Friday, April 30, 2010

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Kansas City’s Danny Tims qualifies for Bellator Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:41 PM PDT

See him fight at Bellator.com; Eight-man 135 lbs. tournament now official CHICAGO, Ill. (April 30, 2010) — Danny Tims, whose red mohawk and compelling personal story made him a media darling in his hometown of Kansas City in the run-up to Bellator 16, has earned a spot in Bellator Fighting Championships' Season 3 [...]

Bellator Fighting Championships to bring nationally televised mixed martial arts event to San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre on May 27th

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Event will be broadcast to virtually every home in the U.S. via NBC, FOX Sports Net, Telemundo and mun2 CHICAGO, Ill. (April 30, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships, the fist-of-its-kind tournament-style mixed martial arts promotion, will make its second 2010 stop in the Lone Star State next month when it comes [...]

Brett Rogers, Urijah Faber, and Dan Hardy are guests on tonight’s “Inside MMA” on HDNet

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Tabloid headlines and a look back at WEC 48 make for an entertaining panel discussion TONIGHT Friday, April 30 at 9:00 p.m. ET DALLAS (April 30, 2010) WHAT: Tonight on HDNet’s “Inside MMA,” Strikeforce Heavyweight Brett Rogers, WEC Featherweight Urijah Faber and UFC Welterweight Dan Hardy join Kenny and Bas on the IMMA panel to discuss the latest MMA [...]

AngelsWin.com Prospect Hotlist – 4-30-2010

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:44 PM PDT


It is with great pleasure that AngelsWin.com brings back its weekly Hot Prospect lists. In our weekly column, we will be providing a look at who's been hot down on the farm. Unlike our annual Top-50 Prospects, our Hot Prospects column is not ranked based on the ceiling of the prospect, and instead is just a snapshot of the week that just past on the farm. This year, AngelsWin.com will be presenting the Hot Prospect reports every Friday throughout the season.

Hot Prospects April 30, 2010

1. Roberto Lopez, OF, Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Past 10 Games: 15/37 (.405), 4 Doubles, 1 Triple, 1 HRs, 8 Runs, 10 RBIs, 2 SB
Overall: .351/.419/.568 with 2 HRs and 2 SBs

What's Up: Roberto Lopez is a bat in search of a defensive position. Breaking out of last year's offensive slump, Lopez has seen time all over the field, logging time at 1B, RF, C and DH. Like Trumbo, Lopez needs to find a spot to make room for his bat. Two years ago, Lopez hit led the Pioneer League in BA (hitting .400 for the season), hits, runs scored, RBIs, on-base percentage and slugging. So, we know he can hit. Finding him a spot where he can stick will be a major goal for him this year.

2. Ryan Brasier, RHP, Class AA Arkansas Travelers
Past 10 Days: 1-0, 0 Saves, 3.46 ERA, 13.0 IP, 6 H, 7 BB, 9 K, 1.23 WHIP
Overall: 2-1, 0 Saves, 3.28 ERA, 24.2 IP, 16 H, 15 BB, 11 K, 1.26 WHIP, .184 BAA

What's Up: In a normal week, when a pitcher throws a complete game no-no, he should be placed in our top spot. Unfortunately, Brasier's no hitter, the first in the Texas League this year and the first ever in Dickey-Stephens Park (home of the Arkansas Travelers), came during a week in which he struggled in his prior performance. Still, the 22 year old converted reliever is shows that he has the skills to mix speeds well on his fastball and keep hitters off-balanced with his curve and slider to the point of pitching this tremendous feat!

3. Mike Trout, OF, Class A Cedar Rapids Kernels
Past 10 Games: 17/43 (.395), 2 Doubles, 2 Triples, 0 HRs, 6 Runs, 2 RBIs, 8 SBs
Overall: .378/.435/.476 with 0 HRs and 11 SBs

What's Up: Trout started the season off in a 1 for 13 slide. Since then, all he's done is hit, hit, and hit! Sandwiched in between all of that hitting, Trout has been stealing bases, including stealing home in a game. No one doubts that the power will develop for Trout. He's still just 18 and competing against much older talent. As he fills out, he should be able to pull the ball more and hit with more authority. But for now, he's still hitting like a man amongst boys.

4. Alexia Amarista, 2B, Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Past 10 Games: 17/43 (.395), 5 Doubles, 0 Triples, 0 HRs, 8 Runs, 2 RBIs, 1 SB
Overall: .364/.380/.455 with 0 HRs and 3 SBs

What's Up: Going into Thursday night's game, Amarista was hitting over .400 for his past 10 games, raising his batting average to .364 for the season. Hitting like that places him at the Howie Kendrick level, who posted a .384/.421/.638 line at Rancho back in 2005. Although they are not built the same, and Amarista is a lefty, there's one thing that they both have in common: They both can flat-out hit!

5. Carlos Ramirez, C, Class A Cedar Rapids Kernels
Past 10 Games: 9/34 (.265), 1 Double, 0 Triples, 2 HRs, 11 Runs, 5 RBIs, 2 SBs
Overall: .240/.397/.420 with 2 HRs and 2 SBs

What's Up: Normally hitting .265 isn't going to get a player on the Top Prospect list for the week. However, when you draw 10 walks in 10 games on top of hitting .265, you're on base percentage will shoot up to .457! It also will help you to score 11 runs in 10 games. Last year, Ramirez had on OB% of .500 for the season for Orem and posted more walks than strikeouts (35:26), so hopefully he will continue the trend.

6. Hank Conger, C, Class AAA Salt Lake
Past 10 Games: 12/37 (.324), 2 Doubles, 0 Triples, 0 HRs, 7 Runs, 4 RBIs, 0 SBs
Overall: .302/.351/.472 with 2 HRs and 0 SBs

What's Up: Conger is heating up. He's squaring up the ball very well. But, more importantly, he's playing defense very well. He's thrown out 36% of all base runners this year and has yet to allow a passed ball. Conger still needs a year of seasoning at Salt Lake, but, he's showing that 2011 could be his year.

7. Peter Bourjos, OF, Class AAA Salt Lake
Past 10 Games: 13/43 (.302), 2 Doubles, 5 Triples, 0 HR, 7 Runs, 2 RBIs, 4 SBs
Overall: .313/.342/.493 with 0 HRs and 4 SBs

What's Up: It's good to see the speed taking off for Bourjos. He has plenty of it. Bourjos tied a Minor League record by hitting 3 triples in one game, and has 5 overall. Although Bourjos has committed an error on the season, he also had his first outfield assist and is showing off his incredible range in Salt Lake.

8. Abel Nieves, 2B, Class AA Arkansas Travelers
Past 10 Games: 13/32 (.406), 2 Doubles, 0 Triples, 0 HRs, 6 Runs, 3 RBIs, 0 SBs
Overall: .333/.422/.385 with 0 HRs and 0 SBs

What's Up: Working in tandem with Andrew Romine, Abel Nieves has been pushing the Travelers offense upward. Typically batting third in the lineup, Nieves has had 5 multi-hit games in his last 10 games played, and has 5 walks versus 2 strikeouts over the same time span.

9. Andrew Romine, SS, Class AA Arkansas Travelers
Past 10 Games: 13/40 (.325), 0 Doubles, 0 Triples, 0 HRs, 7 Runs, 4 RBIs, 2 SB
Overall: .333/.424/.347 with 0 HRs and 4 SBs

What's Up: On a team that is lacking in offense, Romine is doing all that he can to show that there's more than one way to generate a run. Not only is he leading off for the Travelers, he's leading his team in batting average for the season, all while playing solid defense at SS.

10. Terry Evans, OF, Class AAA Salt Lake Bees
Past 10 Games: 14/32 (.438), 2 Doubles, 0 Triple, 1 HR, 6 Runs, 3 RBIs, 5 SBs
Overall: .438/.500/.598 with 1 HRs and 5 SBs

What's Up: So much for letting the demotion get him down! Evans is on a tear since returning to Salt Lake and demonstrating once again why he has the skills to be a Major League reserve OFer. He has the power, speed, and defensive skills to cover all 3 OF spots.

Mark Anderson Signs Tender To Stay With Bears

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:32 PM PDT

DE Mark Anderson signed his one-year tender with the Bears today. They gave him a second round tender meaning he will make about $1.75 million this season. The former 5th round pick in 2006 had 12 sacks his rookie season, but over the last three seasons has had only 9.5 sacks. His 12 sacks in 2006, [...]

Fantasy Football News Blip

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:24 PM PDT

Brett Favre – QB – Vikings Brett Favre clarified the status of his ankle on his personal website Friday, insisting that the injury “is not debilitating.” Favre will be back for more and I assure you I’ll pick him up for my fantasy football team. Project the same stats from last year but I’ll trade him around [...]

Gameday #23 at Dodgers

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:22 PM PDT

Pirates (10-12) at Dodgers (8-14) 10:10 PM EST–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: FSN Pittsburgh, Prime Ticket (Los Angeles) The Bucs look to keep up their recent hot streak against the slumping Dodgers tonight. Although it’s dumb that they have to make so many trips out West, the timing for this series couldn’t have been [...]

LSU Has Attendance Inflation Down To A Science

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:00 PM PDT


LSU's Tiger Stadium seating capacity is 92,400. But If you follow college football, you know that LSU exceeds that number for every big game they have. For instance, this year's Florida-LSU game attendance was 93,129. And the LSU-Arkansas game had a final attendance of 93,013. So you're probably asking yourself, how does LSU find seats for those extra people??? They don't. Those people didn't buy a ticket.

"We include the number of credentials we give out to the media and those people that work the events," said Michael Bonnette, associate athletic director and sports information director. "The number can sometimes be higher than what the capacity of the stadium can hold."

LSU Ticket Office manager Brian Broussard said anyone who watches the game in the stadium is counted in the final attendance numbers.

"We count the press level, and we count Boy Scouts who work sort of as ushers," he said. "We count people who don't occupy seats that are sold on the stadium but are at attendance at the event."

Broussard said photographers and other press members on the field who aren't allowed access to the press box are still included in the final attendance. Senior Associate Athletic Director Herb Vincent said facility and concession workers are also included.

"There's a small army of people that have to work to put a game on, and we count everybody in the stadium as people who attend the game," Vincent said.
Even ESPN gets counted.
"If it's something like the Alabama game or the Florida game, you have a television crew here, and they might have an HD crew here," Vincent said. "ESPN Gameday may be here, and they have a crew."
So there you have it. LSU has taught you how to boast your attendance, and I would not be surprised if that goes on around the country.

Attendance numbers exceed capacity in Tiger Stadium (Daily Reveille)


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Can Brock Lesnar survive the Dim Mak of Shane Carwin?

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:42 PM PDT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Shane Carwin is an amazing specimen. In a sport where big strong muscular warriors rule, Carwin is royalty. His record speaks for itself; twelve fights, twelve first round finishes. Seven of those wins came by knockout, the rest were submissions, including at least one submission due to punches. Since Carwin joined the UFC [...]

Red Sox Lineup 4/30 vs Baltimore

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

redsoxlineup

1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. David Ortiz, DH
7. Adrian Beltre, 3B
8. Jeremy Hermida, LF
9. Darnell McDonald, CF

John Lackey, SP
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