eeeThe Los Angeles Dodgers proved, under new ownership last season, that they are willing to spend to contend and made a big splash on the free agent market over the weekend. Sidney Rice Jersey . Numbers Game looks at the Dodgers addition of starting pitcher Zack Greinke. The Dodgers Get: RHP Zack Greinke. The prize of the free agent pitching market, 29-year-ol d Zack Greinke has been one of the games elite starters over the last five seasons, posting a 70-43 record with 3.39 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 8.8 K/9. For the advanced stats crowd, Greinke has a fWAR (www.fangr aphs.com) of 28.5 over those five seasons, fifth-best among major league starters, trailing only Cliff  ;Lee, Roy H alladay, Justin&nbs p;Verlander and CC Sa bathia. With those numbers, and the 2009 Cy Young Award on his resume already, Greinke has the credential s to be a staff ace, but doesnt have to be with the Dodgers, since they already have Clayton&nb sp;Kershaw. When he first arrived in the big leagues, Greinke was lauded for being a pitcher, but wasnt considered overpoweri ng, striking out 5.9 batters per nine innings through his first two seasons. However, Greinke evolved, dialing up his fastball an extra few miles per hour (89.1 MPH in 2004 up to a career-hig h 94.0 MPH in 2007, before settling at 92.4 MPH last season). Something that bears watching with Greinke, then, is that he started experiment ing with a cutter last season, throwing it more than 10% of the time according to Fan Graphs. While the results werent immediatel y favourable , if Greinke gains further command of the pitch, he could be even more formidable and he throws fewer sliders and change-ups as a result. Greinke was signed for six years and $147-milli on (with an opt-out after three seasons, accoding to Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal) , which is obviously a massive price tag and a deal of that length presents risk for even the most durable pitchers, but its a function of Greinke being the hottest pitching commodity on the free agent market and the Dodgers using their financial might to build a World Series contender. Adding Greinke to a rotation that includes Kershaw, Josh Beckett, Chris  ;Capuano, Aaron  ;Harang, Ted L illy, Chad Billingsley and recently-s igned Korean import Ryu H yun-jin actually leaves the Dodgers with too much pitching depth, an enviable problem that can be resolved with further dealing. Greinke was brought to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last season and the Angels rotation has undergone some changes this offseason, letting Greinke and Dan H aren depart, leaving them with Jered  ;Weaver, C.J. 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Reserve JR Smith added 22 points for the Knicks, the only unbeaten team in the NBA. They hadnt been perfect after four games since the 1993-94 team started 7-0 en route to the NBA Finals. The Knicks averaged 104. Russell Okung Jersey . Ford , a five-time Olympian from Edmonton, Alta., placed first in the Mens K-1, earning Canada its only Olympic berth in slalom Canoe/Kaya k for London 2012. Got a question on rule clarificat ion, comments on rule enforcemen ts or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry Fraser wants to answer your emails at cmonref@ts n.ca! Kerry,&nbs p;Great column and incredible insight offered into the NHL officials world and on-ice decision making process. In tonights game Dallas scored a "controver sial" goal. The pass/shot from the point was high and Dallas player in the slot jumps into the air and plays the puck with his stick above his shoulders. The resulting high stick deflection ends up on goal and Quick made the save and left the rebound off the left side and it was easily put away by the crashing Dallas player.&nb sp;On the reverse angle Mike Cvik is seen signaling a high stick but then the goal I scored and no call made. Kings colour guy Jim Fox said the play was not reviewable and the goal allowed to stand...th is is crazy!&nbs p; The game should not have been tied 2-2! Then more Kings and Dallas drama...pl ease explain the wave off off of Trevor&nbs p;Lewiss goal...he didnt appear to shove Aaron  ;Rome into Kari Lehtonen, but the ref waves it off and Dallas comes right back and scores to make it 3-2 Stars. If you take away the high stick goal from earlier and award the Kings goal, the score should be 3-1 Kings!&nbs p;Derek May - -- Ker ry, Wh ats your take on - 1) The goal that put Dallas into a 2-2 tie with L.A. on Sunday and - 2) The non-goal situation early in the third, both of which angered the attendees at Staples Center? Michael S. Wall --- Derek and Michael: It is operating procedure and protocol for the Linesmen to allow the Referees to make the first judgment on high-stick ing of the puck and hand passes.&nb sp; When a questionab le play occurs in either of these areas the Referee must acknowledg e that he has observed the play with either a signal affirming he deems the play to be illegal (high stick or hand pass) or an immediate washout signal (play determined to be good and allowed to continue). The Linesman can and will provide a signal as Mike Cvik did, but can be overridden by the Referee should he make a clear wave-off allowing play to continue. This is done to avoid the situation where a whistle is being blown by the Lineman when the Referee has determined the play to be legal and is making a wave-off signal. Lineman Mike Cvik made the correct determinat ion by virtue of his initial high stick signal that the puck was struck with a stick above the normal height of the shoulders by Ryan Garbutt when he jumped in the air and redirected a high deflected shot from the point by Dallas defenceman , Alex Goligoski. Linesman Cvik and Referee Mike Leggo were the two closest Officials to the play with sightlines from the opposite sides of the ice. Referee Leggo did not make a signal one way or the other so it might be safe to assume that he did not view or react to the play. Short of any of the other Officials (not in camera shot) waving off the play, Linesman Cvik had the authority to stop the play and should have under rule 32.5 Stopping Play—The Linesman shall stop play: (v) When the puck is struck by a stick above the normal height of the shoulders and this has gone undetected by either of the Referees. Cortez Kennedy Jersey. Following the high stick of the puck and resulting goal scored by Antoine Rousell, a conference took place involving all the Officials to determine if the puck had been struck with a high stick by Garbutt.&n bsp; Jim Fox is correct in his analysis that this play cannot be determined through video review but only by the Officials judgment on the ice. All goals are reviewed and it could only be determined that the puck was put into the net in a legal manner by Rousell and not that he had received the puck illegally through a high stick. The following quote was made by Kings Captain Dustin&nbs p;Brown in a postgame interview, "The way they (Referees) explained it to me was – if it went in the net it would have been a no goal because it was a high stick above the crossbar, but because it was a high stick above the crossbar but below his shoulder – thats [the reason]," With this informatio n it would be reasonable to assume that either&nbs p; Linesman Cvik wasnt 100% sure of his initial judgment, was talked out it, or overruled as the Officials collective final judgment determined that the puck was struck below the normal height of Ryan Garbutts shoulders. On the Kings disallowed goal Trevor&nbs p;Lewis gave Aaron  ;Rome a short, accelerate d shove with his hands and forearms (stick held in front in prone position) approximat ely 6-8 feet in front of the Kari Lehtonens goal crease.&nb sp; The Dallas defenceman was turning slightly at the time of the contact which caused him to lose his balance and fall into Lehtonen knocking the goalie and the puck into the back of the net. Most will be focused Trevor&nbs p;Lewis ability to stop at the top of the goal crease without entering the blue paint and failed to focus on the fact that the contact initiated by Lewis occurred a distance in front of the crease.&nb sp; If you didnt pick up this contact you are left with the illusion that Rome fell into his goalie on his own steam. That was clearly not the case and the Referee correctly disallowed the goal. Cmon Ref Update Re: High stick of the puck Allow me to clarify a misconcept ion that a couple of you have posted with regard to eligibilit y to play a puck struck with a high stick that has subsequent ly been deflected off a defending player or goalkeeper . Rule 80.1—Whe n a puck is struck with a high stick and subsequent ly comes into the possession and control of a player from the offending team (including the player who made contact with the puck), either directly or deflected off any player or official, there shall be a whistle. Simply put possession and control is required by the non-offend ing team to eliminate the delayed high stick of the puck call. Therefore a save by the goalie or a deflection off the leg or any part of the body or stick of any player would not eliminate the high stick call. The only way the high stick call could have been eliminated in this case would have been if a player from the LA Kings gained possession of the puck and not simply by deflecting or touching it! ' ' '