05/21/2008 - Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers designated pitcher Franklyn German for assignment Wednesday and recalled pitcher Kameron Loe from Triple-A Oklahoma.
The 28-year-old German was 1-3 with a 2.08 earned run average in 17 relief appearances this season, but took the loss in three of his last four games, surrendering four runs in 5 2/3 innings.
The Rangers have 10 days to trade, release or outright German to the minors.
Loe went 6-11 with a 5.36 ERA in 28 games (23 starts) last season for Texas.
This will be his first action with the big league club this season.
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and Kel
<< Raptors' Parker, Bargnani have surgery
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto Raptors guard Anthony Parker and
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Parker had his procedure, to repair an extensor tendon on the middle finger of
his right hand, done at Tor
<< Vizquel, Giants rally to top Rockies in 10th
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Omar Vizquel's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning
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Jona
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Alou leaves game with cramp >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Mets left fielder Moises Alou departed
Wednesday's game against Atlanta due to a cramp in his left calf.
Alou took himself out of the game in the bottom of the third inning, walking
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Dichio, TFC extend United's losing streak to four >>
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Sheets goes distance as Brewers top Pirates >>
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game se
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
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