Picking Contest and some MLB Free Agency Winners and Losers

Another week in the books and I am getting worse. Since I already have a T-shirt the sting of not being able to "Just Bro It" is not bad. The sting to my ego, well that hurts. I don't know what's worse; losing to folks who have missed weeks, or getting straight worked by the MRS. Anyway, here is where we stand:

	Wk1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Total
Jeffrey	5	6	7	0	0	5			23
Bo	0	3	7	0	9	0			19
Mary	4	5	6	0	0	4			19
Jason	5	6	4	0	0	4			19
Chris	3	4	4	0	4	2			17
Krieger	0	0	7	0	7	0			14
Pat	0	3	5	0	0	0			8
Gaddy	0	0	6	0	0	0			6

College: TAKEN FROM USA TODAY

BYU (-12) vs. UTEP......Give me BYU
NO. Illinois (-1) vs. Fresno State......Give me Fresno State +1
Troy (-2) vs. Ohio......Give me Troy -2

NFL: TAKEN FROM USA TODAY:

GIANTS (-3) vs. Philadelphia......Give me Da Giants -3
Pittsburgh (-5.5) vs. Da Fighting Dirty Sanchez'......Give me Da Steerlers -5.5
Atlanta (-6.5) @ Seattle......Give me Da Birds -6.5
Baltimore (-1.5) vs. Da Saints......Give me Da Ravens -1.5
New England (-9) vs. Green Bay......Give me Home of Da Pats -9
Indianapolis (-5) vs. Jacksonville......Give me Da Colts -5
Minnesota (-1.5) vs. Chicago......Give me Da Bearrrrsss +1.5

WEEKEND CHOICES:

TRON: Legacy or How Do You Know......TRON: Legacy in a landslide
Christmas or Thanksgiving......Christmas in a route
LeBron or Kobe......LeBron even though hes a douche
Cold with no snow or Summer and it rains......Summer and it rains
Get drunk at the office Xmas party or just have a couple......Do you value your job? Just have a couple

MLB Free Agency Winners and Losers

Winners:

• Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies made the biggest signing of the Free Agency period when they snagged Cliff Lee away from the Yankees and Rangers. Adding Lee to an already obsurd rotation has the Phillies as the big time favorite to win the NL. I hate to give them credit but the Phillies have set themselves up for the next 3-4 years. They have both Halladay and lee under contract through 2014 and Hamels and Oswalt for the next 2 years. 3 of the top 8 active pitchers in win percentage are in the Phillies 5 man rotation. Grade: A+
• Atlanta Braves: The Braves HAD to add some kind of power bat to the lineup and they did by trading for Dan Uggla. Uggla is a guy who has averaged 32 HR's and right around 100 RBI's through his 5 year career. Given we only gave up Omar Infante and Mike Dunn this was easily one of the better Free Agency moves in baseball. Got some help in the BP by signing lefty George Sherrill and trading for Scott Linebrink. Grade: A
• Boston Redsox: The RedSox would have had the best off season if it wasn't for the Phillies.  They acquired Adrian Gonzalez from the Padres, then signed Carl Crawford to a lucrative deal. There are rumors they are still looking to add another OF and possible a catcher to replace Victor Martinez who signed with the Detroit Tigers. Grade: A+

Losers:

• New York Yankees: You WAYYY overpaid for Derek Jeter but I understand that's a different circumstance. However, the Red Sox are now better than you are and the Rays are still pretty damn good. You really did nothing to get better and at this point you are forced to look into overpaying for butt chin, I mean Andy Pettitte. Grade: C-
• Washington Nationals: You paid Jayson Werth like he was Albert Pujols and you let Adam Dunn walk and resigns for much less with the WhiteSox. Werth is 31 and Adam Dunn's power numbers are very comparable to Werth. Good effort but no dice. Grade: D

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