http://thesportsnote.com Orioles, Wizards, Redskins....and more Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:20:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What could compel me to post on this oft-neglected little blog? Why the start of the 2008 NFL season of course. Might as well get some predictions on record before the kickoff tonight, so here you go: NFC East: A challenging division to predict, due to the quality of the teams and ... http://thesportsnote.com/2008/09/04/2008-nfl-season-predictions/ I thought the O's did well when we sent Miguel Tejada to the Astros. Now I like the trade even more: The Houston Astros shortstop told the Oakland Athletics when he was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 1993 that he was 17. But he was actually 19, meaning he ... http://thesportsnote.com/2008/04/17/tejada-two-years-older-then-he-was-yesterday/ We're going to win the World Series this year. I told you guys that in spring training. I mean, we're here to win baseball games. Every day is a different day and a different game. And you try to go out there and try to win that game. That's it. ... http://thesportsnote.com/2008/04/08/quote-of-the-day-5/ The insults continue: Peter King, who DOESNT EVEN COVER BASEBALL FOR SI, says the Orioles could have historically bad pitching and lose 105 games. Fox Sports has the O's 30th in their power poll. We'll see, we'll see... http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/31/265/ What is is with these SI people? John Donovan thinks the O's will have the worst record in the AL. http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/29/264/ Jon Heyman says the Orioles will be the worst team in baseball this year, though possibly the Giants or Pirates could be worse. Here's hoping he's wrong! http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/28/263/ Scouts, Inc. list of the top 64 WR in the NFL. Redskins, rather pathetically, have only one representative: Santana Moss at #33. No love for Antwan Randle El? http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/27/262/ David Thorpe says Nick Young should study Dwyane Wade this off-season. He also says Young might be "almost as talented" as Wade. Key word there is probably "almost" but works for me. http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/26/261/ Ivan Carter answered one of my questions in the WaPo Wizards/NBA chat today regarding Arenas coming back next season: 1900 L St: Ivan, in a recent blog post you said Arenas wasn't going anywhere, that the Wizards could offer the most money and the other teams with cap space sucked to ... http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/19/arenas-max-money-and-hurt-feelings/ DeShawn Stevenson has made 118 3 pointers this year. In the previous 3 years combined he made 101. Inspired by the WaPo http://thesportsnote.com/2008/03/18/stat-of-the-day/