Chipper Jones got hurt in the WBC for his like 100th time in his career and it just got me to wondering, if he is one of the most injury prone athletes ever, I know he’s not out for any significant time but dude is always hurt.

So out of the three major sports I compiled a list of Injury prone players.

1. Tracy McGrady- One of the most talented players ever, but can’t finish a season ever.

2. Michael Redd- One of the best shooters in the game but he gets hurt every day(Worst player to build a franchise around)

3. Yao Ming- Guaranteed to miss 10 games a season, minimum

4. Grant Hill-Just think what he could have become, but the injuries in Detroit killed him

5. Greg Oden- I know he is still only a second year guy, but dude even had to sit out at Ohio State because of injuries

6. Ken Griffey Jr.- He would have 900 home runs right now and we wouldn’t have to put an asterisk on the home run record but it seems like as soon as he went to the Reds he couldn’t stay on the field.

7. Chipper Jones- Would have been the NL MVP last season but once again spent to much time on the DL. It is a for gone conclusion each season Chipper will spend time on the DL.

8. Donovan McNabb- Except last season, the past 5 years he has been forced to miss playing time because of injuries. 3 seasons ago he was scorching the league and then got hurt, missed a chance to win an MVP.

9. Brian Westbrook- Every game for the past 3 years he has been a game time decision, he literally can’t stay healthy for a full week.

10. Antonio Gates, Dallas Clark and Todd Heap- All 3 elite tight ends are constantly getting injured and their teams offense depend on their big name tight ends to be healthy.

I’m personally going to say that Michael Redd is hands down the most injury prone athlete, hes making a little under 16 million dollars a year to do what? Sit on the sidelines and watch his team fight for a playoff spot. I’m just saying think about what the Bucks could do with the payroll they are paying Redd to constantly get hurt and leave the Bucks high and dry. I hate Michael Redd and Herb Kohl for allowing that contract to even be offered!

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Hopefully by now you have heard of Stephen Strasburg, pitcher for The San Diego State Aztecs. He is regarded by most as the #1 prospect in this years MLB draft, if not the GREATEST prospect ever! No doubt, the kid can play, but it seems these days we want to worship a prospect as the chosen one (see: LeBron James). Personally I hate doing it, but when you watch this guy chuck the ball, it is hard not to get excited, and worried that your team played too well last year to get him.

Read this convo between Buster Olney(ESPN) and A Long time MLB scout:

So just how good is Stephen Strasburg, the San Diego State right-hander who is regarded as the No. 1 talent in this year’s draft?

“The best I’ve ever seen,” says a longtime scout. “And it’s not even close.”

C’mon. Better than Mark Prior? Remember how incredible he looked coming out of Southern Cal — tall, big legs, good mechanics, robot-like. You’re saying he’s better than what Prior was then?

“Easily,” says the scout, over the phone. “I’m telling you, it’s not even close.”

What did you see in him?

“The day that I saw him pitch, his first fastball was 99 mph, and he was at 100-102 mph the rest of the way,” says the scout, who is not one for hyperbole.

Yeah, heard he had a good fastball. Straight as a string, right?

“That’s the thing,” said the scout. “Whenever you see a fastball at 100 mph, it’s always straight. No movement. But his fastball has a lot of movement, which really doesn’t make that much sense, because it’s on the hitter so quickly. His fastball cuts.”

Wow. His secondary stuff must be a work in progress. That’s the way it usually is with guys who are that overpowering at that age.

“No,” said the scout. “He’s got a plus slider, at 93-94 mph, and he’s got a plus changeup. He’s the best I’ve ever seen.”

Chances are he will go to the Washington Nationals, there will be too much pressure NOT to sign him. Last year they took a lot of heat for not signing their #1 pick, Crowe. The downside? Strasburg has a very stingy agent, Scott Boras, who is well known for taking every drop of money a team has. Personally, I would prolly pay him whatever they asked for. The Nationals not only need him because they desperately need pitching, but also he could be that identity they are also trying to create.

Here is a video of Strasburg sitting down 23 against Utah:

Here is him on March 5, 2009:

And finally, an interview about his future:

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So with all the big name players using steroids it got me to thinking if you eliminate those players, then who is the best player in baseball in the past 20 years? One name and one name only come to mind: Ken Griffey Jr.

Before he got hurt he was assured a gold glove every year and you could count on 35+ homeruns a year(before steroids took place and everyone started hitting 50 a year). Griffey also hit around.285 which is a respectable average. He was a 20/20 guy.

Look at it this way, there has been a hand full of guys that you could make a case for them being the best player. Some are either thrown out because of roids or the others lose out because they aren’t as well rounded as Griff was. Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Arod-All on steroids so they can’t be the best. Ricky Henderson was a solid average hitter, great base runner, good fielder, but he lacked the power Griffey brought to the plate, Frank Thomas was just a slugger and that’s that. Fred McGriff and Wade Boggs were solid players but they weren’t near Griffey’s class. Cal Ripken in my opinion had a great streak but is an overrated ball player.

I’m saying without a doubt Griffey is the best player in the past 20 years and although he is in the twilight of his career, when he was in his prime I have never seen a better ball player. Not to mention the sweetest swing to ever grace a batters box

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So the WBC has started once again. This is the second time the WBC took place if you remember in 2006 The Japan team won the whole thing and the USA finished a crappy 8th place along with getting beat by the Canadians.

So now that it is upon us once again, are you going to tune in? While writing this we just hit hit 2 home runs. I think this is going to be the year the USA will win the WBC, they have a solid line up and a decent pitching staff with2 good aces in Peavy and Oswald. No egos this time around-no A-rod, no Clemens meaning no drama and more of a team aspect this time around with the young players such as a Braun and Pedroia. The USA has to be the front runner or the second best team in the WBC especially after the Dominican team took the loss this morning to the Netherlands.

Tune in to the WBC you will not regret it, you will be impressed with the squad the USA put together and you can check out my pick for NL MVP Ryan Braun do his thing

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One of my least favorite things about being a sports fan is all of the bandwagoners there are.  Once a team gets good its like they get nine hundred million fans that a year ago didn’t give a shit about them.

Did anyone else notice how many people were trying to rock their Patriots gear when they were going for their undefeated season? Okay there is no one doing that if the Patriots are 8-8. You shouldn’t have gotten on the Patriots wagon, BUT no you wanted to be the douche bag to root for a team and claim them as your team your whole life when you just became a fan, all Patriots fans, go dig a hole and jump in because there is no way you’re a true fan unless your from New England.

Boston Celtics fans, I understand that the Celtics have the Big 3 and maybe you were a KG fan or a Ray Allen fan but tell me the truth while your rocking your green Celtics shirt, were you a fan when they spent 6 straight years in the lottery, and in 2006-2007 when they were losing on purpose, yea your right I’m sure you were sitting on the edge of your chair watching Doc Rivers coach the worst team in basketball. Go join the Patriots fan in that hole they just dug.

Tampa Bay Rays fans, really? So let me guess you were waiting out their season of 100 lose seasons just knowing they were going to turn it around, so I’m guessing now that they are good you’re gonna go root for the Pirates. No, don’t be an idiot you only started rooting for the Rays is because of their historic turn around last season, you didn’t even know who Matt Garza was and now I’m sure your wearing the jersey and the hat saying Ive been a fan for years, yea no you weren’t.

Okay people I’m gonna tell you what if you’re a fan of the 3 teams I listed,  you aren’t a true sports fan, you are what they call a bandwagoner. You think you like sports but you only like a team when they are good, what are you going to do once they’re bad again? Throw away your gear of the team and look at ESPN and see what team is good and start a brand new wardrobe? I speak facts.

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So back in the day whenever I received money, the first thing I did was ride my bike down to the local card shop and buy a pack of cards. Kids now a days are buying these pokemon and magic cards. What happened to buying a deck of baseball cards hoping to get your favorite player or a rare card worth a lot of money? I’m just saying, what happened in ten years where sports card collecting went from a huge market to a minescule market? I mean I’m not saying I have been helping the cause because I don’t think I have bought  a single card since I was 12 years old, so that’s 10 years of no card buying for me, how long has it been for you? I thought of this because I am packing my shit to move soon and ran into the thousands of baseball cards I have in separate boxes. I started to go through and realized my Bonds and AROD rookies won’t be worth a shit anymore, but hey I still got my Kobe rookies. I say we make the movement to start buying some sports cards so that when when the market goes up and the values of cards rise again we can make out like bandits.

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Can the Phillies repeat? Will the glass slipper still fit on the Rays? How will the Yankees high priced free agents work out.

Here at feendz were going to have our preseason picks for each division winner and the playoffs along with the award winners.

AL East: New York Yankees                                        NL East: New York Mets

AL Central:Detroit Tigers                                             NL Central: Chicago Cubs

AL West: Texas Rangers                                                NL West: Arizona Diamondbacks

AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays                                  NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera                                              NL MVP: Ryan Braun

AL CY Young: Chien-Ming Wang                               NL CY Young: Cole Hamels

AL Champs: New York Yankees                                NL Champs: Chicago Cubs

World Series Champs: New York Yankees

If you disagree with those feel free to post which one you disagree with and Ill prove how I’m right and your wrong

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So Manny rejected the 45 million dollar offer by the Dodgers, although the real contract was 41 million.

Now trust me on this I hate Man-Ram, but seriously you can’t doubt the guys talent! I can name 10 teams that have big payrolls and could for sure use Manny.

The Teams:

Dodgers: You need Manny to carry the excuse of a ball club that you have.

Yankees: Think of the line up alone, Manny batting fourth sandwiched between Arod and tex, who wants to pitch to that?

Giants: Fuck you paid Zito

Cardinals: Give Albert some help

Cubs: You sign Manny, you have the best top 4 in baseball-Soriano, D. Lee, Manny and Aramis

Orioles: You’ve spent money before IE Tejada and Albert Bell, trust me Manny would be tops

Rangers: 1. You gave Arod the biggest contract ever. 2. Without Milton Bradly you need a DH, let Manny fill that open spot

Astros: With the short porch in left Manny could easily hit 60 homers and would lead the majors, he would get to 600 HRs i your ballpark, think of the payday

Angles: What are you doing? You had a terrible off season, please give Vlad someone to play with. You have the best pitching staff now get an offense.

Nationals: Lets be honest you don’t have a chance to win and Manny doesn’t care if he is winning, he just wants that paper. You have spent money on everyone else so just let Manny be the face of the franchise.

If you don’t feel that Manny isn’t worth the money, please tell me that the Red Sox wouldn’t have won in the ALCS if they had Manny in the four hole behind Papi

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