What Went Right The Steelers had plenty of mystery with Mike Tomlin taking over for longtime head coach Bill Cowher. Early on, Tomlin stayed conservative and threatened to run Willie Parker every play. That probably wouldn’t have worked out, and Ben Roethlisberger used Santonio Holmes, Hines Ward, and Heath Miller equally well to finish in […]
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Well I survived my travels south this past week and it’s now time to get back into the swing of things. Thanks to RotoRob for picking up the slack last week while I was enjoying some quality time with my auction league mates. We had tickets for a game last Saturday in Springfield, MO., home
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What Went Right Oh, it was mostly good for the Browns in 2007. The passing offense, with Derek Anderson, Kellen Winslow, and Braylon Edwards, went absolutely bananas. Anderson was the most surprising top performer since he wasn’t a starter until Week Two. In fact, his taking the reigns from Charlie Frye was about the most
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After winning a surprising 73 games last season (when most experts predicted the Washington Nationals would be hard-pressed to even win 50), the Nats have backslid substantially this year. After getting off to a 3-0 start, the Nats have fallen apart. Following a sweep in Minny this week, Washington has fallen to 29-45 – 11
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Thanks to collapses by both Colorado and San Diego, the San Francisco Giants aren’t occupying the cellar in the NL West – their expected residence this year. The team is holding its own, going 8-9 so far in June to stay somewhat within striking distance of mediocrity, again, a modest accomplishment considering how bad we
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Face it. You got a little panicky at the end of May when Cole Hamels put up back-to-back stinkers. Well, he sure has bounced back brilliantly in June. After his seven strong innings Monday against the powerful BoSox, Hamels is now 2-0 through three starts this month, with just 13 hits, four runs and six
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The Toronto media is speculating that A.J. Burnett would welcome the idea of leaving town; in fact, he may even be trying to engineer his own demise as a Jay, Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star suggests. While he’s finally stayed healthy for Toronto, Burnett still hasn’t lived up to that overinflated contract he signed
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