The Shootaround [1/6/09]

I've Decided to be a Friendly Neighboorhood Blogger in 2009 So We Shall Be Shooting Links Around. I'll be shooting links at stories that I like and/or stories that I find interesting but can't get to. Also, it'll come whenever I feel like it.

What the Hell is a Crab Dribble and why can't Lebron count to 3? [benardcometh]

The Blueprint to beating the Celtics is to Stop Rondo, so says CelticsBlog. I'm not sure if I fully buy into this, but he makes some good points. [celticsblog]

Which leads me to... Stephon Marbury the blogger obviously. [NY Post]

Andy Pettite rejected the 10$ Million Dollar Offer, which is dumb. [Imperfect Dynasty]

Photoshoppin is Fun at Mondesi's House [Mondesi's House]

Matt Millen Giving Football Anaylsis is a Good Idea How? [World of Ike]

Go Away Tony Dungy, You are the Brett Favre of Coaches [Dueling Couches]

Mark Teixeira was a front runner growing up. Wooo. [Blue Collar Baseball]

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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: Bret Boone

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. Mr. Boone was once the best power hitting second baseman in the league. How questionable was his success? Averages Say: Why the extra plateu in his mid 30s? At Bats Per Home Run Says: Lowest at Bats Per Home Runs at 37? Hmm.... Explaining It Away Yeak, this one is tough. Umm, late bloomer? He showed potential power early in his career and he just liked playing in Seattle a lot more than everywhere else? And umm, his career was kind of like a running backs in that it just all of a sudden fell off the map? Any of these convincing you? The Verdict Guy never hits more than 24 home runs in a season and then in his age 32 season he hits 37? And in SafeCo a pitchers park to boot? And he follows that up with 24, 35, 24 homer years still at SafeCo? And then he completely falls off the map in 2005 never to be heard from again? We've got a Screamer... Man Get Big Muscles In 30s. Hm...