Sports 4 Dorks

News and notes while trying to figure out what we can do for you, Brian McNamee…
LSU 38, Ohio St. 24 (AP/Y! Sports) For the second successive season, Ohio State loses in a national championship tilt, losing this time to LSU in N’Awlins. LSU signal caller Matt Flynn threw for four touchdown passes in the national […]

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Heading into the 2007 season, Edgar Renteria was entrenched at shortstop for the Braves. The veteran shortstop had become a fan favorite and team leader after bouncing back from an off year with Boston. At the same time Yunel Escobar had pretty much fallen off the radar. He got some attention from winning the AFL […]

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The Tigers signing eleven minor leaguers to fill in where they might need them came through the AP wire today, and landed on the Tigers’ website.
The eleven players mentioned in the linked article are as follows:
Pitchers:
Anastacio Martinez
Jon Connolly
Jeremy Johnson
Ian Ostlund
Francis Beltran
Marcelo Perez
Position players:
Maxim St. Pierre
Dane Sardinha
Henry Mateo
Jackson Melian
Caonabo Cosme
Most of the players listed have already been […]

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Just a short prediction on how things will go today when the Hall of Fame inductee(s) is/are announced.  First, here’s who has a shot: 
1.  Rich “Goose” Gossage:  he was one of the best closers of the 70s and 80s.  Last year he came in with 71.2% of the vote.  This is his ninth year on […]

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The NHL has hit its midpoint now, and everyone is no worse for wear for the most part. So, taking into consideration the fact that predictions were made at the start of the season, it’s about time, I’d say, to revisit those very same expectations and discredit myself all the while for the stupidity I […]

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Greg Hansen, a columnist for the Arizona Star, had an excellent article on the state of Chris Brown, Doug Rappaport and the UMass men’s soccer team in general.
Both players will graduate this year but have another year of eligibility. The problem is that they will basically have to pay their way for another year.
Rappaport, who […]

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In recent months, I’ve added Gene Wojciechowski to my list of “must-read” columnists. His piece last night on the Roger Clemens scandal was fantastic. As much as I try to ignore the steroids issue nowadays because I’m sick and tired of it… but this article really crystallized a lot of issues for me. You can […]

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Here’s some various Mavericks articles to get you through the day:
Nowitzki aggressive again - David Moore, Dallas Morning News
D-Moore says that Dirk has been playing a lot more aggressively during his current nine-game streak where he led the Mavs in scoring.   It’s more evident that he’s hit his shooting stride, but outside of that […]

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Hi Everyone. My first post is over at the Firebrand site. It’s a two part series that evaluates the players on the 2008 Red Sox. I was hoping it might generate some good conversation between us and the fans of our rivals…and it was part of a trade between Ryne Crabb and myself where he said […]

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You can analyze 22 year old Julio Pimentel’s 2007 season one of two ways: either he had a good year in a good pitcher’s park or he actually made the progression from thrower to pitcher. I prefer to think it is the latter.
Pimentel was acquired by the Royals in mid-2006 as part of […]

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