- While many baseball analysts lauded the move made by the Oakland Athletics in acquiring pitcher Jon Lester from the Boston Red Sox while giving up slugger Yoenis Cespedes, I thought it could wind up costing them come playoff time. While we're still a ways away from the playoffs, Oakland has lost five straight, seven out of ten, and now find themselves percentage points (well, point) behind the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League West. Meanwhile, Cespedes hit three home runs for the Red Sox last week. Also, while I said I thought Detroit made the better trade in acquiring David Price from Tampa Bay and they've struggled of late as well, I think they have a bit of a better excuse for their recent struggles than Oakland. When two of your starting pitchers and a set-up man all go down in the same week (Anibal Sanchez, Justin Verlander, and Joakim Soria), that's going to take a toll on any human team (as opposed to the robot team from the future film, The Matrix: Neo Bats Clean-Up).
- Apparently, based on pre-season numbers, the Super Bowl is already set according to many analysts. It'll be Seattle squaring off against the winner of Denver and Cincinnati. According to some over at ESPN (and sports-writers in Ohio), Andy Dalton's perfect pre-season game is a sure sign he's the second-coming of Peyton Manning and completely offsets his 0-3 post-season record, where he's thrown one touchdown pass and six interceptions. It's just as the saying goes, "Pre-season isn't everything; it's the only thing," or something like that...
- There was Tim Tebow and Robert Griffin III. ESPN's latest man-crush is on Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback, Johnny Manziel. Whether or not he starts, ESPN will be certain to tell us everything Johnny says and does throughout the day - from hitting snooze to watching Letterman to having a beer to crying because he got drafted by Cleveland.
- Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was recently asked whether or not he was a better offensive player than LeBron James, to which he responded in the affirmative and got teased by analysts as a result. According to Curry's unspoken thoughts, if he's again asked the question, he will try to please said analysts more by saying, "There's a reason why he's called King James - he's the best! Me? I'm nothing compared to that guy. Actually, now that I think about it, I kind of suck. Maybe I should just call it quits and start working as an analyst or something."
- I saw Tim Tebow talking SEC football with a bunch of guys on ESPN. Rumor has it he will soon host this show and call it, "Thank God For SEC Football," and directly following the program, ESPN will run another show called, "NFL Legend Tim Tebow: Give Him Another Chance."
- The college football preseason polls are now out, so that's pretty special. If I had to place my money on someone, it'd be on a team that has currently yet to play a game.
- Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said he'll be back for another season. For anyone who has the opportunity to listen to him call a game, do yourself a favor and do so. He's the best. Nope, nothing funny here - he's simply the best.
- Apparently, based on pre-season numbers, the Super Bowl is already set according to many analysts. It'll be Seattle squaring off against the winner of Denver and Cincinnati. According to some over at ESPN (and sports-writers in Ohio), Andy Dalton's perfect pre-season game is a sure sign he's the second-coming of Peyton Manning and completely offsets his 0-3 post-season record, where he's thrown one touchdown pass and six interceptions. It's just as the saying goes, "Pre-season isn't everything; it's the only thing," or something like that...
- There was Tim Tebow and Robert Griffin III. ESPN's latest man-crush is on Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback, Johnny Manziel. Whether or not he starts, ESPN will be certain to tell us everything Johnny says and does throughout the day - from hitting snooze to watching Letterman to having a beer to crying because he got drafted by Cleveland.
- Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was recently asked whether or not he was a better offensive player than LeBron James, to which he responded in the affirmative and got teased by analysts as a result. According to Curry's unspoken thoughts, if he's again asked the question, he will try to please said analysts more by saying, "There's a reason why he's called King James - he's the best! Me? I'm nothing compared to that guy. Actually, now that I think about it, I kind of suck. Maybe I should just call it quits and start working as an analyst or something."
- I saw Tim Tebow talking SEC football with a bunch of guys on ESPN. Rumor has it he will soon host this show and call it, "Thank God For SEC Football," and directly following the program, ESPN will run another show called, "NFL Legend Tim Tebow: Give Him Another Chance."
- The college football preseason polls are now out, so that's pretty special. If I had to place my money on someone, it'd be on a team that has currently yet to play a game.
- Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said he'll be back for another season. For anyone who has the opportunity to listen to him call a game, do yourself a favor and do so. He's the best. Nope, nothing funny here - he's simply the best.
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