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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Tommy John
"You know what I'm most proud of? What I'm most proud of, and I don't know if anybody from the surgery can say this, but I pitched 13 years after the procedure and I never missed a start. I had not one iota of trouble. I'd like people to remember that about me, too."
FACT OF THE DAY
The operation to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in the pitching arm is now called Tommy John surgery because Tommy John was the first pitcher to have the operation done. The surgery replaces the ligament in the elbow of the pitching arm with a tendon from the opposite arm.
SOURCE:MLB.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What pitcher has the most victories without being in the Hall of Fame?
A: Tommy John. His 288 career victories rank as the seventh highest among lefty pitchers in MLB history.
SOURCE: BaseballReference.com
When NFL teams trade stars
MORNING BREW
Consider, for a moment, the frequency at which verifiable star players are traded in the NFL.
After much pondering, you probably came to the conclusion that the answer lies somewhere between rarely and never. Any other offseason, you would be correct.
But not this off season, Heck, not this last two weeks.
Donovan McNabb, long the face of the Philadelphia Eagles: Shipped off to indivision rival Washington.
Odd as that trade looks, it doesn't appear downright crazy. It's not, for example, the sort of thing the artificial intelligence in "Madden '98" would reject outright.
It certainly isn't trading a Super Bowl MVP who, at 26, is coming off of his best season. But that's a ridiculous example, clearly born of either a hyperactive imagination or some severe mental disorder. Such a player would never — could never! he trailed.
Actually, hold that thought.
Santonio Holmes won a Super Bowl MVP, is 26 years old, and collected 1,248 receiving yards last season. And the Steelers just traded him to the lets.
But clearly, for such a trade to happen, Pittsburgh must have received something spectacular in return. Maybe the jets offered up a king's ransom of draft picks, similar to what the Vikings gave the
BY ALEX BEECHER abeecher@kansan.com
Cowbows for Hershel Walker.
Actually, Pittsburgh will receive only a fifth-round pick as compensation.
And some impact player? Darrelle Revis? Bart Scott?
Try nobody. Not one player, Pittsburgh gets a fifth round draft pick. That's it.
That's all.
From this, we can infer one of two things: 1. Either everyone in the Steelers' front office has gone insane; or 2. There are reasons for trading Holmes other than on-the-field concerns.
As it happens, option number two is correct. And the reasons in question are substantial.
First, Holmes was just nailed with a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy. Were he to violate that policy again, he'd have to miss the entire season.
That, by itself, is problematic. But it probably isn't enough to get Holmes dealt
No, but the fact that hes accused of
assaulting a women by throwing a glass of juice in her face might be (the glass also cut her), especially when considering Ben Roethlisberger's recent troubles.
Finally, we come to the question of lessons. Or more accurately are there any?
MLB Baseball:
For teams, perhaps. Maybe more decision makers will hesitate to take on players with "character concerns", so as to avoid this situation altogether.
How about Holmes? What does he — and by extension, other misbehaving players — learn from all of this?
Judging by the consequences he's incurred, Holmes' lesson is that drug use and alleged assault get you traded from one AFC contender to another, even better equipped to win.
SCORES
That'll teach him.
Edited by Michael Holtz
Kansas City 10, Detroit 5
Chicago 9, Milwaukee 5
Texas 4, Cleveland 2
Philadelphia 7, Washington 4
Minnesota 5, Boston 2
St Louis 5, Houston 0
Sakland 4, Seattle 0
Sayac 6, Miami 0
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 1
Cincinnati 6, Florida 6
CALI (AL) 8, Toronto 7
NBA Basketball:
Orlando 118, Indiana 98
Toronto 111, Detroit 97
Miami 107, Philadelphia 105
Charlotte 105, New Jersey 95
New York 104, Washington 103
Atlanta 104, Milwaukee 96
San Antonio 113, Minnesota 101
Denver 123, Memphis 101
Portland 103, Oklahoma City 93
Sacramento 117, Houston 107
Dallas 117, LA Clippers 94
GOLF (CONTINUED FROM 10A)
only missed one green which is pretty impressive," Grove said.
Grove attributed much of the team's success to all three freshmen who were in the lineup today. Gilbert; Alex Gutesha, from Greenwood Village, Colo.; and Dan Waite, from Surrey, England, combined to shoot 7 strokes under par.
The lone senior in the rotation, Bryan Hackenberg, from Denver, shot a 74 and a 73
to finish the day in a tie for 22nd place. Rounding out the rotation was Blake Giroux, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb., who shot a 78 and a 74.
Missouri is in third place and on even par for the day. Kansas is just seven strokes behind the Tigers and 12 strokes behind the first place leader, Kansas State.
Edited by Sarah Bluvas
MLB
Royals end Tigers' winning streak
DETROIT — Jose Guillen hit a two-run homer after his two-out foul popup was dropped by Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera, sending the Kansas City Royals to a 10-5 win Monday and ending the Tigers' four-game winning streak.
Guillen took advantage of Cabrera's error for a go-ahead homer in the fourth inning.
Luke Hochevar (1-0) won despite allowing five runs in five-plus innings.
After the Tigers took advantage of a throwing error by second baseman Chris Getz to score twice in the third, the Royals got help in rallying to score four times in the fourth.
Scott Podsednik had four hits, including a two-run single that helped the Royals pull away.
Kansas City took control with three runs off Brad Thomas in the sixth. Yuniesky Betancourt and Getz drew two-out walks, David DeJesus hit an RBI single and Podsednik followed with a two-run single for an 8-3 lead.
-Associated Press
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