Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Baseball Babe #69 Ron Washington Texas Rangers Manager Extension!


The Texas Rangers have their players manager Ron Washington locked up for two more years with and extension.
Ron Washington has the Texas Rangers in there best shape in the history of the club. In his tenure with the Rangers he is 427-383 and has led the team to two straight World Series. The Rangers had never even won a playoff game before Washington became nanager in 2006.
So let's all do the Ron Washington dance.



Even Dirk Nowitzki can do it!
Congrats to Ron Washington!

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Where will all of the Peyton Manning #18 Jersey's go if he leaves the Indianapolis Colts?


These fans want to know!


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Sunday, January 29, 2012

NFL's Tom Brady & Eli Manning from High School to College to NFL Super Bowl XLVI


The 2012 XLVI Super Bowl will have two veterans Tom Brady of the New England Patriots and New Yor Giants Eli Manning at it again! We will likely have a showdown to remember as we look back through time and see these two greats grow into two of the best quarterbacks of this era!

From the humble beginnings of high school we could start to see the talent...
TOM BRADY




ELI MANNING


Next stop college and the legacy continues....

TOM BRADY




 ELI MANNING
"Ole Miss"






now they are in the NFL....

TOM BRADY


ELI MANNING
New York Giants


and we will get to see them both Super Bowl Winners!!!

TOM BRADY


ELI MANNING


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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Will the designated hitter in the American League help more teams sign slugging free agents like Fielder and Pujols?



The Major League landscape is changing for home run hitters they are getting rich and moving to the American League to lengthen their careers. The teams in the National League are losing the advantage in the war to sign the big time free agents. This year we have seen two of the biggest contacts in history going to the American League teams The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Detroit Tigers. The two contracts where for ten and nine years respectively, adding to why the AL is winning the war in landing the bid fish free agents. The designated hitter allows the team to control the player into the declining fielding years and have the ability to keep there still alive bat in the lineup. The NL does not have a way to find answers to keep the best free agents from leaving unless the pay more for each year (Ryan Howard) or over pay (Jayson Werth). Some deals can be made to keep them home at discounted values if the player loves his place in the NL. The overall history of the MLB has shown the players go where the money is because their life expectancy as a player is very short. Will we see more of the David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero and Jim Thome type players stay with teams for the main purpose to be a designated hitter and keep the namesake in the line up to help the owners reap the benefits of having the superstars stay as part of the team for publicity and sell tickets? Would Paul Konerko, Mark Reynolds or Troy Tulowitzki be future candidate for a all time DH role?

Let's take a look at the Top 5 home run hitters in the National League in 2011 and their contracts.

1. Dodgers - Matt Kemp - 8 years, 160 Million  - 39 home runs
2. Brewers - Prince Fielder - 9 years, 214 Million (Just signed with AL  Tigers) - 38 home runs
3. Cardinals - Albert Pujols - 10 years, 240 Million (Just signed with AL Angels) - 37 home runs
4. Braves - Dan Uggla - 5 years, 62 Million - 36 home runs
5. Marlins - Mike Stanton - 1 year, 416,000 - 34 home runs

Pujols
Fielder

So we see that two out of the top five home run hitters in the National League will be switching leagues. The trend is starting to flow towards the DH league! Could Mike Stanton be the next to follow? How bout Joey Votto, the Cincinnati Red's star, could he be headed to the American League?

Stanton
Votto
Could this be the start to the two leagues becoming one with a designated hitter in both leagues?Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig may be the man that might answer that question.


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Tiger Woods Back in the Hunt Tied for Lead in Abu Dhabi Championships

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods might have his stroke back in 2012. Tied for the lead in the Abu Dhabi Championships with the Englishman Robert Rock a newcomer to the PGA. Tiger shot a 6 under 66 after the third round.  The two men are tied with a 205 going into the fourth round.
The one time most popular golfer on the planet and number one golfer is ranked 23rd in the PGA and looking to regain Tiger's #1 ranking while continuing the legacy of if not the best best golfer ever one of the best.


Could a newcomer start his own legacy? Robert Rock in June of 2011 did win the BMW Italian Open so the talent is there to swing his way to victory.





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