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NFL Teams with the Most Penalties (2007-2012)
The Oakland Raiders are the Most Penalized NFL Team So Far this Season and of the Past Five Seasons. What Else Is New?
The bad boy Oakland Raiders are the most penalized NFL team of the past five years (plus the first 10 weeks of this season). They are the only team to breach the 700-penalty mark over that time and are way ahead of second-place Dallas.
The Raiders are in a penalty league of their own.
On the other end of the list, it’s the Atlanta Falcons, and Bill Belichick‘s New England Patriots with the fewest penalties in the past half-decade.
Thanks to my source, The Football Database, where you can see the breakdown by year.
Follow @VinGetz| 1. | Oakland Raiders | 718 |
| 2. | Dallas Cowboys | 636 |
| 3. | Arizona Cardinals | 629 |
| 4. | Detroit Lions | 613 |
| 5. | Tennessee Titans | 602 |
| 6. | St. Louis Rams | 579 |
| 7. | Baltimore Ravens | 577 |
| 7. | San Francisco 49ers | 577 |
| 9. | Philadelphia Eagles | 570 |
| 10. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 553 |
| 11. | Green Bay Packers | 548 |
| 12. | Carolina Panthers | 547 |
| 13. | Chicago Bears | 545 |
| 14. | Minnesota Vikings | 543 |
| 15. | Seattle Seahawks | 536 |
| 16. | Cleveland Browns | 522 |
| 17. | Cincinnati Bengals | 518 |
| 17. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 518 |
| 19. | Denver Broncos | 517 |
| 20. | Kansas City Chiefs | 515 |
| 21. | Washington Redskins | 514 |
| 22. | New York Giants | 504 |
| 23. | Houston Texans | 499 |
| 24. | San Diego Chargers | 494 |
| 25. | New York Jets | 490 |
| 26. | New Orleans Saints | 489 |
| 27. | Buffalo Bills | 483 |
| 28. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 463 |
| 29. | Miami Dolphins | 458 |
| 30. | Indianapolis Colts | 444 |
| 31. | New England Patriots | 441 |
| 32. | Atlanta Falcons | 437 |
Photo: thesportssession.net
Major League Baseball: Teams and Players with the Most Cycles
Two of These Players (Bob Meusel, Lou Gehrig) Hit For the Cycle Multiple Times. Not the Guy on the Right.
Scott Hairston became the 10th player in New York Mets history to hit for the cycle last night. It was the 298th time a cycle – a single, double, triple and home run in one game – has been hit.
But not by 298 different players. Some had more than one.
Three players hit for the cycle three times, that’s the most.
Then, you have a bunch of guys who did it twice. That’s still mighty nice.
In total, 27 players have hit for the cycle more than once, including greats like Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, to name two. Here are all 27 in today’s list.
And if you want to see which franchise has the most cycles, the number of cycles for every franchise, a full list of every cycle ever hit (including dates and box scores), and other offbeat cycle stats (like cycles with inside-the-park home runs, grand slams or in natural order, etc.) check out my sources, mlb.com, baseball-almanac.com (NL, AL, Offbeat), and yes I did this time, wikipedia, who did a bang-up job.
| Bob Meusel | 3 | New York Yankees (1921, 1922, 1928) |
| Babe Herman | 3 | Brooklyn Robins (1931, 1931), Chicago Cubs (1933) |
| John Reilly | 3 | Cincinnati Reds (1883, 1883, 1890) |
| Arky Vaugham | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1933, 1939) |
| Bob Watson | 2 | Houston Astros (1977), Boston Red Sox (1979) |
| Bobby Doerr | 2 | Boston Red Sox (1944, 1947) |
| Brad Wilkerson | 2 | Montreal Expos (2003), Washington Nationals (2005) |
| Cesar Cedeno | 2 | Houston Astros (1972, 1976) |
| Chris Speier | 2 | Montreal Expos (1978), San Francisco Giants (1988) |
| Chuck Klein | 2 | Philadelphia Phillies (1931, 1933) |
| Dave Orr | 2 | New York Metropolitans (1885, 1887) |
| Frank White | 2 | Kansas City Royals (1979, 1982) |
| Fred Clarke | 2 | Pittsburg Pirates (1901, 1903) |
| George Brett | 2 | Kansas City Royals (1979, 1990) |
| George Sisler | 2 | St. Louis Browns (1920, 1921) |
| Jim Fregosi | 2 | L.A. Angels (1964), California Angles (1968) |
| Jimmy Ryan | 2 | Chicago White Stockings (1888), Chicago Colts (1891) |
| Joe Cronin | 2 | Washington Senators (1929), Boston Red Sox (1940) |
| Joe DiMaggio | 2 | New York Yankees (1937, 1948) |
| John Olerud | 2 | New York Mets (1997), Seattle Mariners (2001) |
| Ken Boyer | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals (1961, 1964) |
| Lou Gehrig | 2 | New York Yankees (1934, 1937) |
| Mickey Cochrane | 2 | Philadelphia A’s (1932, 1933) |
| Mike Tiernan | 2 | New York Giants (1888, 1890) |
| Pete Browning | 2 | Louisville Colonels (1886, 1889) |
| Tip O’Neill | 2 | St. Louis Brown Stockings (1887, 1887) |
| Wally Westlake | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1948, 1949) |
Ozzie Guillen Traded to Florida Marlins: Guillen and Other Manager Trades
Ozzie Guillen Managed the 2005 Chicago White Sox to the World Series Title (latino.foxnews.com)
Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen has been traded to the Florida (to be Miami in 2012) Marlins. The Sox will get two minor leaguers in return.  What?
It happens, and not only in baseball.
Here are the five other baseball trades involving managers I’ve tracked down thanks to hardballtimes.com and seattlepi.com.
1. 2002 – Seattle Mariners trade Lou Piniella to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Randy Winn (OF) and a minor leaguer.
2. 1976 – Oakland A’s trade Chuck Tanner and $100K to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Manny Sanguillen (C).
3. 1967 – Washington Senators trade Gil Hodges to the New York Mets for Bill Denehy and cash.
4. 1960 – Cleveland Indians trade Joe Gordon to the Detroit Tigers for Jimmy Dykes (Manager).
5. 1960 – Chicago Cubs trade Charlie Grimm to radio station WGN for announcer and former player and manager, Lou Boudreau.
If you know of any other trades involving baseball managers, let me know!
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