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Matthew Espinosa: More Than Me - Sharing His Secrets, Dreams, and Inspirations



You know Matthew is burning up the internet with more than 18 million fans across YouTube, Vine, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You know about his starring role in the hit movie Be Somebody. And you know he makes you laugh every time.




Matthew Espinosa: More Than Me




Espinosa began posting Papa Squat images a week ago on Instagram, where the character already has more than 4,000 followers, and his fanbase debated whether or not the portrayal could be construed as blackface. Fans also called him out on Twitter for the costume.


The Purple Raiders (2-0, 1-0 OAC) got the job done in this roadgame by stepping up big on defense. They limited the Muskies to 69total yards, including only 22 on the ground. Joshua Scott paved the way as he racked up six tackles and pickedoff a pass. Mike Maier also came through with an interception whileTrevor Smith forced a fumble that led to a safety. The defending national champion was on point offensively as well,rolling up 457 yards behind a stellar performance by quarterbackKevin Burke, who threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns whilerushing for 82 yards as well. The Purple Raiders continue to be a model of consistency, winningtheir 17th consecutive game overall and extending theirregular-season win streak to 75 games. It's also the 111thconsecutive game Mount Union has won on the road in the regularseason. Heidelberg made a statement in its first OAC gameof the year, rocking Ohio Northern 55-27 on a day when it scoredtouchdowns on eight straight possessions. The No. 13 Student Princes notched their third consecutive win inthe Bendekovic Bowl as Cartel Brooks and Bryan Lacey both went over100 yards on the ground. Brooks rushed for 143 yards and two scoreswhile Lacey churned out 104 yards and found the end zone twice. Michael Mees wasn't bad either, throwing for 304 yards and fourscores. Dontae Dye benefitted the most from Mees' big day, makingtwo catches, both for touchdowns and racking up 126 receivingyards. Heidelberg (2-0, 1-0 OAC) finished with 590 yards of offensethanks to an offensive line that did not allow a sack. Will Nance paced the defense with nine tackles. The StudentPrinces allowed 373 yards. Wittenberg nailed down its first win of the yearon Saturday as it toppled DePauw 45-0 in its NCAC opener on theroad. The 17th-ranked Tigers (1-1, 1-0 NCAC) got a huge lift from ReedFlorence, who threw for one touchdown and rushed for two more inthe victory.


MS. NULAND: Well, first of all, in process, my understanding is that Quartet statements are generally released in New York. Since it happened more than an hour ago, I assumed that particularly the wire services would have already completed their reports on it. But obviously, it is significant for us that the Quartet --


Jason Collette: Price was throwing 82% fastballs in August until his last start when he started mixing his secondary stuff in more. Now, his fastball rate sits at a cool 74% for this month. He's throwing a good looking cutter of late and was flashing a nice change-up in July. He needs to trust that secondary stuff more because he still has a lot of games left against the Yankees and Red Sox who spoil pitches better than anyone. The Rays have typically not called up many guys when rosters expand, even when out of contention, but it wouldn't surprise me to see them taper off Price and Shields in September and give those starts to someone like Torres or even Moore over the final two weeks of the season.


Jason Collette: At the start of this season, that would have been an easy Matusz answer. Now that both guys have durability issues on their resume, the answer isn't as clearcut. Maddon will let his guys work deeper into games if they show they can handle it so I'll take Niemann here as he's more likely to go 110 pitches into a game than Matusz is.


Jason Collette: Late next year for Hultzen, 2015 for Bundy are my best guesses at a very inexact science. I still think Moore's chances of pitching for the Rays this season are around 2%. He threw 145 innings last year and they don't like going more than 20-25 in the following season. He's at 133 now so if you figure he has a 165ish cap this season, that's six more starts which takes him right through the AAA playoffs.


Jason Collette: I don't know the numbers, but I don't see a huge problem here. My mother watches as much baseball as I do if not more. I see fine examples of passionate women fans such as @amandarykoff, @sportsbizmiss@sportschix1, @alyssamilano on Twitter as well. I think getting a female in a visible position of leadership would help as well as getting women more involved in the calling of the game itself rather than this sideline reporting trend. I think the women on the fence with baseball would be more drawn in if they heard a woman giving her opinion of the game rather than reporting on what a player did during their off day.


Jason Collette: Because they were top five in radio and television last season - better ratings than the die-hard fanbase is Los Angeles and Boston. I don't know if you saw the video highlight of Jim Thome's 1st career home run, but it came in an early September game at Yankee Stadium that had 14,000 people in it. If an area that has 10.5% unemployment and 4.5 million people within an hour can get 12K to a meaningless Rays/Royals tilt, certainly an area with 14 million can draw more than 14K to any game, no? Oh yea, GIVE ME REPLAY ALREADY!


Jason Collette: He's striking out even more than he did last year which is never a good sign for me. 48 XBH is nice in the stat line, but it is the Cal League. Can he make the kind of jump that Goldschmidt did this season coming out of that league? Nah, but in a deep NL league, I take a flier on him. 2ff7e9595c


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