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Hey Eli, can I borrow some cash? How the heck is Eli Freaken' Manning the highest paid player in the NFL? The Giants sign Peyton's baby bro to a six-year deal worth $97 million dollars. (It works out to about $15.3M a year.) I understand he led them to the Super Bowl over a heavily-favored Patriots squad in 2008. I get he handles the pressures of playing in the Big Apple pretty well. I know he's the first G-Men QB to ever go four straight years at 3000+ yards and 20+ TDs... But still, isn't there something wrong with him making more money than ANYONE else in the league?
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In other NFL news, Reggie Bush left the New Orleans Saints practice today favoring his surgically-repaired left knee. I'm not one to pick on guys when they get injured (unless it's a stupid injury that was their own fault... I'm looking at YOU Marty Cordova!) so I won't start now. What I will say is this: At least Bush's wonky knee will have him drafted where he should be in fantasy leagues. No more of this "Oh, Reggie is going to break through this year, so I'm taking him with my second-round pick" nonsense. In order for Reggie to "break through", he has to figure out how to break-through a defensive line. Not gonna happen. He's a classic example of a guy who could outrun college LBs sideline-to-sideline, but ask him to find a hole to run though up front? Not so much. He's decent as a kick-returner and maybe in the Wildcat formation, but he's not an every-down NFL running back. By the way, what was his off-season rehab assignment? From what I could tell, it involved "avoiding" TMZ cameras with Kim Kardashian.
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Let's talk some baseball. Why the hell is Roy Halladay still a member of the Blue Jays?! They're not making the playoffs this season, they won't make the playoffs next season, and there's no way he's back in TO in 2011. How is it that everyone else but JP Ricciardi knows that? I guess JP was asking for a king's ransom in return, and potential trading partners just weren't willing to mortgage their entire futures for the Doc. So instead, the Jays are left with a clearly-rattled ace who'll be faced with the same scrutiny at the deadline next year. Which brings me to my next question... Why does Ricciardi still have a job?
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Still on the diamonds, did you see that video of Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder trying to get into the Dodgers clubhouse last night? The Dodgers were up 17-4 in the ninth inning when LA reliever Guillermo Mota plunked Cecil's kid, probably in retaliation for Manny Ramirez and Juan Pierre getting hit earlier in the game. So Fielder went all 'roids and tried eating his way into... wait, sorry, GET into... the Dodgers clubhouse, presumable to put Mota between two slices of bread and... again, my apologies... to CONFRONT Mota. At least that's what the educated guess would be. My guess? Fielder thought he heard a teammate say: "Hey Prince, there's a giant clubhouse near the Dodgers' locker room". After all, who can resist a well-made clubhouse sandwich? Here's the bleep-filled hilarity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-RwPDkNjRk
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In NHL news, the Phoenix Coyotes are still broke, up for sale, and terrible. There is some new drama unfolding in the case, but seriously, wake me up when this thing is over. The WNBA has more appeal to me at this point...
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So Jeremy Roenick and Teppo Numminen are both retiring. 40 combined years, zero Stanley Cups. Ouch. Both guys deserve a lot of respect for the years they put in, and the personal milestones they achieved. But you have to think they'll both have nightmares of never planting a big wet one of Lord Stanley's Mug.
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That's enough of my hot air for one day. Oh, somebody do me a favour. Custom-build a walker with blades to help poor old Brendan Shanahan get on the ice with the Devils. Doesn't he already have 3 Stanley Cups to fill his dreams at night?
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