Last night Ryan Howard set two records. He became the major league player who took the least number of games to reach 100 homeruns with 325 games. The previous record was from the 1940s and was 385. So he crushed that record. And what did he do with his 100th homer? He absolutely, effing crushed it. He hit that thing out of Citizens Bank Park and I think it landed somewhere in Ohio. (Does CBP face Ohio? It doesn’t matter. This ball was smacked so hard that it may have been able to make a right left turn and end up in Ohio.) Congratulations, Ryan Howard. Sorry everybody freaked out back during spring training when you couldn’t hit anything. That may have been jumping the gun. Oops. [Philly First Baseball Player to Hit Moon Shot]
It’s that time of year again, folks! Fantasy Football Time! Well, it’s not actually fantasy time, per se, because it’s only June 28th. However, I’ve been approached about 5 leagues in the last two days and Sports Illustrated has released their Top 200 Fantasy Players. Pretty soon, we’ll be drafting back in February at our Super Bowl parties. Anyway, RB Hottie LaDainian Tomlinson tops the list. Woo woo. I think he 
probably tops the list in a lot of “fantasy” teams. (Also, look at that picture! Hot Guy and babies!) QB Hottie Peyton Manning is the highest rated player who is not a running back, coming in at #9. He is actually the only non-RB in the top 15 players. I gotta say, I’ve had Peyton the last two years on various fantasy teams and he’s been a fantasy goldmine. [Get Ready, Everybody! For Your Draft in 9 Weeks!]
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Old Man Experienced Hottie Tom Glavine got win #297 last night in a rain-shortened 6-inning outing (giving me lots of excuses for cute boy pictures). The only hit he gave up was to Scott Rolen in the 2nd inning. Anthony Reyes finally had a good outing, giving up 2 runs on 2 hits, only to have his hopes dashed by Mother Nature and that mean Met, David Wright, who had a two-run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning. Glavine is only 3 wins away from becoming the 22nd pitcher to win 300 games. In the modern era Among active players, however, the 300 Win Club will be 3 strong: Glavine, Clemens and Maddoux. [When These Teams Play, How Does the Stadium Not Burst Into Flames?]
June 28, 2007 at 9:48 am |
Ladies, you’re handing out the bold on the names generously today! Otherwise, Peyton’s name should be in regular print!
June 28, 2007 at 9:55 am |
I wish you wouldn’t refer to Tom Glavine as “Old Man Hottie”. He’s a couple of years younger than me.
June 28, 2007 at 10:13 am |
That was my bad, I thought I had a pic of Peyton. Whoops!
Sorry Ukraine.
June 28, 2007 at 10:18 am |
Randy Johnson still has an outside shot at 300. Maybe.
Also, Maddox is the really angry writer. Maddux pees on people.
June 28, 2007 at 10:21 am |
Oh for the love! I can’t do anything right today.
June 28, 2007 at 10:43 am |
Yahoo’s default fantasy football scoring rules stink. Peyton was KILLING people 2 years ago, so I had to institute my mathematical analysis of the entire NFL to make all the positions equal… I shall expound later.
June 28, 2007 at 10:45 am |
What do you define as the modern era? Post 2000? Because Seaver, Niekro, Carlton, Perry, Ryan and Sutton all won their 300th game within the last 25 years.
June 28, 2007 at 10:46 am |
I was thinking last 20 years or so. Maybe my statement is incorrect. The way this day’s been going, that’s probably the case.
June 28, 2007 at 10:52 am |
you know how some baseball players are hot in their unis and hats but in normalwear they look a little off? NOT DWRIGHT. just sayin.
June 28, 2007 at 10:55 am |
Ukraine, Nolan Ryan got his in 1990. I was sure it was earlier than that. Everybody else was 20 or more years ago. I think I was thinking about guys who are active. That would’ve been a better choice of words than “modern era.”
June 28, 2007 at 10:57 am |
Hey, the APIAS.net crew is doing Cubs/Brewers this weekend at Wrigley, any of you guys gonna be around those parts?
June 28, 2007 at 11:06 am |
From home plate, to straight center field–due north at CBP. Howard’s home run was headed for Canada.
June 28, 2007 at 11:20 am |
billyfab: preach it.
UNW: last week, when Deadspin had that “40 y/o track coach marries 16 y/o student” story, I was about to write that “ew, I wouldn’t even date a 40 y/o.” Then I remembered that quite a few Deadspinners are 40, and that’s just mean of me.
June 28, 2007 at 11:30 am |
UkraineNotWeak – Don’t feel bad. When I was 28 dated two different 42 year-olds by complete chance. They seemed much younger than the age listed on their driver’s license.
Also, does anyone else feel like fantasy football is starting earlier this year?
June 28, 2007 at 11:38 am |
Yes. See Hit n Run, paragraph #2. : )
I have NEVER been contacted in freakin’ June before about FF. July, yes. Never June.
June 28, 2007 at 11:42 am |
Sorry Andie, I missed that part. I think I was distracted by the babies, and wondering what those two were going to do to my main keeper league, since I have LT.
June 28, 2007 at 11:43 am |
I’m just teasing you. The baby picture made me squee right out loud. Those aren’t his, either. It was for a United Way campaign article.
June 28, 2007 at 12:07 pm |
Well, LaDanian stealing babies from a United Way campaign just ruins his image forever. Where is Roger Goodell and the Banning Hammer of Thunder?
June 28, 2007 at 1:01 pm |
Ladies, age is just a state of mind even though most of my hair has already turned gray. But it started doing that when I was 18.
June 28, 2007 at 1:05 pm |
Gray hair is sexy. Ukraine, when I tease people about being old, I don’t mean it. A guy I once had a thing with just turned 41.
June 28, 2007 at 3:26 pm |
You know, I never noticed it before but Glavine IS kinda hot. Hmm. And YAY RYAN. :D
June 28, 2007 at 4:54 pm |
Chasevid, I’ve liked Tom Glavine since the mid-’90s, when he did those ads with…um…oh, dammit, I forget. I think they were ads for Reeboks and it involved him and someone else (Smoltz? Maddux?) running around a stadium to avoid being hit by Mark McGwire homers. I think.
D-Wright needs to ease up on the bronzer. He’s looking dangerously Gotti-ish there.
June 28, 2007 at 5:27 pm |
I remember those ads, Clare! Don’t remember who else they were with though.
And that’s one of my favorite pics of David. Yum.
June 28, 2007 at 8:34 pm |
Chasevid, look what I found: CHICKS DIG THE LONG BALL!
June 28, 2007 at 8:58 pm |
Clare: I love you.
That commercial is classic.
June 28, 2007 at 10:45 pm |
Bahaha, thank you, Clare! Brings back memories.