Author: Michael

It’s that time of year again in MLB.
The end of baseball year is somehow upon us, with the last weekend of the regular season starting Friday. Playoff races are at a boil, as is the debate over individual awards.
And there’s plenty to debate this year, with some flashy numbers and exceptional, unique performances.
So who should win? And who will win?

National League MVP
Who Will Win?
NL MVP is one of the closest races in recent memory, with two outstanding choices and several others who’d be considered in a more normal year.

Since Al Michaels became the voice for Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football, viewers have often been amused by the legendary broadcaster’s ad reads. 
The veteran has read copy promoting countless questionable or failed TV projects during his years with ABC and NBC. But would he sound particularly baffled or disinterested in an outlandishly violent series like Gen V? 
Michaels’s ad reads during the TNF broadcast include promos for the next week’s matchup.

Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions went into Lambeau Field on Thursday night and thumped the Packers, 34-20, to improve to 3-1 on the season. Goff threw for 210 yards and a touchdown in the victory, which was the Lions’ second primetime win of the season.
Immediately following the game, the quarterback went on the Amazon postgame show and had something to say to Ryan Fitzpatrick, who is one of the analysts on the show. Goff heard Fitzpatrick called him a “poor man’s Matt Ryan” before the game, and threw a little shot at the former quarterback.

Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood celebrate after their Friday Foursome victory. | Photo by Mike Egerton/Getty Images
McIlroy and Fleetwood flexed their clutch genes down the stretch to defeat Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay on Friday morning.
Unlike the first two victories for the European Ryder Cup team, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy did not win in a landslide.
Instead, the ‘Fleetwood Mac’ pairing flexed their clutch genes down the stretch to hold off Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, 2 & 1.

The opening foursome sessions of the 2023 Ryder Cup on Friday literally could not have gone worse for the Americans, and as captain of the U.S. team, Zach Johnson is taking all the heat.
The Europeans won all four of the opening matches in the most dominant fashion imaginable as the U.S. never took a lead in any of the matches. The Americans were quite literally shut out.
Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton set the tone in the opening match with a 4&3 win over the friendly pairing of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns.

Jared Goff and the Lions are riding high after Thursday night’s win at Lambeau Field, with Goff saying, “Line us up against anyone, and we feel like we can go in there and beat them.

The Marlins would have to return to New York on Monday to complete the game against the Mets if it’s needed to determine a postseason spot.

It’s always humorous reading past stories of mine and seeing how wrong I was. Last week, I made the rule to never take the under in games that involve the Chargers.
Welp, I need a new rule because the Chargers and Vikings fell 2.5 points shy of last week’s total line of 54.5. Thanks to linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. picking off Kirk Cousins in the end zone to seal the Chargers’ 28–24 victory, I had to eat my words.
But I wasn’t wrong about all my over/under total bets last week.

Green Bay Packers fans were seemingly overrun Thursday night at Lambeau Field by supporters of the Lions.
Detroit walked into the house of their bitter rival, and walked out with a 34-20 win and a 3-1 overall record.
The game wasn’t nearly as close as the score might make some think. It was over by halftime with a 27-3 score. Yes, the Packers closed the gap but the outcome was never in doubt.
While the Lions were impressive on the field, Detroit fans showing up and showing out might have been even more impressive.

Max Homa and Brian Harman look distraught on the 11th green during Friday Fourballs at the 2023 Ryder Cup. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images
The Europeans took a commanding lead at the Ryder Cup on Friday morning and embarrassed the Americans in doing so.
There is only one word to accurately describe how the Americans played on Friday morning at the Ryder Cup.
Embarrassing.
Europe now holds a 4-to-0 lead over Team USA after Friday’s fourball.