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Baseball picks 2013

Posted: April 1, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in baseball, sports, Uncategorized
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We made our picks on Friday’s show for the 2013 baseball season and here they are.

American League playoff teams and World Series representative.

Dan the Man has the Angels to win the West, the Tigers to win the Central and the Blue Jays to win the East. His wild card picks are Rangers and the Yankees. Dan has the Toronto Blue Jays going to the World Series.

Mr. Fantasy has the Angels winning the West, the Tigers winning the Central and the Blue jays winning the East. His wild card teams are the Rays and the A’s. Mr. Fantasy has the Los Angles Angels of Anaheim going to the World Series.

I have the Angels winning the West, the tigers winning the Central and the Rays winning the East. Mu wild card teams are the Rangers and the Orioles. I have the Detroit Tigers going to the World Series.

National League playoff teams and World series representative.

Dan the Man has the Dodgers to win the West, the Reds to win the Central and Washington to win the East. Dan’s wild card teams are the Giants and the Braves. With the Los Angles Dodgers going to the World Series.

Mr. Fantasy has the Giants to win the West, the Reds to win the Central and Washington to win the East. Mr. Fantasy’s wild card teams are the Braves and the Cardinals. With the Atlanta Braves going to the World Series.

I have the Dodgers winning the West, the Reds winning the Central and Atlanta winning the East. My wild card teams are the Cardinals and the Giants. With the Atlanta Braves going to the World Series.

Dan’s World Series winners are the Dodgers.

Mr. Fantasy’s World Series winners are the Angels.

My World Series winner is the Braves.

Award Picks

MVP
Dan the Man has Jose Bautista in the AL and Joey Votto in the NL.

Mr. Fantasy has Miguel Cabrera in the AL and Joey Votto in the NL.

I have Albert Pujols in the AL and Jason Heyward in the NL>

CY Young

Dan has Felix Hernandez in the AL and Matt Cain in the NL.

Mr. Fantasy has Justin Verlander in the AL and Steven Strasburg in the NL.

I have Felix Hernandez in the AL and Johnny Cueto in the NL.

Rookie of the Year

Dan has Will Myers (Tampa Bay) in the AL and Adam Eaton (Arizona) in the NL>

Mr. Fantasy has Aaron Hicks (Minnesota) in the AL and Jedd Gyorko (San Diego) in the NL.

I have Aaron Hicks (Minnesota in the AL and Rob Brantly (Miami) in the NL.

Manager of the Year

Dan took John Gibbons (Toronto) in the AL and Don Mattingly (Los Angles) in the NL.

Mr. Fantasy took John Gibbons (Toronto) in the AL and Mike Matheny (St. Louis) in the NL.

I took Ned Yost (Kansas City) in the AL and Fredi Gonzalez (Atlanta) in the NL.

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Should I play or should I go?

Posted: March 13, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in basketball, sports, Uncategorized
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If you’ve listened to the show Sportstime Radio. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on BlogTalkRadio you know my co-host Dan the man and I live in the Chicago area. Now that the Blackhawks winning streak or as some experts pointed out a points scoring streak has ended the talk has turned to Derrick Rose.

Now I’ve never played a minute in the National Basketball Association (NBA); so I don’t know what that’s like. What I have in common with D. Rose is I have had reconstructive knee surgery three times. Twice on my left knee and once on my right knee. I’ve actually had a total of five knee surgeries, but two where considered minor knee surgeries. What I can tell you about this is sometimes the mental aspect of the recovery is the toughest part and I think that’s where D. Rose may be right now. He’s been cleared by the doctors to return to action, but he hasn’t yet. I don’t have D. Rose’ quote right off-hand, but he more or less said he doesn’t think he’s ready to come back. He also mentioned that he wants to be able to dunk off his left leg with no issues before he returns. Now I have to tell you he may never be able to dunk off that leg the same as he used to, but the only way he’s going to know is to try. I’m sure he’s done this in practice, but has to have the confidence to play in a game and get the chance to try it. D. Rose don’t wait until next pre-season to do this; get out and try it in a game before your season ends. The Bulls aren’t going to do anything negative to D. Rose; he’s their best player and their future. I’m sure they’ll limit his minutes at first and they can even rest him if he can’t play in back to back games. Believe it or not the best thing is to give that knee a try to see how it holds up, but you have to get past that mental block. There is a chance that D. Rose won’t be the same player he was before he got injured, but I think he’ll be just fine as long as he can get started. It’s always in the back of your mind, but once you get into the flow of the game it will become easier and easier to play. D. Rose has been killed in the local media here by a lot of guys and I didn’t want to do that to him. I do believe he needs to find his way back onto the court this season. Not only would it help him mentally and make the off-season less stressful, but it will help his team. It will also make him a good teammate and right now he needs to be a good teammate.

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It’s your (Sports) Fantasy

Posted: February 23, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, sports
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I’d like to think I’m an avid fantasy player and hopefully one of the better ones out there. I regularly play baseball, football and hockey. Now I did take this hockey season off because of the strike, but I’ll be back next season. I’ve even played basketball any kind of March madness pick’em, Nascar and even a PGA golf league. I don’t think I would call myself a fantasy expert, but I have a lot of experience in fantasy leagues. Now this actually all started when I bought myself a new car. If you’ve listen to the show you know I bought a 2013 Chevy Sonic LT. When I bought the car they gave me a free subscription to Sirius XM radio. Now I’ve enjoyed having this and have had a good time flipping channels. Well I found the Fantasy Sports channel. What has surprised me the most about this station is how many people play in very, very small fantasy leagues. The experts take calls and give advise and very, very rarely do they get a call from someone who’s league is bigger than 12 teams. Now for me these are way to small for baseball leagues and it takes the fun out of it for me. Most fantasy league rosters have 20 to 25 players on it. Now there are 30 teams in Major League baseball with 25 players on a roster. Now my math isn’t always the best, but I believe there are 750 players on major league rosters. Now you’re wondering about my league; well it’s 20 teams with 23 roster spots per team. I believe this really makes our league better. We do suffer from time to time with teams who stop changing line ups but every league has those type of problems. Trust me I understand the difficulty in researching baseball with everything going on and it’s easier to get into a small league. If you love baseball do the work get into a bigger league and have fun with it. Don’t jump up and down when you win your league and it has 10 or 12 teams in it; jump up and down when you win your league and it has 20 teams in it. Just like Mr. Fantasy does when he wins a league; I’ve known him long enough to know he does this. Anyway I’ll reach out to you guys who take the time to read this and by the way thank you for that. We have a 20 team league with some openings right now; so sign up and give it a try. It’s a free league we run through Yahoo. Here’s all the information you’ll need to sign up.

It’s Yahoo Fantasy baseball

The League name is Touch’em All

The league ID# is 33024

The league password is payup1

I hope to see you in the league and good luck.

The Big Jack

NFL year in review; my predictions.

Posted: February 2, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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I started off the year by predicting the division races and every teams final record. Let’s see how this worked out.

Will start with the AFC East. Here’s what I had.

New England 13 -3

Buffalo 12 – 4

New York 8 -8

Miami 6 – 10

Here’s how it really went.

New England 12 – 4; only 1 off.

Buffalo 6 – 10; way off

New York 6 – 10; 2 off

Miami 7 – 9; again just 1 off

The AFC North; my picks

Pittsburgh 14 -2

Baltimore 12 – 4

Cincinnati 6 – 10

Cleveland 3 – 13

What really happened.

Pittsburgh 8 – 8; way, way off BAD

Baltimore 10 – 6; just 2 games off

Cincinnati 10 – 6; miss badly

Cleveland 5 – 11; off 2 again

AFC South; my picks

Houston 10 – 6

Indianapolis 5 – 11

Tennessee 4 – 12

Jacksonville 3 – 13

Here’s how it really went

Houston 12 – 4; again 2 off

Indianapolis 11 – 5; missed badly here

Tennessee 6 – 10; off 2 again

Jacksonville 2 – 14; of course 2 off

AFC West; my picks

San Diego 10 – 6

Oakland 6 – 10

Denver 6 – 10

Kansas City 6 – 10

How it went

San Diego 7 – 9; swing and a miss

Oakland 4 – 12; off 2 games

Denver 13 – 3; Peyton Manning played great

Kansas City 2 – 14; 1st pick in the upcoming draft

Let’s see how I did with the NFC.

NFC East my picks

Philadelphia 8 – 8

New York 8 – 8

Dallas 7 – 9

Washington 6 – 10

How it played out

Philadelphia 4 – 12; I don’t think anyone had them winning only 4 games.

New York 9 – 7; close

Dallas 8 – 8; close again

Washington 10 – 6; had their record flipped

NFC North

Green Bay 11 – 5

Detroit 11 – 5

Chicago 10 – 6

Minnesota 3 – 13

How it went

Green Bay 11 – 5; right on

Detroit 4 – 12; I bought the hype WRONG

Chicago 10 – 6; right

Minnesota 10 – 6; way, way off

NFC South my picks

Atlanta 12 – 4

New Orleans 11 – 5

Carolina 10 – 6

Tampa Bay 5 – 11

How it went

Atlanta 13 – 3; just 1 game off

New Orleans 7 – 9; I thought they’d bounce back better from bounty gate

Carolina 7 – 9; Missed it

Tampa Bay 7 – 9; off 2 games

NFC West

San Francisco 12 – 4

Seattle 8 – 8

St. Louis 4 – 12

Arizona 3 – 13

How it played out

San Francisco 11- 4 – 1; pretty close

Seattle 11 – 5; better than I thought

St. Louis 7 – 8 – 1; A little better than where I had them

Arizona 5 – 11; Hot start bad finish

 

Super Bowl picks

Posted: February 2, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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Dan the Man and I are 7 – 3 through the playoffs, Mr. Fantasy is 5 – 5. This is it; here are our Super Bowl picks.

Dan the Man took San Francisco over Baltimore. Dan’s Final score San Francisco 34, Baltimore 17 and his M.V.P. is Colin Kaepernick.

I took Baltimore over San Francisco. My final score is Baltimore 30, San Francisco 28 and my M.V.P. is Ray Rice.

Mr. Fantasy took Baltimore over San Francisco. His final score Baltimore 31, San Francisco 28 and his M.V.P. is Joe Flacco.

I went out and got a couple of other opinion on the game from some other people you’ve heard on the show.

Pauly Thomaselli took San Francisco over Baltimore. Pauly’s final score San Francisco 42, Baltimore 17.

Schaumburg Stu took San Francisco over Baltimore. Stu’s final score San Francisco 27, Baltimore 13

Playoff picks week 2

Posted: January 12, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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For the opening round of the playoffs I got all the game right 4 – 0. Mr. Fantasy went 3 – 1 and Dan the man was 2 – 2. Here’s what we came up with for this week.

Dan the Man picks are;

Denver over Baltimore

San Francisco over Green Bay

Atlanta over Seattle

New England over Houston

Mr. Fantasy picks are:

Denver over Baltimore

Green Bay over San Francisco

Atlanta over Seattle

New England over Houston

Here is what I came up with for this week.

Denver over Baltimore

Green Bay over San Francisco

Seattle over Atlanta

New England over Houston.

You can follow me on twitter @Burketime

 

Wild Card weekend picks

Posted: January 5, 2013 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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The regular season wrapped up with Dan the Man and I going 12-4 while Mr. Fantasy went 11-5. I won the regular season picks going 161-80-1 for the season. Mr. Fantasy finished second with an overall record of 154-87-1 for the season. Dan the Man was third at 151-90-1 for the season.

We’re wiping the slate clean for the playoffs; so here are our picks for the 1st weekend.

Dan the Man has:

Houston over Cincinnati

Minnesota over Green Bay

Indianapolis over Baltimore

Seattle over Washington

 

Mr. Fantasy has:

Houston over Cincinnati

Green Bay over Minnesota

Indianapolis over Baltimore

Seattle over Washington

 

Here are my picks for this week.

Houston over Cincinnati

Green Bay over Minnesota

Baltimore over Indianapolis

Seattle over Washington

Last week of the regular season. Picks!

Posted: December 29, 2012 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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Last week we all had really good weeks led by Mr. Fantasy at 15-1; the best week of the year. I was 14-2 and Dan the Man went 13-3 last week. For the season I have the lead at 149-76-1; Mr. Fantasy is in second at 143-82-1 while Dan the Man is in third at 139-86-1.

A lot of agreement this week between the three of us; so here are the games we agreed on.

Atlanta over Tampa Bay

Buffalo over the Jets

Pittsburgh over Cleveland

Chicago over Detroit

Tennessee over Jacksonville

The Giants over Philadelphia

New Orleans over Carolina

Seattle over St. Louis

New England over Miami

Denver over Kansas City

San Diego over Oakland

The 49ers over Arizona

There where a few games we didn’t agree on; here they are.

I have Indianapolis, Mr. Fantasy and Dan the Man took Houston.

Dan  the Man has Minnesota, Mr. Fantasy and I have Green Bay.

Mr. Fantasy has Dallas, Dan the Man and I have Washington.

Mr. Fantasy has Cincinnati, Dan the Man and I have Baltimore.

See how you do against and follow us on Twitter @Burketime, @Mantime8 and @Mrfanofsports

Who Ya Got; Rookie of the Year (NFL)

Posted: December 28, 2012 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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As far as awards go this may be the toughest of all to pick a winner. There where so many good rookies in the NFL this season that even getting a ballot of five together meant leaving a couple of players out. The advantage to this is everyone has their opinion and this is how my ballot shakes out.

Andrew Luck is the NFL Rookie of the Year on my ballot. Luck led the Indianapolis Colts to a 10-5 record and a playoff spot. Luck threw for 21 touchdowns and 4183 yards; he also rushed for 5 touchdowns. There where a lot of expectations put on Luck being the #1 overall pick in the draft and he handled them well. The only negative to his rookie season where the 18 interceptions he threw. Since the Colts went to picking #1 in the draft with just a couple of wins to a playoffs spot this season that helps boost Luck to the NFL’s Rookie of the Year.

This is a close call but I put Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins second on my ballot. He could just as well be the Rookie of the Year but I went with Luck. Griffin threw for 3100 yards and 20 touchdowns with only 5 interceptions. Griffin has also ran for 752 yards and 6 touchdowns. If the Redskins can get a win in their last game of the season against the Dallas Cowboys they’ll make the playoffs. Griffin has led the Redskins to a 9-6 record this season but has missed a game and parts of a couple others due to injuries. Even with that Griffin would be a good choice as a Rookie of the Year.

Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks is third on my ballot. Wilson a third round draft pick is one of the biggest surprises this season. Most people thought he’d sit behind free agent singing Matt Flynn but Wilson went to camp and won the starting job. He led Seattle to a 10-5 record and a playoff birth. Wilson has thrown for 2868 yards and 25 touchdowns. He also added 3 rushing touchdowns this season. Wilson has played just as well as Luck or Griffin and I wouldn’t be surprised if he won Rookie of the Year.

Enough with the quarterbacks for now. Alfred Morris of the Washington Redskins comes in at #4 on my ballot. Morris had to of been the steal of the draft. Morris was taken in the 6th round with the 173rd pick. Morris has carried the ball 302 times this season. Morris has rushed for 1413 and 10 touchdowns while averaging 4.7 yards per carry. Morris is the perfect to compliment to quarterback Robert Griffin III (#2 on my ballot). The Redskins are 9-6 with their make or break game coming up this Sunday against Dallas.

If he was good enough to be considered Defensive Player of the Year then Luke Kuechly Middle Linebacker of the Carolina Panthers should get consideration for Rookie of the Year. He leads the NFL on tackles with 151. Of course being a Middle Linebacker, he doesn’t put up huge sack numbers; he has 1. Kuechly has intercepted 2 passes this season to go along with all his tackles. In a down year for the Panthers (6-9) Kuechly is a bright spot for their defense.

There you go pick one of mine or come up with your own Rookie of the Year. You can follow me on Twitter @Burketime

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Who Ya Got; Coach of the Year (NFL)

Posted: December 27, 2012 by Sports Time Radio in football, sports, Uncategorized
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This is a tough award to pick and may be the toughest of all to select a top coach. There are quite a few good candidates for this award. Everyone has a favorite coach; so here’s the way I have them for this season.

My choice for NFL Coach of the Year is Bruce Arians of the Indianapolis Colts. To tell you the truth I don’t even know if he qualifies for the award. His job is offensive coordinator but he’s filled in this season as head coach while Chuck Pagano recovers from cancer treatments. The Colts are 10-5 while Arians has filled in and are in the playoffs. Pagano came back to his job Monday but Arians did a fantastic job while filling in. Not to mention the work he did with Andrew Luck. If he doesn’t qualify for the award they should change it and just give this award to Bruce Arians.

In any other year Mike Smith of the Atlanta Falcons would probably win Coach of the Year. The Falcons are 13-2 with a game to go and I believe have clinched home filed advantage throughout the playoffs. Smith and the Falcons still have a lot to prove even though they’ve done so well in the regular season. I think the Falcons need to win a playoff game or two and even though they say it doesn’t affect these awards I think in a voters mind I think it does. Anyway Smith has done a good job with the Falcons this season and should get a lot of votes for Coach of the Year.

3rd on my ballot is Gary Kubiak of the Houston Texans. The Texans are 12-3 and at times have looked like a Super Bowl contender. The Texans a lot like the Falcons have to prove something come playoff time, but for the regular season Kubiak keeps this team winning. Houston maybe the most balanced team in the NFL and of course that’s where coaching comes in. If the Texans can get a win this week (@Indianapolis) and clinch home field though the playoffs in the AFC that could help Kubiak get so extra votes.

Mike Shanahan of the Washington Redskins comes in fourth on my ballot. The Redskins are 9-6 and have a win and you’re in-game this week against the Dallas Cowboys. Shanahan has a rookie quarterback in Robert Griffin III and a rookie running back in Alfred Morris but even with that the Redskins have a chance to win their division. There may have been some doubts about Shanahan without having John Elway under center, but this season has helped change some of that. Will see how many ballots Shanahan ends up on.

Maybe Pete Carroll should be higher on my ballot than fifth but that’s where I have him. Seattle is 10-5 so far this season and no one wants to play them in Seattle. Carroll went with a rookie quarterback in Russell Wilson over free agent signing Matt Flynn and the choice turned out to be right. Carroll also has the second leading rusher in the NFL in Marshawn Lynch. The Seahawks are a playoff team this season and that helps put Carroll on my list because I don’t think anyone had Seattle in the playoffs at the start of the season.

There you go feel free to compare my picks to yours and as always follow me on Twitter @Burketime

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