Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Rob Neyer My New BFF.....NOT
Rob
Rob Neyer where do I start..for those who are not familiar with him, he writes a blog for ESPN.com and actually gets paid for his crazy ideas that he states in his blog. He recently did a post about Derek Jeters contract situation. In his post he refers to it as D(Derek)-Day (the day his contract is up) Derek Jeter's contract is through the 2010 season. Being the faithful Yankee fan that I am, I have faith that the Yankee front office will create a very generous new deal for the Yankee Captain. He at least deserves that. The comments that upset me the most though in this post was this Rob Neyer guy saying that Jeter is either going to have to take a pay cut, switch positions, or gulp move on!!! Ok, so if you look at this Rob guys picture he looks like one of those guys that have never played sports in his life and was just always the outcast. I don't get where ESPN finds these guys. If they are in need of qualified blogers about a certain topic that bad I will seriously just drop out of school and that will be my new full time job. This guy is nuts! First of all why would he need to take a pay cut when alot of people don't realize this but the Yankee's pay roll is 20 million dollars lower than last year, by just getting rid of Bobby Abreu, and some other not so important guys. Second of all why should the "Yankee Captain" have to switch positions when hes been there for 10 years and has proved year in and year out that he should be there? And last off why should he have to move on? Derek Jeter will always be in pinstripes. He will die as a Yankee. The Yankee's front office couldn't even deal with seeing DJ in anything else but pinstripes. So Rob please spare us all. I don't know if you are a Red Sox's fan or what, but not one thing you said that will happen is gonna.
Why I Blog?
I have to admit I was first very skeptcal about the whole bloging thing when Mr. Ayers first introduced it. I had a good idea what it was. I have read quite a few of blogs before my bloging days even started. The blogs ranged from blogs on http://espn.go.com/ or just celberity gossip blogs....I have relazied though that i really enjoy bloging. I am a person that when I have a opinion I don't keep it to myself, and when it comes to sports I have numerous about of opinions, and some other peoples opinions really bug me. So you could say my blog is an outlit for me since my blog is strickly about sports. Say I hear something on sportscenter or read something that I dont agree with or bugs me I always have my blog. Alot of people engage in sports agruments and the people you usually get into them with dont see the same way you do on a topic. So because of that i have my blog. My blog will never call me stupid or say my teams suck.. Having my blog here is almost a sense of comfurate.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
"The Mitchell Report"
How seriously can one take the "The Mitchell Report" I don't know if i can to be completely honest? I know that a good portion of it is true, but I believe that some very important and relevant names are being left off of it......How fair is that? Yes just a couple of the 104 names have been made public and after A-rod was thrown under the the bus the last week I'm sure there are alot of nervous baseball players getting ready to report to Spring Training. When you take a step back and look at baseball its pretty obvious who's juicing and who's not. I mean come on if you're a scrawny middle infielder one season that hits 15 homeruns and then hit 35+ the next season theres going to be some speculation around you. My biggest problem is that this George Mitchell guy that put this together is from Boston and I dont know if me making this correlation is just going to make me sound even more crazy but you know that him being a Boston fan such names as Schilling, Big Papi, Varitek, and even though he is not with the Red Sox's any more Manny. The Red Sox's just make me sick and they need to be put in their place. Every time I hear about the "sock" I'm referring to Curt Schillings bloody sock from the game 7 from the ACLS..Everyone is saying how tough he is and such a team player pitching through such pain and how that sock needs to be on a first class flight to Cooperstown..All i can say is BS! TEST THE SOCK. Then theres David Ortiz, look at his stats when he was with the Twins. Why do you think they traded him? He sucked with them! You could say he was little papi! How do you go from hitting 10 Hrs a season with the Twins with just as many at bats to hitting 40+ with the Red Sox's? mmmmmm that's odd? Don't believe me here http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml. This post isn't suppose to be biased or anything. Yes i do hate Boston with a passion but i just don't think its fair this Mitchell Report why are only a couple names coming out and they happen to be Yankees? I just think all 104 names should be made public. I will stand by my opinion that every baseball player should be tested weekly and all results should be made public that's the only way to nip this in the butt. Or we go about it like Colin Cowherd said on his radio program the Herd. He thinks that they should just let everyone take steroids and see where that puts baseball. He says that it would make it more interesting have at least 10 hrs every game. To some extent i agree with him. I just don't know what to believe anymore. You can say it kind of broke my heart a little and let me down when i found out a-rod took them in 2003 I don't believe that he is anymore but i kind of feel like all the swimmers out there that looked up to Micheal Phelps. Whats next Derek Jeter testing positive? I just hurt the most about A-rod because i always have defended him.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
NEW YORK NEW YORK!
So with spring training around the corner i cant help but to get excited for baseball :) I am especially excited for this season after the free agents the Yankees have signed this off season. They acquired AJ Burnett, Mark Teixeria and CC Sabathia. You can argue that CC has been one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball the last couple of years and if AJ stays healthy which i believe he can he will be an important part in the rotation. The comment has been made that Burnett will get hurt like always because he already got his money. I think the Yankees have made a statement in the AL East. They have the veteran leadership and they got the young talent. Look at their potential line up!
Damon
Jeter
A-rod
Teixeria
Canon
Matsui
Poseda
over 3/4s of those players could be batting clean up on any other team! If they serious don't score at least 7 runs a game this team should be labeled the biggest bust in major league history!
Texeria just needs to start off hot so he feels comfortable in NY because if he starts of slumping the NY media is going to be all over him......and if you are just coming to NY you need to have a happy marriage with the NY media if NY is a place where you want to build your career around. Look at Jeter hes never really had a problem with the media and theres never been any rumors about him leaving NY. If you're a great player you don't even have to be a great player but a mediocre player that comes through when you have to in the clutch and have tough skin NY is the place for you. For example look at the Yankees teams from the 90's they never had a bunch of studs on the world series teams yes they had a couple superstars but they never had the A-rods or anything. They had the Paul O'neals and the Scott Borasis..I think that's what NY needs to remember yes its nice to have a line up with every guy at any at bat could hit one out, but they need chemistry and this year i think they realize that. I believe that the Yankees front office has put together a team with a bunch of guys that can play but that will also get along with each other. There just can't be any animosity between Jeter and A-rod this year. I never know if i believe that there is but the NY media always starts stuff like there is. Jeter is all about business and he always makes that clear. Jeter has always been a superstar a pioneer for the game you could say. A-rod on the other hand is a celebrity. That's not necessarily a bad thing but he needs to keep that on the down low during the season...The team doesn't need any distractions such as Madonna rumors flying around. If he wants the media off his back for once he needs to live a quiet life during the season. If he can hit .350 the whole season no bad months and put up a golden glove season at third i could care less what he does but that hasn't been the case yet since hes been at NY. I've never believed that one person can be a team,like the saying theres no I in team but this team will live and die on the season A-rod has so please don't screw it up or you wont be A-rod anymore. You will be A-Fraud for good and your days in NY will be limited.
Damon
Jeter
A-rod
Teixeria
Canon
Matsui
Poseda
over 3/4s of those players could be batting clean up on any other team! If they serious don't score at least 7 runs a game this team should be labeled the biggest bust in major league history!
Texeria just needs to start off hot so he feels comfortable in NY because if he starts of slumping the NY media is going to be all over him......and if you are just coming to NY you need to have a happy marriage with the NY media if NY is a place where you want to build your career around. Look at Jeter hes never really had a problem with the media and theres never been any rumors about him leaving NY. If you're a great player you don't even have to be a great player but a mediocre player that comes through when you have to in the clutch and have tough skin NY is the place for you. For example look at the Yankees teams from the 90's they never had a bunch of studs on the world series teams yes they had a couple superstars but they never had the A-rods or anything. They had the Paul O'neals and the Scott Borasis..I think that's what NY needs to remember yes its nice to have a line up with every guy at any at bat could hit one out, but they need chemistry and this year i think they realize that. I believe that the Yankees front office has put together a team with a bunch of guys that can play but that will also get along with each other. There just can't be any animosity between Jeter and A-rod this year. I never know if i believe that there is but the NY media always starts stuff like there is. Jeter is all about business and he always makes that clear. Jeter has always been a superstar a pioneer for the game you could say. A-rod on the other hand is a celebrity. That's not necessarily a bad thing but he needs to keep that on the down low during the season...The team doesn't need any distractions such as Madonna rumors flying around. If he wants the media off his back for once he needs to live a quiet life during the season. If he can hit .350 the whole season no bad months and put up a golden glove season at third i could care less what he does but that hasn't been the case yet since hes been at NY. I've never believed that one person can be a team,like the saying theres no I in team but this team will live and die on the season A-rod has so please don't screw it up or you wont be A-rod anymore. You will be A-Fraud for good and your days in NY will be limited.
Friday, February 6, 2009
bahahahahhaha
So during first hour I had nothing to do since I don't have class and I didn't have any homework to do so i was on ESPN.com and i came across this article. It caught my attention alright....For everybody's sake and also mine so i don't get in trouble I'm going to try and be nice about it. This writer is probably the most IGNORANT person on this plant. I am not over exaggerating either. He tried making his case that Derek Jeter should be moved to center field....I have many problems with this article. It said if he is a true Yankee captain that he would see that there is a need for a good centerfeilder and he should make the transition and then A-rod can move over to short! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Is this guy serious? Derek Jeter is one of the most established shortstops in the league and he will be for many years. Why would he move to center? They have Damon his holding it down just fine. This just has me erked beyond belief seriously? This guy should be fired! Just because hes a Yankee caption doesn't mean that he needs to do everything i mean theres a need for soldiers in Iraq, so should he go over there? I'm done talking about it this is just making me mad talking about it and i don't know why i even am writing a post about it? It doesn't even deserve the space.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
oh jose
Oh Jose Jose.....
I have had discussions with people down at Perfect Game about his book and they all say the same thing. It is for sure some juicy reading but his writing just flat out sucks. I know I will never win a Pulitzer prize in my life but still i could've done a better job. It's almost painful to read this. He contradicts himself every other paragraph. He goes on saying oh I was always the smallest kind on the team and I was never good at all but, I was my teams MVP. I just was not good in High School but, I got drafted by the A's....I was a timid shy not very coordinated rookie but i still made the All-Star team! Come on now we all know you have the biggest ego on the face of this earth! maybe that a little extreme but pretty close. I don't know if i can take reading much more. But I am determined to finish it no matter how painful the writing is.
I have had discussions with people down at Perfect Game about his book and they all say the same thing. It is for sure some juicy reading but his writing just flat out sucks. I know I will never win a Pulitzer prize in my life but still i could've done a better job. It's almost painful to read this. He contradicts himself every other paragraph. He goes on saying oh I was always the smallest kind on the team and I was never good at all but, I was my teams MVP. I just was not good in High School but, I got drafted by the A's....I was a timid shy not very coordinated rookie but i still made the All-Star team! Come on now we all know you have the biggest ego on the face of this earth! maybe that a little extreme but pretty close. I don't know if i can take reading much more. But I am determined to finish it no matter how painful the writing is.
New name
I decided to change the title of my blog for a couple reasons. Touchdown Jesus refers to college football and that is long gone. I am already getting pumped for spring training baseball to start. And ever since 10u I have been in love with Derek Jeter and my mom would always call me sweeter than Jeter and its just stuck ever since. Derek Jeter has always been my favorite baseball player year in and year out, so i thought it was only right to pay my dues.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A-Fraud vs. A-rod
A-rod has seen his ups and downs in the big apple. I don't know how i feel about him yet and its been a couple years even. My biggest problem with him is that when you get paid that much you need to come through. In the regular season he puts up outrageous stats wins MVP awards, but when it comes to October he always finds away to choke. He wonders why he got moved over to third and Jeter got to stay at short....I know that A-rod has more natural talent then Jeter and it hurts me to say it but its the truth. The thing about Jeter is he is consistent. He always has and he always will. When he gets the nickname as Mr. October he must be doing something right. Which that name is fitting for him since that's what was his idol Reggie Jackson's nickname. I don't know if it hasn't hit A-rod yet, but before New Yorkers accept you, you gotta come through in October when it matters. Yes, he helps us get there which is helpful, but when you hit .350 in the regular season and then in the postseason you hit .117 that's not going to help your popularity.
As most of you have probably heard Joe Torres new book The Yankee Years he talks about how bench coach Larry Bowa would say everyday so whats it going to be today A-rod or A-Fraud? I think that's really hilarious but at the same time i feel bad for Alex. The mega contract he has is kind of setting himself up for failure. But i think the A-fraud is quite clever because sometimes it does feel like he is a fraud for how poorly he preforms in the postseason, so its like hes robing the Yankees front office of money. I do feel bad for the kid though. I have been to post season games and regular season games and its tough to see him get booed. As much as people think us Yankee fans are fair weather fans, we really aren't. We are just passionate and we except our players to preform well. I will admit that i have thrown just at the TV at home during the postseason when he has failed to preform to his level but i have never once gave up on him. It's just not acceptable with me when he does because when i do get to the point where i throw things i get sent out to the garage by myself to watch the game because my mom cant deal with me when it get like that she said.
So one word of advice for you A-rod lets make the 2009 a good season the WHOLE season not just the month of April and July..you don't want the press to start calling you A-fraud do you?
As most of you have probably heard Joe Torres new book The Yankee Years he talks about how bench coach Larry Bowa would say everyday so whats it going to be today A-rod or A-Fraud? I think that's really hilarious but at the same time i feel bad for Alex. The mega contract he has is kind of setting himself up for failure. But i think the A-fraud is quite clever because sometimes it does feel like he is a fraud for how poorly he preforms in the postseason, so its like hes robing the Yankees front office of money. I do feel bad for the kid though. I have been to post season games and regular season games and its tough to see him get booed. As much as people think us Yankee fans are fair weather fans, we really aren't. We are just passionate and we except our players to preform well. I will admit that i have thrown just at the TV at home during the postseason when he has failed to preform to his level but i have never once gave up on him. It's just not acceptable with me when he does because when i do get to the point where i throw things i get sent out to the garage by myself to watch the game because my mom cant deal with me when it get like that she said.
So one word of advice for you A-rod lets make the 2009 a good season the WHOLE season not just the month of April and July..you don't want the press to start calling you A-fraud do you?
Torre playing it dumb?
What is with all these baseball players writing books? I don't get it? But I'm not going to complain because they make for juicy reading. I believe that Joe Torre is a lot more intelligent than Jose Canseco will ever be but, I don't think he will be winning a Pulitzer prize for this book anytime soon. Last Friday night I was lucky enough to catch Torre's Larry King Live interview. It was neat how they had it set up. They had CNN cameras at a bar in LA where Joe is coaching now and cameras set up in NY where he previously coached. The interview consists from life in NY to LA, the bridges he burnt in NY, the relationships he still has in NY, the Yankee years highs and lows, and the juicy details of his over priced star athletes. I'm not a big fan of reading but this book I will definitely be going out to get right away. Yes, if you can't tell by now I am a die hard Yankee fan. Spring Training every year, at least 2 Yankee games a year at Yankee Stadium, and I've been to 2 World Series games. People think that because I am from Iowa I am just jumping on the ban waggon. That is not the case I have like the Yankees since I was 5. My dad lives out there and he has always been a Yankee fan so i guess you can say it goes hand in hand.
I find that Torres book will be very interesting. I'm most intrigued by his remarks about A-Rod. Torre doesn't believe that this book will burn any bridges. I think he is just playing the dumb card on that one. If you say in your book that the highest paid athlete in baseball in history was a little to into Derek Jeter I don't think he is going to be making any friends in NY. I have always had great respect for Joe Torre as a Manager and as a person. I have had the privilege of meeting him before one spring training. He was a great guy very nice and willing to sign many autographs. Even though that I feel that this book was him flipin the bird to NY I wish him the best, because I do feel that he got jipped by the Yankees front office and that's a shame. I just hope he knows what he is getting himself into.
I find that Torres book will be very interesting. I'm most intrigued by his remarks about A-Rod. Torre doesn't believe that this book will burn any bridges. I think he is just playing the dumb card on that one. If you say in your book that the highest paid athlete in baseball in history was a little to into Derek Jeter I don't think he is going to be making any friends in NY. I have always had great respect for Joe Torre as a Manager and as a person. I have had the privilege of meeting him before one spring training. He was a great guy very nice and willing to sign many autographs. Even though that I feel that this book was him flipin the bird to NY I wish him the best, because I do feel that he got jipped by the Yankees front office and that's a shame. I just hope he knows what he is getting himself into.
Dear Aevans,
I would like to say I'm sorry for a couple of posts back....I needed something to blog about and you gave me that comment and i just put two and two together. It was immature of me to shoot down your opinion. I mean isn't that the whole point of blogs to get your opinion out?
I hope you can accept my apology
Sincerely,
me
Ps. When I was hitting at perfect game last night I met this perfectly straight guy who said He would date Brady Quinn and Derek Jeter :) that made my night.
I would like to say I'm sorry for a couple of posts back....I needed something to blog about and you gave me that comment and i just put two and two together. It was immature of me to shoot down your opinion. I mean isn't that the whole point of blogs to get your opinion out?
I hope you can accept my apology
Sincerely,
me
Ps. When I was hitting at perfect game last night I met this perfectly straight guy who said He would date Brady Quinn and Derek Jeter :) that made my night.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Juiced
Who ever thought Jose Canseco could write a book that was a #1 New York Times Bestseller? I would have thought there would have been a better chance of Barry Bonds becoming the Pope before that happened. Well i just saw a pig fly outside the window. Yes the day has came. Since the book has came out I've wanted to read it but Ive never got around to it until now for a AP assignment. Jose is a very interesting human being. I have got the privilege of meeting him before. It was a experience all right. On the cover of the book it says wild times, rampant roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big. If i had to describe Jose Canseco's state of being i would say he is a couple fries short of a happy meal. On the first page in condones the use for steroid's for athletes even young athletes. He just made it clear that they are serious thing and if you are not old enough to shave stay away from them. I know a kid in 7th grade that shaves! What kind of advice is that? I feel that this book is a big ego trip for him. His whole life is one big ego trip. He has a little girl he talks about and her name is Josie!!! Yes she is a girl but naming her Josie? I'm surprised he didn't just pull a George Forman and name her Jose! I'm glad he tried to make it a little settle at least. If you looked at the book and no idea who he was you could tell that he is a little into himself. My favorite quote in the book is "Steroids don't just make you stronger they make you sexier." yes he did say that try not to throw up in your mouth. I have a feeling that he didn't make a lot of friends with this book and probably lost some as well. Hey Jose you can kiss your bid into Canton goodbye. I have a feeling you wont be on the first ballot next Hall of Fame ballot. But thank you for the book I'm going to get one good paper out of it :)
Super Sunday= National Eating Holiday
Even though College Football is where my true passion lies, I do suck it up, and watch over paid athletes who could give a damn a good portion of the time play football on Sundays. Yes, you have your Kurt Warner's who appreciate the game for what its worth, but a good portion are just airheads that can't do anything else because they left college early and when they where in college they took ball room dancing. The only pro sport i get into is baseball because college baseball isn't very popular. This past Super Sunday I was pretty indifferent towards the match up. I mean come on the Cardinals and Steelers? Not the game I was hoping for. The only thing that made me actually turn it on was knowing this could be Cedar Rapids born Kurt Warner's last game. Earlier yesterday my mom and i where at the grocery store and shes made the comment that she thinks I but Super Sunday up there with my birthday and Christmas. I just laughed it off saying i put today before my birthday which is true. I love food. Besides playing sports eating is my favorite thing to do. And Super Bowl Sunday you get the best food. I think i had about 5 different courses last night and I don't feel guilty. I might today when I'm down in the weight room, but it was worth it. I just hope next year the games a little more interesting..good football and food can never go wrong with that :)
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