OTTOTD 11/20: I'm not dead yet edition

Personally, I love this quote:

“I’m a hard-hitter,” Naimoli writes, “but I think I’m good-hearted, kind of like Clint Eastwood’s movie characters.”

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so here is his latest column in which he disagrees with Belichick’s call. Would love to see the opinions on this.

Further proof that he is the greatest athlete in sports historah. CLASSY AND CLEAN SHAVEN.

I know my team Cubby and ray fan….Im not a 1/2 and 1/2 fan…im a RAYS FAN…and with that comes knowledge of my team, and their personas. Carlos Pena is the best first baseman in baseball…Period. Ive seen him catch stuff that made me question if he had a cape on! CC…also Loves being in Tampa bay…..as well as Carlos does. He did mention he was up for negotiotions for a long contrct…if the Organisation will discuss it wioth him. Hey another thing about Pena….without him….there will be no one to show an example. He has the best attitude around. I dont know a better player or kinder person…as well as one of the hardest working guys. His approach to the game(and life) is something i wish i could be more like. Im proud to have him wear the Rays uniform. Even without how well he obviously is

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Mark Cuban still wants to own a baseball team. The Cubs turned him down. Now rumor is he’s sniffing around the Dodgers Frank McCourt 3 ring circus…. But what about Tampa Bay?? Cuban would own a team in the most glamorous Division in baseball (AL East). He would own a talented, young, scrappy team that likes putting their fingers in the eyes of the Red Sox and Yankees. Cuban may conclude that the Rays are a money pit. No matter how much money he sinks into the Rays he knows the Yankees and Red Sox would spend more… But Cuban could probably buy out Sternberg and partners a helluva lot cheaper than the LA Dodgers or Chicago Cubs….

Obviously Stuey should be playing at the 10 and 20 table and not with the wiseguys… Cuban has resources to lock-up CC. To lock-up Carlos. and Jason and Zoby and Matt and whomever he wants to keep. Isn’t that all we are asking as Rays fans??? We don’t want a $ 200 million payroll. We want ownership that has skin in the game that gets his rocks off taunting the lion in the cage . ( Yankees and Red Sox)….. Not one who lives in the Northeast and complains to Yankee and Red Sox fans how lousy the Tampa Bay sports market is…

Rays lose
 

CUrrently on a 24/300 unit contract. Will be 34 on a 2 yr deal if opt for that route.

To Ronnie Browns RB depleted owner for the cost of Justin Forsett and Lance Moore

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/29526/mlb-insider-keith-law

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/overweight_college_student?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

But the perception of pitching has changed, with fans and voters now relying more heavily on new-age stats such as WHIP (hits plus walks per inning) and FIP (a designer equation that factors out a team’s defensive ability).

Pitchers have taken notice, too. Greinke talked about his Fielding Independent Pitching after this week’s win and Lincecum pointed to his WHIP.

WHO DOESN’T LOVE THE NEW-LOOK ORANGEMEN? #24 Syracuse routed #12 California last night, beating them like a dog with fleas with stifling interior defense and good enough offense. Each starter contributed at both ends in a 95-73 win. Next up is #4 UNC who is coming off a tight beatdown of #15 Ohio State. The games at 7 tonight. Meanwhile, unranked Wake Forest is 3-0 while playing 3 middle school teams and continues to duck the Orange by not agreeing to schedule a meet up. I’d like to say that the Orange will get their chance in the big dance, but this prognosticator has Wake on the outside looking in. Good luck in the NIT tourney at the end of the year Wake Forest.

We name drop him all the time around here.