Posts Tagged ‘MIKE LUPICA’
Cheap Seats Daily: Vasquez Stays Another Year? Acta Stays Another Day? Sosa Juiced? Lupica Led the Blind?
Anybody who doesn't think the line between college and pro sports is thin or gone ignores Greivis Vasquez, who is both the Maryland Terps best basketball player, and the most hated by the team's followers.
I don't think I'd ever heard a college player booed by home fans like Vasquez was last year. It was like Juwan Howard at MCI Center right before he was run out of town. But Howard was getting paid eight-figures a year (!) to take that abuse.
Vasquez tried to get out of College Park, but yesterday he withdrew his name from the upcoming NBA draft.
Seems NBA scouts thought less of him than the Terps fans.
Seriously, do other college stars get booed at home?
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Manny Acta lives to lose again!
The Nationals manager-for-now got to watch Elijah Dukes misplay two balls hit to the outfield by consecutive Yankees batters in the seventh inning, turning two outs into two Yankees runs and a lead into a loss in New York.
The .258 winning percentage means the Nats are now on a pace to beat the '62 Mets mark of 120 losses.
Why is Acta still around?
Well, much appreciated Cheap Seats Daily commenter Angry Al posted that Acta's going to stay no matter how much losing goes on, because the Lerners are so cheap they don't want to pay Acta and pay another manager.
