Julian Tavarez pitched in the Major Leagues for 17 seasons. Over that span he started over 100 games, appeared in over 800 games total, had a winning percentage of .518 and an ERA+ of 101. Nearly perfectly mediocre. When you consider the fact that the guy pitched for 11 teams that just makes him a [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Julian Tavarez
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on May 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Who is your favorite Van Gundy?
Posted in NBA, Polls on May 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Van Gundy brothers of the basketball world are two men basketball fans owe a huge debt of gratitude. Between Stan’s incredulousness on the sideline when a call goes the other way, or Jeff’s hysterical commentary, these two guys bring a lot to the subtleties of what makes the NBA worth watching. I once heard [...]
Jose Lima 1972-2010
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on May 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Jose Lima was a big dog. Make no mistake. Lima passed away this week at the age of 37, due to what is being reported as a heart attack. This is a considerable loss for the game of baseball. Lima signed with the Detroit Tigers as a free agent in 1989 out of the Dominican [...]
Anthony Mason
Posted in NBA on May 21, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Anthony Mason is one tough dude. He once got into a fight with Charles Oakley and lived. A few years back there was an internet rumor going around that Wesley Snipes was going to play Mason in a made for T.V. movie in which Mason was to be portrayed as a young man who escaped [...]
May 20 Birthdays
Posted in Birthdays on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a been a while since we’ve done this…here are your mediocre athlete’s born on May 20th: Austin Kearns (MLB): A .258 career hitter with just over 100 career home runs. Todd Stottlemyre (MLB): Stuck around for 14 big league seasons and finished with an ERA+ of 100. He’s 45 today. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (NBA): One [...]
Frank Tanana
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on May 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I’m going to be up-front here from the start: I’m a BIG fan of Frank Tanana. He is responsible for one of my favorite athlete quotes of all-time. Late in his career he said something like “I’m a guy who threw 90s in the 1970s and 70s in the 1990s.” The guy was decent and [...]
Cris Collinsworth
Posted in NFL on May 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Not many people remember Cris Collinsworth as a football player. His career as an NFL wide receiver was unimpressive, unproductive and short. In other words, Cris Collinsworth was about as mediocre as it gets when it comes to wide receivers. Collinsworth spent his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals who drafted Cris in the second [...]
Jake Plummer
Posted in NFL on May 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This website ranks Jake Plummer as the 16th greatest Madden quarterback of all-time. In Madden 2000, EA gave Plummer a rating of 89, which made him the fourth best quarterback in the game. This is incredibly surprising and quite baffling in light of the fact that Plummer was coming off his worst statistical year in [...]
Jim Abbott
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on May 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When I think about Jim Abbott I have three factoids about the man pop into my head. In no particular order: He had only one hand. He threw a no-hitter as a member of the New York Yankees. In his last full season he lost 18 games. That’s a lot to chew on. I know. [...]
Gus Frerotte
Posted in NFL on May 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When Blake and I first started this website a few months ago, Gus Frerotte was one of the first names that popped into my head. The guy has been a pillar of mediocrity in the NFL ever since he made his debut way back in 1994 when he played for the Washington Redskins. Good ‘Ol [...]
