August 28, 2017

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 10 comments


One way to keep your feet warm during an English summer.


posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:09 PM on August 28, 2017

Hamilton Tiger-Cats hire Art Briles as assistant head coach

posted by tommybiden at 04:04 PM on August 28, 2017

Come on, Kevin.

You're going to hurt yourself SOMEDAY with these catches....

posted by grum@work at 09:10 PM on August 28, 2017

Hamilton Tiger-Cats hire Art Briles as assistant head coach

Upon further review......CFL, Tiger-Cats issue joint statement regarding Art Briles

posted by tommybiden at 09:24 PM on August 28, 2017

Trying to find out if Dan Hawkins has a support group that Briles can join.

posted by beaverboard at 09:54 PM on August 28, 2017

Come on, Kevin.

You're going to hurt yourself SOMEDAY with these catches....

Amongst many other possible injuries he could have incurred with that catch, I was pretty worried about him getting a concussion from his head hitting the wall after sliding over 2/3 of the warning track.

posted by LionIndex at 10:29 PM on August 28, 2017

You're going to hurt yourself SOMEDAY with these catches....

Sometimes you see a good catch that makes up for a bad route. Those are fun, but part of what makes this one so great is the read. In a split second, he was sprinting straight to the spot. Sheesh!

posted by cl at 07:56 AM on August 29, 2017

In a split second, he was sprinting straight to the spot.

According to StatCast, 97.7% route efficiency, 82 feet covered in 4.6 seconds, only 38% chance of catching it, 4-star (out of 5) rating

posted by grum@work at 08:53 AM on August 29, 2017

The play came at a critical point in the game with Jays holding a small lead. Subsequent at bats in the inning showed that Boston likely would have put up some runs. As it occurred Boston managed to take advantage of a tired bullpen and get the win. The look on the pitcher's face was priceless.

posted by Howard_T at 11:07 AM on August 29, 2017

4-star (out of 5) rating

What the hell gets a 5 given the numbers you quoted? Lower chance of catching it?

posted by yerfatma at 10:33 AM on August 30, 2017

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