Jayson Werth

The big deal of the Winter Meetings so far has been Jayson Werth signing with the Washington Nationals on a 7 year deal worth 126 million dollars. Werth is 31 years old but has only played 775 career games. Werth is a career .272 hitter with 120 homeruns and 406 RBIs. The Nationals have some good talent in Ryan Zimmerman, Nyjer Morgan, John Lannan and Drew Storen, of course they also have former number one picks Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. The Nationals have also been linked to players like Cliff Lee and Adam LaRoche.

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Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter re-signed with the New York Yankees. Jeter was the Rookie of the Year in 1996 and World Series MVP in 2000. In 2010 he batted a career low .270 and a career low OPS. (On-Base % + Slugging %) of .710. Jeter is 74 hits away from 3,000 as he has 2,926 career hits. Jeter also has a career postseason batting average of .309 with 20 homeruns and 57 RBIs.

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Look Alikes 11: My Favorite TV Show Edition

In a recent post I gave you my Top 10 TV Shows that are currently on TV. Here is are look-alikes based on the list.


Firstly we have NCIS LA's LL Cool J and Top Chef's Tre Wilcox



Next is Top Chef's Jeff McInnis and actor Jesse Spencer

Next up is Psych's Maggie Lawson and actress Alicia Silverstone

Next is Friday Night Lights' Taylor Kitsch and actor River Phoenix

Next is actress Sarah Paulson and Parenthood's Monica Potter

Next is actor Sam Elliott and NCIS' Mark Harmon

Next is actor Zach Braff and Men of a Certain Age's Ray Romano

Next is Friday Night Lights Kyle Chandler and NHLer Chris Drury

Next is Friday Night Lights' Connie Britton and Top Chef's Casey Thompson

Next is NCIS' Joe Spano and NFL Coach Joe Gibbs

Next is Royal Pains' Mark Feuerstein and actor Reed Diamond

Next is Parenthood's Dax Sheppard and NBA player Steve Nash

Next is NBA player Jordan Farmar and NCIS LA's Peter Cambor

Next we have comedian Carmen Lynch and NCIS' Cote De Pablo

Next is Top Chef's Tom Colicchio and MLB Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.



Next is Parenthood's Peter Krause and soccer player Alexi Lalas

Finally we have NFL Owner Pat Bowlen and Psych's Corbin Bernsen

Aaron Harang

Starting Pitcher Aaron Harang signed a 1 year deal with the San Diego Padres. Harang is a San Diego native and although he had a difficult season with the Reds he has pitched well in PETCO Park (which is considered a "pitchers park"). Harang missed two months during the season due to lower lumber spasms, so that's something to look out for.

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Happy Birthday Larry Bird

Today is the birthday of Boston Celtics great Larry Bird. Here is a video of Bird's top 10 plays in the Playoffs.

Peyton Hillis Part 3

In the third quarter of the NFL season the Cleveland Browns went 2-2, but could have easily won all four games. Hillis has continued to play well and has become the 3rd Browns runningback to score 11 touchdowns in a season. The other two are Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. He also has been a contributor in the passing game. Here are Hillis' rushing stats in the past four games:

Week 10: NYJ 19 Att. 82 Yds. 1 TD

Week 11: @Jax 21 Att. 48 Yds.

Week 12: Car 26 Att. 131 Yds. 3 TDs

Week 13: 18 Att. 57 Yds.

Totals Weeks 10 - 13: 84 Att. 318 Yds. 3.8 Yards/Carry 4 TDs

Season Totals: 217 Att. 962 Yds. 4.4 Yards/Carry 11 TDs

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Mariano Rivera

The New York Yankees have re-signed Mariano Rivera to a 2 year contract. Rivera is ranked 2nd All-Time in saves behind Trevor Hoffman with 559 saves. Rivera also has a career postseason record of 8-1 with an ERA of 0.71 and 42 saves.

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Adam Dunn

The Chicago White Sox signed 1B Adam Dunn to a four year $56 million contract. Dunn is a pure power hitter who consistently hits close to 40 home runs, with his career high 46 HRs in 2004. With Dunn, the White Sox have some options of where to play him as he's played over 1,000 career games in the outfield and the past few seasons at first base. If the White Sox re-sign Paul Konerko they may rotate him and Dunn between 1B & DH.

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Victor Martinez

Victor Martinez signed a 4 year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers. Martinez has played mostly as a catcher but can easily find some playing time at 1B and DH. Martinez is a switch-hitter who will bring some pop to the middle of the lineup with Miguel Cabrera. The Tigers are probably not done considering they want to re-sign Magglio Ordonez and GM Dave Dombrowski is a very active GM. Even if they don't re-sign Ordonez the Tigers look like a big contender in the AL Central.


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Gov. Mitt Romney on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Last night Gov. Romney was on The Tonight Show. Here are the clips from last night's show, where many topics were discussed including the economy, Sarah Palin, WikiLeaks and much more.

Greatest Coaches Countdown - #37 Toe Blake

Sport: NHL
Stops: Canadiens (1955 - 1968)
Record: 500 - 255 - 159 (.634 Winning Percentage)
Championships: 8

Fun Facts

1. Of his 8 championships, 5 came in consecutive years to start his coaching career
2. The Canadiens never had a losing season under Blake
   
   
   

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Bernie Kosar Beats the Steelers

This is a game from 1986 when a 23 year old Bernie Kosar brought the Browns down the field to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in an overtime thriller.