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June 2009

Another in-depth look at the Indians, with the same conclusions

June 30, 2009

A pretty in-depth study of the Indians blames the team's woes this season on poor pitching and high draft picks that missed. Then it states: "The (Mark) Shapiro-(Chris) Antonetti tandem gets more love from national media outlets than, say, White Sox GM Kenny Williams, who is perceived as arrogant and overly blunt. Is it because [...]

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Some things just make ya want to barf

June 30, 2009

Like this … this kind of makes me want to barf. I guess a man has every right to earn a living, and the price of gas is going up … But really, now. We are talking major upchuck city. (Geez, do I have too much time today or what?)

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We all grew up with the Farrah Fawcett poster, right?

June 30, 2009

No jokes on the outtake photos, please.

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Why the Indians won't trade Cliff Lee

June 30, 2009

From SI's Jon Heyman: "Even if the Indians are to concede this season, they don't want to concede next year, too."

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Gotta like an airline with a sense of humor

June 30, 2009

The Kiwis have it!

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A Shaq quote on Cleveland!

June 30, 2009

From SI.com: "My wife said this is the first time she's seen a great team get a great player and not lose any players. But I'm going to take it one game. Anybody can say [they're going to win a title, but now you've got to get there. Anytime you're in the Finals, they want [...]

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A Rubio point to ponder

June 30, 2009

Wonder if the Cavs are one of the teams that called about Ricky Rubio. His quote aside (and geez, folks, since when can people on this blog not take a joke?), Rubio is one heck of a player.

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Just for the heck of it

June 30, 2009

Another great old Jackson Five tune:

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Swing and a miss? It's not all bad

June 30, 2009

Strikeouts are on the rise in baseball, and it's not necessarily viewed as such a bad thing for a hitter to strike out 180 times a year. Go figure.

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Interested in buying Bernie's pad?

June 29, 2009

Bernie Kosar's home (right) in Florida is on the market. Asking price: $3.5 million. The home includes a bizarre-looking sleeping arrangement (below) that seems right out of Thomas Jefferson and Monticello – our third president slept on the first floor in an alcove in the middle of the house (below as well), so he could jump [...]

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A positive spin on Donald Fehr

June 29, 2009

Good take here on Don Fehr, a guy whose smarts and fight I always respected. Though he lost me quite a bit on the steroids thing.

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Idle thought

June 29, 2009

Did anyone besides me notice Ricky Rubio's answer when asked at the draft what NBA player he is most like (asked because few have seen him play since he played in Spain). His answer: "I'm Ricky Rubio." Glad he cleared that up. With that statement, it became official: We have another snot-nosed kid walking around [...]

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The DeJuan Blair mystery solved

June 29, 2009

Ian Thomsen clears up the mystery about DeJuan Blair of Pitt, and why he didn't go until the second round in the draft. According to Thomsen, Blair underwent ACL surgery on both knees in high school, and many teams said his long-term prognosis was not good. Thomsen finds some disagreement on Blair's long-term health, though. [...]

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A word on NFL revenues

June 29, 2009

SI.com's Ross Tucker points out that the Green Bay Packers, the small market Green Bay Packers, the market that lacks the sponsorship and marketing wherewithal of every other NFL city, made a profit of $20 million last season. That's profit. "If a franchise in a miniscule market can turn a profit during a historically down [...]

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Joe Jurevicius sues the Browns and Cleveland Clinic

June 29, 2009

I think it's going to be extremely difficult for Joe Jurevicius to prove where he got his staph infection.
I think it's going to be even more difficult to prove the Browns did not do all they could to keep their place clean and sterile. It's just very hard for me to believe the Browns were that [...]

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Shaq's reaction to the trade

June 29, 2009

The video that Shaquille O'Neal posted on his Twitter page (shoot me) made its way to YouTube. Here's the video, which Shaq dubbed his first official reaction to the trade to Cleveland (lyrics below):

I'm here at the crossroad.
Where my life is heading, man I don't know.
Should I stay or should I go?
Cause anything's better then [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 27, 2009

He sure could make music … check out the early Bill Cosby too …

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We pause from sports for a few moments …

June 26, 2009

… to ponder the death of Michael Jackson. For me, it's a loss to entertainment, but I always get a kick out of seeing the world fawn and mourn a celebrity simply because he was a celebrity. I mean, is Jackson's death worth exponentially more angst than the deaths on the streets of Iran these [...]

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Some national reaction on the Shaq trade

June 25, 2009

Some thoughts from some of the national writers around this good nation:
ESPN.com's John Hollinger:
Shaq doesn't need to pitch a shutout. Cleveland just needs more resistance than it showed in the conference finals, when Howard tormented the Cavs for 25.8 points per game on 65 percent shooting to usher them out of the playoffs.
History has shown [...]

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Some interplay with Shaq, LeBron and Dwight Howard at the 2007 All-Star Game

June 25, 2009

Shaq wins!

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Shaq!

June 25, 2009

Wow.
A holee molee hang-on-to-your hats wow.
The Cavs added Shaquille O'Neal to their roster, and gave nothing up of consequence. Heck, one of the guys they gave up – Sasha Pavlovic – might even wind up back on the team (grimace now).
To get an All-Star and all-timer and all-personality guy, a guy who can compete with [...]

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The price of hot dogs in New York could go up

June 24, 2009

CC Sabathia  is a great, great pitcher. If only he were still on the Indians.
But … he has not pitched less than 180 innings in his eight full seasons. The last two seasons – 2007 and 2008 – the Indians and Brewers had him throw 241 and 253 innings. In three of his starts this [...]

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Ever wonder what hockey greatness buys?

June 24, 2009

This is where Mario Lemieux lives. He hosted a Stanley Cup party a week back or so.

 The Cup even took a dip.

This is Adriana Lima in happier, more carefree, pre-marriage days. She did not go to the party.

And this is Adriana since she took up with that NBA guy instead of a dumpy, dopey, pathetic [...]

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I love this stuff

June 24, 2009

Someone from Pittsburgh sent Tennessee linebacker Keith Bullock a new "Terrible Towel' after the Steelers won the Super Bowl. He did it because Bullock and LenDale White stomped on a towel on the sidelines after beating the Steelers in the regular season. "Hang this up in your locker room," the note read. Bullock said he won't do [...]

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One man's faulty take on 'roids and the Hall

June 23, 2009

Interesting take on drug use and sports here in the New York Times.
The premise: Guys have pushed the legal envelope throughout baseball's history.
The conclusion: "If it surrenders to the moralists who want to turn back the clock to some imagined golden era, and excommunicates the greatest stars anyone has ever seen, it will suffer the [...]

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