Stephen Strasburg is officially the best pitching prospect in the history of baseball. Through 27.1 innings this year, he has a decent 59:5 K:BB ratio. There's now even talk he could be in the Nationals' rotation later THIS year.
Speaking of "best pitching prospect ever," here's a terrific article by Jeff Passan regarding the fall of Mark Prior. My favorite excerpt: "In Prior's last nine games, including three in the playoffs, he logged the following pitch counts: 131, 129, 109, 124, 131, 133, 132, 115, 119. House believes the overuse by Baker doomed Prior. Eight pitchers this decade have thrown 109 or more pitches in nine straight games, and half of them needed reconstructive arm surgery."
Bill Belichick would probably rank in my top-10 of those I'd want to have a beer with.
To call Pablo Sandoval a "free swinger" would be an understatement. He makes Vladimir Guerrero's plate coverage look modest.
It doesn't sound like Pacman Jones or Plaxico Burress is changing anytime soon.
The Rick Porcello era looks ready to begin much sooner than anticipated.
I haven't seen "Watchmen," but if I did it would be for the criminally underrated MalinAkerman.
LeBron James' recent three-game string of consecutive triple-doubles impress you? Please check out Michael Jordan's box scores starting from March 25th on during the 1988-89 season.
Interesting look on how current MLB free agents would fare as a team. It remains unclear why Jim Edmonds hasn't been signed yet.
The more I think about it, the more I say "Revolutionary Road" was the best movie of 2008. Especially if you like feel-good, uplifting flicks. I didn't rank it in my year-end list, because I hadn't watched it yet. But for everything Sam Mendes did wrong with the awful "American Beauty," he gets right here.
The UConn/Syracuse six-overtime game was definitely entertaining and crazy (odds of it happening were 1 in 122,000), but it was also a little overrated. For one, nearly every shot that ended a quarter was a miss. Also, the final margin of victory was 10 points.