UMFan83

It’s not an exclusive deal is it?

3 of the 5 longest pennant droughts now belong to NL Central teams. Pittsburgh (2nd longest - 1979), Milwaukee (3rd longest - 1982), Cincinnati (5th longest - 1990)

First loss to Canada in 34 years...

I don’t think the Cardinals are going to win the World Series

Yeah that was promising. The Oilers came into the game 5-0-0 and had looked pretty good so far

The Nationals have 7 runs tonight. The Cardinals have 8 hits in the first 2 and 2/3 games.

Or that he teed up the Mets interview on the off day following game 4

I can’t remember anyone turning down a manager interview request from the Cubs before we won. Just another team now. We should have kept Torres and not won the championship.

Wait, what the horsefeathers LaVine is only 24? I feel like he’s been in the NBA like 8 years

I didn’t think the Cubs would consider the ability to cover up sexual assault allegations as an attribute for their next manager but then again these are the Cubs.

What does his guaranteed money look like after this season? Was last week one of his last games as a Bear?

After all the terrible people on our team lately, we really need to find a way to acquire this dude

Petition to change the title to “Blackhawks 2019-2020 - A Broken Window”

Seems like reasonable reactions to your team being in the NLCS

Nats now have to win 2 of the next 5, with 3 of the games at home and 3 of the games started by Strasburg and Scherzer. Flaherty vs Strasburg should be fun

1 hit in 13 innings for the Cardinals this series lol

Gosh I don't know. I will fully admit that I stand a chance of being completely wrong, but I just don't see it even in a diluted eastern conference. Moving the ball better and establishing some cohesive play offensively would be great, especially with a full season from Porter, but even with him this team is atrocious defensively. It's not due to a bad system or whatever, they are just collectively not a group of players that can play defense. They also still don't shoot the 3 for a high enough percentage to win shootouts. I will say though, I'm very high on Otto Porter and think he's one of the most underrated players in the NBA, and the stuff he does well doesn't always show up on the stat sheet. I think they COULD shoot the 3 well enough. They were 19th in the league in 3pt percentage last year. Porter's a pretty good 3 shooter. He's basically gonna get the attempts that Parker and Portis got last year and did very little with. Lauri has been a pretty consistent 36% shooter. LaVine has gotten better shooting every year, and based on preseason and workout videos, I don't see why this year he wouldn't take another step. Satoransky can also shoot, but doesn't take a lot. Coby can go either way. I'm sure he'll be inconsistent, but he's a guy that could shoot a pretty decent percentage. 19th in percentage but 27th in attempts and that’s the issue I have. First, Boylands pace doesn’t allow for a lot of 3s in transition which is what the high volume 3 teams are doing. Second, outside of LaVine are the rest of the 3 point shooters guys who can shoot with a high percentage off the dribble? That’s likely why Satoransky shoots a high percentage but low volume (correct me if I’m wrong). He takes 3s within the rhythm of the offense but not jacking them up necessarily.

Stopped playing when it wouldn’t accept “piece of horsefeathers woman abuser” as an answer

Nats have to win 3 of the next 6 with 4 of them being started by Scherzer and Strasburg

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/a-playoff-game-did-not-sell-out-tv-ratings-down/article_cccf0ba6-9e05-5bb9-9acf-b64d38e363ac.html#tracking-source=home-trending This article is like porn to me

Not sure how long Colliton's "defensive system" gets replaced by something better. Last season, the hope was that a full training camp would help the veterans adjust. Can anyone explain how Colliton's "system" is different than a pick up game played on a frozen pond in Muck Jack, Saskatchewan? i think he's kind of handcuffed with the obvious deficiency they have to work with as far as the players go. no matter what system they use, it's not going to be very good. i know it's only been two games, but having a defense as bad as this one isn't exactly a recipe to making the playoffs. Speaking of defensive issues, Alexander Nylander is going to be a healthy scratch in game 3. If you recall, we traded possibly our best young blue liner for him

Seems less than ideal...

Gosh I don't know. I will fully admit that I stand a chance of being completely wrong, but I just don't see it even in a diluted eastern conference. Moving the ball better and establishing some cohesive play offensively would be great, especially with a full season from Porter, but even with him this team is atrocious defensively. It's not due to a bad system or whatever, they are just collectively not a group of players that can play defense. They also still don't shoot the 3 for a high enough percentage to win shootouts. I will say though, I'm very high on Otto Porter and think he's one of the most underrated players in the NBA, and the stuff he does well doesn't always show up on the stat sheet.

The Patriots schedule to start the season is freaking incredible. It's no wonder their defense is putting up historic numbers. This is the offensive DVOA ranking of their first 8 opponents this year (6 already played) 25 32 31 27 30 22 31 29 The Giants last night are the best team by offensive DVOA they've played this year (at 22nd), but they were without their all pro RB, backup RB, number 1 WR and all pro caliber TE so basically they were a bottom 3 offense as assembled. Granted part of the reason their DVOA's are so low are that one of their games was against the Patriots, but still.