- Goodness gracious me...Jake Peavy apparently has shoulder problems, and has had them for "a while". In a related note, the sky has admitted to being blue, water has confirmed that it's still wet, and both have also been that way for "a while". All kidding aside, anyone who has watched Jake pitch this season knows that there have been whispers of him having arm problems since spring training. His fastball has been around 3-5 MPH short than normal, his curveballs and sliders have been of the rolling cement-mixer type of breaking balls that tend to get knocked around the ballpark every time. The good news is that the MRI revealed no structural damage, and from what I read online, fluid in the rotator cuff is treatable as long as the tendon doesn't tear - if that is in fact what's wrong with Jake. As a White Sox fan obviously I hope that is the case because the sooner Jake can get back to THIS GUY, the better off everyone will be.
- There's NFL Criminals like Ben Roethlisberger, and there's NFL Knucklehead D-Bags like Albert Haynesworth of the Washington Redskins. Last year Haynesworth complained that the Redskins don't have any leadership, even though he was being paid $100 million to be a leader. Now the intellectually and common sense challenged DT has decided to skip the mandatory minicamp and is demanding a trade...AFTER he took a $21 million dollar bonus in April. Mike Shanahan said that he gave Albert the option of being released so he could sign with another team, rather than pay him the $21 million dollar bonus. He took the money, and now the Redskins are supposedly trying to recoup the bonus. The source of Albert's frustration? He doesn't like that the Redskins are going to a 3-4 based scheme instead of the 4-3, even though Shutdown Corner detailed at length how Haynesworth can be really effective in a 3-4 scheme. One of the other fun parts of this is to watch the almost uniform response from Albert's teammates who have accurately called him "Selfish"! Usually when contract disputes happen, players usually give some store-bought answer of "Oh I just hope both sides come to an agreement and he can start playing real soon." That isn't happening here, which tells me that Haynesworth is not only a primadonna malcontent, but a bad teammate too. In a way I almost admire Haynesworth on a twisted and sarcastic level, because it takes a special kind of jerkwad to make me side with the Redskins in ANYTHING.
Something tells me Haynesworth is lazy and takes plays off. I remember someone bringing up a good point, I believe haynesworth gets pulled 1 out of every 3 plays especially passing downs. Your paying a guy 100 million dollars to play at the most 66 percent of the plays on D. Does not make sense.
ReplyDeleteYes I heard a similar stat about Haynesworth. Again, it's not his fault he got all that money. That would be Vinny Cer-reTAHD, who thankfully for Deadskin fans is no longer employed there.
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