10. Yankees Surrender 1st Round Draft Pick for Relief Pitcher Rafael Soriano
This situation is fantastic because a week after GM Brian Cashman said the Yankees would not give up a draft pick for a relief pitcher, the Yankees signed Soriano, thus giving up a draft pick. For a minute, I almost forgot ol’ George was dead.
9. Albert Pujols Sets Deadline in Contract Negotiations With Cardinals
If Pujols enters the season without an extension, and knows he can hit the market after 2011, we are looking at potential for an epic season by Pujols. He usually hits .340 with 40 homers anyway. Imagine him in a contract year? Yikes. All I can say is, I would take him 1st overall in fantasy every day of the week this year.
8. Seattle Looks Like a 7-9 Team, Loses at Chicago
I’m never better on an under-.500 playoff team ever again. Although based on how my picks have been so far, I should just stay away from the NFC (0-4 so far…sigh).
7. Reds Ink 1B Joey Votto to 3-Year, $38 Million Extension
This is a great bargain for Cincinnati, but also not a bad move by Votto. Votto gets to build his stock a little bit before he can hit the open market again, and potentially get a Adrian Gonzalez type contract.
6. NASCAR Driver Tony Stewart Arrested in Australia
Apparently, Stewart beat up one of the owners of an Australian dirt track because the racing conditions were poor. Good to see Tony still has his old temper.
5. Nets Schedule Face-to-Face Meeting With Carmelo Anthony
You have to hand it to New Jersey for pulling out all the stops to try to land Carmelo. Their multi-billionaire Russian owner is even making a special trip to try to persuade Anthony to sign an extension. I still can’t ever remember a situation where so much was made of a bottom-feeding team trying to land a small forward who scores a ton, but doesn’t do much else. Would I sign ‘Melo as a free agent? Absolutely. Would I mortgage most of my roster and potentially, 1st round picks, in order to do it? Probably not.
4. Packers Destroy Falcons
Green Bay is terrifying right now. Aaron Rodgers has firmly stated his case as a top-3 NFL quarterback (Brady, Rodgers, Manning, in some sort of order is my top-3). It will be fun to see how they do in the rubber-match with Chicago.
3. Clippers Defeat Lakers 99-92
The win wasn’t the biggest statement made by the Clippers on Sunday. Blake Griffin getting into a scuffle with Lamar Odom and Ron Artest and getting ejected was the bigger one. LA’s B-team finally has a franchise player who is not afraid of anyone. I just hope that he doesn’t seriously injure himself when he’s jumping 15 feet into the air.
2. Steelers Come From Down 14 to Pull Out 2nd Half Comeback
A sloppy game (the play where everyone stopped moving except the fat Raven who picked the ball up and ran it in for a touchdown), but a great payoff in the end with that pass by Roethlisberger to get them inside the five.
1. Jets Put Foot In Patriots’ Mouth
In no particular order, here are the reasons New England lost.
- Clearly, in the National Football League, you have to score more points to win the game. In this case, the Jets scored more points. (I was channeling my inner Troy Aikman for those who didn’t get the joke)
- They did not have a single receiver who could consistently beat man-to-man coverage. The Jets didn’t run any exotic blitzes in this game (the kind of blitzes that Tom Brady routinely figures out before the play even starts). It would’ve been interesting to see how this game would’ve turned out if they had any form of a deep threat. I don’t think any Patriots fan had any inklings of regret about letting go of Randy Moss until the clock struck 0:00 yesterday.
- The fake punt attempt at the end of the first half was at best, reckless decision making. At the time, it was a 7-3 game. The odds of Mark Sanchez driving 80 yards with a minute left in the half were fairly slim. If you punt the ball, go into the half down 7-3, it’s a totally different second half. Giving away seven points, and more importantly, giving more momentum to an underdog, is not a good idea in a playoff game.
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