Greatest Shortstops in AL History by team

Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken (1981-2001)
Boston Red Sox: Nomar Garciaparra (1996-2004)
New York Yankees: Derek Jeter (1995-2014)
Tampa Bay Rays: Julio Lugo (2003-06)
Toronto Blue Jays: Tony Fernandez (1983-90, 1993, 1998-9, 2001)
Chicago White Sox: Luke Appling (1930-50)
Cleveland Indians: Lou Boudreau (1938-50) and Omar Vizquel (1994-2004)
Detroit Tigers: Alan Trammell (1977-96)
Kansas City Royals: Freddie Patek (1971-79)
Minnesota Twins: Joe Cronin (via Washington) (1928-34)
Houston Astros: Dickie Thon (1981-87)
Los Angeles Angels:Jim Fregosi (1961-71)
Oakland A's: Miguel Tejada (1997-2003)
Seattle Mariners: Alex Rodriguez (1994-2000)
Texas Rangers: Elvis Andrus (2009-present)

Sports quotes of the year: 2014

Quote of the Year: "I played my last game at shortstop."


-Derek Jeter

And the rest...

"I'm the best corner in the game! When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you're going to get. Don't you ever talk about me. Don't you open your mouth about the best, or I'll shut it for you real quick."


-Richard Sherman

"The word ‘embarrassing’ is an insulting word, to tell you the truth."


-Peyton Manning after being asked if he was embarrassed by the Broncos performance in the Superbowl

"Anytime you play your profession and you end up hung — not by the neck, but by the rafters — it’s a great honor."

-Ted Lindsay

"It's as though they've raped college basketball in my opinion."




-Bob Knight on one and dones
"Con man. He has a way of tricking people, and he tricked a lot of people."


-Adrian Dantley on Isiah Thomas

"This is the coward's way out, in my opinion."


-Owner of California Chrome on his competition not running in the Kentucky Derby

Man of the Year: 2014

And the nominees...

Megyn Kelly: Fox News superstar. She follows the facts and is even willing to challenge Dick Cheney.

Meriam Ibraheem: Islamic extremists threatened to execute her for refusing to denounce Christianity. The pregnant woman eventually escaped to the west.

Clayton Kershaw: Historic season for the Dodger Ace, NL MVP and Cy Young.

Derek Jeter: 2Respect

Weird Al: First #1 album of his career, the third person with Top 40 hits in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s, and a Draft Weird Al to be the Superbowl halftime show movement.

George W Bush: Obama's failures make Bush look prescient. Also, the New York Times reported the discovery of WMD in Iraq.

Vladimir Putin: Putin has restored Russian strength. They are players in the Middle East for the first time since the early 70s, have captured the Black Sea, and invaded the Ukraine.

ISIS: If the U.S. remained in Iraq, then ISIS would not be a threat. Obama made ISIS.

Comic Books on TV and in Movies: The Flash, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. Comic entertainment has hit its zenith.

Madison Baumgarner: Greatest Postseason Pitcher ever?

Benjamin Netanyahu: Bibi put down terrorists and has to battle not only his political opponents, terrorists, and Iran, but an anti-Semitic White House as well.

Jonathan Gruber: Gruber exposed the left's real views on the American public.

Foo Fighters: Boldly going where no rock band has gone before.

And the winner: Meriam Ibraheem




 Previous winners: Mariano Rivera (2013), Miguel Cabrera (2012), Justin Verlander (2011), Drew Brees (2010), Leonard Nimoy (2009), Barack Obama (2008), Al Gore (2007), Rahm Emmanuel (2006)

Quotes of the Month: September 2014

Quote of the Month: "Israel was using its missiles to protect its children. Hamas was using its children to protect its missiles."


-Benjamin Netanyahu

　
Stupid Quote of the Month: "My son as attorney general, the year in Iraq, came back and that’s one of the things that he finds is, was most in need, when he was over there in Iraq for a year, people would come to him and talk about what was happening at home, in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being, I mean these Shylocks who took advantage of these women and men while overseas."


-Joe Biden

　

and the rest...
"We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. Because hell is where they will reside. Hell is where they will reside."


-Joe Biden
"Rock is finally dead."


-Gene Simmons
"If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven."


-Barack Obama
"Hello Iowa---I'm ba-ack!"


-Hillary Clinton
"One cannot win the war with blankets."


-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
"The man's got a point, they can be cold...especially when I'm looking at a serial bomber."


-Megyn Kelly responding to Bill Ayers
"The same mistakes can never be repeated."


-Roger Godell
"I played my last game at shortstop."


-Derek Jeter

Quotes of the Month: July 2011

Quote of the Month:

“Daniel Craig’s my Wookie bitch now!”

-Harrison Ford to Chewbacca

Dumb Quote of the Month:

“FDR comes in, he tries all these things with the New Deal; but FDR, contrary to myth, was pretty fiscally conservative.”

-Barack Obama

Best on-air exchange:

“Do you have a degree in economics?”

-Contessa Brewer to Congressman Mo Brooks

“Yes mam, I do. Highest honors.”

-Mo Brooks to Contessa Brewer

Best Slam:

"So was Nicole Brown when your dad got OJ off.”

@HaHaWhitePPL (on Twitter responding to Kim Kardashian’s tweet “Casey Anthony not guilty! I’m Speechless.”)
　

And the rest…
“No Balls. No Justice.”

- A sign protesting the Anthony verdict

"Well, I'll be back in about 16 years."

-Al Michaels

"Money is cool and all but I'm only 23, I have a lot of time to make that."

-Christian Lopez after catching Derek Jeter’s 3000^th hit

"As far as I'm concerned, Betty Ford saved my life."

-Stevie Nicks

“It’s hard to know whether these pundits understand how stupid and childish their rants are, or whether they’re so blinded by their ideology they don’t understand it’s not really appropriate to refer to people with whom you disagree on taxes as Wahhabis, suicide bombers and members of a death cult.”

-Peter Wehner on partisans comparing Republicans to terrorists

“We don’t pay him to run. We pay him to trot.”

-Jim Leyland on Miguel Cabrera

“Stats are for losers and rings are for champions.”

-Darren McCarty

“This would be easier if I could do this on my own.”

-Barack Obama wishing he were dictator?

“This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell into GOP Senate nominees. The reality is that the debt limit will be raised one way or another, and the only issue now is with how much fiscal reform and what political fallout.”

-John McCain

“National League pitchers are stupid.”

-Mitch Williams on why they pitch to Ryan Howard

Top 10 Shortstops of All Time

Honus Wagner is the greatest. The rest are in no particular order...

Ernie Banks

Luis Aparicio

Luke Appling

Lou Boudreau

Alex Rodriguez

Robin Yount

Cal Ripken

Derek Jeter

Arky Vaughan

Quotes of the Month: December 2010

Quote of the Month: "I haven't died. I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken."

-Yao Ming

and the rest...

“NASA has found a new form of life? Neat. Call me when it's got heat vision, wears blue pajamas, and flies.”

-Batman

"'When you win, say little. When you lose, say less."

-Tom Brady

“If I'm going to be honest with you, I was angry about it."

-Derek Jeter on negotiations with the Yankees

"I'm not interested in being a dead f--king hero…so forget 'em, forget 'em."

-John Lennon

“Coincidence that Julian Assange looks a lot like "Jigsaw" from the Saw movies?”

-S.E. Cupp

“I thought ‘what the heck have I done?’”

-Hal Smith on his 3-run Homer in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series

"Experts built the Titanic. Amateurs built the Ark."

-Anonymous

"They're in the halls of Congress everywhere, and it means, for example, that you sit on a committee and you say something about concern about Chinese influence or something, you don't even know if in the next election, somehow or another, they manage to send some money to some group that now doesn't even have to say where they got it."

-Carol Shea-Porter on Chinese influence in Congress

"We've become a nation of wusses.”

-Ed Rendell

“If it exists, why not put it out?”

-Chris Mathews on Obama’s birth certificate

Top 10 New York Yankees Moments

Ruth christens Yankee Stadium (April 18, 1923): Babe Ruth opened Yankee Stadium with the ballpark’s first home run. Yanks win 4-1.


Ruth’s called shot (October 1, 1932 World Series Game 3): The Cubs were riding Ruth when he allegedly called his shot in the fifth inning. Video footage of the event definitely shows Ruth exchanging words with the Cub bench. However, there is no definitive evidence of Ruth calling the home run.

Lou Gehrig’s speech (July 4, 1939): The Yankees declared July 4, 1939 “Lou Gehrig Day” at Yankee Stadium. The doomed player addressed a crowd of 62,000 fans and proclaimed his belief that he was “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”

Joe DiMaggio’s 56 Game Hitting Streak (1941): It began on May 15 and did not end until July 17. DiMaggio got a hit in every single game for two months. That’s insane.

Billy Martin’s catch (October 7, 1952 World Series Game 7): In Game 7 of the 1952 World Series, Billy Martin made an amazing catch which saved the game and the series for the Yankees. Jackie Robinson hit a two-out seventh inning popup which the wind took. Martin desperately raced to make the catch with the bases loaded. The Dodgers failed to score and the Yanks won the game 4-2.

Don Larsen is perfect (October 8, 1956 Game 5): Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history after getting rocked in Game 2. It is the greatest game pitched in postseason history.

Roger Maris hits 61 (1961): Even though it seemed the world was against him, and he lost his hair, Roger Maris did the unthinkable and beat Babe Ruth’s home run record. Some people never forgave Maris for dethroning the Babe. Most people warmed to Maris however and his status has since been elevated because of the allegation of steroid use in the late 90s and early 00s.

Chris Chambliss walk-off (October 14, 1976 Game 5 ALCS): Chambliss sent the Yankees to their first World Series since 1964 with a walk off homer off Kansas City’s Mark Littell.

Reggie! Reggie! Reggie! (October 18, 1977 World Series Game 6): Reggie hits three homers on three pitches to sink LA’s championship hopes. What people don’t remember is Reggie hit a homer in his last at bat in Game 5. So, he hit four straight homers on four straight pitches.

Mr. November (October 31-November 1, 2001 World Series Game 4): Derek Jeter became Mr. November with a 10th inning walk off homer to tie the World Series at two games each.

Man of the Decade: 2000-2009

Here are the candidates for Person of the Decade:

The American Soldier: Without a draft, the volunteer force had to sacrifice more than anyone during the last decade. It's been a long time since so few have had to sacrifice for so many.

Bono: Not only did U2 return to prominence, but Bono began a crusade for third world debt relief. His efforts culminated in the Live Eight Concerts in 2005.

George W Bush: Bush led the country threw a very decisive and troubled epoch. His accomplishments include liberating Iraq, Afghanistan, and leading the country through 911. His failings include forgetting Afghanistan, not corrected the excesses of the prior decade which led to the economic collapse, and the appearance of federal incompetence in the aftermath of Katrina.

Simon Cowell: No one exemplifies the collapse of the music industry than Cowell. American Idol helped change music by creating stars out of karaoke singers.

Creators of Facebook, Google, etc: Technology took off this last decade. Lord only knows what is coming next.

The Curse Breakers: The Red Sox, the White Sox, the Angels, and others broke long droughts to win championships.

Rudy Giuliani: Rudy was the hero of 911. He ran for president, but his heart did not seem to be in it.

The Iraqi Information Minister during the early days of the Gulf War: Before Robert Gibbs, there was the Iraqi Information Minister. As American tanks entered Baghdad, he claimed Iraq was winning the war. After the war, he apparently retired and became the inspiration for current White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Derek Jeter: In a decade of athletes behaving badly, Jeter was a beacon of light. He is the modern Joe Dimaggio. Oh yeah, he is also Captain of the New York Yankees and won two of his five world titles in the aughts.

Steve Jobs: I-Phones, I-Pods, etc etc.

Barack Obama: Obama became the first black American President and gave a nice speech at the 2004 DNC.

Vladimir Putin: Putin returned stability to Russia and is in the process of making them into a world power once more. The international geopolitical situation is now in a state of flux. Putin is largely to blame.

The Winner: The American Soldier