Oddly funereal tone from them all too. I'm not a "the broadcasters are biased" guy, but they're all like, "But ... the Dodgers tho."
The league doesn't need a salary cap, they just need to eliminate the trade deadline for small market teams. Under my policy, if the Brewers win tonight, they would be able to trade with the Padres to get Tatis, Machado, Morejon, Merrill, and Miller, and then trade back after the World Series.
Goaltending hasn’t been the fundamental difference in this game. Look at the number of looks the Caps have gotten in front of the Pens net vs what the Pens have gotten. The Caps defensive structure has kept the Pens out of the middle for a while.
Brewers-Dodgers is an underrated rivalry. The Brewers have twice before—2018 and 2025—had the best record in the NL. Both times, they lost to the Dodgers in the NLCS.
All the pundits talking about the Yankees missing Aaron Judge but the Rays had to play the entire season without Gavin Lux
Welp, even back in March Anthopoulos maintained that the pitching was not the problem, the offense just needed to hit again. Fast forward to October and the season's likely going to end because they had another near team-wide hitting slump at the most important moment.
Just got caught up so some first half thoughts: 1. Our offense is going to be special this year. 2. Mixing and matching the right guys on the court going to be key - that 4/5 bench lineup got crushed. 3. I feel the exact same about a Kuminga 3 as I did about a Randle 3… only late in clock please.
Tatis ending the season (probably) playing 2nd base is a great example of how patchwork this whole season has been.
After Phillies eliminated Braves in 2023, I wrote Alex Anthopoulos needed to change the core. Three years later I still think that. As for Acuna, team likely will exercise option on contract but they definitely should make him available in trade. Be objective. Don’t worry about his fanboys.
The Dodgers are headed to the NLCS for the third straight year, but apparently that is the price we pay for seeing the Atlanta Baseball Organization eliminated this year. Now the Atlanta fans will be stuck doing sad racist chants instead of triumphant racist chants.
intentional fouls with under 10 seconds left in the game need to be free throws and possession. games cannot be ending with foul, timeout, foul, timeout, foul, timeout, foul i don't think wnba refs could handle that but something needs to change
I saw Stanton strike out and then had a thought about the importance of randos in the playoffs, like Cody Ross/Mike Morse/Travis Ishikawa/ etc, because you gotta have guys without big expectations on them. I could be completely wrong, but I think pitchers concentrate a little less on those guys lol
I live in St Louis, four hours away from Indianapolis and Memphis, yet both teams are blacked out in my area on league pass with a cost of $20 a month for each team. $40 a month for teams four hours away. Yes I know VPN, but it's the principle of the whole things. It's principalities in this.
The Blazers broadcast though looked like a cheap, lower-quality production compared to where it’s been in previous years. Nothing that the current crew can do about it. But this did not feel like a level that’s worthy of a professional sports franchise worth $4 billion.
Atlanta shouldn't get to host another postseason game until they agree to stop playing the drum audio in the stadium. I know fans are gonna do what they're gonna do, but the team doesn't have to facilitate it.
Man, the vibes contrast between those Dream and Braves games. Obviously one was a win and one was a loss, but it’s more than that. State Farm looked like a blast.
One thing I liked about that era of Seth Rollins using the pedigree as his finisher is that he had a slightly different technique where he pushed on the opponent’s back on the way down
Dodgers ended up using 25 of 26 active players during the NLDS (Hyeseong Kim played in the 9th inning of Game 4 at second base) Only backup catcher Hunter Feduccia wasn't used during the series
Truly though, I think the aces biggest issue was that through the first three quarters they had half the rebounds of the valks. Second chance points matter, especially when your shots not landing
this Aces front office inherited A'ja Wilson (best player in the world), Jackie Young, & Chelsea Gray which are still the team's core but have done a terrible job surrounding them with talent #wnba
there's something broken in my brain where I think the brewers can deplete aaron ashby, when in reality it's like generating outrage from your political base and you can just go to the well as many times as you want
Midway through this episode and it’s awesome (as always)! Erik is a very cool guy, with interesting stories to tell, and Jordan and RJ do a great job of giving him time and space to tell them! #biathlonready
Neither international breaks nor wildfire smoke could keep the Fire from beating the Whitecaps. Here's what we learned from the 3-1 victory over the top team in the West. www.meninred97.com/what-we-lear... #cf97 #VamosFire
Padres bleachers don't have the commitment to fan interference that has helped the Yankees so much over the years.
watching the phillies do nothing with trades makes me feel okay that the eagles are very proactive with trades and change
The Dodgers are just not as fun to hate as Peak Yankees were. Sports need villains who lean into it. Same way I feel about the Chiefs. It's more just an annoyance.
Tonight’s Dodger 🏴☠️ feed is in Spanish but I prefer it to the English broadcast team. I get to practice a language I took for four years but never felt like I truly learned.
The new #motogp format isn't well thought out There will be too many bikes in Q1 Removing warm up is stupid enough for Moto3 and Moto2 but could result in real problems in MotoGP Also reducing Practice time on new bikes with new tyres is asking for crashing
People look at the Dodgers top end talent, but it's really the depth. I also think the Braves were maybe the best matchup for them.
Vegas is just not a deep team already and the additional managing of injuries feels like it just might be too much against a disciplined full team ethos from GSV
So, I’m rescinding my post draft take that Presti selected Hasheem Thabeet and Jimmer Fredette. I will now amend it to Presti drafted Wilt Chamberlain and Jimmer Fredette.
It kind of makes me laugh that last season the bumper was “Shohei Ohtani is three batters away” and so far this season it’s “Shohei Ohtani has not hit a home run in a billion years” (middling)
More than a year ago, six former Wisconsin women's basketball players sued the university and ex-head coach Marisa Moseley, alleging "psychological abuse." Today, a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
I have left Yankee Stadium *a lot* after being eliminated in the past 17 years, but I don't think the sentiment has ever been this... resigned. Dejected, perplexed, certainly angry, but never this level of, "Welp. I guess this is the new normal."
that’s the thing about baseball. you look absolutely lost one day and the next day is a clean slate. that’s life, if you will.
I've been watching baseball again today after finally calming down (ish) after the Orioles being the most embarrassing team in the league... Only to get mad all over again because Bryan Baker is crushing it in the Rays bullpen. Evidence of Elias' failures is spread all over the league.
Cam Schlittler: It’ll be like a home game at the Trop, Rays fans don’t show up Losing pitcher by 3 runs Embarrassing. Writing checks he can’t cash Max Fried: The Rays will really make you work for a win Losing pitcher by 1 run Very demure, very mindful. Much more honorable margin of defeat.
Sounds less like union rules and more like two people who got out of a long term relationship
Feels like over-management here from Stammen. You'd never be on your 4th pitcher in the 5th inning in a 2-1 game during the regular season. Benefit of winning those first two games, they gotta sell out for everything.
I prefer series going to their maximum length because more baseball that way, but I *do* like I get a couple days to write an LCS preview now.
FINAL: #Brewers 3 (3-1), #Padres 1 (1-3) For the first time since 2018, the Brewers have won a postseason road game, and it punches their ticket to an NLCS rematch with the Dodgers. The Padres offense was MIA for most of the series (yes, some bad breaks). Now they face another long offseason.
The #LetsGoPens dropped their second straight, losing 5-3 to the Caps in a sloppy, disjointed effort. It's only game four. But there are a few things that the team should consider ahead of a back-to-back this weekend. Some takeaways ⬇️ @thehockeynews.bsky.social thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsbur...
I ditched the Knicks as a kid. But I had so much less of a connection to them and my hero, Patrick Ewing, the main guy I was connected to got actively crapped on. At this point, I could never ditch the Yankees. I actively hate this toxic owner and management though.
My commentary on how Liverpool v Man City will feel on a day of reckoning. The old Premier League idea is dead, a new one waits to be born. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Brian Flores is blitzing at a historic clip, as a powerhouse of the Vikings’ undefeated start. I dove into the numbers and found some insane metrics, and sat down with Vikings LB Blake Cashman, Flores’ Green Dot Player, and chatted with league sources to find out how it’s working.
when I looked at the warriors list of ‘did not travel’ players, I legit couldn’t figure out how many of them were heavy rotation players and how many were deep bench/e-10—which sort of tells you about the washed state of this once proud franchise, i suppose.
Demers does a lot of the things I loved about Mike Barrett, even if the synergy with Lamar isn’t where it was with Calabro. Still, I hope he’s the answer to the broadcast question.
Kamila Valieva won’t compete internationally this season after the Russian skater failed to file an appeal against a ISU decision to withdraw her neutral status with the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the deadline. My piece at the Zeus Files duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/valieva-co...
Mary Fowler can do what she wants, actually, and we don't have the right to demand more of her than what she's willing to give. www.espn.com.au/football/sto...
Adam Nightingale and Co. begin Year 5 at MSU, with another loaded roster, one thing left to accomplish, and no one left from their humble start. Interview column with MSU's hockey coach. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
