Month: October 2011
Small School Scouting Notebook: October 10th
As will be standard every Monday afternoon, Optimum Scouting will begin it’s weekly “Small School Scouting Notebook”, which will be…
Read more »Blog Poll: Week 6
Updated:Happy Monday everyone. Hope you weekend was very nice. Mine was something like that. Hey, the Bengals won yesterday, that…
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Oregon recruiting: update on the Ducks’ new verbal commit, T.J. Daniel
Special Guest Post by Michael Tallia T.J. Daniel may not be your typical 4 or 5 star Oregon recruit, but…
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Mini Pony of the Day 10-10-11
Thanks to Sarah for this. She and her husband Bryan took a trip around Europe and found this guy in…
Read more »Theo Epstein was in Chicago…or was he?
Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod! Ask yourself this…if you saw Theo Epstein out in public would you know who he was? I…
Read more »Paul Maholm’s option (or, Building a Rotation)
In 2011, Pirate starters pitched 923 1/2 innings. Those innings broke down like this: Rk G GS CG IP ▾ 1…
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Negotiations starting to show results
Encouraging sign: Deal near on mid-level salary aspect | NBA.com via kwout We're starting to see some little things come…
Read more »3. GameDay Brew Avs @ Bruins
I hope everyone is enjoying their day off, if they get one. Today’s game is early, a nice 12:30pm start….
Read more »Scouting Notebook: Landry Jones, LSU vs. Alabama Defense, Why SuckForLuck, and Top 10
As the season in college football gets to the midway point, the draft process gets close to finishing it’s first…
Read more »Video: Maloney, Pido Breakdown Rangers in Stockholm
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Read more »Letter from an Alabama fan
I had been in contact with an Alabama fan dating back to the spring, when this person reached out to…
Read more »Scaling Down the BRI
There have been a myriad of reports from some high-quality, dedicated reporters graciously staking out the lockout meetings with hopes…
Read more »High Praise for TheNYRBlog
Good friend of TheNYRBlog, Tom Urtz over at the Bleacher Report writes this very complimentary piece on myself and TheNYRBlog……
Read more »Real talk on the lockout from ‘Big Shot Rob’
Updated:Now that David Stern has canceled the entire NBA preseason and the regular season is in danger of losing some…
Read more »Purple Jesus Diaries’ Game Five Review: An Odd Feeling I Haven’t Felt Since …
That was a very rough Star Wars reference, FYI: Not that I would expect any of you to get that,…
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Reaction: NLCS Game 1
Jamie Garcia is a talented pitcher. Jamie Garcia will only be a back of the rotation-esque pitcher if he can’t…
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Game 2: Columbus Day Matinee vs the Carolina Hurricanes
Updated:The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (0-1-0) vs. the Carolina Hurricanes(0-1-1) Know Your Enemy: Shutdown Line What Shutdown Line is…
Read more »Game Day 3: Avalanche vs. Bruins
Yesterday the Boston Bruins got to enjoy themselves and their last day with the Stanley Cup by taking in a…
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2011 Basketball Preview: Shannon Scott
Another of the new freshman coming to town is young Shannon Scott, a promising point guard out of Alpharetta, Georgia….
Read more »Halo Headlines: Angels Continue Front Office Purge By Firing Abe Flores, Lyle Spencer Blames the Fans For Mathis’ Inability to Hit, Angels Sleeper Prospects
The October 10th, 2011 edition of daily news for the LA Angels including Abe Flores fired, Lyle Spencer blames the…
Read more »A Bad start led to a disastrous 1st Quarter
The 49ers are a well coached team; they knew the Bucs had a tendancy to start off slow in games,…
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