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| Posted by TheBEEZER 21 Hours Ago
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Okay, today we ask, who do you think was the best all-time MLB Catcher?
And why?
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Hello again everyone. I hope you all had a good weekend. All went well with Miss last and thanks for all the well wishes and prayers! They really helped and are much appreciated. It's nice to have the support of friends. There's that moment of helplessness when you say your goodbyes with the fear of the unknown deeply entrenched in your gut and then the wait seems to last forever!
We had to stay over which wasn't expected but as a precautionary measure ordered by our doctor. He's the kind of man that has befriended my family moreover than simply "the family doctor". He takes the extra time to converse with us and makes sure the patient, in this case my daughter, is doing ok. We were not expecting to stay, but did throw tooth brushes in a bag just in case beforehand. My wife stayed with Miss last to make sure all is well. My baby girl is not always the best patient and she had some complications with the first surgery, so we wanted to make sure she had all the support she needed. I quickly found a nearby hotel and crashed there for a few hours.
The next day (Saturday) we headed home. The ugly snow had to rear its head once more. I groaned when I woke and opened the curtains to a white, wet and windy snow fall. The roads were good since the temperature stayed slightly above freezing. We made it home in time to see my youngest in the play Fiddler on the Roof. He had a small roll and Miss last was up for going. We all sat back and enjoyed the show. It was great to see sister and brother share a smile during the opening curtain.
I took her back to school yesterday. She's doing really well. She's barely taking the prescribed pain med's and that's a great sign. We parted ways with roommates watching over her. Thank God everything worked out well.
Not so for my brackets...oh my goodness! I had Kansas in all 4 of my brackets. 3 of the 4 brackets I had the Jayhawks National Champs. So much for listening to the "experts" and not watching many teams myself...I would suppose there are many better educated basketballers out there with the same busted brackets as I. But, who has Cornell? N. Iowa? How about St Mary's?
Now I can just sit back and enjoy the games. I don't have to gripe about teams like Northern Iowa winning. Heck, if I didn't pick Kansas, I would have been rooting for the Panthers all along. I always root for the Midwest. It's too bad the Big East has taken their knocks and the one that I thought would stumble (Syracuse) has played well. I haven't seen Duke play yet, and the remaining #1 seeds 'Cuse and Kentucky look really good so far. I say "so far" because you don't know what's next: this year for sure. The only teams in the Final Four I have left in all 4 brackets are Duke, Kansas St. and West Virginia. West Virginia is my only National Champ hopeful. I think I'll root for Michigan St, Ohio State and Purdue since I'm a Midwest guy and all. I really don't think N. Iowa will continue to wear the glass slipper, but I'll root for them just the same. If the first weekend is any indicator, there will be many more surprises. Enjoy the games!
If the weather permits we'll have our first baseball game today. I'm so excited! We haven't been outside much since the warm weather has been gradual. It will be interesting to see how our kids gel. It may take some time, but the good thing is we have depth. We are much more of a baseball team than last year. Today's game is against an across the river rival and they are a solid team. We'll have to play our best to beat them. We also are scheduled for a double header on Saturday so we'll find out early what kind of team we have. My youngest will play for a couple weeks. His surgery is tentatively scheduled for April 14th. It should be a fun week!
Thanks for reading and be sure to check out all the blogs. Support our Gabbers!
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I am definitely not convinced Coach Barnes of Texas has the tools he needs to guide Texas Basketball in the Future. I feel that personally, going from #1 to 1st Round Loss really angers me because sooner or later , his guy, DeLoss Dodds would retire and Coach Brown would take over the Athletic Dept. What if Kevin Durant Stayed in Austin? I feel angry that Texas Basketball has fallen off.
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Ok kids... That's 2 days in the books and 16 games at 00:00...
At the top you can see that the Dub is in the 'default' 1 position because his fricking name starts closer to the front of the alphabet. Brad and I have only 6 picks different for the remainder of the tournament. This should be good. McGinn, Patton, and Brady are right there as well as Faigle, fRag, and Draper. Keep it up folks.
Checking the winner list on the standings it looks as if Demarco and Morin have already checked out and gotten their home version on the way out.
Enjoy the rest of the games everyone!!!
S.
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Good Friday to everyone. Quick & short today (I'll explain).
How are your brackets doing? I lost 2 Sweet 16 teams already! The Hoyas got slain by O-hi-o and Vanderbilt got demolished by Murray State. I have to admit, there's conflict with my picks and geographical bias. I was rooting for N. Iowa even though I had UNLV picked in a couple brackets (I have 4). Also, I was rooting for Marquette against all my picks going the way of the Washington Huskies.
Regardless, the dance started fast paced as 6 games were decided by 3 points or less; one went into double OT. I'm saddened by my Irish loss to Old Dominion and I had to watch on CBS Sports online since I was working and we can't watch TV at work. Yeah, I know...but that's one perk in March that would make high marks for the company morale!!! Of course, I kid. Seriously, I clicked out of curiosity the "My Boss" button while watching...why the hell do I do that? You know, if I saw a button on the wall stating, "Do not push"...well, I'd push the darned thingy. Anyway, my computer didn't melt down or anything and I didn't launch a missile or nothing like that. Check out the site if you have the chance.
OK, so much for short & sweet...I want to let you know I'm out early today. My daughter is having her defibrillator replaced this afternoon in Chicago. I thought I'd let you all know since you are my friends and all...please send your prayers her way, she's a great girl and owns my heart. Next up is my youngest which took me aback a little. I wasn't expecting his to be replaced just yet. Nevertheless, he's on the schedule but we don't know exactly when...my daughter has the disease (Long QT if you don't know) and her defibrillator has gone off many times over the last 10 years. Some were settings that needed to be tweaked and some were life saving, so she absolutely needs the replacement. My youngest is borderline Long QT, but it's still a safe-guarding feature for him. The bad part is he'll miss baseball for a couple weeks which bums him out, but I assured him he'll still have a place to play (it's nice having connections ;) ). Anyway, I thought you'd like to know.
Have a great day everyone. Enjoy the sunshine if weather permits!
Check out all the Gabs if you have time!
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The field is now set, the 65 schools are now poised on the road to Indianapolis. Some wont get as far as others but they are all on that road that nearly 350 schools dream of in October. Im looking forward to the next three weekends of basketball. Lets look back at my speculation on who made the list of teams that made the 2010 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. Italicized teams were selected but not projected by your humble scribe. The percentages werent as good as last year, but I did pick more teams and pick more of them right. 56 of 65 were correctly projected this year.
Atlantic Coast
Conference Class-Power
Automatic: Duke
At-Large: Georgia Tech, Maryland, Clemson, Florida State, Wake Forest
Not Dancin’ Virginia Tech
Skinny on the ACC: I will admit I was a dope here, I had Florida State in all the way to the end and then inexplicably moved them out, I really wasn’t too sold on Wake, I do agree with Dick Vitale in saying that Wake didn’t deserve to be in if Virginia Tech got left out since the Demon Deacons finished behind the Hokies in the ACC, I
Atlantic Coast Conference Champions: Duke
Projected Bids: 4
Actual Bids: 6
Atlantic Ten
Conference Class-Mid Major
Automatic Temple
At-Large: Richmond, Xavier
Not Dancin’: Rhode Island
The A-10 Spec is: No Surprises here, as the three teams that I predicted all made the field. All with top half draws and real chances of making noise in the tourney
Atlantic 10 Conference Champions:Temple
Projected Bids: 3
Actual Bids: 3 All correct
Big East
Conference Class-Power
Automatic: West Virginia
Lock: Syracuse, Villanova, Georgetown, Pitt, Marquette, Louisville, Notre Dame
Not Dancin’: Seton Hall
Big East Skinny: Let the wonks whine that the Big East garnered 1/8th of the field. They would be hard pressed to single out any of the teams who shouldn’t be in the tournament. I did think that both Syracuse & West Virginia deserved #1 seeds
Big East Champions: West Virginia
Projected bids: 8
Actual Bids: 8 All Correct
Big Ten
Conference Class-Power
Automatic: , Ohio State
At-Large: Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Projected but Not Selected Illinois
The word on the Big Ten is: I think Illinois should have gotten the bid that Wake got out of the ACC, but their stumble down the stretch may have had them on the outs even before their double OT loss to the Bucks on Saturday. Minnesota snuck in at the last minute with their stirring run, I feel quite vindicated predicting the Gophers would get a bid if they got to Sunday. They did so and snagged a bid.
Big Ten Champions:Ohio State
Projected Bids: 6
Actual Bids: 5
Big 12
Conference Class-Power
Automatic: Kansas
At-Large:Texas, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Missouri
Skinny from the heartland: This was the biggest no-brainer here. Only Mizzou was really in any danger after getting housed in the Big 12 first round.
Big 12 Champions: Kansas
Projected Bids: 7
Actual Bids: 7 All Correct
Colonial
Conference Class-Small
Automatic: Old Dominion
Colonial Spec: Old Dominion will be a handful for any team that they face in the first round. This is the only team coming out of this conference
Colonial Athletic Association Champions: Old Dominion
Projected Bids: 1
Actual Bids 1
Conference USA
Conference Class-Major
Automatic: Houston
At-Large: UTEP
Oh Say Can You C-USA Spec: I love hearing how teams like Houston are not worthy to be in the tourney, just because they got on a roll at the right time and knocked out the three top seeds to win the C-USA title. As I predicted, UTEP did garner an at-large bid though they did lose the C-USA championship game
Conference USA Champions: Houston
Projected Bids: 2
Actual Bids: 2 Both Correct
Horizon
Conference Class-Mid Major
Automatic: Butler
Spec on The Horizon: Butler got a 5 seed, but the 5/12 matchups are always dangerous. Playing UTEP has all the portent of bad things for the Bulldogs
Horizon League Champions: Butler
Projected Bids: 1
Ivy
Conference Class-Small
Automatic: Cornell
Spec on the Ivy Vine: Cornell has been waiting almost 2 weeks since clinching the very first auto bid after clinching the Ivy Group title.
Ivy Group Champion: Cornell
Projected Bids: 1
Missouri Valley
Conference Class-Mid Major
Automatic: Northern Iowa
Missouri Valley Skinny: Northern Iowa is a team no one wants to deal with, and will be a tough out.
Missouri Valley Champions: Northern Iowa
Projected Bids: 1
Mountain West
Conference Class-Major
Automatic: San Diego St
At Large BYU, New Mexico, UNLV
Spec from the Mountains: You laughed at me said the MWC would get four teams, sneered at me when I confidently predicted this conference would have more teams than the Pac-10. All four teams that I said would make the field, did so.
Mountain West Champions: UNLV
Projected Bids: 4
Pacific 10
Conference Class-Power
Automatic: Washington
At-Large: California
Spec from the left coast: I told you that this “power” conference would not send just one team. Both the Huskies and Bears got so-so seeding and will likely be early outs
Pac-10 Champions: Washington
Projected Bids: 2
Southeastern
Conference Class-Power
Automatic: Kentucky
At-Large Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee,
Projected but not selected Mississippi St
Not Dancin’ Ole Miss
Spec is Down South: Did the Bulldogs get the shaft??? Mississippi State found itself on the wrong side of the cut line, despite taking UK to OT in the SEC title game. I would agree more that Mississippi State got hosed and should have gotten a bid…
SEC Champions: Kentucky
Projected Bids: 5
Actual Bids: 4
Western Athletic
Conference Class- Major
Automatic: New Mexico State
At Large Utah State
Spec on the WAC: Here’s the real show shocker, Utah State snags an unlikely at-large bid despite losing the WAC title game to New Mexico State. I guess the 27 wins that Utah State brought to the table was too much to pass up.
Western Athletic Conference Champions: New Mexico State
Projected Bids: 1
Actual Bids:2
West Coast
Conference Class- Mid Major
Automatic: St. Mary’s
At Large: Gonzaga
West Coast Spec: No one thought at the beginning of the season that this conference would send as many teams to the dance as the Pac-10. The funny thing was with St. Mary’s netting the auto bid, there was no question that there would be two teams from this conference and both could be playing into next week.
West Coast Conference Champions: St. Mary’s
Projected Bids: 2
Actual Bids: 2
Projecting the winners of the smaller conferences were not easy but the champions from the following conferences earned an automatic bid (projected winners in parentheses/actual winners in bold ):Amer. East (Vermont) , Atlantic Sun (Belmont/East Tennessee State), Big South (Coastal Carolina/Winthrop), Big Sky (Northern Colorado/ Montana Big West (Cal Santa-Barbara), MAC (Akron/ Ohio) , MAAC (Siena), MEAC (Morgan State), Northeast (Quinnipiac/ Robert Morris ), Ohio Valley (Murray St.), Patriot (Lehigh), Southern (Appalachian State/ Wofford ), Southland (Sam Houston State), Sun Belt (North Texas), Summit (Oakland), and SWAC (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
Projected Opening Round Game in Dayton Arkansas Pine-Bluff vs Sam Houston State (Arkansas Pine Bluff will face Wofford today)
Final Breakdown
ACC-4 out of 6 correct
A-Ten-3 all correct
Big East-8 all correct
Big Ten-5 selected out 6 projected
Big XII-7 all correct
C-USA-2 both correct
Colonial-1
Horizon-1
Ivy-1
Missouri Valley-1
Mountain West-4 all correct
Pac-10-2 both correct
SEC-4 selected (5 projected)
WAC-1 out of 2 correct
WCC-2 both correct
Teams projected not selected: Illinois, Mississippi State
Teams selected not projected: Wake Forest, Utah State, Florida State
Small Conferences-10 of 17
Total-56 out of 65 (86%)
And now to borrow a quote from the 80s movie Footloose, “LETS DANCE!!!”
Cheers from up here in the Cheap Seats
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