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Friday Quicknotes

~First off here are my three posts at EC this week: One again about the douche who caught 756 and the other about how I think the drafting two RBs in the two rounds theory is nonsense. Where myself and Winning the Turnover Battle are engaged a little bit in the comments section as he is a major proponent of it. And this one about whether the nut grabber should be raped in prison.

~Gary Sheffield being injured is both killing the Detroit Tigers and killing two of my fantasy teams. He better just go on the DL soon, shit is killing me. If it wasn't by Sept. 1 he would be on the DL by now.

~I feel as if the Yanks are gonna rack around the Tigers yet again this weekend. I think the Tigers are set to edge themselves further away from the Indians which is a shame because at one point I thought they were the scariest team in baseball.

~David Beckham got into a little scuffle last night. Soccer scuffles are hilarious because every one is a little bitch and doesn't know how to throw punches. And once a player gets hit with anything he flies to the ground like he got hit by a Tyson punch.

~Perhaps I should have included to Orioles pitching staff in the Weekly Waste awards.

~The walkoff homers in the International Little League semifinals were pretty cool. I especially enjoyed the Venezuelans crying. Made my heart all tingly inside.

~Ozzie Guillen is considering batting Jim Thome leadoff? Just so he can get more ABs this season.

~The wunderkids that were brought up this month, Justin Upton and Cameron Maybin are both struggling to adjust and are hitting in the mid to low 20s.

~The Jets traded Pete Kendall for draft picks to surprise the Redskins. That franchise really hates draft picks.
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Frank the Tank said…
Didn't you draft 2 RB's in our league?
7:56 AM
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