Sports Report for 8/27/08

The Sports Report
8/27/08

My Piccz
Baseball – 8-7 (18-23-44%)
Football – 0-0 (1-0-100%)
Parlay – LOST
Guaranteed – WON

Major League Baseball
· In the American League…
· Minnesota (75-58) def. Seattle (50-83) 6-5. Glen Perkins (Min) gets his 12th win of the season (12-3). Joe Nathan (Min) got his 36th save.
· Boston (77-55) def. The Yankees (70-62) 11-3. Jason Giambi (NYY) hits his 26th homer of the year.
· Baltimore (63-70) def. MY WHITE SOX (76-57) 11-3. Jermaine Dye (CWS) hits his 32nd homerun of the year. Aubrey Huff (Bal) hit his 29th homer of the season.
· Cleveland (65-67) def. Detroit (64-69) 9-7.
· Tampa Bay (80-51) def. Toronto (68-64) 1-0. Carlos Pena (TB) hit his 27th homer of the year.
· Texas (66-68) def. Kansas City (56-77) 3-2.
· Oakland (61-72) def. The Angels (80-52) 6-5.

· In the National League…
· The Cubs (83-50) def. Pittsburgh (57-76) 2-0. Kerry Wood (CHC) got his 27th save of the year.
· San Diego (51-82) def. Arizona (68-65) 5-4. Trevor Hoffman (SD) got his 27th save of the season.
· The Mets (74-60) def. Philadelphia (73-60) 6-3. Carlos Delgado (NYM) hit two home runs (29,30). Ryan Howard (Phi) hit a homer as well (36).
· Florida (68-65) def. Atlanta (58-75) 4-1. Dan Uggla (Fla) hit his 28th homer of the year.
· Washington (48-85) def. The Dodgers (65-68) 5-4.
· Houston (67-66) def. Cincinnati (58-75) 4-1. Roy Oswalt got his 12th win of the season (12-9). Jose Valverde (Hou) got his 34th save of the year.
· St. Louis (74-60) def. Milwaukee (77-56) 5-3. Ryan Ludwick (STL) hit his 32nd homer of the year!
· San Francisco (59-74) def. Colorado (63-72) 4-1. Tim Lincecum (SF) got his 15th win of the year (15-3). Brian Wilson (SF) got his 36th save of the season.

· In the races for playoff spots…
· The AL East is led by Tampa Bay over Boston by 3 1/2 games.
· The AL Central is led by MY WHITE SOX over Minnesota by 1 game.
· The AL West is led by The Angels over Texas by 15 games.
· The Wildcard is currently held by Boston
· The NL East is led by The Mets over Philadelphia by 1/2 game.
· The NL Central is led by The Cubs over Milwaukee by 6 games.
· The NL West is led by Arizona over The Dodgers by 3 games.
· The Wildcard is currently held by Milwaukee

· The League Leaders look like this…
· The AL Leader in Batting Average is Milton Bradley (Tex) .323
· The NL Leader in Batting Average is Albert Pujols (Stl) .357
· The AL Leader is Home Runs is Carlos Quentin (CWS) 36
· The NL Leader in Home Runs is Ryan Howard (Phi) 36
· The AL Leader in RBI’s are Josh Hamilton (Tex) 116
· The NL Leader in RBI’s are Ryan Howard (Phi) 112
· The AL Leader in Wins is Cliff Lee (Cle) 19
· The NL Leader in Wins is Brandon Webb (Az) 19
· The AL Leader in ERA is Cliff Lee (Cle) 2.43
· The NL Leader in ERA is Tim Lincecum (SF) 2.43
· The AL Leader in Saves is Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) 50
· The NL Leader in Saves is Brian Wilson (SF) 36

· My piccs for the Award Winners look like this…
· AL MVP = Carlos Quentin (CWS) or Jermaine Dye (CWS)
· NL MVP = Ryan Howard (Phi)
· AL CY YOUNG = Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL CY YOUNG = Brandon Webb (Az)

National Football League
· The Baltimore Ravens traded 2 future draft picks to Tampa Bay for DE Marques Douglas.
· Shawn Merriman says that he will forgo surgery and PLAY this season!
· The Chiefs release K Jay Feely ONE day after signing him.

National Basketball Association
· After signing a HUGE 6 year $66,000,000 contract this year, Golden State Guard Monta Ellis is now gonna miss up to three months after suffering an ankle sprain.

Pro Wrestling
· Added to the WWE injury list is now Mr. Kennedy, who is having shoulder surgery this Friday and will miss 4-6 months of action. Umaga is out 6 weeks, Randy Orton is out 3-4 more months. John Cena is out 3-4 more months.
· The Rating for ECW on Sci-Fi this week was 1.3, which was down from last week’s 1.5 rating.
· Mick Foley OFFICIALLY has agreed to terms with TNA! He can arrive in TNA after September 1st.

Personal Notes
· I think I broke my neck getting some pussy last night…LOL…Its amazing what you don’t feel hurting when your in tha middle of skeeting.
· I won the Super Bowl in my first full season of Madden ’09. Of course, Im the GIANTS. My guy won MVP and Rookie of the year, along with Super Bowl MVP. Who did I beat in the superbowl? NEW ENGLAND 19-7.
· Today, I will be going to donate plazma. I hate these days, but sometimes tha kids gotta eat. Actually, they got food, a playa just needs some squares and gas though.
· Sorry about my “bitches” rant yesterday, but sometimes it needs to be done.

My Picc’s for TONIGHTS Games
(P = Parlay / G = Guaranteed)
Baseball
· Yankees (P)
· Tampa Bay
· The Angels
· Minnesota
· Houston
· Florida
· The Dodgers
· The Cubs (P)

Football
· Jets +3
· Bills +2 ½
· Giants –2
· Atlanta +3
· Jacksonville +3
· Colts –3 ½
· Carolina +3 ½
· Chicago +2
· Dallas –2 ½
· Tampa Bay +2 ½
· The Rams +4
· New Orleans –3
· Green Bay +6

College Football
· Buffalo –3
· Miami, Ohio –3
· South Carolina –11 ½
· Baylor +12 ½
· Oregon State –3
· Troy –6 ½