I saw the movie “42″ yesterday and it was the best baseball movie I have seen since “The Rookie”.  But, unlike the Rookie’s main character Jim Morris, Jackie Robinson was more important to baseball and the history of sports in the United States.  After all, Jackie Robinson was the first black player ever in the major leagues.  In the movie, Harrison Ford plays Brooklyn Dodgers’ G.M. Branch Rickey, and he could win something for his portrayal.  Rickey was an amazing person as he stepped out on a limb for not only Jackie Robinson, but all black players.  Without a man of his courage, Robinson would have never gotten his chance to show what he can do.

Robinson made his major league debut in 1947 at the age of 28.  He played 1B as a rookie and he won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1947.  He played in 151 games for the Dodgers in 1947 and he was 175 of 590 (.297 avg, .810 OPS) with 125 runs scored, 12 homers, 48 RBIs and 29 stolen bases.  His best year came in 1949, when he was the MVP.  Robinson played in 156 games for the Dodgers in 1949 and he was 203 for 593 (.342 avg, .960 OPS) with 122 runs scored, 16 homers, 124 RBIs and 37 stolen bases.  Robinson played in 1,382 games in his 10 years with the Dodgers and he was 1,518 of 4,877 (.311 avg, .833 OPS) with 947 runs scored, 137 homers, 734 RBIs and 197 stolen bases.  Robinson had a sharp eye at the plate as he walked 740 times in his career while only whiffing 291 times in his career.  Robinson made the All-Star team in 6 of his 10 years in the major leagues and he was elected into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1962.  Sadly, Jackie Robinson died on October 24th, 1972 at the age of 53.  He is buried at Cypress Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

Today, everyone in major league baseball will be wearing #42 on their backs in honor of the most important player ever.  Because of him, it made things easier for all blacks who followed him and all hispanic and japanese ballplayers.

All good things come to an end eventually.  It’s purely dartboard time in the 7th round of the NFL Draft and here’s a look at the way it will play out in 2013:

1. (207) Kansas City Chiefs - John Boyett, SS, Oregon

2. (208) Jacksonville Jaguars - Cierre Wood, RB, Notre Dame

3. (209) Oakland Raiders - Kerwynn Williams, RB, Utah State

4. (210) Philadelphia Eagles - Marcus Lattimore, RB, South Carolina

5. (211) Detroit Lions - Alec Lemon, WR, Syracuse

6. (212) Philadelphia Eagles - Chris Gragg, TE, Arkansas

7. (213) Minnesota Vikings - Greg Reid, CB, Valdosta State

8. (214) Seattle Seahawks - Denard Robinson, WR/RB/QB, Michigan

9. (215) New York Jets - Knile Davis, RB, Arkansas

10. (216) Tennessee Titans - Aaron Mellette, WR, Elon

11. (217) Miami Dolphins - Marquess Wilson, WR, Washington State

12. (218) Philadelphia Eagles - Brent Russell, DT, Georgia Southern

13. (219) Oakland Raiders - Kyle Juszczyk, TE, Harvard

14. (220) Seattle Seahawks - Ray Otten, TE, San Jose State

15. (221) San Diego Chargers - Chris Jones, DT, Bowling Green

16. (222) St. Louis Rams - Jawan Jamison, RB, Rutgers

17. (223) Pittsburgh Steelers - Will Campbell, DT, Michigan

18. (224) Miami Dolphins - Rex Burkhead, RB, Nebraska

19. (225) New York Giants - Terrence Brown, CB, Stanford

20. (226) New England Patriots - Joseph Fauria, TE, UCLA

21. (227) San Francisco 49ers - Matt Furstenburg, TE, Maryland

22. (228) Washington Redskins - Alan Bonner, WR, Jacksonville State

23. (229) Minnesota Vikings - P.J. Lonergan, C, LSU

24. (230) Indianapolis Colts - Chris Thompson, RB, Florida State

25. (231) Seattle Seahawks - Caleb Sturgis, K, Florida

26. (232) Green Bay Packers - Nick Clancy, ILB, Boston College

27. (233) Houston Texans - Dayne Crist, QB, Kansas

28. (234) Denver Broncos - Onterrio McCalebb, RB, Auburn

29. (235) New England Patriots - Mike James, FB, Miami (FLA)

30. (236) Atlanta Falcons - Jeff Tuel, QB, Washington State

31. (237) Cleveland Browns - Ryan Allen, P, Louisiana Tech

32. (238) Baltimore Ravens - MarQuies Gray, FB, Minnesota

33. (239) Philadelphia Eagles - Zach Boren, FB, Ohio State

34. (240) Cincinnati Bengals - Jamie Collins, OLB, Southern Mississippi

35. (241) Seattle Seahawks - Nick Kasa, TE, Colorado

36. (242) Seattle Seahawks - Jawanza Starling, FS, USC

37. (243) Atlanta Falcons - Patrick Ward, OT, Northwestern

38. (244) Atlanta Falcons - Seth Doege, QB, Texas Tech

39. (245) Detroit Lions - I.J. Moe, WR, Missouri

40. (246) San Francisco 49ers - Alex Carder, QB, Western Michigan

41. (247) Baltimore Ravens - Joe Kruger, DE, Utah

42. (248) Tennessee Titans - Ray Graham, RB, Pittsburgh

43. (249) Atlanta Falcons - Vance McDonald, TE, Rice

44. (250) Miami Dolphins - Nick Becton, OT, Virginia Tech

45. (251) Cincinnati Bengals - Rogers Gaines, OT, Tennessee State

46. (252) San Francisco 49ers - Wes Horton, DE, USC

47. (253) New York Giants - Michael Zordich, FB, Penn State

48. (254) Indianapolis Colts - Sio Moore, OLB, Connecticut

This is where you either decide to take the best player available or the best player at a position of need and hope you luck out.  Here is how I see the 6th round going later this month:

1. (169) Jacksonville Jaguars - Corey Fuller, WR, Virginia Tech

2. (170) Kansas City Chiefs - Corey Lemonier, DE, Auburn

3. (171) Detroit Lions - Stansly Maponga, OLB, TCU

4. (172) Oakland Raiders - Eric Herrman, G, Ohio

5. (173) Cleveland Browns - Dustin Hopkins, K, Florida State

6. (174) Arizona Cardinals - Marc Anthony, CB, California

7. (175) San Francisco 49ers - Zach Line, FB, SMU

8. (176) Arizona Cardinals - Joseph Randle, RB, Oklahoma State

9. (177) Buffalo Bills - Tavarres King, WR, Georgia

10. (178) New York Jets - Keith Pough, OLB, Howard

11. (179) San Diego Chargers - Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M

12. (180) San Francisco 49ers - Jordan Hill, DT, Penn State

13. (181) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Maliciah Goodman, DE, Clemson

14. (182) Carolina Panthers - Quanterus Smith, DE, Western Kentucky

15. (183) New Orleans Saints - Ryan Swope, WR, Texas A&M

16. (184) St. Louis Rams - Jasper Collins, WR, Mount Union

17. (185) Dallas Cowboys - Kenjon Barner, RB, Oregon

18. (186) Pittsburgh Steelers - Spencer Ware, RB, LSU

19. (187) New York Giants - Adrian Bushell, CB, Louisville

20. (188) Chicago Bears - Tourek Williams, OLB, Florida International

21. (189) Minnesota Vikings - David Bass, OLB, Missouri Southern

22. (190) Cincinnati Bengals - Cory Grissom, DT, South Florida

23. (191) Washington Redskins - Montori Hughes, DT, Tennessee-Martin

24. (192) Indianapolis Colts - Damion Square, DE, Alabama

25. (193) Green Bay Packers - Jordan Rodgers, QB, Vanderbilt

26. (194) Seattle Seahawks - Kenny Stills, WR, Oklahoma

27. (195) Houston Texans - Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati

28. (196) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Dion Sims, TE, Michigan State

29. (197) Cincinnati Bengals - Tommy Bohanon, FB, Wake Forest

30. (198) Atlanta Falcons - Lamar Mady, C, Youngstown State

31. (199) Baltimore Ravens - D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston

32. (200) Baltimore Ravens - Lavar Edwards, DE, LSU

33. (201) Houston Texans - Branden Wilson, FB, Kansas State

34. (202) Tennessee Titans - Josh Boyce, WR, TCU

35. (203) Baltimore Ravens - Travis Johnson, OLB, San Jose State

36. (204) Kansas City Chiefs - Tyrone Goard, WR, Eastern Kentucky

37. (205) Oakland Raiders - Jared Smith, DE, New Hampshire

38. (206) Pittsburgh Steelers - Josh Boyd, DE, Mississippi State

The 5th round of the NFL Draft is where some teams start throwing darts at their draft boards, trying to hit a Hail Mary.  Here is how I see the round going:

1. (134) Kansas City Chiefs - Nick Florence, QB, Baylor

2. (135) Jacksonville Jaguars - Brad Sorensen, QB, Southern Utah

3. (136) Philadelphia Eagles - Collin Klein, QB, Kansas State

4. (137) Detroit Lions - Tank Carradine, DE, Florida State

5. (138) Seattle Seahawks - Reid Fragel, OT, Ohio State

6. (139) Cleveland Browns - Marquise Goodwin, WR, Texas

7. (140) Arizona Cardinals - Tony Jefferson, SS, Oklahoma

8. (141) New York Jets - Quinton Patton, WR, Louisiana Tech

9. (142) Tennessee Titans - Leon McFadden, CB, San Diego State

10. (143) Buffalo Bills - Jonathan Bostic, ILB, Florida

11. (144) New Orleans Saints - William Gholston, DE, Michigan State

12. (145) San Diego Chargers - Chris Faulk, OT, LSU

13. (146) Miami Dolphins - Robert Lester, SS, Alabama

14. (147) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Akeem Spence, DT, Illinois

15. (148) Carolina Panthers - Marcus Davis, WR, Virginia Tech

16. (149) St. Louis Rams - A.J. Klein, OLB, Iowa State

17. (150) Pittsburgh Steelers - J.J. Wilcox, SS, Georgia Southern

18. (151) Dallas Cowboys - Everett Dawkins, DT, Florida State

19. (152) New York Giants - Sean Renfree, QB, Duke

20. (153) Chicago Bears - Chase Thomas, OLB, Stanford

21. (154) Washington Redskins - Mike Gillislee, RB, Florida

22. (155) Minnesota Vikings - Conner Vernon, WR, Duke

23. (156) Cincinnati Bengals - Tyrann Mathieu, CB, LSU

24. (157) San Francisco 49ers - Braxton Cave, C, Notre Dame

25. (158) Seattle Seahawks - Jordan Mills, OT, Louisiana Tech

26. (159) Green Bay Packers - Micah Hyde, CB, Iowa

27. (160) Houston Texans - Kapron Lewis-Moore, DE, Notre Dame

28. (161) Denver Broncos - John Wetzel, OT, Boston College

29. (162) Washington Redskins - Braden Brown, OT, BYU

30. (163) Atlanta Falcons - J.C. Tretter, OT, Cornell

31. (164) Cleveland Browns - Jelani Jenkins, OLB, Florida

32. (165) Baltimore Ravens - Vince Williams, ILB, Florida State

33. (166) Miami Dolphins - Lerentree McCray, OLB, Florida

34. (167) Green Bay Packers - Sean Porter, DE, Texas A&M

35. (168) Baltimore Ravens - Matt Scott, QB, Arizona

Starters and developmental projects with high upsides are still to be found in the 4th round of the 2013 NFL Draft.  Here is how I see it going:

1. (98) Jacksonville Jaguars - Emmett Cleary, OT, Boston College

2. (99) Kansas City Chiefs - Steve Beauharnais, ILB, Rutgers

3. (100) Oakland Raiders - Earl Watford, G, James Madison

4. (101) Philadelphia Eagles - Brian Schwenke, C, California

5. (102) Minnesota Vikings - Jessie Williams, DT, Alabama

6. (103) Arizona Cardinals - Brandon Jenkins, DE, Florida State

7. (104) Cleveland Browns - Bacarri Rambo, FS, Georgia

8. (105) Buffalo Bills - Levin Toilolo, TE, Stanford

9. (106) New York Jets - Brennan Williams, OT, North Carolina

10. (107) Tennessee Titans - Edmund Kugbila, G, Valdosta State

11. (108) Carolina Panthers - Jamoris Slaughter, SS, Notre Dame

12. (109) New Orleans Saints - Zac Dysert, QB, Miami (Ohio)

13. (110) San Diego Chargers - Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas

14. (111) Miami Dolphins - Kiko Alonso, ILB, Oregon

15. (112) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Nickell Robey, CB, USC

16. (113) St. Louis Rams - Jeff Baca, G, UCLA

17. (114) Dallas Cowboys - Jordan Poyer, CB, Oregon State

18. (115) Pittsburgh Steelers - Cobi Hamilton, WR, Arkansas

19. (116) New York Giants - Johnathan Franklin, RB, UCLA

20. (117) Chicago Bears - Tyler Bray, QB, Tennessee

21. (118) Cincinnati Bengals - Rick Wagner, OT, Wisconsin

22. (119) Washington Redskins - Da’Rick Rogers, WR, Tennessee Tech

23. (120) Minnesota Vikings - Zaviar Gooden, OLB, Missouri

24. (121) Indianapolis Colts - Darius Slay, CB, Mississippi State

25. (122) Green Bay Packers - T.J. McDonald, SS, USC

26. (123) Seattle Seahawks - Nathan Williams, OLB, Ohio State

27. (124) Houston Texans - John Simon, OLB, Ohio State

28. (125) Denver Broncos - Duke Williams, CB, Nevada

29. (126) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Kwame Geathers, DT, Georgia

30. (127) Atlanta Falcons - Will Davis, CB, Utah State

31. (128) San Francisco 49ers - Margus Hunt, DE, SMU

32. (129) Baltimore Ravens - Jamaal Johnson-Webb, OT, Alabama A&M

33. (130) Baltimore Ravens - Jonathan Cyprien, SS, Florida International

34. (131) San Francisco 49ers - Tharold Simon, CB, LSU

35. (132) Detroit Lions - Robert Alford, CB, Southeast Louisiana

36. (133) Atlanta Falcons - Travis Bond, G, North Carolina