Notes from a day in baseball: • 1. Ya, How 'Bout Them Twins? You Betcha. Like Marge Gunderson questioning Jerry Lundegaard down at the car dealership, the Twins simply will not go away. Minnesota is just one game behind Detroit for first in the AL Central, after the Twins beat the Indians 9-4 on Thursday. Didn't Detroit have a 10-game lead about a month ago, when we predicted … ah yeah, that.
• 2. Beaches. Meanwhile, the Dodgers' once majestic lead in the NL West is now nearly extinct in the wild, in part courtesy of the Chicago Cubs. Aramis Ramirez got his 100th RBI on the tail end of a three-run homer, as Chicago beat LA 6-5. The Dodgers are only a half-game ahead of second-place San Diego, which beat the Reds 4-2. Well, it should all be over soon, as the Dodger…
data-mm-id=”_8w3s8b6mr”>The Brookly Nets dropped their second straight game on Wednesday. Coincidentally, it was Kyrie Irving's third game back after missing a quarter of the season. After the game, Kyrie Irving did what he does best — complained about the situation he had chosen to be in. Worse yet, he did it after his team lost a game on the second night of a back-to-back when they were playing their third game in four nights.BRK with Kyrie this season: 5-9 (.357)BRK w/o Kyrie this season: 13-13 (.500)BOS with Kyrie last season: 37-30 (.552)BOS w/o Kyrie last season: 12-3 (.800)Kyrie's teammates seem to be faring OK without a certain piece https://t.co/rnEA8RlgTh— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) January 16, 2020As Tom Haberstroh points out in the above tweet, the Nets an…
data-mm-id=”_a3c1a928f”>If there's one thing anyone working remotely during the national quarantine has learned, it's that technical snafus happen at inopportune moments. Whether it's a meeting with your boss or a conversation with a commercial partner, no one wants their feed to cut off mid-sentence, leaving both parties in the precarious position of asking, "What was the last thing you heard?"Well, as the NFL prepares to host a totally digital draft where every member of every team will be separated (except the Jones family, I suppose), they're preparing for the inevitable tech issues we all face on a daily basis working from home. As they do so, one idea that's come up is a team calling "timeout" on the draft and pausing everything if the…
data-mm-id=”_v8ups44sy”>After reading no fewer than 37 explainers on what's happening with GameStop stock, it's become plainly obvious that this isn't so much a trading story as the latest entree into the slow-motion revolution that's been underway for a years. Just as the creation and proliferation of cryptocurrency fundamentally changed how we think about money, this Eureka moment is shaking the foundation of a power structure that up until this point has been extremely insulated and protected by dubious rules ensuring a populist rebellion would fall far short of the castle walls. But any illusion of a prevailing status quo is gone. Now, surely, the hedge funds will force rules to be re-written and hypocrisy to reign as they play whack-a-mole against these investo…
data-mm-id=”_ooaoywx7z”>Despite a win on Wednesday night, Archie Miller looked dead serious in Indiana's postgame press conference. The Hoosiers won their opener, ripping undermanned Tennessee Tech 89-59, and there's a lot to like about how they played. But with the Maui Invitational starting on Monday and a brutal Big Ten slate on the horizon, things are about to get real in Bloomington. Miller's entire regime may hinge on whether or not his team can rise to the challenge this season. Indiana is in the fourth year of the Archie Miller Era and the results have been decidedly mixed so far. Miller was the hot name ready to move up when the school hired him in 2017 after a fantastic six-year run at Dayton and was the hire that made the most sense for the school. With a mixe…
data-mm-id=”_s2jgzhlyi”>The NFL Draft has been just seven rounds since 1994. Every team starts with that many picks every year, but they add or subtract their chances at drafting the next Tom Brady via trades, punishments or compensation. This year the Draft features two teams with a dozen picks and one team that will only make four. Those numbers are subject to change. The Houston Texans are in great position to improve their team immediately with the second and 12th picks in the first round thanks to a truly bad season and the Deshaun Watson trade. They also hold the 33rd pick as well as two early third rounders meaning they hold five of the first 73 picks. They also have one fourth, one fifth, three sixths and two sevenths. The Las Vegas Raiders also have 12 picks. They own their ow…