I know that Tim the Wizard is a Jets fan, but I don’t know how far back he goes.
I remember when I wasn’t quite 11. Colts-Jets in the fall of 1972. The Jets won 44-34. Namath threw for 496 yards and Unitas (in what was probably one of the last, if not THE last great games of his career) threw for over 300 himself. Namath to Rich Caster killed the Colts. An aerial show.
I bring that up because this Steelers fan checked his cell phone internet during his break at work and saw that the Steelers beat the Pack 37-36. After a season seemingly full of last-second losses for the defending (and soon to be eliminated) champs, it’s nice to win one at the end for a change, as Big Ben threw the winning TD pass with just 3 seconds left. A killer for GB was a missed FG earlier in the game. Only 33 yards or so.
But the big story was the passing yardage. If I read it correctly, Rodgers threw for 383 yards. Big Ben threw for 503. Yup. 503. The record is 554 by Norm Van Brocklin for the Rams in 1951 (the only year the Rams won the title while in LA).
In baseball news, I see that the Cereal Boy, Coco Crisp (gotta love that name) is A’s bound. I see talk that the Yanks may want to try to match any offer for Wang. A final say, so to speak.
Now this is interesting. You have a young Cuban defector with a superb fastball but who is raw. You would expect the usual suspects to put in the high bid for him: Yanks, Boston, etc. So who puts in a five year $13M offer? The Marlins. Yup, the same team that built two WS champions only to gut the team immediately afterward both times. According to MLB.com, the Red Sox apparently put in an offer of 15.5 M.
I’d like to take a quick moment to wish all readers the best of holiday seasons and a great 2010. I don’t know how much I’ll be updating this over the next week or so. I have family coming in from the West coast. Three of the four members of the family I haven’t seen since Sept. 2006 (sis, bro-in-law and nephew) and the fourth member, my niece, I get to see for the very first time. Needless to say, I can’t wait and my time will be spent as much as possible with them while they are here.
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1 swedski // Dec 21, 2009 at 10:04 am
Good post but I was wondering about the rumors of Melky/Gardner going to the Cubs.
Isn’t it a good deal for the Yanks to send Melky or Gardner to the Cubs. Ask for Lily in return and sign Damon for 2 years? I know we all seemed to move on here, but it seems like a good move to get a good 4-5 starter keep Damon in the mix and not give up too much. Damon is going to have trouble signing somewhere so offer him 18 mill for two.
2 Mike Sommer // Dec 21, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I saw something about Carlos Zambrano but disregarded it as soon as I saw it. Zambrano is good, but WAY too temperamental for my taste.
Zambrano went 9-7, 3.77 this year in 28 starts. ERA+ 119. 105-68, 3.51 in his career. ERA+ 127. Could they get him for Melky or Gardner? Probably not. A prospect or two might have to be thrown in.
Make no mistake. Carlos Zambrano is one excellent pitcher. 162 game average of 14-9, 3.51, ERA+ 127. Still just 28.
But he screams “joaquin andujar” to me. Meaning Great pitcher but a hothead. I don’t know how he would handle NYC. Somehow I don’t think he’d be a fit.
Damon is history. He even admitted as much. JD did say that the Yanks were the best franchise he ever played for (take that, boston!) but that basically, the cord is cut.
Never say never, but it pretty much is set that JD has to find a new home.
Agreed that JD won’t get what he wanted….
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