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Is that they just had to clean house because of a coach doing similar things to what she is alleged to have done. If you're Rutgers, you can't possibly hire her knowing that, it's just dumb. I'm sure there are plenty of qualified individuals who wouldn't have people accusing them of doing exactly what got the last AD fired. You need to hire someone that shows your commitment to not letting this happen again, and you need to do your homework on every available candidate.

Maybe she's a changed person, but even if she is, this reeks of Rutgers just promoting the next person in line, and is a PR nightmare.

He was being facetious. Or at least hope so

We Had A Shot At A One Seed. Then The Team Started Playing Shitty Basketball, Got Their Teeth Kicked In By A Big Rival, Lost To Almost Every Team With A Pulse, Including a Lousy PSU Team, And Just Crumbled In The Big Ten Qfs. It's Not A Bad Season, But This Team Has Greatly Underperformed Expectations.

The first twitter handle mentioned belongs to a student reporter from Western Kentucky University, who admits he saw the rumor on recruiting message boards. There is zero chance this is true, and it's stunning that anyone would believe something of that magnitude was even a possibility without even looking into the source. 

Had some hiccups on Offense but that's to be expected playing South Carolina with Michigan's offense. If only he could bring this type of creativity to every game, because one or two a year isn't going to cut it.

Binghamton shall be a gladitorial sacrifice to abate my anger. Also beer

I think more importantly, it is with the clowney monster starting at DE for SCar.

He's certainly shown more on film in the passing game than Denard, and though he may not be as athletic, he is better throwing on the run. I really like Thomas this year, if he can put all of the talent together. Vt could be scary, and might challenge for the a spot in the title game

For the sometimes when you're on shirt...

I lit a cigarette as my cousin was racking the balls, and sank the 8 before i had finished it. One of the best games I've ever had, then the next say i went out and couldn't make a damn shot.

Drool....continues drooling....

Cadillac is going nuts right now, imo a huge success story for American cars, not just making an affordable luxury sedan to compete with the 5 series, but blowing it off the track with the ctsv for significantly less $$$.

No i didn't get aroused talking about the ctsv, why are you asking?

I mean, every student at Michigan has made the university the same amount of money as Denard, right?

Why should athletes get special treatment because they make the university millions more in profits than regular students?

But he still shouldn't have said it. Athletes should never question fans in a public forum, and while they certainly have every right to say it, nothing good can possibly come from it.

Will win at least 2 games Michigan doesn't really deserve this year.

In the nfl, not at all

You're not allowed to believe in coincidence.

Especially playing outfield. He's never played it before, and half a year of playing it in the minors does not a major league ready outfielder make.

He's 20, he needs to put some weight on, and he isn't close to being MLB ready defensivly. Still a hell of a prospect, I've seen a few people out there say he could have a Hosmer like impact in 2 or 3 years, but not next. He will get called up in september, get a cup of coffee, be really hyped up in spring next year, but spend most of the year in the minors again.  

And only near because you never know what will be available. If Upton is on the block, you would have to at least consider a trade involving him, or any similar player I wouldn't trade him for a pitcher, although grienke would at least be tempting.

Sadly, there isn't much of a market right now for big hitters. Maybe this off season someone will become available, but right now it doesn't seem like castellanos is going anywhere

He's almost ten years older.

Yes, that is sour grapes

some friends of mine were vacationing in Europe when some German fellows questioned their ability to drink beer due to them being American. One of my friends grabbed one of the Germans glass of beer, chugged it, slammed it on the table, then chanted USA, USA, USA, YOU SUCK!

My friends are now banned from a small bar in Germany.

Not individually at least. The two best left tackles in the league both play for poor offenses, because they have no skill players.

The NFL is so pass heavy nowadays that its smarter for a team to try and save money up front on offense. Good teams now try to find value there because they can scheme around weakness in the line so well, and coaches are way cheaper than players.

That's not to say you can completely ignore it, just that its not something you should be placing a premium on when teams like the Giants, Patriots, and Packers to name a few, have shown you can have success without particularly good lines.

at least if they don't play basketball. So he may have had some everyone before his junior year.

Also, the scary thing is he is maybe the third best HS HWY in Michigan in the last ten or so years. Pommeranke was the best, and Trice was second. Coon has a chance to sneak in there too, although he was 215 for his first 2 years, he's got the best resume of just about anyone. Only one loss as a freshman, in OT, to nationally ranked senior, Mcdirmiad.

Always

Like, arian foster, crossed with mike vick, only a better qb, and also a space shuttle?

Like, arian foster, crossed with mike vick, only a better qb, and also a space shuttle?

His preseason prediction for Michigan was a legends division championship. The numbers really liked Michigan coming into the year, and they were as down on Nebraska as anyone. That plus replacing GERG with OMGRAYLEWISCOACH and the season long tire fire that is OSU's qb situation were good signs

Bormat and Pritzlaff are not only excellent coaches in their own right, but they bring in guys like Kyle Ruschell and Jake Herbert as sparring partners. That's a huge draw to any recruit, and having so many quality sparring partners makes everyone on the team better.

This team is absolutely stacked once this class arrives. Boyle, Bruno, Grajales, Salazar, middle Zeerip, Massa, Thomas, Huntley, and Apland. That's a team full of studs from top to bottom

Besides firing a fairly able coach, it also makes it really tough to find the next guy when you make it clear that you won't be able to explore any career advancement while at that school.

I think the big difference in the coaching profession is that once you're the head coach, there's no room for promotion. If you want to move up, you have to change schools/teams. If a school isn't going to pay big money, and also will fire a coach at the first sign of interest in another position, its basically a dead end job, and no coach serious about his career would waste his time there.

Is intermatwrestle.com

they've got high school and college weight class rankings and college team rankings available for free, although anything more in depth then that is behind a paywall. theopenmat.com is a decent source, much more information available without paying, but also a little less reliable and slower to update.

Probably should mention michigangrappler.com as well, not much in the way of national coverage but they do a nice job covering commitments for in state schools and prospects. That's the place to go if you wanna see where everyone stacks up in state, even if it is run by a spartan...

And I could in the middle of sleeping with Kate Upton as I type this, but neither is really remotely possible. Sadly, they are both just wishful thinking.

That a commitment to any high profile program would cause a rankings jump this early in the process. The services have to sift through tons and tons of tape, and a nonranked prospect who commits to a big name school would cause his tape to get reviewed faster and maybe with a bit more scrutiny than an uncommitted prospect who hadn't really been on the radar.

Keep in mind I have zero idea how they actually go through and evaluate recruits, so that could be completely off base. Just throwing ideas out into the void.

Although I don't think you'll have to wait long. Turner obviously has Major League top of the rotation stuff, and they have started skipping his starts down at Toledo. He'll be with the big league club again this year, just a matter of keeping his innings under control.

That's a gigantic amount of a contract to guaruntee. Nnamdi's contract with the eagles has 4 million less in guarunteed money, and its worth 60 million over 5 years.

Good for Harris, but I'm a little surprised someone who wasn't ultra elite would get that kind commitment from any team. They must have a lot of faith in his ability to continue to perform at a high level.

Could resign houston still, which would be ok. Carlos Rogers is a possibility, he might have stone hands but he's still a good cover guy, and Nate Clements is another name out there. Waaaaay overpaid last contract and not the same player he once was, but he's still a starting level CB.

And though it doesn't directly affect the lions, Asante Samuel might get traded, as he doesn't necessarily fit into the scheme. Lions won't trade for him, but that's one more spot somewhere in the league that the players we are looking at won't get, and that drives the price down.

He's got a lot of name recognition because of the big tackle numbers, but he isn't more than an average to just barely above average linebacker. I don't doubt he could succeed in Detroit, as he's a heady player and wouldn't have to fight off many blocks, but someone is going to pay him more than he's worth, and it won't be the lions.

Barnett could be interesting though. Have to look into him more to see if he's the kind of 3-4 guy who can transition easily to to a 4-3 look. He would probably be cheap, coming off injury. The good thing is we can trust that the current management of the team will make the right decision on these guys, which is more than you've been able to say about the leos for years.

Thougt the name sounded familiar, then remembered he was a former Michigan player who transfered to Kent St.

Tigers call up last years 2nd pick in the supplemental round, Chance Ruffin. Ruffin was a college releiver at Texas last year, and moved up fast after mowing down AA batters to the tune of 43 ks and a 1.15 whip in 34 IP. Only 9 IP at toledo, 12 ks and a 1.44 WHIP.

A bit surprising he's up this quickly, but college releivers are notoriously fast movers. IIRC he's got a decent fastball and a plus slider.

"Hey, is al dead?"
"Just say he abstained, noone will know the difference"

That is a bit much, especially considering how good a hitter Montero is and the ridiculous upside Banuelos has. Guys who were much safer have gone for less. Montero won't get traded this year unless someone really surprising hits the market. Ubaldo might be worth Banuelos, Betances, and a few mid level prospect.

Not sure how they would get it, but its probably closer to 100, maybe higher. Mike Milano also wasn't an elite prospect. He was a good wrestler from Ohio, but I doubt he would have been a top 60 ranked recruit.

Here's an interview from one of the best college wrestlers in recent history, Jake Herbert.

http://www.flowrestling.org/coverage/238800-World-Team-Trials-2011/video...

The informative portion is later, when he says he will likely be training at Michigan through the Olympics with Pritzlaff and Bormet, along with Howe and Poeta, both excellent wrestlers. Not only does that speak to their coaching ability, that the man trying to knock off Sanderson feels his best shot is with them, but it also means the current Michigan wrestlers get to scrap with one of the most dominant wrestlers in the last decade.

They have a player who will contend for the cy young, and one who will be in the mvp discussion. That already puts them ahead of the curve, as its just building around a centerpiece on offense and pitching, something maybe the top third of MLB teams have.

To get more in depth, they are getting above average production out of catcher, first, shortstop, and DH. Avila and Peralta are probably the only question marks to continue there, but even with some serious regression, both will still probably have above average value at positions that just don't have a lot of offensive productions around the majors this year. Add in Boesch and Jackson, both of which are easily playoff caliber starting outfielders, and that's 6 of 9 everyday players that could start on a playoff team.

That leaves 2nd, 3rd, and Left field as potential areas of offensive improvement at the trade deadline. The big names being discussed are the trio of mets, Reyes, Wright, and Beltran, all of which would fit nicely (reyes would slide peralta to third, where his range wouldn't hurt as bad, making up for a downgrade in arm strength). I'm not sure they get any of them, but the Tigers have some serious chips in the farm system if they are ok with making a serious run this year. Id be surprised if they didn't make at least one big move to adress a need on offense, which would hopefully give them 7 of 9 everyday players who could be starters on a playoff team, perhaps 8 if Maggs can provide anything late and Boesch moves to left.

The starting pitching is much harder to figure out. Verlander is the one constant, and every game feels like it could be a no hitter, so that helps. Scherzer has ridiculous stuff but is wildly inconsistent, Porcello will be good someday but is still very, very young, and Penny and Coke are what they should be, 4th and 5th starters. There won't be outside help coming here, Scherzer and Porcello are too big a part of the orginization, and they need to be the ones to come up big the rest of the way.

In sumnation, we will know a lot more after july 31st, and hopefully Scherzer and Porcello can find the fastball command they've been lacking

Normally RT get drafted lower because the LT in college are just the better lineman. Smith is an odd case, because even though he is an exceptionally talented tackle, he wasn't the best one on his team. He would have started at LT for almost any other team in the country.

Winning the title doesn't make darko a good pick, they are totally independent events. You don't get a higher grade in math class because you aced your chemistry final, even if you used a little math in chemistry.

He drafted one of the biggest busts of all time, passing on 2 superstar players for a total stiff. Maxiel is an ok pick, but certainly nothing extraordinary, and Amir Johnson gave the pistons almost zero actual value. Stuckey was a good pick, but Joe's continued insistince that he is a PG has hampered the teams rebuilding process almost as much as the sale of the team has, and he traded Afflalo for exactly zero cents on the dollar, so he could clear cap space he used to sign...charlie villunueva? Then he picks Walter freakin Sharpe?!

Joes drafting has, at best, had a slightly negative impact on the team, and at worst has been the cornerstone of the house of suck the pistons have turned into. He has to get another year because the turmoil surrounding the sale of the team robbed him of any real chance to rebuild through shrewd trades and signings, but I'm not sure if he has it anymore. Tom Gores should have Kevin Pritchards number on speed dial, just in case.

You just wanted to say booty.

His value is at Qb, because he's got that scrambler athleticism to create something out of nothing. That means 2 or 3 years of honing his delivery and teaching him to read defenses, all the while carrying one of the most controversial players in recent college football history on your roster, and there seems to be little chance the coaching would stick.

Even if you put him at Wr, he's not a great fit anywhere. As athletic as he is, he's not a burner, and he's not particularly elusive in the open field. Plus he has zero experience running routes, which is already one of the biggest adjustments coming into the NFL, even for full time college WR. Maybe he could have some value as a big target near the goalline, but any non top 2 WR in the NFL should have special teams value, something he probably feels he is above. He's barely worth the roster spot right now, let alone the draft pick.

Hopefully he can follow in Jared Lorenzen's footsteps and become GM/Qb of the soon to be formed Columbus Tribal Arm Bands of the AFL.

And its easier for most people to catch them noodling than with a rod and reel. Its not like the catfish present a real danger, there aren't really any north american species that have much in the way of teeth, and even a 50 lb catfish, not the strongest swimmers, would have trouble dragging a full grown person or doing serious damage.

Its a beautiful day to go outside, turn the radio on, put some dogs on the grill, and just relax

I'm not sure most people are physically fit enough to play like he does. Hell I start to hurt after playing drums on guitar hero for half an hour, and he probably manages more hits in one song than I do in said half hour.

Ive heard some scouts on the radio say that hes the second best LT in the league. If the entire NFL had a fantasy draft of all players on every team, Im not sure he falls much past 10. Rick Reilly is just a moron.

Toronto is hammering lefties this year, so it would be nice to see him get one more chance. If he is still ineffective in that role though, sending him to the pen and calling oliver up would make some sense. Oliver is reaching the point where AAA hitters aren't helping his development, and every pitch he throws is just one more bullet out of the chamber.

If its just Perry getting sent down, with no other moves, weindhardt should be the call. He's already a releiver and he's had some stretches of success in the majors. Short stretches, but still, more than most of the farm hands. Lester Oliveros is a tempting name too, but he needs to show he can carry his success in aa up to aaa before that's a realistic option.

Worth and rhymes. They are both just black holes of average with decent speed and D. Hopefully they can put guillen somewhere far away from the team, if sizemore is up he needs to start almost every day. He's too good to lose potential AB at a crucial period in his development as a major league hitter.

I assume dirks is just playing the hot hand and trying to get jackson some pressure free time to work out the kinks in his swing. Also think Dirks is who replaced zumaya on the 40 man roster

The draft is not the finish line to the offseason. I expect them to address the back 7 needs in free agency with some mid level signings, tulloch is almost a lock to sign with detroit, and they will certainly be in the running for a schwartz defense type cb. I can't think of any names off the top of my head, but cover 2 corners don't typically demand huge contracts, and it would make sense to sign with a team who has such an incredibly talented front line. They were going to address the other safety spot in free agency even before the draft, the safety crop this year for free agents is much better than this years draft class.

I'm also a fan of a few of the kevin smith films, especially mallrats and the clerks series. Observe and Report was also pretty good, but it was incredibly dark.

In more obviouse choices, most of the apatow stuff is ok, although anchorman and walk hard stand out to me. If that isn't enough, you could always watch the first half or funny people.

Alumni and former players were just waiting to jump on any mistake he made. Maybe that pressure got to him and caused him to crack, maybe it didn't, doesn't matter now. What is sickening though, is the venom he received for having the audacity to take a job he was offered and at the time was very well qualified for.

I think a lot of us have a hard time totally getting past this because it doesn't make sense. Rich Rodriguez was a good coach everywhere else, why wasn't he good here? There were so many moments when it seemed like they had gotten over the hill, like it all clicked, and all that suffering was finally worth it. Then Chris Relf was in the endzone, again, wiping remnants of Obi Ezeh off his cleats. Then it was over, and the only things we learned were that Braylon talks to much and nothing in football ever makes sense.

Both were 4 timers in michigan, graduated a year apart, zeerip undefeated and reader with 2 or 3 losses, yet they have never wrestled until today. Went about how most thought it would have too.

Grajales has to have a 4 leaf clover in his shoe. Was down and hit a leg cradle to pin his opponent. I've watched wrestling for 7 years, and that was the 2nd leg cradle I've ever seen, and the first by anyone out of elementary school. Then his next opponent, who is the only wrestler to ever beat metcalf in college, injury defaults. Grajales is in the quarterfinals against a beatable 8 seed tomorrow, but his luck probably runs out there. Kyle Dake is his matchup in the sems, the defending national champ who is the 4 seed due to injury and what appears to be some weight problems. From what I remember, Dake is an incredibly strong kid, with a little bit of that funky Ben Askren type defense, something that really hurts the kind of things Grajales uses. Then again, so was Caldwell, and it was tied when Caldwell defaulted.

Biondo, apland, stevens, and I think boyle are still in it to become all americans, they each need 3 more consecutive wins to make it. Russel and Grajales are the only wrestlers in the quarterfinals, meaning they need one more win to guaruntee an all american spot, although they can lose once.

Its a fairly widely held belief that the big ten is one of, if not the toughest conference in college ball, and that the SEC is basically garbage. It just seems insane that they would get more teams than both the ACC and Big 10.

still doesn't change the season outlook though, just win baby.

Wrestles at northwestern. He was the top rated hwy in the country a few years back, I think I saw him wrestle at davison a few years back.

On a side note...kuhar is a much better wrestler than martin. Probably not as good a football player, but martin was really raw when I saw him in high school. He was too physically imposing for anyone to handle though, and managed to avoid any big time studs when he wrestled, but he was never really a wrestling prospect, whereas kuhar could go just about anywhere he wanted on a wrestling schollie. Michigan wins the hwy high school battle this year though, Pommeranke from rogers city is unstoppable.

No movement until new cba.

They should beat minnesota, and off the top of my head they have a chance against iowa. If they win both, it should be a 3 way tie for the dual meet championship. Iowa would be a huge win, I don't think they have lost in 3 or 4 years...

Thomas is 3rd in the state, but like 18th nationally. It is a ridiculously loaded class. Hopefully a certain middleweight from around east lansing decides to go south a little. But not too much.

Yes, that works out so wonderfully for the big ten, who consistently destroys the "glamour" states down south in bowl games.

Been there 4 times and come away succesful 2 of them. Noone can tell me that its not the loudest finals in the state. Where else can you watch all 4 divisions go at it simultaneously?

Plus, you get to see a lot of big time recruits before they head to college. I don't think michigan has any commitments from this class yet, but they did land one of the big fish from 2012, Jordan Thomas. 2012 is a MONSTER class in michigan, the number one recruit in the country, Taylor Massa, is from st. Johns, Freddie Rodriguez from holt looks to be top ten, and Thomas is top 20. Rogriguez is already committed to MSU, and I have zero real knowledge of Massas college preference, but do know that he goes to high school like 20 minutes away from east lansing...

Which is surprising. They had some big time recruits who haven't came through,

Staph or mono. Both serious enough to hospitalize and tend to spread around athletes

Love the man. He seems like a genuinely awesome person, with a great personality. its almost sad to me that I think he's in over his head. Being a good, honest person should be worth something, and I can almost convince myself of that before remembering that, in the last 2 years, cam newton and nick saban have each hoisted the crystal trophy.

I hope he wins, I really do, despite how much I don't like the hire. I really want brady hoke to be the photon torpedo that blows up the SEC's death star, but it just doesn't seem likely. Hopefully he got in a lot of target practice on womp rats in his T-16.

Holy shit! The reigning big ten offensive player of the year, who plays QB, is good enough to play QB for michigan?

My mind is blown.

We just hired brady hoke.

I would rather have brady hoke, and thinking of him as michigans coach makes me violently ill. Ill leave it to one of the football today hosts, who said singletary "could be the single worst head coach in nfl history"

They are by no means a paleozoic offense.

Not only is it a lucky number of sorts, but I also feel like indianas defense will be openly weeping at halftime.

A teams top defensive end will be matched up against a left tackle no matter what. If that was true then Gaither would be baltimores right tackle, as he's one of the best in the game.

If some ref didn't need to feel like a big man and enforce a stupid technicality to nullify what everyone knows was a catch. I understand why they need that rule, but it wasn't put in to be enforced in that situation, and officials need to understand that and adjust accordingly.

Every time I start a lions dynasty in madden 11, the first years free agency crop always has me ending up with Stylez White, a DE who currently plays for Tampa. Even if I sim the free agency signings he always ends up a Lion. The digital Schwartz must be in love with him. In case anyone is wondering, Stylez White is a real player, he changed his name about a year ago, and is probably a fan of teen wolf.

I would love to see Ty Todd try it, but I believe he's entering the Olympic programs. MSU has actually had some decent success here, Rashad Evans being the most prominent right now, although Gray Maynard, his former teammate, is going to challenge for that particular title. 

I really can't think of any that have though, just thinking of recently, Tannenbaum is in med school, Todd is still wrestling, don't know where Wagner is but he's not in MMA (Despite beating Cain Velasquez two years in a row at NCAA's), and Steve Luke is coaching. I know it's somewhere to the south, but I have voluntarily destroyed the part of my brain that recalls exactly where Michigan's last wrestling champion choose to coach, sort of like PTSD related to the colors scarlet and gray. 

It's a little strange, as one would think Michigan would have at least one or two big name guys. Warren in Bellator is a nice start, and it looks like he's got a title shot upcoming, which is nothing to scoff at, but it's still AAA to UFC's major league's. It's surprising to me to see the success that NCAA wrestlers have in MMA yet none of Michigan's former wrestlers are really competing in it at the highest level. I mean MSU has Evans and Maynard, Minnesota has Lesnar, Okie St. has Couture, Hendrix, and Coleman, Penn State has Davis, even Non D-1 colleges have produced huge stars in Liddell and Jon Jones. 
 

He's been a key part of 2 pretty good defenses. Harris might be better, but don't downplay Scott's role in that defense. Rex Ryan might be a little crazy and annoying at times, but he's forgotten more knowledge about defense than 99.9% of people will accrue in their lifetime, so if he says someone is awesome, I'll take his word for it.

When I saw this topic, my first thought was "get Robert Griffin." obviously great minds think alike.

I think your best course of action would be to get a copy of Phil Steeles national magazine, and give it a quick run through to find anyone who is taking over good situations.

Porcello was a little shaky but 2 runs is 2 runs is 2 runs, and Avila's bat had one, brilliant, game winning spark of life.

Although we couldn't see his name as it was obscured by his dreads. The Lions have a lot of dreads this year, including the incredibly rare albino dreads of Tim Toone. 

That's all the extra analysis I've got, as the OP had the same vantage point as I did from the seat next to me.

I now just tie off and inject it straight into my bloodstream. 

It was 2 weak grounders that trickled inches from Guillens glove and one incredibly unlucky hop over Santiago at short. 

Neither could pitch though, because they pitched Sunday. CC's replacement pitcher was Weaver, who was then replaced by another pitcher, I think it was Verlander. There is a rule that if they pitch close enough to the all star game, pitchers cannot throw in the actual game, so the managers get to pick a replacement. 

Which brings up another question, why pick Weaver to replace CC anyway? They knew Weaver couldn't pitch, yet picked him, so he wasn't picked in the first selection process, but also was of no actual use to the team. Just seemed dumb, even thought Weaver should have been on the team in the first place, being arguably the best pitcher in the AL this year. Lee is probably better,  but Weaver has more innings and a ridiculous K rate.

But sadly, he is nowhere near past the threshold for the Shelton Phenomenon. 

Link to science.

That is a shortened version of another article, which appears to be a dead link now, about when different statistics in baseball will stabilize. Stabilize meaning some math that is briefly explained in the link, and in layman's terms means that one can expect the player to continue putting up those statistics in any kind of consistent manner. 

Boesch currently sits at 255 PA. According to linked article, that means the statistics that are likely to have stabilized are Swing %, Contact Rate, Strikeout Rate, Line Drive Rate, Pitches / PA, BB Rate, GB Rate, GB/FB, and Flyball rate. 

He isn't doing amazing in any of those statistics, he's not doing awful, in fact he's doing better than most would have thought in K rate. He's got 45 more PA until his HR/FB rate becomes reliable, and 245 until the big slash stats, OBP and SLG, become reliable. Now, he's not going to fall off the face of the earth like Shelton did, he makes more contact and is just a more naturally gifted athlete, but I wouldn't expect him to keep up this pace. Thats not to say he won't be useful, I think it's certainly within the realm of plausibility that he becomes a 270 hitter with 25 homer power, and anyone will take that out of a lefty who plays an above average corner outfield spot. 

Not in response to performance though, because of the All Star break the Tigers can move pitchers around and won't need a fifth starter until the 20th. Taking his roster spot is Robbie Wiendhardt, very talented righty, drafted in 2008. He's got some shiny AAA stats, with a 1.98 ERA, 0.95 WHIP in 27.1 IP. 18 K's to 4 walks makes him look a little like a control specialist, it's not a good strikeout total, but he still has a good ratio due to good control. 

Nearly 7 Million a year for 5 years. That's just brutal. Even Darko is better than Amir at this point. Both are talented big's who just can't get it together, only Darko is bigger and more skilled, and doesn't rack up fouls quite as bad.

Been waiting for this ever since it was mentioned. Later on it needs to be compounded into one document, complete with footnoted links to Wolverinehistorian videos and mgoblog posts relevant to the chapter.

Not by one pitcher though, but the Angels lost a no hitter in interleague play 2 or 3 years ago. They pinch hit for Jered Weaver in like the 7th inning because they were down 1-0, and didn't allow a hit after he left. 

Heres the first google result on it.

Condensed version is Austin Wood, former Texas reliever and current Tiger's minor leaguer, came into a 2-2 game in the NCAA baseball regional, a day after pitching 2 innings in relief the previous day. He then proceeded to pitch 12.1 innings of no hit baseball, and finished with a line of 13 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 14 K's, and 4 BB. He threw 169 pitches! Just a sick performance, although it might have taken its toll on his arm, as he was on the DL last I saw.

Sort of a strange note, he actually relieved Chance Ruffin in that game, who went on to become the Tiger's second round pick this year. Tiger's love them some Longhorns, which is a pretty good place to get talent from. Now if they can somehow find a way to get Junjmann...

You just need to keep it within reason, and it depends a lot on the pitcher. A pitcher like Verlander or CC Sabbathia, who are tall, strong pitchers with clean mechanics can go 120 every so often and not be damaged by it. Someone like a Lincecum or Scherzer who are maybe a little smaller or have a more violent delivery, or even less developed arms like Porcello or Kershaw, shouldn't be putting that much strain on so early. There's also the matter of high stress situations, pitch types, theres a lot of factors that foul it up and make it incredibly inexact.

That being said, 150 pitches is stupid. I know he had a no hitter, but keeping someone in for 150 pitches is something that Dusty Baker would do. 

Let's not pick any of the big guys still available who are proven shotblocker's and productive players at the level they played. Lets pick ANOTHER guard who is tall and has a bunch of talent, but has yet to do ANYTHING in college and even got worse his sophomore year. 

What the hell happened there? 

Than a good guy with Ed Davis'. Cousin's is a man beast, he is possibly the best player in the draft, and he fits a glaring need on the Pistons. Do whatever you can to get him. This franchise isn't going to be rebuilt by playing it safe, they will have to take risks on players, and those players might as well be of the immensely talented variety.

Also, if there was a deal out there for the #4 and Al Jefferson in exchange for Tay and the #7, Joe would be insane not to take it. You have an overflow of wings on this team, you have no size, and you would be getting back an incredibly talented post presence, as well as moving up into the part of the draft that actually has players who might be All Stars. Jefferson plus any one of Demarcus Cousins, Wesley Johnson, or Derrick Favors is light years beyond Tayshaun and Ed Davis/Greg Monroe.

I've got just about all of his books, and love them. Halfway through Invisible Monsters right now and then I'll have read all but his newest and Fight Club. His books are a little graphic at times, but they are very well written and always interested.

My favorite thus far has to be Survivor, although Rant and Lullaby were also excellent. Rant is a little bit of a tough read because of the style it is written in, but well worth reading 3 or 4 times. 

People who think there was a foul : 2
people who think there wasn't : N - 2, Where N = everyone who has seen the footage.

baseball-reference.com has a feature where they compare a players stats to players who were at a similar age throughout history, and Miggy's list really shows how impressive he is. The list goes 10 deep, and Miggy's features Ken Griffey Jr., Hank Aaron, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline, Joe Medwick, and Albert Pujols, all of which either are or will be Hall of Famers, as well as Hal Trosky and Andruw Jones, Trosky won't get into the hall, and Jones probably won't, but he can certainly make a case. The man is very good at hitting a baseball, and soon he will be involved in any discussion about who the best 1B of all time are.

But she's really, really hot. I mean...look at the size of her [Television Footprint], and you could bounce a quarter off of her [Revenue Streams].

They've got some nice young bats, Bruce and Votto and Stubs, and some pretty good starting pitching in Leake, Cueto, and Volquez (when he gets back).

Reid Brignac. 

That wouldn't hurt all that much, just be kind of disgusting.