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Oct 05
Mr Olympia 2008 Results
1) Dexter Jackson – $155,000
2) Jay Cutler – $90,000
3) Phil Heath – $60,000
4) Dennis Wolf – $48,000
5) Toney Freeman – $38,000
6) Melvin Anthony – $30,000
7) Silvio Samuel – $18,000
8.) Dennis James – $17,000
9) Moe Elmoussawi – $16,000
10) Gustavo Badell – $14,000
The Winner: Dexter Jackson
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2008 Mr. Olympia Final – Pre-Judging - Video
Oct 05
Because he can, you know.
A fun story today from Randy Miller about a letter that the timeless wonder keeps with him from his younger days.
It comes out when Moyer, a 16-game winner as a 45-year-old in 2008, is wrongly told how hard he used to throw in his younger days.
“It’s nothing to brag about,” said Moyer, who will be on the mound tonight at Miller Park when the Phillies go for a three-game sweep in their National League Division Series against Milwaukee. “I had a couple of people say this year, "Back when you were younger and threw 88-90 (mph). I said, "Wait a minute. I never threw that hard.’ That’s when I pull it out and I say, "You want me to prove it?’ It’s 82-83.”
Ha. Most people would go along with the revisionist history and bask in the glory of those 7 or 8 miles per hour.
The love continues over at ESPN where Jayson Stark gets all historical on Grandpa Moyer.
• He could become the oldest starting pitcher to win a postseason clincher — by five years. The current record holder, according to baseball-reference.com, is Curt Schilling, who was 40 years, 327 days old when he won Game 3 of last year’s ALDS sweep for the Red Sox.
• Moyer also could become the oldest starting pitcher to win any kind of postseason game — by more than two years. Roger Clemens was 43 years, 72 days old when he beat the Cardinals in Game 3 of the 2005 NLCS. Clemens, incidentally, is the only 43-year-old starter to win a postseason game — not to mention the only 42-year-old.
Plenty more over at the four letter.
Big game tonight from Moyer. I’m really hoping he can shut this series down and prevent Joe Blanton from having to make an appearance on the mound tomorrow.
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