Ramble On...
I’ve gotta get a few things to get off my chest...
Miguel Tejada, you are one of my favorite players. You are one of the top 3 players in the game of baseball right now. But I don’t like it when you, or anyone else for that matter (i.e. Manny Ramirez) demand trades. You signed a contract to play with the Baltimore Orioles, and you should honor that contract. If you wanted to win, you could have re-signed with Oakland. Yes it would have been for less, but once again, it shows what most athletes aspire for…The DOLLAR$$$$...not the ring….
My heart goes out to Jim Rice and Goose Gossage. Two players that should be in the Baseball HOF. How were they left off once again? It is mind boggling. I didn’t get to see Jim Rice play, but his numbers speaks for itself. And when you hear from major league pitchers in that era say Rice was one of the most feared hitters in the game during his time, shouldn’t that help his case for the HOF. As for Gossage, he was pitching when I was younger, but I didn’t really get to see him. But he also wasn’t his dominant self at that point either. His numbers are better than Sutter's (congrats to Sutter after 13 years), and the closers role was different from a Closers role today. Actually, back then they weren’t even called closers. Today, the “Closer” is a specialty role. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, a “closer” would come in the 7th, clean up what the Starting pitcher left, and then pitch the final 2 innings. It was harder to get a save back then. Imagine if Gossage only had to pitch 1 inning? He would probably have closer to 400 saves. Yes, Mariano, who I believe is one of the greatest closers of all-time, only pitches more than 1 inning a few times a year, and that usually only happens in the post-season. Gossage, Sutter, Rollie Fingers and company pitched more than 1 inning in the majority of their outings. They didn’t accumulate these “soft” saves. They had to work harder for their saves. Give them their due respect and finally put them in the HOF.
Now that I am done ranting and raving about Goose and Rice for having been left out of the Hall, again, I now want to focus on the voters of the HOF. There were 520 ballots cast. In order for a player to be accepted in the HOF, he needed to be on 390 of those ballots. But here is my question. If these players for years and years (12 years, until this year for Sutter) were not voted in, then why, all of a sudden, would you let him in? Look, like I said, I believe Sutter, Rice and Gossage belong in the HOF, but why would you wait 10, 11, 12 years, for some writers, to finally vote for those players? Rice hasn’t driven in any more runs, Gossage hasn’t recorded another save, Sutter hasn’t thrown another Split in a major league game? I don’t like the notion of voters saying “Well, it’s a weak 1st year class, so let’s get someone in there”. That’s not how it should work. The HOF should ONLY include those who were the absolute best. Major League Baseball should look over the system and figure out a way to fix it. It is difficult, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to fix this already flawed system, but it needs to be tweaked with and fixed once and for all.
Speaking of Hall-of-Fames, the NFL listed the finalists for the NFL HOF today. On that list includes Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Reggie White etc… It seems more difficult to be elected into the NFL HOF, where the player needs 80% of the vote (MLB needs 75%). But here is where I got a little irritated. The NFL HOF requires 3 players to be elected each year. If only 1, 2, or even none, receive 80% vote, then the top 3 vote getters are then elected. Now, that is flawed system. If you weren’t good enough to accumulate the 80% of votes, why should you, then, be allowed in this most prestigious club. It’s as if the NFL has a HOF ceremony just for the sake of having a ceremony. This proves why, baseball’s HOF is the most prestigious and honored group of any professional sport. Yes, I have said the voting for the Baseball HOF is flawed, but it is much more of an honor to elected to the Baseball HOF than any other HOF.
University Texas basketball team is finally starting to turn things around after their trampling from Duke and the surprise loss to Tennessee. P.J. Tucker is a rebounding machine, along with Aldridge. Daniel Gibson is showing signs of being one of the best Point Guards in NCAA right now. But the biggest surprise is Paulino. He has become a reliable 2 guard.
NFL Playoff Pick of the Week---New England Patriots over the Denver Broncos
Clinton Portis is going to have to run for more than 50 yards if the Redskins have any chance of beating the Seahawks.
You heard it here first…Carolina Panthers are going to beat the Chicago Bears.
Pittsburgh has no chance against Indy.
The Nets just ended their 10 game winning streak. It was halted by the San Antonio Spurs. The Nets didn’t quit, which was nice, but they certainly did not play well. Vince played well in the 1st half, but he was no where to be found until half way through the 4th quarter. Their defense played bad as well. They allowed Tony Parker to dribble around them and they allowed Rasho Nesterovich, one of the worst NBA Centers in the game, make jump shots and grab offensive rebounds. The Nets need RJ to heal, and get him back out there. I know how important VC and J-Kidd are to the Nets, but RJ is just as valuable with his 19 points/game and his rebounding, but most importantly, his defense.
Marcus Vick needs to grow up.
Congrats to Joe Paterno for being voted Coach of the Year by his peers.
University of Kentucky is the most overrated basketball program in the nation. And the only reason they are ranked (but should fall from the rankings after the 73-46 spanking Kansas layed on them on Saturday) is because of their name. The Wildcats are done for. Stick a fork in them. Even Randolph Morris can’t help them at this point.
The Knicks are on a 4 game winning streak…my prediction….It will end tonight with the Mavericks coming to The Garden…
Until next time…
Miguel Tejada, you are one of my favorite players. You are one of the top 3 players in the game of baseball right now. But I don’t like it when you, or anyone else for that matter (i.e. Manny Ramirez) demand trades. You signed a contract to play with the Baltimore Orioles, and you should honor that contract. If you wanted to win, you could have re-signed with Oakland. Yes it would have been for less, but once again, it shows what most athletes aspire for…The DOLLAR$$$$...not the ring….
My heart goes out to Jim Rice and Goose Gossage. Two players that should be in the Baseball HOF. How were they left off once again? It is mind boggling. I didn’t get to see Jim Rice play, but his numbers speaks for itself. And when you hear from major league pitchers in that era say Rice was one of the most feared hitters in the game during his time, shouldn’t that help his case for the HOF. As for Gossage, he was pitching when I was younger, but I didn’t really get to see him. But he also wasn’t his dominant self at that point either. His numbers are better than Sutter's (congrats to Sutter after 13 years), and the closers role was different from a Closers role today. Actually, back then they weren’t even called closers. Today, the “Closer” is a specialty role. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, a “closer” would come in the 7th, clean up what the Starting pitcher left, and then pitch the final 2 innings. It was harder to get a save back then. Imagine if Gossage only had to pitch 1 inning? He would probably have closer to 400 saves. Yes, Mariano, who I believe is one of the greatest closers of all-time, only pitches more than 1 inning a few times a year, and that usually only happens in the post-season. Gossage, Sutter, Rollie Fingers and company pitched more than 1 inning in the majority of their outings. They didn’t accumulate these “soft” saves. They had to work harder for their saves. Give them their due respect and finally put them in the HOF.
Now that I am done ranting and raving about Goose and Rice for having been left out of the Hall, again, I now want to focus on the voters of the HOF. There were 520 ballots cast. In order for a player to be accepted in the HOF, he needed to be on 390 of those ballots. But here is my question. If these players for years and years (12 years, until this year for Sutter) were not voted in, then why, all of a sudden, would you let him in? Look, like I said, I believe Sutter, Rice and Gossage belong in the HOF, but why would you wait 10, 11, 12 years, for some writers, to finally vote for those players? Rice hasn’t driven in any more runs, Gossage hasn’t recorded another save, Sutter hasn’t thrown another Split in a major league game? I don’t like the notion of voters saying “Well, it’s a weak 1st year class, so let’s get someone in there”. That’s not how it should work. The HOF should ONLY include those who were the absolute best. Major League Baseball should look over the system and figure out a way to fix it. It is difficult, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to fix this already flawed system, but it needs to be tweaked with and fixed once and for all.
Speaking of Hall-of-Fames, the NFL listed the finalists for the NFL HOF today. On that list includes Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Reggie White etc… It seems more difficult to be elected into the NFL HOF, where the player needs 80% of the vote (MLB needs 75%). But here is where I got a little irritated. The NFL HOF requires 3 players to be elected each year. If only 1, 2, or even none, receive 80% vote, then the top 3 vote getters are then elected. Now, that is flawed system. If you weren’t good enough to accumulate the 80% of votes, why should you, then, be allowed in this most prestigious club. It’s as if the NFL has a HOF ceremony just for the sake of having a ceremony. This proves why, baseball’s HOF is the most prestigious and honored group of any professional sport. Yes, I have said the voting for the Baseball HOF is flawed, but it is much more of an honor to elected to the Baseball HOF than any other HOF.
University Texas basketball team is finally starting to turn things around after their trampling from Duke and the surprise loss to Tennessee. P.J. Tucker is a rebounding machine, along with Aldridge. Daniel Gibson is showing signs of being one of the best Point Guards in NCAA right now. But the biggest surprise is Paulino. He has become a reliable 2 guard.
NFL Playoff Pick of the Week---New England Patriots over the Denver Broncos
Clinton Portis is going to have to run for more than 50 yards if the Redskins have any chance of beating the Seahawks.
You heard it here first…Carolina Panthers are going to beat the Chicago Bears.
Pittsburgh has no chance against Indy.
The Nets just ended their 10 game winning streak. It was halted by the San Antonio Spurs. The Nets didn’t quit, which was nice, but they certainly did not play well. Vince played well in the 1st half, but he was no where to be found until half way through the 4th quarter. Their defense played bad as well. They allowed Tony Parker to dribble around them and they allowed Rasho Nesterovich, one of the worst NBA Centers in the game, make jump shots and grab offensive rebounds. The Nets need RJ to heal, and get him back out there. I know how important VC and J-Kidd are to the Nets, but RJ is just as valuable with his 19 points/game and his rebounding, but most importantly, his defense.
Marcus Vick needs to grow up.
Congrats to Joe Paterno for being voted Coach of the Year by his peers.
University of Kentucky is the most overrated basketball program in the nation. And the only reason they are ranked (but should fall from the rankings after the 73-46 spanking Kansas layed on them on Saturday) is because of their name. The Wildcats are done for. Stick a fork in them. Even Randolph Morris can’t help them at this point.
The Knicks are on a 4 game winning streak…my prediction….It will end tonight with the Mavericks coming to The Garden…
Until next time…
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