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On Tuesday night, young Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander threw a no-hitter against the Milwaukee Brewers. It’s the third ever no-hitter in interleague games, and the first Tigers no-hitter since 1984. His fastball was clocked at upwards of 100 MPH, and Verlander had great break on his curveball. He had to have his “A” stuff facing a Brewers lineup featuring J.J. Hardy, Prince Fielder, and Geoff Jenkins (who struck out in all three at-bats). Hardy made the last out of the game flying out to Magglio Ordonez.
Not even the pressure of a possible no hitter distracted Verlander in his performance tonight.
“About the fifth or sixth you can’t help but think about it a little,” Verlander said. “Everyone kept giving me high-fives and nobody came and sat next to me.”
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Dropping Dimes One-on-One Tourney: Round 1, Games 15 and 16
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features, Talent,
The first round of our one-one-one tourney concludes this week with two marquee bouts. Hopefully the Cavs are still alive and kicking when our second round kicks off. The likes of Kobe, KG and Agent Zero could await the winners of this week’s match-ups, as we hope to drive towards something along the lines of today’s Federer-Nadal match in the French Open. But first we survey the damage from last week.
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NBA Live 07 Videogame Predicts Finals Outcome
Posted by Chris Pereira Categories: Championship, NBA, Playoffs, Video Games,
The NBA Finals begin Thursday night, but Electronic Arts already has the outcome of the series, thanks to a simulation using NBA Live 07. The Spurs will take in the series and the championship in six games, with Tim Duncan being named MVP. It’s certainly a possibility, and actually one that matches my personal prediction. But then again, NBA Live 07 is a horrible basketball game, so I wouldn’t put much stock into what it says.
Only one game where LeBron scores more than 30? Bruce Bowen or not, I can’t see that happening – Tayshaun Prince may not be as good a defender as Bowen, but LeBron didn’t have much trouble lighting him up. It’ll be fun to see how the final scores stack up against the results from each of the simulated games, though.
The “highlights” from each game can be seen over at Playfeed.
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More Voting Needed
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, Site Announcements, Sleepers,
Alright avid readers…we need your help.
While Alvin has been kicking tail with his one-on-one tourney, Sarge has apparently done nothing. Until now.
The wonderful staff of Ladies… has gone all out in seeding a tournament of male bloggers throughout the ‘sphere. From Dan Shanoff of ESPN fame to Paul Shirley of Phoenix Suns fame, the “Ladies” have seeded four regions of sports bloggers, and are now leaving it up to you!
So…Queue shameless plug…
Though I’ve drawn a rough seeding (18th!), with your help, we can pull the upset of the century - or at least the upset of the last couple of minutes. You can access my region by Clicking Here. Scroll down the my mug in the 5-18 battle, and vote away!
Feel free to even log in on various computers to ring in a few more votes. Oh, and if you’re really ambitious…consider voting for all of the underdogs to make the future rounds that much better!
Thanks in advance guys…
Cavaliers Advance To NBA Finals
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Championship, Editorial, NBA,
On Saturday night the Cleveland Cavaliers advanced to the NBA finals with a resounding victory over the Detroit Pistons, 98-82. Cleveland rookie Daniel Gibson lead the way, scoring 31 points. Lebron James scored only 20 points, but grabbed 14 rebounds and had nine assists. Gibson attributed some of his game six success to King James himself.
“He told me he was going to make me something special,” Gibson said. “He told me to keep shooting, don’t hesitate. When a guy like that tells you that, you step to it with a lot of confidence and knock it down for him.”
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Dropping Dimes One-on-One Tourney: Round 1, Games 13 and 14
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features, Talent,
Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers for making the NBA Finals! I am sure everyone other than Pistons fans are glad to see you on the ticket. ‘Bron in Game 5 will be a performance put on par with the other greats and their awesome games when the stakes were high.
Kobe and ‘Bron kicked off our tourney more than a month and a half ago. The votes did not fall ‘Bron’s way; would things be different if he could ride his current momentum against Mr. Trade Me/Don’t Trade Me? Never fear, because as always, we have two nice match-ups for you to consider.
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Are you tired of reading the same mock draft article over and over? Have you had enough cheese with that whine they are serving in Boston? Perhaps there are visions of possibilities dancing in your heads after hearing about Kobe’s recent trade demand?
Welcome to the Dropping Dimes Do-Over Draft! We allow each franchise (remember when we called them teams? And “cities” were where they played?) to do-over one of their own draft picks. But unlike this re-writing of Celtics history, where Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady and Steve Nash miraculously ended up on the same team and play together forever until everybody knows their names, this draft clings to some shred of reality.
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Giants, Marlins Swap Relief Pitchers
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Editorial, Front Office, MLB, Trades,
On Thursday night the San Francisco Giants traded their closer Armando Benitez to his former team the Florida Marlins for Randy Messenger. Benitez was heavily rumored to go to the Marlins during the off-season. His recent meltdown against the Mets on Wednesday night may have been the straw that broke Giants’ general manager Brian Sabean’s back. He balked twice in a save situation, and the Mets would go on to win the game in walk off home run fashion. He wore out his welcome in San Francisco early this year, being booed on a regular basis from Giants fans.
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Kobe Bryant Asks for Trade, Takes Back Words
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Playoffs, Rumors,
Los Angeles Lakers star player Kobe Bryant has requested a trade from the team. Then he back-peddled from the request.
“I would like to be traded, yeah. Tough as it is to come to that conclusion, there’s no other alternative. It’s rough, man, but I don’t see how you can rebuild that trust. I just don’t know how you can move forward in that type of situation.”
He said this on an interview with ESPN radio. However, just three hours later in an interview with Lakers flagship station KLAC radio he made completely contradictory comments.
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Dropping Dimes One-on-One Tourney: Games 11 and 12
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features, Talent,
Cue the music! Nothing gets me pumped like classic Rocky! Our fight card as usual features two great contests, but first we survey what has transpired over the past week!
And if the Rocky vs. Drago reference does not give you a hint, this week the theme involves a USA-homegrown player versus someone from international lands! Perhaps there is a bit of the underdog versus the intimidating champ, but which is which? You decide!
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