So You Had A Terrible ERA In 2011?

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I just spent some time pursuing Baseball-Reference.com to check out some stats and somehow I started looking up Earned Run Average (ERA) for last year. Here is a little taste of what I found .

Based on pitchers that meet the criteria of having at least 1 inning pitched per teams games, these are the three worst ERAs from 2011 and what happened to those pitchers in the off-season.

  1. 5.30 ERA – Brad Penny: I expect him to put up some good numbers in 2012. He’ll be pitching for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of  Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League. At least now I know what team I’ll be in Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012.
  2. 5.25 ERA – Fausto Carmona: The off-season for this guy is so bad that he lost his visa because his real name is Roberto Hernandez Heredia, he gained the years of age, and now he is on the Indian’s restricted list. 2012 isn’t shaping up well for Fausto… I mean Roberto.
  3. 5.15 ERA – AJ Burnett: Well, 2011 was an improvement over his 5.26 ERA in 2012. Not only was he able to find his way out of the Yankees rotation, word on the street is that he turned down a trade to the Angels for Bobby Abreau which would have almost guaranteed him a playoff team. Now it looks like he’s getting sent to Pittsburgh for Garret Jones. I’d rather pitch in Japan then in Pittsburgh.

Tt eSports – MEKA G-Unit Keyboard Review

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Sometimes you just need to put down the controller and slide out your keyboard. When you do, there aren’t many better keyboards to use then ThermalTake’s Tt eSports MEKA G-Unit Keyboard. It successfully marries a top quality keyboard with the extra macro keys that gamers find extremely useful. Continue reading

MLB 2K12 – Official Trailer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq_Kgc0nymI

I’ve said it before, 2K Sports is really good at trailers. They are also really good at putting players faces in the game. This years games looks really good. I just hope they can pull everything together and give MLB 12: The Show some competition on the PS3, and make Xbox 360 owners not want to go out and buy a PS3.

MLB 2K12 hits stores March 6th on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PC, PSP and PS2.

Valentine’s Day

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Being Valentine’s Day and all, I think it’s important that you know the reason that ThatSportsGamer.com even exists. While there are a handful of people who keep ThatSportsGamer.com and ThatSportsGamer Show alive, (Scott Bins, Jeff Solomon, Ryan Lewis), there is only one person that made it happen.

Without the support from my lovely wife, Erika, this site would never have been started. If it wasn’t for her, never in a million years would I have the confidence to start this site. The confidence she has in me to be able to do this is what made it happen. Whenever I need a kick in the butt to get something done, she is there.

I know it hasn’t been easy on her, specifically after a game launches, and I walk in from work, ask how her day was, then lock myself in my office for hours on end. Or the late nights where she goes to sleep and I’m up editing ThatSportsGamer Show till 2am.

So no one should thank me for this site, they should be thanking her for giving me the ability to do it, because without her, I’d probably still be sitting in my parents basement playing video games unproductively, rather than sitting in my office playing video games semi-productively.

I love you Erika, and thank you for everything you’ve done, and everything you have lead me to do.

ThatSportsGamer Show: Ep 009 – Screwed By Porter Callahan

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This week on ThatSportsGamer Show: Scott and I talk about the Tiger Legacy Challenge, MLB 12: The Show feature list, FIFA 12 Ultimate Team making bank, UFC Undisputed 3, the final Madden 12 roster updated, the new expanded Madden 13 cover vote, and 2K Sports bundling NBA 2K12 with MLB 2K12.

Special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.

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Tt eSports – Isurus In Ear Headset Review

Tt eSPORTS ISURUS In-Ear Gaming HeadsetSince the release of Sony’s PlayStation Portable in 2005, I have spent hundreds of dollars and gone through dozens of headphones looking for the perfect set for mobile gaming. The Tt eSPORTS by Thermaltake’s Isurus in-ear gaming headset has ended that search for now.

I’ve always known of Thermaltake as a top quality PC power supply company. As a matter of fact, I have one in my desktop PC right now. So when I received the Isurus headset from them I was eager to try it out. Continue reading

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition On Sale For Lovers

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Don’t know what to get for the sports gamer in your life? Go out and get him or her NBA Jam: On Fire Edition. Now until February 14th the game is discounted for XBL Gold Members to only 800 Microsoft Points.

If you don’t have it yet, it is definitely worth the pickup.

ThatSportsGamer Show: Ep 008 – Crotch Blur

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This week on ThatSportsGamer Show: Scott and I talk about NBA Jam: OFE rosters finally getting updated, the final roster pack for WWE ’12, the NHL All-Star / NFL All-Pro weekend, MLB 2K12 features, ratings in sports games and more.

Special thanks to Mike Suszek for this weeks opening.

Extra special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.

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