche. Give me Madison Bumgarner then.”

      “He’s our top pitching prospect! Seriously Mark, are you freaking sauced right now? And did you just call me a douche?”

      “Tim Lincecum, Pablo Sandoval and Jonathan Sanchez….Sanchez can be the throw in.”

      “Sober up, Mark.”

      MLB

      Mason reconsiders retirement, rejoins Ravens

      August 1, 2009 /

      Wide receiver Derrick Mason has reconsidered retirement and has decided that he will play for the Ravens in 2009.

      “It was a tough decision, but I think it was a good decision for me to come back,” Mason said. “I needed to evaluate my life, football and my career. The last several weeks thinking about it and talking with my family was an important time for me and them.

      “I still have an intense fire inside me, and I want to play. My family and I wanted to finish it out the right way. I felt like I had left something undone, and I wanted to finish it. I believe this is a good example for my son and my daughter on how to be thoughtful and also follow through.”

      “I wanted to make sure that when I do retire, I won’t have any regrets,” he said. “As I’ve thought about this and talked about this with my family, I realized I would have regrets if I didn’t come back.
      “I think I’m in great shape. I have been working out, and I was part of the offseason program. I’m ready to get out there with my teammates.”

      This is great news for the Ravens, who would have been desperately thin at receiver without Mason. While he isn’t a spring chicken at 35 years old, Mason did haul in 80 passes last year for 1,037 yards and five touchdowns. He was Baltimore best playmaker in Baltimore’s passing game last year and Joe Flacco’s number one target.

      Again, this is great news for the Ravens.

      NFL

      Sheckler injured; Rodriguez wins X Games Skate Street

      August 1, 2009 /

      Rodriguez

      Moments ago, Paul Rodriguez grabbed the gold medal in the X Games Skate Street competion, edging out Nyjah Huston and Adam Dyet, who earned the silver and bronze, respectively. Rodriguez was the silver medalist in last year’s Skate Street competition. Though he previously won the competition in ’04 and ’05, Ryan Sheckler was the favorite to win this year’s event.

      In the final session, Sheckler attempted a trick down the staircase and rolled his ankle. He had to be carted off, leaving the remaining five skaters to contend. While the 14 year-old Nyjah Huston and Adam Dyet were both impressive, Rodriguez’s perfect switch kickflip and switch heelflip down the 12-stair were enough to hold off the others.

      X-Games

      2009 fantasy football is coming aoon—a look back at 2008 defenses

      August 1, 2009 /

      Last month we started looking at last season’s statistics for position players in fantasy football land, and today we’ll look at a position many often overlook. That’s fantasy defenses, which can sometimes put up just enough points to earn your team a victory once in a while. It’s always smart to try and grab one of the top units, although as we’ve seen before, things change, sometimes drastically, from year to year with fantasy D’s. Me? I like to grab my defense before my kicker. This list is based on point totals from one of my leagues, so keep in mind that stats vary from year to year.

      1. Baltimore Ravens—The Ravens’ defense is perennially awesome, and we’ll find out for sure how much of that was due to former coordinator Rex Ryan, who is now the head honcho for the Jets. Ryan took plenty of players with him too, like LB Bart Scott and S Jim Leonhard, but the Ravens still have Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs. Reed just keeps getting better every year, and his sick nose for the ball is one reason the Ravens had a league high 26 picks. They will keep scoring low as always, but their 34 sacks last season isn’t much to get excited about. Bottom line: The Ravens won’t be a number one this year, but are still top 10.

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      Fantasy Football, NFL

      Saturday MMA Review: 8/1

      August 1, 2009 /

      Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:

      – In a press conference held Friday, UFC boss Dana White announced the returns of Tito Ortiz and Vitor Belfort, and promised to be close on another deal that will “change the UFC forever.”

      – Unfortunately, getting Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko into the UFC remains a pipe-dream — and it will remain that way as long as Fedor has morons like Jerry Millen in his camp.

      – Josh Barnett insists that he’s innocent of his latest steroid charge. His urine, however, is telling a different story.

      – Speaking of ‘roids, we ran down every single steroid bust in MMA history, from Tim Sylvia’s ill-fated attempt to lose his gut to Kevin Randleman’s infamous “dead human or live animal” incident.

      – Strikeforce’s August 15th show continues to undergo major changes, with Renato Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi brought over from Affliction’s canceled “Trilogy” card, Jay Hieron coming in to replace Joe Riggs, and Mitsuhiro Ishida replacing injured lightweight champ Josh Thomson. Luckily, Gina Carano is still looking quite healthy.

      – Also in the wake of Affliction’s collapse, the UFC swooped in to rescue Ben Rothwell, Paul Daley, and Joe Lauzon’s little brother.

      – Kenny Florian talked to us about his gameplan for BJ Penn, and set the record straight on that text message he may or may not have sent Penn that may or may not have accused Georges St. Pierre of greasing.

      Mixed Martial Arts

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