Just because

As Audi tells us, "True greatness should never go unrecognized."

A nice effort from the Red Storm

The Johnnies fell in Tucson after UA had a late run, but for a team that only played 7 deep (including 4 frosh, a soph, and 2 jrs), that was a nice effort to stay in the game till the end. Particularly in a very hostile arena against a ranked team. One they can build on.

Edit: While SJU was the "away" team, the game was in the Coaches-vs-Cancer classic at MSG, not in Tucson as I had presumed. So actually, a home game for SJU. Takes a little luster off the effort.

Jests

The Jets offense is truly atrocious. The dynamic duo of Sanchez and Schott has failed. Sanchez has not progressed at all in year 3; analysis of his numbers show they are essentially identical to season 2.

I don't think it's a matter of more time in this league; at this point I think he just doesn't have what it takes to next-level it Meanwhile, Schott's playcalling is puzzling at best and infuriating at worst. There appears to be no rhyme or reason to most drives. The inability of this team to punch the ball into the end zone in the red zone is inexcusable. When you have a receiver like Plax, coupled with Holmes and Keller, there is no excuse to not have a higher TD % in red zone.

The thing that kills me is we're wasting the opportunity of having absolutely top-shelf players like Revis, Mangold, D'Brickshaw, Holmes, and Harris. Hard to get that solid of a core.

Luckily the Johnnies are on. And playing one hell of a game so far.

Please let this happen...PLEEEEEZZZZZZZ?!?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/endy-chavez-catch-ny-mets-2012-article-1.978913

Nice test for the Johnnies tonight

On the road v. a ranked Arizona squad. Of whom my last memories are not pleasant.

Let's go Storm!

Andre Dawkins: You Made the Right Call

From ESPN:

Duke looked tight early against Michigan State, perhaps too aware of the moment.

"Coach told us it was just a normal game, but you know it's hard not to think about it. You want to be part of the team that does it,'' guard Andre Dawkins said. "Then last night, coach Knight came to the hotel to talk to us. He said if we didn't win, he was going to run practice for the next two days, so that's why I decided to go out and score some points.''

Happy birthday Doctor K

DocGooden16 Dwight Gooden

Happy Birthday 2 me,I am celebrating my day with a NA meeting,bible study & Peter Lugers steak house,thank u all for the bday wishes!

Reyes lands huge offer from Marlins

It looks to me like we've been priced out of the Reyes sweepstakes before the bidding has really started in earnest.

Draft picks here we come!

Jose Reyes "No Hay Amigo"

ICYMI: the post by (new contributor) Raekwon the Chef on OccObs, Jose has a video out. Literally translated, "there is no friend," idiomatically, I'm sure it's "there are no friends." Here's looking at you, Fred, Jeff and Sandy.

A tidbit on Sanchez

from Vaccaro in the NYP:

There was some bad, more good, nothing that inspires images of the young Otto Graham just yet but more than enough to remind you that Sanchez has now won 28 games in 2 1/2 years as the starting quarterback for the Jets, and if you’d like a point of comparison, here’s one: That’s five more than team watchdog Joe Namath had in his final seven years as a Jet.

I think Sanchez hasn't taken the step forward I was hoping for so far this year. That said, the return to a run-first offense benefits him in many ways, including taking defenders out of the secondary, and allowing him to use his excellent play-action skills more effectively. Hopefully the second half of the year will prove better than the first half for him.

Still, for all the criticism, there's no denying the wins.

Back to our Raison d'Etre

Mets baseball!

Story here on changes to the dimensions at CitiField. They'll be pulling in the fences in left and the Modell's corner in right-center. Clearly the team wants a park that is marginally friendlier to hitters (still will be a pitcher's park, IMO), but as Sandy said, this will make for a park that is "more balanced."

Jason Bay definitely has the line of the article, though:

“I think cutting down the space in the outfield will help improve the defense, which in turn should help the pitching”

Allow me to paraphrase: "Since I'm too slow to chase long fly balls, the pitcher will be freed of the frustration of watching balls bounce over my head. Now they can just fly over the fence."