sportsbybrooks.com - 18 days ago
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Tonight’s bedtime story involves porn star and former California gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey , the Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard , and Ryan Kirkpatrick from N’SYNC. One of them takes off their pants, and it isn’t Carey. Also there’s Bible verses.
Oh come ...
Ryan Howard Had Himself A Busy Weekend
thefightins.com 27 days ago — When he’s not mashing homers, winning LCS MVP awards, or reviewing possible candidates for the MMmm Hall of Fame, Ryan Howard does what every other superstar first baseman would do — spend some quality time with the hard-working people of ...
Wedding Crashing Howard & Little Red Machine
pabaseball.blogspot.com 27 days ago — Ryan Howard is officially a Wedding Crasher ; taking the role of Vince Vaughn. Howard took a female companion to Water Works restaraunt in Philly on Saturday night to only be turned away due to a wedding reception being held there. However, the bride and groom are huge Philly sports fans, and ...
Ryan Howard’s ‘Sports Illustrated’ Cover
thefightins.com 27 days ago —
Here’s this week’s SI cover.
Don’t worry, fellas. Ryan Howard is so awesome not even the Sports Illustrated cover curse can contain him. ( via )
Howard Versus Lefties
baseballmusings.com 26 days ago — MGL at the book blog tries to determine if Ryan Howard’s true platoon split against lefties. Mitchel makes the following salient points to argue that Howard shouldn’t be platooned.
He’s a superb hitter against righties.
He doesn’t face lefties that much.
The ...
Neyer: Ryan Howard is basically Shin-Soo Choo
hardballtimes.com 25 days ago — There have been a lot of people who have followed in Rob Neyer's footsteps over the years, but there still isn't anyone better at writing stuff that pisses off mainstream baseball writers :
Ryan Howard is pretty good. I mean, he's no Shin-Soo Choo. But pretty good, for sure.
You probably ...
Sure, Ryan Howard's pretty good...
espn.go.com 25 days ago — Ryan Howard is pretty good. I mean, he's no Shin-Soo Choo. But pretty good, for sure.
You probably think I'm just some snot-nosed blogger trying to m...
Utley and Howard: The beard and the gel
umpbump.com 24 days ago — Last night, two Phillies players tried on new looks. Ryan Howard showed up for the game rocking the playoff beard, and Chase Utley brought back the slicked back hair.
Howard’s new look was somewhat unexpected, as he’s been hot lately and if there’s one thing Crash Davis ...
Phillies in the Ninth
baseballmusings.com 24 days ago — The Yankees put two men on but don’t score in the bottom of the eighth. Rivera will face Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez in the top of the ninth.
Update : Ryan Howard strikes out looking at a pitch on the high, outside corner. Rivera got the benefit of the doubt on that call. ...
Quotes From Last Night: Game 2 Edition
fackyouk.blogspot.com 24 days ago — Presented without comment. Please react in the comments as you see fit: Jerry Davis (in reference to Brian Gorman's call on Ryan Howard's play in the 7th) : "The objective is to get it right, we asked each other what we had seen and the replay confirmed we got it right" Ryan Howard : ...
Decades of Blown Calls and "Bad" Umpires
wezen-ball.com 24 days ago — There's plenty of talk today, as there has been all month, about the poor umpiring in these playoffs. In last night's Game 2, we saw Ryan Howard pull off a 3-4 double play after the first base umpire Brian Gorman incorrectly said that Howard caught the ball on the fly. Replays seemed to show ...
Ryan Howard didn't touch home plate and I think Mike Everitt knew that
replacementrefs.com 21 days ago — Replays confirmed that Ryan Howard never touched homeplate when sliding past Jorge Posada in the bottom of the 4th inning. His hand reached past home and his right leg lifted and sailed over it, but nothing concrete ever actually grazed the dish. By rule, he should have been called out when he ...
Umpiring is better ... but not better enough
espn.go.com 20 days ago — Aside from missing a practically impossible call (for a mere human, anyway) in Game 4 -- Ryan Howard never did touch the plate in the fourth inning --...
Here comes the strikeout: Ryan Howard ties Series mark for Ks
sports.yahoo.com 19 days ago — Phillies slugger Ryan Howard (notes) did not let teammate Chase Utley (notes) make the World Series record book all by himself Monday night. Utley's power surge against the Yankees has been matched in a sense by Howard, whose strikeout binge ...
Theories on the Slump
baseballmusings.com 19 days ago — Why is Ryan Howard slumping ? Paul Hagen presents five theories, but number two (slumps happen) and number five (the Yankees are pitching him well) seem to make the most sense. Paul dismisses theory one, that Howard is putting two much pressure on himself:
There’s probably something to ...
Should the Yankees Vote Ryan Howard 1/2 Share?
feedproxy.google.com 18 days ago — They could give him 1/2 of Cano's or Teixeira's.
Ryan Howard...MIA
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Offseason Business
pabaseball.blogspot.com 15 days ago — Under Contract: 1. Cliff Lee- $9M 2. Greg Dobbs- $1.35M 3. Ryan Howard- $19M 4. Jimmy Rollins- $7.5M 5. Chase Utley- $15M 6. Raul Ibanez- $11.5M 7. Jayson Werth- $7M 8. Cole Hamels- $6.65M 9. JC Romero- $4M 10. Brad Lidge- $11.5M 11. Jamie Moyer- $8M 12. Ryan Madson- $4.5M Total= $105M for only ...
Year in Review: Ryan Howard —
Phillies Nation
Over the next few weeks, Phillies Nation will break down each player on the Phillies roster and grade their 2009 season on a very unofficial 1-10 scale. The players will be chosen in no particular order.
Big Brown. The Big Piece. Ryno. The Big Man. Call him what you will; it doesn’t ...
Phillies Fade into New York Night —
FanHouse
by Lisa Olson NEW YORK - Finally, there was life in Ryan Howard 's bat, energy in his words. "Come on man, let's go," he shouted upon crossing the plate, as if adding a hardy exclamation point to his two-run homer in the sixth inning would spark whatever the defending champions had been ...
Magic Hand Suns First Defeat —
EveryJoe
The Phoenix Suns were undefeated headed into Wednesday night’s game against the Orlando Magic. Follow the contest, the Suns had their first L of the season. The Magic were led by their two bigmen — Dwight Howard and Ryan Anderson.
Howard had 25 points and six rebounds in only 23 ...
Howard Homers —
Nova Fantasy Sports Headline Newsfeed
Update: Ryan Howard finally ended his slump this postseason, with a two run home run in the sixth inning. The homer made the score 7-3 Yankees.
Fantasy Impact: Howard will always have his stretches where he doesnt hit, just as almost all big time power hitters do. His slump ...
What's Ryan Howard's problem? —
Circling The Bases
Paul Hagen of the Philadelphia Inquirer offers five possible explanations for Ryan Howard's struggles during the World Series: (1) He's putting too much pressure on himself; (2) That's just baseball. Slumps happen; (3) The time off between the NLCS and...
More off-day observations. —
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs
Just to remind Pedro that he
is now in Daddy’s home,
we turn back to 1961 and
Shep and the Limelites….
and we know 1961 was a
VERY good year for the
Yankees!
So, which sleeping giant awakens first?
Teixeria?
Cano?
Swisher?
or Ryan Howard?
More ...
Game 4: CC's Rush —
Baseball Nerd
Lost in the astonishment that the Yankees did not notice Ryan Howard did not touch the plate in scoring the tying run, was that the throw to second base to try to get Pedro Feliz was made not by Jorge Posada, but by CC Sabathia. It's unclear if Posada or anybody on the Yankee bench noticed that ...
Ryan Howard's disappearing act —
Circling The Bases
Much has been made of Alex Rodriguez's World Series struggles, but after his two-run blast on Saturday night, the focus has now shifted to Ryan Howard, who is just 2-for-13 with nine strikeouts over the first three games of the...
Power Outage Continues for Ryan Howard —
Bats
If the Phillies are going come back and win the World Series, they will need to get more production from the middle of their lineup, most notably the cleanup hitter Ryan Howard, who has been awful in the last two games.
Howard 0-4 in Loss —
Nova Fantasy Sports Headline Newsfeed
Update: Ryan Howard went 0-4 with 3 strikeouts Saturday, in the Phillies 8-5 loss to the Yankees. It was another tough night for Howard, after going 0-4 with 4 strikeouts in Thursday's loss. The Yankees own a 2-1 World Series lead, with Game 4 Sunday night.
Fantasy Impact: Howard ...
Argument for Instant Replay gets stronger —
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
1) Watch this video . 2) Tell me what you see. If you saw the same thing I saw, you saw a) a short hop to Ryan Howard, b) no stepping on first base, and c) a throw wide of second base. In theory, the Yankees should have bases loaded, one out, with Mark Teixeira at bat. Instead, the play was ...
Phillies offense stalls in Game Two loss —
Macho Row
Ryan Howard and the Phillies offense was frustrated all night. Photo credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images Yankees even up World Series behind pitching of A.J. Burnett Well, so much for a sweep. The Phillies saw their bats silenced in game two of the World Series by Yankees starting pitcher ...
AJ and Mariano Beat the Phillies —
Bluebird Banter
Phillies 1 Yankees 3
That wasn't as fun as yesterday. A.J. Burnett was terrific, striking out 9 in 7 innngs, and Mariano Rivera was good, as well as getting his usual very wide strike zone. Strike 3 to Ryan Howard must have been at least a foot off the plate. If I was Howard I'd have gotten ...
Ryan Howard gets 2 doubles —
Nova Fantasy Sports Headline Newsfeed
Update : Ryan Howard went 2-5 with 2 doubles and an RBI in the Phillies' 6-1 win in Game 1 on Wednesday night.
Fantasy Impact: Howard has been a beast this postseason and continued that trend in Game 1 of the World Series, against a dominant left handed pitcher, nonetheless. In Game 2, ...
Phillies' Howard hit .174 in Series —
NY Post: Sports
Ryan Howard went into the World Series as the toast of Philadelphia, a Sports Illustrated cover boy expected to continue the MVP-worthy swath he had cut through the first two rounds.
How the mighty have fallen.
Despite ending his RBI drought wi...
Howard scores without touching plate —
Major League Baseball News
Ryan Howard brought back visions of Matt Holliday's infamous non-touch of home in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the World Series between the Phillies and Yankees. And like Holliday did with Colorado in game No. 163 in 2007, Howard got away with it.
Howard, Utley being left behind —
NY Post: Sports
PHILADELPHIA -- Did you see the guys at Citizens Bank Park dressed up as Chase Utley and Ryan Howard for Halloween?
Those two wearing Phillies pinstripes last night had to be imposters. It's the only explanation for a second straight dismal perform...
Howard takes tough night in stride —
Major League Baseball News
Ryan Howard struck out four times in Thursday's 3-1 loss in Game 2 of the World Series, but he was far from the only Phillies batter who didn't find a comfort zone at the plate against the combination of the Yankees' A.J. Burnett and Mariano Rivera.
'Frillies' gam for Post gag —
NY Post: Sports
Phillies superstar Ryan Howard thinks he should have been the one modeling a cheerleader's skirt on the front page of yesterday's Post -- not his teammate Shane Victorino.
"I might pull it off a little better than Shane," Howard joked yesterday. "...
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