Re: mds, Harrison, and a thrilling sports blog/picks challenge - Ver. 2.0
September 9th* U.S. Open: This is going to be burying the lede a bit on a day in which the top news came from the men's side, but given that ESPN's terrible coverage is still bothering me, I have to...
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US Open PicksMen's Quarterfinals (2-2 yesterday; 6-2 overall)*Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19) def. Marin Cilic (9)- Oh, boy, I really don't know where to go with this one. Tsonga has been the far more...
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September 8th*Don't have a ton of time, but: the Yankees won a bit of a weird game in which Michael Pineda pitched better than his final line indicated as he gave up an early three run homer as part...
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I know that it isn't quite apples to apples given that they aren't leading the division, but the trainwreck that has been the Nationals' late-August/early-September collapse is right up there with the...
View ArticleRe: mds, Harrison, and a thrilling sports blog/picks challenge - Ver. 2.0
September 9th* U.S. Open: I reckon that I should have more to say about a quarterfinal day in which all four singles matches lasted at least one extra set and three went the distance, but, yeah, no. I...
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US Open PicksMen's Quarterfinals (1-1 yesterday; 7-3 overall)*Stanislas Wawrinka (5) def. Kevin Anderson (15)- Probably the most compelling match of the day given Stan's prowess at grand slams the...
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It. Happened. Again.National League- Mets (78-61) 5, NationLOLs (71-68) 3. Did Washington decide to emulate Minnesota's strategies for beating New York teams or something, because this is...
View ArticleRe: mds, Harrison, and a thrilling sports blog/picks challenge - Ver. 2.0
September 10th* U.S. Open: Barely saw any of the action yesterday, which really wasn't too bad given that the men's matches were so one-sided that they ended well over an hour prior to the allotted...
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September 10th*Have to run to lunch (and the hospital, of course), but want to get back and cover the latest blown opportunity to gain ground by the Yankees and some pretty interesting tennis matchups...
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Eh.AFC East1. New England Patriots (12-4)2. Miami Dolphins (10-6)3. Buffalo Bills (7-9)4. New York Jets (6-10)AFC North1. Cincinnati Bengals (10-6)2. Baltimore Ravens (10-6)3. Pittsburgh Steelers...
View ArticleRe: mds, Harrison, and a thrilling sports blog/picks challenge - Ver. 2.0
Definitely not enough rain in the world of sports last night.National League- Brewers (62-78) 6, Pirates (83-56) 4 (13 innings). Milwaukee tried to blow this game on many, many occasions, but,...
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September 11th* U.S. Open: Thanks to rain and yet another GS tournament being embarrassingly bad when it comes to having roofs on its courts, the women's semifinals were pushed to Friday morning. The...
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Given that Week 2 of college football technically began last night (although, like Anna Kontaveit vs. Venus Williams, if the lone game is from the Sun Belt and is up against the start of the NFL...
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September 11th*Yanks were rained out. Tennis was rained out. I was stuck driving in the rain. Tom Brady and co. looked absolutely dominant on offense against the Steelers and you stole the obvious...
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Time to crank this out in a hurry before being gone basically all day.American League- Blue Jays (80-60) 11, Yankees (77-62) 5. Not only was Luis Severino (2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 4 K, 3 BB, 2 HRA)...
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September 12th* U.S. Open: Don't have time to do justice to the utter amazingness that was Roberta Vinci, of all people, being the one to snap Serena Williams' grand slam hopes, as Vinci's give no...
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U.S. Open Picks Women's Final (0-2 in the semis; 7-7 overall) *Flavia Pennetta (26) def. Roberta Vinci- loving the True Detective Season 2 jokes about yesterday's upset being the best thing to happen...
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September 12th*Yesterday was a good one in terms of sports despite Luis Severino getting blown up for the first time in his career, ceding a pair of two run bombs in the first en route to an...
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yankees42789 wrote:U.S. Open Picks Women's Final (0-2 in the semis; 7-7 overall) *Flavia Pennetta (26) def. Roberta Vinci- loving the True Detective Season 2 jokes about yesterday's upset being the...
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I'm never going to remember to post these unless I do so now, so, yeah...Straight-up: 1-0- Colts at Bills- Packers at Bears- Texans vs. Chiefs- Jaguars vs. Panthers- Jets vs. Browns- Seahawks at Rams-...
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