Hongbit

The #1 team in the country is on the ropes. Would be one of the biggest upsets in history. Bama were 23 point favorites. Vandy 40 Bama 28 5 minutes to go.

Every week it’s something new from OSU’s Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams from Bama. It’s like a McGwire/Sosa battle going for best true Freshman WR ever. The 2027 NFL Draft is going to be epic.

If I was the GM of the Padres chances are they never would’ve acquired Cease or Merrill and would’ve gone 52-110 this year.

If Cleveland really wanted to send a message, they’d have Charles Nagy throw out the first pitch.

Dog gets a red card and Bale gets to place the ball 3 feet from the hole.

The 6th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery goes to:

RIP Greg Landry. Although I usually refer to Gary Danielson as thr first childhood QB that I remember, it really was Landry. He was not a very good QB on some not very good teams.

On the subject of Travis Fryman, he’s throwing out the first ball today for Cleveland. Had a great career here during some very lean years and has been a coach in the Cleveland system for many years after ending his career with the Tribe.

Hoffa guy’s speech about shutting down the country made for a great sound bite but he’s just the East Coast. All of the West Coast ports are a different union and operating like normal. Our supply chain may have slowed a bit but it was never grinding to halt.

Maybe his nickname should’ve been Daniel’s instead of Soup. All jokes aside, I hope he can get himself right. He’s a native Michigander and I’ll never forget him backstopping that 2010 US team that beat Canada to win the World Juniors .

That’s what my Uncle Ted thought too. He came over from Russia and became one of the top money players in NYC. He even had his own little underground poker room. Everything was great until the day some hot shot law school kid came in cleaned him out. We’ve never heard from him again. Every 10 years or so I hear a rumor that maybe he’s coming back but it never actually materializes.

I can’t wait to see the post-election revisions of these numbers on the December release. I’m guessing they will get revised down by at least 120,000.

I don’t know where they got these odds but the best I can find is +1200

He knows his arm well. He pitches on the side every week between starts. Pitching on one day less rest happens often for pitchers in the playoffs so it’s not a super rare thing. A must win game 4 is more valuable since there is no game 5 without it. My point is it would be a shame to lose in 4 games and only pitch Skubal once because you were saving him for a game that never happened.

The more I think about it maybe the best move is to let Tarik decide. Does he want to stay on normal rest or does he want the ball in Game 1. Let him make the call. He knows better than anyone if short rest would make any difference in this situation.

It’s the Beatles vs. Rolling Stones Always surprising that Stones were the rich kids and the well groomed kids in suits from Liverpool were working class.

I have zero fears of winning non-Skubal games. I have no trepidation about the bully. He’s such a weapon that I think it’s smart to maximize it as much as possible in a short series. I don’t want to even mess around with the chance of getting down and not having him as an option if our back are against the wall.

You are teaching a great lesson for kids to learn about working to save up for things they want. Many a rock band started with members selling weed to their classmates to scrape up enough money for gear.

I guess it comes down to me being more scared of possibly losing the series in 4 games and Skubal only pitching once than I am of him possibly struggling in Game 1 on short rest.

The challenge is that if you pitch him Game 2 on Monday, there’s no way that he can go in what may be a must win Game 4 on Thursday. He may not even get a chance to pitch twice.

Climbing Tal’s Hill was a dumb name for a site even when Tal’s Hill existed. They should’ve renamed it years ago to something less sucky and unfunny.

Got to pitch Skub Game 1 & 4 and hopefully there is no Game 5

The bye came at the perfect time as they have the difficult task of preparing to beat two teams next week in Dallas. The Cowboys desperately need a win and will be tough on their own but the real test for the Lions will be overcoming the undefeated NFL Officials. It’s going to take an extra special effort to defeat the zebras in Jerry world. They’ve been brutal to the Lions there in the past and it will most likely be the same again this time.

I read the article and there appear to be 2 main issues they have. Seider didn’t play to the level he was supposed to last year according to their analytics. They aren’t sure if he’s just the best defenseman on a bad team or if he can be one of the top 5 in the league. They see weakness up the middle with Copp and Compher. The numbers weren’t good last year and they see them regressing instead of a slight rebound. It’s hard to argue these two points but I think that both Seider and the 2 disappointing centers improve. The cap has a lot to do with it but running it back with Copp and Compher is a big move from Stevie. He’s got faith in these veteran players but hard to see this team improving much if they don’t step up their production.