champions

first, this is from a b-sun, i used to be roch, blogger...

In the last two years, Markakis has quietly blossomed into the best right fielder in the American League, and there really isn't much point in debating it. (Vlad Guerrero might be more feared, but Markakis is the better overall player, and his best years are in front of him, not behind him.) Did you know he got on base 283 times in 2008? That was the most in the league, more than league MVP Dustin Pedroia and Indians All-Star Grady Sizemore. He was third in the league in runs created with 123 (a somewhat confusing statistic you can read about here), trailing only Sizemore and Josh Hamilton, and third in on-base percentage. Batting average, home runs and RBIs have become an antiquated way of measuring a player's value. The best compliments you can make about Markakis is that he's pretty darn good at not making outs, and he plays exceptional defense. There isn't much else you can ask from a baseball player...

and markakis had a horrible august/september, but hey, that kind of comes w/ the territory. so lets just fucking resign him already.

chelsea at bordeaux w/ it all on the line tonight. i'm putting my streak on the blues to get the job done. but i was snapped again last night by zenit. thought those ruskies would muster up a win, but when you are taking your best player off w/ 30 mins to go, (arshavin), it must be time for some caviar.

as will cottrell and i correctly observed, niklas bentdner is always going to be more effective as a sub, for whatever reason, and he gave arsenal a bit of breathing room, and more reason to focus on the upcoming clash w/ chelsea. which hasn't been the cleanest game in the past couple of seasons, so this weekend could be interesting. especially depending on what chelsea do tonight. new poll q coming.