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Big Ten nixes fall college football season, eyes spring: Big Ten conference presidents and chancellors voted Tuesday to postpone all fall sports seasons, including football, amid the coronavirus pandemic with the hopes of playing in the spring.
posted by bender to football at 10:17 AM on August 12, 2020 - 1 comment
An 82-game season? A universal DH? Key takeaways from MLB's 2020 proposal: MLB owners approved a proposal that aims to have Major League Baseball back in early July. Commissioner Rob Manfred reportedly plans to present the proposal to players Tuesday.
posted by bender to baseball at 09:31 AM on May 12, 2020 - 2 comments
VAR Has One Job, And It's Failing Miserably At It: The most common complaint against VAR—or any form of video review in sports—in one of aesthetics. If referees insist on stopping the game for several minutes to double check every key play, the thinking goes, all the drama and intensity and emotion of the biggest moments will be lost, and the celebrations of fans will be replaced by hesitance and trepidation while they wait to confirm that what they just saw with their own eyes actually happened. It’s a fine argument, one that at least a strong minority of sports fans would agree with. But most leagues around the world have chosen to ignore it. If the game gets delayed for a bit, they’ve decided, that’s okay, because it’s a small price to pay to avoid controversy and make sure officials are making an objectively correct call.
posted by bender to soccer at 04:34 PM on June 24, 2019 - 8 comments
Altuve Ruled Out on Fan Interference in ALCS Game 4: Mookie Betts tries to make a play at the wall on a Jose Altuve hit, and the umpires rule that a fan interfered and call Altuve out.
posted by bender to baseball at 09:22 AM on October 18, 2018 - 20 comments
Mesut Özil is leaving the German National Football Team over DFB's reaction to a photo he took with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in May.: Mesut Özil tweeted a three-part statement Sunday regarding the photo incident, his Turkish heritage, and the backlash he has received--particularly from DFB President Reinhard Grindel. He concluded, "It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at international level whilst I have this feeling of racism and disrespect. I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don't."
posted by bender to soccer at 01:27 PM on July 23, 2018 - 4 comments
There's been a string of bad baserunning calls recently, but this one is a real head-scratcher. Also, what is the possible rationale that the runner's basepath is not reviewable--it's really frustrating when it's clearly wrong and they can't even look at it.
posted by bender at 10:24 AM on May 03, 2021
Holden, that rationale rings true to me. Do you (or anyone) believe that an alternative is plausible wherein La Liga merges with another league or two that similarly have a small number of teams who dominate--such as, say, French Ligue 1 and/or Portuguese Primiera Liga--to create a border-spanning league with a deeper and more competitive top flight that still administers in the same fashion as current leagues (i.e. 20 teams/38 match season and relegation/promotion)?
posted by bender at 11:23 AM on April 21, 2021
I don't understand how this could happen:
NCAA records list two other pitchers with 21 strikeouts in a seven-inning game, but neither of those was a perfect game.
Dropped ball on strike three and the batter actually made it to first base? That's the only thing I can think of.
NoMich, I think this leaves open the possibility that some batter(s) reached base (by walk or hit), but that all 21 outs were recorded via strikeout.
posted by bender at 11:43 AM on April 12, 2021
Say whaaaat?? Wow!
posted by bender at 11:39 AM on April 12, 2021
I agree beaverboard, you would think with all of the hoopla around March MadnessTM the NCAA would have produced something comparable with the crystal football for the basketball champions by now.
posted by bender at 09:19 AM on April 07, 2021
If Amazons doesn't get traction, Bezos could name the team after another of his properties, the Washington Posts.
posted by bender at 02:29 PM on February 25, 2021
I have discovered the Delta State "Fighting Okra," so all is not lost on the Botanical Nomenclature front.
Unfortunately, Delta State is officially the Statesmen, and only unofficially the Fightin' Okra. It's high time they drop the pretense and officially adopt the latter, if you ask me.
posted by bender at 03:57 PM on February 10, 2021
My picks:
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Passer: Patrick Mahomes
Rusher: Leonard Fournette
Receiver: Travis Kelce
Player with interception: Sean Murphy-Bunting
Player with sack: Sean Murphy-Bunting
Player with first turnover: Tyreek Hill
Super Bowl MVP: Leonard Fournette
Tiebreaker: 57
TB 37-30 KC
posted by bender at 05:10 PM on February 07, 2021
Between the Lightning's Stanley Cup, the Rays' trip to the World Series, and now the Bay Buccaneers going to the Super Bowl (In their house!), it has been a truly exceptional year for sports in Tampa.
posted by bender at 10:01 AM on January 25, 2021
My picks:
Packers by 7 (lock)
Bills by 4 (lock)
Passer: Josh Allen
Rusher: Aaron Jones
Receiver: Stefon Diggs
Player with interception: Darnell Savage
posted by bender at 09:43 AM on January 23, 2021
My picks:
Packers by 7
Bills by 10 (lock)
Browns by 3
Saints by 12 (lock)
Passer: Drew Brees
Rusher: Aaron Jones
Receiver: Travis Kelce
Player with interception: Darnell Savage
posted by bender at 12:22 PM on January 16, 2021
Browns fans are feeling pretty special this morning
*Not related to Bill Belichick
posted by bender at 09:04 AM on January 11, 2021
My picks:
Bills by 7
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
Buccaneers by 4
Titans by 7
Saints by 12 (lock)
Browns by 2 (lock)
Passer: Drew Brees
Rusher: Derrick Henry
Receiver: DK Metcalf
Player with interception: Carlton Davis
It's Bender's time to shine! Go Titans!
posted by bender at 08:59 AM on January 09, 2021
Is second Costanza in the relegation zone? /asking for a friend
posted by bender at 03:55 PM on January 04, 2021
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Thanks, Howard_T. I always appreciate your insight in baseball rules/officiating discussions.