Forty years ago today, UCLA won their 88th consecutive game with a 66-44 win over Iowa. That same day, one of my father's co-workers offered him a ticket to that Saturday's UCLA @ Notre Dame game because his wife didn't want him driving over 1½ hours to South Bend in the middle of winter.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...ign-jose-abreu/
White Sox were #5 on Balder's list for signing Abreu, so clearly the Tigers are going to get Tanaka.
A composite ranking so far from 16 responses. I assigned #1=10 points down to #10=1 point. For consistency's sake, I want ahead and assigned Abreu as #1 to the couple of people who didn't think he was a prospect and bumped everybody else down one notch, because he technically qualifies as a prospect and I think we all agree he should be #1.
1. Abreu 160 points
2. E Johnson 139 points
3. Davidson 129 points
4. Semien 98 points
5. Hawkins 84 points
6. Anderson 82 points
7. Beck 54 points
8. Danish 37 points
9. M Johnson 35 points
10. Webb 22 points
11. Sanchez 17 points
12. Thompson 13 points
13. Barnum 4 points
14. May 3 points
15. Bassitt 2 points
T-16. Snodgrezz/Zapata 1 point
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/report-acti...4z/-/index.html
Three people, including the shooter, killed last night at a grocery store that is 2 miles from my mom's house.
Jeopardy contestants are generally pretty sharp and rarely cause me to facepalm, but tonight, this clue elicited a response of, "Who is Ellen Degeneres?"
I was thinking more along the lines of Brey having 5 Top five finishes in the last 7 seasons in the Big East but only one NCAA tournament win in that time span. Not a perfect comparison, but they are both coaches who have had far more regular season success compared to postseason.
Don't know about a preference, but he played in Japan's Pacific League, which uses a DH. He only has 42 career plate appearances in 7 seasons, with only 3 hits, no walks, and 4 sac bunts.
Those are relievers, and not even closers at that. I'd be shocked if Coop hasn't been asked for input on whether or not to give a starting pitcher $100M+.
If Coop thinks it's worth bidding big money for this guy, then I trust his judgment, and I doubt that Hahn/Reinsdorf are going to throw that kind of money at him without Coop's blessing.