David Freese - World Series and TDZ MVP

Last night the St. Louis Cardinals capped an amazing season by winning the 2011 World Series. They were 8.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for a Wild Card on September 6th, but they managed to crash the playoff party. The heavy favorite Philadelphia Phillies couldn't handle them, nor could the Milwaukee Brewers, and then they left the Rangers crestfallen with a second consecutive World Series defeat after being within one strike of being the champs twice in Game 6. That game will likely go down as one of the top 5 World Series games of all-time, and it's due in large part to World Series MVP/TDZ homeslice David Freese.

I propose his new nickname be Shredder.

Here's a quick look at Mr. Freese's season, and an autopsy of TDZ's sleepers and stinkers from the beginning of the year.

Super Mario Throes, plus... TDZ Hits 2000!

I believe I've reached the depths of despair for the trivia portion of this blog. No one got the correct answer, which is: true - Wayne Gretzky is the only NHL player ever to reach 200 points. Mario Lemieux reached 199 points in 1988-89 - close, but no cigar.

How did I know about 199? My ol' Panini sticker book told me all about it.

My only solace is that none of my readers care about hockey, so at least they kind of have an excuse, but not really. This week's question will hopefully offer sweet redemption. Here it is:

Dallas Cowboys rookie DeMarco Murray recently rushed for 253 yards, setting a new single game team record. His rushing total also set a new rookie record for the NFL.

• True
• False

Talk to the hand, because the cleats ain't listenin'.

Bonus question: Using a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 means "John Lackey" and 10 means "totally awesome," rate the fantasy owner that expertly picked up Murray for $14 off waivers and started him on his record-setting day.

TDZ hits 2,000

Lastly, thanks to all the loyal readers of TDZ for their continued readership. Special thanks to Amanda for blowing up my NHL season preview, which accelerated me toward this new plateau. Feel free to send more blog post ideas and requests my way so that TDZ continues to meet all your online time-wasting needs.

On to 3,000 hits!

Ian Mahinmi Update - NBA Lockout Edition

The NBA lockout may be having a financial toll on some players, but not rising star Ian Mahinmi. He's recently signed with Le Havre back in his native country of France. This signals a return to his 'ancient' team, not surprisingly turning down multiple other offers in the process.

Beau match... beau match... beau match...

Le Havre ("the harbor") is a beautiful town right on the Normandy coast. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it gets plenty of tourists, including a bustling cruise industry that makes full use of its port. I'm sure Mahinmi will have no problem waiting out the lockout in these cozy and familiar surroundings as long as he has to in support of the players union. Because the only thing stronger than his bone-breaking fouls is his solidarity with his fellow players. Keep up the good work, Ian!

John Lackey out for 2012

Celebrate good times, Red Sox fans! John Lackey and his toxic 6.41 ERA won't be pitching for Boston next year! 2012 champs, WOOOOOOO!

Sorry, John, the universe is giving you the hook for next year.

I am DB (.com) - Baseball Movies

Responding to a request made months and months ago, TDZ was tasked with rating the top sports movies of all-time. Instead of offering just the best sports movies, however, I'll go a step further and create an entire Danger-ized database of sports movies, complete with synopses, ratings, and snarky commentary.

In this inaugural installment to the IamDB database, I review movies honoring our national pasttime: baseball.

NFL Trade Deadline Debauchery

Most years you don't get a newsworthy story at the NFL trade deadline, but this year we got three! Err, scratch that, two. Well, let's call it two and a half. What are they? As usual, TDZ's got you covered.

I'm coming out of un-retirement everybody!

Click below to see this years winners and losers!

In Soviet Russia, Trivia Solves You

This question verified for me what I already knew from reading Russian literature: when you put a bunch of Russian names together, it's impossible to remember who they are. I put in a few gimmes: Stalin, Kruschev, and Gorbachev are all well-known Soviet leaders, so I imagine the two real choices were Chernenko and Shevchenko.

Shevy can't believe what he's seeing in the trivia results!

Andriy Shevchenko was a star forward in what Europeans call football for the Ukrainian national team, AC Milan, and other clubs. Hardly the socialist despot my respondents believed him to be!

This week I'm posing a simple true/false question in honor of the NHL season now underway:

True or false: Wayne Gretzky is the only player to ever reach 200 points in an NHL season.

Good luck!