Saturday, September 20, 2008

The Sports Report for 9/20/08

The Sports Report
9/20/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 9-6 (37-30-55%)
Football – 0-0 (0-1-0%)
College Football – 1-0 (1-1-50%)
Parlay – LOST (0-5)
Guaranteed – WON (4-2)

Major League Baseball

· In the American League…
· Cleveland (76-77) def. Detroit (71-81) 6-5. Miguel Cabrera (Det) hit two homers in the game (35,36). Grady Sizemore (Cle) hit his 33rd homer of the year. Shin-Soo Choo (Cle) hit two homers in the game (12,13).
· The Yankees (83-71) def. Baltimore (67-85) 3-2. Mariano Rivera (NYY) got his 37th save of the year.
· Boston (90-63) def. Toronto (82-72) 4-3. Jonathan Papelbon (Bos) got his 39th save of the year.
· Tampa Bay (91-61) def. Minnesota (83-71) 11-1. Carlos Pena (TB) hit his 31st homer of the year.
· The Angels (94-59) def. Texas (75-79) 15-13.
· MY WHITE SOX (85-68) def. Kansas City (69-85) 9-4. Jim Thome (CWS) hit his 33rd homer of the year. Dewayne Wise (CWS) hit two homers in the game (5,6).
· Oakland (72-81) def. Seattle (57-96) 2-0.

· In the National League…
· St. Louis (80-73) def. The Cubs (92-60) 12-6. Ryan Ludwick (STL) hit his 34th homer of the year. Adam Wainwright (STL) got his 10th win of the year (10-3).
· Houston (81-72) def. Pittsburgh (64-90) 5-1.
· Cincinnati (71-82) def. Milwaukee (84-70) 11-2. Joey Votto (Cin) hit two homers in the game(20,21). Jay Bruce (Cin) hit two homers in the game also (20,21).
· Florida (81-72) def. Philadelphia (86-68) 14-8. Ryan Howard (Phi) hit his 46th homer of the year. Jeff Cantu (Fla) hit his 29th homer of the year. Dan Uggla (Fla) hit his 31st homer of the year.
· The Mets (86-67) def. Atlanta (67-87) 9-5.
· San Diego (59-95) def. Washington (58-96) 11-6.
· Colorado (71-83) def. Arizona (76-77) 3-2. Adam Dunn (AZ) hit his 38th homer of the year. Brian Fuentes (Col) got his 29th save of the year. Mark Reynolds (AZ) hit his 28th homer of the year.
· San Francisco (69-85) def. The Dodgers (80-74) 7-1.

· The playoff race looks like this…
· The AL East is led by Tampa Bay by 1 ½ games over Boston.
· The AL Central is led by MY WHITE SOX by 2 ½ game over Minnesota.
· The AL West has been WON by the Los Angeles Angels!
· The AL Wildcard is held by Boston.
· The NL East is led by The Mets by ½ games over Philadelphia.
· The NL Central is led by The Cubs by 9 games over Milwaukee.
· The NL West is led by The Dodgers by 3 ½ game over Arizona.
· The NL Wildcard is held by Philadelphia.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· The AL Batting Average leader is Joe Mauer (Min) .328
· The NL Batting Average leader is Chipper Jones (Atl) .362
· The AL Home Run leader is Carlos Quentin (CWS) / Miguel Cabrera (Det) 36
· The NL Home Run leader is Ryan Howard (Phi) 46
· The AL RBI leader is Justin Morneau (Min) 128
· The NL RBI leader is Ryan Howard (Phi) 141
· The AL Win leader is Cliff Lee (Cle) 22
· The NL Win Leader is Brandon Webb (Ari) 21
· The AL ERA leader is Cliff Lee (Cle) 2.41
· The NL ERA leader is Tim Lincecum (SF) 2.43
· The AL Saves leader is Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) 59 * RECORD *
· The NL Saves leader is Jose Valverde (Hou) 42

· My picks for the post season awards so far look like this…
· AL MVP – Justin Morneau (Min) or Carlos Quentin (CWS)
· NL MVP – Ryan Howard (Phi)
· AL Cy Young – Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL Cy Young – Brandon Webb (AZ)

National Football League
· The New Orleans Saints sign QB Joey Harrington for 3rd string behind Drew Brees and Mark Brunell.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Ben Roethlisberger (Pit) 136.3 rating
· Rushing – Adrian Peterson (Min) 263 yards
· Receiving Yards – Greg Jennings (GB) 258 yards
· Receptions - Brandon Marshall (Den) 18 receptions
· Sacks – John Abraham (Atl) 4 sacks
· Tackles – Jonathan Vilma (NO) 25 tackles
· Interceptions – Cortland Finnegan (Ten) 3 interceptions

National Basketball Association
· Boston Celtics F Darius Miles will be suspended for the first 10 games of the NBA Season for a violation of the drug policy. He signed with the Celtics last month after missing the last two seasons with knee injuries.

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· There were no Top 25 teams playing today.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 241.58 rating
· Rushing – Shun White (Navy) 588 yards
· Receiving Yards – Dante Love (BSU) 433 yards
· Receptions – Kerry Meier (Kan) / James Casey (Rice) 29 receptions
· Interceptions – Daniel Charbonnet (TTU) 4 interceptions

Pro Wrestling
· The TNA Impact Rating was a 1.1, which was the same as last week.

Personal Notes
· Got drunk last night. Im ready to gamble.

My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
Baseball
· The Yankees
· Toronto
· Tampa Bay
· Oakland
· Detroit
· MY WHITE SOX (P) (G)
· Texas
· The Cubs (P)
· Milwaukee (P) (G)
· Houston
· The Mets
· Washington
· Florida
· Colorado
· The Dodgers (P)

College Football
· Georgia –7 (P)
· Florida –7 ½ (P)
· Buffalo +31 ½
· LSU –2 (P)
· Texas –29
· Alabama –8 ½ (P)
· South Florida –28 ½
· Ohio State –20 ½ (P)
· BYU –27 ½
· East Carolina –7 (P)
· Penn State –28 ½
· Oregon –10 (P)
· Florida State –5
· Utah –9 (P)
· Notre Dame +8
· Fresno State –7 (P)

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