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- 12/21/24
| Name: | Howard Titus |
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| Location: | Nashua, NH |
| Gender: | Old Alpha Male, hoping no young stud steals the herd. |
| Member since: | April 08, 2006 |
| Last visit: | December 17, 2024 |
Howard_T has posted 43 links and 4,534 comments to SportsFilter and 3 links and 265 comments to the Locker Room.
Recent Sports Necrology: Over the past day or two the sports world has lost some notable people. Stirling Moss, passed away at the age of 90. He was one of the legendary racing drivers in what some might call the golden age of racing. Moss competed against the likes of Juan Manuel Fangio (a teammate) when Ferrari, Maserati, and Mercedes ruled.
posted by Howard_T to general at 10:28 PM on April 13, 2020 - 2 comments
Rusty Staub Dead at 73: A sad note on opening day, Le Grand Orange has passed away. His career spanned 23 seasons, mainly with the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets.
posted by Howard_T to baseball at 09:28 PM on March 29, 2018 - 3 comments
Roger Bannister has Passed Away: Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in less than 4 minutes has died. The feat was accomplished in 1954. We had a small black and white TV, and film of it was shown on the sports news. I also remember seeing it in the newsreels at the movies. It was a really big deal then, but now even high school kids are running under 4 minutes
posted by Howard_T to other at 04:05 PM on March 04, 2018 - 4 comments
...and Maybe the Dynamite Fizzles: Cleveland is having second thoughts about the Thomas-Irving trade after Isaiah Thomas took his physical. What's up here?
posted by Howard_T to basketball at 03:47 PM on August 26, 2017 - 10 comments
Boom goes the dynamite.: After promising off-season fireworks for the past few years, the Boston Celtics have delivered. A trade of Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Anton Zizic, and the unprotected first round draft pick from Brooklyn in exchange for Cleveland's Kyrie Irving has been announced. Does this put Boston into the NBA finals? What is Cleveland thinking? 2017-18 will be an interesting season.
posted by Howard_T to basketball at 08:49 PM on August 22, 2017 - 7 comments
Howard must be on Cloud 10. He is going to float into the sanctuary tomorrow morning
With single-digit temperatures this morning, nothing was floating. I was running late due to forced participation in the sport of windshield scraping, so my arrival in the Sanctuary involved diving into a pew in order to get out of the way of the procession.
I am somewhat on cloud 10 with the Navy victory. My story is one of redemption from Army ROTC and 2 years of wearing a bar and running a desk on Okinawa to working most of the next 40+ years with the sea services. Add to this a wife whose father was an Annapolis graduate who achieved the grade of Captain, and you can understand my exit from the dark side. I fully agree with the assessment of Navy's win. The few wrinkles that they placed in the offense were enough to confuse Army long enough to give Navy the lead. It was a great game; somewhat of a throwback to days when the passing game was more of an afterthought.
posted by Howard_T at 01:06 PM on December 15, 2024
The notification for the latest NBA pick 'em just popped up in my email today. It was sent on Tuesday. Not your fault, rcade, but probably good old yahoo email. Another problem is that I spent about 7 or 8 hours in the emergency room on Monday. Nothing serious; I had a tooth pulled a couple of months ago, and it infected. My left jaw looks like I ran into a right hook. I might need surgery, but we'll see about that. Thus, I have missed the extra games in the pick 'em, so I will do my best to put on a late rally.
posted by Howard_T at 04:30 PM on December 13, 2024
My picks:
Magic by 7
Warriors by 4
Celtics by 6 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 12
posted by Howard_T at 02:46 PM on December 03, 2024
I've been in Connecticut for Thanksgiving, haven't looked at my phone much, so I missed the Wednesday and Thursday games.
posted by Howard_T at 03:06 PM on November 29, 2024
My picks:
Timberwolves by 8
Thunder by 11
I've been in Connecticut for Thanksgiving, haven't looked at my phone much, so I missed the Wednesday and Thursday games.
posted by Howard_T at 03:06 PM on November 29, 2024
My picks:
Celtics by 8
Thunder by 12 (slam dunk)
Bucks by 6
Suns by 9
Warriors by 5
Nuggets by 11
A fair week gets me out of the cellar. Now maybe I can walk up the standings a la Jason Tatum at the buzzer vs Raptors.
posted by Howard_T at 08:12 PM on November 18, 2024
My picks:
Knicks by 8
Warriors by 11
Thunder by 12 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 4
Rockets by 10
Warriors by 13 (slam dunk)
posted by Howard_T at 10:00 AM on November 12, 2024
Let me settle one important point first: I have never been in a hot tub with Matt Leinart. The rumors about me and a towel boy are nothing but vicious fabrication.
Matt Leinart is not even close to my age; actually he is about 1/2 my present 83 years. My son is only 6 years younger than Mr. Leinart. Could I be Matt Leinart? No! It's more likely that Matt Leinart is actually trying to impersonate me in an unsuccessful attempt to be associated with a championship team, even though it might be in another sport.
Howard the Hedonist? These days the only pleasures in life (other than the Celtics) come on the days that I am not scheduled to take my Furosemide (Lasix) medication. Those are the days that I can actually spend more than 2 consecutive hours without having to use the bathroom. While life at the age of 83 has its difficulties, I can look back and see that I more than made up for them in my youth. It's been a great ride, and it might go on for a while yet.
posted by Howard_T at 04:35 PM on November 09, 2024
My picks:
Celtics by 5
Clippers by 9
Mavericks by 6
Lakers by 10 (slam dunk)
We'll be in our usual seats in TD Garden tonight for Celtics vs Warriors. This is the 1st home game following a road trip for the Cs, and that often means a sub par performance. Add to the woes that Jaylen Brown is out, so life might not be great for the home team. I still pick them because they have threatened to lift my season tickets if I don't.
posted by Howard_T at 01:22 PM on November 06, 2024
I have watched the Celtics in person for 3 games (1 pre-season), and on TV for the other 2. They really are scary, but they can be beaten. It will take a mistake-free game by a team that shoots better than on an average night, and that might still not be enough unless at least one of the Celtics has a bad night. The first half against the Bucks serves as an example. Both Brown and Tatum were not shooting well, and all that kept Celtics in the game was rebounds and Peyton Pritchard. Bucks began to run out of gas in the latter part of the 3rd quarter, Brown decided to take over, and Mr. Pritchard did what he does so well, draining a 3 with 0.4 left in the period. After the game, Doc Rivers said that he had warned his players about Pritchard, and told them that he liked to come up the right side to shoot the late 3. There's a video of the play that shows Rivers standing bent over with his hands on his knees and head down in frustration.
Don't forget that this Celtics team remained almost entirely intact over the break, thus have no need to establish lineups and substitution patterns. In short, they hit the ground running. The latter part of the season will very likely see the better teams gel into more solid groups and become more competitive. Of course, the Celtics will have Porzingis returning, so they will be even more frightening. There's a better than even chance that I will see the final game for Banner 19, and watch it take its spot in the rafters.
posted by Howard_T at 03:25 PM on October 30, 2024
My picks:
Celtics by 11 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 15 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 6
Nuggets by 9
Missed yesterday's games. Right now have lots of things going on. Truck transmission shot, renovation work going on in the house, rounding up cats to go to the vet. Didn't look at email until late last night. Probably would have missed them anyway.
posted by Howard_T at 02:31 PM on October 30, 2024
...and so he did. Both Tomase and the AI bot were wrong in saying that 1944 was the answer. I didn't see Benders answer this morning before I posted. My apologies, but the circumstances in 1944 were nonetheless interesting.
posted by Howard_T at 04:23 PM on October 21, 2024
For those of you who have been waiting with 'bated breath for the answer to the question in yesterday's Huddle, here it is.
The Cardinals won the 1944 world series in 6 games. Their opponent was the St. Louis Browns who were the lease holders on Sportsmans Park. Since all of the series games were played at Sportsmans Park, and the Browns were leasing it, this was technically the Browns home field.
One interesting bit of trivia was that a Junior World Series was held in Baltimore in 1944, and it outdrew the St. Louis version. This aroused interest in locating a major league team in Baltimore. 10 years later the Browns became the Baltimore Orioles.
posted by Howard_T at 12:53 PM on October 21, 2024
John Tomase, a writer for the Boston Globe, recently posted on the NBC Sports Boston app that he asked a popular AI chatbot for a list of 10 difficult baseball trivia questions. The questions were good, and a few of them rather difficult, but with one exception the answers given were all wrong. So just for fun, I will give you the question it got right to see how you do.
What is the only team to win a world series without a single home victory?
Name the team and the year and the curious detail about the series.
posted by Howard_T at 01:03 PM on October 20, 2024
NBA Pickem Week 16:
My picks:
Thunder by 8
Thunder by 11 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 9
Cavaliers by 12
Pelicans by 4
I'm here. No worries; just hadn't checked my email Monday night. We shall see how it goes.