This team would never lose a game

By Chad Garner
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
I’ve been sitting around today in a fog, and started dreaming about the baseball Dream Team I’d assemble if I were GM of Team MLB. Here’s my dream team (subject to debate, of course), which includes eight positional players, a right-handed starter, left-handed starter and closer. They are all current MLB players, too.
Do you agree or disagree with me?
1B – Mark Teixeira (NYY) While Tex hasn’t currently gotten hot yet with the stick, the one aspect of his game that is always steaming is on defense. He’s got a great glove, yes he’s a Gold Glover, and saves the rest of that infield so many errors with great plays. He’s the best defensive first baseman, no doubt.
2B – Chase Utley (PHI) – Utley might not be the best defender in the world, but he’s a legit Hit Dog with plus power, especially at the second base position.
SS – Derek Jeter (NYY) – Go ahead and call me a homer, but Jeter can still get it done on offense and defense (I know his range has diminished a tad). But what separates him from most, is his ability to lead a ballclub. He’s my captain without a doubt.
3B – Evan Longoria (TB) – The 24-year-old can already do it all at a high level. He hasn’t even hit his prime yet. Now that’s scary.
C – Joe Mauer (MIN) – Is there a sweeter swing in the game right now that the Twins’ backstop? What’s so impressive is the grind that catchers have to battle through, and Mauer still manages to hit over .300 every year.
LF – Carl Crawford (TB) – Man, I just love Crawford’s speed. Five out of the last seven years, Crawford has swiped at least 50 bases. On my team, he’s got the green light to run whenever he wants.
CF – Matt Kemp (LAD) – He’s the best young player in baseball. He’s got all five tools, and he’s on the verge of stardom. Kemp is welcome on my team any day.
RF – Jason Heyward (ATL) – I know it might be a little early to crown Heyward, but the rookie has caught my eye with an above average OF arm and a great bat. I’d feel more comfortable if he put up great numbers for a few years, but I’ll roll the dice and say he’s going to be an All-Star very soon.
LHP – Jon Lester (BOS) – You probably thought I’d say CC Sabathia, but I’ll take Lester. The southpaw is a lot younger and I feel he still has upside, while we’ve already seen the best CC has to offer. If Lester didn’t stink so much the first month of every season, imagine the numbers he’d put up?
RHP – Roy Halladay (PHI), Tim Lincecum (SF) – I took the easy way out and selected two guys. Well, here’s my reasoning. If I want a premier veteran, Halladay is my choice hands-down. But if I want youth and power, Lincecum is my man. Either way, I can’t lose.
Closer – Mariano Rivera (NYY) – Rivera could be 90 years old, and if he’s still in the majors closing, I’m taking him. He’s a big game pitcher, having proven to do the job on the biggest stage many times, and not many still enjoy hitting that potent cutter. Really, is there anyone even close to Rivera? No way.

Will Moss negotiate with the Patriots?

By Chad Garner
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
Randy Moss not only catches touchdown passes, but he’s also an agent, too.
Well, he’s his own agent now.
According to Moss’ former agent , Tim DiPiero, the New England Patriots wide receiver will now be a completely one-man show when it comes to future negotiations.
Moss is a smart man, perhaps, saving millions of dollars if he doesn’t have an agent. And really, does Randy need an agent to negotiate his next deal? I don’t think so, considering his football resume speaks for itself.
The question is: Will Moss strike up a deal with Bill Belichick and the Patriots after his current deal runs out at the end of this coming season?
But the REAL question is: Will the Patriots want him back after the year?
Let the negotiations begin!

Enough already: Stop crying about the soccer ball

By Chad Garner
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
The World Cup is right around the corner. The World Cup is right around the corner!
That’s the buzz circulating throughout the country.
But it’s becoming a negative buzz …and quick.
Well, here’s a perfect example of why the sport isn’t as popular here in the U.S. (because we don't like crying in any sport) like it is in other parts of the world.
Can you believe that the major headlines regarding the World Cup right now is the new ball designed by Adidas, dubbed, “Jabulani.”
Everyone, I mean everyone, from goalies, to strikers to midfielders are stomping their feet and crying about how this new ball is so different …in a bad way of course.
The players are saying that they ball “changes trajectory” in flight, sort of like a dancing knuckleball, perhaps, in baseball terms.
This ball is creating quite a stir. I guess change can be bad, but how much different can a round ball be? This whole “issue” with the ball is just baffling. It seems to me like complaining just for the sake of complaining.
But if the ball is THIS bad, then the World Cup committee better go back to an old ball, and quick. Because we don’t want the overall play to be affected in a negative way. That would be bad, I mean very bad for soccer.
Seriously, players, adjust to the new ball. Granted, it may feel and play a tad different than the old one – I get that – but get over it and move on. It’s too bad that now the best story line to come out of the World Cup is going to be about this stupid new ball.
One thing I do know is: I’m even more excited for the World Cup to begin now (honestly, joking, if you didn’t know). I can’t wait to see this new ball unveiled, and see all these players verbally assault the ball during a match and blame it on the reason why they lost.
This World Cup might be the best ever!