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Thursday, December 13, 2018
Murray Wins Heisman
At the risk of making you really tired of me posting about Kyler Murray, I can't let the Heisman go by. I can still barely digest it. You don't really think that a kid you saw on Friday nights at the local high school will join the likes of Earl Campbell and Barry Sanders as Heisman winners. In September I was wondering if I would ever get to see Kyler show what he could do in college, then 3 months later he's winning the Heisman. And, he did it with truly historic numbers. I was convinced that what I was seeing in high school was special, just glad I wasn't wrong. National Player of the Year in High School, Heisman Trophy winner in college, what's next?
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Louder Retirement
As opposed to my previous post, the retirement of Adrian Beltre isn't so quiet. Since Beltre is a certain hall-of-famer with over 3,100 hits, it's a big deal. It's also big because Beltre had the best stretch of his career as a Ranger. Easily the best decision made by Jon Daniels, Beltre hit .304 for the team with an OPS of .865, won 3 Gold Gloves and essentially led the team with his play and personality. One of the few players who was actually enjoyable to watch play defense; he had the hands and the arm to dominate at 3rd. Interestingly though, he never won an MVP or any meaningful title. He was actually quite inconsistent before coming to Texas. He ends with over 1,100 extra base hits and over 1,700 RBI, and his career WAR is 4th among 3rd-basemen. I loved watching him, and he will be missed.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Quiet Retirement
A moment of silence for the retirement of former AL MVP Joe Mauer. Mauer's career went quietly after he took a ball to the head in 2013 and was on the DL for the concussion that followed. Prior to that he won 3 batting titles and an MVP. He didn't get a lot of pub playing in MN, but as catchers go his offense was among the best ever. You might be shocked to learn that his career WAR is 7th all-time for catchers. Pre-2014 he hit around .315 and typically had OPS in the .850 - .900 range. You might also remember that Mauer was a highly recruited QB who could have landed at Fla St. had he not chosen baseball. And he made a cool $218 million and retires at 35. Happy retirement Joe!
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Thursday, November 8, 2018
Red Sox Win Again
I couldn't let the historic year for the Red Sox go by without posting. We spent most of our lifetime in a world where even our fathers had never witnessed the Red Sox winning a World Series. A drought of 90 years. Now, we live in a world where they have won 4 Series in the past 15. This year's team was historically good, getting to 50 games over .500 by the 130-game mark. Their win total of 108 is tied for 9th all-time, along with the Big Red Machine and the great 1970 Orioles. And, despite being known as a big-money team, these Sox are represented by homegrown players across their entire outfield and infield left side. It's likely that they've produced a homegrown MVP in Mookie Betts if he wins as expected. In addition to winning 108, they went 11-3 in the playoffs, taking out both of last year's World Series teams along the way. Truly a memorable year for baseball.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Murray Follow-Up
I wanted to post this picture as a compliment to your Kyler Murray post. We knew pairing him with Lincoln Riley in the Big 12 would be a perfect fit. The below is from ESPN the Magazine. I only regret that we'll only get to enjoy him playing big-time football for 1 year. It's a tragedy actually, since watching him is a real treat. I'm just glad that my evaluation of his passing skills was not off - I could only tell people who viewed him as nothing but an athlete that they had to really pay attention to the overall skill. If he can perform well in a couple of remaining big games, a trip to NYC is likely, where he'll get to watch Tua T. receive his Heisman in person. Ha.
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Monday, November 5, 2018
Bama LSU
We knew what would happen when the game was played, but it definitely did not make it easier to watch.
The Tide is just incredible on Offense and I think more of LSU DBs now than I did before.
Bama ran 79 plays against what is likely a top 5 defense and avg 7.6 per rush and 7.0 per pass.
Can you imagine what the stats would be for the season if the first team actually played 90% of the time? Or if they played a hurry up team that never takes time off the clock.
Our biggest concern was the trickle down effect on recruiting if LSU offense did what we expected and they did with less than 200 yards offense.
I pulled the data on 24/7 rankings to see if it will make an impact down the road..
Rankings
1. Bama. 21 commitments 9 on offense 2 QBs.
8. LSU 20 Commits 9 on offense..
LSU is behind the 2. Aggies,4 Georgia.
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Devin White had 8 tackles in 2nd half.
I counted 10 players from Louisiana on the Bama roster.
Bryson DeChambeau - Did the PGA make the Hole Bigger.
DeChambeau now has 5 wins on tour and 4 in 2018.
The equals Brooks Koepka and is one more than Fowler.
It is so funny to watch the Golf media guys be amazed in his play after having made fun of DeChambeau for trying something different.
Not only did he change drivers this month going with the new Cobra King F9, he caused a stir with his statement about leaving the pin in the hole. The Driver was around the same time that Jordan went the new Titlest TS2 at 10.5 Degrees ( He was still using 2014 Tech in the 915 driver)
Back to the rule changing in 2019. You do not have to remove the pin anymore.
Someone asked Bryson are you going to use the rule change?
“Oh, absolutely,” he said, grinning. “The USGA’s gonna have to go back on that one. Like, ‘No! We made the hole bigger!'”
“It depends on the COR, the coefficient of restitution of the flagstick,” he said. “In U.S. Opens, I’ll take it out, and every other Tour event, when it’s fiberglass, I’ll leave it in and bounce that ball against the flagstick if I need to.”
“It’s a higher propensity for it to go in the hole if it’s fiberglass compared to metal,”
Dave Pelz, I believe had published something years ago that the pin being in on chip shops increased percentages up to 33%.
The next headline will be from the golf establishment.
The old school golfers will start crying about Bryson no living up "the intent of the rule" as soon as he wins with a big putt banging of the Pin.
I love this guy.
J.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
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