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Great game, Blair played out his of mind dominating Thabeet. Shows some of the people who glorify Thabeet like he the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain. If he plays a quality big man he gets outplayed. Blair absolutely s*** on him tonight. Pitt is the best team in the country. They are talented and tough as nails.

Steroids and Yankee players. The two go hand in hand. I have to amit that I looked upon Canseco's book Game of Shadows with disbelief, but no more. I heard Joe Torre say in a radio interview that he probably "looked the other way" when it came to steroid use on the Yanks. The man simply did not want to know. OK, I buy that. And A-Rod in '03 was a Texas Ranger, but if Gene Orza has to warn A-Rod in '04 a month before he was being tested that he will be tested in a month I find it hard to believe Torre and the Yanks knew nothing. There will be no discipline here, nor should there be any. Each fan must decide for him or herself how deal with the issue. Most Yankee fans could care less that so many of their stars have been named in the steroid case, and that virtually all of their championships in the 90's are tainted by a roster full of cheaters and liars. Hey, we are all guilty of rooting for the laundry, but the fact that arguably the most talented player of this generation felt compelled to cheat floors me. The guy did not need it. He was not trying to heal quickly from an injury like Pettite, or regain his old form like Clemens, or hang on for another season or two like Sheffield and Justice, he was and is the best, most physically gifted, and highest paid player in the game. For him to cheat speaks volumes about his character and his insecurity. In the coming months we will see the other 103 names on the list, we will all be saddened by learning that guys on "our team" felt compelled to cheat. I understand the guy who is a borderline player taking the risk, look at the money to be made in MLB compared to the minors or the real world. But when our stars of stars are dirty it really sucks for all fans.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/suspension_of_sus_eric_devendo.html

regardless, I hope you're right.

“Jake has a strong preference to stay in the National League. If Jake's ever going to accept anything to the American League – and I don't want this to be taken wrong – I can safely say that it's going to be the Yankees or Red Sox or maybe the Angels. Those teams are going to be in contention and are going to spend money. If there were circumstances where he would be asked to go to the AL, kicking and screaming, those are the three places.” http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2008/dec/12/s13padres-peavy-frustrated-trade-talks-cubs/?padres so now he would accept a trade to Boston?

Rotoworld:

Jim Allen - ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove08/news/story?id=3717007 Law (insider link only): NPB: http://www.npbtracker.com/2008/07/player-profile-kenshin-kawakami/ I can't imagine anyone topping that. I'd rather have lowe.

The primary gray road shirts are quite sharp. However-- I hate the 'dual sox' hat with deep passion, and think it will be blasphemy to use it on the field. The 'B' logo is one of the most classic identities in all of sports and why in the hell would you mess with it? This would be like the Yankees putting that stupid baseball bat topped with 'Uncle Sam'-like hat 'official' logo on their hats replacing the crudely drawn symbol they normally use-- watering down that symbol that identifies their franchise across the planet and therefore diminshing their brand.

I guess the Brewers didn't really enjoy their first playoff appearance in two decades and are thus figuring out ways to make sure it doesn't happen again anytime soon. At least I will never again have to hear Sterling whoop it up about "The Melk Man."

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/

http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2008_12_11_Scott_Boras:_Jason_Varitek_has_2-year_offer_to_return/srvc=home&position=also

Fangraphs has a reasonable contract for Tex at 7/$171M http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/free-agent-values-mark-teixeira/

I want to hear the reasoning behind someone choosing to draw the line at 200M, other than the quote a while ago that said something like, "the Sox would not be outbid, unless someone went with an offer of $200M or more." I draw the line at 170M-180M. Don't get sucked into a bidding war. 170M-180M, (21M- 23M a year) the east coast, plus a chance to go to the playoffs every year should be more than enough. I think anything past 8/$180M, you lose financial flexibility. Even with the payroll the Sox have, that is a lot to tie up on one guy for the next 8 years. I think he is an elite talent, but you have to draw the line somewhere. What I don't want them to be is reactionary based off of the CC and Burnett (supposed) signings. Play our game. It has worked like a charm. No way the O's or Nats go $200M, which is what I think is what it will take for them to pry Big Tex away from the Sox or Angels.

I would be surprised if CC survives this season. He pitched 241 innings in 2007 and 253 innings this year. If he gives the Yanks half of that I will be surprised. I bet he'll land on the DL sometime next year. That is a workload that eventually will catch up with him, especially given that he's not exactly going to be winning any fitness competitions anytime soon.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2008/12/09/sabean-calls-sabathia-a-fallback-position-rules-out-teixeira/

Rotoworld:

Big 'Cuse fan here and what a great win tonight. Kansas is a very good team. I thought the key really was wearing them down in the 2nd half. They got tired and we were better conditioned to play that kind of a game. Bodes well for a rough and tumble Big East season. Jonny was amazing and Onuaku was an absolute beast. They can take this team far. Rautins played a very solid game too and in addition to a decent shooting night, his defense and passing was terrific. Devendorf was Devendorf. He has got to learn how to cut down on the mistakes, they will kill us some nights. But he seems to manage to rise in the big moments and he had a very good 2nd half for the most part. Harris too has to cut down on the mistakes, but he played an outstanding game for the most part, and that monster block saved the game for us. Great intensity in the 2nd half. Hats off to Boeheim for going man to man. The Zone is really not going to work with this team, they dont really have the personnel, and they're too athletic to not play man. On the negative side, we have to show more patience against the better defensive teams. Kansas plays great interior defense and we kept trying to attack them with our guards. It didnt work. When we tried playing one-on-one the offense really bogged down. But it was a great gritty win by this team. It's night and day from last year to this year with this group of players. I love the heart everyone played with tonight and the no quit attitude. This type of game was not one we would have won last year. We were at our best getting the ball out to the wings and then making entry passes to our big men. I really think this is a top 15 team and top 5 team in the big east and Flynn is one of the top 2 or 3 point guards in the nation, imo. Also we have got to start making free throws in big spots. That almost cost us the game tonight. But overall, just an absolute classic and a great confidence builder for the team. Kansas is a very good team who will likely be a Sweet 16 team this year. I think we can raise our expectations for this team a bit. Flynn is an absolute star and he will keep getting better. Buckle up guys, its going to be a wild ride this year.

that was high

damn.

People may not like the press he's getting...but come on, look at the results...they don't lie, that's total dominance.

Zink had went 5 innings against minor league teams on 3 days rest with success. Today he was fine through 4 (2 ER) against the AL's best hitting team in the AL's best hitting ball park. Ran out of gas in the 5th. We should not read too much into any one game. Zink gave up 8 runs in 4 1/3 IP while the BP gave up 9 runs in 4 2/3 IP, and 36 runs were scored by both teams. Must have been something in the air. So who is your pick for MVP of the game: Dustin Pedroia, who went 5-for-6, scored five times, hit the key two out RBI double to tie the game in the 8th and then came around to score the go-ahead run on the Youkilis HR; or Kevin Youkilis, who went "only" 2-for-5 with a walk, but the 2 hits were a 5th inning 2 run HR and the big 8th inning go ahead 3 run HR (also had the accomplishment of striking out twice in the ONE inning) or David Ortiz, who homered twice in the first, doubled in the sixth, walked twice, scored four times and drove in six. It's really a tough call. Between the three: 10-for-15, two doubles, 4 HR, 11 runs scored and 13 driven in.

Craigs List or go to the fenway box office before the game, i think they reserve day of game tickets about and the box opens 2-3 hours before the game...

lol the 4x200 relay was a dominating performace. 5/5 for Phelps...3 more!