Cowturd Replaces Simmons?

ESPN.com again has brought back their Monday Night fan challenge which offers random prizes for people that really love their website and want to answer trivia question prior to the game, random over under questions as well as spend the entire time watching the game on ESPN.com answering more random questions. To me it's a bit much, but I'll do the occasional pregame questions if I'm board on a monday at work.

Today being the first monday I just went on and noticed something humorous. Last season the random over/unders were dubbed "Beat the Sports Guy" and brought to you by Bill Simmons. This season? They are brought to you by radio host Colin Cowherd. On the How To Play Pages they simply just copy and pasted Cowherd's name over Simmons name.

So, why is this ironic? Well for those of you out of the loop the Sports Guy and Colin Cowherd don't exactly get along too well. I wonder if we will soon here Simmons in a chat mention something along the lines of "that was a complete waste of my time, and now it's more evident as they've gotten a moron to do the same thing." Or if Cowherd mentions something along the lines of "ESPN has added me to their Monday Surround to provide Over/Unders so they are actually relevant to the NFL." Hopefully some more in fighting will come of this.

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

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