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Its been a long time... I shouldn'tve left you...
without a strong rhyme to step to...-Rakim
Well, damn look who just just up and appears out of nowhere! The You Gab Sports Collective says in surprise.
Yeah, Its me the Bandito...having had to deal with a bunch of sh...'and having a combination of writers block and depression. Sports writing wasn't really something that I was really up for. But the writers block has eased somewhat and the depression??? Ehhhh, the blue moods come and go. But to used the overused cliche' "It is what it is" The weekly football picks will be posted next Wednesday as I try to improve on my sparkling record from 2009. But first... there are a few things to touch on.
I went to the fights and a baseball game broke out
As my mom likes to say of those that act like they have no sense. "He went and acted a damn fool." Thats the only thing I can think of to say about Nyjer Morgan. When you think he cant act anymore ignant (sic) than he does after throwing a ball into the stands with more or less malicious intent. He runs through Marlins catcher Brett Hayes in Tuesday's game separating his shoulder. Payback was quick to come as Chris Volsted first drilled Morgan then after Morgan stoled two meaningless bases in a Marlins rout. Volsted throws behind Morgan and they're playing the feud. Now the throwing was borderline, the fight was a result but after Morgan charged the mound, he got clotheslined by Gaby Sanchez. When the melee was sorted out, Morgan taunted the Dolphin Stadium crowd. Keep in mind, Morgan is playing only because his 7 game suspension is under appeal. I have the feeling that MLB dean of discipline Bob Watson will not look favorably at this turn of events. Morgan might not be playing too much more this season.
Chapman: The Reds Cuban Missile could lauch them deep into October.
Last winter when the Reds dropped a jaw dropping (for them) anyway $30 million on Cuban fireballer Aroldis Chapman many folks asked what was wronf with him. If he was all that, why didn't the big money Yankees or Red Sox drop the cheddar? Most folks in the know say the Yanks, Sox and other big money teams didnt believe that he was major league ready right away. Suddenly the Reds look prescient as Chapman has been dealing an eye popping fastball. He make Stephen Strasburg look like a junkballer. He threw a 104 mph fastball...but he follows this up with an absolutely filthy 87-90 mph slider. Ive had my people tell me that if a slider moves like that to follow up with a fastball...that could be the edge that makes the Reds a sleeper to get deep into the postseason. Remember back in 1990 when the Reds could shorten games to six innings with a talented and deep bullpen.
The Big Ten Plus Two gets their house divided
With Nebraska set to join the Big Ten plus one in the 2011 season,The Big Ten now has two junior members but now they can split their league and have a playoff. The Bucks and Wolverines are now sitting opposite of one another. The divisions look a bit haphazard but to hear Big Ten plus Two commish Jim Delaney preached his so-called wisdom and his logic for the divisions made no sense to me.
BYU goes independent... and who really cares?
Brigham Young who hasn't been really relevant in football since they won their only national title in 1984 has decided to forego the Mountain West and go independent . When they won their title (I was in the 7th grade and had no idea where BYU was) they were the only unbeaten team that year after beating Michigan in the Holiday Bowl. BYU has decided to become like Notre Dame and shun a conference affiliation, ironically they will be playing the Irish on a yearly basis. I think that this power play is a humongous mistake. BYU is not an iconic football factory, like say a Texas . Had the Longhorns went independent as they were seriously thinking of doing, they could have sustained themselves. But even with a broadcast agreement with ESPN, I'm doubting that the Cougars can make this a financially solvent equation. And I doubt that they will get much more than a sniff and a snicker from the BCS.
Well that's just a couple things off the top of my head as I see them. Ill be posting a lot more often and as mentioned before my fearless NFL prognostications posted here next week.
Thats the View From up here in the Cheap Seats Until Next Post Fellow Sports Fans!
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