Red Sox to Sign Tazawa
Posted by Adam Hart November 24, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 2:27 am
Maybe. I’m going on someone else’s translation here, because I don’t read Japanese websites all that well. But they put the stud Japanese import in red socks come April. Read more
Porter Just Can’t Let It Go, Can He?
Posted by Mike Giardi November 23, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 4:03 pm
Have I mentioned that I am a huge Joey Porter fan? What’s that? I did? When? Oh, right…just a few days ago. Well, let me reiterate that point. The Dolphins linebacker let his gums do the flapping again, in a taped interview with Keyshawn Johnson of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. Seems Porter can’t let go of “Spygate.” Who can blame him? If you think you were wronged, why not speak up? It makes my job even more entertaining that it already is.
Here’s the transcript from part of that conversation:
Keyshawn Johnson: “Let’s switch to the New England Patriots game. Is there a big difference in that rivalry of the Miami Dolphins, New England, and Pittsburgh-New England?
Joey Porter: “Yeah, it’s a big difference…but I still got hate from when I was at Pittsburgh.”
Keyshawn: Why?
Porter: Because I got cheated.
Keyshawn: Cheated in what?
Porter: In both of them AFC championship games.
Keyshawn: What did they do?
Porter: Come on, man. They’ve been videotaping for years, man. You cannot sit up there and honestly tell me if it wasn’t working, why was he doing it so much? You’re not going to sit up there and tell me if I’m a quarterback in my headset I know where the blitz is coming. I know where my hots and stuff is at before it happens. I know what play you’re running on defense. All you got to do is be in the right position … just catch the ball.
Keyshawn: So you feel they were cheating. You don’t feel they were just the better team?
Porter: What? No, no, no, no. Two times we could have blown them people out easily. They say, oh, he’s so smart. This is the best brainstorming coach. Yeah, because he’s cheating. He got caught. … If it wasn’t so bad, why did you destroy the tape so fast? … We want to see the tapes. When you get rid of evidence like that, there was something in it they didn’t want everybody to see.
Keyshawn: So you take it personally?
Porter: Maaan… That’s my dynasty. You know what I mean? I could be sitting up here with three rings. This is the way I look at it. I played three AFC Championships — won one, lost two. … Yeah, to me just like they want to put an asterisk on everything else, yeah, I don’t care what they say. They have an asterisk on them. … At the same time, people that played against them on the field, we know. Who they got on that team beside Tom Brady? It’s not like they’ve got a gang of dogs over there. … They have a bunch of all right guys. You know what I mean? Not no just real dogs. They’ve got some beasts on the D line and stuff like that but ….
Keyshawn: You can’t possibly think, three Super Bowls … You think they cheated in every single one of them games?
Porter: Man, I’m going to tell you, I’m taking that to the grave, man. I don’t care what nobody say…
Keyshawn: What about last year? … All the glamour, glitz and glamour, 16-0. You think they were cheating then?
Porter: I don’t know. You know, I don’t know… maybe he found a new way to do it or not to tell you the truth. The boy cold, man. He showed us, he’s cold. The boy cold, man. Hey, the boy cold, man. (laughs) He showed us man, he cold… I don’t trust him…(laughs).
NFL Picks, Week 12
Posted by Mike Giardi November 22, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 12:18 pm
Without further adieu, my picks for Week 12 of the National Football League. Hey, we’re only a couple of months from me falling into a deep depression. I hate when football season comes to an end. And I’m already worrying about it. I need to make another visit to my favorite therapist, Dr. Melfi. Hopefully she treats me better than that Soprano guy.
New England at Miami (-1) - I have labored over this pick all week. When pressed for an answer during our weekly contest, “Gimme 5,” I went with the Pats. I don’t feel real good about that. But I submitted my ballot. No changing now. Pats 24-23.
NY Jets at Tennessee (-5 1/2) - No truth to the rumor that I worked out for Tennessee to help fill one of their cornerback spots, but I gotta say, they’re defensive backfield is starting to look like the Pats. Still, I’ve got the Titans in this one, 21-17.
Tampa Bay (-8) at Detroit - I can’t believe I’m going to have to watch the Lions on Thanksgiving. That’s as likely to give me indigestion as eating a pound-and-a-half of stuffing with cranberry sauce. Bucs, 24-10.
Chicago (-8) at St. Louis - What a lousy effort by the Bears last weekend. Gross, really. But they are playing the Rams, who once again will be without “Ironman” Jackson, who is softer than soft serve ice cream on a 90 degree day. Bears, 28-14.
San Francisco at Dallas (-10) - Big win by Dallas last Sunday night, and there’s no reason to expect them not to get on a bit of a roll here, especially when you look at their schedule. Cowboys, 31-17.
Buffalo (-3) at Kansas City - Trent Edwards has morphed from the QB of the future to an absolute bum. Geez, he’s been brutal. J.P. Losman anyone?? (UGH!) Chiefs, 24-17.
Houston at Cleveland (-3) - Bill Cowher is rumored to be the next boss of the Browns. At 8 or 9 million a season, I’d take that job too. Texans, 27-20.
Philadelphia at Baltimore (-1) - Eagles coach Andy Reid is yelling at his team. Great Andy. It comes about two years late. Ravens, 20-17.
Minnesota at Jacksonville (-2 1/2) - Brad Childress comes from the Andy Reid coaching tree. And true to form, he stinks too. Jags, 24-21.
Oakland at Denver (-9) - The AFC West is a lot like the Big East in football. A bunch of non-descript teams who don’t deserve a playoff game (or a bowl game). Broncos, 42-14.
Carolina at Atlanta (-1) - I keep saying no one in this division wins on the road. Yet I keep picking visitors. I guess I’m dumber than you thought. Panthers, 27-21.
Washington (-3 1/2) at Seattle - Seattle’s playing with a little more pluck. But the ‘Skins gotta have this one. Washington, 20-17.
NY Giants (-3) at Arizona - I do not believe in Arizona. Let me say that again: I do not believe in Arizona. Giants, 31-21.
Indianapolis at San Diego (2 1/2) - The Chargers - and the best roster in the NFL - sure don’t play that way. Colts, 28-24.
Green Bay at New Orleans (-2 1/2) - My man Breezy is doing this by himself. Its just not fair. Packers, 31-28.
Where Is Mercury Morris?
Posted by Adam Hart November 22, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 9:08 am
Troy Brown uses ESPN’s ColdPizzaFirstTake monstrocity to share his feelings on the differences between the 2007 Patriots (18-1) and the 2008 Titans (10-0 and growing). Read more
Unfamiliar Situation
Posted by Chris Collins November 21, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 5:17 pm
This has been a great string for the home town team. Your New England Patriots have been in somewhat of a judgement month - three straight battles within the division, all with playoff implications. These are the types of games other competitive teams routinely play in November. However, for the Patriots to be one loss away from postseason difficulty, in a game before Turkey day, is foreign territory. The Pats haven’t had this type of game this early in a long long time.
But here they are at the finale of the three game stretch entering Sunday’s dance in south Florida having split the first two ball games. This game serves more than just an entrée into the post season party, but also this thing has to be personal. The way the Pats were embarrassed in week three, this game has taken on more meaning no doubt.
Now if the Patriots are, despite being beaten and battered, the Patriots who I still think they are, Sunday should be their finest showing of the season.
And the speed bump, known as the Miami Dolphins, will just be an object in the rear view mirror on the way to the playoffs.
BC in Must-Win Situation
Posted by Adam Hart November 21, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 10:54 am
This is what sports is all about. Blogging. What? You thought I was going to say, “Backs against the wall, win or your dreams are crushed games“? Read more
Haters in the House
Posted by Adam Hart November 20, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 8:34 pm
There’s nothing Magic about being biased. Read more
Still Not Watching the Bruins?
Posted by Adam Hart November 20, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 7:27 am
Because they are lighting the lamp more often than a 8-year-old who’s afraid of the dark. …Like that one? I came up with it myself. …Yeah, I hate it, too. To the highlights…. Read more
Coco Sent Packing
Posted by Chris Collins November 19, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 4:46 pm
It has taken some time. About a year and a half later the Sox finally do the deal, shipping Coco out of town. Let’s face it, the odds of Coco surviving last off season were minimal. Then there he was reporting to camp in Fort Myers, but then again not many expected the Sox to break camp with Coco. But once again coco was defying the odds and was still standing or in this case sitting on the pine, but still in a Sox uniform.
Finally after again defying odds and after starting the season on the bench he ended it starting in centerfield. He now will take his skills to Kansas City. For a variety of reasons it just never worked as well as was expected in Boston. That injured finger certainly derailed him early. So with Jacoby Ellsbury still high on the Sox priority list, the Sox give Ellsbury a vote of confidence and at the same time get a little help for the bullpen.
Maybe the situation wasn’t an ideal trade, but it was something that had to be done.
When you’re dealing with a player who believes he is a full time starter but is not starting full time in a contract year, hmm the Sox did the right thing and made the move
Coco Crisp KC Bound.
Posted by Adam Hart November 19, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 11:42 am
Confirmation has been made. Read more
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