Sad Bengals fan
Today, I am a sad Cincinatti Bengals fan. It still hurts 2 days after our season abrutly came to a end with a loss to the rival Steelers. A win would have prepelled the 2006 Bengals into the playoffs considering that the Broncos lost to the 49ers and the Chiefs beat Jacksonville. We lost to the Steelers, in turn we lost our playoff spot to the Chiefs. I also read today that Marvin Lewis does not plan on letting Odell Thurman return to the team next season. I do a Bengals fan site, bigorangemachine.com. Go there and read more about the Bengals, right now I am just disappointed.
My Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Team
I am currently in a Yahoo fantasy baseball league and I am in 2nd place. I like my team honestly, here is the squad:
H/AB R HR RBI SB AVG
40/132 20 4 27 0 .303 R. Martin (LAD - C) (dropped Barret recently for him)
82/256 46 17 55 0 .320 P. Konerko (CWS - 1B)
83/265 49 13 43 4 .313 D. Uggla (Fla - 2B)
64/250 33 13 39 1 .256 A. Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
72/286 54 4 22 16 .252 R. Furcal (LAD - SS)
65/208 42 20 54 3 .313 J. Dye (CWS - OF)
82/262 46 10 36 23 .313 C. Crawford (TB - OF)
85/296 54 24 50 18 .287 A. Soriano (Was - 2B,OF)
73/201 39 8 43 3 .363 N. Garciaparra (LAD - 1B,3B,SS)
81/228 38 4 37 1 .355 F. Sánchez (Pit - 2B,3B,SS)
73/292 34 15 53 0 .250 J. Francoeur (Atl - OF) (Going to drop 2marrow for Cantu TB)
74/237 49 12 33 6 .312 N. Johnson (Was - 1B)
DL H. Matsui (NYY - OF)
SP J. Beckett
(Bos - SP)
SP A. Pettitte
(Hou - SP)
K. Millwood
(Tex - SP)
Cl. Lee
(Cle - SP)
J. Nathan
(Min - RP)
J. Papelbon
(Bos - SP,RP)
T. Saito
(LAD - RP)
F. Rodney
(Det - RP)
J. Borowski
(Fla - RP)
Let me know your thoughts guys. I feel as though my OF good use some depth and my SP I am hoping will get hot. I did have Jered Weaver for the Angels who was 4-0 with a 1.37 ERA. I was hoping I struke gold and then they sent him to triple A? I have read he will most likely be up again soon though so I maybe get lucky to get him again.
Big Ben and Steelers not so Lucky after all
Big Ben Roethlisberger has had everything go smoothly in his NFL career. You would be hard pressed to script his career to this point any better than it has unfolded for Big Ben. Luck has been on the 24 year old Steelers QB who in just 2 NFL seasons already has a Super Bowl ring.
Breaking news this morning sounds as though Lady Luck may have just left Big Ben's corner. Monday morning, June 12 at 11:25 in downtown Pittsburgh the Super Bowl QB was riding his motorcycle and is now in serious condition after his motorcycle collided with a car on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge, police said.
Roethlisberger lost most of his teeth, fractured his left sinus cavity bone, suffered a nine-inch laceration to the back of his head and a broken jaw, and severely injured both of his knees when he hit the ground, police said.
AJ Nicholson Bengals Linebacker
If you have not heard, AJ Nicholson was drafted out of Florida State by the Bengals in the 5th round of the 2006 NFL draft. He is a 2nd or 3rd round draft talent but has had legal troubles.
His latest incident happened 1 month after he was drafted. He broke into a former Florida State football teammates apartment. I found a great article covering this subject. Read about
AJ Nicholson now.
Brett Favre gets to Work
I just thought I would share something I found resfreshing to hear in todays sports world. Brett Favre, one of the NFL all time great quarterbacks has had his image somewhat tainted this offseason due to allegations reguarding him retiring along with his contract hold out.
This evening I just heard while watching ESPN sportscetner that Brett Favre is participating in volentarty workouts for the Green Bay Packers. I for one am happy to hear this. Sounds like Brett is getting to work and will be back to play for the Packers in 2007. I am not a Packers fan, but from a football fans perspective, this is refreshing to say the least.
Monroe-DiMaggio ball fetches $191,200
A baseball signed by New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe sold for $191,200 in a sports memorabilia auction.
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10 Things to Love About Baseball
It's never a good sign when the commissioner of a league doesn't go to games.
When the Barry Bonds Traveling Circus hit Milwaukee last week, Bud Selig didn't make the 10-minute trip from his office to the ballpark. He said he was busy. Must have been his bowling night.
Bud, Bud, Bud. You can be honest with us. You have Steroid Fatigue. We can hardly blame you. We could blame quite a bit of this mess on you, but today, we're here to help.
Barry's gigantic head is blotting out the sun on the game. There are plenty of things, old and new, that remind us baseball is more than grand juries, booing fans and flying syringes.
So, pass the Cracker Jack, kick back with a Ballantine and don't interfere with balls in play as we look at 10 things you can still love about baseball.
We hope Selig will take a moment and reflect, too. If a man who gets in free won't go, how can he expect anyone else to watch?
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No Crying in Fantasy Baseball? Says Who?
Please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, such as when Pirates closer Mike Gonzalez is lifted in the ninth inning after allowing a walk; I seek the courage to change the things I can, such as dropping Angels pitcher Jeff Weaver, who simply isn't consistent and never will be, and I ask for the wisdom to know the difference between the right time to stay the course with the Braves' Jeff Francoeur, and when to cut my losses.
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