Monday Moaning

Well, that weekend went by too quickly...I had a bad week on my College Pick'em, going 2-3...Oh well...Bad weeks happen...And honestly, I didn't even watch any college football...We had friends over Saturday night, so it was eating, drinking and shooting the shit...

And of course, Sunday I watched no NFL football...And felt even better about my hatred of the NFL when Sunday morning I read THIS...The NFL has bought in, and paid for studies that explain away CTE ( chronic traumatic encephalopathy ) as ex-players being unhappy/sad/depressed that they are no longer famous superstars...Really....Really? What a fucking joke...This coming out, the same weekend as another high school football player in the U.S. dying after a game...All of these high school players deaths caused by the hits they have taken playing/practicing the game and/or practice conditions...

I'm glad my son doesn't like football...I'm glad he has no interest in playing...If he did, I wouldn't let him...Not with what I have been seeing...And I have no faith that these new, lighter weight helmets help prevent head injuries...Plaxico doesn't like the new helmets...




But besides all the helmet talk, the game is being taught wrong on too many levels...I watch high school football games every week...One live, in person...And a couple on TV...More and more kids are looking to make the BIG, highlight hit...The big hits that gave John Madden a boner...The ones ESPN loved showing during top plays...Guys just getting blown up...Linebackers and safeties flying like bullets, head first into a wide receiver or running back...

So many kids I see today are leading with their head...Even the ones not being that stupid, are trying just to blow a guy up with a forearm or shoulder...Why the hell aren't these kids wrapping up and tackling the right way...It's horrible....It's aggravating to watch...And terrifying because the injuries and deaths are starting to pile up...This isn't the football I was taught starting in 5th grade at St. James...It isn't what my dad and and brothers taught me in the backyard with our Hutch equipment before that...Football today sucks...And the NFL, really sucks!

Andre Smith 
Cam'ron Matthews 
Tyrell Cameron
Ben Hamm
Evan Murray
Kenny Bui
Rod Williams
Collin Kelly
Jayvon Quarles 

Those are all names of teenagers...Teenagers who died from injuries playing football...the last two names died in "practice accidents"...This shit shouldn't be happening....


-In other stupid ass football news, "the U"...That's so fucking gay...Do you Miami fags realize you sound like douchebags when you say "the U"?  Anyway...Miami made fans and idiot alumni happy Sunday evening when the fired head football coach, Al Golden...Not surprising after all the noise big name alumni made...Especially after the Hurricanes got thrashed 58-0 by Clemson...Golden while trying to clean up a messy, dirty, program had a 32-25 record in 4 and a half seasons....He'll land on his feet...While hopefully, the stupid fucking "U" will continue to circle the drain...


-The World Series is upon us...While I respect the small market Royals getting back there, and they have some quality, gritty ballplayers, I hate a couple of their big-mouth young pitchers...Besides that, there is something about the Mets...They continued to prove people, including me, all season long...And they have some arms...I'll take the Mets in 5...

That's it for now...

Have a week!

Trades, Trades, Trades, and more Trades

After the TRADE THAT WASN'T, the Brewers moved OF Carlos Gomez and RHP Mike Fiers to Houston for prospects, OF Brett Phillips, OF Domingo Santana, LHP Josh Hader, and RHP Adrian Houser...

The Brewers have also moved OF Gerardo Parra to  Baltimore for RHP Zach Davies...

The Reds sent pitcher Mike Leake to the Giants for RHP Keury Mella, and IF Adam Duvall...Which may have been a big price for the often injured Leake...

The Pirates strengthened their bullpen, adding reliever Joakim Soria from Detroit, for IF JaCoby Jones...The  Pirates also added RHP Joe Blanton, sending Cash to the Royals...

The Indians moved a couple minor pieces, sending 1B/OF Brandon Moss to the Cardinals for LHP Rob Kaminsky...They also shipped OF David Murphy to the Angels for Eric Stamets...The Angels also added OF David DeJesus from Tampa Bay for Eduar Lopes...

Washington added closer Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies, for RHP Nick Pivetta...

The Royals added super Utility guy, Ben Zobrist, sending LHP Sean Manaea and RHP Aaron Brooks back to Oakland...

In the biggest (volume-wise) trade...The Dodgers, Braves, and Marlins worked out a 3-team-13-player deal...

The Dodgers got: RHP Mat Latos, LHP Alex Wood, OF/1B Michael Morse, RHP Bronson Arroyo, LHP Luis Avilan, RHP Jim Johnson, UT Jose Peraza...

The Braves got: IF Hector Olivera, LHP Paco Rodriguez, RHP Zack Bird and the Marlins' 2016 competitive-balance draft pick, likely in the 20s...

The Marlins got : Jeff Brigham, Victor Araujo, Kevin Guzman and the salary relief from dealing Latos and Morse

The dodgers got a couple pieces they wanted, and had to eat bad contracts to do it...

If you missed earlier posts, I have the Tulowitzki deal HERE...

The Hamels deal HERE...

The Price deal HERE...

The Deadline is just a few hours away and there are reports of more moves happening...So expect an edit to this post...


Edit:  4:05 PM...The Deadline has past...More Trades...

Marlins Trade RHP Dan Haren to the Cubs for SS Elliot Soto and RHP Ivan Pineyro...

The Cubs also added RHP Tommy Hunter, sending OF Junior Lake to the Orioles...

Seattle Trade right-handed reliever Mark Lowe to the Blue Jays for LHP Nick Wells, LHP Jake Brentz, and LHP Rob Rasmussen...

The Blue Jays being very busy this week, also add OF Ben Revere from the Phillies, for RHP Jimmy Cordero and RHP Alberto Tirado...

Then the Jays sent LHP Felix Doubront to Oakland for cash...


Tampa Bay trades right-handed reliever Kevin Jepsen to the Twins for RHP Chih-Wei Hu, and RHP Alexis Tapia...


And the Mets, after that whole Carlos Gomez mess, finally added a bat to their lineup...landing the OF who seems to get moved every year, Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers, for RHP Michael Fulmer, and RHP Luis Cessa...

Royals Acquire Cueto from Reds

While trade rumors swirled Saturday night Red's starter, Johnny Cueto, didn't let it bother him as he went out and threw 8 scoreless innings against the Rockies...He now has a 2.62 ERA with a 120/29 Strikeout to Walk Ratio, in 130 and 2/3 inninngs...

Cueto, (29) is an impending free-agent, and he is also, now a member of the Kansas City Royals...The deal was looking done Saturday, until at least one player in the package wasn't cleared medically...

All the details are not out yet, but it is being said that young left handed pitchers, Brandon Finnegan, and Sean Manaea are possibly involved...

I will add more, when more comes in...

Monday Moaning

I hope all you dads out there got what we all deserve on Father's Day!

Me, I had a good weekend...Saturday morning the wife got her hair done, then we took all the kids to the mall...The oldest and my wife got some needed clothes...I took Tommy and Molly to Build-A-Bear to keep them out of the big girls hair...Young kids/the boy suck when shopping is being done, not for them...So the $60 B-A-B scam was worth the peace...Then we stopped at one of my favorite store, LIDS, where I picked out Father's Day gifts for myself...They had a buy one, get the second half going on, so I got two 47 Brand caps...Both Cleveland Indians caps...One, was the classic blue, red brim, Chief Wahoo cap...My old one was retired some time ago...And I love the Chief...Eat my ass haters!  The second cap was the newer block "C" logo...All red, with a cream face...It's a nice cap...

Then I took the two young ones to the playground area...Eventually we met with the girls for lunch...Then a stop at FYE...A look at the pet store, which makes them all sad, and wanting to buy another dog for me to walk...Oh, and a hefty price tag...Screw that...The one APL is in need of homes for dogs, at the low price of $60, or they're going to start whacking some...The wife was looking at that site, but I think I talked her off that ledge...

After that it was a mostly relaxing evening...The oldest went and hung out with some friends...I picked her up around 10:30 and we got some ice cream...

Sunday I woke up to the sound of everyone...I got up to see my wife making me breakfast with Molly...I so did not want breakfast...My normal breakfast is two-three cups of coffee...She knew I didn't want it, but Molly is a forceful little boss, especially on "holidays"...The kids gave me cards they made...My oldest included two pics of her, when she was little...Thanks for reminding me you're 13 and time is flying...The boy made me a clay Optimus Prime Angry Bird head, and awesome card...I ate a bit, the wife sent the kids off to play for a bit, and then she gave me her gift!  (Wink-wink, nudge-nudge)

Then she took the kids to a movie...I played some guitar, poorly because I don't play anymore...Then I watched the Indians game...Something sweet about a three hit, 1-0 walk-off, sac-fly victory...

-So since I brought up Baseball...I've grown to hate the "All-Star Game" ever since they started that whole, "it counts" shit...Mainly, since they decided to make an exhibition game count for something, fan voting should be done away with...Proven by the fact that right now 8 Kansas City Royals are slotted to start...I'm sorry, no fucking .228 hitter, Omar Infante should ever be invited to the "All-Star Game"...NEVER!  

Even worse, MLB has admitted to normally throwing out 20% of the fan votes each year...They have canceled out 60-65 million votes so far this year for "fear of improper voting"...Well, considering Omar Infante is in right now, you fucking missed a whole lot of improper voting!

But let's rewind...They throw away 20% on average every year...Well, if Baseball isn't counting our votes America, I'm feeling like those people who say the elections are rigged may actually be right...Listen Baseball, I love ya, but 1. get rid of the "All-Star Game"...2. If not, no more Fan Voting...Fan voting sucks, and you know it, because you've been tampering with the vote...Fuck it!

-I'm keeping this post a bit shorter because I would like you to follow a couple links I'm about to share...First to our Lovely YouGab  EYE CANDY page...There is also a link at the top of the site....Then a link to a post I did on the sick bastards in CHINA ....

Here, before I go let me leave you with this teaser...

Have a week!

Happy Birthday George Brett.....

Try not to shit your pants again...