- 02:56 AM
- 12/23/24
My picks:
Lightning in 7
Top goals: Stamkos
Top goalie (save %): Andrei Vasilevskiy
Team scoring 6 goals: Avalanche
Game 1 winner: Avalanche
Top assists: Kucherov
Conn Smythe: Kucherov
Top penalty minutes: Perry
Tiebreaker: 44
posted by grum@work at 07:06 PM on June 13, 2022
My picks:
Avalanche in 7
Lightning in 5
Top goals: McDavid
Top goalie (save %): Andrei Vasilevskiy
Team scoring 6 goals: Oilers
Team with shutout: Lightning
posted by grum@work at 08:13 PM on May 30, 2022
My picks:
Lightning in 7
Avalanche in 4
Hurricanes in 5
Oilers in 7
Top goals: Connor McDavid
Top goalie (save %): Antti Raanta
Team scoring 6 goals: Oilers
Game 1 winner: Hurricanes
posted by grum@work at 09:37 PM on May 16, 2022
My picks:
Hurricanes in 5
Maple Leafs in 6
Wild in 5
Oilers in 6
Penguins in 7
Panthers in 4
Avalanche in 4
Wild in 5
Top goals: M.Tkachuk
Top goalie (save %): Darcy Kuemper
Team scoring 6 goals: Maple Leafs
Game 1 winner: Panthers
I'm picking the Flames over the Stars in 5.
posted by grum@work at 07:31 AM on May 02, 2022
But what Rose did, was after his playing career.
He was in a position of power (manager) on a MLB team, so what he did was WORSE than if he did it while he was a player.
If he was a player and betting on games he participated in, then the only effect he can have is what he, himself, does on the field. He can't influence the outcome of the games except when he is batting, fielding, or running.
As a manager, he could affect the outcome of the game in so many different ways. Starting pitcher choice, batting lineups (where/whom), reliever usage (when/whom), pinch-hitters (when/whom), hit-and-runs or bunts (when/whom), and defensive alignments (when/whom) are all under his control as the manager.
Any and all defense for Rose is just pathetic in my eyes.
Comparing what he did to players who used PEDs and were not punished (like Clemens, Bonds, Mays, etc) is ridiculous.
If you want to keep Ramirez and Rodriguez out of the hall for being suspended for PED use, I have no problem with that. There were specific rules and they broke them.
The fact that the commissioner during the PED era (Selig), managers that obviously knew and benefited from the PED usage (LaRussa), and other players suspected of using PEDs (I.Rodriguez, Ortiz) are already in the HOF completely neuters any reason why Bonds and Clemens shouldn't get elected to the HOF when they come up for the Modern Era committee vote in the future.
posted by grum@work at 07:00 AM on January 27, 2022
It's not an official holiday in Toronto/Ontario/Canada...yet.
posted by grum@work at 11:09 AM on October 14, 2021
Recent developments in the story suggest that it was a 16-year-old kid who was taunted/peer-pressured into throwing the ball back by the bleacher creatures around him. He then tossed it back and accidentally hit Verdugo.
posted by grum@work at 08:51 AM on July 19, 2021
Yes.
Wow, my link got absolutely mangled in the cut/paste process.
posted by grum@work at 09:00 AM on July 17, 2021
England makes a major tournament finale.
The Toronto/Montreal Stanley Cup streak is broken.
I...I just don't know how to handle these momentous historical anomalies...
posted by grum@work at 10:52 PM on July 07, 2021
Habs win game 4.
History.
Is.
Inevitable.
posted by grum@work at 11:51 PM on July 05, 2021
My picks:
Canadiens in 7
Top goals: Point
Top goalie (save %): Carey Price
Team scoring 6 goals: Canadiens
Game 1 winner: Lightning
Top assists: Kucherov
Conn Smythe: Price
Top penalty minutes: Weber
Tiebreaker: 18
History, man. You can't fight history.
posted by grum@work at 02:49 PM on June 28, 2021
Why doesn't Sportsfilter like the accented e?
Also, the three players that got a point on that OT winner...it was their first points of the series.
posted by grum@work at 10:07 AM on June 25, 2021
My picks:
Canadiens in 7
Lightning in 7
Top goals: Tiffoli
Top goalie (save %): Carey Price
Team scoring 6 goals: Lightning
Team giving up 0 goals: Canadiens
posted by grum@work at 12:34 PM on June 14, 2021
By the way, I'm not sure if everyone knew this piece of information, but it might be important going forward for any NHL predictions:
Since the foundation of the NHL (1917) one thing has remained true for every single season of its history:
If a Toronto team plays a Montreal team in the playoffs, the winner of that series wins the Stanley Cup.
Toronto Maple Leafs/St. Pats/Arenas
vs
Montreal Canadiens/Maroons
It does not matter. It has ALWAYS worked out that the winner of that series (at any point in the playoffs) wins the Stanley Cup.
1918 - Arenas beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1925 - Canadiens beat St. Pats in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1932 - Maple Leafs beat Maroons in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1935 - Maroons beat Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
1944 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1945 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1947 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1951 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1959 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
1960 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
1963 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1964 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1965 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1966 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1967 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1978 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1979 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in quarter-finals, win Stanley Cup
2021 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in first round...
posted by grum@work at 11:55 AM on June 08, 2021
That works for me.
They can even do a "throwback" helmet and still use the EE logo.
posted by grum@work at 07:51 PM on June 06, 2021
Revised picks:
Jets in 7 posted by grum@work at 01:09 PM on June 02, 2021
There are some things that don't add up. A self proclaimed private person and introvert handling things in such a public and declarative manner for one.
Being public means that people have to talk about it, and maybe if they talk about it people will start to understand and won't belittle or demean an athlete who has mental health issues. Given the responses that have come out, that was probably wishful thinking...
The kicker for me is the fact that she took questions after her match from a Japanese broadcaster that she is under contract to, then said sorry, no media appearances.
I'm going to guess that the questions and discussion topics from the Japanese broadcaster were of a friendly variety, and probably not in an adversarial tone.
posted by grum@work at 07:36 AM on June 01, 2021
My picks:
Bruins in 6
Lightning in 6
Avalanche in 6
Top goals: MacKinnon
Top goalie (save %): Tuukka Rask
Team scoring 6 goals: Avalanche
Team giving up 0 goals: Lightning
posted by grum@work at 10:22 AM on May 29, 2021
I'm generally not a fan of alternate jerseys that deviate too far from the standard, but these Chicago White Sox "City Edition" jerseys are amazing.
I have absolutely no connection with the White Sox, the south side, or Chicago (other than a nice visit 5 years ago), and I'm fighting the urge not to buy one.
posted by grum@work at 12:02 PM on May 28, 2021
It was a classic Mickelson round, too.
Just when it looked like an easy walk in the park, he started putting the ball in terrible locations. But, just like he almost always does, his recovery shots were phenomenal.
That second shot on 18, with the crowd around him like that, was fantastic.
posted by grum@work at 09:00 AM on May 24, 2021
rumple: Your picks don't work. You have the Wild and Vegas both winning, but they play each other. Use the link post title to enter your picks.
posted by grum@work at 03:12 PM on May 18, 2021
My picks:
Capitals in 7
Hurricanes in 6
Oilers in 5
Avalanche in 5
Panthers in 7
Penguins in 7
Maple Leafs in 6
Golden Knights in 5
Top goals: Matthews
Top goalie (save %): Philipp Grubauer
Team scoring 6 goals: Maple Leafs
Team giving up 0 goals: Avalanche
If the Leafs can't get to the semi-finals this year...
posted by grum@work at 03:11 PM on May 18, 2021
A pretty rare moment (first time in almost a century) in baseball tonight.
The home run leader for the season is going to be the starting pitcher in an MLB game.
posted by grum@work at 02:48 PM on April 26, 2021
Howard: Don't forget the WHA trying to step up against the NHL back in the 1970s. Just like the AFL/ABA, the smaller league eventually was (partially) absorbed into the bigger league.
The dissolution of the minor league baseball system this off-season is SORT OF like this. Instead of this large interconnected system of Rookie/A-/A+/AA/AAA teams, they major league teams sliced off 60% of the teams and pulled them into the official minor league system. The remaining minor league teams have to get by on their own as independents.
posted by grum@work at 09:46 PM on April 19, 2021
I assume it's just random chance that the last few days have seen some absolutely outrageously lopsided scores in the NBA for this season.
Every 40+ point differential in the NBA this season, and four of them have been in the last two days:
Rk Date Team Opponent +/- Final 1 Fri Apr 2 2021 Toronto Raptors Golden State Warriors +53 W 130-77 2 Sun Dec 27 2020 Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Clippers +51 W 124-73 3 Sun Feb 28 2021 Memphis Grizzlies Houston Rockets +49 W 133-84 4 Sat Apr 3 2021 Portland Trail Blazers Oklahoma City Thunder +48 W 133-85 5 Tue Dec 29 2020 Milwaukee Bucks Miami Heat +47 W 144-97 6 Sat Apr 3 2021 Utah Jazz Orlando Magic +46 W 137-91 7 Sat Apr 3 2021 New York Knicks Detroit Pistons +44 W 125-81 8 Fri Jan 8 2021 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic +42 W 132-90 9 Sun Mar 21 2021 Dallas Mavericks Portland Trail Blazers +40 W 132-92
posted by grum@work at 08:45 AM on April 04, 2021
This hit by Nikita Zadorov on Patrick Hornqvist may be the biggest, banished-to-the-shadow-realm, clean hockey hit I have ever seen.
posted by grum@work at 11:18 PM on March 25, 2021
I'm not a fan of this plan, but they've got the right guy to be broadcasting the play-by-play: Dan Shulman.
He's been the voice of ESPN radio baseball broadcasts for years, so he knows how to do it.
I'm going to hold final judgement until I hear how Shulman performs for the first few games.
posted by grum@work at 08:47 AM on March 10, 2021
I loved it. The WFT is much better than Cats. I'm going to see it again and again.
posted by grum@work at 08:35 AM on March 09, 2021
They try to match the skill level of the players in the game to real life by assigning statistical ratings for various physical components: speed, size, strength, stamina, skills, intelligence.
So slow plodding fullbacks are noticeably different than speedy lithe wide receivers. Strong armed pocket quarterbacks will be different than noodle-armed running QBs. 300lb linemen will tend to overpower their smaller opponents, but maybe the smaller guys are faster/more maneuverable...
posted by grum@work at 09:14 PM on February 03, 2021
STRETCH to stay onside!
posted by grum@work at 11:53 PM on January 31, 2021
The closest you can get to making a free throw, without actually making the free throw.
posted by grum@work at 08:21 AM on January 26, 2021
If you're curious, they did win.
For the old folks here, the music is from 70s TV game shows "Card Sharks" and/or "Double Dare".
posted by grum@work at 11:41 AM on January 14, 2021
Mitchell Robinson and Reggie Bullock both had #23 on the back of their jerseys. Bullock had his correct number (#25) on the front of his jersey, but for some weird reason had #23 on the back of his jersey.
In summary, the New York Knicks.
posted by grum@work at 12:24 PM on December 27, 2020
He's making ~$24million a season until he turns 40, and he still used PEDs?
What a maroon!
Now, if the 2021 season is only 60 games again, does he get off lightly, or do they stretch it into the 2022 season as well?
posted by grum@work at 08:32 PM on November 18, 2020
She's been considered a GM candidate for over a decade now, so this was probably long over due.
posted by grum@work at 12:19 AM on November 14, 2020
The last "Tony La Russa is old" statistic:
- Currently, the second oldest manager in the majors is now Dusty Baker. When Dusty Baker was a player, the last manager he ever had was...Tony La Russa, in 1986.
posted by grum@work at 10:01 AM on October 30, 2020
and a reputation for being player-friendly.
He hasn't always been that way.
In 2016: "I would not, to the best of my ability, I would not sanction somebody taking a knee.
"I think that's disrespectful, and I really question the sincerity of somebody like Kaepernick. I remember when he was on top. I never heard him talk about anything but himself. Now all of a sudden he's struggling for attention and he makes this big pitch. I don't buy it. And even if he was sincere, there are other ways to show your concern. Disrespecting our flag is not the way to do it."
...
And again: "No, sir, I would not allow it. ... If you want to make your statement you make it in the clubhouse, but not out there, you're not going to show it that way publicly and disrespectfully."
In 2020, he's kind of walked it back: "I know in 2016 when the first issue occurred, my initial instincts were all about respecting the flag and the anthem and what America stands for. There's been a lot that's [gone] on in a very healthy way since 2016, and not only do I respect but I applaud the awareness that's come into not just society, but especially in sports. If you talk about specifically baseball, I applaud and would support the fact that they are now addressing [and] identifying the injustices, especially on the racial side."
posted by grum@work at 08:25 PM on October 29, 2020
So...that was a hell of a finish to Game 4 of the World Series!
Every mistake made on that play that I could see after watching the replays:
posted by grum@work at 01:23 AM on October 25, 2020
Taiwanese baseball highlight:
That's the most cold-blooded thing I've ever seen on a baseball field. I love it.
posted by grum@work at 10:14 AM on October 16, 2020
For instance, when the user "jonginator" posted the team pitcher Luis Severino's stats, he titled his baseball stats post, "Get Your Lube and Whip Out Your Dicks Kids, Here is a New Fangraphs Article about Severino."
posted by grum@work at 03:35 PM on October 01, 2020
33,000 tests, and no positives. The NHL playoff bubble has been a success.
posted by grum@work at 10:07 PM on September 28, 2020
The super-slow-mo of Adebayo's block on Tatum is amazing.
(the sound, however, is nightmare fuel)
posted by grum@work at 10:12 AM on September 16, 2020
In case you missed the highlight:
Vladdy Guerrero Jr. did a straight steal of second base, and it wasn't even close.
That's a BIG man stealing a base right there.
posted by grum@work at 11:21 PM on September 07, 2020
I have no idea where this is going to end up, but this is historic.
posted by grum@work at 12:30 AM on August 27, 2020
Chris Webber's take reminds everyone it was 4 years ago today when Colin Kaepernick first knelt during an anthem.
posted by grum@work at 07:55 PM on August 26, 2020
Kenny Smith walked off the set of "Inside the NBA" in solidarity with the players.
posted by grum@work at 07:37 PM on August 26, 2020
The Magic have refused the forfeit, and the NBA has canceled all of the games for tonight.
It is suspected that all of the games tomorrow will also be canceled, as the Raptors/Celtics were hinting at striking (since boycott means not buying, and what they are doing is striking) as early as yesterday.
posted by grum@work at 05:53 PM on August 26, 2020
"Sorry."
posted by grum@work at 01:42 AM on August 22, 2020
Reds fans say he was talking about the San Francisco/Oakland World Series in the previous segment.
The apology home run call sounded almost like an SNL skit. All that was missing was the "this home run and apology is brought to you by Blue Emu, America's number one emu oil formula" tag at the end.
posted by grum@work at 09:42 AM on August 20, 2020
Dale Hawerchuk had the misfortune of being one of the best players in the league during the time when two of the greatest players in history were also playing.
He's the best definition of "underrated super star".
posted by grum@work at 12:26 AM on August 19, 2020
According to the deputy:
- Ujiri did not identify himself
- Ujiri did not show credentials
- Ujiri was the one to strike first
- Ujiri punched him
- Ujiri struck him hard enough that he required worker's compensation
posted by grum@work at 12:20 AM on August 19, 2020
Every manager in the game is going to take issue with a young player ignoring a sign to take a pitch.
Fine, but you don't publicly air that issue to the media when he hits a grand slam and your team has won.
You go to him in private and say something and that's it.
posted by grum@work at 10:31 PM on August 18, 2020
Who the fuck is Jayce Tingler?
The answer should be "former Padres Manager, now bagging groceries at the local Piggly Wiggly".
posted by grum@work at 04:44 PM on August 18, 2020
I have now watched the ends of the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, and 12th longest games in NHL history as they happened. I'm not sure how I missed #5.
Once it gets into a 3rd overtime, I start hoping it'll be the one that breaks the record.
I've only had a rooting interest in two of those listed long overtime games (a loss to Philly and a win over Ottawa), so as a neutral observer most of the time it's just fascinating to watch.
posted by grum@work at 09:57 AM on August 12, 2020
I was going to make my picks, but to emulate my Leafs I've decide not to show up in the end.
*sigh*
posted by grum@work at 01:24 AM on August 11, 2020
This is called a "four-base error".
posted by grum@work at 06:37 PM on August 09, 2020
1/5th of the teams in MLB are not playing this weekend because of covid19 issues.
It feels like the MLB car has blown a tire in the first lap and they are going to be trying to change it in the middle of the race without going into the pits...
posted by grum@work at 01:54 PM on July 31, 2020
Enter the NFL Playoff Pickem
My picks:
Seahawks by 6
Jaguars by 13
Bills by 17 (lock)
Vikings by 13
Bengals by 20 (lock)
Cowboys by 3
Passer: Joe Burrow
Rusher: Saquon Barkley
Receiver: Stefon Diggs
Player with interception: Matt Milano