What are your thoughts on hitters homerun potential, rbi's, and steals?
How about pitchers wins, saves and strikeouts?
Basic scoring ....rotisserie!
Minggu, 12 Februari 2012
Sabtu, 11 Februari 2012
Who is Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks and where did he come from?
The new NBA sensation that has taken basketball by storm and few know of him!
Jeremy Shu-How Lin an asian american born in Los Angeles,California grew up in Palo Alto, California where he honed his basic ball skills at the local YMCA taught by his father Joseph Gie-Ming.
His high school years is where the talents started to shine. He captained his senior season at Palo Alto High School winning the Division II state title going 32-1. He was named to the All State team and Northern California Division II Player of the Year averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals his senior season.
Lin wanted to take it to the next level, but the Ivy league is where he wanted to play. Brown and Harvard was the only two schools that guaranteed him a spot on the basketball team so he chose Harvard. He did graduate with a degree in economics with a 3.1 GPA showing he has the brains to take care of himself off the court.
On the court Harvard made the right choice with Lin. He finished at Harvard with a stat line of 1483 points, 487 rebounds, 406 assists, 225 steals earning accolades and awards stemming from midseason candidate for the John Wooden Award and one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award.
Lin's talents did not show enough as an Ivy leaguer to the NBA scouts on the 2010 NBA draft day, so he went undrafted.
He did get offers after the draft from the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers and another undisclosed team to play for them. Lin decided to stay home and signed a two year deal on July 21st, 2010 with his favorite team growing up the Golden State Warriors. The time with the Warriors was short with the emergence of Stephon Curry and Monta Ellis in the backcourt left little playing time.
Lin played in 29 games with the big club 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds,1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
The Warriors used the D-League to help develop and cultivate the talents of Lin by sending him to the Reno Bighorns three times throughout the year for seasoning. He averaged 18 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists with Reno and got the playing time needed to showcase talent and work on the weaknesses.
The Lockout! The time away could have complicated things for Lin and where he ultimately landed. On the first day of training camp the Warriors waived Lin and he bounced around until he landed in the New York Knicks hands off waivers from the Houston Rockets.
Before making his name in a Knickerbocker uniform he had to earn it. He was also blocked in New York by Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby so he had a three day hiatus to the Erie BayHawks and in his first game he completed a triple double against the Maine Red Claws and earned his way back up!
Now back in the Big Apple and playing for the Knicks we find ourselves a player that walked on at Harvard, went undrafted, worn two D-League uniforms, cut by two NBA teams and now plays in the Madison Square Garden for the Knicks on the big stage. In 13 games he has only averaged 16.1 minutes a game but still lights up the fans. The stats show he can play in the NBA 11.2 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and .8 steals a game.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant found this out on February 10th when a sell out crowd watched Lin score 38 points leading the Knicks over the Lakers 92-85 in Madison Square Garden.
Where will this "Lin-sanity" end?
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Kamis, 09 Februari 2012
Duke Blue Devils' Austin Rivers Stuns North Carolina Tar Heel fans with last second buzzer beater
The stands were filled with fans on the edge of their seat.
The ACC Rivalry Game was ready for its climax!
From the wing (10) Duke freshman Austin Rivers drains a clutch 3 point shot for an 85 to 84 win for the Blue Devils over the (5) North Carolina Tar Heels leaving them devastated. None more than Tar Heel's Tyler Zeller the 7' footer had the ball just go over the fingertips and had to watch the ball drop sending them home losers! With the Tar Heels leading by 10 late in the game it seemed the control and the game was theirs to win, but the Blue Devils had the fight in them to prevail.
Storming the court with jubilation, the bench made River's know he was the man!
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The loss for the Tar Heels snapped a 31 game home winning streak and lost to the last team they wanted to lose the streak to. The rivalry game lived up to the hype with both teams wanting the win.
The ending proved the Duke Blue Devils wanted it more!
And the fans.....They got to see a great game!
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Baseball Babe #72 Nelson Cruz Texas Rangers signed 2yrs $16 Million
The Texas Rangers are getting the team solidified for their third run at the World Series and getting Nelson Cruz signed was one obstacle that has been eliminated. Cruz signed for 2 years and $16 Million with incentives after passing his physical on Feb. 9th.
The passing of the physical was important to the Rangers because injuries have been a factor for Cruz.
Last year Cruz did hit 29 homeruns in only 513 ab's. In the postseason is where the Rangers can get their monies worth, in 2011 Cruz hit 8 homeruns in 70 ab's showing his bat is worth every penny!
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Rabu, 08 Februari 2012
Baseball Babe #71 Honors Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 3 Year Contract
The slick fielding shortstop Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers signed a three year extension for nearly $14.5 million avoiding arbitration with pending physical awaiting finalization.
The shortstop has been a vacuum up the middle and sets the table nicely in Arlington for Nelson Cruz and Josh Hamilton.
His glove has been masterful and the double play combo with Ian Kinsler is set for another run at the World Series.
We all want to see more of these for the next 3 years plus!
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Kamis, 02 Februari 2012
Baseball Babe #70 Honors Edwin Jackson Washington Nationals Strasburg and Harper New Teammate
The Washington Nationals are pulling out all the stops to take the National League notice.
They have signed Edwin Jackson for one year!
He has strong arm and at only 28 years old has some life left in it!
Jackson has averaged over 200 innings over the past three years and will be able to give relief to the starting rotation and help for relief.
Last year his split of 3.92 ERA in A.L. and 3.58 in N.L. will have to be more of the later.
In his nine seasons in the major leagues he has been with 6 teams.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Rays
St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Arizona Diamondbacks
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Edwin Jackson will be added to the young team that will have Stephen Strasburg back from injury and a possible call up from Bryce Harper.
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