Show Recap - Wednesday September 01, 2010

Almost nothing ever lives up to the hype… and certainly nothing ever exceeds it. Except this. Meet the nastiest, filthiest man, alive, Aroldis Chapman. Look, I hate to be the guy to pile on and over hype or rate anyone or anything. But this Cat is disgusting. He was clocked by a scout doing 105 in a minor league game last week. This isn’t some Sidd Finch urban legend either. The guy has that kind of gas.

Photos: Ardolis' Young Career

And last night was spectacular in mowing down the Brewers in his major league debut. 8 pitches, 7 strikes and one to Jonathan Lucroy that hit 102.7 on the gun and then he chases that with a sick, 88 mile per hour slide, piece. Yeah, because that’s fair. His own catcher, Ryan Hanigan says it’s not: “Good luck. It’s a hammer. I saw it in Triple A it’s 88-to-93, it’s moving about a foot and a half. That’s not something that anyone... More »

Have to give it to Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt and Q.B. Jeremiah Masoli for trying to circumvent the transfer rule; had to give it a shot, ehh fellas? Aww, so close. Look, the NCAA gets a lot of things wrong, but not this one. This rule is for players who want to leave to continue their graduate studies at a school that offers their curriculum; they didn’t write the rule so guys could loot a frat house, get busted for the chron, kicked off the team and then go play for someone else without having to sit out.

Photos: Masoli At Oregon

I don’t know why Mississippi is even wasting their time with the appeal; the NCAA had to bring the hammer down. If not, what’s to keep any other disgruntled player, from getting himself kicked off the team, and exploiting this loophole for a better opportunity. But my man, H Nutt isn’t buying it. He continues to bang the, he was kicked... More »

He wasn’t in Chicago five minutes before Manny started being Manny. And forgot how to speak English. Sure enough, despite speaking English his whole career, he required an interpreter; coach Joey Cora to get him through yesterday’s q and a with the media. Sammy Sosa thinks that’s convenient. Granted, he hadn’t spoken to the media here all season so maybe he really did just forget how to speak the language.

Photos: Man Rams Career

More likely, they were asking him to do something he didn’t want to do so he figured he’d just get Manny with it. You know like when he decided he didn’t want to be a Dodger any more, and got himself ejected after one pitch while pinch hitting a few days ago. Just Manny being Manny. And so is forgetting how to speak English the second he arrives in a new town and has to answer questions about why he did that, and why everything ends so... More »

Info & Stats: University Of Nebraska Head Football Coach |

Photos: Bo On The Sidelines

Bo on Ndamukong Suh’s rap of being a dirty player: “That’s crazy and ridiculous.”

Topics: Move to the Big 10 is finally here | Conference title or bust | The teams talent | 2011 Challenges | Having a chance to win every game | Need to stay committed | Physical conferences | Last year we hurt ourselves | Penalties and turnovers | Being more efficient as a offense | Taylor Martinez can throw the ball | Taylor this season | Taylor is a lot more comfortable now | Bringing in Navy Seals to talk with the team | Team, Team, Team | Ndamukong Suh | Suh’s rap for being dirty is crazy and ridiculous | Cleveland Indians |

Info & Stats: Atlanta Braves Pitcher | 3 Time All Star | Led AL In Wins (2000)

Photos: Hudy Through The Years

Topics: Leading the NL East | Felt really good about the team coming into the season | Coming back from Tommy John surgery | Feel as good as ever | Shoulder exercises have been key for me | Velocity | Range of motion | Stephen Strasburg | When Strasburg returns | Stephen is young and strong | Barry Zito | Zito is a great friend | Playing with Zito and Mark Mulder | Overachieving | Acquiring Derek Lee is a great message from management | Chipper Jones | Its tough seeing Chipper go down; he’s a tremendous talent that will bust his but to get back | Cy Young Award | I’m just happy pitching | Milestones | Strikeouts |

Info & Stats: Chicago Bulls Head Coach

Photos: Introduction Press Conference And Time With Celts

Tom on having the highest winning percentage for a head coach of all time: “I better stop right now.”

Topics: Highest winning percentage for a head coach of all time | Difference from being an assistant to head coach | Working for Doc Rivers and Jeff Van Gundy really helped | Michael Jordan | Chicago franchise having great history | Derrick Rose | Derrick’s drive | Derrick becoming a more complete player | Rose’s ability to make his team great | Derrick is a team player | Joakim Noah’s motor and energy is unreal | Carlos Boozer | Veteran leadership on the team | Boozer is day to day with an ankle injury |