ESPN Baseball Today's podcast says that this decade, World Series winners have only won a series the next year a total of four times, with the Philadelphia Phillies the latest. And people say there's no parity in baseball.The Toronto Maple Leafs bandwagon is emptying quicker than a bust in a brothel if the whining about town is any indicator. Funny what happens when the real bullets start flying.
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Derek Lowe thinks the first round of baseball's playoffs should always be seeded 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3, even if it means two teams from the same division line up that way. Can't say he doesn't have a point.
The National League Championship series starts tonight and amen to that. The LA Dodgers have home field advantage in the 2-3-2 format. I've got the Dodgers to win in 6 on the strength of a better bullpen. Frankly, you cannot trust Brad Lidge this year or his understudy Ryan Madsen. Who are you liking?
The Buffalo Bills took two offensive coordinators, no touchdowns by the first unit in the pre-season and a 1-4 start with a sputtering offense to figure out that the no-huddle offense needed to be ditched. Seriously, if the Bills were to play the Toronto Argos, what do you figure the over/under would be? 18.5 or so?
In other Bills news, word is that Terrell Owens may be dealt with the Chicago Bears a rumored destination. Wise move, really. T.O. isn't likely to stay in line much longer on a rapidly sinking squad, and he could be an important piece for a team looking to get an experienced big-game proven wideout. But, it is the NFL, and trades are rare, though this piece from CNNSi.com does list a few possibilities. For his part, Bears QB Jay Cutler is staying silent on the subject.
World Cup 2010 qualifying got another step closer as Europe wrapped up 8 qualifiers, along with determining which 8 will playoff for four other spots. In South America, Argentina wrapped up a direct qualification with a couple wins in the final two games. More here on all the qualifiers.
There are certain terms used in sports that annoy me for their pretentiousness. Football and the "serviceable" quarterback when "average" would do. Basketball and its vaunted "basketball IQ" when a simple "intelligent" or not would do, or hockey and the all important "sandpaper" 'gritty" or "banger" type. Self explanatory. Annoying, all.
Have a great Thursday.
2 comments:
See you in 2014 Croatia? Hmm, I only just found out. Interesting that Portugal's in the playoffs. They looked totally out of it the last time I checked, which wasn't so long ago either.
Even Norway was close to snatching Portugals place in the play-offs...
Still not in it though, got play-offs still, but should be one of the favourites for that.
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