Well, Sports Fans- I don't know what to say. The Cubs looked like a Little League team versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. I was awfully frustrated and disappointed with their performance. The fact is that the Cubs have scored 12 runs in their last 6 playoff games. They have not won a playoff game since they were up 3-1 in the 2003 NLCS against the Marlins. I had a lot of fun enjoying this season, but the end was anti-climatic. I don't have any other in depth analysis other than to say that "Next year is the year... it's always the year"
On to happier topics, the Bears dominated the Detroit Lions. Kyle Orton threw for over 300 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs. Go Bears.
The 49ers couldn't come through against the short-handed New England Patroits. The offense looked great initially, and looked like the Cubs' offense in the second half. No points=loss almost every time.
To be honest, I was a groomsman in my friend, Mike's wedding this weekend so I was not able to watch too much sports this weekend (including the Cubs final playoff game) but I'll end this with my two extremes picks of the week:
Most Impressive Performance: (besides the Dodgers who I will completely ignore) the Washington Redskins. Once again, I was sure they would let down this week (I picked against them in Week 2) and they played a GREAT game against the Eagles. They are making me a believer. You never know- we might be on a collison course for a Bears/Redskins playoff match-up.
Least Impressive Performance: (besides the team from the North Side of Chicago that I've already mentioned) the San Diego Chargers. This team is SOOOOOOOOO talented and Norv Turner is clearly not getting the optimal performance out of his players. They start slow EVERY game. The underacheive every game. LT is coming off as a powdy whiner. I like the Chargers, but I can't stay on the bandwagon if they keep choking in games they should win.
Basically, this was a depressing sports week for me, so it's hard for me to get very excited about much in the way of athletic contests. I will leave you with quick predictions:
World Series: Red Sox beat Phillies
Super Bowl: Dallas beats Steelers
NBA: Sacramento Kings make the 8 spot in the West (bold, ain't it.)
NASCAR: I'll pay attention the day Cole Trickle and Ricky Bobby show up and actually race in a race.
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Monday, October 6, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
A Case of the Mondays
Here are some recent current events in sports that interest me:
Cubs will play the Dodgers - Being a Northern Californian, I do enjoy watching an occasional Giants game. I'll cheer for them as long as they are not playing the Cubs. Because of this, I've also taken to the Giants hate for the Dodgers. It should be an interesting series, but I'm ready to enjoy playoff baseball in October for the second year in row. Now that I've seen the way things have shaped up, I probably would've rather the Cubs play the Mets, but whatever. You have to beat everyone to win the World Series, so let's do this.
NFL Week 4 - Wow, what a week! My first mistake came when I started Phillip Rivers over Drew Brees in Fantasy Football. Ouch, Brees had arguably the best week of any QB and Rivers tried to let the Raiders win their second game of the week (that seems like the only way the Raiders will win games is if the other team allows them to get the W.)
The Bears beat the Philadelpia Eagles on the Sunday Night Game of the Week. To be honest, I watched the last two minutes of the game because I had a show in Walnut Creek during the game. Coincidentally (or not if your superstisious) the Bears are 2-0 on days when they play on Sunday Night Football. They are also 2-0 when I play at Pyramid in Walnut Creek during the game and 2-0 when I wear a particular long sleeve t-shirt. They are 0-2 when I watch the game or put more effort into following the results, yet when my effort is going towards entertaining- they win. Well, I guess I need to put as much focus on the Bears as I do the Tyra Show, and they'll play better.
The Redskins upset the Cowboys in Dallas. They played a great game and I was especially impressed with the Redskins defense (besides their Prevent defense at the end of the First Half.) Great win. The NFC East is the toughest division in football.
Current undefeated teams left: Titans, Ravens, Giants and Bills. Odds of any of those teams winning the Super Bowl: 100 to 1
Well, Entourage was frustrating and now I'm watching Family Guy waaaaay too late at night. If there any requests for sports topics, leave it in the comments. Hey-ooooooooooooooooo!
Cubs will play the Dodgers - Being a Northern Californian, I do enjoy watching an occasional Giants game. I'll cheer for them as long as they are not playing the Cubs. Because of this, I've also taken to the Giants hate for the Dodgers. It should be an interesting series, but I'm ready to enjoy playoff baseball in October for the second year in row. Now that I've seen the way things have shaped up, I probably would've rather the Cubs play the Mets, but whatever. You have to beat everyone to win the World Series, so let's do this.
NFL Week 4 - Wow, what a week! My first mistake came when I started Phillip Rivers over Drew Brees in Fantasy Football. Ouch, Brees had arguably the best week of any QB and Rivers tried to let the Raiders win their second game of the week (that seems like the only way the Raiders will win games is if the other team allows them to get the W.)
The Bears beat the Philadelpia Eagles on the Sunday Night Game of the Week. To be honest, I watched the last two minutes of the game because I had a show in Walnut Creek during the game. Coincidentally (or not if your superstisious) the Bears are 2-0 on days when they play on Sunday Night Football. They are also 2-0 when I play at Pyramid in Walnut Creek during the game and 2-0 when I wear a particular long sleeve t-shirt. They are 0-2 when I watch the game or put more effort into following the results, yet when my effort is going towards entertaining- they win. Well, I guess I need to put as much focus on the Bears as I do the Tyra Show, and they'll play better.
The Redskins upset the Cowboys in Dallas. They played a great game and I was especially impressed with the Redskins defense (besides their Prevent defense at the end of the First Half.) Great win. The NFC East is the toughest division in football.
Current undefeated teams left: Titans, Ravens, Giants and Bills. Odds of any of those teams winning the Super Bowl: 100 to 1
Well, Entourage was frustrating and now I'm watching Family Guy waaaaay too late at night. If there any requests for sports topics, leave it in the comments. Hey-ooooooooooooooooo!
Monday, September 22, 2008
A Case of the Mondays
Hi there. I'm Tony, and I'll be posting about sports every Monday. To give you some background on me, I am a huge Chicago sports fan (Cubs, Bears, Bulls) and I'm a former high school basketball player. I play fantasy football and baseball every year, listen to KNBR 680 every day, and watch way too much ESPNews. It's in fact amazing that I have time to do all of this, while holding a job, and playing live music at least two nights a week (www.tonybataska.com).
So without further delay, here are the sports stories that caught my attention recently:
Cubs Win NL Central! - This is the 100th anniversary of the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Regardless of whether they win or lose in the playoffs, the Cubs have already had an amazing season that have seen a couple first in my lifetime:
This is the first time I've ever seen the Cubs win their division two years in a row. The last time they did this was actually three in a row (1906, 07, 08).
This is the first time I've ever seen the Cubs go to the playoffs two years in a row (once again, 06-08).
Carlos Zambrano threw the only Cubs no hitter I've ever seen. Milt Papas threw the last one in 1972. Apparently every year at the Cubs Convention, Milt would tell Zambrano, "You're going to be the next one to do it." Good call, Milt. You are correct, sir!
Week 3 of the NFL - There were many great games this weekend, and here's the quick recap:
The Bears blew another 4th quarter lead - For the second week in a row, the Bears have the lead going into the 4th quarter, and they leave the game losers. Luckily, this week I didn't go out of my way to watch the game. On the negative side, the Bears were beat by Brian Griese whom they traded to Tampa Bay in the offseason. Griese had over 400 yards passing. Way to welcome back your former teammate. A nice gift basket of fruit would've been sufficient, but letting him march up and down the field in overtime was a little too nice of the defensive unit.
The Giants beat the Bengals in overtime - The second overtime game of the week found defending champion NY Giants beating the hapless Cinncinati Bengals. Each week I'm more and more impressed with Eli Manning. He looks to have found his identity in the NFL.
Oakland loses to the Bills on last second field goal - I watched the large majority of this game and it wasn't half as bad as I thought it was going to be. The Raiders looked a lot better than the sorry, ridiculously terrible team they were in Week 1. The Raiders running attack looked great and their defense was tenacious until the end. On the flip side, the Bills are 3-0 for the first time since the early 90s.
Other games of note:
Jags beat Colts, Niners destroy Lions, Cowboys beat Packers, and Vikings beat Panthers. Sorry if I missed your team, I'll try to work in more teams next week.
US wins Ryder Cup for the first time since 1998:
I'm not a huge golf fan, but since the US hadn't won the Ryder Cup in a decade, I figured it was worth a mention. U-S-A, U-S-A!
So that's the first installment, come on back as I update the Cubs playoff results and the rest of the NFL season.
So without further delay, here are the sports stories that caught my attention recently:
Cubs Win NL Central! - This is the 100th anniversary of the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Regardless of whether they win or lose in the playoffs, the Cubs have already had an amazing season that have seen a couple first in my lifetime:
This is the first time I've ever seen the Cubs win their division two years in a row. The last time they did this was actually three in a row (1906, 07, 08).
This is the first time I've ever seen the Cubs go to the playoffs two years in a row (once again, 06-08).
Carlos Zambrano threw the only Cubs no hitter I've ever seen. Milt Papas threw the last one in 1972. Apparently every year at the Cubs Convention, Milt would tell Zambrano, "You're going to be the next one to do it." Good call, Milt. You are correct, sir!
Week 3 of the NFL - There were many great games this weekend, and here's the quick recap:
The Bears blew another 4th quarter lead - For the second week in a row, the Bears have the lead going into the 4th quarter, and they leave the game losers. Luckily, this week I didn't go out of my way to watch the game. On the negative side, the Bears were beat by Brian Griese whom they traded to Tampa Bay in the offseason. Griese had over 400 yards passing. Way to welcome back your former teammate. A nice gift basket of fruit would've been sufficient, but letting him march up and down the field in overtime was a little too nice of the defensive unit.
The Giants beat the Bengals in overtime - The second overtime game of the week found defending champion NY Giants beating the hapless Cinncinati Bengals. Each week I'm more and more impressed with Eli Manning. He looks to have found his identity in the NFL.
Oakland loses to the Bills on last second field goal - I watched the large majority of this game and it wasn't half as bad as I thought it was going to be. The Raiders looked a lot better than the sorry, ridiculously terrible team they were in Week 1. The Raiders running attack looked great and their defense was tenacious until the end. On the flip side, the Bills are 3-0 for the first time since the early 90s.
Other games of note:
Jags beat Colts, Niners destroy Lions, Cowboys beat Packers, and Vikings beat Panthers. Sorry if I missed your team, I'll try to work in more teams next week.
US wins Ryder Cup for the first time since 1998:
I'm not a huge golf fan, but since the US hadn't won the Ryder Cup in a decade, I figured it was worth a mention. U-S-A, U-S-A!
So that's the first installment, come on back as I update the Cubs playoff results and the rest of the NFL season.
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