Almost exactly one year ago: THIS prediction from Nottingham Forest fan @ArielHelwani 🔮
Forest were in 17th place this time last year, above the relegation zone only on goal difference.
You just gotta believe.
Ace Bailey committed to Rutgers on January 15, 2023. It was a safe assumption Dylan Harper was coming to Rutgers, prior to that. Steve Pikiell had over 400 days to the opening of transfer portal in March of 2024 to build his war chest to construct a roster to support Ace and Dylan. If the NIL wasn’t there, he had over 400 days to sua sponte find NIL money.
Steve Pikiell’s inability to find a way to construct a roster around Dylan and Ace robbed the fan base of a once and a lifetime opportunity to see TWO lottery picks light up the RAC. Something that 1 NCAA tournament win in 9 years doesn’t excuse.
Instead, we saw one Lottery Pick getting double and triple teamed, while the rest of the roster threw up brick after brick after brick, with a building full of Michigan fans.
Steve Pikiell failed miserably this year, there is no other way to state this. He owes the fan base an apology. But instead we just get coach speak and the lack of taking any accountability for his unmitigated disaster of building a roster.
The fans deserved better.
Saquon Barkley (205 yards rushing, 2 TDs) and the Eagles reach the NFC Championship. Daniel Jones and Sterling Shepard were among those in his box cheering on their close friend.
Teams that have won a game at Metlife Stadium more recently than the Giants:
NJ Devils
NY Rangers
Argentina 2x
Uruguay
Barcelona
Vikings
Cowboys
Bengals
Eagles
Commanders
Buccaneers
Saints
Ravens
Jets 2x
Broncos
Bills
Colts
Seahawks
Happy 100th season, Mr. Mara! #Giants100
The Houston Astros streak of 7 consecutive ALCS appearances has come to an end.
Started with AJ Hinch. Ended with AJ Hinch.
The Houston Astros are no longer inevitable.
The salaries for the two relievers who blew the season in that inning are higher than the payroll of the entire Tigers’ pitching staff.
Dumb money. The new era.
Two years in a row where you knew heading into the week your kicker was hurt. Two years in a row where coaching staff/front office chooses to not acknowledge the issue. Two years in a row where it costs the Giants football games. I don't get it.
The Seattle Mariners are on pace to be the first team to have the lowest ERA (3.53) and the lowest batting average (.216) in the same season since the Ephrata Porkmilkers pulled it off in 1899
Paul Skenes’ first 17 major league games:
104.0 IP, 130 SO, 0.94 WHIP, 2.16 ERA
Matt Harvey’s first 17 major league games:
108.2 IP, 128 SO, 0.94 WHIP, 2.07 ERA
nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- Who you said when naming random athletes with the boys
- How random the athletes you named were
- If everyone else said “good pull” after you named a random athlete
6 days after winning a World Series, Jim Crane parted ways with GM James Click. Over the next 6 weeks, without a GM, the Astros would sign Montero, Jose Abreu, and Michael Brantley while Verlander and Yuli signed elsewhere. Brantley played 15 games, Montero and Abreu got paid to go away.
All in all, the Astros owner spent $105,000,000 on players who would provide a combined -1.9 bWAR or -2.7fWAR.
On June 18 the @astros were 33-40 & 10.0 games out. Just 24 games later, they are now in first.
They're the second team in MLB history to go from being 5+ games under .500 & 10.0+ games back to being in first place in fewer than 25 games, along with the "Miracle Braves" of 1914.