2/11/13 Links....

ESPN college football writer Mark Schlabach has released his early rankings for the 2013 season.

Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum does a hilarious Hunter Pence impression.

Miami has climbed to the pinnacle of college basketball and is predicted as a #1 seed in Jerry Palm's Bracketology.

And, a high school hockey player scored an incredible goal over the weekend.

A Sad Day for Miami Baseball Fans

After an off season fire sale sending Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and more from the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays, Miami fans are getting their revenge on owner Jeffrey Loria. The ramifications of the move, which dismantled a promising roster only a season after construction of a brand new stadium, have already become apparent a week before Spring Training is set to begin. Less than 30 minutes before single game tickets were set to go on sale, this picture was taken outside of Marlins Park:

And at the Marlins yearly fanfest, the concession stands remained hauntingly empty for most of the event.

Tim Lincecum's New Hair

Two-time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum officially unveiled his new haircut in front of the Giants media today.  The cut, which is a combination between actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and MSNBC news  host Rachel Maddow, has earned rave reviews from Giants players and can be seen in this video clip:

Pre-Spring Training Power Rankings

Nothing like a meaningless ranking system for sports right? Well our friends at Sports Illustrated decided that a week before pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training would be a great time to announce who the best and the worst teams in baseball are.  The only real surprises are that the Nationals, yes I said the Nationals, are ranked as the top team, and the perennial greatest-team-in-the-history-of-sports-ever Yankees are only ranked in the 13th spot. And by the way, the National League is stacked!  Here is the complete SI pre-Spring ranking:

1. Washington Nationals
2. Atlanta Braves
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Toronto Blue Jays
6. Tampa Bay Rays
7. St. Louis Cardinals
8. Detroit Tigers
9. L.A. Dodgers
10. Texas Rangers