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Major league leaders in on-base percentage after ten weeks of play
6) Fielder, Mil, ..418-- Had 56 RBI in the Brewers' first 64 games.
5) Beltran, NYM, .437-- No Met has ever won NL batting crown.
4) Utley, Phil, .438-- Not bad for a guy coming off hip operation.
3) Pujols, StL, .442-- 22 HR, 57 RBI, nine SB, 151 total bases.
2) Wright, NYM, .459-- Getting criticized for lack of power, but he is leading the league in hitting (.364); whats wrong with that?
1) Youkilis, Bos, .463-- Also has slugging percentage of .610.
Unusual that five of six players on the list play in National League.
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Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but..........
13) There is a kid named Jeremy Tyler in San Diego who is skipping his senior year of high school to play pro hoop overseas, which certainly is his choice-- its a free country, but would you want your son going to a country like Israel, so far away, with so much random violence?
I know we have a lot of violence here, but this is home, where a 17-year old can lean on friends and family if things go badly-- what the hell will he do in Israel of things go bad? Or Spain? Turkey? Russia? Its stupid to put a 17-year old in that spot, but they're going to do it.
12) Sonny Vaccaro has it out for the NCAA and is using this kid as one of his guinea pigs; Brandon Jennings didn't seem to enjoy the European experience very much last season. Arizona would have been better.
11) Speaking of Jennings, he made some noise when he claimed that the European point guard Ricky Rubio is overrated; says he held Rubio to no points and two assists in a game last season. Whomever takes Rubio has to negotiate an expensive buyout, then hope the hell he is good.
10) Easy to bash Stan Van Gundy now, but Jameer Nelson's minus-11 in NBA Finals was lot better than Rafer Alston's minus-36; the better guy played the most. Alston seems like a guy who would be happier being a starter on a cruddy team rather than sub on a championship contender.
9) I'm old enough to remember Phil Jackson as a sub on the Knick title teams in early 70's (he missed 1970 playoffs after back surgery)-- who knew he would wind up as the most successful coach in NBA history?
8) Tom Brady is due $14.5M the next two years; Peyton Manning is due $29.8M; at some point, the Patriots are going to have to pay Brady what he is due-- how much $$$ has he put in the Krafts' pockets?
7) Cleveland Indians are on pace to set the record for most times hit by a pitch, a record they set..........last year.
6) John Lackey got his first career hit (in his 27th AB) against Zito in the 4th inning of Angels' win at Pac-Bell Monday night.
5) Bad news for Angels came right after Lackey's HR, when CF Torii Hunter crashed into the fence going after a batted ball and lost the battle with the fence. Seemed like bruised ribs, something like that. Weird thing is that score was 8-0 Angels when it happened.
4) Red-hot Rockies (won last 11 games) host AL champ Rays (11-4 in last 15 games) tonight in Denver. Interesting series.
3) No team needed Monday off more than Toronto; their three starters lasted a total of 10 innings in home sweep by Florida this weekend.
2) Could someone explain to me why all TV has to be digital? Lot of people have those little portable TVs, which are now useless. There has to be a good reason why this became a rule, but it escapes me.
1) Hard to believe June is half-over already; time is our most precious of all commodities, have to use it wisely.
From: Armadillo
Major league leaders in on-base percentage after ten weeks of play
6) Fielder, Mil, ..418-- Had 56 RBI in the Brewers' first 64 games.
5) Beltran, NYM, .437-- No Met has ever won NL batting crown.
4) Utley, Phil, .438-- Not bad for a guy coming off hip operation.
3) Pujols, StL, .442-- 22 HR, 57 RBI, nine SB, 151 total bases.
2) Wright, NYM, .459-- Getting criticized for lack of power, but he is leading the league in hitting (.364); whats wrong with that?
1) Youkilis, Bos, .463-- Also has slugging percentage of .610.
Unusual that five of six players on the list play in National League.
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Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but..........
13) There is a kid named Jeremy Tyler in San Diego who is skipping his senior year of high school to play pro hoop overseas, which certainly is his choice-- its a free country, but would you want your son going to a country like Israel, so far away, with so much random violence?
I know we have a lot of violence here, but this is home, where a 17-year old can lean on friends and family if things go badly-- what the hell will he do in Israel of things go bad? Or Spain? Turkey? Russia? Its stupid to put a 17-year old in that spot, but they're going to do it.
12) Sonny Vaccaro has it out for the NCAA and is using this kid as one of his guinea pigs; Brandon Jennings didn't seem to enjoy the European experience very much last season. Arizona would have been better.
11) Speaking of Jennings, he made some noise when he claimed that the European point guard Ricky Rubio is overrated; says he held Rubio to no points and two assists in a game last season. Whomever takes Rubio has to negotiate an expensive buyout, then hope the hell he is good.
10) Easy to bash Stan Van Gundy now, but Jameer Nelson's minus-11 in NBA Finals was lot better than Rafer Alston's minus-36; the better guy played the most. Alston seems like a guy who would be happier being a starter on a cruddy team rather than sub on a championship contender.
9) I'm old enough to remember Phil Jackson as a sub on the Knick title teams in early 70's (he missed 1970 playoffs after back surgery)-- who knew he would wind up as the most successful coach in NBA history?
8) Tom Brady is due $14.5M the next two years; Peyton Manning is due $29.8M; at some point, the Patriots are going to have to pay Brady what he is due-- how much $$$ has he put in the Krafts' pockets?
7) Cleveland Indians are on pace to set the record for most times hit by a pitch, a record they set..........last year.
6) John Lackey got his first career hit (in his 27th AB) against Zito in the 4th inning of Angels' win at Pac-Bell Monday night.
5) Bad news for Angels came right after Lackey's HR, when CF Torii Hunter crashed into the fence going after a batted ball and lost the battle with the fence. Seemed like bruised ribs, something like that. Weird thing is that score was 8-0 Angels when it happened.
4) Red-hot Rockies (won last 11 games) host AL champ Rays (11-4 in last 15 games) tonight in Denver. Interesting series.
3) No team needed Monday off more than Toronto; their three starters lasted a total of 10 innings in home sweep by Florida this weekend.
2) Could someone explain to me why all TV has to be digital? Lot of people have those little portable TVs, which are now useless. There has to be a good reason why this became a rule, but it escapes me.
1) Hard to believe June is half-over already; time is our most precious of all commodities, have to use it wisely.
From: Armadillo
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