Mike Salfino reminds everyone how good Mark Sanchez looked in the playoffs. I think a lot of it has to do with how the running game does, which itself has a lot to do with how Matt Slauson fits into the offensive line. I know it has little to do with how the passing game looked in the preseason, because the NFL preseason is bupkus. Just a friendly reminder.
Y’all know I <3 Quad-A mashers.
This is the last time I’m going to link to anything related to this story because I’d really prefer to just let it die. Sam does a nice job exposing why the story became a story in the first place. The only thing I’d add: It’s these guys’ job to sell papers, and they know enough to recognize that fans are going to eat up stories about three of the most hated players on the team disrespecting veterans. The other players and especially team brass need to realize that and keep their “fuming” private.
If you didn’t see it, click through to watch the deciding play in today’s Rockies-Reds game. Know also that Chris Nelson has been in the Major Leagues for a week. If that display doesn’t earn a guy Colbert’s Alpha Dog of The Week honors, I don’t know what does.
Fascinating read from an Athletics Nation fanpost asserting that Gonzalez could be benefiting at home — and struggling on the road — because of the difference in how fastballs (not breaking pitches) move at altitude. Home/road splits have been pretty clearly amplified at Coors for a long time now and it’s hard to buy that it’s all about the hitter-friendly environment; something else is happening there and this seems like at least a very good step toward an explanation. Huge hat tip to Andrew Martin from Purple Row.
In-N-Out and Five Guys tie for the win. I’ve never been to three of the 18 places surveyed here — In-N-Out, Burgerville and Back Yard Burgers — but I’m mostly OK with the rankings until they get near the back end. Burger King is gross, and no one in his right mind could say it’s better than Jack In The Box, my former employer. Culver’s, ranked 6th, is excellent. One chain that didn’t make the list — Denver-area favorite Good Times — would probably crack the top 5 if it did.
I’ve avoided this issue so far because I don’t care to perpetuate it, there are people on the Internet who think I hate America, and I don’t want to appear a knee-jerk Carlos Beltran defender. Plus I’m honestly not sure how I feel about the whole thing. But I think Dave Singer makes a great point, plus I think he’s got pretty strong evidence that he does not, in fact, hate America.
C’mon, really? That really happened? That sounds like it was ripped from the plot of the pilot episode of Dennis Rodman:The Sitcom.
Remember, he once called himself “pound for pound the strongest man in the world.” That’s probably not true anymore, but good for him regardless.
More good work from Patrick Flood examining Mike Pelfrey’s purported mental weakness. It’s well written but Patrick is flat-out wrong: Every time Mike Pelfrey pitches well, he is a shining beacon of confidence, a warrior comfortable with his abilities and capable of keeping the ball down. Every time he struggles, he is crazy, afraid, weak. There is no in-between, no doubt about it, no chance that luck or randomness is involved, no way I’m reading too much into his body language, and absolutely no way I’m being sarcastic. Brian Bannister can’t write his book soon enough.
Tedquarters 