Thursday, May 31, 2007

You never slipped one past the goalie in all these years?

2007 MLB Fielding Percentage - By Glove (Home Run Derby)

So I was having a catch with my son the other day and he tried to jump up and catch one a la Torii Hunter. He thinks Hunter is awesome - but probably only because of his ���Spider-Man��� nickname. He missed: ���Dad - what kind of glove does Hunter use? I need one of those.��� Already he wants an upgrade from the Derek Jeter special I got him (there weren���t any Clint Barmes models.) ���I think he uses a Rawlings. You���ve already got a Rawlings.��� ���Is that the best glove? Do they make more catches?���
Readers' list: Worst sports scandals (ESPN Page 2)
Nothing's better than a good scandal to get sports fans fired up. So after we offered our choices for the 10 worst sports scandals of all-time, we asked you to send us your suggestions. Page 2 readers responded with nearly 400 e-mails, and below are the top 10 choices.
"Warning. Beware of aggressive otters" (Sportscolumn Blog)
Don't you just hate when you go to the local course for a relaxing 18 holes but your peaceful afternoon is destroyed by the golfer's natural enemies of wind, water, sand and otters? Wait...otters? Yup, but not just any otters; we're talking rabid otters!
Bonds Declines To Talk To NY Media; NY Media Declares Bonds ���Worse Than Satan And Hitler Times A Million��� (Sports Gone South)
So here���s one of the more pathetic things we���ve read lately, a whine about how mean ol��� Barry Bonds wouldn���t spare time for the heralded New York media. Not only did Bonds not speak, he went out of his way to ��� gasp ��� make a spectacle of himself!
The Worst Sports Contracts (Maxim)
Bad contracts are as intrinsically a part of professional sports as performance-enhancing substances and constantly ovulating groupies. Here's an up-to-the-minute look at how the worst ones stack up.
Top 10 Worst/Best Athlete-Rappers (Street Census)
So when we were putting together this list we didn���t know if we should do it as best or worst rapping athletes. In all honesty, all of them are terrible, and we can���t even rank them. If we were going by sales, of course Shaquille O���Neal would be number one, selling 2 million copies of his Shaq-Fu hip-hop, but as we know, skills on the mic wasn't the selling point.
Dude, Weak (Rumors and Rants)
Mitch Hilligoss, a 21-year-old thirst base prospect for the Yankees, had a 35-game hitting streak going into Wednesday night's game. He started the game 0-for-3 with a walk and it appeared he was down to his final at bat of the night, in the seventh inning. With his team leading the Columbus Catfish 7-4, and the streak in jeopardy, Hilligoss totally bitched his way into continuing the streak.

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