8. After a Law puts up 15 and 9, keying a Stanford win over Oregon St, The Daily headline reads "Stanford's Law Schools the Beavers."
7. After blocking a career high 7 shots against the University of California, East Bay pro am team, a caption to a Law Hill block reads, "AJ Diggs can't escape the long arms of the Law."
6. Cal coach Ben Braun, during a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Cardinal, shakes his head on the bench asking himself, "how can we keep getting rejected by Stanford Law?" Ryan Anderson, ofcourse, has the answer, "we're Cal students coach, we're used to it." (ZING!!!)
5. In the preview for the first round of the 2008 NCAA tourney, one magazine, analyzing the #15 Vermont vs. #2 Stanford game asks, "can the Hilltoppers top Hill?"
4. After Stanford wins it's 6th straight Pac 10 game to close the 2006-07 season, the San Francisco Chronicle publishes a picture of an excited Law Hill. The caption? "Cardinal Law."
3. After getting bumped around by the Lopez twins, and dunked on by Lawrence Hill for an entire 40 minutes, Glen "Big Baby" Davis, the star of the #3 seed LSU Tigers finally concedes to reporters, "I fought the Law, and the law won."
2. After averaging a triple double his senior year, Lawrence Hill becomes the #1 overall draft pick in the NBA draft. The next day, US News reports "Stanford's Law Rated #1."
1. During the 2006-07 season, Hill drops 32 and 13 as the Cardinal visit Pauley and upset the #1 ranked Bruins - reclaiming Pauley as Maples south, and restoring Stanford's dominance of UCLA's home court. The headline on ESPN 15 minutes after the game reads, "LA Law." ... Ok it probably reads "Cardinal Rules" ... but seriously guys, we're tired of that one. Try "LA Law" ... please?
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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
My Top 5 Fantasy Baseball Ripoffs
Since Justin Morneau won the MVP today, my fantasy team can officially be crowned as my greatest life achievement. A Fantasy Baseball Championship. A Cy Young, and two MVPs. It doesn't get better than that. Well it does, but it's really hard. Anyways ... here's a fantasy baseball related list...
5. 2006 - (received) Justin Morneau for Nick Swisher and Jeff Francoeur.
This one's not so much a standard ripoff - one side didn't get a huge benefit while damning the other to hapless failure. Actually, early in the season this looked like at terrible deal for me (as I acquired Morneau). A prolonged slump by the Canadian slugger, coupled with Swisher's early season 50 homerun pace made it look like the luck of the Vamsi was up to its old tricks ... but as the season turned, and June became July, Morneau began to lay the hammer to the AL Central. Finishing with HR/RBI numbers in the David Ortiz ballpark and a Jeteresque batting average, Morneau put up an MVP performance, but more importantly, lead my team to it's first Fantasy Baseball Championship.
4. 2005 - (received) Mark Teixera for Scott Rolen
This one's just embarassing. It really is...
3. 2003 - (received) Jeff Kent for Jim Thome and Carl Crawford
In 2003, with a comfortable lead, and plenty of room for error, I looked at my fantasy team and thought that second base was my only real weakness. So what did I do to address this need? Trade for a former MVP, coming off a great year, and primed for huge stats in a miniature ballpark. This was a midseason trade actually, so Kent had already posted good numbers, while Thome and Crawford were mashing and stealing respectively. After the trade, Kent broke his hand, Thome hit 23 jacks after the break, and Crawford finished with 40+ steals and a .300 BA. I lost the league by 2 points.
2. 2004 - (received) Hank Blalock for Kevin Brown
Coming off a streak where he had allowed 8 runs in 8 games, and posted 9 consecutive wins, Brown was at the height of his value. So I dealt him, for Hank "the Spank" Blalock. Brown proceded to fall apart (physically) and post 1 win over his remaining month and a half. Blalock hit a steady .270+ and produced a fair share of Arlington inspired runs, rbis, and hrs. Good times.
1. 2003 - (received) Jason Schmidt for Russ Ortiz
This was Schmidt's first outstanding year. And it was the year after Russ Ortiz's last. It was also my first, and only, trade with the league's proverbial "donkey." You know, the guy who everyone tries to ripoff? Yeah. Pwned.
5. 2006 - (received) Justin Morneau for Nick Swisher and Jeff Francoeur.
This one's not so much a standard ripoff - one side didn't get a huge benefit while damning the other to hapless failure. Actually, early in the season this looked like at terrible deal for me (as I acquired Morneau). A prolonged slump by the Canadian slugger, coupled with Swisher's early season 50 homerun pace made it look like the luck of the Vamsi was up to its old tricks ... but as the season turned, and June became July, Morneau began to lay the hammer to the AL Central. Finishing with HR/RBI numbers in the David Ortiz ballpark and a Jeteresque batting average, Morneau put up an MVP performance, but more importantly, lead my team to it's first Fantasy Baseball Championship.
4. 2005 - (received) Mark Teixera for Scott Rolen
This one's just embarassing. It really is...
3. 2003 - (received) Jeff Kent for Jim Thome and Carl Crawford
In 2003, with a comfortable lead, and plenty of room for error, I looked at my fantasy team and thought that second base was my only real weakness. So what did I do to address this need? Trade for a former MVP, coming off a great year, and primed for huge stats in a miniature ballpark. This was a midseason trade actually, so Kent had already posted good numbers, while Thome and Crawford were mashing and stealing respectively. After the trade, Kent broke his hand, Thome hit 23 jacks after the break, and Crawford finished with 40+ steals and a .300 BA. I lost the league by 2 points.
2. 2004 - (received) Hank Blalock for Kevin Brown
Coming off a streak where he had allowed 8 runs in 8 games, and posted 9 consecutive wins, Brown was at the height of his value. So I dealt him, for Hank "the Spank" Blalock. Brown proceded to fall apart (physically) and post 1 win over his remaining month and a half. Blalock hit a steady .270+ and produced a fair share of Arlington inspired runs, rbis, and hrs. Good times.
1. 2003 - (received) Jason Schmidt for Russ Ortiz
This was Schmidt's first outstanding year. And it was the year after Russ Ortiz's last. It was also my first, and only, trade with the league's proverbial "donkey." You know, the guy who everyone tries to ripoff? Yeah. Pwned.
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