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Doesn’t seem smart stretching Robertson out so much.

Heyward got a hit with a RISP? It’s a miracle.

Pierzynski on the call for FOX tonight. Guess I’ll be keeping this thing on mute then.

I think they’re fairly even teams, with Boston maybe a bit better. Its tough to tell from last night though because of the extremes that happened for Boston. I tend to think the Horford/Smart/White drop off with be more of a negative than Tatum returning to normal levels will be a positive but we’ll see. The fact that Steph did Steph like things, Tatum shot miserably yet Boston won by double digits is pretty alarming for GS. The Celtics think they can pretty much bludgeon the Warriors the whole game and take their chances at the end. I mean sure, if you're just looking at those two factors. Steph averaged 4.5 3's and 25.5 ppg this year. In Game 1 he made 7 3's and scored 34 points. So slight overperformance but nothing too crazy. Jayson Tatum averaged 26.9 ppg this year but only scored 13 in Game 1. That's more of an outlier than Steph. Smart, White and Horford averaged 33.3 ppg this year while shooting an average of 4.3-13.2 (32.6%) from 3. In Game 1, that trio was 15-23 (65.2%) and scored 63 points. Obviously there's more to it than just those 5 players and handful of stats. I just was saying that those four Celtics regressing to the mean is a net negative for Boston due to how absurd those three players were in Game 1. And I don't think anyone would be shocked if Steph averaged 34 points and 7 3's per game in the finals. I wouldn't bet on it, but its within the realm of possibility (especially 34 ppg). But Tatum isn't averaging 3-17 shooting per game in the series and that other trio isn't averaging 15-23 from 3. Steph's performance wasn't LeBron going for 51 on 19-32 shooting in G1 of the 2018 finals. And while I'm not rooting for Boston in the series, I actually bet on them because I couldn't believe they were +130 to win the series.

I think they’re fairly even teams, with Boston maybe a bit better. Its tough to tell from last night though because of the extremes that happened for Boston. I tend to think the Horford/Smart/White drop off with be more of a negative than Tatum returning to normal levels will be a positive but we’ll see.

Guessing it’s not too common for a pitcher to have 7 Ks in a game while also allowing 10 hits and 9 runs.

Awful 4th quarter from GS and lucky 4th from Boston. I think at one point they were 8-9 from 3 in the quarter.

I could be wrong but I think every team has a similar stretch this year due to having to reschedule the first week of games this year. In this case both DH this week are replacing games from that 1st week Monday's double header was from a rainout in the opening series. Saturday's was previously scheduled. Got it. That makes more sense then. Looking at our schedule, both other home series against Milwaukee come right before a scheduled 5 game series against St. Louis. Maybe would have made a little more sense to schedule it in August. Brewers play a day game at home on Thursday, then play at the Cubs for 3, at LAD for 3 then a day off. Cubs have an off day Thursday as well so at least we'd get a day off right before a stretch of 9 games in 7 days. Of course after that, the Cubs then play the next 6 days as well so maybe MLB didn't want to do that. So just bad luck the way the schedule worked out as far as when our two remaining home series vs. Milwaukee happened.

Dodgers about to get swept by the Pirates at home. Definitely saw that one coming.

Cubs sure getting fucked over with the schedule this week with 9 games in 7 days.

Go Warriors.

Well Sox just gave the run back to us.

Same. Before he even threw it I was hoping he would just eat it. Just seemed like a very high risk attempt.

Counterpoint Times recording final out of WS for the Cubs: Paul Blackburn - 0 Mike Montgomery - 1

Golden State isn't thrashing Boston if that's the finals matchup. Golden State is good, but they're not what they were a couple years ago and Boston is solid. I could see them thrashing Miami but part of that is due to Miami's health.

TIL Almora is on the Reds.

When my wife and I went to Chicago in 2014, I remember telling my wife Junior Lake wasn't any good. Then the third game we were at he hit two HRs in the game. Of course he only hit 17 HRs in his career so I was right, but in that moment, I looked quite dumb.

Son with two goals to take the Golden Boot lead! Hell of a season he’s had.

Did not expect both City and Liverpool to not be winning midway through the second half today.

How many runs have they scored total in the first four innings this year? I ask because they scored 26 runs in the first four innings of those three games against Pittsburgh. I know it's not totally fair to just take out three offensive outbursts, but I'm just curious as to what percentage of those runs in the first four innings were in three games. We are still early enough in the season that 3 outlier games can affect the overall numbers. If the runs were evenly distributed in those three games, the Cubs would have only gotten 18 in the first four innings rather than 26.

Elsewhere at the bottom, Burnley ties bringing them level on points with Leeds with a much better GD. So Leeds has to better Burnley’s result on Sunday to stay up.

Everton comes from 2-0 down to win and secure being in the EPL next year. Thank goodness for Newcastle because Everton is going to be in no condition to play in 3 days. Arsenal should slaughter them.

Out 6-8 weeks with an oblique strain.

Given the GD should really only need a draw. That said, Arsenal please roast Everton so Leeds can have a better shot at safety and the dream of getting to see Pickford react to getting relegated stays alive. Nooo Everton has to stay up. I'd be pissed. Hopefully they can take care of business on Thursday and then the weekend results won't matter. If that Sunday game matters for Everton, their best bet might be to try and keep it 0-0 for the first half and hope Spurs go up like 4-0 on Norwich so Arsenal knows their done.

Given the GD should really only need a draw. That said, Arsenal please roast Everton so Leeds can have a better shot at safety and the dream of getting to see Pickford react to getting relegated stays alive. You’re right. For some reason I was thinking Spurs were only a point up.