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Johan Santana Strikes Out 17
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Championship, NBA, News,
Johan Santana was impeccable on Sunday. In a game where offense was few and far between, Johan Santana took the rubber against the Texas Rangers to throw 8 innings, allow just 2 hits yield no walks and strike out 17 befuddled Ranger batters. The only run scored in the game was a second inning blast from Minnesota Twin Michael Cuddyer. The Twins took this game 1-0. Brad Wilkerson, Marlon Byrd and Gerald Laird all had the hat trick, three strikeouts, for the Rangers. Strangely enough, accomplished hitter Michael Young was the only Ranger with the golden sombrero, four strikeouts. To put Santana’s performance into perspective, 17 out of 24 outs came by the strikeout variety. Joe Nathan shut the door for Minnesota by notching his 27th save in the ninth innings.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft 2007 Round 3, Pick 2 - Marcus Camby
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Injuries, Northwest Division, Denver Nuggets, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
It’s no secret that Marcus Camby gets hurt. A lot. Make that A LOT! However, last season, Camby showed up, dressed in his uni, and took the floor to actually play a game and not do his best Richard Simmons impersonation and only cheer his teammates on. Nope, Camby Man did his thing and played a very respectable (for him, amazing) 70 games. Now the question is, can he do it again? Can Camby actually be all that he can be, blocking and boarding like there’s no tomorrow because there just might not be? I’m taking the risk with this pick at this point of the draft and going all in thinking that he can. All I can say is thank goodness I don’t have any money on this bet, but I just can’t resist the talent and big-time upside!
Round 3, Pick 1: Marcus Camby, C, Denver Nuggets
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National League Central Heats Up
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Editorial, MLB, Scoreboard,
At this very moment, the Chicago Cubs are leading their division. However, that could all change tomorrow. For the Milwaukee brewers are right behind them by half a game. And its not between those two teams either, because the St. Louis Cardinals have seemingly remembered how to play baseball, and are now only four games back in the division. Every game matters for these three teams in arguably the most exciting division in baseball.
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Brady Quinn, who somehow fell all of the way to pick number 22 this year in the NFL Draft, had a very good debut for his team, the Cleveland Browns, today in an Exhibition game. Despite the victory going to the Detroit Lions with a score of 23-20, Quinn made 13 complete catches out of 20 attempts. None of his throws would become interceptions, and he gained 155 yards overall. Brady, a product of Notre Dame, would complete 5 straight passes before an incomplete pass.
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Coming into tonight, Micah Owing’s stats for the 2007 season seemed about average. He had a 5-6 record, with a 4.78 ERA. However one tool he posses that was not taken into account was his bat. Coming into tonight, he had eight hits this season, even with a dinger and 5 RBI’s. But against the Atlanta Braves tonight Owings hit two home runs, four hits, and six RBI’s. This is the second consecutive ground breaking night for Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers. Last night Brandon Webb threw his third consecutive shutout.
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Brandon Webb Throws Third Consecutive Shutout
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Kudos, MLB, News,
Brandon Webb, reigning National League Cy Young award winner, threw his third consecutive shutout against the Atlanta Braves on Friday, yielding just two hits. Even more impressively, Webb has now thrown 42 straight scoreless innings pitched. The record for most consecutive scoreless innings pitched belongs to Orel Hershiser, who set the record in 1988 with 55 innings. The hits for the Braves tonight belonged to Kelly Johnson and Jeff Francouer.
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Washington Nationals Acquire Wily Mo Pena
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, MLB, Trades,
Since the age of sixteen, the year he was signed, Wily Mo Pena has been looking for an organization that he could call home, and Boston will be added to the list of his former teams. On Friday the Boston Red Sox traded the struggling Pena to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later. Still just 25 years old, Pena was hitting .218 with five home runs and 18 RBI’s for the Bosox. Washington general manager Jim Bowden had this to say on the move:
“We don’t score a lot of runs. We don’t have a lot of depth at the higher levels right now, and he’s 25 years old with power. It was an opportunity we couldn’t turn down. Certainly sometimes acquisitions can motivate other players to step up their game.”
This was a very good move for the Nats. They have to let their younger players play, and Pena can still develop into an above average Major League Baseball hitter. In the cavernous RFK Stadium home runs come few and far between. Pena’s one tool is raw power. It’d be safe to say that he’ll give that stadium’s fences a run for their money.
Wily can be expected to be suited up for Washington tommorow when they square off against the New York Mets.
Michael Vick’s world is seemingly falling apart. One of his co-defendants have linked Vick to the killing of at least 8 dogs in his role in a dog fighting ring. The other has implicated Vick to bankrolling gambling on dogfights. Vick may face a minimum of one year in prison. Above all of this, his NFL career may be in Jeopardy. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank said of Vick, “It’s just very sad, It’s sad that those allegations exist and now they are confirmed by others. It’s sad that Michael has put himself into that kind of situation. It’s his responsibility for putting himself into that situation.”
Vick has also been accused of lying to NFL commisioner Roger Goodell when Michael was first asked about the situation. Goodell has already banned Vick from training camp this year, but as the case develops and more facts are uncovered the punishment may turn much more severe. Michael vick certainly has put himself in a terrible situation, and whether he can still have a successful NFL career in unknown.
Dropping Dimes Mock Draft 2007 Round 3, Pick 1 - Paul Pierce
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Atlantic Division, Boston Celtics, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
“You can’t handle the truth!” is a famous quote by Jack Nicolson who played Col. Nathan R. Jessep in the movie, A Few Good Men. If you rummage through the movie cast for A Few Good Men, you will see Jack Nicolson was not the only star. Let’s see.. wow.. Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, and Kevin Pollack. It is no surprise with the star-studded cast; A Few Good Men took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Paul Pierce aka “The Truth” will have a star-studded cast this season as well in Boston playing with potential Future Hall of Famers, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. The Boston Celtics may not win the Larry O’Brien trophy this year but they will be a much-improved team. I am surprised that Paul Pierce slipped to the 3rd round because when the dust settles, Paul will benefit the most with new look Celtics.
Round 3 Pick 1: Paul Pierce SG/SF, Boston Celtics
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft Blog Round Two Recap
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: H2H, Roto, Site Features,
2.1. Pau Gasol, PF/C, Memphis Grizzles
2.2. Chris Paul, PG, New Orleans Hornets
2.3. Jason Kidd, PG, New Jersey Nets
2.4. Andre Iguodala, SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers
2.5. Rashard Lewis, SF, Orlando Magic
2.6. Dwight Howard, PF/C, Orlando Magic
2.7. Josh Smith, SG/SF, Atlanta Hawks
2.8. Tim Duncan, PF/C, San Antonio Spurs
2.9. Allen Iverson, PG, Denver Nuggets
2.10. Carmelo Anthony, SF, Denver Nuggets
2.11. Ray Allen, SG, Boston Celtics
2.12. Carlos Boozer, PF/C, Utah Jazz
Dropping Dimes Mock Draft Blog ROUND ONE Recap
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