Nothing makes more of a loving gift for mom than a necklace. Finding necklace gifts for mom for any occasion really makes it feel like you are getting her something special.
Usually the best are an engraved necklace, or with a photo makes the most sense. You can tell her how much you care with a special message and even put a memorable picture in a locket just to make her remember how special she is.
Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Rasheed Wallace, Barry Bonds, and the world of sports.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
LIONS BEAT THE PACKERS!
WHOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
It has been so long since the Lions have won against the Pack that I can't even remember it. According to MLive the Lions had a 19 game NFC North losing streak alone. This doesn't give them their first road win in the last 25 years though.
It was a brutal game. Aaron Rodgers got hurt early on and the Lions had a chance! Matt Flynn was called upon to play in his place and he was terrible. Good news for us. The Lions defensive line dominated.
Our offense? Well besides rushing for 190 yards, they couldn't score. Only one TD, but it was enough to win in a 7-3 snorefest. Good enough and me thinking aobut something besides the cheap health insurance I was going to look for today.
The reality of the situation is this: Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings had cornerback Nathan Vasher beat for a touchdown in the final minute of the game and, with a better throw, the Packers probably pull out a dramatic victory.
It has been so long since the Lions have won against the Pack that I can't even remember it. According to MLive the Lions had a 19 game NFC North losing streak alone. This doesn't give them their first road win in the last 25 years though.
It was a brutal game. Aaron Rodgers got hurt early on and the Lions had a chance! Matt Flynn was called upon to play in his place and he was terrible. Good news for us. The Lions defensive line dominated.
Our offense? Well besides rushing for 190 yards, they couldn't score. Only one TD, but it was enough to win in a 7-3 snorefest. Good enough and me thinking aobut something besides the cheap health insurance I was going to look for today.
The reality of the situation is this: Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings had cornerback Nathan Vasher beat for a touchdown in the final minute of the game and, with a better throw, the Packers probably pull out a dramatic victory.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Crawford and AGone to Red Sox. Dunn to White Sox; Maggs Re-Sign Crucial
It's probably no surprise that I wanted them to re-sign Magglio Ordonez no matter what else happened. He's one of my favorite players and I think he gets way too much negative flack for being such an excellent hitter. He's not even a poor OFer by most standards, yet people ee what he made while he was here and like to cry.
Maggs is a huge reason this franchise came from being the worst in the league to competing every year. He has been one of our most productive hitters, and only Miguel Cabrera has been more of a force since he's been here.
So...we didn't get Dunn (who literally can't play OF and blows hard in the field), or Carl Crawford. Dunn we should ahve gotten 5 years ago. He's been available on and off forever and I've always wanted him, but I am not real upster we didn't get him. He doesn't really have a position on the team now except LF, and there is no way he would hold that spot.
Crawford is getting way more than a guy of his skill set deserves in my opinion. Guys with speed value almost always underperform their contracts. I'd love to have him, and I don't care about money since Illitch doesn't seem to, but I can also see him being an albatross about year 4, or 5 of that contract. Because he has a bit more power than most speed guys he definitely deserves more, but I am never comfortable with giving guys like him 5+ years. He's getting 7 at around $20 Million per years. You just don't give that to guys who rely on speed so much. Power guys you can still get production out of at 37-38 years old. Once a speed guy loses that he's way overpaid.
That being said, Illitch isn't a penny pincher so having all these guys doesn't exactly worry me.
You have to get Maggs back though. People seriously underestimate the impact that Victor Martinez is going to have here. With him, Maggs, and Miggy in the middle of the line up we are going to be a run producing force. Laird is no longer here, Paralta is an upgrade at SS, Scott Sizemore looks like he might be improved, and AJax you never know. We're out LF and RF right now so Maggs is someone you can't screw around with. We NEED him back. We really don't wnat to depend on Guillen having to play LF, or even 2B really. We may end up signing someone that is selling Polaris Sportsman ATV Parts if we don't act soon.
We're a long ways away obviously, but if we get Maggs I think our offense is plenty good enough to compete for the division. The pitching is all that matters. Coke needs to have a solid year, Porcello needs to take the next step, and so does Scherzer. All while Verlander has a Cy Young type season. Just like any other year, A LOT needs to go right.
Maggs is a huge reason this franchise came from being the worst in the league to competing every year. He has been one of our most productive hitters, and only Miguel Cabrera has been more of a force since he's been here.
So...we didn't get Dunn (who literally can't play OF and blows hard in the field), or Carl Crawford. Dunn we should ahve gotten 5 years ago. He's been available on and off forever and I've always wanted him, but I am not real upster we didn't get him. He doesn't really have a position on the team now except LF, and there is no way he would hold that spot.
Crawford is getting way more than a guy of his skill set deserves in my opinion. Guys with speed value almost always underperform their contracts. I'd love to have him, and I don't care about money since Illitch doesn't seem to, but I can also see him being an albatross about year 4, or 5 of that contract. Because he has a bit more power than most speed guys he definitely deserves more, but I am never comfortable with giving guys like him 5+ years. He's getting 7 at around $20 Million per years. You just don't give that to guys who rely on speed so much. Power guys you can still get production out of at 37-38 years old. Once a speed guy loses that he's way overpaid.
That being said, Illitch isn't a penny pincher so having all these guys doesn't exactly worry me.
You have to get Maggs back though. People seriously underestimate the impact that Victor Martinez is going to have here. With him, Maggs, and Miggy in the middle of the line up we are going to be a run producing force. Laird is no longer here, Paralta is an upgrade at SS, Scott Sizemore looks like he might be improved, and AJax you never know. We're out LF and RF right now so Maggs is someone you can't screw around with. We NEED him back. We really don't wnat to depend on Guillen having to play LF, or even 2B really. We may end up signing someone that is selling Polaris Sportsman ATV Parts if we don't act soon.
We're a long ways away obviously, but if we get Maggs I think our offense is plenty good enough to compete for the division. The pitching is all that matters. Coke needs to have a solid year, Porcello needs to take the next step, and so does Scherzer. All while Verlander has a Cy Young type season. Just like any other year, A LOT needs to go right.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Can My Fantasy Team Get Any Better?
This is my first brag post about my fantasy football team this year. I have waited long enough. This team is so outstanding it should be given an award.
It all started with the draft. This league is a 2 player keeper league, and everyone in it is so in love with WRs that they drop top 10 players just to keep one. Everyone in the league (8 teams) kept a RB and a WR. I had Drew Brees and decided to drop him so I could keep Gore and Roddy White.
We drafted the second week of pre-season, but I had my sights set on Arian Foster as my #2 RB the entire way. I planned to take him in the 5th or 6th round since I doubted anyone else would because his hype machine hadn't started yet. I ended up taking him in the 5th as I planned and he was my first RB taken after keeping Gore.
The rest of the league hasn't had to click here to lose weight yet since they have been chasing me all the way through.
Besides getting Foster in the draft I got Phillip Rivers the #1 QB so far in the 4th round. I have also been able to acquire Steve Johnson out of the FA pool, as well as just trading for Jacob Tamme the TE that replaced Dallas Clark. Like everyone else I was killed at TE with an injury since I had Jermichael Finley.
Feast your eyes on this (.5 points per reception):
QB-P. Rivers
RB-A. Foster
RB-F. Gore
WR-R. White
WR-S. Johnson
WR-W. Welker
W/RB-Miles Austin
TE-J. Tamme
Bench:
B. Roethlisberger
J. Addai
Vincent Jackson
D. Branch
B. Jackson
Ronnie Brown
I pretty much can only trade for a better WR. Miles Austin has dumped big time with Kitna at QB so I am pretty much relegated to benching him now when Addai comes back. Hopefully VJax becomes a nice boon this late in the year.
It all started with the draft. This league is a 2 player keeper league, and everyone in it is so in love with WRs that they drop top 10 players just to keep one. Everyone in the league (8 teams) kept a RB and a WR. I had Drew Brees and decided to drop him so I could keep Gore and Roddy White.
We drafted the second week of pre-season, but I had my sights set on Arian Foster as my #2 RB the entire way. I planned to take him in the 5th or 6th round since I doubted anyone else would because his hype machine hadn't started yet. I ended up taking him in the 5th as I planned and he was my first RB taken after keeping Gore.
The rest of the league hasn't had to click here to lose weight yet since they have been chasing me all the way through.
Besides getting Foster in the draft I got Phillip Rivers the #1 QB so far in the 4th round. I have also been able to acquire Steve Johnson out of the FA pool, as well as just trading for Jacob Tamme the TE that replaced Dallas Clark. Like everyone else I was killed at TE with an injury since I had Jermichael Finley.
Feast your eyes on this (.5 points per reception):
QB-P. Rivers
RB-A. Foster
RB-F. Gore
WR-R. White
WR-S. Johnson
WR-W. Welker
W/RB-Miles Austin
TE-J. Tamme
Bench:
B. Roethlisberger
J. Addai
Vincent Jackson
D. Branch
B. Jackson
Ronnie Brown
I pretty much can only trade for a better WR. Miles Austin has dumped big time with Kitna at QB so I am pretty much relegated to benching him now when Addai comes back. Hopefully VJax becomes a nice boon this late in the year.
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