Happy Bobby Bonilla Deferral Day: Bonilla is set to collect another $1.193 million from the New York Mets today, as he will each July 1st through the year 2035.
Bull Durham is 38 years old today.
One of the greatest sports films ever, funny, smart, endlessly quotable, and the whole cast is perfect. Brilliant film.
Love this: Costner doesn’t even blink.
Here’s what I’ve learned about basketball this week:
Video 1 is NOT a travel.
Video 2 is NOT a foul.
Half a century of watching and playing this sport, I had no idea. Learn something new every day.
Game 7 of the World Series is the most expensive sporting event ever in Canada.
The cheapest standing room only tickets are $1,211, with an average ticket purchase price of $2,332.
The most expensive listing is Row 1 behind home plate for $21,665.
Crazy!
(h/t @TickPick)
Standing there in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 6 of the World Series staring at the baseball, waiting for the umpires to bail your ass out.
Pathetic.
Umpire Adrian Johnson (ranked 75th of 92) missed 14 calls in game 2 of the World Series.
He had a correct call rate of just 87.3%.
For context, the lowest rated umpire this season had an average correct rate of 89.7%.