I remember meeting Francisco X. Rivera in person back in 2006. I was in my first months with the Dodgers, and he was the on-air talent for a pitch meeting to produce a Spanish show dedicated to the Dodgers.
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They’re out there. And have been out there for generations. Leyendas Mexicanas. La Llorona. El Cucuy. Chupacabra. El Chamuco. They’ve scared kids for what seems like forever. And even as adults, we remember vividly how those childhood memories scarred us for life. I couldn’t watch the cinematic edition of La Llorona last year — even though a friend of mine worked on the movie — because I just couldn’t relieve those moments we would share at parties or even school about how we know someone who know someone who swears they saw her lurking in the middle of the night crying, “Mis hijos.”
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Many of these players will be ultra-scrutinized and discussed in the next months until draft day. They may be as important as any players. They’re the studs. The bell cows. Los Caballos. The ones you draft and ride hard.
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Thursday, March 19, 1987, is a day I’ll hardly ever forget. Yes, it was the 21st wedding anniversary of my parents — Abigail and Juan Martin — but being a normal 19-year-old college student, I had something else to do.
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This is the region where there are depth plays that could turn into weekly starters. It’s also where players are coming off injuries or mas o menos seasons. They could blow up and jump into the top 10, or they could be relegated to your backup and maybe even cut for that inevitable RB injury. But you need to know these QBs, because they could win you a week. Picking up at a well-known No. 11.
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We’re here to differentiate who the must-start QBs are from the streamers with the first rankings of the 2020 offseason by los primos. We ranked the QBs 1-32, and below is the composite rankings of the top 10.
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It was May 5, 2006, and I’d been working for the Dodgers as the team’s publications director for about 4 months. Living the dream, working for the team I fell in love with in 1977. It was largely because of the Dodgers that I wanted to one day become a sportswriter.
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Even with all the Burrow and Tua talk that dominated the lead-up to the draft, the fact that there was un chingon of wide receivers available this year did not disappoint from the start. Count ’em, 6 wide receivers taken in the first round! And a total of 17 taken in the first 3 rounds. Ay mijo! That’s almost as many Familia members that we fit around a couple picnic tables for Easter.
We’re different from the way NFL GMs think. Yes, we know the importance of a great offensive line to a quarterback’s performance. We know that having great DBs or a ferocious pass rush helps get your offense back on the field.
But when it comes to drafting NFL teams, those aforementioned GMs see things through a different lens than us fantasy owners. We want offense, todo el dia, cada dia! We want to see the running backs picked high with the quarterbacks and receivers, just like we do in August and September. They make us wait to see most of our hopeful caballos carrying the ball to have to be picked in the second day. At least the ones who could find their ways to our teams in a few months.
We all love the QB. They are the ones remembered and cherished when they are the true great ones. Johnny Unitas. Joe Montana. John Elway. Peyton Manning. Tom Brady. Drew Brees. The names can continue on and on.
What do those players have in common other than being in or en route to the Hall of Fame? They all struggled or sat early in their careers. Unitas was even cut from the team that drafted him (way to go, 1955 Steelers). Montana played 1 game as a rookie. Manning led the league in interceptions his rookie year. What does this say? Yes, even the best of the best get humbled by the game at the beginning.
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