A Summer of Spin Rates

June 21, 2016

As some of you may know, this summer I’m working for the Oakland Athletics as a Trackman Operator — which is basically a fancy way of saying that I’m “keeping the book” plus a few extra things, for the A’s short-season single A team in Burlington, VT.

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Any Concern for the Mets?

June 20, 2016

While many of us were watching the NBA Finals and the U.S. Open, the New York Mets uncharacteristically dropped three straight home games to the lowly Atlanta Braves this weekend.

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The Case for the 2016 Finals as the Greatest Ever

June 20, 2016

Given the way things began, it seemed like these NBA Finals would be largely forgettable. After the Warriors took not just a 2-0 series lead, but a 3-1 advantage as well, it wasn’t a matter of if Golden State would win, but when. Instead, the 2016 Finals turned into a classic that deserves to be dubbed as the greatest in Finals history. Before I explain why, I know what you’re going to say:…

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Check Down Roundtable: Predictions for Game 7

June 19, 2016

For basketball fans, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will not only look to become the first team in NBA Finals history to come back from a 3-1 hole, but they will hope to end the city of Cleveland’s decades-long title drought.

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Game 7 Preview: I’m Confident in the Cavs

June 18, 2016

I love the term “stranger things have happened.” I use it often, particularly when I think a team has a chance to come back even though they are down by a seemingly insurmountable amount of a points or when a deficit in a playoff series seems to be too large to overcome.

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