Sports and Shit: This Week In Sports 4 (ramblings of the esquire)

HITTER OF THE WEEK - Andre Ethier

.385 avg, 1.410 ops, 7 Rs, 4 HRs, 10 RBI, 0 SB

PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Josh Johnson

15 IP, 20 Ks, 2 Ws, 1.80 era, 0.73 whip, 4.00 k/bb

Week 4 Top Players

C - John Buck

1B - Paul Konerko

2B - Robinson Cano

3B - Evan Longoria

SS - Hanley Ramirez

MI - Cliff Pennington

CI - David Freese

OF - Andre Ethier, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Gonzalez, Austin Kearns

SP - Josh Johnson, Francisco Liriano, Yovani Gallardo, Chris Carpenter, Jon Garland

RP - Heath Bell, Frank Francisco, Jose Valverde

Week 4 Statistical Leaders

Runs - Austin Jackson (8)

HR - Paul Konerko, etc. (4)

RBI - David Freese (11)

SB - Alex Rios (4)

AVG - Austin Jackson (.500)

OPS - Alfonso Soriano (1.600)

Wins - Yovani Gallardo, etc. (2)

Ks - Josh Johnson (20)

Saves - tie, Heath Bell & Neftali Feliz (3)

ERA - Colby Lewis (0.00, 9ip)

WHIP - Doug Fister (0.38)

K/BB - Clay Hensley (INF, 13ks)

Esquire's Week 4 MLB Power Rankings

1. Tampa Bay Rays

2. New York Yankees

3. Philadelphia Phillies

4. St. Louis Cardinals

5. Minnesota Twins

6. San Diego Padres

7. San Francisco Giants

8. Detroit Tigers

9. New York Mets

10. Colorado Rockies
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30. Boston Red Sox

Thanks for taking the time to read, and now, on to the week in sports followed by my favorite pictures and favorite videos of the week.

This week in sports we learned that the Tourney is expanding to 68 teams rather than 96 as we all rejoice in the fact that the NCAA actually has a brain, the Spurs are still the team to beat in Texas, the Indians are the most hated team in baseball by its own fan base, I was right when I predicted Tyreke Evans would win rookie of the year, Ovechkin is overrated or else he wouldn't have blown a 3-1 lead to an 8 seed, Durant and the Thunder are a year away from taking over the world, Paul Konerko is a fuckin' home run machine, you must NOT fear the deer....'til next year at least, the Mets are a mirage and certainly can't hang with the Phils for the whole season, the Nuggets are a shell of themselves without George Karl leading the way, the Red Sox are about as good as Jimmy Fallon's performance in Fever Pitch, it's not worth buying any pay-per-view boxing matches unless Mayweather fights Pacquiao, Deron Williams has claimed the title of NBA's Best Point Guard, Tiger is actually human, and as good as Messi is he's not good enough to carry Barcelona to the UEFA Final.

**Side note on the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao comment**
Manny Pacquiao, just 48 hours after the Floyd Mayweather victory over Shane Mosley, made this statement when asked if the bout against Mayweather would happen.

"I am willing to help the sport for the future of the sport. I do not want to see anyone cheat or cheat this sport. For that reason I am willing to consider taking blood [tests] as close as 14 days prior to the fight, as long as my opponent does the same, and it is not a lot of blood, just enough to test," Pacquiao is quoted as saying on his official website."

-So it sounds like this fight is actually gonna happen. THANK GOD!! I can not wait!

Pictures Of The Week

I was definitely playing football for the wrong team in high school, I shoulda been taking snaps with these 2