Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Baseball Awards
MVP--Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees--This is a no-brainer. He may be a Yankee, but he had an incredible season and without him in the Yankee lineup they would never have even sniffed the playoffs.
Rookie of the Year--Delmon Young, Tampa Bay Devil Rays--This was a close one. I ended up giving it to Young because he had the better numbers overall. Pedroia would have gotten the award if the post season were included. Matsuzaka would have received it had he had a better W-L record and a lower WHIP.
Cy Young--Josh Beckett, Boston Red Sox--Close one between Sabathia, Carmona, Lackey, and Beckett. I gave it to Beckett because he won 20 games and was lights out in almost every start he had this year.
Manager of the Year--Terry Francona, Boston Red Sox--WORLD SERIES CHAMPION! 'Nuff said.
National League
MVP--Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies--Could have gone to Jimmy Rollins (Phillies) or even Prince Fielder (Brewers), but I thought Holliday meant more to the Rockies than the other two did to their respective clubs. Without Holliday the Rockies don't make the playoffs. Sure Hawpe, Helton, Atkins all had decent years, but none of them had the season Matt had. Rollins had Howard and Utley who both had monstrous years as well and Fielder had good stats, but couldn't carry his team when they needed him to.
Rookie of the Year--Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies--Troy had a ginormous year for a rookie, but so did Ryan Braun. The thing that put Tulo ahead in this race was his fielding. He committed only 11 errors, to Braun's 26, in over 800 chances and led the best fielding team in MLB history. Braun had some gaudy numbers considering he didn't come up until May, but Tulo's numbers were good as well and his fielding was far superior.
Cy Young--Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres--Only 19 game winner in NL and only starter with a sub 3.00 ERA. No one else was close for this one.
Manager of the Year--Clint Hurdle, Colorado Rockies--Clint did a masterful job in keeping the Rockies focused early in the season and mid-season when they had a 9 game losing streak.
Monday, October 29, 2007
And then there was one.....
Over the weekend the Boston Red Sox finished their dismantling of the Rockies for their second World Series title in 4 years. Matsuzaka and Lester pitched wonderful. Okajima had some trouble with Holliday and Atkins, but Papelbon, who I think should have won the MVP, shut down the Rockies to earn a save in both games.
Lowell had a great series, but I believe Papelbon deserved the MVP more. He came in the last three games and completely shut down the Rockies, allowing only a couple of hits and ZERO runs. Each game he pitched almost 2 innings and earned the save in all three games. Two of the games he protected a 1-run lead and kept the powerful Rockies lineup in check.
The Rockies were never really in any of the games. The score makes the games look closer than they actually were. Aside from some late inning heroics by Holliday, 3-run jack to make game 3 6-5 for about 2 seconds, and Atkins, 2-run jack to make game 4 4-3, the Rockies never looked like they were more than spectators. The bats never really got going and the pitching was mediocre at best overall. Jimenez in game 2 was great and Corpas seemed to be on, but the rest of the staff might as well have stayed in the bullpen for all the good they did.
I am very happy that I did not have to wait for another 86 years before my beloved Red Sox won another title.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
New Poll
Friday, October 26, 2007
As cool as the other side of the pillow
Schilling was as cool as the other side of the pillow. He went out and painted the corners and the lower part of the strike zone. When he missed it wasn't by much. Aside from a rough first inning he held the once powerful Rockies lineup to 4 hits in 6+ innings. Papejima then closed the rest of the game for Boston. Papelbon ended the 8th inning with a beautiful pick-off of Matt Holliday. Once again it is proven that great pitching wins playoff games. The BoSox bats were not in high gear last night but they scored just enough to win behind some lights out pitching.
I have to give Ubaldo Jimenez (Uba) credit for not looking like he was about to piss his pants. He was calm and composed the whole time he was on the mound. He started losing control of his pitches the more the BoSox made him work, but he never lost his composure. I was very impressed, as I have been the whole time he has been in the majors, with his performance. The bullpen pitched much better than in game 1 and kept the BoSox from adding to the lead.
The biggest problem for the Rockies right now is that they can't get their sticks (bats) going. Of course when you are swinging twigs instead of sticks it is hard to hit anything. Holliday, he went 4-4, was the only one who seemed to have returned from the time suck the Rockies have been in since the start of game 1, but he forgot you should never break towards the next base if the pitcher hasn't even thrown the ball yet.
Game 3 will be here at Coors Field and all the Bostonians making the trip will be highly disappointed with the beer selection. Coors Light flows from every nook and cranny within Coors Field. There are about 2 "Beers of the World" carts on the main concourse that will sell out of Sam Adams, and any other non piss-water beer, before the first pitch. Daisuke Matsuzaka will be on the mound for the BoSox and Josh Fogg will go for the Rockies. Dice-K is due for one of his uber performances and the BoSox bats will tear Fogg and his mediocre stuff apart. I predict another blow-out for game 3......Boston 11 Colorado 2.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
A ginormous can of "Woop Ass"!
Beckett was the lights out pitcher he has been his whole post season career, mowing down rocky after rocky and then calmly walking off the field. Atkins and Helton shook the cobwebs out enough to get a few hits, but the over-matched Rockies never really threatened Beckett and couldn't seem to figure out he was throwing mostly fastballs.
Pedroia became the first rookie to EVER lead off the World Series with a home run and that was just the beginning of the end of game 1. Every single BoSox starter had an RBI, except Lowell, and a hit, except Ellsbury. By the 5th inning they had set the record for most extra base hits in a World Series game with 9.
Now I know the Rockies had 8 days off to dread their impending doom to the American League Champion, but that is no excuse for forgetting how to play baseball. They did practice and have simulated games, which is more than I do for my job when I am on vacation yet I still manage to remember how to work.
Francis found out what it was like to make mistake pitches to a team that can actually hit the ball. Arizona couldn't hit the ass end of an elephant with a beach ball let alone a baseball. Philadelphia had the same problem the Rockies had last night, they just had there "Oh shit!!!!!" reaction in the Division Series.
Morales came in and thought each inning only needed two outs instead of three. He quit pitching after the second out and the BoSox dropped 7 runs on the board. Of course Morales probably didn't expect Speier to walk home three of the people he put on base. Speier decided to pull a Rick Ankiel and walk everybody he faced giving the BoSox 13 runs, 11 of which came with 2 outs.
The Rockies came to Fenway last night rested and relaxed right up until game time. Then they took their seats and watched Beckett pitch ridonculously. The Rockies were not effected by an 8 day lay-off. What happened is they got handed an old fashioned beat-down. A ginormous can of "Woop-Ass" was opened up by the BoSox.
Schilling will be pitching for the BoSox tonight against Ubaldo Jimenez. The can of "Woop Ass" Schilling uses is a bit smaller than Beckett's these days, but it is still enough to beat the lowly Rockies. The Rockies are sending another rookie to the mound, Morales was the first one, to be slaughtered by the powerful BoSox lineup. Jimenez had to be sent out early in last night's game to find his own can of "Woop Ass" for tonight. Apparently the Rockies didn't think Jimenez could handle the sight of Beckett's can and didn't want to subject him to the horrors of the BoSox hitters. The BoSox should take care of business again tonight and win by the score of 9-6.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
FUCK the Rockies!!!!!
All I needed now was a World Series ticket. For the past two days I have been trying to access the shit-ass ticket broker the Rockies chose to use, some lame-ass company based in California. My wife and I were both trying to access the site in order to buy 2 tickets to game 3. If the site had stayed up and we just had not been able to get in then it wouldn't bother me, but no, the dumb-ass Rockies had to open up the online ticket buying to everyone in the fucking world. The server gets bombarded on Monday and crashes, or does it? The Rockies claim to have been attacked......FUCKING DUH! They were attacked by 9Million rabid fans seeking World Series tickets. What did they think was going to happen, everybody was going to get a ticket and be merry? Monday ticket sales were stopped by the team after about 500 (mostly Bostonians) out of 60,000 were sold.
Tuesday begins the next quest for World Series bliss. The wife gets in to purchase tickets THREE times and the site locks up just long enough for the counter that holds your tickets to expire. "GET THE FUCK OUT" say the Rockies. "We didn't want your kind (a true fan) at the game anyway". So we keep trying even though our faces are red from being slapped by the Rockies repeatedly for two days. Eventually we hear they are selling 1500 tickets a minute and then all the games are sold out. What a bunch of shit.
So now due to the ineptitude of the front office of the Colorado Rockies I will be rooting for my favorite team. I am also considering NOT purchasing season tickets. This team apparently only cares about the bottom line. Now I know it is a business and making a profit is important in keeping the business around, but dammit fans are the reason the business stays in town. Without the support of fans, professional sports teams would be non-existent and once again the Monforts have let it be known that the fans don't matter.
I say everybody from Colorado boycott the World Series. Let all the Bostonians fly out here and cheer for my beloved Red Sox at Coors field and when Boston clinches their second World Series title in 4 years the Monforts can look around at the sea of red and wonder what happened. Where did the all the Rockies fans go? We went to the sports bars and the family room to watch the World Series with true friends and family.....because since we live in Colorado we couldn't get tickets.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
GO RED SOX.....FUCK THE YANKEES!!!!!
Yeah you are a true and dedicated Red Sox fan, ya wicked sweet ma--hole! Kick those Yanks back to New Yawk where they belong! Go Red Sox! Yankees suck, Yankees suck!!
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The reason I did not score 100% is because I declined to answer the "Who is hotter" question.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Weekly "Stupid Fucker" List
2--The Boston Red Sox
3--Rich Rodriguez
4--Notre Dame Football
5--NCAA Awards Committee
6--Philadelphia 76'ers
7--Alabama Football
1--The Anti-Christ will play yet another year of baseball-----Dammit!(SOMEONE PLEASE INJURE THIS FUCKER!) A friend of mine asked me the other day why I hated the Anti-Christ so much, after all it hasn't been proven that it used steroids. The stick of Pittsburgh turns into a Giant behemoth with a ginormous head and no neck, hhmm......proof enough for me. In fact, that got me thinking, and I am here by officially changing my stand point from a previous post. I had said that I would vote the Anti-Christ into the Hall of Fame until actual evidence of its steroid use appeared. Well no more, I will never vote the Anti-Christ into the Hall of Fame. McGwire was always huge, so he may or may not have used roids, but the Anti-Christ has not always been huge. Steroid monkeys are stupid fuckers and the Anti-Christ is one of the worst.
2--My beloved Red Sox have made the list twice in a row now. PONY UP dammit. They are not willing to pay Matsuzaka what he should be making. If Kansas City can give Gil fucking Meche $11M a year for 5 years then the Red Sox need to pony up and give this Japanese pitching sensation at least the $12M Scott Boras is asking. If he is even half as good as advertised then they got a #1 or #2 starting pitcher at a bargain by today's standards.
3--The West Virginia football coach, Rich Rodriguez, backed away from the Alabama coaching job just one day after he had accepted it. What a loser. He signed a 7 year contract with WVU just this past summer and recruited players for the WVU football team under the pretense that he would be the coach. A lot of players make up their minds about where to play college football and ultimately get a higher education based on the coach. Apparently the contract he signed in June wasn't good enough for him so he told Alabama he would coach their football team. So now WVU has to sweeten the pot (thanks to Ken Kendrick) to give this fucker an extension to a contract he just signed not 8 months prior. I guess the $1M a year he is making is not enough to live on in West Virginia. My ass! The sad thing is the respect he has lost with his team. He claims the reports of him originally accepting the Alabama job are completely false and I am sure his team will say they respect him more than ever, but you know deep down they are unsure if(when?) he will jump ship for a better offer. The seniors might not care too much since they are about to graduate or move on to the NFL, but the ones he just recruited in which I am sure he said he would be a WVU a long time. They might not be so non-judgemental. Stupid Fucker.
4--Saying I hate Notre Dame football is one of the biggest understatements in the history of mankind. STUPID FUCKERS
5--Who comes up with the awards handed out at the end of the season? Here is the list and what they are given for:
- Bronko Nagurski Award--Most Outstanding Defensive Player
- Buck Buchanan Award--Div I-AA Outstanding Defensive Player
- Butkus Award--Outstanding Linebacker
- Chuck Bednarik Award--Defensive Player of the Year--isn't this the same as the Bronko Nagurski Award?
- Davey O'Brien Award--Most Outstanding QB
- Doak Walker Award--Premier Running Back (must be in good academic standing)
- Fred Biletnikoff Award--Most Outstanding Receiver
- The Heisman Trophy--Best College Player?
- Jim Thorpe Award--Best Defensive Back
- John Mackey Award--Best Tight End
- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award--Best SENIOR QB
- Lou Groza Award--Best Placekicker
- Maxwell Award--Player of the Year--isn't this the same as the Heisman?
- Outland Trophy--Best offensive or defensive interior lineman
- Ray Guy Award--Best Punter
- Rimington Award--Most Outstanding Center
- Ted Hendricks Award--Best Defensive End
- Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award--Best Offensive or Defensive Lineman that also displays the discipline of Lombardi the most--WHAT?
- Walter Camp Award--Player of the Year--yet another player of the year award, this one is voted on by the coaches and sports information directors as opposed to being voted on by the media.
I wonder if I petition the committee that comes up with these awards for an award named after myself if I would get it approved? Call it The Vonsteiner--awarded to the offensive or defensive lineman that weighs the most. I didn't see an award for that. If the Heisman is the most prestigious award/trophy in all of college football then why do we have to offer TWO other player of the year awards? Isn't a Defensive End a defensive lineman? Too many awards. Here is my list of awards(All awards will be voted on by the media, coaches, directors, etc...):
- The Heisman Memorial Trophy--Keep this one in. It is the most recognizable college football award. It would stand for the Player of the Year(offensive and defensive).
- Butkus Award--I think he was the greatest defender of all time so we will keep this one in there. Defensive Player of the Year(unless he is the Heisman winner).
- Unitas Trophy--Offensive Player of the Year(unless he is the Heisman winner).
Get rid of the rest, no one gives a fuck about them anyway. Who really pays attention to the best placekicker award? Name the last 3 winners of that award right now......you can't do it because no one gives a fuck. NCAA Awards Committee = Stupid fuckers
6--The Philadelphia 76'ers are a bunch of dolts. They have publicly announced that they will be trading Allen Iverson. They have even gone so far as to clean out his locker and essentially kicked him off the team, but are still paying him....DOH! Why announce this when every team in the NBA already knew you were shopping him around for the best deal? The 76'ers were getting better offers over the summer when they were UNofficially trading him. Stupid Fuckers.
7--The Alabama football program should never have fired Mike Shula. He was doing a pretty damn good job considering he was just now getting his class into the system and was working with a limited number of scholarships (not his fault). He lost some very key players(D Ryans and B Croyle stand out to me) and still finished 6-6. 6-6 may not be more than average, but it got the team invited to their record 54th straight bowl game. They should have given him another year at least. Now they are coachless and can't pay anybody enough to take the job. Tell you what Alabama, I will take the job. 500K a year, a house, and moving expenses. There ya go coaching vacancy is filled. Stupid Fuckers.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this weeks version of the "Stupid Fucker" list. Tune in next week when a brand new list will be unveiled. Votes will be taken and maybe even counted to determine who should be on the list. Remember, don't fart on a plane unless you can do it silently.