Dreams Blog
December 16, 2011
Giants-Jets Week 14
The Giants (7-6) broke a 4 game slide by beating the Cowboys (7-6) with another bit of last minute heroics, 37-34. Jason Pierre-Paul reached up and blocked a last second FG attempt. JPP had some game- aside from the FG block, he had 6 tackles, 2 sacks,1 forced fumble, and credit for 1safety. Eli was 27/47, 400 yds. Jacobs ran 19times for 101yds; Nicks caught 7 for 154yds & Cruz was 7/83.
The Jets (8-5) routed the Chiefs (5-8), 37-10. The rout was so complete that the Chiefs only had 4yds in the 1st half. Shonn Greene rushed 24-129yds and had 3 reception for 58yds. Sanchez was 13/21, 159yds with 0 INT.
Met Blunders’
I think that you must start with the Wilpons when you begin assigning blame for the Mets’ predicament. The saying is that when you think that something seems too good to be true. It probably is. The Wilpons thought that they could achieve great investment returns by giving money for investments to Bernie Madoff. How’s that working out, guys?
You also have to put ex-GM, Omar Minaya into the mix because of the HUGE contracts he gave to players not worth the money.
Mets fans will probably be looking at the next 2years as a re-building period. At least they are rebuilding- not sitting tight.
In closing- I don’t think it was a bad thing to let Reyes walk. Was this a case of addition by subtraction?
More On Pujols
Pujols will be 32yrs. old this season and is said to be a “rickety” 32, at that. For a long time now, there have been rumors that a few years had been shaved off Pujols’ birth certificate- but that might be just a big bowl of sour grapes.
Robbing Peter To Play Paul
Three teams had agreed to a trade that had the Lakers getting Chris Paul and sending Pau Gasol to the Rockets, sending Goren Dragic, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, and Lamar Odom to New Orleans. But, NBA-Commissioner “King David” Stern wearing his Hornets’ (the team owned by the NBA) cap stopped it by saying it was a basketball decision to keep Paul with the Hornets-even after Paul told the team he wouldn’t sign any contract extension and would become a free agent July 1st allowing him to just walk away.
Odom was confused (as am I) and said, “They don’t want my services, for whatever reason. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.” J.A. Adande (ESPN.com) on those four players the Hornets would have received: “The Hornets would have received Lamar Odom, Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, and Goran Dragic. That’s one of the most versatile players in the league, a guy who averages 18 and 10, a proven 20-a-night scorer, and a point guard who, if nothing else, has shown he can have a 23-point fourth quarter in a playoff game against the Spurs. You can compete for the playoffs with that team. You’re going to tell me that’s worse than the package of Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and draft picks that the Nuggets received for Carmelo Anthony?”
We’ll be waiting for the next shoe to drop. I don’t think we’ll have a long wait.
Bowls Having Traditions
I’ll only pay attention to The Rose Bowl, The Orange Bowl, The Sugar Bowl, and the Cotton Bowl.
The rest of the johnny-come-lately bowls seem to have been created as marketing tools for the Bowl’s sponsor.
Don’t get me wrong the “Big Four” also do the same things but have been around for more than eighty years. Pujols
Even the Yankees GM, Brian Cashman, couldn’t believe the contract that Pujols signed with the Angels.
There were reports that the only hold-up in the contract’s signing was the no-trade clause, reportedly for five years. That would make Pujols a 5/10 player (10yrs. in the majors with 5yrs. on the same team) giving him, in effect a 10yr. no-trade deal. Pujols is 32 and at the upper edge of his prime.
We’ll be watching to see if there’s any time lost because of injury or falling off in his numbers as the contract continues.
Pujols leaving St. Louis, where he was looked at by everyone as the “Stan The Man.”
Yankees Shortstop
Phil Rogers (ChiTrib) wrote about the Yankees winning bid for Hiroyuki Nakajima. “The Yankees’ successful bid to get signing rights for Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima is a sign manager Joe Girardi will rest Derek Jeter more in 2012, possibly using him once or twice a week as the designated hitter. Defensive metrics once again ranked Jeter as the weakest fielder among big league regulars, just ahead of error-prone Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro.”
Boxing Black Eye
I watched the light welterweight title match between Lamont Peterson and Amir Kahn held in Peterson’s hometown, Washington D.C., that was won by Peterson in a split decision. Two of the judges had Peterson ahead by one point (judge: Nelson Vazquez 115-110, judge: George Hill 112-113,| judge: Valerie Dorsett 112-113).
The fight was ultimately won by Peterson because the referee, Joseph Cooper, deducted two points from Kahn for pushing (?). In my mind, the pushing was warranted because of Peterson’s fouls (low blows, head butts). Cooper also waved off a first round knockdown of Peterson.
I had Kahn winning by two.
They Said It
From Dwight Perry (Seattle Times)- “Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel, shuddering at the thought of Donald Sterling landing Magic star Dwight Howard: “Dwight bolting Orlando for the Clippers would be like your wife leaving you for Arnold Horshack.” From Scott Ostler (SF Chronicle) “Maybe he was celebrating the end of the lockout: Warriors guard Charlie Bell shows up drunk in court for his DUI hearing. Memo to NBAers: “Order in the court” does not mean “What’ll you have?” Dwight passed this along, “The teams listed 6-7-8-9 in the final BCS rankings (Arkansas, Boise State, Kansas State, South Carolina) are not going to BCS bowl games. Teams ranked 10, 13, 15 and 23 (Wisconsin, Michigan, Clemson, West Virginia) are,” wrote Carl Steward of the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune. “Makes complete sense to us.”
Giants-Jets Week 14
The Giants (7-6) broke a 4 game slide by beating the Cowboys (7-6) with another bit of last minute heroics, 37-34. Jason Pierre-Paul reached up and blocked a last second FG attempt. JPP had some game- aside from the FG block, he had 6 tackles, 2 sacks,1 forced fumble, and credit for 1safety. Eli was 27/47, 400 yds. Jacobs ran 19times for 101yds; Nicks caught 7 for 154yds & Cruz was 7/83.
The Jets (8-5) routed the Chiefs (5-8), 37-10. The rout was so complete that the Chiefs only had 4yds in the 1st half. Shonn Greene rushed 24-129yds and had 3 reception for 58yds. Sanchez was 13/21, 159yds with 0 INT.
Met Blunders’
I think that you must start with the Wilpons when you begin assigning blame for the Mets’ predicament. The saying is that when you think that something seems too good to be true. It probably is. The Wilpons thought that they could achieve great investment returns by giving money for investments to Bernie Madoff. How’s that working out, guys?
You also have to put ex-GM, Omar Minaya into the mix because of the HUGE contracts he gave to players not worth the money.
Mets fans will probably be looking at the next 2years as a re-building period. At least they are rebuilding- not sitting tight.
In closing- I don’t think it was a bad thing to let Reyes walk. Was this a case of addition by subtraction?
More On Pujols
Pujols will be 32yrs. old this season and is said to be a “rickety” 32, at that. For a long time now, there have been rumors that a few years had been shaved off Pujols’ birth certificate- but that might be just a big bowl of sour grapes.
Robbing Peter To Play Paul
Three teams had agreed to a trade that had the Lakers getting Chris Paul and sending Pau Gasol to the Rockets, sending Goren Dragic, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, and Lamar Odom to New Orleans. But, NBA-Commissioner “King David” Stern wearing his Hornets’ (the team owned by the NBA) cap stopped it by saying it was a basketball decision to keep Paul with the Hornets-even after Paul told the team he wouldn’t sign any contract extension and would become a free agent July 1st allowing him to just walk away.
Odom was confused (as am I) and said, “They don’t want my services, for whatever reason. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.” J.A. Adande (ESPN.com) on those four players the Hornets would have received: “The Hornets would have received Lamar Odom, Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, and Goran Dragic. That’s one of the most versatile players in the league, a guy who averages 18 and 10, a proven 20-a-night scorer, and a point guard who, if nothing else, has shown he can have a 23-point fourth quarter in a playoff game against the Spurs. You can compete for the playoffs with that team. You’re going to tell me that’s worse than the package of Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and draft picks that the Nuggets received for Carmelo Anthony?”
We’ll be waiting for the next shoe to drop. I don’t think we’ll have a long wait.
Bowls Having Traditions
I’ll only pay attention to The Rose Bowl, The Orange Bowl, The Sugar Bowl, and the Cotton Bowl.
The rest of the johnny-come-lately bowls seem to have been created as marketing tools for the Bowl’s sponsor.
Don’t get me wrong the “Big Four” also do the same things but have been around for more than eighty years. Pujols
Even the Yankees GM, Brian Cashman, couldn’t believe the contract that Pujols signed with the Angels.
There were reports that the only hold-up in the contract’s signing was the no-trade clause, reportedly for five years. That would make Pujols a 5/10 player (10yrs. in the majors with 5yrs. on the same team) giving him, in effect a 10yr. no-trade deal. Pujols is 32 and at the upper edge of his prime.
We’ll be watching to see if there’s any time lost because of injury or falling off in his numbers as the contract continues.
Pujols leaving St. Louis, where he was looked at by everyone as the “Stan The Man.”
Yankees Shortstop
Phil Rogers (ChiTrib) wrote about the Yankees winning bid for Hiroyuki Nakajima. “The Yankees’ successful bid to get signing rights for Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima is a sign manager Joe Girardi will rest Derek Jeter more in 2012, possibly using him once or twice a week as the designated hitter. Defensive metrics once again ranked Jeter as the weakest fielder among big league regulars, just ahead of error-prone Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro.”
Boxing Black Eye
I watched the light welterweight title match between Lamont Peterson and Amir Kahn held in Peterson’s hometown, Washington D.C., that was won by Peterson in a split decision. Two of the judges had Peterson ahead by one point (judge: Nelson Vazquez 115-110, judge: George Hill 112-113,| judge: Valerie Dorsett 112-113).
The fight was ultimately won by Peterson because the referee, Joseph Cooper, deducted two points from Kahn for pushing (?). In my mind, the pushing was warranted because of Peterson’s fouls (low blows, head butts). Cooper also waved off a first round knockdown of Peterson.
I had Kahn winning by two.
They Said It
From Dwight Perry (Seattle Times)- “Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel, shuddering at the thought of Donald Sterling landing Magic star Dwight Howard: “Dwight bolting Orlando for the Clippers would be like your wife leaving you for Arnold Horshack.” From Scott Ostler (SF Chronicle) “Maybe he was celebrating the end of the lockout: Warriors guard Charlie Bell shows up drunk in court for his DUI hearing. Memo to NBAers: “Order in the court” does not mean “What’ll you have?” Dwight passed this along, “The teams listed 6-7-8-9 in the final BCS rankings (Arkansas, Boise State, Kansas State, South Carolina) are not going to BCS bowl games. Teams ranked 10, 13, 15 and 23 (Wisconsin, Michigan, Clemson, West Virginia) are,” wrote Carl Steward of the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune. “Makes complete sense to us.”
