Down seven, Rays walk off with AL Wild Card

What a ridiculous Wednesday night it has been for the MLB. I tuned into the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees game last night. Through the first eight innings, the Yankees were up 7-0 on the Rays. Once it became the bottom of the eight inning, thats when it got really interesting. In the bottom of the eight inning, the Rays rallyed back scoring 6 runs becoming down one run with a score of 7-6. In the ninth inning, the Rays held the Yankees to no runs so they could get a chance to come back to win the game; they came back scoring with one run to tie it up 7-7 and take the Yankees to exta innings to get a chance to get the win. Once it became to the bottom of the 12th inning, thats when the game ended the Rays regular season in a great way. With one out Evan Longoria stepped up to the plate and hoping to give his team a chance to win the game. For the first few pitches, he made Yankees pitcher Scott Proctor work with a 2-2 count. With the next pitch, Proctor thought he had the game won, but nope he was wrong. He threw Longoria his next pitch, Evan got a hold of the ball and pulled off a walk off homerun to left field to give the Rays the victory and giving them the chance to go to the playoffs. Thats such a great way to end a regular season and to make it to the playoffs as well. Game 1 of the ALDS for the Rays is on September 30th, 2011 against the Texas Rangers.

Can You Say UPSET?!?!?

Wow what a weekend it has been... Kind of upset that Pitt lost to Notre Dame by 3 points when they should of had that game won, but no Tino Sunseri blew it once again! I honestly think the head coach for Pitt should bench Sunseri. Honestly in my opinion, I think he is terrible and just blows games for us that we could actually win.

Other than that... in the NFL it has been an upset weekend. When I seen Buffalo beat the Patriots on sunday, I was very very shocked. Honestly, I think Buffalo means business this year as it looks so far. Another upset that I seen was the Detroit Lions smacking the Minnesota Vikings 26-23 with a game winning field goal in overtime. After I have seen that second upset, I seen a third upset haha; the Oakland Raiders stomping on the New York Jets with a score of 34-24. With the way these three teams are playing, I am predicting that two out of the three make a wildcard spot; My two teams that chose are the Oakland Raiders and the Detriot Lions.

Hockey Night in Pittsburgh!

How's it going everyone at SRU?!?!?! I hope your week is going very very well and offically getting over the hump day. Today was the first preseason game for the Pens tonight at home against the Detroit Redwings. Tonight the Pens looked pretty good for there first preseason game as a team. Our top scorers such as Evgeni Malkin played pretty well I must say; and dang!... I must say our defense played pretty well through the second and third period. In the world of sports, I havent really heard too much because I've been so busy with school work. But I also did find out that Mike Modano for the North Stars retired today. Well everyone, I thought I'd stop in and post a blog on todays events in Pittsburgh while I'm taking a break from studying for one of my classes. I hope you all had a great Wednesday! :)

GameDay Sunday

Well everyone... Week number 2 is in the books for the NFL and it has been one heck of a weekend in the NFL.  This weekend on NFL Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers topped the Seattle Seahawks 24-0. Even though our running game was pretty decent on the field sunday; our passing game was even better. The two top recievers for the Steelers were Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown with the most recieving yards that helped the Steelers get the victory. Mike Wallace had an excellent day on the field with eight catches for 126 recieving yards with one touchdown; and Antonio Brown a decent day on the field as well with four catches for 67 recieving yards. If the Steelers keep playing this way for the rest of the season and with the defense playing as well as they did on sunday; they will have a chance to contend for the top spot in the AFC North.

 

For week number 2 in the NFL, my second favorite team had a strong weekend and going with a 2-0 record going into week number three; the Houston Texans. For week two, the Texans took on the Miami Dolphins in Miami. Houstons offense had a great day on the ground and in the air to crush the Dolphins defense. Miami's sieve-like pass defense was no match for Andre Johnson and Matt Schaub at all what so ever; who threw for 230 yards and had a passer rating of 118.5. Johnson made seven catches for 93 yards. This is the second year in a row that the Texans are starting out with a 2-0 record. For the Texans being my second favorite football team, I have faith in them and I really hope they have a shot at the playoffs this year.

 

Kick Off!

Hows it going everyone?!?! Sorry its been awhile since I've been on here; its been a hectic weekend here at The Rock. Up at The Rock this weekend, it was parent weekend and along with that was the first home season game for the Slippery Rock Pride football team. The Rock football team dominated with a 54-0 win over Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. On NFL sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, MD. The Steelers did not play well at all against the Ravens and took a beating with a score of 35-7. In the NFL, there were alot of upsets! Which I was so shocked to see. Im so glad my second favorite team won; the Houston Texans. They took on the Indianapolis Colts. The Texans ended up dominating the Colts 34-7. That was the biggest upset I've seen so far. Well everyone, I'm about to go to bed now. I hope everyone has had a good week so far and I'll be posting another blog very shortly.

KHL Tragedy

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011, is a very tragic day in sports. A private team plane carrying the Russian Hockey team Lokomotiv of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) crashed in Central Russia near the city of Yaroslavl, 150 miles northeast of Moscow. According to ESPN's website and along with the NHL website, these two sources say that at least 43 people were killed; which most were members of the team and two other people on board were critically injured. Currently the information on how the plane went down is still unknown at this point but some Russian news agencies say it was due to technical problems. The plane that team traveled on was built in 1993 and belonged to a small Moscow-based Yak Service company.  It had 45 people on board, including 37 passengers and eight crew. Out of all the years that I have followed sports, I have never seen a horrible accident like this. With this horrible tragedy today in sports; lets take the time to sit down and pray for these players and their families. AMEN...

Welcome

Welcome everyone!

My name is James Grafe; you all may call me Jim.  I am a sophomore at Slippery Rock University and currently majoring in Sport Management. I currently live in Slippery Rock, PA and originally from Carnegie, PA. Carnegie is an hour south from campus. I graduated from Chartiers Valley High School in 2009. After graduating from SRU, I would like to become a sports apparel retail store manager or even possibly work in the main corporate office as well; for such as Nike and Under Armour. During my free time from work and school, I enjoy going to the gym to exercise and lift weights, hanging with friends and family, and I also like to shop every once in awhile as well. Last spring semester, I participated in Mr./Mrs. SRU Bodybuilding and Figure Show. I competed in the Bantam Weight Division and took 4th place. For my first blog ever, I hope you all enjoyed learning some information about me and I hope you all continue to read my blogs and help me through this process!

Thank You,
Jim Grafe