Ten things I think I think are retarded. When it comes to baseball. Peter King knows his shit about football. Sometimes. But I'd like to point out some retarded garbage in this shiznit.
a)
| Player | Years | Pass Yards | TD-Int | W-L |
| Dan Marino | 1984-86 | 13,967 | 122-61 | 34-14 |
| Drew Brees | 2006-08 | 13,910 | 88-46 | 25-23 |
| Peyton Manning | 2004-06 | 13,024 | 105-39 | 34-14 |
| Warren Moon | 1989-91 | 13,010 | 79-48 | 28-19 |
| Kurt Warner | 1999-01 | 12,612 | 98-53 | 35-8 |
| Tom Brady | 2005-07 | 12,445 | 100-34 | 38-10 |
| Brett Favre | 1994-96 | 12,194 | 110-40 | 33-17 |
| John Elway | 1993-95 | 11,490 | 67-34 | 24-24 |
| Jim Kelly | 1991-93 | 10,683 | 74-54 | 36-11 |
So....a few things. Does anyone notice how the last twenty years of the NFL is highly highly highly represented here? As in like every single entry? (Except for, of course, Marino) And that four of those nine are still active? And that its really kind of like 4.5 with Farve (4.7? 4.832? 4.95432323456294?) So...what this table is really saying is that Brees is one of the four or five best quarterbacks in the NFL right now. And how King thinks no one recognizes it. And there was a reason the Chargers didn't keep Brees when they could have: The Chargers had franchise tagged Brees the previous year and didn't want to pay him more money for a one year deal when they had drafted Phillip Rivers a few years prior. But, the point is, if you asked a random dude on the street who the best five quarterbacks in the NFL were right now they would probably say Brady, Manning, Brees, Romo, McNabb? Whatever. Brees is the third to fifth best QB in the league and he gets recognized for it.
I will give in here: If you asked a random dude on the street who the hands-down-best-ever-quarterback-with-a-mole-on-his-face was the random dude would definitely say Drew Brees.
b) God. The ace closer (Austin Wood, pitching in...the Austin regional. Was it fate?) from Texas who pitched 12+ innings of no hit relief, gave up a hit then pitched another inning. Or closed the inning. Whatever. Alright, I guess give the guy some props. He earned the team the win. But as has been mentioned here...what the fuck, Texas coaches? What the shit? 169 pitches? For a young pitcher who is probably going to go pro? I get that you're trying to win and even if Wood doesn't get hurt the odds are against him making the majors anyway...but that's a huge risk for a regional game. And King doesn't mention that stupidity when he could have and should have.
Also, I googled "Wood goes the distance" It didn't come up. It definitely should have. Or, maybe: "Long, hard, successful outing for Wood". Or "Wood puts on a show", "Wood exposed: Coach says kids balls have a lot of action", or "Wood gives me wood" by Woody Paige.
c) Peter King: "Saturday was the third time in two weeks that a shaky play or error by the shortstop played a huge role in a Red Sox loss. Either Jed Lowrie is going to be ready in about 10 minutes, or they'd better trade a real prospect for Omar Vizquel."
I just want to put this here because then I can read it later:
| .222 | .283 | .267 | .550 |
Yeah. That Omar Vizquel. That would be a .267 slugging. And...this is not a small sample size issue. That was in 300 (!) plate appearances. What prospect would you trade for that? His OPS+ was 45!! RC/27 was 2.5!! These are like historically bad numbers. I think the only reason the Red Sox would want him on their team would be if they were beating the Yankees by like ten runs in the eighth inning because then they could put Vizquel at first and put Youkilis on the bench just to be dickheads. Which would be awesome. Maybe they should get Vizquel.
(unrelated I know but the ERA+ of Boston's top five relievers? 198, 350, 395, 198, 162, 114. ricockulous)
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