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Of course it wasn't, but every close call goes to Pittsburgh in the SB. There's no way they should have gotten every call out of the 4 decisive ones in their last 2 SB appearances (Big Ben's "TD", the phantom OPI against the Seattle WR that negated a TD and NEVER gets called even when it's blatant, Santonio Holmes' toe tap and the "fumble" at the end that was MORE of a tuck rule example than the other one earlier in the game), and yet they did and have 2 Lombardis to show for it.

They were able to "review" that play in 3 seconds, but it took 5 minutes the other time. I hate this league. Fuck the NFL and the Stealers for getting away with this shit twice in 4 years.

How was that not a tuck rule?

His right foot wasn't down, but this is the Steelers so the call will stand.

Motherfucker.

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

It looks like Jesus is not with Kurt tonight

That was a gut punch KO by the Steelers. I guess the Cardinals offense didn't want to chip a nail trying to tackle Harrison.

Only the Cardinals could do this shit. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

I think they're saving that for the 2nd half, which could be brilliant or stupid depending on how effective it is.

There's the Big Ben I was hoping to see.

That play after the TO was horribly designed.

That drive saved this from being Ravens/Giants II.

Great. If listening to announcers suck Big Ben off wasn't annoying enough before this game, now we're going to have to deal with him being a 2x champ and hear how is one of the immortals to ever play the game. This postseason totally killed my buzz from the last one.

My team was in that game, and I wasn't excited about it since I knew the Ravens would embarass us. I'll love this game if the Cards win, but I don't think I'll care at all if Pittsburgh does since I just don't like the team and don't need to hear the further beatification of Big Ben.

I haven't been able to follow MMA as much as I would like over the last year, but this was great. Tell BJ Penn to fuck BJ Penn.

Do the voters just have something against guys who catch passes for a living? I don't see how you can have a HOF that took almost 10 years to recognize Art Monk, made Michael Irvin wait, and hasn't put in Carter or Sharpe on the first ballot. I wonder if Jerry Rice will have to wait too.

Cuomo will probably end up as Governor (assuming he runs) since Paterson is doing everything he can to make himself less popular than Pataki was. I can't imagine a scenario where Bloomberg & Giuliani run this state. Maybe I should say I don't WANT to because that shit is frightening.

Thanks for reminding me about "We're going to give/we gave {insert percentage greater than 100%} today!"

I'm not going to list their stats or whatnot but these are guys who I saw play a lot (only NY teams) who meet the criteria of enshrinement in the HOVG but not quite the HOF. Baseball: Bernie Williams Don Mattingly Dwight Gooden Keith Hernandez Basketball: Charles Oakley Football: Phil Simms Hockey: Mike Richter

"He has a high upside" generally means he's not good enough to play now, but could be in 2-3 years. Or he could be packing groceries at the local supermaket. We're just not sure yet, so let's call it upside. "This guy is a great value pick" or "Team X needs to draft the best player available", usually comes from Mel Kiper or Dick Vitale and is issued to someone he had ranked higher on his board than the position that the present team was drafting. What gets lost in the shuffle here is that the team picking him usually had a bigger need elsewhere. This kind of thinking is what led to the Lions taking nothing but WR in the 1st round ever since Barry Sanders retired.

I think the problem with Cano is that basically every time I watch the Yankees play they have to reference him as being potentially a "multiple time batting champion and/or 30+ HR hitter in the future" or "Rod Carew like". The guy is not a hitter on the level of Tony Gwynn or Wade Boggs or an approximation of Jeff Kent in terms of power, and yet that's what they act like he is, and has been for years. If you're going to compare the guy to nothing but HOF level players, but he routinely dogs it on defense and sometimes looks like he just doesn't give a shit, you're probably going to end up with a lot of fans thinking he's overrated.

I left him off because I don't have the slightest idea about what kind of stats pitchers in the post 'roids era will need to get in once the current crop of no doubters like Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Pedro, Big Unit etc make their way to Cooperstown. While Santana has already won 2 Cy Youngs and might have picked up a 3rd if the Mets bullpen didn't suck ass this past season, he does only have 109 wins and only has 1 20 win season. Since pitchers seem to suffer career ending injuries a lot more often than hitters do I was reluctant to put him on my list. Assuming he stays healthy and can put up another 4-5 peak seasons he should be right there in the discussion. If he ends up pitching until he's 65 like Jamie Moyer, then he's a lock.

Aaron Heilman pitching in Wrigley would be a nightmare. If he was used as a starter he'd easily contend for most HR allowed next year.

New York Giants No one now that Strahan and Tiki have retired. New York Knicks New York Mets Borderline: Carlos Delgado - It would probably take him at least 7 or 8 chances to get close based on his current stats, but he does have 2,010 hits, and could get to 500 2B & HR this year (476/469 respectively). He's scored 1,226 runs, driven in 1,489 and drawn 1,097 BB. I would guess he's the perfect definition of a "borderline HOFer" in that he isn't a lock, but it isn't out of the realm of possibility that he could get in with another couple of seasons which would push him towards 2,300 hits, ~525 2B, 500+ HR, ~1400 runs scored and 1600-1650 RBI. Future Possibilities: David Wright - Delgado's 162 game averages are .280/.383./.546 - 38 2B, 1 3B, 38 HR, 120 RBI, 99 R. Wright's are .309/.389/.533 - 42 2B, 2 3B, 30 HR, 113 RBI, 107 R and he just turned 26 which means he's about to be entering his prime this season or next. Jose Reyes - It would take a lot more for him to get in than Wright since he has less power and leadoff hitters generally don't put up gaudy stats, but he's one of the more unique players in the game now thanks to his combination of power, speed and defensive ability. He'll be 26 in June but he's already led the league in hits once and 3B & SB three times each.