the new mr. 3000......

In case you happened to be flying to a third world country which doesn't have cable or internet, or went spelunking in some far off land you at least heard about Derek Jeter getting close to 3,000 hits. Well last night was the night he decided to finally break the milestone. For anyone who has watched baseball ever in their life knows the importance of 3,000 hits for a batter would be like Jaromir Jagr who is 1 point a way from 1,600 points for his career, or how Joey Porter and Dwight Freeney need less than 6 sacks to have reached the 100 sack milestone.

For those of you that don't know me, I am a born Red Sox fan. I hate everything that wears pin stripes(especially red sox who go to the dark side). I am happy that he did it so fast after coming off the DL cause i would have hated to read everyday how "this might be the chance..." or that "his injury is causing him not to swing the bat as well" that crap bugs me. He did it in classic jeter fashion though, going 5 for 5 with a double, a home run, 2 RBIs, 2 run, and a SB. All this after his previous 9 games in which he couldn't get more than 2 hits in a game.

I talked previously about first ballot Hall of Fame players and Derek Jeter is also no contest. Don't even look at the 3,000 hits and look at the rest of his stats. In 16 season (15 full seasons) he's never bat below .270, never had less than 10 HRs and 50 RBIs. Career numbers look like this: .312 avg, 236 HR, 1157 RBI, .383 OBP (which means On Base Percentage). Dont forget his 12x all-star, 5x World Series Champ, 5x Gold Glove winner, and 4x Silver Slugger (which is for best offensive player at his position). This alone merits him an invitation.

In case you were clueless about baseball and had no idea who some of the other 27 batter in the 3,000 hit clubs are, here are their names (in order) : Pete Rose, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Tris Speaker, Carl Yastrzemski, Honus Wagner, Paul Molitor, Eddie Collins, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Nap Lajoie, Cal Ripken, George Brett, Paul Waner, Robin Yount, Tony Gwynn, Dave Winfield, Craig Biggio, Rickey Henderson, Rod Carew, Lou Brock, Rafael Palmerio, Cap Anson, Wade Boggs, Al Kaline, and last but not least Roberto Clemente. All of these names except for 2 (Rose and Palmerio) are Hall of Famers.
                                                                                                                                                                  

....And thats enough on that subject. Lets get to something a little more appealing to everyone out there. (Now that I've stroked the sports media for a while).  Now ths real question is who would you rather do? Minka Kelly or Eva Mendes???

Ill let you decide.

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stats courtesy of: http://www.espn.com/, http://www.nfl.com/, http://www.nhl.com/

picture coutresy of: http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/02/minka-kelly-vs-eva-mendes-whod-you-rather/

Who is this guy?!?!?

So the other day, Possibly yesterday, bare with me I'm in Iraq and have no real concept of time lol. I was talking about the differences between AL and NL baseball. Ran across a name that I didn't know but was leading the NL in wins and ERA. The guys name is Jair Jurrjens, hes a RHP for the Atlanta Braves. So this morning (which for those of you in the states was midnight for you) I was eating breakfast and able to watch sportscenter... it felt like home  except for the fact that it was 90 degrees out by 9 in the morning. Saw that Jurrjens got his 11 win, which gives him 1 more than Roy Halladay and an ERA of 1.89, which is best in the majors. So I climbed onto the computer and did a little research on this guy. He's been in the majors since 07. Played one season for Detroit in which he pitched in 7 games with a record of 3-1 ERA of 4.70, not bad for a rookie, especially playing on Detroit's roster.  After the 07-08 season he went to Atlanta, since moving to Atlanta he has stated 100 games with a record of 45-29 and a combined ERA of roughly 3.20. He has pitched 2 complete games and 1 shutout (which have come this season in his 15 starts). Since in ATL he has averages 96 pitches a game with 6.5 K/9, allowing only a .249 BA from apposing batters. With excluding his 2010 season, and rookie season of 07, he has had double digit wins every season.  If this guy stays healthy and can get possibly a couple more complete games, shutouts and possibly a no-no, there is no reason why he isn't a hands down vote for NL Cy Young.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Was gonna do something for LiLo since its her bday and all but decided hey lets see what Megan Fox's replacement looks like. In my opinion, UPGRADE!! so here's a picture of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for your viewing pleasure:

Baseball stats courtesy of: http://www.espn.com
picture courtesy of: http://www.skinnyvscurvy.com