Austin Dillon and the 3

SOURCE: Race Week Illustrated

3. Whenever a NASCAR fan sees or hears that number, when instinctively think Dale Earnhardt.  The man in black was bigger than NASCAR itself. After his death there were tributes out the wazoo. But today two men carry his legacy today

Austin and Ty Dillon are the grandsons of the car owner of the 3, Richard Childress. Richard swore he would retire the 3. He lied. When Austin turned 18 he was given the 3 in the now K&N Pro Series East.

Now Austin carries the legacy in the Nationwide series the #3 Advocare/ Bass Pro Shops/American ethanol Chevy. Some like the idea of Austin driving the 3. Others don’t. The only memory I have of the man in black was his death. I think that was the only race I watched with him in it.

SOURCE: Yahoo

I love the idea of Austin being in the 3 car because it is the best way we can keep the legacy of Dale Earnhardt. We can’t do that with our t shirts, hats, and new diecasts that that Lionel releases every year for some reason. We won’t even do that with the microscopic 3 decal on Kevin Harvick’s car.

Now there are talks of Austin driving the 3 in the cup series. It has angered many Dale Sr. fans. I believe Austin should drive the 3. Dale wasn’t the first, and certainly be the last. Junior Johnson drive it before Dale, people drove 3 before Junior.

When Childress dies, hopefully not soon, and his team goes under, someone is going to drive the 3. It will eventually happen, so the best way to let us adjust to another driver using it is allow Austin Dillon drive the black 3(It has to be black). Childress has promised us it will be a different style, so it’s not that bad.

The three will be used again in my lifetime, and I hope it does. The 43 is still used, and Richard Petty is arguably the best racecar driver to step on the planet. His legacy lives on in the 43 with Aric Almiroa, so dales should with Austin Dillon.

SOURCE: nascar.com

Penn State punishment good enough

SOURCE: Penn State Clubs

When I heard that Penn State only had a 60 million dollar fine and 4 year bowl ban, I was pissed. These guys were covering up a child sex scandal, and only got 4 yr. bowl ban. Then I heard that any player can transfer and be immediately illegible.

That is HUGE. It is like SMU, but torture to Penn State. For example, Rob Bolden, the decent backup QB of Penn State, can see he won't win the QB battle and transfer to say, Boise State and start this season. 

SOURCE: Penn State

That could be devastating to Penn State because none of the players on the current team will play in a bowl game for the rest of their career unless they transfer. That means the stud wide receiver can transfer to Arkansas and start.

The ball has been dropped, but the damage is yet to be done. 

SOURCE: ESPN

Tigers make important trade

SOURCE: Zimbo

Tigers had two problems right now. They were addressed today. The Tigers acquired RHP Anibal Sanchez and 2B Omar Infante for RHP Jacob Turner, LHP Brian Flynn, and C Rob Brantley. For the Tigers, gaining the much needed second baseman from Omar Infante and a much needed fifth starting pitcher in Anibal Sanchez. 

Infante has a .287 and has had a history with the Tigers, a pleasant one at that. Sanchez has a .394 era with a 5-7 record. The biggest worry for me is his transition from the National League to the American League. Tigers fans have seen the disaster of transitioning leagues with Dontrelle Wills. 

SOURCE: All Sports People

I think the Tigers will put Infante in the rotation at second and short stop. Infante will be the primary at second, with Santiago, and Danny Werth being the backups. Infante will backup Peralta at short with Santiago. 

I'm not looking for a Fister-type second half of the season out of Sanchez. I would like to see him win 50% of the games he pitches in. That, along with winning another 50% of games that both Porcello and Scherzer would put up, would give the Tigers enough gas to win the AL Central and push the Tigers in the playoffs.

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Tigers take 1st Place!

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail

After a long wait and frustration, the Detroit Tigers have taken a 1.5 game lead in the Chicago White Sox. When the Tigers swept the Red Sox opening day weekend, Tigers fan's hopes were sky high. 

After that, not much good could be said about the Tigers. They had a one and a half month spell where they did not win a series. At that point, myself and other fans have just have lost hope. Then we got to the All-star break.

SOURCE: mlive.com

The Tigers won 5 straight before the break, then followed it up with 6 more wins. The biggest three wins were against the Angels. That and this weekend's sweep of the White Sox. These six wins have shown that you shouldn’t mess with the Tigers

Will the Tigers stay in First place? That is beyond me. They need to get a good fifth pitcher. AKA, Matt Garza. Garza has shown success in the AL with the Rays. The White Sox already are making themselves better by adding reliever Brett Meyers. That may put a Band Aid on the wounded Sox bullpen. Should the Tigers trade for Garza? Yes. Will they? That’s beyond me.

SOURCE: mlbdailydish.com

Doug Fister is back!

SOURCE: Toledo Blade

It is safe today that Doug Fister has had the most disappointing season than any other player. But that is changing. It looks like Doug Fister is going to have a fantastic second half of the season. AGAIN. 

SOURCE: MLIVE.com

Fister was acquired by the Tigers in exchange for Casper Wells, Charlie Furbush, and Francisco Martinez. The steal of the year. Fister went to Detroit with a 3-13 record with a 3.5 ERA. He turned it into an 11-13 season with a 2.98 ERA. He did not lose a decision after joining the Tigers. In my opinion, he was the reason the Tigers won the AL Central

SOURCE: Bleacher Report

In Fister's last two starts he has put together 18 k's in 15 innings. That included 10 K's in a duel against CJ Wilson. A gem. If Fister can put together a second half just like he did last year, I believe the Tigers will easily run away with the AL Central

SOURCE: MW32.com

Josh Smith is "Happy" With The Hawks Moves

SOURCE: Peak Performance: The Blog 

When I first read that Josh Smith is "happy" with Danny Ferry's off season moves, I swear I was going to faint. If you are a big Hawks fan such as myself, you know J-Smove wants to be on the fastest train out of Atlanta.

Hawks fans have known for a while that either Joe Johnson or Josh Smith was going to be traded. J-Smove wanted out, Atlanta wanted Joe out. Now that the hawks gave the nets their worst contract in the team's history, people have started to take Danny Ferry seriously. 

SOURCE: St. Louis Sports Center

His plan for the Hawks is to get them their first ring since 1958 as the St. Louis Hawks. Even after getting rid of Joe's ridiculous contract Ferry continued he hero status by dumping the terrible draft pick of Marvin Williams for Devin Harris. Signing Lou Williams was the icing on the cake.

The future is where the Hawks are aiming for. Next off season they will have 70 million dollars of cap space to go for big free agent targets such as Dwight Howard, or Chris Paul. Chris Paul would make a great mentor for Jeff Teague while adding star power outside the paint. CP3 would replace Johnson and then some. Can the hawks get it done? Only time will tell.

SOURCE:  USA Today

Penske Adds Young New Face

SOURCE:Bleacher Report

Roger Penske announced today that he has signed 18 year Ryan Blaney to drive the 22 dodge challenger for three races. His schedule includes two races with Discount Tire: Aug. 4 at Iowa, Sept. 22 at Kentucky; and one race with Snap-On: Sept. 7.

This young add comes less than 24 hours after I said that Penske Racing needed a bright, young driver to develop. This is their man. The "Buckeye Badass" is only 18 years old and has seen success ever since he has jumped in a stock car. Last year Ryan gave Ty Dillon a run for his money at Lucas Oil Raceway in an ARCA race, then won the K&N pro series West race at Phoenix.

SOURCE: Racer.com

When he started his part time K&N East campaign this year he has looked GOOD. Ryan had a good car at Bristol until he traded fenders with Chase Elliott and spun out. He impressed me again with a 7th place finish in his Nationwide series debut at Richmond. The thing that gives him more potential is that he was driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Imagine what he can do in the September Richmond race on his schedule. Now that he is driving the 22, he will be my dark horse pick.


Thinking past 2012, I think if Ryan Blaney performs well in his three races, I believe he will split the Nationwide Series schedule in 2013 with Brad Keselowski or Trevor Bayne (Pending him going to Penske). With that I say Ryan Blaney has a bright future, which may bring him straight to the Cup Series. The "Buckeye Badass" has a very bright future.

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2012 Silly Season is Here!

2012 Silly Season is Here!

It's July 2012 and nascar silly season is at full speed. What started off looking like Kurt Busch was going to be the biggest free agent turned into a major scramble of rides. It all started when Matt Kenseth announced he is going to leave Roush Fenway, which then he seat was quickly filledbylast year's Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse. I think we all know that Kenseth is going to fill the 20 ride at Joe Gibbs Racing next year and leaving Joey Logano to either to go to a fourth JGR Toyota or look for rides else where. I believe Joey will have a cup ride, its just where will we end up. Then the whole Aj Allmendinger incedent came up, which brought up Aj's one year contract. If AJ does not return, there are three major canadates for the ride., Sam Hornish, Joey Logano, and Trevor Bayne. I really would love to see Trevor Bayne Move to the Penske Fords (Remember they are Ford in 2013) because Penske and Bad Brad Keselowski can bring him to a whole new level. With bringing Bayne in it gives a number of great things to penske. 1. Trevor Bayne is a young up and coming driver who has cup experience (Remember the 2011 Daytona 500 win) 2. Trevor Bayne would have sponsorship (which is why he is only part time cup series with the Wood Brothers) 3. He won the Daytona 500, you cannot take that away from him. A down side would be that Penske Would have to Kick Bad Brad out of the 22 in the nationwide series to get T-Bayne some more valuable seat time. As the new season kicks off next year I would love to see T-Bayne in the 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford (That's going to be tough to get used to) because i know with his talent and energy I know T-Bayne and the 22 may be a winning combo.

Hello Sports world! I'm Ben Schueren (as you can see from the title) and I am a huge sports fan trying to achieve my dream by becoming a sports broadcaster. Bear with me with the first few entries because I am new with this. In this blog you will primarily see the topics on NASCAR, Football, and some Baseball, basketball and hockey. Also with my blog I have a podcast on my Youtube channel bschueren15. There i will talk about the major topics in my favorite sports and hear my opinion. I really hope that you will enjoy, please comment on my work and give your opinions as well.

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