Pressing Sports Questions

I follow sports fairly carefully (MLB, NBA and NFL, at least) but I haven't heard anything about these three fairly important topics about my teams.

1. Who is gonna be the Giants Running Back next year? I love Brandon Jacobs more than most, and I'd be more than happy to give him 25 carries per game and pound down the D, but are they going to draft or sign anyone else to act as a David Meggett 3rd down/quick alternative back to run routes and change pace? If so, who are they looking at? Free Agency is in full swing and I've come across nothing.

2. Where are all the "Hey, Renaldo Balkman isn't so bad!" articles? After being universally panned (panned is an understatement. Isiah and the Knicks got KILLED for that pick) on draft night, turns out the Knicks actually picked the exact type of player they needed. A tough, hard working three who will never be an all star, but can get some tough minutes off the bench. That's the kind of guy you are supposed to get in the mid 20s of the first round. If you're lucky. I don't like Isiah as a coach, and he has been a trade/free agent disaster ever since the Van Horn "We need to get less white more athletic" deal, but his draft record has to be better than anyone else in the league. He gets the most out of his picks, and drafts to the strengths of his team. The NBA draft is so hyped and everyone has something nice to say about everyone there, the ability to see through all that mess and pick the best products to play in the NBA is a real skill, and I have to credit Zeke for having such an ability

3. Who is gonna round out the Mets rotation? Last I checked, Opening day is April 1st, which is exactly 10 Days away(!). Are any of the low-cost question marks looking ready? I assume Glavine, El Duque and Maine are solids, but have Chan-Ho or Sele regained any of their early career consistency? Can Perez be an effective starter again? Are any of the highly touted prospects ready to pitch yet in the bigs? I am thrilled that the Mets held back in that crazy Free Agency spree and love the Low Risk/High Reward Alou signing, so I'm not gonna go out and say they should have overpaid for Zito or one of those other $10 million a year scrubs cause they shouldn't have. I have faith Peterson and the Mets will be able to make a starting pitcher out of one of the 7 or so guys they have to pick from, but I'm just wondering why I haven't read any clues as to who we might see first. The NL East looks really scary this year and I don't wanna get in an early rut while still trying to figure all this out.

That is all. Thanks for reading. Here's a video of The Federation performing at SXSW to a bunch of embarrassing hipster stereotypes. My favorite part is the "Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh" from the crowd right around the 20 second mark. (BTW, deffo not from the iheartcomix party, despite what the video is tagged)

Comments

[Joey]

Rueben Droughns is the Giants RB.

[Jeff]

Hm. that was anticlimactic.

[information leafblower]

Balkman may be the exact type of player the Knicks need, but the problem is he went out and spent the MLE ($5.5 mils a year and up, twice that when you figure in the lux tax) on Jared Jeffries, who is the exact same type of player, only worse. That made no sense, especially with David Lee on the roster as well. Stoo-pid.

I actually think the guy that started Bench Ronaldo has written some good things about him lately. Check that out.

[Jeff]

I hated hated the Jeffries signing even before Balkman developed into anything worthwhile. Nothing against the guy...he would have been a fine 3rd guy off the bench for a championship contender with lots of well-rounded little pieces like the Spurs, but to stick a player like that into a mess of a lineup like the Knicks was completely baffling.

Don't confuse me for a Isiah sympathizer, tho. I’d love to see him go I just respect the fact he had the balls to pick someone like Balkman in the face of an already scathing public.

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