The sideshows during NBA playoff commercials (when you watch it on LeaguePass) are an embarrassment to humanity. I mean that literally — just fans humiliating themselves because someone put a camera in front of them.
Whoever decided that was a good idea is a sociopath.
The great thing about outsourcing management of your teams is you can bitch about the results, and when they ask you for advice, you just tell them to get it done and not to fuck it up.
It's a horrible job, I wouldn't recommend it.
Unless we win the overall, then it's great.
Best thing about the NFL draft is no one knows anything. Like that my Giants didn’t force a QB, got a potential star WR, but remind me of this take in five years.
Wyatt Langford stole a base — first one of his career, but still on zero homers.
Was out on Elly De La Cruz this year because of the strikeout rate. Looks like that was a mistake.
Looking like a good bet for the No. 1 overall pick next year.
I admire the herculean restraint of the headline writer in resisting a pun
Don't know if Verlander will get there -- 42 is a lot in your 40s, but saying he's the last one with a chance is a midwit take. He's the last one with a chance *if current trends persist*.
But the idea that current trends -- increased velocity, shorter outings, shorter careers -- are permanent is unlikely. The pendulum almost always swings back.
Daughter and I are using Giannis in our NFBKC playoff contest. You get 1x points in Round 1, 2x points in Round 2, 3x in Round 3, 4x in the finals. Giannis is hurt, but if the Bucks somehow win without him, he might come back for Round 2. Very few will have him.
A fully healthy Bucks team can easily win the East. In fact, other than the Celtics they’d be favored.
It’s a hell of a gamble, but it’s hard to beat out ~300 other teams anyway using the chalk.
Game theory, and was cool to see she got it right away.
In fact, she pushed for it.
If you want to understand the Caitlin Clark phenomenon, realize it’s not about race or gender, only about greatness.
People want to witness it. If an athlete provides it, they will be interested in him or her, irrespective of the shallow categories in which the politically-minded traffic.
High-stakes NFBC ($200K grand prize, $7K league prize) league. Not bad early on, though not happy to drop into second place behind my arch-rivals and former business partners. Third and fourth place are both former grand prize winners too.
Long season ahead though.
New Podcast: The Nostr Era:
This has aged pretty well so far.
I expected (and expect) MLB to look into this about as much as the USG investigated the Nordstream Pipeline bombing.
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Knicks got a bad draw — they’re slight underdogs (as the 2 seed) to the Sixers as the 7 seed with Embiid back.
FFS -- how do you go on the injured list with neck tightness? I have neck tightness, and I expect it to clear up in a couple days in due course. How tight is his neck?
(Full disclosure: I drafted Darvish in two high-stakes leagues.)
Incidentally, will be posting more on this account now both because I’m experimenting with a Nos Creator Residency and also was already trying to ditch Twitter to the greatest extent practicable.
We’ll see if there’s an appetite for sports content on nostr.
Completed a Series A Raise from my daughter Sasha to do the NFBKC’s NBA Playoff Contest.
She agreed to invest 15 euros for a 10 percent stake. ($150 entry, $10K grand prize.)
The investment came out of her winnings from our regular season team, which finished 16th overall out of nearly 300 teams, won us $700, $100 of which went to her.