Sports by the numbers: 11/24/10

Guyism’s daily look at what’s hot in the world of sports.

4.7

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Big Island during the Maui Invitational last night, temporarily stopping the game between Kentucky and Washington. Because the quake was so small, there were some in the building who didn’t feel a thing. UK coach John Calipari was one of those people, “There was an earthquake?” Kentucky coach John Calipari said. “What was it on the Richter Scale? Aw, that’s nothing. I thought you were going to tell me it was a 7 and the building would have shook a little bit.”

83

The reports of his demise were premature to say the least, nevertheless, 83-year old Joe Paterno issued a statement that he’ll be back again next year for the Nittany Lions. “I had no intentions, and I’ve never indicated to anybody, including myself, that I was not coming back,” he said on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. “No, it’s always been in my mind that now is not the time to go. I think we’ve got a good young team. They may not be there yet but they will be soon.”

.786

Josh Hamilton received 22 of 28 first place votes (78.6%) to take home the AL MVP award yesterday. That’s fine and dandy and much kudos to Hamilton, but if you ask me, there isn’t any player offensively that scares the living bejesus out of pitchers more than Miguel Cabrera. Had the Tigers not been eliminated from the playoffs in August, this would have been his award, hands down. As it stands, he still finished a respectable second.

25.7

Vince Young received 25.7 million dollars in guaranteed money when he signed with the Titans in 2006. A little more than four years later, he’s not even allowed in the team’s facility. Reports surfaced that Young was asked to leave on Monday, one day after storming out of the locker room after a loss to Washington. Young and coach Jeff Fisher are at odds and if this somehow does not get solved soon, one of them won’t be in the Music City much longer.

25,000

It’s good to know that punching Ben Roethlisberger in the face only gets you a $25,000 dollar fine. I’m sure there are several women around the country that would be more than happy with that figure. A kick to the groin, however, is a bit more steep…runs around $50k.

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